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Endpoint Detection Using Both By-product and Etchant Gas in Plasma Etching Process

플라즈마 식각공정 시 By-product와 Etchant gas를 이용한 식각 종료점 검출

  • Kim, Dong-Il (Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University) ;
  • Park, Young-Kook (Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University) ;
  • Han, Seung-Soo (Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University)
  • Received : 2015.11.06
  • Accepted : 2015.12.16
  • Published : 2015.12.31

Abstract

In current semiconductor manufacturing, as the feature size of integrated circuit (IC) devices continuously shrinks, detecting endpoint in plasma etching process is more difficult than before. For endpoint detection, various kinds of sensors are installed in semiconductor manufacturing equipments, and sensor data are gathered with predefined sampling rate. Generally, detecting endpoint is performed using OES data of by-product. In this study, OES data of both by-product and etchant gas are used to improve reliability of endpoint detection. For the OES data pre-processing, a combination of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA),are used. Polynomial Regression and Expanded Hidden Markov model (eHMM) technique are applied to pre-processed OES data to detect endpoint.

현재 반도체 제조 공정에서 집적회로의 소자 크기가 점점 작아짐에 따라 플라즈마 식각 공정에서의 식각 종료점 검출이 더 어려워지고 있다. 식각 종료점 검출은 위해서는 반도체 장비에 다양한 종류의 센서를 설치하고 이 센서를 통해 데이터를 얻고 분석해야 한다. 기존의 식각 종료점 검출 방식은 주로 By-product의 OES 데이터를 분석하여 진행되었는데 본 연구에서는 By-product 와 Etchant gas 의 OES 데이터를 함께 분석하여 식각 종료점 검출 결과에 신뢰성을 더 높이고자 하였다. 또한, 데이터 분석을 위해 OES-SNR, PCA, Polynomial Regression, eHMM 등의 기법들을 사용하여 진행하였다.

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