WO2021220551A1 - プラズマ処理装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus that generates plasma by electromagnetic waves.
- Plasma processing equipment is used in the production of semiconductor integrated circuit elements.
- the miniaturization of the device has progressed.
- the two-dimensional miniaturization of elements the number of elements that can be manufactured from one substrate to be processed increases, the manufacturing cost per element decreases, and at the same time, the performance can be improved by the effect of shortening the wiring length. I came.
- the difficulty of two-dimensional miniaturization increases remarkably, and measures such as the application of new materials and three-dimensional element structures are being taken. Due to these structural changes, the difficulty of manufacturing has increased, and the increase in manufacturing cost has become a serious problem.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit element is a clean room that eliminates foreign matter and contaminants and optimally controls the temperature and humidity. Often manufactured in-house. With the miniaturization of elements, the cleanliness of the clean room required for manufacturing becomes higher, and enormous costs are required for the construction and maintenance of the clean room. Therefore, it is required to efficiently utilize the clean room space for production. From this point of view, semiconductor manufacturing equipment is strictly required to be miniaturized and cost-reduced.
- a device in which a static magnetic field is applied to the plasma processing chamber is widely used.
- the static magnetic field has the advantage that the plasma loss can be suppressed and the plasma distribution can be controlled.
- an effect that plasma can be generated even under operating conditions where it is usually difficult to generate plasma.
- microwaves are used as electromagnetic waves for plasma generation and a static magnetic field that matches the period of electron cyclotron motion and the frequency of microwaves is used, an electron cyclotron resonance (Electron Cyclotron Resonance, hereinafter referred to as ECR) phenomenon occurs.
- ECR electron cyclotron resonance
- RF bias technology is used to speed up plasma processing and improve processing quality by applying high frequencies to the substrate to be processed during plasma processing and drawing ions in the plasma to the surface of the substrate to be processed.
- plasma etching processing since ions are vertically incident on the surface to be processed of the substrate to be processed, anisotropic processing in which etching proceeds only in the vertical direction of the substrate to be processed is achieved.
- the plasma processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is provided with an electromagnet for applying a static magnetic field around the processing chamber, and applies a static magnetic field to the processing chamber. Can be done. Further, the electromagnet is composed of a multi-stage electromagnet, and the static magnetic field distribution in the processing chamber can be adjusted by adjusting the current value supplied to each electromagnet.
- a microwave having a frequency of 2.45 GHz is used as an electromagnetic wave for generating plasma, and a circular waveguide that is circularly polarized by a circularly polarized wave generator and arranged on the central axis of the device is used. And supplies it to the equipment.
- the output end of the circular waveguide is connected to a branch circuit, and the branch circuit is composed of a plurality of waveguides arranged at equal angles.
- a rectangular waveguide that is branched into four at equal angles every 90 degrees is used as the branch circuit.
- the ring resonator is excited by a plurality of waveguides in the branch circuit.
- a slot antenna is provided on the processing chamber side of the ring resonator, and microwaves are radiated from the slot antenna to the processing chamber in the ring resonator according to the electromagnetic field formed in the resonance mode.
- the static magnetic field in the processing chamber of Patent Document 1 is controlled to a desired distribution by the electromagnet, and interacts with the introduced microwave to generate plasma in the processing chamber.
- a static magnetic field that causes ECR can be generated in the processing chamber, and the distribution can be adjusted to control the diffusion of plasma.
- the circularly polarized microwave is input into the circular waveguide of Patent Document 1, and the traveling wave is excited in the ring resonator by this.
- Electromagnetic waves of multiple wavelengths are excited in this ring resonator in one round in the azimuth direction, but when a standing wave is excited, the azimuth is not corresponding to the antinodes and nodes of the standing wave.
- the uniformity will be in a fixed position.
- plasma is often lost on the wall surface of the plasma processing chamber, and the density tends to be low near the wall surface and high near the center away from the wall surface.
- the plasma density on the substrate to be processed tends to be convexly distributed, and the uniformity of plasma processing may become a problem.
- Plasma tends to diffuse in the direction along the magnetic force lines, but has the property of suppressing diffusion in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic force lines. Further, the position of the ECR surface or the like can be adjusted to control the plasma generation region. In this way, the distribution of plasma can be adjusted by adjusting the diffusion and generation region of plasma with a static magnetic field.
- the desired adjustment range may not be obtained only by the means for adjusting the plasma density distribution by the static magnetic field, and further adjustment means are desired.
- the film thickness to be processed may be thick in the center of the processing substrate and thin on the outer peripheral side, or conversely thin in the center and thick on the outer peripheral side, depending on the characteristics of the film forming apparatus.
- the reaction product is uniformly generated and released from each part of the substrate to be processed.
- the reaction product density is high in the central portion of the substrate to be processed, and the density is low in the outer peripheral portion.
