CN101110381A - Substrate processing with rapid temperature gradient control - Google Patents

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CN101110381A
CN101110381A CNA200710097737XA CN200710097737A CN101110381A CN 101110381 A CN101110381 A CN 101110381A CN A200710097737X A CNA200710097737X A CN A200710097737XA CN 200710097737 A CN200710097737 A CN 200710097737A CN 101110381 A CN101110381 A CN 101110381A
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亚历山大·马蒂亚申
丹·卡茨
约翰·霍兰德
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Abstract

A substrate processing chamber comprises an electrostatic chuck comprising a ceramic puck having a substrate receiving surface and an opposing backside surface. In one version, the ceramic puck comprises a thickness of less than 7 mm. An electrode is embedded in the ceramic puck to generate an electrostatic force to hold a substrate, and heater coils in the ceramic puck allow independent control of temperatures at different heating zones of the puck. A chiller provides coolant to coolant channels in a base below the ceramic puck. A controller comprises temperature control instruction sets which set the coolant temperature in the chiller in relation prior to ramping up or down of the power levels applied to the heater.

Description

Utilize rapid temperature gradient control and treatment substrate
Technical field
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the substrate processing technology of utilization rapid temperature gradient control on entire substrate.
Background technology
In the process of handling such as the substrate of semiconductor and display, use electrostatic chuck that substrate is fixed in the chamber to handle the layer on this substrate.A kind of electrostatic chuck commonly used comprises uses the ceramic coated electrode.When electrode is charged, static electricity gathered electric charge on electrode and substrate, and consequent electrostatic force is fixed on substrate on the chuck.Usually, by keep helium at the substrate back with the rate of heat delivery control substrate temperature in the whole microcosmic gap at the interface between the surface of the back side of improving substrate and card.Electrostatic chuck can be by base support, this base have be used to make liquid from its passage that flows through with the cooling or heated chuck.After substrate is securely fixed in chuck, plasma is introduced in the chamber and formed to process gas to handle substrate.Substrate can be handled by CVD, PVD, etching, injection, oxidation, nitrogenize or other similar technology.
In this traditional substrate manufacturing process, in processing procedure, substrate maintained single temperature.Usually, substrate utilizes the wafer supporting spring by the slit in the chamber and be placed on the elevating lever main body of this elevating lever extend past electrostatic chuck.Thereby elevating lever is regained from chuck substrate is placed on the surface of chuck then.Substrate temperature rises to preset temperature rapidly, then utilize in the chuck heater or by the plasma stability that forms in the chamber remain on this temperature.Can further control underlayer temperature by temperature and flow velocity that control flows is crossed the refrigerant of base pipeline and chuck below, wherein this refrigerant is used to remove the heat of chuck.
Though traditional processing chamber is suitable for making during technology substrate to maintain stable single temperature, they can not make underlayer temperature change rapidly in single process cycles.In some technologies, need make underlayer temperature fast rise or decline, during technology, to obtain specific Temperature Distribution.For example, need to change rapidly with at the different material of different temperature etching on substrate at the different phase underlayer temperature of etch process.In these different etch phase, the process gas that offers chamber is also can be on composition different or be of identical composition.Among another embodiment, in etch process, this Temperature Distribution helps deposited sidewalls condensate on the sidewall that carries out etched position on the substrate, and afterwards in the identical etching technique, remove the sidewall condensate by the temperature that improves etch process, or vice versa.Similarly, in depositing operation, for example, in order on substrate, at first to be deposited as stratum nucleare, and the then sedimentary deposit of growth heat treatment on substrate, may need to make first technological temperature to be higher or lower than second technological temperature.Traditional substrate processing chamber and their internal structure can not fully make underlayer temperature rise rapidly usually or descend.
When in technical process, when substrate be in uneven process conditions in the radial direction the time another complex situations can appear, this situation causes producing uneven concentric circles and handles band.This uneven process conditions cause by the distribution of gas in the chamber or plasma, and it depends on the position of inlet in the chamber and exhaust outlet usually and be different.The mass transfer mechanical device also can change gaseous material in the zones of different diffusion of whole lining lower surface and the speed that arrives.Non-homogeneous heat load in chamber also may cause non-homogeneous processing.For example, owing to all may cause different heat loads from the energy of plasma sheath course substrate coupling or from chamber wall radiation reflected heat.People do not wish to take place to handle deviation on entire substrate, because can cause zones of different (for example, periphery and center area) the active of manufacturing at substrate to have different characteristics with passive electronic like this.Therefore, during handling substrate, people wish to reduce the variation of process rate and other technology characteristics on the substrate.
Therefore, people wish to exist a kind of processing chamber and chamber part, and it allows substrate temperature pending in chamber to rise rapidly and descends.And, also wish the temperature of the zones of different on the treatment surface of substrate is controlled the influence of the inhomogeneous treatment conditions of radially locating with minimizing substrate lower surface.In addition, wish during technology, the Temperature Distribution of substrate lower surface to be controlled.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of processing chamber and chamber part that can carry out fast temperature control to pending substrate zones of different, it can solve basically because the shortcoming that exists in the prior art produces one or more problem.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of can in processing chamber, fixing and the substrate support assembly of heated substrate, this assembly comprises: the ceramic disk that (a) comprises the substrate receiving surface and the relative back side, described ceramic disk comprises that the electrode that (i) is embedded in the described ceramic disk fixes the substrate that is placed on the described substrate receiving surface to produce electrostatic force, and (ii) is embedded in the described ceramic disk heater with heated substrate; (b) cooling agent base, it comprises and is used for the passage of circulating coolant therein that described passage comprises inlet and terminal; (c) flexible layer, it makes described ceramic disk mutually bonding with described cooling agent base, described flexible layer comprises that (i) has the silicon that embeds aluminum fiber, or (ii) have embed silk screen acrylic acid at least one of them.
According to a further aspect in the invention, the invention provides a kind of can in processing chamber, fixing and the electrostatic chuck of heated substrate, it is characterized in that, described electrostatic chuck comprises: (a) ceramic disk, it comprises substrate receiving surface and opposing backside surface, and described ceramic disk comprises the thickness less than about 7mm; (b) be embedded in electrode in the described ceramic disk, it is used to produce electrostatic force and fixes the substrate that is positioned on the described substrate receiving surface, and (c) is embedded in the substrate that the heater in the described ceramic disk holds on described substrate receiving surface with heating.
