WO2004108981A1 - 薄膜の形成方法及びその形成装置 - Google Patents
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- Thin film forming method and thin film forming apparatus Thin film forming apparatus
- the present invention relates to a method for producing a thin film and a sputtering apparatus, and more particularly to a method for producing a thin film and a sputtering apparatus for forming a thin film having desired optical characteristics on a substrate by performing sputtering.
- a material having an intermediate refractive index (between 1.46 and 2.20) that hardly exists in the natural world is required.
- an intermediate refractive index in the range of 1.46-2.20 is used. Is required. The following techniques are known for obtaining the above intermediate refractive index.
- Refractive index 2.35) ⁇ are simultaneously evaporated from different evaporation sources, and a technique to obtain an intermediate refractive index (1.46-2.40) based on the mixing ratio is achieved by mixing low and high refractive materials.
- a technique of simultaneously evaporating from one evaporation source and obtaining an intermediate refractive index by a mixture ratio thereof and an equivalent film technique of equivalently obtaining an intermediate refractive index by a combination of a low refractive material and a high refractive material.
- a low refractive material for example, SiO (refractive index: 1.46
- the ultra-thin film is brought into contact with an active species of a reactive gas such as oxygen, and the ultra-thin film reacts with the active species of the reactive gas to form a composite metal.
- a technique of forming a compound metal compound thin film having a desired film thickness and optical properties on a substrate by repeating the step of converting the compound into a compound is known (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-263937 (No. 2–3, Figure 1)).
- each target composed of at least two or more kinds of different metals, which are independent of each other, is sputtered to form an ultrathin film composed of a composite metal or an incompletely reacted composite metal on a substrate,
- the formed ultra-thin film is repeatedly mixed with an inert gas having a chemically inert property by reacting it with reactive species of reactive gas to convert it into a composite metal compound.
- This is a technique for obtaining arbitrary optical characteristics within the range of the optical properties inherent to the metal-only compound constituting the thin film (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-0111605 (pages 2-4, FIG. 1)).
- a method of adjusting optical characteristics such as a refractive index and an attenuation coefficient of a thin film to be formed by adjusting a flow rate of a reactive gas introduced into a reaction process zone or a film formation process zone is also known. I have.
- ultra-thin film is a term used to prevent confusion with the “thin film” because the ultra-thin film is deposited a plurality of times to form a final thin film. Thinner than " It means that.
- a metal compound thin film whose refractive index can be arbitrarily controlled and whose optical characteristics, mechanical characteristics, and the like are stable can be obtained.
- at least two or more types of metal can be used.
- the refractive index can be arbitrarily controlled using only a single metal, and the optical characteristics, mechanical characteristics, etc.
- a so-called hysteresis phenomenon occurs in which the change paths of the refractive index and the attenuation coefficient, which are the optical characteristics of the thin film, differ between the case where the oxygen gas flow rate increases and the case where the oxygen gas flow rate decreases. Further, it becomes more difficult to control the optical characteristics of the thin film by adjusting the flow rate of the oxygen gas.
- the refractive index is about 1. 5 3. about 5 range and damping coefficient of about 1. OX 10_ 3 - to form a thin film of 12. 0 X 10_ 3 in the range of about strictly It is necessary to adjust the oxygen flow rate.
- the method of forming a thin film having a refractive index and an attenuation coefficient in the above ranges by adjusting the oxygen flow rate is a method of forming a thin film having desired optical characteristics having poor reproducibility depending on the range of the oxygen flow rate. It was very difficult to form with high reproducibility. Therefore, there is a need for a technique for forming a thin film having a refractive index and an attenuation coefficient which are optical characteristics in this range. [0013]
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and uses only a single metal to increase and decrease the flow rate of the reactive gas.
- the thin film forming method according to the present invention is a method for forming an intermediate thin film made of a metal or an incompletely reacted metal on a substrate by sputtering a target made of a single kind or a plurality of kinds of metals.
- a film composition conversion step of converting the substrate holder into a metal compound by controlling the transfer speed of a substrate holder for holding the substrate.
- the substrate holder is formed so as to be movable between the film forming process zone for performing the intermediate thin film forming step and the reaction process zone for performing the film composition conversion step. If it is possible to adjust the reaction time, it becomes possible to adjust the sputtering time in the film formation process zone and the reaction time between the intermediate thin film and the active species of the reactive gas in the reaction process zone. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the composition of the finally formed thin film, and to form a thin film having an optical characteristic value in a region where the hysteresis phenomenon occurs, which is a range where it is difficult to control the optical characteristic value of the thin film. In addition, it is possible to form easily and with high reproducibility.