- etching is hindered and the etching rate decreases.
- the probability that the reaction product will reattach to the substrate to be processed is affected by many parameters such as the temperature of the substrate to be processed, the pressure in the processing chamber, and the surface condition of the substrate to be processed. Therefore, in order to obtain a uniform etching process in the plane of the substrate to be processed, it may be necessary to intentionally adjust the plasma density distribution on the substrate to be processed to be non-uniform.
- a plasma processing apparatus capable of easily controlling the plasma density distribution on the substrate to be processed is desired.
- a ring resonator By using a ring resonator, it is possible to obtain a low electromagnetic field distribution near the center and a high electromagnetic field distribution near the outer circumference, and thereby a low plasma density distribution at the center and a high plasma density distribution at the outer circumference. Considering the property that the plasma diffuses and tends to have a high density distribution near the center, in order to obtain a uniform plasma on the substrate to be processed, it is necessary to adjust the density distribution to a low center in the plasma generation region and a high density distribution in the outer periphery. Is required.
- Patent Document 1 ring resonators are excited by waveguides evenly arranged in four azimuthal directions.
- non-uniformity of the electromagnetic field in the ring resonator due to the connection portion of the four waveguides may occur, and the non-uniformity of the plasma distribution due to this may become apparent.
- the structure such as branching is complicated, the manufacturing cost and the difference between devices may become a problem, and a simple excitation structure is desirable.
- the present invention provides a plasma processing apparatus capable of uniformly exciting a ring resonator with a simple structure by solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
- a vacuum chamber provided with a plasma processing chamber for plasma-treating the substrate inside and capable of exhausting the inside of the plasma processing chamber to a vacuum, and a circular waveguide in the vacuum chamber.
- a vacuum chamber is connected to a circular waveguide to receive microwave power propagated from the circular waveguide.
- the line section, the ring resonator section that is arranged on the outer periphery of the parallel flat plate line section and receives the microwave power propagated from the parallel flat plate line section, and the microwave radiated from the slot antenna formed in this ring resonator section. It is provided with a cavity that receives power and a microwave introduction window that separates the cavity from the plasma processing chamber. It was configured to have a phase adjusting part for adjusting the phase of the microwave propagating in the part.
- a vacuum chamber provided with a plasma processing chamber for plasma processing the substrate inside and capable of exhausting the inside of the plasma processing chamber to a vacuum, and a vacuum chamber on the central axis of the vacuum chamber.
- a circular waveguide with a circular cross section and a microwave power propagated from the circular waveguide connected to the output end of the circular waveguide on the vacuum chamber side are the central axes of the vacuum chamber.
- the parallel flat plate line portion perpendicular to the vertical and the microwave power propagated from the parallel flat plate line portion connected to the outer periphery of the parallel flat plate line portion are resonated at multiple wavelengths in the azimuth angle direction with respect to the central axis of the vacuum chamber.
- a ring resonator portion in which a slot antenna that radiates the resonated microwave power is formed, a cavity portion that receives the microwave power radiated from the slot antenna formed in the ring resonator portion, and this cavity. It was configured with a microwave introduction window that separates the unit from the plasma processing chamber.
- the electromagnetic field distribution in the ring resonator can be accurately adjusted to a desired resonance mode with a simple structure, and the unnecessary electromagnetic field distribution that causes the bias of the plasma distribution can be suppressed.
- a good plasma treatment can be applied on the substrate to be treated.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 of the microwave plasma etching apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 showing a modified example of a parallel flat plate line in the microwave plasma etching apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 showing another modification of the parallel flat plate line in the microwave plasma etching apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 1 It is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the parallel flat plate line of the microwave plasma etching apparatus of Example 2.
- FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the parallel flat plate line of the microwave plasma etching apparatus of Example 3.
- FIG. It is sectional drawing of the side surface which shows the schematic structure of the microwave plasma etching apparatus of Example 4.
- FIG. Example 4 It is a vertical cross-sectional view of the vicinity of a circular waveguide of a microwave plasma etching apparatus showing a modified example.
- It is a top view of the conductor plate of the ring resonator which concerns on the modification of this Example corresponding to the cross-sectional view of BB of FIG. 6A of the microwave plasma etching apparatus of Example 4.
- the present invention enables high-quality plasma processing by adjusting the distribution of microwave power in a plasma processing apparatus that generates plasma by electromagnetic waves so that the distribution of plasma generated in the processing chamber can be controlled. It is a thing.
- the present invention comprises a ring resonator that resonates in a mode in which electromagnetic waves of m wavelengths are held in the azimuth angle direction in a microwave ECR plasma processing apparatus, and a waveguide arranged coaxially with the central axis of the ring resonator.
- the electromagnetic field distribution excited in the processing chamber can be adjusted to a low ring-shaped distribution at the center and a high ring-shaped distribution at the outer periphery. Therefore, it is easy to generate plasma in a ring shape in the processing chamber.
