US20060276037A1 - Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) equipment and method of forming a conducting thin film using the same thereof - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) apparatus and method of forming a thin film using the same.
- PEALD plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition
- the present invention relates to a PEALD apparatus and method of forming a thin film using the same, whereby a thin film is formed to an atomic layer thickness by periodically supplying time-divisional (sequential) combination of process gases to a reactor, (during which plasma is generated adequately and synchronously with process gases on top of a substrate in order to accelerate the process reaction and facilitate more efficient reaction.
- the thin film may be an insulator or a conductor.
- Thin film deposition methods are largely categorized into two types: chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD).
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- PVD physical vapor deposition
- gas phase materials generally react over the top surface of a substrate heated to a temperature of 100-1,000° C., whereby a compound produced as a result of such reaction are deposited on the top surface of the substrate.
- the PVD method such as sputtering deposition or simply sputtering, are widely used, whereby the process takes place also in a vacuum state in a reactor.
- the Ar gas becomes positively ionized by a plasma and attracted to a target located inside the reactor.
- the ionized Ar atoms get closer to the target, they get accelerated further and as the ionized and accelerated Ar atoms strike the target, the material of the target is scattered and deposited on the surface of a substrate, wherein the material of the target is deposited on the surface of a substrate without a chemical or structural change.
- PVD very low density polyethylene
- each atomic layer of thin film is formed by repeating the thin film deposition process by avoiding the direct contact of process gases on the substrate surface and by replacing the process gases rapidly and sequentially within the process gas cycles. This new method of forming thin films is being developed and used.
- the deposition takes place only by the material that is adsorbed on the surface of a substrate, i.e., only by the chemical molecule that contains the elements for forming a thin film, whereby a thin film is formed uniformly over the entire surface of a substrate regardless of the quantity of the process gas because the amount of adsorption is on the surface of a substrate is limited by the thickness of a mono layer.
- a uniform thickness of thin film can be formed regardless of the location of the areas of high aspect ratio, in turn, large step difference, and even a thin film with the level of thickness of several nano meters can be formed, and also the thickness of the thin film can be controlled by adjusting the time-divisional combinations of the steps of the formation processes. Furthermore, it is possible to control the thickness of the thin film being formed because the thickness of the thin film formed by deposition during the process gas supply cycle is almost constant.
- a conventional CVD equipment in which supply and removal of process gases cannot be made at a fast rate at the speed within several seconds, may increase the deposition time required for obtaining a thin film of a desired thickness because the longer time needed for replacing the process gas.
- Increased deposition time reduces the number of wafers to be processed per unit time by one equipment, thereby increasing the processing cost. As the deposition time increases, the number of wafers that can be processed with each equipment decreases, thereby, the cost of process increases. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the deposition time in order to utilize ALD methods for producing semiconductor products using ALD methods.
- FIG. 1 a and 1 b show two schematic structure of a conventional chemical vapor deposition apparatus.
- FIG. 1 a As a first prior art of an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), at the top part of a reactor 100 gas inlet tube 120 that supplies process gases including deposition gas, reactant gas, purge gas is located, and on the side of the reactor 100 , a gas outlet tube 122 for discharging the process gases from the reactor 100 is located.
- a substrate carrier 116 is located on which a substrate 110 is loaded.
- a showerhead 112 is located and at the top and in the middle of the showerhead 112 , the process gas inlet tube 120 is connected.
- a substrate carrier driver 118 is mounted in the lower part of the reactor 100 . This substrate carrier driver 118 moves the substrate carrier 116 up and down in order to load and unload a substrate onto and out of the substrate carrier 116 .
- This substrate carrier 116 is linked to the substrate carrier driver 118 .
- the process gas inside the reaction chamber 114 travels through the space between the reactor 100 and the substrate carrier 116 and then exhausted through the gas outlet tube 122 .
- the gas outlet tube 122 and the gas inlet tube 120 are arranged asymmetrically with respect to the substrate 110 , that is, the gas flow is imbalanced, thereby the flow of the process gas is biased towards the gas outlet tube 122 .
- either the gas outlet tube must be preferably moved away from the substrate 110 or a means of even flow of process gas over the substrate 110 or the outflow tube 122 must preferably be relocated in such a way that the condition of flow of process gas over the substrate 110 is satisfied.
- the gas outlet tube 122 is relocated away from the substrate 110 , the volume of the reaction chamber 114 increases, thereby the process cost increases due to the fact that the amount of gas for the same process step increases, and furthermore there is a difficulty of increased process time for supplying and removing gases or replacing process gases for the process of sequentially supplying various types of process gases. Therefore, the process time increases for processing ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) method.
- ALD Atomic Layer Deposition
- the substrate carrier 116 and the substrate carrier driver 118 are exposed to the process gas that is exhausted through the gas outlet tube 122 , thereby undesirable thin film is deposited on or around the aforementioned parts. Later such undesirably deposited layer of thin film becomes not only the cause of undesirable micro-particles (contaminants) detrimental to the subsequent processing steps, but also the cause of potentially erratic operation of the parts inside the reaction chamber 114 .
- the second prior art shown in FIG. 1 b is to solve the problems in the first prior art shown in FIG. 1 a as described above, and in FIG. 1 b , the gas outlet tube 222 is positioned in the lower part of the middle of the reactor 200 so that the gas inlet tube 220 and the gas outlet tube 222 are arranged symmetrically.
- the flow of process gas in the reaction chamber 214 is symmetric and even over the substrate 210 , but the substrate carrier 216 and the substrate carrier drive 218 are still exposed to the process gas.
- the volume of the reaction chamber can not be reduced significantly enough, in order to reduce the processing time for ALD processes. This is because the substrate carrier driver 218 still requires a certain minimum volume for moving the substrate carrier for normal operation of loading and unloading a substrate.
- FIG. 2 is a timing sequence illustrating the process of conventional ALD process method.
- the vertical axis represents the process gas volume and the horizontal axis represents the processing time.
- the ALD process cycle is in the sequence of supply of first source gas 310 ⁇ purge 312 ⁇ supply of second source gas 314 ⁇ purge 312 .
- the source gas supplied to the reaction chamber is removed either by evacuating the reaction chamber using a vacuum pump or by feeding an inert purge gas into the reaction chamber.
- the invertors of the present invention recently disclosed in KR0273473 a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method (PEALD), that improves the reactivity, reduces the purging time and thus improves the deposition rate, and as a result, improves the productivity of the deposition apparatus.
- PEALD plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method
- the difference between the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method and the aforementioned conventional ALD is a faster deposition rate even though source gases with low reactivity are used.
- the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method disclosed here increases the deposition reaction rate by generating radicals and ions with high reactivity by using a plasma, thereby these radicals and ions actively participate in the reaction process.
- the plasma enhanced ALD method has been disclosed in the patent application KR99-23078, “Deposition Reactor”, which invention reduces the volume of the reaction chamber, provides a means of even flow of the source gases when these gases supplied, and removed through the gas inlet tube and the gas outlet tube, respectively, flows over the substrate, and provided a means of generating a plasma.
- a plasma may not be generated because of the fact that two electrodes used for applying RF power for plasma generation are electrically shorted due to the formation of a conductive thin film, and therefore, a conductive thin film may not be formed by using this apparatus along with the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method disclosed in the present invention.
- the object of the present invention is to construct a reactor within which the process gases are replaced in a short period of time in order to process atomic layer deposition method, and also within which a plasma is generated over the surface area of a substrate, thereby ever if a conductive thin layers are deposited, without causing the aforementioned electrical short in the reactor, and at the same time the atomic layer deposition process can easily be carried out, and is to provide an apparatus for forming a high quality thin film by using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming efficiently a good quality of thin film, even if the source gases do not react with each other easily or the reactivity is very weak, by using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention.
- the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus is equipped with a substrate carrier that supports a substrate, a reactor within which said substrate carrier is mounted, within this reactor a showerhead that supplies source gases uniformly on the surface of a substrate, gas inlet and outlet tubes that feeds and removes gases into and out of a reactor, and a plasma generating unit that accelerates thin film deposition process in the reactor into which this plasma generating unit is mounted.
- a process gas supply and purge system that supplies and removes process gases through a gas inlet and gas outlet tubes in a combination of time-divisional manner, is installed in the PEALD tool, and finally a controller that control and manages the entire system is also installed.
- the process gas supply and removal system of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus makes it possible to supply (process gas inlet) and removal (process gas outlet) into and out of a reactor in short time interval in such a way that the gas supply and removal process take place in a fashion of a combination of time-divisional sequence, and also the controller of said apparatus controls the reactor, the plasma generation unit inside of the reactor, the process gas supply and removal system including a gas evacuation vacuum pump and the deposition chamber system (reactor system).
- a process gas inlet tube and a process gas outlet tube are installed symmetrically and concentrically with respect to substrate inside the reactor in order to supply and distribute the process gas uniformly over the substrate within the reaction space.
- the process gas inlet tube and the process gas outlet tube are placed centrally with respect to the substrate and in the peripheral area, respectively, in the reactor.
- both gas inlet and gas outlet tubes are placed at the center of the upper part of the reactor and for this a set of concentrically structured two tubes is used.
- the process gas inlet tube may be placed around the peripheral area of the substrate.
- a showerhead is mounted for an even distribution of the process gas, and according to the present invention this showerhead has a shape of the open end of a horn.
- This horn-shaped showerhead can have many different shapes, for example, the edge of said horn may have an S-shape.
- the commonality in the horn-shaped showerhead is that the shape of the inner surface of the showerhead is streamlined-shape so that the process gas supplied though a gas inlet tube, the process gas is distributed evenly and uniformly along the inner surface of the showerhead.
- a grid with many holes or grids for dispersing a gas is mounted in parallel with the substrate. This grid disperses the process gas evenly and uniformly over the surface of the substrate.
- the showerhead is horn-shaped for the reason of reduce the volume that the process gas occupies. Another reason for using a horn-shaped showerhead is to eliminate any corners inside the showerhead, in order to prevent the process gas from being trapped by and around these undesirable corners, thereby the flow of the process gas is curled around these corners, and as a result, these corners interfere with the uniform flow of the process gas.
- the horn-shaped showerhead helps the process gas flow uniformly, evenly and smoothly.
- a volume adjusting horn and a gas dispersion perforated grid within the showerhead are the major parts forming a (+) electrode, the remaining metallic parts form a ( ⁇ ) electrode. Therefore, the plasma is generated only in the “reaction chamber” in the reaction space. In other words, the plasma is generated between the showerhead and the substrate carrier, and practically on the surface of the substrate.