According to a further aspect in the invention, the invention provides a kind of ceramic disk that is used for to comprise electrode and heater and be adhered to flexible layer on the cooling agent base, the cooling agent base comprises the passage that cooling agent is circulated therein, described flexible layer comprise following material at least one of them: (a) have the silicon of the aluminum fiber of embedding, or (b) have the acrylic acid of the silk screen of embedding.
According to a further aspect in the invention, the invention provides a kind of substrate-treating apparatus, comprising: (a) processing chamber, it comprises installation substrate support within it, described substrate support comprises: the ceramic disk that (i) has electrode and heater; (ii) be positioned at the base under the described ceramic disk, described base comprises coolant channel; And (iii) being used to make cooling agent to maintain the cooler of preset temperature, described cooling agent offers the passage of described base; (b) gas distributor is used for process gas is offered described processing chamber; (c) gas exciter is used to excite described process gas; And (d) exhaust outlet, discharge described process gas by it from described chamber; And the controller that (e) comprises the temperature control instruction collection, described instruction set comprises that code (i) is before raising imposes on the power stage of the heater in the described ceramic disk, coolant temperature in the cooler is increased to higher value, perhaps (ii) before reduction imposes on the power stage of the heater in the described ceramic disk, make the coolant temperature in the cooler be reduced to lower value, thereby make described substrate temperature or to reduce by speed rising faster.
Therefore, the present invention can independently control the temperature in the different heating district of ceramic disk on the electrostatic chuck, thereby realizes the fast temperature control to different area.
Describe one or more execution mode of the present invention in detail below with reference to accompanying drawing.As seen other purpose of the present invention, feature, aspect and advantage also will become more obviously in conjunction with the accompanying drawings with in claims in following description.
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Accompanying drawing by following specification, claims and the expression embodiment of the invention can make described feature of the present invention, scheme and advantage more apparent.But each feature that should be realized that in the present invention to be adopted should not only limit to concrete diagrammatic sketch, and the present invention includes the combination in any of these features, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the schematic side view of embodiment with substrate chamber of electrostatic chuck;
Fig. 2 is the cross section schematic side view of the embodiment of electrostatic chuck;
Fig. 3 is the elevational schematic view of the electrostatic chuck of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B be used for electrostatic chuck base embodiment schematic diagram in top down perspective (Fig. 4 A) and look up perspective diagram (Fig. 4 B);
Fig. 5 is the schematic side view of optic temperature sensor;
Fig. 6 A is the cross section schematic side view of ring assemblies on the electrostatic chuck of Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B;
Fig. 6 B is the partial schematic diagram of the ring assemblies of Fig. 6 A;
The schematic diagram that Fig. 7 changes in a time period for the underlayer temperature that describe to utilize the cooler that is in a steady temperature;
Fig. 8 is the temperature difference between description electrostatic chuck and the cooler and the graph of a relation of heater power percentage; And
Fig. 9 is the curve chart of the variations in temperature of description electrostatic chuck.
Embodiment
In Fig. 1, schematically shown the embodiment scheme of the chamber 106 of energy etch substrate 25.Chamber 106 expression Decoupled Plasma Source (DPS TM) chamber, it is the inductively coupled plasma etching chamber that the Applied Materials (Applied Materials Inc.) that is positioned at the SantaClara in California provides.This DPS chamber 106 can be used among the CENTURA  Integrated Processing System, and its Applied Materials by the Santa Clara that is positioned at California (Applied Materials Inc.) provides.Yet, also other processing chambers can be used in combination with the present invention, comprise that for example, capacitive coupling parallel-plate chamber, electromagnetism strengthen the inductively coupled plasma etching chamber of ion(ic) etching chamber, different designs, and deposition chambers.Though equipment of the present invention and optimal process ground are used for the DPS chamber, the invention provides this chamber and only be used to describe the present invention, and should not understand or be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention.
With reference to Fig. 1, a kind of typical chamber 106 comprises the shell 114 that is made of enclosure wall wall 118, and it comprises sidewall 128, diapire 122 and pushes up 130.Even shape shown in top 130 can comprise, perhaps for example, the denomination of invention of submitting as people such as Chinn is the United States Patent (USP) the 7th of " method of using plasma source gas regulation etching agent system plasma etching deep recess figure (Method of Plasma Etching a Deeply RecessedFeature in a Substrate Using a Plasma Source Gas Modulated Etchant System) ", 074, the domed shape with most footpaths arch described in No. 723, the full content that is incorporated herein this patent as a reference.Wall 118 is used usually such as the metal of aluminium or ceramic material manufacturing.Top 130 and/or sidewall 128 also can have the transparent window 126 of radiation, and it allows radiation to pass through this chamber to monitor ongoing technology in chamber 106.Plasma is formed in the process island that is limited by processing chamber 106, substrate support and dome 130.
Substrate 25 is fixed on the receiving surface 26 of the substrate support in the chamber 106, and this substrate support comprises electrostatic chuck 20, and it is placed on the base 91 conversely.As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, electrostatic chuck 20 comprises ceramic disk (ceramic puck) 24, and it has the substrate receiving surface 26 as the top surface of this ceramic disk 24, and is used for fixing substrate 25.This ceramic disk 24 also has and substrate receiving surface 26 opposing backside surface 28.Ceramic disk 24 has peripheral carriage (ledge), and this carriage 29 has first step 31 and second step 33.Ceramic disk 24 comprise aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride, silica, carborundum, silicon nitride, titanium oxide, zirconic at least one of them and composition thereof.Ceramic disk 24 can be by hot pressing and sintering ceramic powder, thereby and the shape of then processing sintering form single bulk ceramics with the net shape that forms chuck 20.
The thickness that it is believed that ceramic disk influences the fast rise of underlayer temperature and the ability of decline basically.If ceramic disk 24 is too thick, then time of needing of this ceramic disk 24 oversize and temperature is risen and descend, cause the temperature of upper substrate need spend the corresponding long time and arrive default set-point temperature.In addition, it is also believed that then it will can not make substrate maintain steady temperature in the technology implementation, and cause the underlayer temperature fluctuation if ceramic disk 24 is too thin.In addition, the thickness effect of ceramic disk 24 is embedded in the work of the electrode 36 in the ceramic disk 24.If it is too thick to be located immediately at the thickness of 24 layers of ceramic disk on the electrode 36 of embedding, then electrode 36 can not be coupled to energy the plasma that forms in the process island effectively.On the other hand, if ceramic disk 24 thickness around the electrode 36 are too thin, are applied to radio frequency (RF) voltage on the electrode 36 and can discharge for producing electric arc and causing the plasma of plasma instability.Therefore, the thickness of ceramic disk 24 accurately is controlled at approximately less than 7mm, for example, about 4 to about 7mm thickness; And in a scheme, ceramic disk thickness is 5mm.In these thickness levels, in technical process, ceramic disk 24 allows underlayer temperature to rise rapidly and decline reduces temperature fluctuation simultaneously, and can not cause plasma instability basically.