- the plasma density near the wall surface tends to decrease, and a high density distribution tends to be easily obtained near the center.
- the positional relationship between the wall surface of the processing chamber and the ring-shaped plasma generation distribution by the ring resonator is adjusted so that a uniform plasma distribution can be obtained on the wafer.
- a circular waveguide having a circular cross section arranged on the central axis of a substantially axially symmetric plasma processing device, a plasma processing chamber in which the substrate to be processed is subjected to plasma processing, and an output end of the circular waveguide.
- ring resonator Connected parallel flat plate line, ring resonator whose microwave propagation direction in this parallel flat plate line resonates at multiple wavelengths in the azimuth angle direction perpendicular to the central axis, inside the ring resonator on the plasma processing chamber side of this ring resonator
- the ring resonator is provided with an antenna for radiating the electromagnetic waves of Therefore, a uniform plasma distribution can be obtained on the wafer.
- the microwave plasma etching apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 as an example of the plasma processing apparatus using the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the entire microwave plasma etching apparatus 100.
- 101 is a microwave oscillator (microwave power supply)
- 102 is an isolator
- 103 is an automatic matcher
- 1041 is a rectangular waveguide
- 104 is a circular rectangular converter
- 105 is circular polarization generation.
- Instrument 106 is a circular waveguide
- 107 is a matching block
- 108 is a parallel flat plate line
- 109 is a phase adjusting means
- 110 is a ring resonator
- 111 is a slot antenna
- 112 is a cavity
- 121 is an inner cavity
- 126 is a microwave power supply
- 102 is an isolator
- 103 is an automatic matcher
- 1041 is a rectangular waveguide
- 104 is a circular rectangular converter
- 105 is circular polarization generation.
- Instrument 106 is a circular waveguide
- 107 is a matching block
- 108 is
- 113 is a static magnetic field generator
- 114 is a microwave introduction window
- 115 is a shower plate
- 116 is a plasma processing chamber
- 117 is a substrate to be processed
- 118 is a substrate electrode
- 119 is an automatic matcher
- 120 is an RF bias power supply
- 130 is. It is a vacuum chamber.
- a gas supply system for supplying gas to the plasma processing chamber 116, a vacuum exhaust means for evacuating the inside of the plasma processing chamber 116 to a vacuum, a microwave oscillator 101 and an automatic matcher 103, and a static magnetic field generation are generated.
- the illustration of the control unit that controls the device 113, the RF bias power supply 120, and the like is omitted.
- the microwave with a frequency of 2.45 GHz output from the microwave oscillator 101 is propagated to the circular rectangular converter 104 by the rectangular waveguide 1041 via the isolator 102 and the automatic matcher 103.
- a magnetron was used as the microwave oscillator 101.
- the circular-rectangular converter 104 also serves as a corner that bends the traveling direction of microwaves by 90 degrees, and aims to reduce the size of the entire device.
- a circularly polarized wave generator 105 is connected to the lower part of the circularly rectangular converter 104 to convert microwaves incident by linearly polarized waves into circularly polarized waves. Further, on the side of the plasma processing chamber 116 of the circularly polarized wave generator 105, there is a circular waveguide 106 provided on the substantially central axis of the vacuum chamber 130 constituting the plasma processing chamber 116, and the circularly polarized wave is formed. Microwaves are propagated.
- a parallel flat plate line 108 formed at the end of the circular waveguide 106 via a matching block 107 and sandwiched between the upper surface 122 of the inner cavity forming portion 126 and the upper conductor 131 which is the upper surface of the vacuum chamber 130. Is connected.
- the circular waveguide 106 and the parallel plate line 108 are orthogonal to each other, and the microwave power propagated from the circular waveguide 106 to the parallel plate line 108 changes the traveling direction thereof.
- the matching block 107 is a highly conductive metal block having a function of suppressing reflection of microwave power at the connection portion between the circular waveguide 106 and the parallel flat plate line 108, and has a conical shape in this embodiment. ..
- the parallel flat plate line 108 is formed on the upper side surface of the vacuum chamber 130 by a ring resonator 110 formed by a space sandwiched between the side surface portion 123 of the inner cavity forming portion 126, the inner edge portion 124, and the outer edge portion 125. It is connected and supplies microwave power propagated from the circular waveguide 106 into the ring resonator 110.
- the phase adjusting means 109 is loaded near the boundary with the ring resonator 110.
- the phase adjusting means 109 functions to reduce the mismatch of the microwave electromagnetic field distribution on the connection surface between the ring resonator 110 and the parallel flat plate line 108.
- the phase adjusting means 109 can excite a desired resonance mode in the ring resonator 110 by reducing the mismatch of the microwave electromagnetic field distribution on the connection surface between the ring resonator 110 and the parallel flat plate line 108. ..
