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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

May. 21, 2013
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Matsumoto, Miyagi, JP;

Yugo Tomita, Miyagi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67069 (2013.01); H01J 37/32192 (2013.01); H01J 37/32238 (2013.01); H01J 37/32522 (2013.01); H01J 37/32743 (2013.01); H01J 37/32917 (2013.01); H01J 37/32935 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plasma processing device includes a processing chamber defining a plasma processing space and a stage for mounting thereon a target substrate in the processing chamber. The plasma processing device further includes a gas supply mechanism for introducing a processing gas into the plasma processing space, a plasma generation mechanism for supplying electromagnetic energy into the plasma processing space, and a control unit configured to, if a command to start a plasma process for the target substrate mounted on a substrate carry-in stage is issued, perform a warm-up process for supplying the processing gas into the plasma processing space by the gas supply mechanism and supplying the electromagnetic energy by the plasma generation mechanism in a state where no target substrate is mounted on the stage.


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