Utilization be embedded in electrode 36 in the ceramic disk 24 produce electrostatic force with the substrate fixed placement on substrate receiving surface 26, and alternatively, with the plasma capacitance coupling energy that in chamber, forms.Electrode 36 is the conductor such as metal, and can form and be one pole or bipolar electrode.Monopolar electrode comprises single conductor, and is electrically connected with external power is single, and with being charged of in chamber, forming on cover plasma and cooperate the whole base plate that is fixed on the ceramic disk 20 is applied bias voltage.Bipolar electrode has two or more conductors, and wherein each has bias voltage is used to keep substrate with generation electrostatic force with respect to another one.Electrode 36 can be shaped as woven wire or has the metal dish of suitable open area.For example, the electrode 36 that comprises monopolar electrode can be the single continuous metal silk screen in the ceramic disk of being embedded in as shown in the figure.An execution mode that comprises the electrode 36 of bipolar electrode can be the straight wall of a C type a pair of Embedded C type dish respect to one another.Electrode 36 can be by aluminium, copper, iron, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten or its alloy composition.A scheme of electrode 36 comprises the molybdenum net.Electrode 36 links to each other with binding post 58, and wherein binding post 58 will be fed to electrode 36 from the electrical power of external power source, and this external power source 230 comprises dc voltage source and RF voltage source alternatively.
Alternatively, a plurality of heat transfer gas pipeline 38a, 38b cross ceramic disk 24 and end on the substrate receiving surface that is positioned at ceramic disk 20 26 port 40a, 40b and sentence heat transfer gas is offered substrate receiving surface 26.Thereby provide below the substrate back 34 can be this heat transfer gas of helium for example make heat away from above substrate 25 and flow to the receiving surface 26 of ceramic disk 24.For example, first gas pipeline can be set heat transfer gas being offered the thermal treatment zone, the center 42a of substrate receiving surface, and the second gas pipeline 38b can be set heat transfer gas is offered the peripheral thermal treatment zone 42b of substrate receiving surface 26.The center of the substrate receiving surface 26 of ceramic disk 24 and peripheral thermal treatment zone 42a, 42b make the counterpart of lining lower surface 44, for example, center on the substrate 25 maintains different temperature to compensate uneven concentric processing band, because corresponding inhomogeneous band with inhomogeneous process conditions causes producing this uneven concentric processing band with periphery 46a, 46b.
Ceramic disk 24 also has the heater of embedding with heated substrate 25.This heater comprises a plurality of heater coils 50,52 that are embedded in the ceramic disk 24, for example first heater coil 50 and second coil 52.The temperature of utilizing 50,52 pairs of heater coils concentric and spaced radial setting each other to be positioned at the center of substrate receiving surface 26 of ceramic disk 24 and peripheral thermal treatment zone 42a, 42b place is controlled.In a scheme, first heater coil 50 is positioned at the periphery 54b place of ceramic disk 24, and second heater coil 52 is positioned at the core 54a place of ceramic disk 24.First and second heater coils 50,52 allow the center of ceramic disk 24 and the temperature of periphery 54a, 54b independently are controlled, and have ability that the temperature of thermal treatment zone 42a, 42b is independently controlled with treatment surface 44 radially different disposal speed or the characteristic of acquisition along substrate 25.Therefore, can keep different temperature influencing center on the substrate 25 and the temperature of periphery 46a, 46b at two thermal treatment zone 42a, 42b, thus the variation of in the process of handling substrate 25, offsetting arbitrary gas or heat load distribution.For example, when the activity of the gas at the periphery 46b place of the treatment surface 44 that is positioned at substrate 25 is lower than the gas that is positioned at core 46b place,, the temperature of peripheral thermal treatment zone 42b on the treatment surface 44 of substrate 25, provides more uniform processing speed or treatment characteristic thereby rising to the temperature higher than the thermal treatment zone, center 42a.The variation of underlayer temperature and the relation of the heating power percentage that is provided by the interior and outer heater coil that is embedded in the chuck 24 are provided Fig. 8.
In a scheme, first and second heater coils 50,52 respectively comprise the annulus heat-resistant element that is arranged side by side, and basically at grade.For example heater coil 50,52 is a continuous donut, its in the main body of ceramic disk 24 gradually radially to inside turn.In one embodiment, heater comprise coil its have with first length at interval first annulus and with second length, second annulus at interval greater than first length.Second annulus is arranged at the lift span place in the ceramic disk.Heater coil 50,52 also can be the circling coil that spirals around by coil central axe, for example, similar filament, it is arranged in the concentric circles of ceramic disk 24 inner chambers.Heat-resistant element can be made up of different resistance material such as for example tungsten or molybdenum etc.
Heater coil 50,52 has selected resistance and the operating power level rises with the temperature that improves substrate 25 and the speed of decline.In a scheme, heater coil 50,52 includes sufficiently high resistance so that the substrate receiving surface of ceramic disk 24 is increased to rapidly and maintains from about 80 to about 250 ℃ temperature.In this scheme, the resistance of coil is about 4 to about 12 Ohm.In one embodiment, the resistance of first heater coil is that the interior resistance of 6.5 Ohm and second heater coil 52 is 8.5 Ohm.Via the independently binding post 58a-d that passes the ceramic disk extension heater coil 50,52 is powered.
In conjunction with utilizing heater coil 50,52, also can control the air pressure of heat transfer gas so that the substrate processing speed on the substrate 25 is more even at two thermal treatment zone 42a, 42b.For example, can set two thermal treatment zone 42a, 42b makes it hold heat transfer gas respectively so that the different rate of heat delivery from substrate 25 back sides 34 to be provided under different equilibrium air pressures.Can make it eject the realization this point by two pipeline 38a, 38b with two diverse locations respectively by the heat transfer gas that different air pressure are provided at substrate receiving surface 26.
