Treatment of etching chambers using activated cleaning gas

An apparatus 20 and process for treating and conditioning an etching chamber 30, and cleaning a thin, non-homogeneous, etch residue on the walls 45 and components of the etching chamber 30. In the etching step, a substrate 25 is etched in the etching chamber 30 to deposit a thin etch residue layer o...

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Hauptverfasser:	MOHN JONATHAN D, LEAHEY PATRICK L, CHOW WAICHING, YIN GERALD ZHEYAO, SUN ZHI-WEN, CHEN ARTHUR Y, HATCHER BRIAN K, QIAN XUE-YU
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARTIFICIAL STONE BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CEMENTS CERAMICS CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMISTRY CLEANING CLEANING IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS CONCRETE DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL LIME, MAGNESIA METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL REFRACTORIES SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SLAG SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus 20 and process for treating and conditioning an etching chamber 30, and cleaning a thin, non-homogeneous, etch residue on the walls 45 and components of the etching chamber 30. In the etching step, a substrate 25 is etched in the etching chamber 30 to deposit a thin etch residue layer on the surfaces of the walls and components in the chamber. In the cleaning step, cleaning gas is introduced into a remote chamber 40 adjacent to the etching chamber 30, and microwave or RF energy is applied inside the remote chamber to form an activated cleaning gas. A short burst of activated cleaning gas at a high flow rate is introduced into the etching chamber 30 to clean the etch residue on the walls 45 and components of the etching chamber. The method is particularly useful for cleaning etch residue that is chemically adhered to ceramic surfaces in the chamber, for example surfaces comprising aluminum nitride, boron carbide, boron nitride, diamond, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, titanium oxide, titanium carbide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, or mixtures thereof.