Plasma processing apparatus
First Claim
1. A plasma processing apparatus wherein upper and lower electrodes are arranged opposite to each other in a processing chamber whose pressure can be freely reduced, a plasma is generated between the upper and lower electrodes by supplying a high frequency power, and processing is performed on a substrate to be processed which is mounted on the lower electrode, whereinan upper insulating member is provided around the upper electrode, an outer lower end portion of the upper insulating member is positioned outside an outer circumference of the lower electrode, the outer lower end portion of the upper insulating member is positioned to be substantially equal to or lower than an upper surface of the substrate, and the narrowest distance between the upper insulating layer and the lower electrode is smaller than a distance between the upper and lower electrodes.
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Abstract
A lower insulating member 13 is arranged around a suscepter 6 as a lower electrode, and an upper insulating member 31 is arranged around an upper electrode 21. An outer end portion 31a of the upper insulating member is positioned outside an lower insulating member 13, to be lower than the upper surface of a wafer W. The narrowest distance between the lower insulating member 13 and the upper insulating member 31 is arranged to be smaller than a gap G between electrodes. Diffusion of a plasma generated between electrodes is restricted and prevented from spreading to the sides, so that inner walls of a processing container 3 are not sputtered.
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1. A plasma processing apparatus wherein upper and lower electrodes are arranged opposite to each other in a processing chamber whose pressure can be freely reduced, a plasma is generated between the upper and lower electrodes by supplying a high frequency power, and processing is performed on a substrate to be processed which is mounted on the lower electrode, wherein
an upper insulating member is provided around the upper electrode, an outer lower end portion of the upper insulating member is positioned outside an outer circumference of the lower electrode, the outer lower end portion of the upper insulating member is positioned to be substantially equal to or lower than an upper surface of the substrate, and the narrowest distance between the upper insulating layer and the lower electrode is smaller than a distance between the upper and lower electrodes.
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10. A plasma processing apparatus wherein upper and lower electrodes are arranged opposite to each other in a processing chamber whose pressure can be freely reduced, a plasma is generated between the upper and lower electrodes by supplying a high frequency power, and processing is performed on a substrate to be processed which is mounted on the lower electrode, wherein
an upper insulating member is provided in the periphery of the upper electrode, a first ring-like member made of semiconductor material and a second ring-like member made of insulating material and positioned on an outer circumference of the first ring-like member are provided in the periphery of the lower electrode, the narrowest distance between an extended portion of the upper instulating member which is downward extended from an inner circumference thereof and the second ring-like member is smaller than a distance between the upper and lower electrodes, and the inner circumferential edge of the upper insulating member is arranged so as to correspond to a position between inner and outer circumferential edges of the second ring-like member.
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13. A plasma processing apparatus wherein upper and lower electrodes are arranged opposite to each other in a processing chamber whose pressure can be freely reduced, a plasma is generated between the upper and lower electrodes by supplying a high frequency power, and processing is performed on a substrate to be processed which is mounted on the lower electrode, wherein
a conductive member having a high heat conductivity is embedded inside an insulating member positioned at an peripheral portion of at least one of the upper and lower electrodes.
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