The back side 28 of ceramic disk 24 can have the table top 30 (mesa) of a plurality of separations as shown in Figure 3.In one embodiment, the cylindrical protrusion of table top 30 for being separated from each other by a plurality of gaps 32.In application, gap 32 is full of such as the gas of air to regulate from the back side 28 rate of heat delivery to base lower surface.In one embodiment, table top 30 comprises columnar projections, itself in addition can be shaped as pillar, columnar projections 28 extends upward from the surface, pillar has rectangle or circular section shape.The height of table top 30 can be from about 10 to about 50 microns, and the diameter of table top 30 is from about 500 to about 5000 microns.Yet table top 30 also can have other shape and size, for example, and circular cone or rectangular block, perhaps even not unidimensional flange.In a scheme, utilize the pearl bombardment back side 28 to form table top 30 and have the moulding table top 30 of interfering gap 32 with formation with the material that utilizes corrosion method to etch away the back side 28 with suitable little average bead size (for example tens microns).
Electrostatic chuck 20 can also comprise optic temperature sensor 60a, b, and its hole 62a, b that is passed in the ceramic disk 24 also accurately measures the central upper portion of substrate 25 and the temperature of periphery 46a, b with contact.The thermal treatment zone, the center 42a that first sensor 60a is positioned at ceramic disk 24 sentences the temperature of the core 46a that reads substrate 25, and the second transducer 60b peripheral thermal treatment zone 42b that is positioned at ceramic disk 24 sentences the temperature of the periphery 46b that responsively reads substrate 25.Optic temperature sensor 60a, b are arranged in chuck 20, make contact 64a, the b of transducer and the substrate receiving surface 26 of ceramic disk 24 be arranged in same plane, thereby sensor contact 64a, b can contact the back side 34 of the substrate 25 that remains on the chuck 20.Arm 66a, the b of transducer 60a, b is by the main body vertical extent of ceramic disk 24.
In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 5, each optic temperature sensor 60 comprises heat sensor contact 68, and this contact 68 comprises the copper cap 70 of the closing cylinder that is configured as the dome-shaped top 74 that has sidewall 72 and be used as contact 64.Copper cap 70 can be made up of oxygenless copper material.Phosphorous connector 76 embeds inner, and directly contacts with the top 74 of copper cap 70.The 76 pairs of hot sensor contact 68 of phosphorous connector that are embedded in the copper cap 70 provide faster and more responsive thermal response.The contact 64 of copper cap 70 is that dome-type top 74 is to allow can not corrode or destroy substrate with the repeating contact of different substrates 25.Copper cap 70 has the groove 78 that is used for receiving ring epoxy resins 79 to paste caps 70 in sensor contact 68.
Phosphorous connector 76 is converted into heat the photon that passes fibre bundle 80 with the infrared radiation form.Fibre bundle 80 can be fibrous by borosilicate glass.Surround fibre bundle 80 by sleeve pipe 82, overlap 84 part annular sleeves 82 by thermal insulation conversely, thermal insulation cover 84 is used as the thermal insulation of temperature sensor with the base that supports ceramic disk.Sleeve pipe 82 can be the better thermal insulation of glass tube to provide and to construct on every side, but can also be made by the metal such as copper.Thermal insulation cover 84 can be made up of PEEK, polyether-ether-ketone, but also can be Teflon  (polytetrafluoroethylene) formation by the Dupont de Nemours company manufacturing of Delaware.
The substrate support 90 that comprises electrostatic chuck 20 is fixed on the cooling agent base 91, and this cooling agent base 91 is used for supporting and fixing chuck 20, and cooling chuck (Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B).This base 91 comprises the metal master 92 with top surface 94, and this top surface 94 has chuck holding portion 96 and periphery 98.The chuck holding portion 96 of top surface 94 is used to hold the back side 28 of the ceramic disk 24 of electrostatic chuck 20.The periphery 98 of base 91 exceeds the radially outer extension of ceramic disk 24.The periphery 98 of base 91 can be used for holding clamping ring (clamp ring) 100, and it is fixed on the top surface of base periphery.The metal master 92 of base 91 has a plurality of path 10s 2, and its lower surface 104 from base 91 leads to the top surface 94 of base 91, for example, is used for holding terminal 58a-d or provides to gas pipeline 38a, the b of ceramic disk 24 and mention.
Base 91 has and comprises that inlet 95 and the cooling duct 110 of terminal 97 are with by this cooling agent of channel cycle.As shown in Fig. 4 B, when 110 self-loopas of cooling duct, can be set to the inlet 95 and the terminal 97 of cooling duct 110 adjacent one another are.Cooling agent can be such as the fluid of water or other hot conveyance fluids that is fit to, and it maintains default temperature in cooler, and pumps by the passage of base 91.Thereby the base 91 with circulating cooling fluid obtains the temperature of expection on the treatment surface 44 of substrate 25 with the temperature of control chuck 20 as heat exchanger.Can heat the fluid of the passage 110 of flowing through or cool off to raise or to reduce the temperature of chuck 20 and the temperature that is fixed on substrate 25 on the chuck 20.In one embodiment, the shape of designed channel 110 and size with allow fluid from wherein by so that the temperature maintenance of base 91 at about 0 to 120 ℃.
The chuck holding portion 96 of the top surface 94 of base 91 comprises one or more groove 108a, 108b so that air remains in and the back side of the ceramic disk 24 of flowing through.In one embodiment, chuck holding portion 96 comprises that the peripheral grooves 108a that cooperates with a plurality of table tops 30 on the back side that is positioned at ceramic disk 24 is with the rate of heat delivery of control from the periphery 54b of ceramic disk 24.In another embodiment, the chuck receiving surface of base comprises peripheral grooves so that air is retained on the back side table top of ceramic disk.In another embodiment, utilize central recess 108b to combine with peripheral grooves 108a to regulate heat transfer from the core 54a of ceramic disk 24.
Groove 108a, 108b in the top surface 94 of base 91 cooperates with the temperature on the further adjusting substrate processing surface 44 with the table top 30 on the back side 28 that is positioned at ceramic disk 24.With distribute on 28 overleaf table top 30 on the back side 28 that is positioned at ceramic disk 24 of pattern even or heterogeneous.Thereby total heat transfer area of total contact surface amount control interface between the top surface 94 of the shape of table top 30, size and spacing control table top 30 and base 91.When even intermittent pattern, keep identical basically with the distance between the table top 30 of gap 32 expressions, and when non-homogeneous being separated by, clearance distance is different on surface 28.
