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US 10,685,859 · App. 15/685,342 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Plasma processing apparatus

Inventors: Chishio Koshimizu (Nirasaki, JP); Tatsuo Matsudo (Nirasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/67103H01J37/32027H01J37/32119H01J37/32174H01J37/32357H01J37/32422H01J37/32651H05H1/46
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Patent No.
US 10,685,859
App. No.
15/685,342
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a plasma processing apparatus, including: a chamber main body; a plasma trap installed inside a chamber provided by the chamber main body, and configured to divide the chamber into a first space and a second space; a mounting table installed in the second space; a plasma source configured to excite gases supplied to the first space; and a potential adjustment part including an electrode to be capacitively coupled to a plasma generated in the first space, and configured to adjust a potential of the plasma.

Claims (12)

1. An inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus comprising:

a chamber main body;

a plasma trap installed inside a chamber provided by the chamber main body, and configured to divide the chamber into a first space and a second space;

a mounting table installed in the second space;

a plasma source including an antenna connected to a high-frequency power supply, and configured to excite gases supplied to the first space;

a dielectric window installed between the antenna and the first space; and

a potential adjustment part configured to adjust a potential of a plasma generated in the first space,

wherein the potential adjustment part includes:

an electrode which is a Faraday shield installed between the antenna and the dielectric window, and is configured to be capacitively coupled to the plasma generated in the first space;

an impedance adjustment circuit equipped with a variable reactance element and connected between the electrode and a ground;

a detector configured to detect a peak value of a voltage at the electrode; and

a control part configured to: store data representing a predetermined relationship between an energy of ions incident onto a target object mounted on the mounting table and the peak value of the voltage at the electrode; receive a target value of the energy of the ions incident onto the target object; obtain a target peak value of the voltage at the electrode, which corresponds to the target value of the energy of the ions, with reference to the stored data; and control the variable reactance element of the impedance adjustment circuit so as to reduce a difference between the target peak value and the detected peak value of the voltage at the electrode detected by the detector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2017
From: KOSHIMIZU, CHISHIO; MATSUDO, TATSUO
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 043405/0179 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-169503 · Aug 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180061681A1 · Mar 1, 2018