New diagnostic method for monitoring plasma reactor walls: Multiple total internal reflection Fourier transform infrared surface probe.

Autor: Godfrey, Anna R., Ullal, Saurabh J., Braly, Linda B., Edelberg, Erik A., Vahedi, Vahid, Aydil, Eray S.
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Zdroj: Review of Scientific Instruments; Aug2001, Vol. 72 Issue 8, 1 Black and White Photograph, 5 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 13 Graphs
Abstrakt: Films and adsorbates that deposit on reactor walls during plasma etching and deposition affect the discharge properties such as the charged particle and reactive radical concentrations. A systematic study of this plasma–wall interaction is made difficult by a lack of diagnostic methods that enable one to monitor the chemical nature of the reactor wall surface. A new diagnostic technique based on multiple total internal reflection Fourier transform infrared (MTIR-FTIR) spectroscopy was developed to monitor films and adsorbates on plasma etching and deposition reactor walls with monolayer sensitivity. Applications of this MTIR-FTIR probe are demonstrated. Specifically, we use this probe to (i) detect etch products and films that deposit on the reactor walls during Cl[sub 2] plasma etching of Si, (ii) determine the efficacy of a SF[sub 6] plasma to clean films deposited on reactor walls during Cl[sub 2]/O[sub 2] etching of Si, and (iii) monitor wafer-to-wafer etching reproducibility. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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