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电感耦合腔室中等离子体特性分析及线圈优化

Plasma Characteristics Analysis and Coil Optimization in Inductively Coupled Chambers

  • 摘要: 半导体镀膜均匀性和刻蚀精度的要求越来越高,对镀膜工艺及刻蚀工艺提出了更高的要求。现有的PECVD设备的镀膜特点是中间厚、边缘薄,镀膜均匀性有待提高。本文在研制PECVD设备过程中,通过COMSOL仿真软件,对影响电感耦合产生等离子体的因素进行仿真,结果表明:电子密度随着极间距、腔室压力、线圈功率的增大而增大。应用仿真软件的等离子体、AC/DC、优化模块进行线圈摆放位置的优化,以自定义的径向电子密度检测线上的梯度值为目标函数,通过约束函数使线圈径向移动,得到等离子体分布均匀的线圈分布图,优化后的电子密度均匀性提高34.7%。本文的研究成果应用于自主研制的PECVD设备之中,效果好,满足了用户要求。

     

    Abstract: With the increasing demand for semiconductor coating uniformity and etching accuracy, advanced requirements are put forward for the coating and etching process. However, the coating characteristics of the existing PECVD equipment always have shortcomings, such as thick middle and thin edge, and the coating uniformity needs to be improved. In this study, the COMSOL simulation software is used to simulate the factors affecting the inductive coupling to generate plasma in the process of developing PECVD equipment. The results show that the electron density increases with the increase of the polar distance, and simultaneously the chamber pressure, electron density, gradient value, coil power, and electron density are likely to change. The plasma, AC/DC, and optimization modules of the simulation software are used to optimize the placement of the coil. The gradient value on the user-defined radial electron density detection line is used as the objective function, and the coil is moved radially through the constraint function to obtain the plasma. Under optimal conditions, the coil distribution map with uniform volume distribution improves the electron density uniformity by 34.7%. The created approaches of this paper are successfully applied to the self-developed PECVD equipment and manifest their consequential potential tool, which meets the requirements of users.

     

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