JPS6039751A - Vacuum device - Google Patents

Vacuum device

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JPS6039751A
JPS6039751A JP14636283A JP14636283A JPS6039751A JP S6039751 A JPS6039751 A JP S6039751A JP 14636283 A JP14636283 A JP 14636283A JP 14636283 A JP14636283 A JP 14636283A JP S6039751 A JPS6039751 A JP S6039751A
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ion pump
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Akira Shimase
朗 嶋瀬
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
博司 山口
Hideshi Kadooka
門岡 英志
Takeoki Miyauchi
宮内 建興
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J41/00Discharge tubes for measuring pressure of introduced gas or for detecting presence of gas; Discharge tubes for evacuation by diffusion of ions
    • H01J41/12Discharge tubes for evacuating by diffusion of ions, e.g. ion pumps, getter ion pumps
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/02Details
    • H01J37/18Vacuum locks ; Means for obtaining or maintaining the desired pressure within the vessel

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent electrons and ions from leaking into a chamber by providing a mesh-shaped electrode for applying plus voltage and a similar electrode for applying minus voltage between a sputter ion pump and the chamber. CONSTITUTION:A vacuum device is constructed by connecting a sputter ion pump 1 to a chamber 3 for housing an electron microscope, etc., via a pipe 2, and arranging on the way of the pipe 2 a mesh-shaped ion stopping electrode 9 for applying plus voltage and a mesh-shaped electron stopping electrode 10 for applying minus voltage perpendicularly to the exhaust direction. Accordingly, ions 5 and electrons 4 produced by a sputter ion pump 1 can be prevented from leaking into the chamber 3 without reducing exhaust conductance by checking them by the electrodes 9, 10, enabling any noise generated when a very weak current is treated within the chamber 3 to be eliminated together with the improvement of the accuracy.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔発明の利用分野〕 コノ発明は、真空排気用スパッタイオンポンプ1(用い
た真空装置に係少、特にスパッタイオンポンプのノイズ
を除去するに好適な真空装置に関するものである。
[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a sputter ion pump 1 for vacuum evacuation (a vacuum device suitable for removing the noise of a sputter ion pump, which is particularly related to the vacuum device used). be.

〔発明の背景〕[Background of the invention]

スパッタイオンポンプは、該ポンプ内で発生させた電子
で気体分子全衝撃してイオン化し。
A sputter ion pump ionizes gas molecules by bombarding them with electrons generated within the pump.

該イオンを加速してチタン等の吸着材に吸着させること
によって、裏窒排気?行うポンプである。従って第1図
に示した従来例のように、スパッタイオンポンプ1、排
気すべきチャンバ3および該両者間を接続するパイプ2
によって構成した真空排気系におして、上記スバッタイ
オンボンプ1から電子4とイオン5が、上記チャンバ3
内にまで漏れて来る場合がある。実際に該チャンバ3内
にプローブ6を挿入し、電流計7によってノイズ電流を
測定すると、第2図のように真空度、つまり、スパッタ
イオンポンプ1内で発生する2次電子を含む電子4とイ
オン5の量に比例したノイズ電流が検出される。該ノイ
ズ電流はマイナス電流であるが、該図において電極8に
プラス電位を印加した場合、上記電子4が上記電極8に
引き寄せられるため、上記電流計7にはプラス電流が検
出される。これによシ、イオン5も上記チャンバ3内に
漏れて来ていることが確認できる。従って該チャンバ3
内において、数pAから数nAの微小電流を取シ扱う場
合には、上記スパッタイオンポンプ1から漏れて来る電
子4とイオン5が致命的なノイズとなるという欠点があ
った。
By accelerating the ions and adsorbing them to an adsorbent such as titanium, the back nitrogen is exhausted? It is a pump that does. Therefore, as in the conventional example shown in FIG.
In the vacuum evacuation system configured by
It may even leak inside. When the probe 6 is actually inserted into the chamber 3 and the noise current is measured by the ammeter 7, the degree of vacuum is determined as shown in FIG. A noise current proportional to the amount of ions 5 is detected. Although the noise current is a negative current, when a positive potential is applied to the electrode 8 in the figure, the electrons 4 are attracted to the electrode 8, so that the ammeter 7 detects a positive current. This confirms that the ions 5 are also leaking into the chamber 3. Therefore, the chamber 3
However, when dealing with minute currents of several pA to several nA, there is a drawback that the electrons 4 and ions 5 leaking from the sputter ion pump 1 become fatal noise.