- the shower head insulating wall made of non-conducting material of the shower head unit, and fixes the showerhead to the reactor.
- a barrier layer of plasma generation is provided between the insulating wall of the showerhead and the reactor wall. Formation of a conducting layer on the outer face of the insulating wall of the showerhead is prevented by blocking the flow of the process gas through the slits between the barrier layer of plasma generation and the insulating wall of the showerhead by continuously pushing an inert gas through said “slits” between said barrier layer of plasma generation and said insulating layer of said showhead.
- a radio frequency connection terminals are connected to the shower head for supplying RF (radio frequency) power to it.
- Said radio frequency connection terminal is made of a tube-shaped metallic material and when desired RF power is supplied through terminal, an inert gas can be supplied through the space between the showerhead insulating wall and the barrier wall of plasma generation.
- the process gas inlet tube is connected to said showerhead through a micro-feeding tube assembly made of insulating materials.
- This micro-feeding tube assembly has more than one micro-tube in the middle of it, thereby said process gas is fed to the showerhead, but the plasma is blocked from reversed flow of reaction gas that may be remained in the reactor or supplied to the reactor and also flocked from any leakage.
- the length of this micro-feed tube and the diameter of the micro-tuber are determined in such a way that the plasma does not leak.
- the substrate carrier is located in the lower part of the reactor and between the substrate carrier and the reactor wall there is a flat thin washer-like gas sealer ring for not only preventing the leakage or outflow of the process gas out of the reaction space, but also blocking the unnecessary film formation on the surface of the substrate carrier by blocking the contact of the process gas and the substrate carrier. Formation of unnecessary thin film does not occur even when the plasma is generated because the process gas does not contact with the substrate carrier.
- said gas sealer ring plays a key role of preventing the operational hindrance of the substrate carrier driver ever if the process gas is leaked into the external operational space of the substrate carrier, which space is filled with an inert gas such as Ar, thereby unnecessary metallic film is formed on the substrate carrier support and driver mechanisms.
- the substrate carrier is supported by a center support pin, center shaft, a plural of driver shafts. Also, the substrate carrier moves up and down by a pneumatic cylinder linked to the driver shafts, thereby a substrate can be loaded onto and unloaded from the substrate carrier.
- a pneumatic cylinder linked to the driver shafts thereby a substrate can be loaded onto and unloaded from the substrate carrier.
- the reactor is enclosed by the reactor body an inert gas is fed through the inert gas inlet tube and is removed through the inert gas outlet tube, where the inert gas inlet and outlet tubes are installed in the reactor body.
- the pneumatic cylinders are mounted outside of the reactor body.
- heaters are installed in the reactor walls and underneath the substrate carrier, thereby the substrate and the reactor body can be heated to a desired level, if necessary.
- the reactor body is electrically grounded, and through the driver shafts, the substrate carrier is also grounded. Also, the reactor walls are connected to the reactor body, and therefore, the reactor walls are electrically grounded.
- a method of forming thin films by using plasma activation even when a source gas containing metallic elements does not react in a reactor, process gas includes this source gas (or deposition gas) and a purge gas, is disclosed.
- a substrate is loaded on the substrate carrier in a reactor.
- said source gas is fed into the reactor, supply of said deposition gas (or source gas) is ceased, and while said purge gas is fed into the reactor, plasma is generated in order to activate the film deposition reaction.
- said method comprises the steps of feeding a source gas into a reactor, feeding a purge gas, generating plasma, and repeating said steps for a specified number of times in order to deposit a film to a desired thickness, thereby, forming a conducting layer of a thin film.
- micro-feeding tube assembly in which a plural of fine and small micro-tubes are arranged in parallel, and said process gases are fed through said gas inlet tube and then through said micro-feeding tube assembly and finally into the showerhead assembly area inside the reactor.
- FIGS. 1 a and 1 b are conceptual schematic drawings of conventional chemical vapor deposition apparatus.
- FIG. 2 is a timing diagram for a thin film formation process using a conventional chemical vapor deposition apparatus showing a sequence of the process gas supply and removal.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of the cross-section of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a timing diagram for a thin film formation process using an plasma enhanced vapor deposition apparatus according to the present invention showing a sequence of the process gas supply and removal as well as the plasma generation.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart for the process of forming a conducting thin film by using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention, showing the sequence of process gas supply and removal as well as plasma generation.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the Best Mode of the present invention.
- a heater is installed at the bottom part of the substrate carrier 560 so that it can control the temperature of the substrate 556 or the reaction space 554 as necessary.
- a heater 604 installed on the reactor walls 522 may be if necessary used for increasing the temperature of the reactor which is the inside of the reactor wall.
- a substrate carrier 560 At the upper part of the reactor wall 522 made of an alloy, a dual orifice tube assembly 516 and at the lower part of the reactor wall 522 , there is a substrate carrier 560 .
- the substrate carrier 560 and the reactor wall 522 defines the inner part of the reactor.
- a gas sealer ring 558 is located between the top surface of the outer ring of the substrate carrier 560 and the bottom end of the reactor wall 522 , and this gas sealer ring 558 shaped as a thin flat washer-like with an inner side hovelled and outer side square edged ring seals between the substrate carrier 560 and the reactor wall 522 as well as covers the top surface of the outer ring area of the substrate carrier 560 .
- the gas inlet tube 510 is mounted as a part of dual orifice tube assembly 516 in the upper part of the reactor wall 522 .
- the process gas travels in the direction of arrows through the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 and then into the inner part 552 of the showerhead assembly.
- the outer tube 514 of the dual orifice tube assembly 516 is a passageway of flowing for the process gas, and the inner tube 510 of the dual orifice tube assembly 516 , in other words, the gas inlet tube 510 is the inlet entrance for the process gas.
- the process gas flows in the direction of indicated by arrows inside of the inner tube 510 .
- the showerhead assembly ( 540 , 542 ) comprises a volume adjusting horn 540 and a gas dispersion perforated grid 542 .
- the shape of the volume adjusting horn 540 allows the process gas to distribute uniformly, evenly and smoothly over the substrate 556 , and at the same time, minimizes the volume of the inner part of the showerhead 552 .
- the reason for making the shape of the showerhead 540 as on open end of a horn is to reduce the volume of the inner part of the showerhead 552 , and such a shape reduces the curling effect of the process gas flow, and thereby the process gas is distributed uniformly and evenly, otherwise any corners that may exist in the inner part of the showerhead 552 would cause trapping of the process gas and, thereby around these corners curling phenomenon may occur.
- a gas dispersion perforated grid 542 is mounted at the bottom part of the volume adjusting horn 540 .
- the showerhead assembly ( 540 , 542 ) and the bottom end of the gas inlet tube 510 are connected through a micro-feeding tube assembly 536 , and therefore, the process gas enters into the gas inlet tube 510 and flows in the direction of arrows indicated, and continue to flow through the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 and then to the inner part 552 of the showerhead assembly.
- the shape of the volume adjusting horn 540 is designed to minimize its volume for proper processing of a substrate, and yet to let a process gas to flow smoothly and evenly over a substrate 556 as well as to make the removal of a process gas and filling a incoming process gas easily and fast. More specifically, during a sequential supply of process gases, the possibility of the vapor state reaction between a new process gas and the residual gas of the previous supply cycle accumulated and remained unnecessarily in the inner part of the showerhead 552 .
- the dual orifice tube assembly 516 is, as described previously, connected to the inlet opening of the reactor wall 522 and the outer tube of the dual orifice tube assembly 516 is connected to a vacuum pump 598 through a gas outlet tube 518 .
- the process gas entered into the reaction space 554 by being dispersed evenly through the gas dispersion perforated grid (or showerhead grid) 542 travels through the gap 526 (passage of removal gas indicated by arrows) between the reactor wall 522 and the plasma generation barrier 528 , and then through the gas outlet tube 518 , and then finally to the vacuum pump 598 .
- the arrows indicate the direction of the flow of a process gas.
- the reactor wall 522 may be heated by using a heater 604 as necessary.
- the radio frequency connection terminal 566 is made of a metallic tube for receiving a radio frequency power from outside and an insulation tube 568 made of an insulating material, and this terminal 566 is connected electrically to both volume adjusting horn 540 and the gas dispersion perforated grid 542 as a plus (+) polarity.
- the radio frequency connection terminal 566 shielded with an insulating tube 568 is connected to the volume adjusting horn 540 through the reactor body 600 , the reactor wall 522 , the plasma generation barrier 528 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 .
- the radio frequency connection terminal 566 is electrically insulated form the reactor body 600 , reactor wall 522 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 , whereas the radio frequency connection terminal 566 which is a conductor, is electrically connected only to the volume adjusting horn 540 .
- the showerhead insulating wall 538 is electrically insulated from the radio frequency terminal 566 because the showerhead insulating wall 538 is made of an insulating material.
- the gas inlet tube 510 (on an inner tube) is a conductor, and because the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 is made of an insulating material, the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 is electrically insulated from the reactor wall 522 as well as the reactor body 600 . And the substrate 556 as well as the substrate carrier 560 is electrically connected to ground 594 through the driver shaft 580 and the reactor body 600 . Therefore, when radio frequency power is applied by using an RF generator (not shown), plasma is generated between the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 as a positive (+) polarity and the substrate 556 as well as the substrate carrier 560 as a negative ( ⁇ ) polarity.
- the plasma generation barrier wall 528 is installed between the showerhead insulation wall 538 and the reactor wall 522 in order to prevent any electrical short between the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 and any metallic part within the reactor such as the reactor wall 522 due to a formation of a conductive thin film on the surface of the showerhead insulation wall 538 which is used for mounting the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 to the reactor body 600 .
- the plasma generation barrier wall 528 is electrically connected to ground 594 through the gas inlet tube 510 and the reactor body 600 . Therefore, plasma is not generated in the passage of removal gas 526 between the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the reactor wall 522 , thereby a conductive thin film is not formed, and therefore, this passage 526 is used as a passage for process gases.
- the passage of inert gas 544 between the showerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 allows plasma to generate even if in the lower tip end part of the showerhead insulation wall 538 near the substrate carrier 560 has a conductive thin film is formed, and also by supplying an inert gas continuously through the narrow passage of inert gas 544 , plasma generation near the end part of the passage of inert gas 544 , and formation of a conductive thin film is blocked, and thereby, this prevents an electrical short between the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 and ground 594 from occurring.
- micro-feeding tube assembly 536 with a plural of small and fine tubes with small in diameter, a plasma generation inside the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 , thereby formation of a thin conductive film inside of the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 is prevented.
