| 摘要 |
An inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber in which a semiconductor substrate is processed, a substrate support, a dielectric window forming a wall of the chamber, an antenna operable to generate and maintain a plasma in the processing chamber, and a showerhead plate of dielectric material adjacent the dielectric window. The showerhead plate includes gas holes in fluid communication with a plenum below the dielectric window, the plenum having a gas volume of no greater than 500 cm3. The gas holes extend between the plenum and a plasma exposed surface of the showerhead plate and the gas holes have an aspect ratio of at least 2. A gas delivery system is operable to supply an etching gas and a deposition gas into the processing chamber through the showerhead plate while the semiconductor substrate is supported on the substrate support. The plasma processing apparatus can rapidly replace the etching gas in the plenum with the deposition gas within about 200 milliseconds and vice versa. The plasma processing apparatus is operable to etch silicon on the semiconductor substrate at a rate of 10 μm/minute or higher. |