- phase adjusting means 109 a dielectric block was used as the phase adjusting means 109.
- the phase adjusting means 109 is not limited to this, and other structures, for example, a structure provided with a stub having protrusions on the inner surface of the parallel flat plate line 108, a groove, or a linear protrusion may be used.
- a slot antenna 111 is provided as a microwave emitting means in the lower part of the ring resonator 110, and a cavity 112 is provided in the lower part of the slot antenna 111.
- the slot antenna 111 is formed by a space sandwiched between the outer peripheral surface of the inner edge portion 124 of the inner cavity forming portion 126 and the inner peripheral surface of the outer edge portion 125.
- a microwave having an electromagnetic field distribution excited in a desired resonance mode inside the ring resonator 110 is radiated from the slot antenna 111 to the lower cavity 112.
- an inner cavity portion 121 formed by an upper surface portion 122 and a side surface portion 123 of the inner cavity forming portion 126 is provided, and the microwave emitted from the slot antenna 111 together with the cavity portion 112 is provided. It has the function of adjusting the electromagnetic field distribution.
- the lower part of the cavity 112 is separated from the plasma processing chamber 116 by a microwave introduction window 114 and a shower plate 115. Quartz was used for the microwave introduction window 114 and the shower plate 115 as a material having a small microwave loss and less likely to adversely affect plasma treatment such as generation of foreign matter.
- the inner cavity 121 inside the ring resonator 110 has a function of adjusting the electromagnetic field distribution of microwaves radiated from the slot antenna 111 together with the cavity 112.
- a gas supply system (not shown) and a vacuum exhaust system (not shown) are connected to the plasma processing chamber 116, and the gas atmosphere and pressure suitable for plasma processing are controlled.
- the plasma processing chamber 116 and the cavity 112 are separated by a microwave introduction window 114, the cavity 112 side is in an atmospheric pressure state, and the plasma processing chamber 116 side is exhausted and is in a vacuum state. Is maintained.
- the processing gas is supplied from a gas supply system (not shown) in a minute gap (not shown) between the microwave introduction window 114 and the shower plate 115, and is provided through a plurality of minute supply holes (not shown) provided in the shower plate 115. Is supplied to the inside of the plasma processing chamber 116.
- a substrate electrode 118 for placing the substrate to be processed 117 is installed in a state of being electrically insulated from the plasma processing chamber 116.
- An RF bias power supply 120 is connected to the substrate electrode 118 via an automatic matching unit 119, and an RF bias can be applied to the substrate 117 to be processed.
- a static magnetic field generator 113 for applying a static magnetic field is provided around the plasma processing chamber 116.
- the static magnetic field generator 113 is composed of a multi-stage solenoid coil, and the distribution of the static magnetic field applied in the plasma processing chamber 116 by adjusting the DC current supplied by a plurality of DC power sources (not shown). Can be adjusted.
- a permanent magnet or a magnetic material may be used in combination as a means for generating a static magnetic field in place of the static magnetic field generator 113 or together with the static magnetic field generator 113.
- FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, that is, a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the parallel flat plate line 108.
- a dielectric block is loaded in the parallel flat plate line 108 as the phase adjusting means 109.
- the ring resonator is excited by four square waveguides, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the ring resonator is excited by a parallel flat plate line 108 provided with the phase adjusting means 109.
- the four phase adjusting means 109 are arranged at equal intervals, and the width of each of the four phase adjusting means 109 in the circumferential direction is the same as the width of the interval between the adjacent phase adjusting means 109. It is formed to the dimensions.
- the electromagnetic field in the ring resonator 110 uses a mode (hereinafter, referred to as TM51 mode) that resonates in the azimuth direction for 5 wavelengths as described in Patent Document 1.
- TM51 mode a mode that resonates in the azimuth direction for 5 wavelengths as described in Patent Document 1.
- the circular waveguide 106 on the central axis also uses the TE11 mode, which is the lowest order mode, as described in Patent Document 1.
- the phase changes 360 degrees in one circumference in the azimuth direction and 360 degrees
- the TM51 mode of the ring resonator the phase changes by 360 degrees ⁇ 5 wavelengths in one circumference 360 degrees in the azimuth direction. Therefore, as described in FIG. 5 of Patent Document 1, the phases of the electromagnetic waves in the TE11 mode and the TM51 mode match at four locations every 90 degrees, and the ring resonator is excited using these four locations. doing.
- the TE11 mode and TM51 are used in four connecting portions (regions 201, 202, 203, 204 sandwiched by the adjacent phase adjusting means 109 in FIG. 2) that do not include the phase adjusting means 109.
- the modes are in phase.
- the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave in a substance having a refractive index n is generally shortened to 1 / n in length as compared with in vacuum or in the atmosphere. It is known.
- quartz is used as the material of the four dielectric blocks as the phase adjusting means 109. It is known that the refractive index of quartz is about 2, and the wavelength of electromagnetic waves in quartz is shortened by about half.
