Plasma amplified photoelectron process endpoint detection apparatus.
申请公布号:EP0320425(A2)
申请号:EP19880480065
申请日期:1988.10.25
申请公布日期:1989.06.14
发明人:KELLER, JOHN HOWARD;SELWYN, GARY STEWART;SINGH, JOYTHI
分类号:H01L21/302;H01J37/32;H01L21/3065
主分类号:H01L21/302
摘要:<p>A plasma processing apparatus and process endpoint detection method comprising a plasma chamber for processing an item that has a first portion of a first material and a second portion of a second material, with the first and second materials having different work functions, and means for generating a plasma in the plasma chamber, with the plasma generating means including at least a pair of RF-power electrodes with one of them being excited by an RF excitation frequency. The apparatus further includes means for generating and ejecting electrons from said second material only when the second material is exposed to the plasma, and means for increasing the energies of these generated electrons and accelerating these electrons into the etching plasma with sufficient energy to generate secondary electrons in the plasma. The apparatus further includes means for receiving a plasma discharge voltage signal, means for filtering the discharge electrical voltage signal to remove the RF excitation frequency and any DC components therein, and means for amplifying the natural frequencies of excitation and decay of the plasma discharge voltage perturbation signal, to thereby detect the processing endpoint. In a preferred embodiment, the electron energy increasing and accelerating means comprises means for generating an electrode voltage sheath, and means for generating the electrons within this voltage sheath to thereby accelerate the electrons into the plasma. The electron generating means comprises means for directing a beam of photons in a selected energy range onto the item to be processed, which energy range is not sufficient to eject photoelectrons from the first material, but is high enough to generate photoelectrons from areas of exposed second material.</p>
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