- the invention comprises four (4) significant inventive parts.
- First one is the shape of the volume adjusting horn 540 of the showerhead assembly 540 , 542
- the second is the structure of the micro-feeding tube assembly 536
- the third is the arrangement of a thin gap provided between the showerhead insulation wall 538 so that an inert gas such as Argon (Ar) is continuously supplied
- the fourth is an efficient way of structuring a plasma generation unit by arranging and using a radio frequency power connection terminal 566 made of a conducting tube and an insulating tube 568 made of an electrically insulating material.
- said micro-feeding tube assembly 536 structured with a plural of tubes with small in diameter, in parallel, is assembled to connect the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 and the gas inlet tube so that the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 suppresses the plasma generation while the inert gas flows steadily.
- Aforementioned micro-feeding tube assembly 536 is made of insulating materials. The size of the diameter of the small tubes in the micro-feeding tube assembly 536 is chosen in such a way that the size is small enough so that plasma generation does not occur, yet an adequate amount of gas flows through steadily.
- the over-all diameter of the micro-feeding tube assembly is about 6 mm and its length is about 20 mm and the diameter of the small tubes is about 0.6 mm and eight (8) of them altogether are used to construct a micro-feeding tube assembly 536 .
- a set of long tubes sufficiently longer than the distance between the gas dispersion perforated grid 542 and the substrate 556 so that the occurrence of plasma generation inside these tubes may be prevented.
- the upper part of the thickness of the showerhead insulation wall 538 must be made thicker in order to accommodate the extra length of the gas dispersing perforated grid 542 as well as other parts of the reactor assembly must be significantly enlarged, thereby the cost and material for constructing such a part increases.
- the frequency of collisions between the electrons and gas atoms or molecules while the electrons moving towards electrodes often being accelerated due to the electric and magnetic fields.
- a potential difference between the reactor wall 522 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 may exist and therefore a plasma state may be generated here, and as a result, on the inside surface of the reactor wall 522 and the outside surface of the showerhead insulation wall 538 , a conducting thin film may be formed due to the reaction of the process gas occurring while such process gas is passing through the reactor space 554 , the reactor wall 552 , and then the showerhead insulation wall 538 .
- the conducting thin film formed on the outer surface of the showerhead insulation wall 538 may cause an electrical short between the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 and the reactor wall 522 , which is connected to ground.
- a plasma generation barrier wall 528 is constructed between the reactor wall 522 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 , and also connect electrically with the reactor wall 522 through the gas inlet tube 510 (inner tube), the plasma generation does not take place due to the fact that there is no potential difference between the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the reactor wall 522 . If the distance (space) between the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 is reduced, the plasma generation in this neighborhood can be suppressed.
- the plasma generation takes place mainly in the relatively spacious reaction space 554 between the gas dispersion perforated grid 542 and the substrate 556 where the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 to which radio frequency power is applied with respect to grounded.
- an inert gas such as Argon (Ar) continuously during the film formation period through the gaps 544 , 548 , 526 between the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 in the direction of arrows, undesired flow of process gases through the end part of the passage of inert gas 548 as well as the passage of inert gas 544 can be prevented.
- the necessary inert gas for above step is supplied through a tube-shaped radio frequency power connection terminal 566 .
- the inert gas is supplied through the hole at the center of the radio frequency power connection terminal 566 and then through the hole 564 in the tube, and then through the gaps between the showerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 as indicated by arrows.
- the inert gas then travels the gaps and passage ways 620 , 624 , 626 , 628 and to the passage of inert gas 544 and then continue to flow following the arrows.
- such passage ways and buffering spaces are preferably arranged so that a proper, adequate, and smooth flow of the inert gas is achieved.
- Such arrangement preferably provides a uniform and even flow of the inert gas through out the inert gas passage ways as indicated by arrows even if the location of the radio frequency connection terminal 566 is located off centered, as shown in the FIG. 3 .
- the gap size of the passage of inert gas 544 is 0.4 mm and the gap size of the end part of the passage of inert gas 548 is 0.4 mm, respectively, and the outside diameter of the showerhead insulation wall 538 is 210 mm for the 200 mm wafer
- a gas is supplied at the flow rate of 20 sccm
- the flow velocity of the gas at the gaps of the passage of inert gas 544 and the end part of the passage of inert gas 548 is 19 mm/s at the temperature of 25° C. and the pressure of 5 Torr. As the temperature increases, the flow velocity increases.
- the inert gas such as Argon (Ar) is supplied by using an MFC (Mass flow controller)(not shown) through the inert gas inlet tube 566 which is called the radio frequency connection terminal 566 previously, where ibis terminal 566 is made of a conducting material
- the inert gas is forcibly supplied through the inert gas inlet tube 566 and flows, as indicated by arrows, through the first reservoir ring 620 , the inert gas passage way 622 , the second reservoir ring 624 , the third reservoir ring 626 and the fourth reservoir ring 628 , and then through the passage of inert gas which is the gap between the showerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 , and then continue to flow following the arrows, and eventually flows through the end part of the passage of inert gas 548 which is the bottom part of the showerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 , respectively, and finally joins with the process gas and this mixed gas
- the flow of the inert gas through the end part of the passage of inert gas 548 blocks backflow of the process gas inside of the reaction space 554 flowing through the gap of the passage of inert gas 544 which is the gap between the showerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and flowing backwards against the flow of inert gas into the passage of inert gas 544 , and therefore, when a process gas containing metallic material is used, no undesirable conducting thin film is formed inside of the passage of inert gas 544 , particularly around the end part of the passage of inert gas 548 , and as a result, it does not create a problem of an electrical short. This prolongs the life of the usage of the surrounding areas of the reaction space 554 .
- a conducting thin film is formed only in the areas where a process gas is supplied and present and the plasma generation occurs. This means that no conductive thin film is formed between the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the reactor wall 522 because no plasma is generated, and that no conductive thin film is formed between the plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 because no process gas is supplied and present. Consequently, a conducting thin film is formed only within the reaction space 554 , where a substrate 556 is located and no conducting thin film is formed outside the reaction space 544 , and therefore, an electrical short is blocked even if the process of formation of a conducting thin film is repeated.
- a reactor body 600 includes the reactor wall 522 along with the elements installed inside including a substrate carries 560 , an inert gas inlet tube 590 and an inert gas outlet tube 592 equipped with an on-off valves for gases, respectively, where the exact location of these gas inlet and outlet tubes is not significant.
- the radio frequency connection terminal 566 is connected to the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 though the reactor body 600 as well as the reactor wall 522 , and this installation process provides electrical insulation of the radio frequency connection terminal from the reactor body 600 as well as the reactor wall 522 .
- a radio frequency connection terminal 566 is connected to a showerhead assembly 540 , 542 through a reactor body 600 , a reactor wall 522 , a plasma generation barrier wall 528 and then a showerhead insulation wall 538 , and the connections are made with the reactor body 600 , the reactor wall 522 and the plasma generation barrier wall 528 in such a way that the radio frequency connection terminal is electrically insulated from the parts described above.
- the reactor body 600 has mainly two parts of a top cover and the bottom body.
- leakage of inside of the reaction space 554 can be prevented by maintaining the pressure of the inert gas that is supplied through the inert gas inlet tube 590 and then out through the inert gas outlet tube 592 higher than the pressure of the gas inside of the reaction space 554 .
- the substrate carrier driven assembly for driving a substrate carrier 560 consists of primarily pneumatic cylinders 584 , a drive shaft 580 that connects the pneumatic cylinder 584 and a substrate carrier 560 , and a girding plate 25 578 that maintains a balance among the drive shafts 580 .
- the substrate carrier 560 connected to an pneumatic cylinder 584 moves downwards, so that the reactor wall 522 and the substrate carrier 560 are separated and the reaction space 554 is opened.
- the center support pin 572 is connected to the center axis stopper pin 574 , and this stopper pin 574 stops the downward movement at a given height.
- the substrate carrier is separated from the substrate carrier 560 since it is supported by the center support pin 572 and stops by the center support stopper pin 574 , but the substrate carrier 560 continues to move downwards as the pneumatic cylinders 584 pulls the substrate carrier 560 further down.
- the substrate 556 stops at a give height so that a robot arm (not shown) is able to load or unload the substrate 556 .
- the lengths of the center support stopper pin 574 and the center support pin 572 are adjusted as necessary in order to accommodate the movements of a robot arm (not shown).
- the volume adjusting horn 540 that has a shape of a horn makes the flow of the process gas smooth and evenly distributed, while the volume of the inside of the showerhead is minimized and thus the exchange of the process gases are done easily and quickly, thereby potentially the unnecessary reaction between the residual gas remained inside of the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 from previous process cycle and the subsequently supplied gas is minimized.
- the plasma generation between the showerhead assembly 540 , 542 and the process gas inlet tube 510 can be suppressed, and also, by supplying an inert gas through the passage of inert gas between the grounded plasma generation barrier wall 528 and the showerhead insulation wall 538 , a thin film is formed only in the reaction space 554 between the gas dispersion perforated grid 542 and a substrate 556 , but no thin film is formed on other parts where a process gas flows, thereby a conducting thin film can be formed by using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method without a problem of having electrical shorts. Furthermore, the process gas flows within the inside of the reactor, and does not contact with the reactor body 600 .
- FIG. 4 is a timing diagram related to the best mode described above by using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition for illustration.
- the source gas 440 and the purge gas 442 are supplied in a cycle of Tcycle in a sequence of 440 ⁇ 442 .
- plasma generation 446 occurs for a specified duration of time by applying a radio frequency power 446 .
- a source gas 440 includes a metallic element such as Titanium Tetra Chloride (TiCl 4 ) that is used for forming a metallic thin film, and the purge gas 442 is a gas that does not react with a deposition gas by simply mixing them, but, they reacts when activated by a plasma 446 .
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of typical process steps using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention.
- a substrate 556 is loaded onto a substrate carrier 560 .(step 850 ).
- the temperature of the substrate 556 is raised to a desired deposition temperature.(step 852 ).
- a source gas 440 is supplied to a reaction space 554 .
- a purge gas 442 is supplied to the reaction space 554 and remove the remaining deposition gas 440 .
- step 860 through the radio frequency power connection terminal 566 , RF power is supplied and plasma 446 is generated in the reaction space 554 and the purge gas 442 mixed with source gas is activated.
- the plasma 446 activates the deposition gas (source) 440 adsorbed on the surface of the substrate 556 and a thin film is formed.
