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Granted Patent B2
US 11,495,435 · App. 16/874,312 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Substrate processing apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and a substrate processing method

Inventors: Teruo Yoshino (Toyama, JP); Takashi Yahata (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
H01J37/3211H01J37/32091H01J37/32174H01J37/32577H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 11,495,435
App. No.
16/874,312
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein is a technique capable of capable of uniformly processing a surface of a substrate even when an inductive coupling type substrate processing apparatus is used. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; a gas supply part configured to supply a gas into the process chamber; a high frequency power supply part configured to supply a high frequency power; a plasma generator including a resonance coil wound on a side of the process chamber, the plasma generator configured to generate a plasma in the process chamber when the high frequency power is supplied to the resonance coil; and a substrate support on which the substrate is placed such that a horizontal center position of the substrate in the process chamber does not overlap with a horizontal center position of the resonance coil.

Claims (21)

1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:

a process chamber in which a substrate is processed;

a gas supply part configured to supply a gas into the process chamber;

a high frequency power supply part configured to supply a high frequency power of a predetermined frequency;

a plasma generator comprising:

a resonance coil comprising a first resonance coil and a second resonance coil that are wound on a side of the process chamber; and

a movable tap provided at least one end of the first resonance coil and the second resonance coil,

wherein the plasma generator is configured to generate a plasma in the process chamber when the high frequency power is supplied to the resonance coil;

a plasma generation space provided adjacent to the resonance coil; and

a substrate support on which the substrate is placed such that a horizontal center position of the substrate in the process chamber does not overlap with a horizontal center position of the resonance coil,

wherein, while the plasma generator generates the plasma, the substrate rotates or revolves at a location below the plasma generation space and a relative position of the movable tap with respect to a specific point on an outer peripheral portion of the substrate is changed.

2. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , the first resonance coil and the second resonance coil are provided such that a horizontal center position of the first resonance coil does not overlap with a horizontal center position of the second resonance coil.

3. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plasma generation space is formed in the process chamber, and

the substrate support is provided in a substrate processing space below the plasma generation space.

4. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a winding pitch of the first resonance coil is at equal intervals.

5. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the first resonance coil is set to be greater than a diameter of the substrate.

6. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a winding pitch of the second resonance coil is at equal intervals.

7. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the second resonance coil is set to be greater than a diameter of the substrate.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes, by a computer, the substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 to process the substrate.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , the method comprising: processing the substrate.

10. A substrate processing method using the substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , the method comprising: processing the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2020
From: YOSHINO, TERUO; YAHATA, TAKASHI
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052880/0813 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-093639 · May 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200365367A1 · Nov 19, 2020
Cited By (1)
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