ECR plasma reaction apparatus having uniform magnetic field gradient

摘要

A plasma reaction apparatus has main and auxiliary magnetic field generating coils for generating a magnetic field which has a gradient of no more than 50 gauss/cm in the axial direction and a difference between the axial magnetic field gradient and the magnetic field gradient ten centimeters from the axis of no more than 10 gauss/cm for processing a semiconductor substrate. The plasma reaction apparatus is able to generate a high density, uniform plasma so that the semiconductor substrate is uniformly processed at high speed.