- the RF power is switched off. Once The RF power is disconnected, the density of the radicals and ions in the activated purge gas is decreased drastically, thereby the time required to feed the purge gas after the RF power is switched off can he reduced significantly.
- step 866 is repeated by the specified number of times until the thin film is formed to a desired thickness.(step 866 and repeat of steps 854 through 866 as necessary).
- a thin film can be formed using only two types of gases by means of atomic layer deposition method, and this process makes the process gas supply and distribution system simple as well as the deposition process cycle time (Tcycle) can be reduced. Furthermore, according to the method of the present invention, even if source gas 440 and the purge gas 442 may be mixed in the areas of reaction space 554 , the gas inlet tube 510 , the gas outlet tube 518 and also near the gas exhaust area, the reaction does not take place, thereby undesirable particles are not generated.
- a thin film using Titanium Nitride is formed by the conducting thin film formation method in accordance with the present invention of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method.
- a source gas 160 sccm of Argon (Ar) gas and Titanium Tetra-Chloride (TiCl 4 ) carried by Argon (Ar) gas of 100 sccm which passes through a source container were supplied through the shower head 540 in a reactor loaded with a substrate.
- a conductive thin film of Titanium was formed.
- 230 sccm of Argon gas and TiCl 4 (Titanium Tetra-Chloride) carried by Argon gas of 100 sccm which passes through a source container was supplied to the shower head assembly 540 , 542 .
- 100 sccm of Hydrogen (H 2 ) gas and 230 sccm of Argon gas were supplied.
- 20 sccm of Argon gas was supplied.
- the substrate temperature was set at 380° C.
- the RF power was set at 200 W and the pressure was set at 3 Torr.
- the duration of the source gas supply was 0.2 second, the purge gas was supplied for 5.8 seconds.
- the purge gas supply time of 5.8 seconds for the first 2.0 seconds, the RF power was switched off and only the purge gas was supplied.
- the purge gas was supplied and also the RF power was turned on to generate plasma.
- the horn-shaped volume adjusting horn allows a uniform distribution and even flow of the gases, and at the same time, this shape minimizes the volume of the inside of the showerhead, thereby it makes the exchange of gases in the reactor easy and fast, and thus the reaction between the incoming gas into the reactor and the residual gas remaining from the previous process cycle is minimized due to the fact that a smooth horn-shaped showerhead minimizes the amount of unnecessary residual gas staying is the reactor after the pervious gas supply cycle.
- the micro-feeding tube assembly made of a plural of small tubes in parallel, potentially, suppresses the plasma generation due to the potential difference between the showerhead assembly and the gas inlet tube.
- the forced flow of an inert gas through the gap between the plasma generation barrier wall and the showerhead insulation wall makes the formation of thin film occur only inside of the reaction space which is the space between the gas dispersion perforated grid and the substrate, and since thin film is not formed on other parts even though a process gas flows, no electrical short takes place and a conducting thin film can be formed by using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention. Therefore, since plasma is generated only in the reaction space between the gas dispersion perforated grid and the substrate, and on the other parts where the process gas flows, the deposition of thin film is suppressed, the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention can be used for forming conducting thin films.
- any biased flow of the process gases towards the location of gas outlet tube inside the reaction space can be avoided, and the flow of process gases flows symmetrically and balanced way in the reaction space, thereby uniform deposition of thin film is possible.
- the showerhead assembly and the reaction space can be constructed within a smaller volume. Therefore, for the process of sequentially supplying various types of process gases, the exchange of gases becomes easy and fast.
- the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method allows an efficient ways of forming thin film even when the process gases have vary weak reaction property. Furthermore, by using the ALD method disclosed here, within the process cycle, the purge gas supply time can be minimized, and thereby the over-all process time can be shortened. Further, according to the present invention, generation of undesirable particles at the exhaust end of the reactor assembly can be reduced.
Abstract
A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) apparatus and a method of forming a conductive thin film using the same are disclosed. According to the present invention of a PEALD apparatus and a method, a process gas inlet lube and a process gas outlet tube are installed symmetrically and concentrically with respect to a substrate, thereby allowing the process gas to flow uniformly, evenly and smoothly over the substrate, thereby forming a thin film uniformly over the substrate. A uniquely designed showerhead assembly provides not only reduces the volume of the reactor space, but also allows the process gases to flow uniformly, evenly and smoothly throughout the reation space area and reduces the volume of the reaction space, and the smaller volume makes it easier and fast to change the process gases for sequential and repeated process operation.
Description
- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/486,311, filed Feb. 6, 2004, which is a national phase application of PCT International Application No. PCT/KR01/01333, filed Aug. 6, 2001, which it claims priority to, the disclosures of which are entirely incorporated herein by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) apparatus and method of forming a thin film using the same. Particularly, the present invention relates to a PEALD apparatus and method of forming a thin film using the same, whereby a thin film is formed to an atomic layer thickness by periodically supplying time-divisional (sequential) combination of process gases to a reactor, (during which plasma is generated adequately and synchronously with process gases on top of a substrate in order to accelerate the process reaction and facilitate more efficient reaction.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- As semiconductor integration technologies advance, process methods for depositing a thin film uniformly and conformally become increasingly important. Here, the thin film may be an insulator or a conductor. Thin film deposition methods are largely categorized into two types: chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD). In CVD, gas phase materials generally react over the top surface of a substrate heated to a temperature of 100-1,000° C., whereby a compound produced as a result of such reaction are deposited on the top surface of the substrate. On the other hand, the PVD method such as sputtering deposition or simply sputtering, are widely used, whereby the process takes place also in a vacuum state in a reactor. When a gas such as Ar gas as an example is supplied to a reactor, the Ar gas becomes positively ionized by a plasma and attracted to a target located inside the reactor. As the ionized Ar atoms get closer to the target, they get accelerated further and as the ionized and accelerated Ar atoms strike the target, the material of the target is scattered and deposited on the surface of a substrate, wherein the material of the target is deposited on the surface of a substrate without a chemical or structural change.
- The advantage of a PVD is to make it possible to deposit an alloy or an insulator. Nonetheless the less CVD is more widely used since CVD has advantages over PVD, causing less damage to substrates on which a thin film is deposited, offering low thin film deposition cost, and capability of thin film deposition.
- However, as the density of semiconductor devices recently continues to increase from micrometers to nanometers, conventional CVD methods do not perform satisfactorily in forming a thin film uniformly in thickness in nano scale on a substrate or achieving an excellent step coverage. In particular, in case of high aspect ratio, in turn large step difference, such as contact holes, vias or trenches, of small dimensions than micrometer (micron), difficulty exists in forming a thin film having uniform composition regardless of high aspect ratios in various patterns such as contacts, via holes or trenches over the entire surface of the substrate.
- Unlike conventional CVD method, where all process gases are simultaneously supplied (in flow) or removed (outflow). In ALD method each atomic layer of thin film is formed by repeating the thin film deposition process by avoiding the direct contact of process gases on the substrate surface and by replacing the process gases rapidly and sequentially within the process gas cycles. This new method of forming thin films is being developed and used.
- When the aforementioned atomic Layer Deposition method is used, the deposition takes place only by the material that is adsorbed on the surface of a substrate, i.e., only by the chemical molecule that contains the elements for forming a thin film, whereby a thin film is formed uniformly over the entire surface of a substrate regardless of the quantity of the process gas because the amount of adsorption is on the surface of a substrate is limited by the thickness of a mono layer. Therefore, a uniform thickness of thin film can be formed regardless of the location of the areas of high aspect ratio, in turn, large step difference, and even a thin film with the level of thickness of several nano meters can be formed, and also the thickness of the thin film can be controlled by adjusting the time-divisional combinations of the steps of the formation processes. Furthermore, it is possible to control the thickness of the thin film being formed because the thickness of the thin film formed by deposition during the process gas supply cycle is almost constant.
- According to the conventional ALD method described above, in order to avoid mixing of gas materials in a gas phase supplied to a reactor in a time-division mode, remaining deposition gas or reaction gas molecules excluding those adsorbed on the substrate surface among deposition gas or reaction gas supplied to the reactor should be removed, for which the processes of vacuum evacuating the deposition gas or reactant gas from the reactor for several seconds or purging those gas out of the reactor by feeding an inert gas such as Argon gas, must be included in the cycle of gas supply and evacuation thereof.
- Accordingly, use of a conventional CVD equipment, in which supply and removal of process gases cannot be made at a fast rate at the speed within several seconds, may increase the deposition time required for obtaining a thin film of a desired thickness because the longer time needed for replacing the process gas. Increased deposition time reduces the number of wafers to be processed per unit time by one equipment, thereby increasing the processing cost. As the deposition time increases, the number of wafers that can be processed with each equipment decreases, thereby, the cost of process increases. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the deposition time in order to utilize ALD methods for producing semiconductor products using ALD methods.
