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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Satoru Kawakami, Yamanashi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32495 (2013.01); B08B 7/0035 (2013.01); H01J 37/32183 (2013.01); H01J 37/32568 (2013.01); H01J 37/32834 (2013.01); H01L 21/02087 (2013.01); H01L 21/6833 (2013.01); H01J 2237/038 (2013.01); H01J 2237/335 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plasma processing apparatus for cleaning a peripheral portion of a substrate by plasma and comprising a depressurizable processing container accommodating a substrate is disclosed. The processing container includes a substrate support for supporting a substrate and including a central electrode facing a central portion of the supported substrate supported by the substrate support; a lower ring electrode formed in a ring shape to face a lower surface of a peripheral portion of the substrate supported by the substrate support; and an upper ring electrode disposed to face an upper surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate supported by the substrate support. The central electrode is grounded, a radio frequency (RF) power is supplied to each of the upper and lower ring electrodes, and the RF power is supplied to at least one of the upper and lower ring electrodes via a phase adjuster configured to adjust the phase of the RF power.


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