IP Library Patent Application 16357971
Patent Application
App. No. 16/357,971

PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEMBER OF PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER

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App. No.
16/357,971
Abstract

A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber disposed inside a vacuum container and in which plasma is formed; and a member which is a member forming an inner wall surface of the processing chamber and is disposed on a surface to be exposed to the plasma and has a coating film formed by spraying of yttrium fluoride or a material containing the yttrium fluoride. A ratio of an orthorhombic crystal of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride forming the coating film relative to the entirety is 60% or more.

Claims (19)

1 . A plasma processing apparatus comprising:

a processing chamber disposed inside a vacuum container and in which plasma is formed; and

a member which is a member forming an inner wall surface of the processing chamber and is disposed on a surface to be exposed to the plasma and has a coating film formed by spraying of yttrium fluoride or a material containing the yttrium fluoride,

wherein a ratio of an orthorhombic crystal of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride forming the coating film relative to entirety is 60% or more.

2 . The plasma processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a size of the crystal is 50 nm or smaller.

3 . A method of manufacturing a plasma processing apparatus, which comprises: a processing chamber disposed inside a vacuum container and in which plasma is formed; and a member which is a member forming an inner wall surface of the processing chamber and is disposed on a surface to be exposed to the plasma and has a coating film formed by spraying of yttrium fluoride or a material containing the yttrium fluoride, the method comprising:

spraying particles of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride using atmospheric plasma while maintaining a surface of the coating film at 280° C. or higher to form the coating film.

4 . The method of manufacturing the plasma processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the particles of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride are sprayed using atmospheric plasma while maintaining a surface of the coating film at 350° C. or lower to form the coating film.

5 . A member of a plasma processing chamber, which comprises a processing chamber disposed inside a vacuum container and in which plasma is formed, forming an inner wall surface of the processing chamber of the plasma processing apparatus in which a sample disposed inside the processing chamber is processed using plasma generated inside the processing chamber, the member comprising

a coating film disposed on a surface to be exposed to the plasma,

wherein the coating film is formed by spraying of yttrium fluoride or a material containing the yttrium fluoride such that a ratio of an orthorhombic crystal of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride forming the coating film relative to entirety is 60% or more.

6 . The member of the plasma processing chamber according to claim 5 , wherein

a size of the crystal is 50 nm or smaller.

7 . A method of manufacturing a member of a plasma processing chamber, the member forming an inner wall surface of a processing chamber disposed inside a vacuum container and in which plasma is formed, disposed to a surface to be exposed to the plasma, and having a coating film formed by spraying of yttrium fluoride or a material containing the yttrium fluoride, the method comprising:

spraying particles of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride using atmospheric plasma while maintaining a surface of the coating film at 280° C. or higher to form the coating film.

8 . The method of manufacturing the member of a plasma processing chamber according to claim 7 , wherein

the particles of the yttrium fluoride or the material containing the yttrium fluoride are sprayed using atmospheric plasma while maintaining a surface of the coating film at 350° C. or lower to form the coating film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2020
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052225/0894 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2019
From: UEDA, KAZUHIRO; IKENAGA, KAZUYUKI; TAMURA, TOMOYUKI; SUMIYA, MASAHIRO
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048673/0487 →