SHOWER HEAD ASSEMBLY AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME

• US 20120222616A1
• Filed: 09/13/2010
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wonik IPS Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Wonik IPS Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Chang-Hee, Lee, Ki-Hoon, Ryu, Dong-Ho
• Application Number:
  US13/509,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20120222616A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 118/723.E
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/4401 Means for minimising impurities, e.g. dust, moisture or residual gas, in the reaction chamber
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/45536 Use of plasma, radiation or electromagnetic fields
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/45565 Shower nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/45574 Nozzles for more than one gas
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/509 using internal electrodes

Abstract

Provided are a showerhead assembly for depositing a thin film on a substrate and a thin film deposition apparatus having the same. The showerhead assembly includes a plurality of gas injection units radially disposed above a substrate, each of the plurality of gas injection units comprising a receiving part configured to receive a gas supplied from the outside and a plurality of injection holes configured to inject the gas within the receiving part. Here, at least one gas injection unit includes the receiving part defined therein, a showerhead body comprising a first inlet configured to supply a first gas into the receiving part and a second inlet configured to supply a second gas into the receiving part, the showerhead body comprising a plurality of first injection holes and a plurality of second injection holes in a bottom part thereof, wherein the first and second injection holes pass through the bottom part, a partition plate having a flat plate shape and comprising a plurality of insertion holes passing therethrough, the partition plate being disposed facing the bottom plate of the showerhead body in the receiving part of the showerhead body to divide the receiving part into a first buffer part communicating with the first inlet and a second buffer part communicating with the second inlet, a plurality of injection pins, each having a hollow shape, each of the plurality of injection pines comprising one end connected to the insertion hole and the other end connected to the first injection hole, and a power source configured to apply a power to generate plasma within the receiving part of the showerhead body.

Claims

1. A showerhead assembly comprising:

a plurality of gas injection units radially disposed above a substrate, each of the plurality of gas injection units comprising a receiving part configured to receive a gas supplied from the outside and a plurality of injection holes configured to inject the gas within the receiving part,

wherein at least one gas injection unit of the plurality of gas injection units comprises;

the receiving part defined therein;

a showerhead body comprising a first inlet configured to supply a first gas into the receiving part and a second inlet configured to supply a second gas into the receiving part, the showerhead body comprising a plurality of first injection holes and a plurality of second injection holes in a bottom part thereof, wherein the first and second injection holes pass through the bottom part;

a partition plate having a flat plate shape and comprising a plurality of insertion holes passing therethrough, the partition plate being disposed facing the bottom plate of the showerhead body in the receiving part of the showerhead body to divide the receiving part into a first buffer part communicating with the first inlet and a second buffer part communicating with the second inlet;

a plurality of injection pins, each having a hollow shape, each of the plurality of injection pines comprising one end connected to the insertion hole and the other end connected to the first injection hole; and

a power source configured to apply a power to generate plasma within the receiving part of the showerhead body,

wherein the first gas is supplied into the first buffer part and injected onto the substrate through the injection pins, and the second gas is supplied into the second buffer part and injected onto the substrate through the second injection holes.

2. The showerhead assembly of claim 1, further comprising a separation plate having a flat plate shape and comprising a plurality of flow holes passing therethrough, the separation plate being disposed in the first buffer part to divide the first buffer part into two space parts.

3. The showerhead assembly of claim 1, wherein an electrode plate is coupled to an upper end of the showerhead body to face the partition plate,

the power source applies a power to the electrode plate to generate plasma in the first buffer part, and

the partition plate is grounded.

4. The showerhead assembly of claim 1, wherein the power source applies a power to the partition plate to generate plasma in the second buffer part, and

the bottom part of the showerhead body is grounded.

5. A thin film deposition apparatus comprising:

a chamber having a space part in which a deposition process is performed on a substrate;

a susceptor on which the substrate is seated, the susceptor being rotatably disposed in the space part of the chamber;

a heater part configured to heat the substrate; and

the showerhead assembly of any one of claims 1 to 4.