Alternatively, as shown in Figure 3, the back side 28 of ceramic disk 24 can have adjacent first array, 39 table tops 30 of inlet with cooling duct 111 in base, and away from the inlet 95 of passage 111 or even second array 41 table tops 30 adjacent with the terminal 97 of cooling duct 111.The second array table top 30 has the different gap distance that forms the pattern be different from first array 39, thus regulate adjacent with cooling duct 111 or away from the rate of heat delivery in zone.For example, the temperature of keeping usually near the part place of the ceramic disk 24 on feeder connection 95 tops of the cooling duct 111 that receives fresh cooling agent is lower than the ceramic disk temperature on 111 sections of the coolant channels that are positioned at channel end.This is because of the whole passage length that passes through along with cooling agent in the base, and utilization is caught from the heat of ceramic disk 24 and heated.Therefore, be positioned over the zone that the substrate 25 on the contact surface 26 of ceramic disk 24 is positioned on the cooling duct terminal 97 and have the Temperature Distribution of higher temperature with respect to the zone that is positioned on the inlet 96.By the first array table top 30 that separates with first clearance distance is provided at feeder connection, and near passage 111 terminals 97, provide 41 pairs of these Temperature Distribution of second array of the table top 30 that separates with second clearance distance that is different from first distance to compensate.When first distance during, be lower than from the rate of heat delivery that is located immediately at the part of substrate 25 on second array 41 from the rate of heat delivery that is located immediately at the part of substrate 25 on first array greater than second distance.Therefore, thus carry out heat transfer from the rate of heat delivery of second area from first area and cause the first area temperature to become being higher than the second area compensation and be equilibrated at the Temperature Distribution that the whole lining lower surface 44 of cooling duct inlet 95 and terminal 97 can produce to be lower than.In one embodiment, first array 39 of table top 30 separates with first spacing at least about 5mm, and second array 41 of table top 30 separates with second spacing less than about 3mm simultaneously.
Change the contact area size of first array 39 of table top 30 by size, can obtain identical Temperature Distribution control with respect to the contact area of second array 41 of table top 30.For example, the first size of the contact area of first array 39 of table top 30 can be less than about 2000 microns, and the contact area of second array 41 of table top 30 can be at least about 3000 microns simultaneously.First and second sizes can be the diameter of the table top 30 that comprises column.In one embodiment, first size is that 1000 microns diameter and second is of a size of 4000 microns diameter.Contact area is more little, and the temperature on the substrate processing surface 44 is high more.In addition, between the table top 30 and the back side 28, provide air to be used as another thermoregulator.
Another factor that influences the rapid ability that rises and reduce of underlayer temperature is the character of hot interface between ceramic disk 24 and the base 91.The interface that has thermal conductivity preferably at the interface place is for preferred, thereby allows to utilize the cooling agent through base 91 easily to remove heat from ceramic disk 24.In addition, interface is preferably flexible, because high temperature difference causes thermal expansion stress between ceramic disk 24 and cooling base 91, it will cause other thermal stress of breaking or causing ceramic disk 24 to be damaged.In one embodiment, adopt flexible layer positive bonding with the back side of ceramic disk 24 and base 91.Make flexible layer so that good thermal conductivity to be provided, simultaneously still for fully flexible to absorb high thermal stress.In one embodiment, in flexible layer, comprise the silicon that embeds aluminum fiber.These silicon materials have the thermal conductivity that good flexibility has appropriateness simultaneously.Improve the thermal conductivity of silicon materials with the aluminum fiber that embeds.In another embodiment, flexible layer comprises the acrylic acid that embeds silk screen.In addition, select acrylic polymer to adapt to thermal stress, the silk screen of Qian Ruing improves the thermal conductivity of structure simultaneously.
Base 91 also comprises the electric connection assembly 120 that is used for power supply is transmitted to the electrode 36 of electrostatic chuck 20.Electric connection assembly 120 comprises ceramic insulation cover 124.Ceramic insulation cover 124 can be an aluminium oxide.A plurality of binding posts 58 are embedded in the ceramic insulation cover 124.Binding post 58,58a-b provide electrical power to the electrode 36 and the heater coil 50,52 of electrostatic chuck 20.For example, binding post 58 can comprise the copper post.
Ring assemblies 170 can also be set form the process deposits thing, and protect it not weather with the outer peripheral areas that reduces at the substrate support 90 that comprises the electrostatic chuck 20 that supports by base 91.Ring assemblies 170 comprises binding ring 100, and it is fixed to by the fixture such as screw or bolt (not shown) on the periphery 98 of top surface 94 of base 91.Antelabium 172, top surface 174 and exterior side surfaces 176 that binding ring 100 has laterally and extends radially inwardly, antelabium 171 have the lower surface 173 on the first step 31 of peripheral ledge 29 of ceramic disk of being arranged on 24, to form hermetic seals with ceramic disk 24.In a scheme, lower surface 173 comprises polymeric layer 179, for example comprises polyimides, to form good hermetic seal.Binding ring 100 is made by the material that can resist plasma erosion, for example such as the metal material of stainless steel, titanium or aluminium, perhaps such as the ceramic material of aluminium oxide.
Ring assemblies also comprises edge ring 180, and what edge ring 180 comprised the footing 184 that has on the top surface 174 that is arranged on binding ring 100 is with 182.Edge ring also have around the annular outer wall 186 of the exterior side surfaces 176 of binding ring 100 with reduce or even stop the deposition of sputtering sedimentation thing on binding ring 100 fully, otherwise this exterior side surfaces 176 will be exposed to process environments.Edge ring 180 also comprises the flange 190 of the second step 33 of the peripheral ledge 29 that hides ceramic disk 24, thereby makes flange 190 and the overlapping edge that is positioned at the substrate 25 on ceramic disk 24 receiving surfaces form sealing.Flange 190 is included in the protrusion 194 that the cantilever edge 196 of substrate 25 stops below.The interior circumference of flange 190 stop collars 180 wherein encircles the zone of 180 ceramic disk 24 that do not covered by substrate 25 with protection during handling around the periphery of substrate 25.180 cooperations of the binding ring 100 of ring assemblies 170 and edge ring to be reducing the formation of process deposits thing on the electrostatic chuck 20 of base 91 upper supports during the processing of substrate 25 in processing chamber 106, and protect it not weather.The side surface of the exposure of edge ring 180 protection substrate supports 90 is to reduce the erosion of energetic plasma material.Ring assemblies can be removed easily with the deposit of cleaning, thereby entire substrate support 90 to be cleaned needn't be removed from the exposed surface of ring 100,180.Edge ring 180 comprises pottery, and is for example quartzy.
