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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Akio Ui, Tokyo, JP;
Hisataka Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Keisuke Kikutani, Fujisawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); H01J 37/32174 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus, includes: a chamber; a first electrode disposed in the chamber; a second electrode disposed in the chamber to face the first electrode, and to hold a substrate; an RF power supply to apply an RF voltage with a frequency of 50 MHz or more to the second electrode; and a pulse power supply to repeatedly apply a voltage waveform including a negative voltage pulse and a positive voltage pulse of which delay time from the negative voltage pulse is 50 nano-seconds or less to the second electrode while superposing on the RF voltage.