Maintenance method and system for plasma processing apparatus etching and apparatus
First Claim
1. A maintenance system for a plasma processing apparatus, which is provided with a vacuum processing chamber, a vacuum evacuation section, a plasma generating gas supply section, a plasma generating section, and a specimen stage on which a wafer to be processed in the vacuum processing chamber is placed, comprising:
- an operation circuit for performing a sequence for a restoring operation after maintenance as to each of a plurality of inspected items;
a storage section for storing measured data;
a plurality of detection sensors for collecting measured data values from the plasma processing apparatus during a restoring operation;
an I/O section for setting criteria; and
a comparison/decision circuit for comparing the set criteria with the measured data values obtained during the restoring operation and stored in the storage section as to each of the plurality of inspected items, wherein the operation circuit determines, when the measured data values obtained during the restoring operation as to at least one of the plurality of inspected items is within given criteria, that the restoring operation of the at least one of the plurality of inspected items is appropriate, to thereby perform the restoring operation of another one of the plurality of inspected items.
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Abstract
For maintenance after wet cleaning of a plasma processing apparatus which processes a specimen in a vacuum processing chamber by using a plasma, when restoration processing after the wet cleaning of members configuring the vacuum processing chamber is performed with the vacuum processing chamber opened to the atmosphere, it is automatically or semiautomatically judged whether the restoration processing is appropriate or not according to a predetermined optimum sequence inherent in the apparatus, and the next processing is started automatically or semiautomatically according to the results.
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1. A maintenance system for a plasma processing apparatus, which is provided with a vacuum processing chamber, a vacuum evacuation section, a plasma generating gas supply section, a plasma generating section, and a specimen stage on which a wafer to be processed in the vacuum processing chamber is placed, comprising:
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an operation circuit for performing a sequence for a restoring operation after maintenance as to each of a plurality of inspected items;
a storage section for storing measured data;
a plurality of detection sensors for collecting measured data values from the plasma processing apparatus during a restoring operation;
an I/O section for setting criteria; and
a comparison/decision circuit for comparing the set criteria with the measured data values obtained during the restoring operation and stored in the storage section as to each of the plurality of inspected items, wherein the operation circuit determines, when the measured data values obtained during the restoring operation as to at least one of the plurality of inspected items is within given criteria, that the restoring operation of the at least one of the plurality of inspected items is appropriate, to thereby perform the restoring operation of another one of the plurality of inspected items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for a plasma processing apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of detection sensors for collecting measured data values from the plasma processing apparatus; and
a comparison/decision circuit for comparing set criteria with the measured data values as to each of the plurality of inspected items, wherein an operation circuit determines, when the measured data values obtained during a restoring operation as to at least one of the plurality of inspected items is within given criteria, that the restoring operation of the at least one of the plurality of inspected items is appropriate, to thereby perform the restoring operation of another one of the plurality of inspected items. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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