In operation, by gas delivery system 150 gas is fed chamber 106, this gas delivery system 150 comprises the process gas source 204 with source of the gas, thereby each source of the gas all is provided with the control damper 158 that has such as mass flow controller the gas of setting flow velocity is therefrom passed through.Pipeline provides gas to mixed manifold (not shown), in this manifold gas is mixed to form the process gas composition of expection.Mix manifold containing provides the gas distributor (not shown) 162 with gas vent in chamber 106.Gas vent can end at the place, periphery of substrate support 20 through chamber sidewall 128 or end at the top of substrate 25 through top 130 (ceiling).Technology waste gas that consumes and byproduct are discharged from chamber 106 by gas extraction system 210, this gas extraction system 210 comprises one or more exhaust outlets 211, it receives the technology waste gas that consumes and also this waste gas is fed in blast pipe, and wherein this blast pipe has the choke valve of the air pressure in the control chamber 106.Blast pipe 172 connects one or more exhaust pumps 218.Gas extraction system 210 also can comprise the exhaust-gas treatment system (not shown) to remove the bad air of discharge.
Utilize gas exciter 208 to excite process gas to handle substrate 25, this gas exciter 208 makes energy coupling technique gas in the treatment region of chamber 106 or in the remote locations (not shown) from chamber 106 upstreams.Mean activation or excite process gas by " exciting process gas " to form one or more gases that dissociate, the non-gas that dissociates, ionized gas and neutral gas.In one embodiment, gas exciter 208 comprises antenna 186, and this antenna 186 comprises one or more conductive coils 188, and it can be around the central circular symmetry of chamber 106.Usually, antenna 186 comprises having 1 solenoid to about 20 circles, and this spiral has the central shaft that overlaps with the longitudinal axis that extends through processing chamber 106.Select solenoidal suitable arrangement strong induction flux connection to be provided and to be coupled with process gas.When antenna 186 was arranged at 130 places, top of adjacent chamber 106, the adjacent part on top 130 can be made of the dielectric material such as silicon dioxide, and this dielectric material can see through radio frequency (RF) field or electromagnetic field.Antenna 186 is provided power and is adjusted the power that is applied by RF matching network 192 by antenna current source (not shown).For example, the antenna current source provides RF power to antenna 186, perhaps more typical about 13.56MHz at about 50KHz to the frequency of about 60MHz; And power stage is about 100 to about 5000 watts.
When antenna 186 was used for chamber 106, wall 118 comprised top 130, but its forms by induction field permeable material such as aluminium oxide or silicon dioxide, to allow inductive energy from antenna 186 through wall 118 or push up 130.The silicon of the semi-conducting material that is fit to for mixing.For the Si semiconductor top of mixing, the temperature on top 130 preferably remains in the scope, when this temperature this material have characteristic of semiconductor and wherein the carrier concentration relative temperature be constant substantially.For the silicon that mixes, temperature range can be from about 100K (silicon begins to have dielectric property below it) to about 600K (silicon begins to have metallic conduction character thereon).
In one embodiment, but gas exciter 208 still capacitive couplings the plasma threshold energy to be provided to process gas or kinetic energy to be passed to the pair of electrodes (not shown) of the gas that excites.Usually, electrode is being arranged in the support 90 below the substrate 25 and another electrode is a wall, for example the sidewall 128 of chamber 106 or push up 130.For example, the top 130 that the semiconductor of abundant conduction constitutes thereby electrode can be served as reasons provides Low ESR to the RF induction field by the antenna emission that is positioned at 130 tops, top simultaneously so that its bias voltage or ground connection are formed electric field in chamber 106.When the semiconductor that is fit to is included in room temperature less than the doped silicon of the resistivity of about 500 Ω-cm.Usually, can apply electrical bias with respect to another electrode to electrode by the grid bias power supply (not shown), the RF bias voltage is offered electrode to this grid bias power supply so that electrode capacitive coupling each other.The RF voltage that utilizes 202 pairs of RF matching networks to apply is mediated.The RF bias voltage can have the frequency of about 50 kHz to about 60MHz or about 13.56 MHz, and the power stage of RF bias current is generally about 50 to about 3000 watts.
Chamber 106 can be by comprising computer control 300 operations, and this computer is sent instruction with the operating cavity chamber component via hardware interface, comprises that substrate support 90 rises and reduction substrate support 90, control damper 158, gas exciter 208 and choke valve 174.Will be in chamber by different detector measurement process conditions and parameters, perhaps send by control device and other devices, be transferred to controller 300 as the signal of telecommunication such as control damper 158, pressure monitor (not shown), choke valve 174 as feedback signal.Though,,, be to be understood that a plurality of controllers that controller 300 can be a plurality of controller connected to one another or connects with the different parts of chamber 106 with exemplary single controller spare explanation controller 300 in order to simplify description of the invention; Therefore, the invention is not restricted to descriptive and exemplary embodiment described here.
Controller 300 comprises the electronic hardware that contains circuit, and this circuit comprises the integrated circuit that is suitable for operating chamber 106 and its peripheral cell.Usually, controller 300 is used to receive the data input, carries out computing, produces useful output signal, surveys the data-signal from detector and other chamber parts, and the process conditions in supervision or the control chamber 106.For example, controller 300 can comprise computer, this computer comprises (1) CPU (CPU), such as for example from traditional microprocessor of INTEL Corp., it is connected with memory, and this memory comprises movably storage medium, for example such as CD or floppy disk, with non-moving storage medium, such as hard disk drive, ROM and RAM; The application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC) that (ii) specific tasks is designed and programme such as obtain data and other information from chamber 106, is perhaps operated specific chamber part; And the interface board that (iii) is used for the specific signal Processing tasks, comprise for example analog-and digital-input and output plate, communication interface plate and electric controller plate.For example, the control unit interface plate can be used for handling from the signal of handling monitor 210 and with data-signal and offers CPU.Computer also has auxiliary circuit, and it comprises for example coprocessor, clock circuit, cache memory, power supply and other known elements that is connected with CPU.During carrying out technology, RAM can be used for storage and carries out software of the present invention.Usually storage code command collection of the present invention in storage medium when it is carried out by CPU, calls described code command collection at the RAM that is used for interim storage.User interface between operator and the controller 300 can be display and such as the data input device of keyboard or light pen.In order to select specific screen or function, the operator utilizes data input device to enter and selects also can browse this selection on display.
Data-signal by controller 300 receptions and evaluation can be sent to the factory automation main frame, the factory automation main frame comprises main software program, main software program calculates from different system, platform or chamber 106 and the many batches of substrates 25 or the data in the time cycle that prolongs, to determine following process control parameter, the technology of (i) on substrate, carrying out; The (ii) characteristic that on independent substrate, changes with statistical relationship; Or the characteristic that (iii) on single batch of substrate, changes with statistical relationship.Main software program also can utilize the data that are used for ongoing in-situ process amplitude or are used to control other technological parameters.The main software program that is fit to comprises can be from the WORKSTREAM of above-described Applied Materials (Applied Materials) purchase TMSoftware.The factory automation main frame with (i) for example also can be used for providing command signal, if the characteristic of substrate is underproof or not in the value scope that statistics is determined, perhaps technological parameter has departed from acceptable scope, and specific substrate 25 is removed from etching work procedure; (ii) in specific chamber 106, stop etching, perhaps (iii) when definite unaccommodated substrate 25 characteristics or technological parameter, the adjusting process condition.The automatic main frame of factory also can respond by the data assignment of main software program command signal is provided in the beginning of etch substrate or when finishing.