- the wavelength of the microwave propagating in the parallel flat plate line 108 is also shortened in the dielectric block as the phase adjusting means 109, and the phase changes as compared with the microwave that does not pass through the dielectric block.
- the amount of phase change is adjusted so that the electromagnetic waves in the TM51 mode and the TE11 mode roughly match on the connection surface between the ring resonator 110 and the parallel flat plate line 108 (in FIG. 2, the upper part of the side surface portion 123 of the inner cavity forming portion 126).
- the TM51 mode of the ring resonator can be excited with high accuracy.
- the phases of the TE11 mode and the TM51 mode are matched at eight locations including the four connecting portions that do not include the phase adjusting means 109 and the four connecting portions that include the phase adjusting means 109. Corresponds to that.
- Patent Document 1 If the waveguide described in Patent Document 1 is to be matched in the same eight places, it is necessary to adjust the phase in each of the eight branched waveguides, which has a drawback that the structure becomes complicated. Further, the method of exciting with four waveguides in Patent Document 1 has a drawback that non-uniformity due to the waveguide connection portion occurs as described above and the deviation from the desired TM51 mode becomes large.
- annular slot antenna 111 is formed in the azimuth angle direction, but it is shown in FIG. 3A instead of the annular slot antenna 111.
- a slot antenna 301 formed in large numbers radially on the edge portion 127 corresponding to the inner edge portion 124 and the outer edge portion 125 of the inner cavity forming portion 126, or the inner cavity forming portion 126 as shown in FIG. 3B.
- Antennas of other shapes such as a plurality of arc-shaped slot antennas 302 on a plurality of concentric circles may be used for the edge portion 128 corresponding to the inner edge portion 124 and the outer edge portion 125.
- the inside of the ring resonator 110 can be resonated more evenly, so that the axial symmetry of the generated plasma can be improved. ..
- the loss of microwave power can be reduced by simplifying the branch structure to the plurality of waveguides described in Patent Document 1 to the parallel plate line 108, and the manufacturing cost and manufacturing cost can be increased. It has become possible to reduce the difference between devices.
- the ring resonator 110 is evenly excited on the connection surface between the parallel flat plate line 108 and the ring resonator 110, so that the electromagnetic field distribution in the ring resonator 110 is uniform. Resonance has come to be made.
- the phase adjusting means 109 in the parallel flat plate line 108, the resonant electromagnetic field in the ring resonator 110 and the electromagnetic field on the connecting surface of the parallel flat plate line 108 are more accurately matched. It is possible to make the ring resonator 110 uniformly excited.
- the circular wave is excited into the ring resonator 110 by injecting circularly polarized waves into the circular waveguide 106 by using the circular polarization generator 105, and the ring resonator 110 It has become possible to suppress the generation of standing waves inside and to generate uniform plasma.
- the traveling wave can be excited in the ring resonator even when the linearly polarized wave is input to the circular waveguide by performing the phase adjustment by the phase adjusting means in detail. rice field.
- FIG. 4 corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the parallel flat plate line 108 when the ridge 401 is added in addition to the phase adjusting means 109. Since the apparatus configuration except for the vicinity of the parallel flat plate line 108 is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, only the differences will be described with reference to FIG.
- a ridge 401 is added adjacent to each phase adjusting means 109.
- the ridge 401 is composed of a conductive column connecting the upper surface 122 of the inner cavity forming portion 126 forming the parallel flat plate line 108 and the upper conductor 131 which is the upper surface of the vacuum chamber 130.
- the slot antenna is used.
- the inner edge portion 124 of the inner cavity forming portion 126 which is the inner conductor plate of 111 and the outer edge portion 125 which is the outer conductor plate do not come into contact with each other, and the upper surface portion 122 which is the lower conductor of the parallel flat plate line 108 is the phase adjusting means 109.
- the structure is fixed to the upper conductor only by. By using the ridge 401, the upper and lower conductor plates of the parallel flat plate line 108 can be stably held.
- a traveling wave can be excited by exciting a position in a waveguide where the path length difference is 1/4 wavelength with a phase difference of 90 degrees.
- a traveling wave is excited by a TE11 mode circular waveguide provided on the central axis of the ring resonator in a ring resonator that resonates in a mode of 5 wavelengths in the azimuth direction. think.
- the azimuth angle difference corresponding to 1/4 wavelength in the ring resonator is 18 degrees. Since the TE11 mode of the circular waveguide is a mode that shows a 360-degree phase change for one wavelength in the azimuth angle direction in the waveguide cross section, the phase difference of the TE11 mode of the circular waveguide is relative to the azimuth angle difference of 18 degrees. Is 18 degrees. In order to have a phase difference of 90 degrees with an excitation source having a phase difference of 18 degrees, a subtraction phase difference of 72 degrees may be given. A dielectric having a wavelength shortening effect can be used to give the phase difference of 72 degrees. It can be seen that the traveling wave can be excited in the ring resonator by giving a phase difference of 72 degrees for each increase of the azimuth angle of 18 degrees.
