Patent · US Active

Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method

US9779919B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
5References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 2015
Grant dateOct 3, 2017
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 17, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/6831
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To control temperature of a sample in plasma processing with high accuracy while securing an electrostatic chucking force without breakdown of an electrostatic chucking film.When radio-frequency power is time modulated, a high-voltage side Vpp detector detects a first voltage value which is a peak-to-peak voltage value of a radio-frequency voltage applied to a sample stage in a first period of the time modulation having a first amplitude. A low-voltage side Vpp detector detects a second voltage value which is a peak-to-peak voltage value of a radio-frequency voltage applied to the sample stage in a second period having a second amplitude smaller than the first amplitude. Then, an ESC power supply control unit controls output voltages from ESC power supplies based on the first voltage value, the second voltage value and a duty ratio of the time modulation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.