In one embodiment, controller 300 comprises computer-readable computer program and can be stored in the memory, for example on the non-movably storage medium or on storage medium movably.This computer program generally comprises processing controls software, and this software comprises program code with operation chamber 106 and parts thereof, handles monitoring software to monitor the technology of just carrying out, security system software and other Control Software in chamber 106.Computer program can be arbitrarily such as the traditional program language compilation of for example assembler language, C++, Pascal or Fortran.Utilize traditional text editor to make suitable program code import single file or a plurality of file and be stored in or be described on the spendable memory media of computer.If the code text of input is a high-level language, code is compiled, then then the compiler code of gained is connected with the object code of precompiler library routine.Object code that connect in order to carry out, compiling, user's invocation target code reads CPU and carries out the task of this code to discern in the executive program.
In operation, for example, the user utilizes data input device according to menu or screen by the generation of processing selecting device on the display, with technology setting and chamber mark input computer program.Computer program comprises the instruction set of control substrate location, air-flow, air pressure, temperature, RF power stage and other parameters of concrete technology, and the instruction set that monitors processing chamber.Technology is set to carry out the necessary default technological parameter group of concrete technology.Technological parameter is process conditions, comprises being not limited to gas componant, airflow rate, temperature, air pressure and exciting setting such as the gas of RF or microwave power level.When having one to overlap interconnected chamber on platform, the chamber mark is represented the identity of concrete chamber.
The technology sequencer comprises from the reception chamber mark of computer program or process choice device and technological parameter group and controls its operational order collection.The technology sequencer begins to carry out the technology setting by the chamber manager of concrete technological parameter being passed to a plurality of tasks of control in chamber 106.The chamber manager can comprise instruction set, such as for example, and substrate location instruction set, air-flow control command collection, air pressure control command collection, temperature control instruction collection, gas exciter control command collection and technology monitor command collection.Though each instruction set is described as being used to carry out the independent instruction collection of a group task, each instruction set can make up or can be overlapping mutually; Therefore, chamber controller 300 as herein described and readable program should not be limited to the concrete scheme of concrete function program as herein described.
The substrate location instruction set comprises the code that is used for the control chamber chamber component, and chamber part is positioned over substrate 25 on the substrate support 20, and alternatively, the height of in chamber, substrate 25 liftings extremely being expected.For example, the substrate location instruction set can comprise the code that is used for operate conveyors tool hand (not shown), this manipulator is sent to substrate in the chamber, be used to control the code of elevating lever (not shown), this elevating lever extends through the hole in the electrostatic chuck, and is used to utilize the motion of elevating lever to adjust the code of the motion of manipulator.
Program code also comprises the temperature control instruction collection, and it is provided with and controls the temperature of the zones of different that maintains substrate 25 by first and second heater coils 50,52 in the ceramic disk 24 that for example different power stages is applied to independently chuck 20.The temperature control instruction collection is also regulated the heat transfer air-flow by pipeline 38a, 38b.
The temperature control instruction collection comprises that also control is by the temperature of the cooling agent of the cooling duct 110 of base 91 and the instruction of flow velocity.In one embodiment, the temperature control instruction collection comprises code in order to before rising in the power stage that imposes on heater, at least about a second, makes the coolant temperature in the cooler be increased to high value from what begin than low value immediately.This can circulate the cooling agent of higher temperature and flow into the heat of base 91 to reduce from ceramic disk 24 when heater finally heats up in the cooling duct of base 91 before heater heats up, thereby improve the underlayer temperature climbing speed effectively.On the contrary, program code comprises the instruction set that reduces coolant temperature, for example to 10 ℃ of major general's cooling agent reductions and before the power stage decline that imposes on heater cooler is reduced to than low value to accelerate the speed from the substrate transfer of heat when underlayer temperature descends.Among Fig. 7 the curve description of temperature and time remain under 5 ℃ of situations substrate from 45 ℃ of rate temperature changes that rise to 75 ℃ at the cooling agent base.Fig. 9 is by fixing and the temperature changing curve diagram that heat is passed to the electrostatic chuck of substrate has been described the quick change of underlayer temperature.Keep the temperature identical by the helium air pressure substrate that utilizes the back side with electrostatic chuck.How the temperature that the figure shows electrostatic chuck in the time period of being given rises and descends.The fast rise and the decline of temperature is represented on two abrupt slopes 291,293 among the figure respectively.Electrostatic chuck so temperature change fast makes the rapid change of underlayer temperature, therefore can etching such as polysilicon (Poly-Si) and the previous incompatible material of WSIX.
Process feedback control command collection can be used as the FEEDBACK CONTROL circulation between the temperature monitoring instruction set, the temperature monitoring instruction set receives the temperature signal from optic temperature sensor 60a, 60b, thereby adjusts the power that is applied to such as the chamber part of heater coil 50,52, the heat transfer air-flow by pipeline 38a, 38b, the liquid stream of the passage 110 by base 91 and the temperature of cooler cooling agent.
Air-flow control command collection comprises the code of the flow velocity that is used to control the different process gas componant.For example, air-flow control command collection can be adjusted the expection airflow rate of opening size to obtain to enter chamber 106 from gas conduit 203 of control damper 158.In one embodiment, thus air-flow control command collection comprises code is provided with the volumetric flow rate ratio of first process gas to the expection of second process gas with second volumetric flow rate of first volumetric flow rate that first gas is set and second gas in process gas is formed.
Air pressure control command collection comprises the program code of the air pressure that is used for the ON/OFF Position Control chamber 106 by adjusting choke valve 174.The temperature control instruction collection can comprise, for example is used for the code of the temperature of control substrate 25 during etching or is used to control the temperature of the wall of chamber 106, such as the code of the temperature on control top.Gas exciter control command collection comprises the code that is used to be provided with the RF power stage that for example is applied to electrode or antenna 186.