- the cylindrical or hollow polygonal column-shaped substrate holder holding the substrate on its outer peripheral surface is rotationally driven to rotate the substrate holder. It is preferable to form a thin film having an optical characteristic value in a region where the hysteresis phenomenon occurs by controlling the speed.
- the substrate held by the substrate holder is smoothly transported repeatedly between the film forming process zone and the reaction process zone, and the transport speed is controlled stably by controlling the rotation speed of the substrate holder. It becomes possible.
- thin films can be formed on many substrates held on the outer peripheral surface of the substrate holder at one time by sputtering, and mass production of thin films becomes possible.
- the region where the hysteresis phenomenon occurs is a region where the flow rate of the reactive gas introduced during the sputtering is 15 sccm or less and the optical characteristic value of the thin film formed at a flow rate not including Osccm. is there.
- the ratio of the change in the optical property to the change in the flow rate of the reactive gas is large, and a hysteresis phenomenon also occurs. Therefore, the optical property of the thin film formed by adjusting the flow rate of the reactive gas is adjusted. Is very difficult to control. Therefore, in this region, the optical characteristics of the formed thin film are controlled by adjusting the rotation speed of the substrate holder, rather than adjusting the flow rate of the reactive gas, so that a thin film having desired optical characteristics can be obtained. It can be formed with high reproducibility.
- the thin film forming apparatus is arranged in a vacuum chamber, and performs sputtering on a substrate holder for holding a substrate and a target made of a single type or a plurality of types of metals.
- a film forming process zone disposed in a vacuum chamber for forming an intermediate thin film; and active species generating means for generating active species of a reactive gas, wherein the intermediate thin film and the active species of the reactive gas are combined.
- the substrate holder driving means is controlled within a range in which a thin film having an optical characteristic value in a region where a hysteresis phenomenon occurs in which the change path of the optical characteristic value with respect to the reactive gas flow rate occurs can be formed.
- a substrate holder transfer speed control means that performs And
- the substrate holder driving means for driving the substrate holder to transfer the substrate between the position facing the film formation process zone and the position facing the reaction process zone, and the transfer of the substrate holder
- Providing substrate holder transfer speed control means to control the speed makes it easier to set the transfer speed of the substrate holder, and to achieve higher reproducibility than adjusting the optical characteristics of the thin film formed by adjusting the reactive gas flow rate Accordingly, it is possible to easily form a thin film having desired optical characteristics.
- the region where the hysteresis phenomenon occurs is a region where the flow rate of the reactive gas is 15 sccm or less and does not include Osccm, and the optical characteristic value of the thin film formed at the flow rate.
- the ratio of the change in the optical characteristics to the change in the oxygen flow rate is large, and the hysteresis phenomenon also occurs. Therefore, it is difficult to control the optical characteristics of the formed thin film by adjusting the oxygen flow rate. , Very difficult. Therefore, in this region, the optical characteristics of the thin film to be formed can be controlled by using a thin film forming apparatus capable of adjusting the rotation speed of the substrate holder instead of adjusting the oxygen flow rate. Thus, a thin film having desired optical characteristics can be formed with high reproducibility.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a sputtering apparatus of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of the sputtering apparatus of the present invention, taken along line A—B_C in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the dependence of the optical characteristics of a thin film on the rotation speed of a substrate holder.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the dependence of the optical characteristics of a thin film on the rotation speed of a substrate holder.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a plasma source.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a plasma source.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a plasma source.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the oxygen flow rate dependency of the refractive index of a thin film.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the oxygen flow rate dependency of the attenuation coefficient of a thin film.
- the present invention relates to a thin film manufacturing method and a sputtering apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate by performing sputtering.
- a sputtering apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate by performing sputtering.
- a thin film is formed by repeatedly performing a reaction with the formation of an intermediate thin film in order to obtain desired optical characteristic values and film thicknesses.
- the range of the optical property value of the target thin film depends on whether to increase or decrease the flow rate of the reactive gas introduced when forming a thin film by spattering one or more kinds of metals. Is the optical characteristic value of the region where the hysteresis phenomenon occurs in which the change path of the optical characteristic value with respect to the reactive gas flow rate is different.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a sputtering apparatus of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional view taken along a line A-B-C in FIG.
- a force using a sputtering apparatus that performs magnetron sputtering which is an example of sputtering, is not limited thereto.
- a cutting device can also be used.
- the sputtering apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a vacuum chamber 11, a substrate holder 13 for holding a substrate (not shown) for forming a thin film in the vacuum chamber 11, and a substrate holder for driving the substrate holder 13.