- the parallel flat plate line 108 is stably held by providing the structure using the ridge 401 that short-circuits the conductor plates in the parallel flat plate line 108. It has become possible to uniformly excite the ring resonator 110.
- FIG. 5 shows only a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the parallel flat plate line 108 corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. Only the differences from the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the traveling wave can be excited in the ring resonator 110 by exciting a plurality of positions of the ring resonator 110 with a predetermined phase difference.
- the phase adjusting means 109 was composed of four dielectric blocks.
- the phase adjusting means 510 as shown in FIG. 5, a disk-shaped dielectric having a specially shaped opening 501 inside is used.
- the phase adjusting means 510 has a hole shape such that the radius from the center increases monotonically as the end face is indicated by 511 as the azimuth angle increases from 0 degrees to less than 90 degrees. do. Similarly, 90 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees, end faces are shown by 512, and 180 degrees or more and less than 270 degrees, 270 degrees or more and less than 360 degrees are also shown by 521, 513, 514 as the azimuth angle increases.
- the hole shape is such that the radius from the center decreases monotonically as well. Further, the end faces 511, 521, 513, 514 are formed so that the radii at positions separated by 90 degrees from each other have the same radius.
- the microwaves excited in the TE11 mode of the circular waveguide 106 and propagated in each azimuth angle direction of the parallel flat plate line 108 are phase-controlled by the phase adjusting means 510 of the shape, and the connection surface with the ring resonator 110.
- the phase on the connecting surface can be accurately approximated to the traveling wave corresponding to the TM51 mode of the ring resonator 110.
- the traveling wave can be excited in the ring resonator 110.
- the circularly polarized wave generator 105 loaded in the circular waveguide 106 can be omitted. Further, by using the circularly polarized wave generator 105 in combination without omitting it, it is possible to generate a traveling wave in a wider plasma generation condition range.
- Example 1 the same effect as described in Example 1 can be obtained.
- the ring resonator that resonates in the mode of 5 wavelengths in the azimuth direction has been described above as an example, a ring resonator that resonates in another resonance mode may be used.
- FIGS. 6A to 8 are used for an example of a microwave plasma etching apparatus 600 having a configuration in which a conductor plate for removing an electric field in an unnecessary mode is inserted inside the ring resonator 110. Only the differences from the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described.
- the same numbers as those having the same configuration as the microwave plasma etching apparatus 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3B in Example 1 have the same numbers. Is added to omit the description.
- the display of the exhaust system is omitted as in the microwave plasma etching apparatus 100 of FIG.
- FIG. 6A is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the microwave plasma etching apparatus 600 according to the present embodiment
- FIG. 6B is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 6A.
- a plate formed of a conductor plate for removing an electric field in an unnecessary mode in the ring resonator 110 of the microwave plasma etching apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 described in the first embodiment is characterized in that a plurality of 601 sheets are loaded radially at equal intervals.
- the ring resonator 110 is vertically divided into an upper resonance chamber 1101 and a lower resonance chamber 1102 by a plate 601 as a conductor plate.
- the height direction of FIG. 6A is the thickness of the plate 601.
- the plates 601 are arranged at equal intervals radially with respect to the central axis of the ring resonator 110, and the upper resonance chamber 1101 and the lower resonance chamber 1102 communicate with each other between the adjacent plates 601. ..
- the plate 601 which is a conductor plate is made of aluminum as a high conductivity material having a small loss with respect to microwaves. Further, the loss can be further reduced by plating the surface with silver or gold having high conductivity.
- the electric field in the desired mode inside the ring resonator 110 is an electric field having only the vertical component in FIG. 6A. Therefore, if a perfect conductor plate having a surface perpendicular to this is loaded inside the ring resonator 110, the mode having a component parallel to the surface of the perfect conductor plate is suppressed (reduced) without affecting the desired mode. )can do.
- the perfect conductor plate is simulated with a high conductivity material. The higher the conductivity of the material, the more the power loss for the desired mode can be reduced.
- the conductivity of the surface of the plate 601 as a conductor plate is important, and a means such as covering only the surface of the plate 601 with a material having a high conductivity may be used.
- the plate 601 as the conductor plate in the microwave plasma etching apparatus 600 shown in FIG. 6A is formed of a highly conductive material made of aluminum, and a plurality of plates are formed at equal intervals as shown in FIG. 6B. It was arranged. With such a configuration, it is possible to set the microwave radiated from the slot antenna 111 at the lower part of the ring resonator 110 into the desired mode. As a result, plasma having a desired distribution is generated inside the plasma processing chamber 116, and the uniformity of plasma processing with respect to the substrate to be processed 117 can be improved.
