Plasma processing method
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1. A plasma etching processing method of etching a target object, using plasma, comprising the steps of:
- placing said target object on a work table arranged in a process chamber;
supplying an inactive gas and a reactive gas into said process chamber from a gas spouting surface facing said work table, while exhausting said process chamber, such that said inactive gas is continuously supplied from a number of inactive gas spouting holes formed on said gas spouting surface, and said reactive gas is supplied from reactive gas spouting holes, which are formed on said gas spouting surface and divided into a plurality of groups, by intermittently opening and closing said groups in a time-sharing manner;
turning said inactive gas and reactive gas into plasma by means of RF discharge in said process chamber; and
etching said target object, using said plasma.
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In a plasma etching apparatus, an inactive gas and a reactive gas are supplied from a gas spouting surface of a shower head, and are turned into plasma by means of RF discharge, so that a semiconductor wafer placed on a susceptor is etched by the plasma. The inactive gas is continuously supplied from inactive gas spouting holes formed all over the gas spouting surface. The reactive gas is supplied from reactive gas spouting holes, which are formed all over the gas spouting surface and divided into a plurality of groups, by repeatedly scanning the groups in a time-sharing manner.
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1. A plasma etching processing method of etching a target object, using plasma, comprising the steps of:
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placing said target object on a work table arranged in a process chamber; supplying an inactive gas and a reactive gas into said process chamber from a gas spouting surface facing said work table, while exhausting said process chamber, such that said inactive gas is continuously supplied from a number of inactive gas spouting holes formed on said gas spouting surface, and said reactive gas is supplied from reactive gas spouting holes, which are formed on said gas spouting surface and divided into a plurality of groups, by intermittently opening and closing said groups in a time-sharing manner; turning said inactive gas and reactive gas into plasma by means of RF discharge in said process chamber; and etching said target object, using said plasma. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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