- Servo motor 17 as a driving means
- controller 90 as a substrate holder transfer speed controlling means for controlling servo motor 17
- film forming process zone 20 for performing an intermediate thin film forming process
- film forming process zone A reaction process zone 60 in which the intermediate thin film is brought into contact with an active species of a reactive gas mixed with an inert gas to carry out a film composition conversion step, and partition walls 12 and 16 as partitioning means for forming the reaction process zone 60.
- a magnetron sputter electrode 21a, 21b as a sputter electrode, an AC power supply 23, and an active species generator 61 as active species generating means for generating active species. It is an important component.
- the intermediate thin film is made of a metal or a metal imperfect oxide and is formed in a film forming process zone.
- the vacuum chamber 11 is a hollow body having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, which is made of stainless steel and is generally used in a known sputtering apparatus.
- the shape of the vacuum chamber 11 may be a hollow cylindrical shape.
- An exhaust pipe is connected to the bottom surface of the vacuum chamber 11, and a vacuum pump 15 for exhausting the inside of the vacuum chamber 11 is connected to the pipe, as shown in FIG.
- the vacuum pump 15 and a controller are configured so that the degree of vacuum in the vacuum chamber 11 can be adjusted.
- the substrate holder 13 is disposed substantially at the center of the vacuum chamber 11.
- the substrate holder 13 has a cylindrical shape, and holds a plurality of substrates on its outer peripheral surface.
- the shape of the substrate holder 13 may be a hollow polygonal pillar shape instead of a cylindrical shape, or may be a hollow substantially frustoconical shape.
- the substrate holder 13 is electrically insulated from the vacuum chamber 11 and is in a floating state.
- the substrate holder 13 is disposed in the vacuum chamber 11 such that the center axis Z in the cylindrical direction of the cylinder is in the vertical direction of the vacuum chamber 11.
- the substrate holder 13 is driven to rotate about a central axis Z by a servomotor 17 provided above the vacuum chamber 11 while maintaining the vacuum state in the vacuum chamber 11.
- the servo motor 17 is a known servo motor, and is controlled by a control device 90 as control means.
- the substrate holder 13 is rotated by the drive of the servo motor 17, and the rotation speed is arbitrarily controlled within a range of 10i "pm-150rpm.
- a substrate holding means for holding the substrate on the substrate holder 13 is provided, and the substrate holding means is provided with a concave part (not shown) for accommodating the substrate. And the recesses are formed in a line in the vertical direction.
- a flat substrate in which a surface on which a thin film of a substrate is formed (hereinafter referred to as “film forming surface”) and a surface opposite to the film forming surface (hereinafter referred to as “substrate back surface”) are parallel is used.
- the shape of the pedestal constituting the substrate holding means is formed such that the surface of the concave portion facing the rear surface of the substrate faces a direction perpendicular to the central axis Z of the substrate holder 13 when holding the substrate. You. For this reason, the film formation surface of the substrate is oriented in a direction perpendicular to the central axis Z of the substrate holder 13.
- the film forming process zone 20 and the reaction process zone 60 are formed by partition walls 12 and 16 fixed in a vacuum chamber 11.
- the deposition process zone 20 was surrounded by the partition 12
- the reaction process zone 60 is formed in a state surrounded by the partition wall 16.
- the reaction process zone 60 is formed at a position that is rotated about 90 degrees around the rotation axis of the substrate holder 13 from the position where the film formation process zone 20 is formed.
- the partition 16 is fixed to the vacuum chamber 11.
- the motor 17 drives the substrate holder 13 to rotate, the substrate held by the substrate holder 13 is transported between a position facing the film forming process zone 20 and a position facing the reaction process zone 60. Will be. Thus, the substrate relatively moves with respect to targets 29a and 29b arranged in a film forming process zone 20 described later.
- the partition walls 12 and 16 in the present embodiment are cylindrical rectangular parallelepipeds having a pair of opposing surfaces opened, and are made of stainless steel.
- the partition walls 12 and 16 are fixed between the side wall of the vacuum chamber 11 and the substrate holder 13 in a state of standing upright from the side wall of the vacuum chamber 11 toward the substrate holder 13. It is fixed in the vacuum chamber so that one open side abuts against the side wall of the vacuum chamber 11 and the other open side faces the substrate holder 13.
- Water cooling pipes (not shown) are attached to the partition walls 12 and 16, respectively, so that the partition walls 12 and 16 can be cooled.
- a mass flow controller 25 as a gas introduction means is connected to the film forming process zone 20 via a pipe.
- the mass flow controller 25 is connected to a sputter gas cylinder 27 for storing argon gas as an inert gas and a reactive gas cylinder 79 for storing a reactive gas.