- the microwave power oscillated by the microwave power supply 101, propagated through the parallel flat plate line 108, and supplied to the ring resonator 110 is generated.
- an electric field component having a component parallel to the surface of the plate 601 is short-circuited on the surface of the plate 601 and disappears.
- the microwaves resonated inside the ring resonator 110 are in a desired mode having an electric field component predominantly perpendicular to the plate 601.
- microwaves are transmitted from the annular slot antenna 111 formed in the lower part of the ring resonator 110 as described in the first embodiment. It radiates to 112.
- the slot antenna 301 shown in FIG. 3A or the slot antenna 302 shown in FIG. 3B may be used.
- phase adjusting means 109 As the configuration of the parallel flat plate line 108, a configuration in which the ridge 401 is added to the phase adjusting means 109 as shown in FIG. 4 described in the second embodiment, or the phase adjusting means 109 is used in the third embodiment with reference to FIG.
- the configuration may be replaced with the phase adjusting means 510 described above.
- the discontinuity is minimized in the transmission path of the microwave power from the microwave power supply 101 to the plasma processing chamber 116 in which the plasma generation region which is the load is formed. It is desirable to transmit microwave power without it.
- a method of canceling the reflected wave by superimposing a wave having the same amplitude and inverted phase on the reflected wave is effective, and various structures have been put into practical use.
- a 3-stub matcher is often used to suppress reflected waves in a rectangular waveguide system.
- Three conductor rods with variable insertion lengths called stubs are provided in the rectangular waveguide, and the insertion length of each stub can be adjusted to cancel the original reflected wave.
- FIG. 7 shows an example in which a discontinuous portion 701 is provided in the middle of the circular waveguide 106.
- the electromagnetic wave propagating in the circular waveguide 106 is circularly polarized by the circularly polarized wave generator 105.
- the discontinuous portion 701 according to this embodiment is provided in the middle of the circular waveguide 106, and is composed of a circular waveguide having an inner diameter larger than that of the circular waveguide 106.
- the size and phase of the reflected wave generated by the discontinuous portion 701 can be adjusted, and the plate 601 can be adjusted. It is possible to cancel the reflected wave caused by. Further, the reflected wave caused by the structure other than the plate 601 (for example, the reflected wave generated by the phase adjusting means 109) may be included and canceled.
- the discontinuous portion 701 needs to have a structure that does not have non-axisymmetric symmetry so as not to hinder the circularly polarized wave propagating inside the circular waveguide 106, and in this embodiment, the inner diameter is larger than that of the circular waveguide 106.
- the inner diameter is larger than that of the circular waveguide 106.
- a circular waveguide having an inner diameter smaller than that of the circular waveguide 106 may be used.
- FIG. 8 shows a plan view of a modified example of the conductor plate of the ring resonator corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 6A of the microwave plasma etching apparatus in this embodiment.
- the same part numbers as those having the same configurations as those described with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B will be assigned and the description thereof will be omitted.
- the present modification also includes a plurality of conductor plate plates 601 described with reference to FIG. 6B, in FIG. 8, in order to make the configuration of the plurality of slits 611 and 612 easy to understand, the conductor plate described with reference to FIG. 6B is provided.
- the display of the board 601 is omitted.
- the lower surface portion 610 is provided in place of the inner edge portion 124 and the outer edge portion 125 of the inner cavity forming portion 126 of the ring resonator 110 described in FIG. 6B.
- the annular slot antenna 111 formed in the lower portion of the ring resonator 110 described with reference to FIG. 6B is formed on the lower surface portion 610 by the plurality of inner slits 611 and the outer slits 612.
- a plurality of inner slits 611 and outer slits 612 as shown in FIG. 8 may be provided.
- the microwave formed by the electric field of the desired mode can be radiated from the slot antenna 111 to the cavity 112, an axially symmetric plasma is generated inside the plasma processing chamber 116. This makes it possible to improve the processing uniformity of the substrate 117 to be processed, as compared with the case where a plurality of plates 601 are not loaded inside the ring resonator 110.
- the circular waveguide 106 connected to the parallel flat plate line 108 is provided with a discontinuous portion 701 to reduce the reflected wave caused by the plate 601 to prevent the transmitted power from being reduced by the reflected wave. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the energy efficiency from being lowered by loading the plate 601 inside the ring resonator 110.
- the discontinuous portion 701 described in this embodiment can also be applied to the microwave plasma etching apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 described in Example 1.
- the discontinuous portion 701 is attached to the intermediate portion of the circular waveguide 106.
- the reflected wave generated by the phase adjusting means 109 or the like can be reduced.
