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Granted Patent B2
US 10,325,801 · App. 15/594,699 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

Mounting table system, substrate processing apparatus, and temperature control method

Inventors: Tadashi Mitsunaga (Nirasaki, JP); Tetsuya Miyashita (Nirasaki, JP); Tatsuo Hatano (Nirasaki, JP); Naoki Watanabe (Nirasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/68714C23C14/35C23C14/505C23C14/541C23C16/4584H01L21/67103H01L21/67109H01L21/67248
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Patent No.
US 10,325,801
App. No.
15/594,699
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a mounting table system which includes: a mounting table rotatably installed so as to mount a substrate thereon; a plurality of heating parts installed in the mounting table, and configured to heat the mounting table; a single power source configured to supply an electric power to the plurality of heating parts; and a power switching part configured to switch from a first heating part among the plurality of heating parts to which the electric power is supplied from the single power source, to a second heating part among the plurality of heating parts, depending on a rotational angle of the mounting table.

Claims (38)

1. A mounting table system, comprising:

a mounting table rotatably installed so as to mount a substrate thereon;

a plurality of heating parts installed in the mounting table, and configured to heat the mounting table, the plurality of heating parts including a first heating part and a second heating part;

a single power source configured to supply an electric power switchably to one of the plurality of heating parts; and

a power switching part configured to switch the supply of the electric power to the one of the plurality of heating parts such that the electric power is supplied to the first heating part when a rotational angle of the mounting table is in a first angle range and the electric power is supplied to the second heating part when the rotational angle of the mounting table is in a second angle range, the rotational angle of the mounting table being calculated from starting rotation of the mounting table,

wherein the mounting table is supported on a rotary shaft installed in a rotatable manner, and

wherein the power switching part is installed so as to be integrally rotatable with the rotary shaft, the power switching part including a plurality of rotation-side contacts electrically connected to each of the plurality of heating parts and a fixed-side contact installed so as to contact one of the plurality of rotation-side contacts in response to a rotation of the rotary shaft.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rotation-side contacts is installed on a bottom surface of the rotary shaft at a predetermined interval along a rotation direction of the rotary shaft.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rotation-side contacts is installed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft at a predetermined interval along a rotation direction of the rotary shaft.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heating parts is installed concentrically.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heating parts is installed along a circumferential direction of the mounting table.

6. A substrate processing apparatus, comprising:

the mounting table system of claim 1 ; and

a control part configured to control the electric power supplied to each of the plurality of heating parts,

wherein the mounting table system further includes a temperature detecting part configured to detect a temperature of the mounting table, and

the control part is configured to control the electric power supplied to each of the plurality of heating parts based on a temperature detected by the temperature detecting part and a set temperature.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the control part refers to a memory part which stores ratios of the electric power supplied to each of the plurality of heating parts in association with predetermined temperature zones, and controls the electric power supplied to each of the plurality of heating parts based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting part installed in a region where at least one of the plurality of heating parts is disposed and the set temperature.

8. The system of claim 1 , the first angle range is from 0 to 90 degrees.

9. The system of claim 1 , the second angle range is from 90 to 180 degrees.

10. A temperature control method which makes use of a mounting table system including:

a mounting table rotatably installed so as to mount a substrate thereon; a plurality of heating parts installed in the mounting table and configured to heat the mounting table, the plurality of heating parts including a first heating part and a second heating part;

a single power source configured to supply an electric power switchably to one of the plurality of heating parts; and

a power switching part configured to switch the one of the plurality of heating parts,

the method comprising:

controlling the power switching part to switch the one of the plurality of heating parts such that the electric power is supplied to the first heating part when a rotational angle of the mounting table is in a first angle range and the electric power is supplied to the second heating part when the rotational angle of the mounting table is in a second angle range, the rotational angle of the mounting table being calculated from a starting rotation of the mounting table; and

controlling the electric power supplied to the plurality of heating parts in synchronization with a timing at which the plurality of heating parts supplied with the electric power from the single power source is switched,

wherein the mounting table is supported on a rotary shaft installed in a rotatable manner, and

wherein the power switching part is installed so as to be integrally rotatable with the rotary shaft, the power switching part including a plurality of rotation-side contacts electrically connected to each of the plurality of heating parts and a fixed-side contact installed so as to make contact with one of the plurality of rotation-side contacts in response to a rotation of the rotary shaft.

11. The method of claim 10 , the first angle range is from 0 to 90 degrees.

12. The method of claim 10 , the second angle range is from 90 to 180 degrees.

13. A mounting table system, comprising:

a mounting table rotatably installed so as to mount a substrate thereon;

a plurality of heating parts installed in the mounting table and configured to heat the mounting table, the plurality of heating parts including a first heating part and a second heating part; and

a power switching part configured to be switched to supply an electric power to one of the plurality of heating parts such that the electric power is supplied to the first heating part when a rotational angle of the mounting table is in a first angle range, and the electric power is supplied to the second heating part when the rotational angle of the mounting table is in a second angle range, the rotational angle of the mounting table being calculated from starting rotation of the mounting table,

wherein the mounting table is supported on a rotary shaft installed in a rotatable manner, and

wherein the power switching part is installed so as to be integrally rotatable with the rotary shaft, the power switching part including a plurality of rotation-side contacts electrically connected to each of the plurality of heating parts and a fixed-side contact installed so as to make contact with one of the plurality of rotation-side contacts in response to a rotation of the rotary shaft.

14. The system of claim 13 , the first angle range is from 0 to 90 degrees.

15. The system of claim 13 , the second angle range is from 90 to 180 degrees.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2017
From: MITSUNAGA, TADASHI; MIYASHITA, TETSUYA; HATANO, TATSUO; WATANABE, NAOKI
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042381/0379 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-097778 · May 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170330787A1 · Nov 16, 2017