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FIG. 1 a and 1 b show two schematic structure of a conventional chemical vapor deposition apparatus. - Referring to
FIG. 1 a as a first prior art of an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), at the top part of areactor 100gas inlet tube 120 that supplies process gases including deposition gas, reactant gas, purge gas is located, and on the side of thereactor 100, agas outlet tube 122 for discharging the process gases from thereactor 100 is located. Inside thereactor 100, asubstrate carrier 116 is located on which asubstrate 110 is loaded. Inside thereactor 100, ashowerhead 112 is located and at the top and in the middle of theshowerhead 112, the processgas inlet tube 120 is connected. In the lower part of thereactor 100, asubstrate carrier driver 118 is mounted. Thissubstrate carrier driver 118 moves thesubstrate carrier 116 up and down in order to load and unload a substrate onto and out of thesubstrate carrier 116. Thissubstrate carrier 116 is linked to thesubstrate carrier driver 118. - The process gas inside the
reaction chamber 114 travels through the space between thereactor 100 and thesubstrate carrier 116 and then exhausted through thegas outlet tube 122. In this prior art, thegas outlet tube 122 and thegas inlet tube 120 are arranged asymmetrically with respect to thesubstrate 110, that is, the gas flow is imbalanced, thereby the flow of the process gas is biased towards thegas outlet tube 122. - Therefore, when a thin film is deposited on a
substrate 110, if the flow of process gas is shifted forwards one side within thereaction chamber 114, the process gas is supplied unevenly over asubstrate 110, thereby there is a tendency of forming a thinner film over asubstrate 110 where there is less supply of process gas. - Accordingly, in order to minimize the imbalanced flow of process gas in the
reactor 100, either the gas outlet tube must be preferably moved away from thesubstrate 110 or a means of even flow of process gas over thesubstrate 110 or theoutflow tube 122 must preferably be relocated in such a way that the condition of flow of process gas over thesubstrate 110 is satisfied. However, thegas outlet tube 122 is relocated away from thesubstrate 110, the volume of thereaction chamber 114 increases, thereby the process cost increases due to the fact that the amount of gas for the same process step increases, and furthermore there is a difficulty of increased process time for supplying and removing gases or replacing process gases for the process of sequentially supplying various types of process gases. Therefore, the process time increases for processing ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) method. - Further, in the example of this prior art, the
substrate carrier 116 and thesubstrate carrier driver 118 are exposed to the process gas that is exhausted through thegas outlet tube 122, thereby undesirable thin film is deposited on or around the aforementioned parts. Later such undesirably deposited layer of thin film becomes not only the cause of undesirable micro-particles (contaminants) detrimental to the subsequent processing steps, but also the cause of potentially erratic operation of the parts inside thereaction chamber 114. - The second prior art shown in
FIG. 1 b, is to solve the problems in the first prior art shown inFIG. 1 a as described above, and inFIG. 1 b, thegas outlet tube 222 is positioned in the lower part of the middle of thereactor 200 so that thegas inlet tube 220 and thegas outlet tube 222 are arranged symmetrically. Specifically, referring to the schematic drawing of the second prior art as shown inFIG. 1 b, unlike inFIG. 1 a, the flow of process gas in thereaction chamber 214 is symmetric and even over thesubstrate 210, but thesubstrate carrier 216 and thesubstrate carrier drive 218 are still exposed to the process gas. Also, the volume of the reaction chamber can not be reduced significantly enough, in order to reduce the processing time for ALD processes. This is because thesubstrate carrier driver 218 still requires a certain minimum volume for moving the substrate carrier for normal operation of loading and unloading a substrate. -
FIG. 2 is a timing sequence illustrating the process of conventional ALD process method. The vertical axis represents the process gas volume and the horizontal axis represents the processing time. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , the ALD process cycle is in the sequence of supply offirst source gas 310→purge 312→supply ofsecond source gas 314→purge 312. At the purge stage, the source gas supplied to the reaction chamber is removed either by evacuating the reaction chamber using a vacuum pump or by feeding an inert purge gas into the reaction chamber. - In the conventional ALD process, in case that the source gases react with each other easily, even a small amount of residual source gases may cause the undesirable generation of particles (contaminants), and therefore, it may be necessary to extend the time of purging. On the other hard, in case that the source gases react slowly, and as a result the processing time becomes longer, then the time for supplying the source gases may have to be lengthened, thereby the deposition time becomes longer.
- Therefore, in order to solve these problems described above, the invertors of the present invention recently disclosed in KR0273473 a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method (PEALD), that improves the reactivity, reduces the purging time and thus improves the deposition rate, and as a result, improves the productivity of the deposition apparatus.
- The difference between the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method and the aforementioned conventional ALD is a faster deposition rate even though source gases with low reactivity are used.
- In the conventional ALD method aforementioned, when the source gases with low reaction rate are used, there is a slow reaction on the substrate, thereby, there may be a problem of lack of deposition of thin film.
- However, the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method disclosed here increases the deposition reaction rate by generating radicals and ions with high reactivity by using a plasma, thereby these radicals and ions actively participate in the reaction process.
- As an example of an apparatus that is suitable for processing using conventional ALD method, especially, the plasma enhanced ALD method has been disclosed in the patent application KR99-23078, “Deposition Reactor”, which invention reduces the volume of the reaction chamber, provides a means of even flow of the source gases when these gases supplied, and removed through the gas inlet tube and the gas outlet tube, respectively, flows over the substrate, and provided a means of generating a plasma. However, when this apparatus is used for forming a conductive thin film, a plasma may not be generated because of the fact that two electrodes used for applying RF power for plasma generation are electrically shorted due to the formation of a conductive thin film, and therefore, a conductive thin film may not be formed by using this apparatus along with the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method disclosed in the present invention.
- The object of the present invention is to construct a reactor within which the process gases are replaced in a short period of time in order to process atomic layer deposition method, and also within which a plasma is generated over the surface area of a substrate, thereby ever if a conductive thin layers are deposited, without causing the aforementioned electrical short in the reactor, and at the same time the atomic layer deposition process can easily be carried out, and is to provide an apparatus for forming a high quality thin film by using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming efficiently a good quality of thin film, even if the source gases do not react with each other easily or the reactivity is very weak, by using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention.
- According to the present invention, the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus is equipped with a substrate carrier that supports a substrate, a reactor within which said substrate carrier is mounted, within this reactor a showerhead that supplies source gases uniformly on the surface of a substrate, gas inlet and outlet tubes that feeds and removes gases into and out of a reactor, and a plasma generating unit that accelerates thin film deposition process in the reactor into which this plasma generating unit is mounted. In addition, a process gas supply and purge system that supplies and removes process gases through a gas inlet and gas outlet tubes in a combination of time-divisional manner, is installed in the PEALD tool, and finally a controller that control and manages the entire system is also installed.
- According to the present invention, more specifically, the process gas supply and removal system of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus makes it possible to supply (process gas inlet) and removal (process gas outlet) into and out of a reactor in short time interval in such a way that the gas supply and removal process take place in a fashion of a combination of time-divisional sequence, and also the controller of said apparatus controls the reactor, the plasma generation unit inside of the reactor, the process gas supply and removal system including a gas evacuation vacuum pump and the deposition chamber system (reactor system).
- According to the present invention, a process gas inlet tube and a process gas outlet tube are installed symmetrically and concentrically with respect to substrate inside the reactor in order to supply and distribute the process gas uniformly over the substrate within the reaction space. To achieve this, the process gas inlet tube and the process gas outlet tube are placed centrally with respect to the substrate and in the peripheral area, respectively, in the reactor. In the embodiment described later, both gas inlet and gas outlet tubes are placed at the center of the upper part of the reactor and for this a set of concentrically structured two tubes is used. However, as an example, the process gas inlet tube may be placed around the peripheral area of the substrate. At the central location of the reactor, a showerhead is mounted for an even distribution of the process gas, and according to the present invention this showerhead has a shape of the open end of a horn. This horn-shaped showerhead can have many different shapes, for example, the edge of said horn may have an S-shape. However, the commonality in the horn-shaped showerhead is that the shape of the inner surface of the showerhead is streamlined-shape so that the process gas supplied though a gas inlet tube, the process gas is distributed evenly and uniformly along the inner surface of the showerhead. In the lower part of this showerhead, a grid with many holes or grids for dispersing a gas is mounted in parallel with the substrate. This grid disperses the process gas evenly and uniformly over the surface of the substrate.
- The showerhead is horn-shaped for the reason of reduce the volume that the process gas occupies. Another reason for using a horn-shaped showerhead is to eliminate any corners inside the showerhead, in order to prevent the process gas from being trapped by and around these undesirable corners, thereby the flow of the process gas is curled around these corners, and as a result, these corners interfere with the uniform flow of the process gas. The horn-shaped showerhead helps the process gas flow uniformly, evenly and smoothly.
- According to the present invention, a volume adjusting horn and a gas dispersion perforated grid within the showerhead are the major parts forming a (+) electrode, the remaining metallic parts form a (−) electrode. Therefore, the plasma is generated only in the “reaction chamber” in the reaction space. In other words, the plasma is generated between the showerhead and the substrate carrier, and practically on the surface of the substrate.
- The shower head insulating wall made of non-conducting material of the shower head unit, and fixes the showerhead to the reactor. In order to prevent the formation of a conducting film on the surface of the showerhead, a barrier layer of plasma generation is provided between the insulating wall of the showerhead and the reactor wall. Formation of a conducting layer on the outer face of the insulating wall of the showerhead is prevented by blocking the flow of the process gas through the slits between the barrier layer of plasma generation and the insulating wall of the showerhead by continuously pushing an inert gas through said “slits” between said barrier layer of plasma generation and said insulating layer of said showhead.
- A radio frequency connection terminals are connected to the shower head for supplying RF (radio frequency) power to it.
- Said radio frequency connection terminal is made of a tube-shaped metallic material and when desired RF power is supplied through terminal, an inert gas can be supplied through the space between the showerhead insulating wall and the barrier wall of plasma generation.
- According to the present invention, the process gas inlet tube is connected to said showerhead through a micro-feeding tube assembly made of insulating materials. This micro-feeding tube assembly has more than one micro-tube in the middle of it, thereby said process gas is fed to the showerhead, but the plasma is blocked from reversed flow of reaction gas that may be remained in the reactor or supplied to the reactor and also flocked from any leakage. The length of this micro-feed tube and the diameter of the micro-tuber are determined in such a way that the plasma does not leak.
- According to the present invention, the substrate carrier is located in the lower part of the reactor and between the substrate carrier and the reactor wall there is a flat thin washer-like gas sealer ring for not only preventing the leakage or outflow of the process gas out of the reaction space, but also blocking the unnecessary film formation on the surface of the substrate carrier by blocking the contact of the process gas and the substrate carrier. Formation of unnecessary thin film does not occur even when the plasma is generated because the process gas does not contact with the substrate carrier. Also, according to the present invention, said gas sealer ring plays a key role of preventing the operational hindrance of the substrate carrier driver ever if the process gas is leaked into the external operational space of the substrate carrier, which space is filled with an inert gas such as Ar, thereby unnecessary metallic film is formed on the substrate carrier support and driver mechanisms.
- According to the present invention, the substrate carrier is supported by a center support pin, center shaft, a plural of driver shafts. Also, the substrate carrier moves up and down by a pneumatic cylinder linked to the driver shafts, thereby a substrate can be loaded onto and unloaded from the substrate carrier. Those parts described above are enclosed and sealed in the reactor body, and the operational space of the substrate carrier is filled with an inert gas such as Argon (Ar) so that it blocks any gas leaks as well as formation of unnecessary metallic film is blocked.
- According to the present invention, as aforementioned, the reactor is enclosed by the reactor body an inert gas is fed through the inert gas inlet tube and is removed through the inert gas outlet tube, where the inert gas inlet and outlet tubes are installed in the reactor body. Here, the pneumatic cylinders are mounted outside of the reactor body.
- According to the present invention, heaters are installed in the reactor walls and underneath the substrate carrier, thereby the substrate and the reactor body can be heated to a desired level, if necessary. The reactor body is electrically grounded, and through the driver shafts, the substrate carrier is also grounded. Also, the reactor walls are connected to the reactor body, and therefore, the reactor walls are electrically grounded.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, a method of forming thin films by using plasma activation even when a source gas containing metallic elements does not react in a reactor, process gas includes this source gas (or deposition gas) and a purge gas, is disclosed. A substrate is loaded on the substrate carrier in a reactor.
