Apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the apparatus
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the apparatus, the apparatus including a heater configured to heat a target, and a coating layer, the coating layer including a ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by the following Chemical Formula: M x Al 1-x N y , [Chemical Formula] wherein x and y satisfy the following relations: 0<x<1 and y≥1.
1 . An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the apparatus comprising:
a heater configured to heat a target for the semiconductor device, the heater including an aluminum nitride;
wherein the heater has a coating layer on the heater, the coating layer including:
a base layer, and
a passivation layer on the base layer, the passivation layer having a first nitrogen content higher than a second nitrogen content of the base layer, and wherein:
the base layer includes a first layer having a first aluminum content and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer having a second aluminum content different from the first aluminum content,
the first layer contacts the heater, and
the first aluminum content of the first layer is higher than the second aluminum content of the second layer; and
each layer of the coating layer independently includes a ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by Chemical Formula:
M x Al 1-x N y , [Chemical Formula]
wherein x and y satisfy: 0<x<1 and y≥1.
2 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base layer further includes a third layer, the third layer having a third aluminum content higher than the second aluminum content and lower than the first aluminum content.
3 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) includes a transition metal (M) including Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, or W.
4 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first layer includes the ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by the Chemical Formula in which x satisfies: 0<x≤0.2.
5 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second layer includes the ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by the Chemical Formula in which x satisfies: 1>x≥0.7.
6 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coating layer includes a third layer including the ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by the Chemical Formula in which x satisfies: 0.2<x<0.7.
7 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the heater includes an inner heater configured to heat a center of the target, and an outer heater configured to heat a periphery of the target, and
the apparatus further comprises a first power supply line configured to supply power to the inner heater, and a second power supply line configured to supply power to the outer heater.
8 . An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the apparatus comprising:
a process chamber; and
a loader in the process chamber, a target for the semiconductor device being supportable on the loader,
wherein:
the loader includes a heater including aluminum nitride configured to heat the target, the heater including an aluminum nitride,
a on the heater has a coating layer on the heater, the coating layer including a first layer, a second layer, and a passivation layer that are sequentially stacked, wherein the coating layer is configured to prevent formation of cracks in the heater including aluminum nitride,
the first layer contacts the heater,
an aluminum content of the first layer is higher than an aluminum content of the second layer,
a nitrogen content of the passivation layer is higher than a nitrogen content of the second layer, and
each of the first layer, the second layer, and the passivation layer independently includes a ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by Chemical Formula:
M x Al 1-x N y , [Chemical Formula]
x and y satisfy: 0<x<1 and y≥1.
9 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the aluminum content of the second layer is the same as an aluminum content of the passivation layer.
10 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:
the coating layer further includes a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, and
the aluminum content of each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer is reduced with increasing distance from the heater.
11 . A method of manufacturing an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device such that the apparatus includes a heater configured to heat a target for the semiconductor device, the method comprising
forming a coating layer on the heater including an aluminum nitride,
wherein forming the coating layer includes:
forming a base layer and forming a passivation layer on the base layer, the passivation layer having a first nitrogen content higher than a second nitrogen content of the base layer,
wherein the base layer includes a first layer having a first aluminum content and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer having a second aluminum content different from the first aluminum content, and
wherein the first layer contacts the heater, and the first aluminum content of the first layer is higher than the second aluminum content of the second layer; wherein:
each layer of the coating layer independently includes a ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) represented by Chemical Formula:
M x Al 1-x N y , and [Chemical Formula]
x and y satisfy: 0<x<1 and y≥1.
12 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein:
the base layer is in contact with the passivation layer, and
a crystal phase of the base layer is the same as a crystal phase of the passivation layer.
13 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the ternary material of transition metal (M)-aluminum (Al)-nitrogen (N) includes a transition metal (M) including Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, or W.
14 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein forming the base layer further includes forming a third layer, the third layer having a third aluminum content higher than the second aluminum content and lower than the first aluminum content.