〔発明の目的〕[Purpose of the invention]

この発明の目的は、上記した従来技術の欠点をなくシ、
スパッタイオンポンプから漏れる電子とイオンと金チャ
ンバに到達させないようにスパッタイオンポンプとパイ
プと全接続させた真空装置を提供するにある。
The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.
To provide a vacuum device which is fully connected to a sputter ion pump and a pipe so that electrons and ions leaking from the sputter ion pump do not reach a gold chamber.

〔発明の概要〕[Summary of the invention]

要するにこの発明は、スパッタイオンポンプからチャン
バ内に漏れてノイズの原因となる電子とイオンはともに
荷電粒子であるから、上記スパッタイオンポンプとチャ
ンバとの間に、電極または磁極を、排気コンダクタンス
を低下させなしような形にするかまたは低下させない位
置において、上記電子およびイオンを除去するものであ
る。
In short, this invention requires that electrodes or magnetic poles be placed between the sputter ion pump and the chamber to reduce the exhaust conductance, since both electrons and ions that leak into the chamber from the sputter ion pump and cause noise are charged particles. The electrons and ions are removed at positions where they are not reduced or degraded.

〔発明の実施例〕[Embodiments of the invention]

以下、この発明の一実施例を第3図に示す概略構成図に
よって説明する。この実施例においては、スパッタイオ
ンポンプ1とチャンバ3とを接続するバイブ2の途中に
、排気方向に垂直に後述の2枚の電極9.10’i設け
て、上記スパッタイオンポンプ1から漏れて来る電子4
およびイオン5全除去し、かつ、上記電極9.10t−
メツシュ状にして、スパッタイオンポンプ1の排気コン
ダクタンスの低下を極力小さくするようにした“もので
ある。ところでチャンバ3は、電子顕微鏡、オージェ電
子分光装置、イオンマイクロアナライザ、質量分析装置
等の分析装置、tたは電子線露光装置、イオンビーム露
光装置、マスクレスイオン打込み装置、イオンマイクロ
加工装置等の半導体製造装置のように数pAから数μA
程度の電流1取り扱う機器ケ収納するものである。
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the schematic configuration diagram shown in FIG. In this embodiment, two electrodes 9 and 10'i, which will be described later, are provided in the middle of the vibrator 2 that connects the sputter ion pump 1 and the chamber 3, perpendicular to the exhaust direction, to prevent leakage from the sputter ion pump 1. coming electron 4
and ions 5 are completely removed, and the above electrode 9.10t-
The chamber 3 is designed to minimize the drop in exhaust conductance of the sputter ion pump 1 by using a mesh-like structure.By the way, the chamber 3 is used for analysis equipment such as an electron microscope, an Auger electron spectrometer, an ion microanalyzer, and a mass spectrometer. , t or several pA to several μA, such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment such as electron beam exposure equipment, ion beam exposure equipment, maskless ion implantation equipment, and ion microprocessing equipment.
It is intended to house equipment that handles about 100 volts of current.