- Through a gas inlet tube, said source gas is fed into the reactor, supply of said deposition gas (or source gas) is ceased, and while said purge gas is fed into the reactor, plasma is generated in order to activate the film deposition reaction. According to the present invention, said method comprises the steps of feeding a source gas into a reactor, feeding a purge gas, generating plasma, and repeating said steps for a specified number of times in order to deposit a film to a desired thickness, thereby, forming a conducting layer of a thin film.
- At the lower end of said gas inlet tube, micro-feeding tube assembly in which a plural of fine and small micro-tubes are arranged in parallel, and said process gases are fed through said gas inlet tube and then through said micro-feeding tube assembly and finally into the showerhead assembly area inside the reactor.
- The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
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FIGS. 1 a and 1 b are conceptual schematic drawings of conventional chemical vapor deposition apparatus. -
FIG. 2 is a timing diagram for a thin film formation process using a conventional chemical vapor deposition apparatus showing a sequence of the process gas supply and removal. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of the cross-section of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention -
FIG. 4 is a timing diagram for a thin film formation process using an plasma enhanced vapor deposition apparatus according to the present invention showing a sequence of the process gas supply and removal as well as the plasma generation. -
FIG. 5 is a flow chart for the process of forming a conducting thin film by using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention, showing the sequence of process gas supply and removal as well as plasma generation. - The detailed description of the present invention aforedescribed, will become clear through this Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention.
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FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the Best Mode of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , a heater is installed at the bottom part of thesubstrate carrier 560 so that it can control the temperature of thesubstrate 556 or thereaction space 554 as necessary. In addition, aheater 604 installed on thereactor walls 522 may be if necessary used for increasing the temperature of the reactor which is the inside of the reactor wall. - At the upper part of the
reactor wall 522 made of an alloy, a dualorifice tube assembly 516 and at the lower part of thereactor wall 522, there is asubstrate carrier 560. Thesubstrate carrier 560 and thereactor wall 522 defines the inner part of the reactor. Agas sealer ring 558 is located between the top surface of the outer ring of thesubstrate carrier 560 and the bottom end of thereactor wall 522, and thisgas sealer ring 558 shaped as a thin flat washer-like with an inner side hovelled and outer side square edged ring seals between thesubstrate carrier 560 and thereactor wall 522 as well as covers the top surface of the outer ring area of thesubstrate carrier 560. Thisgas sealer ring 558 prevents the process gas from leaking as well as protects thesubstrate carrier 560 from being exposed to process gases. Thegas inlet tube 510 is mounted as a part of dualorifice tube assembly 516 in the upper part of thereactor wall 522. The process gas travels in the direction of arrows through themicro-feeding tube assembly 536 and then into theinner part 552 of the showerhead assembly. Theouter tube 514 of the dualorifice tube assembly 516 is a passageway of flowing for the process gas, and theinner tube 510 of the dualorifice tube assembly 516, in other words, thegas inlet tube 510 is the inlet entrance for the process gas. The process gas flows in the direction of indicated by arrows inside of theinner tube 510. - The showerhead assembly (540, 542) comprises a
volume adjusting horn 540 and a gas dispersion perforatedgrid 542. The shape of thevolume adjusting horn 540 allows the process gas to distribute uniformly, evenly and smoothly over thesubstrate 556, and at the same time, minimizes the volume of the inner part of theshowerhead 552. More specifically, the reason for making the shape of theshowerhead 540 as on open end of a horn is to reduce the volume of the inner part of theshowerhead 552, and such a shape reduces the curling effect of the process gas flow, and thereby the process gas is distributed uniformly and evenly, otherwise any corners that may exist in the inner part of theshowerhead 552 would cause trapping of the process gas and, thereby around these corners curling phenomenon may occur. - Furthermore, the shape of a horn itself makes the flow of the process gas even and uniform. At the bottom part of the
volume adjusting horn 540, a gas dispersion perforatedgrid 542 is mounted and this makes the flow of the process gas even more uniform, thereby it allows the process gas to he distributed uniformly over the top surface of asubstrate 556. The showerhead assembly (540, 542) and the bottom end of thegas inlet tube 510 are connected through amicro-feeding tube assembly 536, and therefore, the process gas enters into thegas inlet tube 510 and flows in the direction of arrows indicated, and continue to flow through themicro-feeding tube assembly 536 and then to theinner part 552 of the showerhead assembly. - As described above, the shape of the
volume adjusting horn 540 is designed to minimize its volume for proper processing of a substrate, and yet to let a process gas to flow smoothly and evenly over asubstrate 556 as well as to make the removal of a process gas and filling a incoming process gas easily and fast. More specifically, during a sequential supply of process gases, the possibility of the vapor state reaction between a new process gas and the residual gas of the previous supply cycle accumulated and remained unnecessarily in the inner part of theshowerhead 552. The dualorifice tube assembly 516 is, as described previously, connected to the inlet opening of thereactor wall 522 and the outer tube of the dualorifice tube assembly 516 is connected to avacuum pump 598 through agas outlet tube 518. Therefore, the process gas entered into thereaction space 554 by being dispersed evenly through the gas dispersion perforated grid (or showerhead grid) 542 travels through the gap 526 (passage of removal gas indicated by arrows) between thereactor wall 522 and theplasma generation barrier 528, and then through thegas outlet tube 518, and then finally to thevacuum pump 598. - In
FIG. 3 , the arrows indicate the direction of the flow of a process gas. Thereactor wall 522 may be heated by using aheater 604 as necessary. The radiofrequency connection terminal 566 is made of a metallic tube for receiving a radio frequency power from outside and aninsulation tube 568 made of an insulating material, and this terminal 566 is connected electrically to bothvolume adjusting horn 540 and the gas dispersion perforatedgrid 542 as a plus (+) polarity. The radiofrequency connection terminal 566, shielded with an insulatingtube 568 is connected to thevolume adjusting horn 540 through thereactor body 600, thereactor wall 522, theplasma generation barrier 528 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538. Because of the insulatingtube 568, the radiofrequency connection terminal 566 is electrically insulated form thereactor body 600,reactor wall 522 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528, whereas the radiofrequency connection terminal 566 which is a conductor, is electrically connected only to thevolume adjusting horn 540. - On the other hand, the
showerhead insulating wall 538 is electrically insulated from theradio frequency terminal 566 because theshowerhead insulating wall 538 is made of an insulating material. - On the other hand, the gas inlet tube 510 (on an inner tube) is a conductor, and because the
micro-feeding tube assembly 536 is made of an insulating material, theshowerhead assembly reactor wall 522 as well as thereactor body 600. And thesubstrate 556 as well as thesubstrate carrier 560 is electrically connected to ground 594 through thedriver shaft 580 and thereactor body 600. Therefore, when radio frequency power is applied by using an RF generator (not shown), plasma is generated between theshowerhead assembly substrate 556 as well as thesubstrate carrier 560 as a negative (−) polarity. Then, a thin film is formed on thesubstrate 556 due to the source gas used and activated by the plasma generated. Here, the plasma is generated only in thereaction space 554 between the gas dispersion perforatedgrid 542 and thesubstrate 556 as well as thesubstrate carrier 560. According to the present invention, the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 is installed between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and thereactor wall 522 in order to prevent any electrical short between theshowerhead assembly reactor wall 522 due to a formation of a conductive thin film on the surface of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 which is used for mounting theshowerhead assembly reactor body 600. Here, there are two key aspects of installing a plasmageneration barrier wall 528. First, the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 is electrically connected to ground 594 through thegas inlet tube 510 and thereactor body 600. Therefore, plasma is not generated in the passage ofremoval gas 526 between the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and thereactor wall 522, thereby a conductive thin film is not formed, and therefore, thispassage 526 is used as a passage for process gases. Second, the passage ofinert gas 544 between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 allows plasma to generate even if in the lower tip end part of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 near thesubstrate carrier 560 has a conductive thin film is formed, and also by supplying an inert gas continuously through the narrow passage ofinert gas 544, plasma generation near the end part of the passage ofinert gas 544, and formation of a conductive thin film is blocked, and thereby, this prevents an electrical short between theshowerhead assembly ground 594 from occurring. - As described above, by supplying an inert gas such as Argon (Ar) through the
inner tube 564 of the radiofrequency connection terminal 566 and then through the narrow passage ofinert gas 544 between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528, and as the inert gas continue to flow, as indicated by arrows, through the gap between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and then and around the end part of the passage ofinert gas 544 and then continue to flow through the gap between the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and thereactor wall 522, and then eventually the inert gas travels through thegas outlet tube 518 and then exhausted through thevacuum pump 598. This inert gas is supplied continuously even during the thin film deposition process period thereby formation of a conductive thin film on the surface of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 is prevented by blocking the exposure of the top and side parts of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 to process gas. - On the other hand, by constructing the
micro-feeding tube assembly 536 with a plural of small and fine tubes with small in diameter, a plasma generation inside themicro-feeding tube assembly 536, thereby formation of a thin conductive film inside of themicro-feeding tube assembly 536 is prevented. - According to the present invention, the invention comprises four (4) significant inventive parts. First one is the shape of the
volume adjusting horn 540 of theshowerhead assembly micro-feeding tube assembly 536, the third is the arrangement of a thin gap provided between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 so that an inert gas such as Argon (Ar) is continuously supplied, and the fourth is an efficient way of structuring a plasma generation unit by arranging and using a radio frequencypower connection terminal 566 made of a conducting tube and an insulatingtube 568 made of an electrically insulating material. - On the other hand, since it is possible that plasma generation may take place due to the potential difference between the
gas inlet tube 510 and the showerhead assembly (540, 542), this undesirable presence of plasma might cause formation of conductive thin film on the inner surface of the part where theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and theshowerhead assembly micro-feeding tube assembly 536 is located.), thereby, the conductive thin film formed around the centrally located hole in the middle of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 may cause on electrical short between theshowerhead assembly gas inlet tube 510. Therefore, in order to suppress undesired plasma generation in the neighborhood of the aforementionedmicro-feeding tube assembly 536, saidmicro-feeding tube assembly 536 structured with a plural of tubes with small in diameter, in parallel, is assembled to connect theshowerhead assembly micro-feeding tube assembly 536 suppresses the plasma generation while the inert gas flows steadily. Aforementionedmicro-feeding tube assembly 536 is made of insulating materials. The size of the diameter of the small tubes in themicro-feeding tube assembly 536 is chosen in such a way that the size is small enough so that plasma generation does not occur, yet an adequate amount of gas flows through steadily. In the present best mode for the present invention, it was found adequate that the over-all diameter of the micro-feeding tube assembly is about 6 mm and its length is about 20 mm and the diameter of the small tubes is about 0.6 mm and eight (8) of them altogether are used to construct amicro-feeding tube assembly 536. - Instead of using a
micro-feeding tube assembly 536 made of insulating material, for connecting thegas inlet tube 510 and theshowerhead assembly grid 542 and thesubstrate 556 so that the occurrence of plasma generation inside these tubes may be prevented. However, to do this, the upper part of the thickness of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 must be made thicker in order to accommodate the extra length of the gas dispersingperforated grid 542 as well as other parts of the reactor assembly must be significantly enlarged, thereby the cost and material for constructing such a part increases. - In a small space, the frequency of collisions between the electrons and gas atoms or molecules while the electrons moving towards electrodes often being accelerated due to the electric and magnetic fields. In order to maintain the state of plasma, the electrons sufficiently accelerated in a given electric and magnetic fields collide with the neutral gas particles and such collisions ionize the atoms and molecules, thereby release the electrons bound in such atoms and molecules, and in turn, these electrons are sufficiently accelerated by the fields, and then collide with other neutral gas particles, thereby release the electrons found in other atoms and molecules, and this process must repeat by itself, again, in order for the state of plasma to be maintained. However, in general, in a small space the electrons collide with solids and loose their energy before such electrons gain sufficient energy for releasing other electrons from neutral gas particles, thereby the process of ionizing the neutral gas particle does not progress efficiently, and as a result, the plasma generation process is suppressed in a small space.