- Microwave plasma etching device 101 Microwave oscillator 102 Isolator 103 Automatic matching device 104 Circular rectangular converter 105 Circular polarization generator 106 Circular waveguide 107 Matching block 108 Parallel flat plate line 109 Phase adjusting means 110 Ring resonator 111 Slot antenna 112 Cavity 113 Static magnetic field generator 114 Microwave introduction window 115 Plasma processing chamber 117 Processed substrate 118 Board electrode 121 Inner cavity 130 Vacuum chamber 301 Radial slot antenna 302 Arc-shaped slot antenna 401 Ridge 510 Phase adjusting means 601 Plate 701 Discontinuous part
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また、本発明は、略軸対称なプラズマ処理装置の中心軸上に配置された断面が円形の円形導波管、被処理基板がプラズマ処理されるプラズマ処理室、円形導波管の出力端に接続された平行平板線路、この平行平板線路内のマイクロ波伝搬方向が中心軸に垂直で方位角方向に複数波長で共振するリング共振器、このリング共振器のプラズマ処理室側にリング共振器内の電磁波をプラズマ処理室に放射するためのアンテナを備え、平行平板線路の出力端が該リング共振器と接続され、平行平板線路とリング共振器の接続面で均等にリング共振器を励振することで、ウェハ上で均一なプラズマ分布を得ることができるようにしたものである。
以上、方位角方向に5波長分のモードで共振するリング共振器を例に説明したが、他の共振モードで共振するリング共振器を用いてもよい。
101 マイクロ波の発振器
102 アイソレータ
103 自動整合器
104 円矩形変換器
105 円偏波発生器
106 円形導波管
107 整合用ブロック
108 平行平板線路
109 位相調整手段
110 リング共振器
111 スロットアンテナ
112 空洞部
113 静磁界発生装置
114 マイクロ波導入窓
115 シャワープレート
116 プラズマ処理室
117 被処理基板
118 基板電極
121 内側空洞部
130 真空チャンバ
301 放射状のスロットアンテナ
302 円弧状のスロットアンテナ
401 リッジ
510 位相調整手段
601 板
701 不連続部
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- 試料がプラズマ処理される処理室と、プラズマを生成するためのマイクロ波の高周波電力を供給する高周波電源と、mを2以上の整数とした場合、断面が円形である円形導波管を介して伝搬された前記マイクロ波のモードが前記m個の波長分のマイクロ波を方位角方向に持つモードとなるように前記伝搬されたマイクロ波を共振するリング共振器と、前記処理室の上方に配置され、前記伝搬されたマイクロ波を前記処理室へ透過させる誘電体窓とを備えるプラズマ処理装置において、
前記円形導波管は、平行平板線路部を介して前記マイクロ波を前記リング共振器に伝搬し、
前記平行平板線路部は、上面および下面が円形であり、前記リング共振器へ伝搬する前記マイクロ波の位相を所定の位相にする位相調整器を具備する
ことを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記平行平板線路部は、一つであり、
前記位相調整器は、誘電体により形成されていることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記位相調整器は、前記平行平板線路部と前記リング共振器との接続箇所に配置されていることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項3に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記位相調整器の個数は、4つであることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記平行平板線路部は、前記円形導波管から伝搬された前記マイクロ波の反射を抑制する金属製の整合用部材を具備することを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記リング共振器により共振された前記マイクロ波を放射する開口部を有するスロットアンテナが前記リング共振器に形成されていることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項6に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記開口部は、円環状の開口部であることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項6に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記開口部は、放射状に配置された複数の開口部であることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項6に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記開口部は、円周方向に配置された複数の円弧状の開口部であることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記平行平板線路部の上面と前記平行平板線路部の下面を短絡する導電性の柱が前記位相調整器の隣に配置されていることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記所定の位相は、前記リング共振器と前記平行平板線路部の接続面における前記マイクロ波の電磁界分布の不整合を低減させる位相であることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項4に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記処理室内に磁場を形成する磁場形成機構をさらに備えることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記リング共振器は、導体板を具備することを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項13に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記導体板は、複数枚であり、円周方向に沿って配置されていることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 試料がプラズマ処理される処理室と、プラズマを生成するためのマイクロ波の高周波電力を供給する高周波電源と、mを2以上の整数とした場合、断面が円形である円形導波管を介して伝搬された前記マイクロ波のモードが前記m個の波長分のマイクロ波を方位角方向に持つモードとなるように前記伝搬されたマイクロ波を共振するリング共振器と、前記処理室の上方に配置され、前記リング共振器により共振されたマイクロ波を前記処理室へ透過させる誘電体窓とを備えるプラズマ処理装置において、
前記円形導波管から伝搬されたマイクロ波を前記リング共振器に伝搬させる平行平板線路部をさらに備え、
前記平行平板線路部の上面および下面は、円形であることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
前記リング共振器は、前記m個の波長分のマイクロ波を方位角方向に持つモードの電界に対して表面が垂直となるよう配置された複数の板を具備し、
前記板の材料は、所定の導電率の材料であることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。
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