スパッタイオンポンプ1において発生したイオン5は、
イオン阻止電極9にプラス電圧を印加してスパッタイオ
ンポンプ1へ追い返す。漏洩イオン5の持つエネルギー
は小さいため、上記イオン阻止電極9には1 &F程度
の電圧を印加しておけば充分であった。また、漏洩電子
4は、メツシュ状の上記イオン阻止電極9t−通過する
が、つぎの電子阻止電極10にマイナス電圧を印加し、
漏洩電子4阻止する。上記のような構成でそれぞれの電
極に上記の電圧全印加した状態でチャンバ3内にプロー
ブ(図示せず)全挿入して調査して見たが、ノイズ電流
は検出できながった。
The ions 5 generated in the sputter ion pump 1 are
A positive voltage is applied to the ion blocking electrode 9 to drive back the ions to the sputtering ion pump 1. Since the energy possessed by the leaked ions 5 is small, it was sufficient to apply a voltage of about 1 &F to the ion blocking electrode 9. Further, the leaked electrons 4 pass through the mesh-like ion blocking electrode 9t, but a negative voltage is applied to the next electron blocking electrode 10,
Prevent leaked electrons 4. An investigation was carried out by fully inserting a probe (not shown) into the chamber 3 with the above-mentioned configuration in which all the voltages mentioned above were applied to each electrode, but no noise current could be detected.

つぎに第4図によって第2の実施例を説明する。上記の
実施例においては、イオン阻止電極9および電子阻止電
極10をメツシュ状にして排気コンダクタンスの低下金
抑えたが、電極が排気方向に直角に挿入されていたため
、排気コンダクタンスが若干低下した。そこで、との実
施例におりでは、2枚の電極全排気方向に平行に配置し
、排気コンダクタンスの低下を最小にしたもので、該電
極をイオン引き込み電極11および電子引き込み電極1
2とし、これらの電極にそれぞれマイナス電圧またはプ
ラス電圧全印加し、両電極間の電界によって漏洩電子4
および漏洩イオン5全偏向させて、それぞれの電極に引
き込み、スパッタイオンポンプ1から漏れた上記漏洩電
子4および漏洩イオン5tチヤンバ6への侵入以前に除
去するようにした。この方式によっても、上記第1の実
施例と同様に上記チャソバ3内に配置し次プローブ(図
示せず)には、ノイズ電流が検出されなかった。また、
上記の実施例では電極数が2枚であったが、多数の電極
を列べて、プラス、マイナスを交互に印加した多極平行
平板形の方が、電極間の距離が短く、かつ、印加電圧が
低くて済む。特に真空度が低く、ノイズが小さいときに
はプラスまたはマイナスの込ずれかの電圧を数百V印加
しただけで′充分なノイズ除去効果が得られた。
Next, a second embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. In the above embodiment, the ion blocking electrode 9 and the electron blocking electrode 10 were made into a mesh shape to suppress the decrease in exhaust conductance, but since the electrodes were inserted at right angles to the exhaust direction, the exhaust conductance was slightly decreased. Therefore, in the embodiment, two electrodes are arranged parallel to the entire exhaust direction to minimize the decrease in exhaust conductance, and the electrodes are arranged as follows: ion-drawing electrode 11 and electron-drawing electrode 1.
2, a full negative or positive voltage is applied to each of these electrodes, and the electric field between the two electrodes leaks electrons 4.
The leaked ions 5 are completely deflected and drawn into the respective electrodes, and the leaked electrons 4 and leaked ions 5 leaked from the sputter ion pump 1 are removed before they enter the chamber 6. Even with this method, no noise current was detected in the probe (not shown) placed inside the tea bath 3, as in the first embodiment. Also,
In the above example, the number of electrodes was two, but a multi-pole parallel plate type in which many electrodes are lined up and positive and negative voltages are applied alternately is shorter between the electrodes and the voltage can be applied more easily. Low voltage is required. Particularly when the degree of vacuum is low and the noise is small, a sufficient noise removal effect can be obtained by applying either a positive or negative voltage of several hundred volts.