- Furthermore, referring to
FIG. 3 , a potential difference between thereactor wall 522 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538 may exist and therefore a plasma state may be generated here, and as a result, on the inside surface of thereactor wall 522 and the outside surface of theshowerhead insulation wall 538, a conducting thin film may be formed due to the reaction of the process gas occurring while such process gas is passing through thereactor space 554, thereactor wall 552, and then theshowerhead insulation wall 538. The conducting thin film formed on the outer surface of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 may cause an electrical short between theshowerhead assembly reactor wall 522, which is connected to ground. - In order to remedy the problem described above, according to the present invention, a plasma
generation barrier wall 528 is constructed between thereactor wall 522 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538, and also connect electrically with thereactor wall 522 through the gas inlet tube 510 (inner tube), the plasma generation does not take place due to the fact that there is no potential difference between the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and thereactor wall 522. If the distance (space) between the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538 is reduced, the plasma generation in this neighborhood can be suppressed. In this case, the plasma generation takes place mainly in the relativelyspacious reaction space 554 between the gas dispersion perforatedgrid 542 and thesubstrate 556 where theshowerhead assembly gaps generation barrier wall 528 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538 in the direction of arrows, undesired flow of process gases through the end part of the passage ofinert gas 548 as well as the passage ofinert gas 544 can be prevented. The necessary inert gas for above step is supplied through a tube-shaped radio frequencypower connection terminal 566. The inert gas is supplied through the hole at the center of the radio frequencypower connection terminal 566 and then through thehole 564 in the tube, and then through the gaps between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 as indicated by arrows. The inert gas then travels the gaps andpassage ways inert gas 544 and then continue to flow following the arrows. Here, it is desirable to provide a set of passage ways and buffering spaces such as 620, 624, 626 and 628 for proper flow of an inert gas. Also, such passage ways and buffering spaces are preferably arranged so that a proper, adequate, and smooth flow of the inert gas is achieved. Such arrangement preferably provides a uniform and even flow of the inert gas through out the inert gas passage ways as indicated by arrows even if the location of the radiofrequency connection terminal 566 is located off centered, as shown in theFIG. 3 . According to the best mode of the present invention, for the gap size of the passage ofinert gas 544 is 0.4 mm and the gap size of the end part of the passage ofinert gas 548 is 0.4 mm, respectively, and the outside diameter of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 is 210 mm for the 200 mm wafer, and a gas is supplied at the flow rate of 20 sccm, the flow velocity of the gas at the gaps of the passage ofinert gas 544 and the end part of the passage ofinert gas 548, respectively, is 19 mm/s at the temperature of 25° C. and the pressure of 5 Torr. As the temperature increases, the flow velocity increases. - More specifically, referring to
FIG. 3 , When a inert gas such as Argon (Ar) is supplied by using an MFC (Mass flow controller)(not shown) through the inertgas inlet tube 566 which is called the radiofrequency connection terminal 566 previously, whereibis terminal 566 is made of a conducting material, the inert gas is forcibly supplied through the inertgas inlet tube 566 and flows, as indicated by arrows, through thefirst reservoir ring 620, the inert gas passage way 622, thesecond reservoir ring 624, thethird reservoir ring 626 and thefourth reservoir ring 628, and then through the passage of inert gas which is the gap between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528, and then continue to flow following the arrows, and eventually flows through the end part of the passage ofinert gas 548 which is the bottom part of theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528, respectively, and finally joins with the process gas and this mixed gas flows through the passage ofremoval gas 526 which is the gap between the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and thereactor wall 522, and follow the direction of flow and then through thegas outlet tube 518, and then exhausted by thevacuum pump 598. - During this gas flow process, the flow of the inert gas through the end part of the passage of
inert gas 548 blocks backflow of the process gas inside of thereaction space 554 flowing through the gap of the passage ofinert gas 544 which is the gap between theshowerhead insulation wall 538 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and flowing backwards against the flow of inert gas into the passage ofinert gas 544, and therefore, when a process gas containing metallic material is used, no undesirable conducting thin film is formed inside of the passage ofinert gas 544, particularly around the end part of the passage ofinert gas 548, and as a result, it does not create a problem of an electrical short. This prolongs the life of the usage of the surrounding areas of thereaction space 554. - A conducting thin film is formed only in the areas where a process gas is supplied and present and the plasma generation occurs. This means that no conductive thin film is formed between the plasma
generation barrier wall 528 and thereactor wall 522 because no plasma is generated, and that no conductive thin film is formed between the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538 because no process gas is supplied and present. Consequently, a conducting thin film is formed only within thereaction space 554, where asubstrate 556 is located and no conducting thin film is formed outside thereaction space 544, and therefore, an electrical short is blocked even if the process of formation of a conducting thin film is repeated. - According to the present invention, a
reactor body 600 includes thereactor wall 522 along with the elements installed inside including a substrate carries 560, an inertgas inlet tube 590 and an inertgas outlet tube 592 equipped with an on-off valves for gases, respectively, where the exact location of these gas inlet and outlet tubes is not significant. - The purpose of using this secondary inert gas covering most of the reactor parts is to reduce the gas leakage by maintaining the pressure level of the secondary inert gas as such. More will be described later. The radio
frequency connection terminal 566 is connected to theshowerhead assembly reactor body 600 as well as thereactor wall 522, and this installation process provides electrical insulation of the radio frequency connection terminal from thereactor body 600 as well as thereactor wall 522. Furthermore, according to the present invention of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus, when ashowerhead insulation wall 538 and a plasmageneration barrier wall 528 are constructed, a radiofrequency connection terminal 566 is connected to ashowerhead assembly reactor body 600, areactor wall 522, a plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and then ashowerhead insulation wall 538, and the connections are made with thereactor body 600, thereactor wall 522 and the plasmageneration barrier wall 528 in such a way that the radio frequency connection terminal is electrically insulated from the parts described above. Thereactor body 600 has mainly two parts of a top cover and the bottom body. As described above, leakage of inside of thereaction space 554 can be prevented by maintaining the pressure of the inert gas that is supplied through the inertgas inlet tube 590 and then out through the inertgas outlet tube 592 higher than the pressure of the gas inside of thereaction space 554. - The substrate carrier driven assembly for driving a
substrate carrier 560 consists of primarilypneumatic cylinders 584, adrive shaft 580 that connects thepneumatic cylinder 584 and asubstrate carrier 560, and a girding plate 25 578 that maintains a balance among thedrive shafts 580. When a substrate is loaded and unloaded on or from thesubstrate carrier 560, thesubstrate carrier 560 connected to anpneumatic cylinder 584 moves downwards, so that thereactor wall 522 and thesubstrate carrier 560 are separated and thereaction space 554 is opened. This time, thecenter support pin 572 is connected to the centeraxis stopper pin 574, and thisstopper pin 574 stops the downward movement at a given height. As thesubstrate 556 continues moving downward further, the substrate carrier is separated from thesubstrate carrier 560 since it is supported by thecenter support pin 572 and stops by the centersupport stopper pin 574, but thesubstrate carrier 560 continues to move downwards as thepneumatic cylinders 584 pulls thesubstrate carrier 560 further down. Thesubstrate 556 stops at a give height so that a robot arm (not shown) is able to load or unload thesubstrate 556. The lengths of the centersupport stopper pin 574 and thecenter support pin 572 are adjusted as necessary in order to accommodate the movements of a robot arm (not shown). - According to the present invention of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus, the
volume adjusting horn 540 that has a shape of a horn makes the flow of the process gas smooth and evenly distributed, while the volume of the inside of the showerhead is minimized and thus the exchange of the process gases are done easily and quickly, thereby potentially the unnecessary reaction between the residual gas remained inside of theshowerhead assembly micro-feeding tube assembly 536 made of a plural of small tubes in parallel, the plasma generation between theshowerhead assembly gas inlet tube 510 can be suppressed, and also, by supplying an inert gas through the passage of inert gas between the grounded plasmageneration barrier wall 528 and theshowerhead insulation wall 538, a thin film is formed only in thereaction space 554 between the gas dispersion perforatedgrid 542 and asubstrate 556, but no thin film is formed on other parts where a process gas flows, thereby a conducting thin film can be formed by using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method without a problem of having electrical shorts. Furthermore, the process gas flows within the inside of the reactor, and does not contact with thereactor body 600. -
FIG. 4 is a timing diagram related to the best mode described above by using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition for illustration. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , thesource gas 440 and thepurge gas 442 are supplied in a cycle of Tcycle in a sequence of 440→442. Here, during thepurge gas 442 supply cycle,plasma generation 446 occurs for a specified duration of time by applying aradio frequency power 446. Asource gas 440 includes a metallic element such as Titanium Tetra Chloride (TiCl4) that is used for forming a metallic thin film, and thepurge gas 442 is a gas that does not react with a deposition gas by simply mixing them, but, they reacts when activated by aplasma 446. -
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of typical process steps using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus according to the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , asubstrate 556 is loaded onto a substrate carrier 560.(step 850). The temperature of thesubstrate 556 is raised to a desired deposition temperature.(step 852). Asource gas 440 is supplied to a reaction space 554.(step 854) Apurge gas 442 is supplied to thereaction space 554 and remove the remainingdeposition gas 440. (step 860) through the radio frequencypower connection terminal 566, RF power is supplied andplasma 446 is generated in thereaction space 554 and thepurge gas 442 mixed with source gas is activated.(step 864). Theplasma 446 activates the deposition gas (source) 440 adsorbed on the surface of thesubstrate 556 and a thin film is formed. Then, the RF power is switched off. Once The RF power is disconnected, the density of the radicals and ions in the activated purge gas is decreased drastically, thereby the time required to feed the purge gas after the RF power is switched off can he reduced significantly. - This process step is repeated by the specified number of times until the thin film is formed to a desired thickness.(step 866 and repeat of
steps 854 through 866 as necessary). Once the deposition process is completed, thesubstrate 556 is cooled down (step 868), and thesubstrate 556 is unloaded from thereaction space 554. (step 870). - According to the present invention, a thin film can be formed using only two types of gases by means of atomic layer deposition method, and this process makes the process gas supply and distribution system simple as well as the deposition process cycle time (Tcycle) can be reduced. Furthermore, according to the method of the present invention, even if