Instruction set is used to carry out a group task though be described as independently, is to be understood that each instruction set can make up mutually, and perhaps the task of batch processing code can make up to carry out required task groups mutually with another task of organizing program code.Therefore, controller 300 as herein described and computer program should not be limited to the function program of specific embodiment as herein described; And other random procedure groups of the function group that execution is equal to or the program code of combination are also within the scope of the invention.In addition, though controller is described with reference to the embodiment of chamber 106, it also can be used for any chamber as herein described.
Equipment of the present invention and technology have remarkable advantages by allowing quick change of underlayer temperature between the different process step of carrying out on substrate and the chamber.This temperature change fast improves the speed of the etch process with executable a plurality of steps.System of the present invention can also accurately reproduce the required temperature of special process and rise and descend, such as etch process with a plurality of etch phase, its need be on substrate different material or the layers of etching.Another advantage is that equipment of the present invention allows to make substrate temperature to remain on apparently higher than the temperature of cooling agent base, and it is applied in higher plasma power on the substrate under the situation without any the underlayer temperature drift in permission during the technology conversely.The big temperature difference also allows to exist between substrate interior district and the outside area the good temperature difference between substrate and the cooling agent base, thereby the annular process conditions that change are gone up on compensation lining surface.
Though the present invention describes in detail with reference to its preferred embodiment, other embodiment also are feasible.For example, be not limited to described hereinly, can be used for other chambers and other technology such as the equipment unit of substrate support, cooling agent base and temperature sensor.Therefore, appended claim should not be limited to the description of the preferred embodiment that this paper comprises.

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1. an energy is fixed the also substrate support assembly of heated substrate in processing chamber, and this assembly comprises:
(a) comprise the ceramic disk at the substrate receiving surface and the relative back side, described ceramic disk comprises that the electrode that (i) is embedded in the described ceramic disk fixes the substrate that is placed on the described substrate receiving surface to produce electrostatic force, and (ii) is embedded in the described ceramic disk heater with heated substrate;
(b) cooling agent base, it comprises and is used for the passage of circulating coolant therein that described passage comprises inlet and terminal;
(c) flexible layer, it makes described ceramic disk mutually bonding with described cooling agent base, described flexible layer comprises that (i) has the silicon that embeds aluminum fiber, or (ii) have embed silk screen acrylic acid at least one of them.
2. bracket component according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the inlet of described coolant channel and terminal coolant channel self adjacent one another are and described becomes the loop.
3. bracket component according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, described ceramic disk opposing backside surface comprises the table top of a plurality of separations, has first table top adjacent with the inlet of described coolant channel and away from second table top of the inlet of described coolant channel, and wherein:
(i) described first table top separates with first distance, and described first distance is less than the second distance between described second table top; Perhaps
(ii) described first table top has first contact area, and this first contact area is greater than second contact area of described second table top.
4. bracket component according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described ceramic disk comprise following feature at least one of them:
(i) thickness is less than about 7mm;
(ii) thickness from about 4 to about 7mm; Perhaps
(iii) described ceramic disk is made up of aluminium oxide.
5. bracket component according to claim 1 is characterized in that described electrode and heater comprise tungsten or molybdenum.
6. bracket component according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described heater comprise following feature at least one of them:
(i) radially interval and first and second coils of setting concentrically with respect to one another, described first coil is positioned at the periphery of described ceramic disk and described second coil is positioned at the core of described ceramic disk, and described first and second coils comprise the all-in resistance less than 10Ohm;
The (ii) resistance of about 8.5Ohm;
(iii) heater comprises coil, and it has with first loop of first separating distance and second loop to separate greater than the second distance of described first distance.
7. supporting component according to claim 6 is characterized in that, second loop described in the hole of the elevating lever in the described pottery is provided with (iii).
8. an energy is fixed the also electrostatic chuck of heated substrate in processing chamber, it is characterized in that described electrostatic chuck comprises:
(a) ceramic disk, it comprises substrate receiving surface and opposing backside surface, described ceramic disk comprises the thickness less than about 7mm;
(b) be embedded in electrode in the described ceramic disk, it is used to produce electrostatic force and fixes the substrate that is positioned on the described substrate receiving surface, and
(c) be embedded in the substrate that the heater in the described ceramic disk holds on described substrate receiving surface with heating.
9. chuck according to claim 8 is characterized in that described ceramic disk comprises the thickness that is about 5mm.
10. chuck according to claim 8 is characterized in that,
(i) described ceramic disk is made up of aluminium oxide; And
(ii) described electrode and described heater are made up of tungsten or molybdenum.
11. chuck according to claim 8 is characterized in that, the relative back side of described ceramic disk comprises the table top of a plurality of separations, and has first set of mesas and second set of mesas, wherein:
(i) described first table top is with the first distance interval, and described first distance is less than the second distance between described second table top; Perhaps
(ii) described first table top has first contact size, and it is greater than second contact size of described second table top.
12. a ceramic disk that is used for comprising electrode and heater is adhered to the flexible layer on the cooling agent base, the cooling agent base comprises the passage that cooling agent is circulated therein, described flexible layer comprise following material at least one of them:
(a) have the silicon of the aluminum fiber of embedding, or
(b) has the acrylic acid of the silk screen of embedding.
13. a substrate-treating apparatus comprises:
(a) processing chamber, it comprises installation substrate support within it, described substrate support comprises:
(i) has the ceramic disk of electrode and heater;
(ii) be positioned at the base under the described ceramic disk, described base comprises coolant channel; And
(iii) be used to make cooling agent to maintain the cooler of preset temperature, described cooling agent offers the passage of described base;
(b) gas distributor is used for process gas is offered described processing chamber;
(c) gas exciter is used to excite described process gas; And
(d) exhaust outlet is discharged described process gas by it from described chamber; And
(e) comprise the controller of temperature control instruction collection, described instruction set comprises that code (i) is before raising imposes on the power stage of the heater in the described ceramic disk, coolant temperature in the cooler is increased to higher value, perhaps (ii) before reduction imposes on the power stage of the heater in the described ceramic disk, make the coolant temperature in the cooler be reduced to lower value, thereby make described substrate temperature or to reduce by speed rising faster.
14. equipment according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, before the power stage that imposes on the heater in the described ceramic disk that is included in the temperature control instruction collection rises or descends, at least about 1 second, make coolant temperature in the cooler change to the code of higher value.
15. equipment according to claim 13 is characterized in that, described temperature control instruction collection comprises makes described coolant temperature change code at least about 10 ℃.
16. equipment according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, described ceramic disk is mutually bonding with described base by flexible layer, and described flexible layer comprises that (i) has the silicon of the aluminum fiber of embedding, or (ii) have embed silk screen acrylic acid at least one of them.
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