つぎに第5図によって第3の実施例を説明する。該実施
例においては、上記電極の代りに上記バイブ2の外側に
N極とS極とを対持させた磁極13ヲ配置してスパッタ
イオンポンプ1からの漏洩電子4シよび漏洩イオン5−
t−排除したものである。この場合、上記漏洩電子4と
漏洩イオン5は偏向され、上記パイプ2の内壁でアース
へ電荷を逃がし、漏洩電子4は上記チャンバ3まで到゛
達しない。同様に漏洩イオン5もその大部分を除去する
ことができた。また、この実施例では上記バイブ2内に
何も挿入してないがら、排気コンダクタンスの低下は全
くなかった。
Next, a third embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, instead of the electrodes, a magnetic pole 13 having an N pole and an S pole facing each other is placed outside the vibrator 2 to prevent leakage electrons 4 and leakage ions 5- from the sputter ion pump 1.
t-excluded. In this case, the leaked electrons 4 and leaked ions 5 are deflected, and the charges are released to the ground on the inner wall of the pipe 2, so that the leaked electrons 4 do not reach the chamber 3. Similarly, most of the leaked ions 5 could be removed. Furthermore, although nothing was inserted into the vibrator 2 in this example, there was no decrease in exhaust conductance at all.

つぎに第6図によって第4の実施例を説明する。該実施
例においては、漏洩イオン阻止用としてスパッタイオン
ポンプ1の排気方向と垂直な面にメツ゛シュ状のイオン
阻止電極9を設けて、漏洩イオン5を阻止するとともに
、上記パイプ2の外側に上記第3の実施例と同様、N極
とS極とを対持させた磁極13ヲ配置して、漏洩電子4
を偏向させ、かつ、スパッタイオンポンプ1の排気方向
に垂直な面に設けたメツシュ状電極15に接続しかつ排
気方向と平行に設けた電子阻止浮動電極14?マイナス
に帯電させて、大部分の漏洩電子4を阻止した。上記の
ように構成することによって漏洩電子4および漏洩イオ
ン5を完全に阻止することができる。
Next, a fourth embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a mesh-like ion blocking electrode 9 is provided on a surface perpendicular to the exhaust direction of the sputter ion pump 1 to block leaking ions to block leaking ions 5, and the above-mentioned ion blocking electrode 9 is provided on the outside of the pipe 2. Similar to the embodiment 3, the magnetic pole 13 with the north pole and the south pole facing each other is arranged to prevent leakage electrons 4.
An electron blocking floating electrode 14 is connected to a mesh-like electrode 15 provided on a plane perpendicular to the evacuation direction of the sputter ion pump 1 and is provided parallel to the evacuation direction. Most of the leakage electrons 4 were blocked by being negatively charged. By configuring as described above, leakage electrons 4 and leakage ions 5 can be completely prevented.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上説明しfc4ように、この発明によれば、真空チャ
ンバの排気用ポンプとしてスパッタイオンポンプを使用
したとき、該スパッタイオンポンプからの漏洩電子およ
び漏洩イオンが真空チャンバに到達する前に除去できる
ので、該真空チャンバ内において微小電流管取シ扱う場
合、例えば電子等を照射して被照射物から放射する2次
電子を検出する走査電子顕微鏡、オージェ電子分光装置
等の電子線を使用した分析装置、またはイオンビームを
1μm以下のスポットに集束してイオン打込みやスパッ
タ加工を行なう際、イオン電流の正確な値を把握する必
要があるマイクレスイオン打込み装置、イオンマイクロ
加工装置等の半導体製造装置において、ノイズの影響な
しに精度の良い電流測定が可能となり、それぞれの性能
向上に効果1奏する。
As explained above and fc4, according to the present invention, when a sputter ion pump is used as an exhaust pump for a vacuum chamber, leaked electrons and leaked ions from the sputter ion pump can be removed before they reach the vacuum chamber. When dealing with microcurrent tubes in the vacuum chamber, for example, an analysis device using an electron beam such as a scanning electron microscope or an Auger electron spectrometer that detects secondary electrons emitted from the irradiated object by irradiating electrons, etc. , or in semiconductor manufacturing equipment such as microphoneless ion implantation equipment and ion microprocessing equipment where it is necessary to know the exact value of the ion current when performing ion implantation or sputter processing by focusing the ion beam to a spot of 1 μm or less. , it becomes possible to measure current with high accuracy without the influence of noise, and this has the effect of improving each performance.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は、スパッタイオンポンプ上用いた従来の排気系
の断面図、第2図は、チャンバ内のプローブで検出した
ノイズ電流と真空度の関係を示すグラフ、第3図は、第
1図に示した排気系において、ノイズ阻止電極を挿入し
た場合の概略構成断面図、第4図は、上記第3図と違っ
たタイプの電極を挿入した場合の排気系の概略構成断面
図、第5図は、ノイズの除去に磁極を使用した場合の排
気系の概略構成断面図、第6図は、ノイズの除去のため
にノイズ阻止電極と磁極との双方全使用した場合の排気
系の概略構成断面図を示す。 符号の説明 1・・・スパッタイオンポンプ 2・・・バイブ 3・・・チャンバ 6・・・プローブ 7・・・電流計 8・・・電極 9・・・イオン阻止電極10・・・電子
阻止電極 11・・・イオン引き込み電極 12・・・電子引き込み電極 16・・・磁極14・・
・電子阻止浮動電極 ■1図 第2図 眞空度(Tc+rr) 晰3図 第40 第S図 第6図
Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional evacuation system used on a sputter ion pump, Figure 2 is a graph showing the relationship between the noise current detected by a probe in the chamber and the degree of vacuum, and Figure 3 is the graph shown in Figure 1. Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the exhaust system when a noise blocking electrode is inserted, and Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the exhaust system when a different type of electrode than that shown in Fig. 3 is inserted. The figure is a schematic cross-sectional view of the exhaust system when magnetic poles are used to remove noise, and Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the exhaust system when both noise blocking electrodes and magnetic poles are used to remove noise. A cross-sectional view is shown. Explanation of symbols 1...Sputter ion pump 2...Vibe 3...Chamber 6...Probe 7...Ammeter 8...Electrode 9...Ion blocking electrode 10...Electron blocking electrode 11... Ion drawing electrode 12... Electron drawing electrode 16... Magnetic pole 14...
・Electron blocking floating electrode ■1 Figure 2 Clearance (Tc+rr) Clearance 3 Figure 40 Figure S Figure 6

