US 11,984,304 B2
Apparatus and method for plasma etching
Jongwoo Sun, Hwaseong-si (KR); Kyohyeok Kim, Seoul (KR); Taehwa Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Haejoong Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Jewoo Han, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,794.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0046956 (KR), filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0328291 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01J 37/32 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 37/32724 (2013.01) [H01J 2237/2001 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for plasma etching comprising:
an electrostatic chuck disposed in a chamber in which a plasma etching process including a first operation and a second operation after the first operation is performed, and including a base layer, a bonding layer disposed on the base layer, and an adsorption layer including a plurality of protrusions disposed on the bonding layer and contacting a lower surface of a substrate to be subjected to the plasma etching process;
a plurality of pipes configured to supply coolant to adjust a temperature of the electrostatic chuck, to the base layer;
a cooling device configured to supply the coolant circulating in a first direction from an edge to a center of the electrostatic chuck during the first operation, and configured to supply the coolant to the electrostatic chuck during the second operation; and
a controller configured to control a valve connected to the plurality of pipes and the cooling device to determine a circulation of the coolant,
wherein when the controller controls the valve to cause the coolant to circulate in the first direction during the first operation, the electrostatic chuck is configured to reach a first temperature between about −40° C. and −5° C., and
wherein when the controller controls the valve to cause the coolant to circulate in a second direction during the second operation, the electrostatic chuck is configured to reach a second temperature between about 30° C. and 90° C.