source gas 440 and thepurge gas 442 may be mixed in the areas ofreaction space 554, thegas inlet tube 510, thegas outlet tube 518 and also near the gas exhaust area, the reaction does not take place, thereby undesirable particles are not generated. - Following the best mode for carrying out the present invention described above, a thin film using Titanium Nitride (TiN) is formed by the conducting thin film formation method in accordance with the present invention of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method. For this experimental, embodiment, to supply a source gas, 160 sccm of Argon (Ar) gas and Titanium Tetra-Chloride (TiCl4) carried by Argon (Ar) gas of 100 sccm which passes through a source container were supplied through the
shower head 540 in a reactor loaded with a substrate. For the process of supplying a purge gas, 100 sccm of Hydrogen (H2) gas, 60 sccm of Nitrogen (N2) gas and Argon gas of 100 sccm were fed through the reactor. Through the orifice of the radio frequencypower connection terminal 566, 20 sccm of Argon gas was supplied continuously. The substrate temperature was set at 350° C., the RF power was set at 150 W, and the pressure was set at 3 Torr. The duration of the source gas supply was 0.2 second and the duration of the purge gas supply was 5.8 seconds. During the period of 5.8 seconds, for the first 2.0 seconds, the RF power was in the off-state, and only the purge gas was supplied. During the next 2.0 seconds, the purge gas was supplied and at the same time the RF power was switched on to generate plasma. During the last 1.8 seconds, the RF power was switched off and at the same time only the purge gas was supplied. By repeating this 6.0 seconds cycle, a uniform quality of Titanium Nitride thin film was obtained. - By using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention, a conductive thin film of Titanium was formed. Similarly to Experimental Embodiment 1 described above, for the source gas supply step, 230 sccm of Argon gas and TiCl4 (Titanium Tetra-Chloride) carried by Argon gas of 100 sccm which passes through a source container was supplied to the
shower head assembly - By repeating these 6.0 seconds of process gas supply cycles, a Titanium thin film of uniform quality was obtained.
- As described earlier, according to the present invention of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus, the horn-shaped volume adjusting horn allows a uniform distribution and even flow of the gases, and at the same time, this shape minimizes the volume of the inside of the showerhead, thereby it makes the exchange of gases in the reactor easy and fast, and thus the reaction between the incoming gas into the reactor and the residual gas remaining from the previous process cycle is minimized due to the fact that a smooth horn-shaped showerhead minimizes the amount of unnecessary residual gas staying is the reactor after the pervious gas supply cycle. Also, the micro-feeding tube assembly made of a plural of small tubes in parallel, potentially, suppresses the plasma generation due to the potential difference between the showerhead assembly and the gas inlet tube. In addition, the forced flow of an inert gas through the gap between the plasma generation barrier wall and the showerhead insulation wall, makes the formation of thin film occur only inside of the reaction space which is the space between the gas dispersion perforated grid and the substrate, and since thin film is not formed on other parts even though a process gas flows, no electrical short takes place and a conducting thin film can be formed by using the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention. Therefore, since plasma is generated only in the reaction space between the gas dispersion perforated grid and the substrate, and on the other parts where the process gas flows, the deposition of thin film is suppressed, the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method according to the present invention can be used for forming conducting thin films.
- Furthermore, by utilizing a dual orifice tube structure for the gas inlet tube and gas outlet tube, any biased flow of the process gases towards the location of gas outlet tube inside the reaction space, can be avoided, and the flow of process gases flows symmetrically and balanced way in the reaction space, thereby uniform deposition of thin film is possible. Also, since the flow of the process gases can be maintained symmetrically and concentrically with respect to the substrate, the showerhead assembly and the reaction space can be constructed within a smaller volume. Therefore, for the process of sequentially supplying various types of process gases, the exchange of gases becomes easy and fast.
- Further, by employing a doubly wrapped reactor chamber body structure, thereby the process gas flows only within the inner chamber and an inert gas flows through the outer chamber, the lower part of the substrate carrier is prevented from unnecessary thin film being deposited.
- Also, according to the present invention of the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition method allows an efficient ways of forming thin film even when the process gases have vary weak reaction property. Furthermore, by using the ALD method disclosed here, within the process cycle, the purge gas supply time can be minimized, and thereby the over-all process time can be shortened. Further, according to the present invention, generation of undesirable particles at the exhaust end of the reactor assembly can be reduced.
- The present invention described in this best mode for carrying out the present invention is not limited by what is described and disclosed in this best mode section and elsewhere in this invention. Those who are familiar in the art should be easily able to extend the ideas and ways of implementing the present invention, and many variations are plausible within the scope of the technical ideas and understandings.
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1. An atomic layer deposition (ALD) apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
an outer chamber;
an inner chamber within the outer chamber, the inner chamber comprising:
a flange configured to define an opening between the inner chamber and the outer chamber;
a substrate carrier for supporting the substrate, the substrate carrier configured to seal the opening with a substrate supported thereon within the second chamber;
a showerhead assembly in fluid communication with source gases for ALD; and
a gas outlet tube for discharging gases from the inner chamber; and
a control system configured to alternately supply the source gases into the inner chamber,
wherein the apparatus is configured to flow inert gas through the outer chamber while the film is being deposited in the inner chamber.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner chamber further comprises a radio frequency (RF) connection terminal for generating plasma.
3.-6. (canceled)
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate carrier is configured to move the substrate away from the opening and towards the opening.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner chamber further comprises a showerhead insulating wall surrounding at least a portion of the showerhead assembly.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner chamber further comprises a plasma generation barrier wall between the showerhead insulating wall and an inner chamber wall, the inner chamber wall at least partially defining the inner chamber, the plasma generation barrier wall having the same electrical potential as the inner chamber wall.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the inner chamber further comprises a gap between the plasma generation barrier wall and the showerhead insulating wall.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the outer chamber comprises an inert gas inlet tube for providing an inert gas into the outer chamber.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the outer chamber comprises an inert gas outlet tube for removing an inert gas from the outer chamber.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to continuously supply an inert gas into the outer chamber while the film is being deposited on the substrate in the inner chamber.
14. A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
a first chamber having an inert gas inlet tube and an inert gas outlet tube; and
a second chamber within the first chamber, the second chamber comprising:
a substrate support structure configured to seal an opening of the second chamber;
a gas inlet tube for supplying gases into the second chamber;
a gas outlet tube for discharging gases from the second chamber; and
a radio frequency (RF) connection terminal for generating plasma in the second chamber.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second chamber further comprises a showerhead assembly in fluid communication with the gas inlet tube of the second chamber.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the showerhead assembly is in electrical contact with the RF connection terminal.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first chamber is configured to be continuously purged with an inert gas while the film is being deposited on the substrate in the second chamber.
18. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a control system configured to control plasma generation and alternately supply gases into the second chamber.
19. A plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method for forming a film on a substrate, the method comprising:
loading the substrate into a first chamber, the first chamber disposed within a second chamber, the first chamber having a gas inlet tube and a gas outlet tube;
supplying a source gas containing a desired metallic component into the first chamber through the gas inlet tube and exhausting the source gas through the gas outlet tube;
supplying a purge gas into the first chamber through the gas inlet tube to remove excess source gas from the first chamber;
generating a plasma for a period of time while continuously supplying the purge gas;
ceasing generating the plasma while continuing to supply the purge gas; and
repeating supplying the source gas, supplying the purge gas and generating the plasma in a plurality of cycles.
20. The PEALD method of claim 19 , wherein the source gas includes titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4).
21. The PEALD method of claim 19 , wherein the purge gas comprises hydrogen (H2).
22. The PEALD method of claim 19 , wherein the first chamber is defined in part by a gas injection assembly and a reactor wall, the gas injection assembly having a gas injection face and an adjacent side wall, the gas injection assembly protruding from the reactor wall such that a space is formed between the side wall of the gas injection assembly and the reactor wall.
23. The PEALD method of claim 22 , wherein exhausting the source gas through the gas outlet tube comprises directing the source gas to the space between the sidewall and the reactor wall.
24. The PEALD method of claim 22 , wherein the gas injection assembly comprises a showerhead assembly.
25. The PEALD method of claim 19 , wherein the gas inlet tube comprises a micro-feeding tube assembly, the micro-feeding tube assembly comprising a plurality of parallel tubes, and wherein the source gas is supplied through the gas inlet tube and subsequently through the micro-feeding tube assembly.
26. The PEALD method of claim 19 , wherein during supplying the source gas and generating the plasma, an inert gas is provided in the second chamber.
27. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner chamber further comprises a plasma generation suppressing structure mounted between the gas inlet tube and the showerhead assembly, the plasma generation suppressing structure configured to flow gas from the gas inlet tube to the showerhead assembly.
28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the plasma generation suppressing structure comprises a micro-feeding tube assembly.
29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the micro-feeding tube assembly comprises a plurality of parallel tubes.
30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein each of the plurality of parallel tubes is formed of an electrically insulating material.
31. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein each of the plurality of parallel tubes has a diameter and a length sufficient to prevent plasma generation within the micro-feeding tube assembly.
32. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to maintain a higher pressure of inert gas directed into the outer chamber relative to the pressure of gas within the inner chamber.
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