Claims (4)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1) スパッタイオンポンプを用いた真空装置におい
て、上記スパッタイオンポンプから漏洩する電子、イオ
ンが、該スパッタイオンポンプによって排気する真空チ
ャンバに達する前に除去されるようにしであることを特
徴とする真空装置。
(1) A vacuum apparatus using a sputter ion pump, characterized in that electrons and ions leaking from the sputter ion pump are removed before reaching a vacuum chamber to be evacuated by the sputter ion pump. Vacuum equipment.
(2) 上記電子、イオンを除去する機構として、上記
スパッタイオンポンプのパイプ付近に電極または磁極あ
るいはその双方が設けであることを特徴とする特許請求
の範囲第1項記載の真空装置。
(2) The vacuum apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mechanism for removing the electrons and ions is provided with an electrode or a magnetic pole, or both, near the pipe of the sputter ion pump.
(3) 上記電子、イオン除去用電極として、上記スパ
ッタイオンポンプの排気方向に垂直な面に2枚・以上の
メツシュ状電極が配置しであることを特徴とする特許請
求の範囲第2項記載の真空装置。
(3) As the electron and ion removal electrode, two or more mesh-like electrodes are arranged on a plane perpendicular to the exhaust direction of the sputter ion pump. vacuum equipment.
(4) 上記電子、イオン除去用電極として、上記スパ
ッタイオンポンプの排気方向に水平な面に2枚以上の平
板状電極が配置しであるととt特徴とする特許請求の範
囲第2項記載の真空装置。
(4) Claim 2, characterized in that the electrode for removing electrons and ions is two or more flat electrodes arranged on a plane horizontal to the exhaust direction of the sputter ion pump. vacuum equipment.
JP14636283A 1983-08-12 1983-08-12 Vacuum device Pending JPS6039751A (en)

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