Ion velocity distributions in electron cyclotron resonance plasmas

Richard A. Gottscho; Toshiki Nakano; Nader Sadeghi; Dennis J. Trevor; Rod W. Boswell

doi:10.1117/12.56650

1 January 1992 Ion velocity distributions in electron cyclotron resonance plasmas

Richard A. Gottscho, Toshiki Nakano, Nader Sadeghi, Dennis J. Trevor, Rod W. Boswell

Proceedings Volume 1594, Process Module Metrology, Control and Clustering; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.56650
Event: Microelectronic Processing Integration, 1991, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

For applications in ultra-large scale integration, low pressure, high density plasmas are being developed for etching and deposition of thin films. To control critical parameters such as the flux and energy distribution of ions impacting surfaces, it is necessary to understand how these parameters are influenced by physical and electromagnetic design. In this work, we report measurements of ion velocity distributions in Ar/He and Cl2/He electron cyclotron resonance plasmas. Using Doppler-shifted laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, we measure metastable Ar and Cl ion velocity distributions parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field as a function of magnetic field amplitude, pressure, and microwave power. We also examine the effects of the wafer platen on the distribution functions by repeating the measurements after removing the platen. We find nearly isotropic ion velocity distributions when the source is operated as a magnetic mirror and the He partial pressure is low; higher He pressures tend to cool the parallel velocity distribution. Downstream, we consistently observe bimodal ion velocity distributions: the fast component, created in the source, follows magnetic flux lines into the reactor; the slow component, created mostly where the plasma expands from the source into the reaction chamber, is more isotropic. The relative amplitudes of these two components, the average ion energy, and the ion energy distribution are easily controlled by changing pressure and magnetic field.

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Richard A. Gottscho, Toshiki Nakano, Nader Sadeghi, Dennis J. Trevor, and Rod W. Boswell "Ion velocity distributions in electron cyclotron resonance plasmas", Proc. SPIE 1594, Process Module Metrology, Control and Clustering, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.56650

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