- the reactive gas is controlled by the mass flow controller 25 from the reactive gas cylinder 79 and can be introduced into the film forming process zone 20 through a pipe.
- the reactive gas include oxygen gas, nitrogen gas, fluorine gas, and ozone gas.
- magnetron sputtering electrodes 21a and 21b are arranged on the wall surface of the vacuum chamber 11 so as to face the outer peripheral surface of the substrate holder 13.
- the magnetron sputter electrodes 21a and 21b are fixed to the vacuum chamber 11 at a ground potential via an insulating member (not shown).
- the magnetron sputter electrodes 21 a and 2 lb are connected to an AC power supply 23 via a transformer 24 so that an alternating electric field can be applied.
- Magnetron sputter electrode 21a The target 29a, 29b as the target is held in the force 21b.
- Each of the targets 29a and 29b has a flat plate shape, and is held so as to face in a direction perpendicular to the center axis Z of the substrate holder 13 facing the outer peripheral surface of the substrate holder 13 of the targets 29a and 29b.
- the gap between the targets 29a, 29b and the substrate holder 13 is cut off or opened.
- the movable pre-sputter shield is disposed. This pre-sputter shield shuts off between the targets 29a and 29b and the substrate holder 13 until the sputter is started when the sputter is started, so that the sputter can be performed stably.
- the sputter atoms are deposited on the substrate after the sputtering is stabilized.
- An opening is formed in the wall surface of the vacuum chamber 11 in the reaction process zone 60, and an active species generator 61 as active species generating means is connected to the opening.
- the active species generator 61 is also called a radical source, and includes a reactive gas plasma generating chamber 63 composed of a quartz tube for generating reactive gas plasma, and a coil wound around the reactive gas plasma generating chamber 63. Electrode 65, matching box 67, high-frequency power supply 69 connected to coiled electrode 65 via matching box 67, mass flow controller 77, and reactive gas cylinder 79 connected via mass flow controller 77 79 And.
- the plasma generated by the discharge in the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63 of the active species generator 61 has plasma ions, electrons, radicals, radicals in excited state, atoms, molecules and the like as constituent elements.
- the active species of the reactive gas in the plasma generated in the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63 can participate in the reaction process in the reaction process zone 60.
- the active species of the reactive gas are ions, radicals and the like.
- Radican cane is a free radical (ratical) and is an atom or molecule having one or more unpaired electrons.
- the excite state is a state with higher energy than the stable ground state with the lowest energy.
- a reactive gas such as oxygen gas is supplied from a reactive gas cylinder 79 via a mass flow controller 77 to a reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63, and is supplied via a matching box 67 to the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63.
- the reactive gas plasma is generated in the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63.
- an external magnet 71 is disposed outside the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63, and an internal magnet 73 is disposed in the reaction process zone 60.
- the external magnet 71 and the internal magnet 73 have a function of generating a high-density plasma by forming a magnetic field of 20 to 300 gauss in the plasma generating section, and increasing the generation efficiency of active species.
- the external magnet 71 and the internal magnet 73 may be arranged such that either the external magnet 71 or the internal magnet 73 is disposed or one of them is displaced.
- the target that can be used is not limited to a single kind of metal. That is, even when a plurality of types of metals are used as targets, the optical characteristics of the thin film can be controlled by controlling the rotation speed of the substrate holder within a range in which the history phenomenon occurs. .
- the substrate and the targets 29a and 29b are arranged in the sputtering apparatus 1.
- the substrate is held on the substrate holder 13 by substrate holding means.
- the targets 29a and 29b are held on magnetron sputter electrodes 21a and 21b, respectively.
- Silicon (Si) is used as the material of the targets 29a and 29b.
- the range of the optical property value of the target thin film depends on whether the flow rate of the reactive gas introduced when sputtering a target composed of one or more metals is increased or decreased. This is the region where the hysteresis phenomenon occurs in which the change path of the optical characteristic value with respect to the gas flow rate differs.
- the hysteresis phenomenon is a phenomenon in which, when a certain amount A changes and another amount B changes, the value of B for the same A differs depending on the path of the change of A.
- the optical path of the thin film is defined as the increase path and the decrease path of the flow rate of the reactive gas introduced when sputtering a target made of a single kind or plural kinds of metals.
- the pressure inside the vacuum chamber 11 is reduced to a predetermined pressure, the servo motor 17 is operated, and the rotation of the substrate holder 13 is started.
- the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13 is in the range of 1 Orpm—100 rpm, preferably in the range of 1 Orpm and 6 Orpm, and the rotation speed at which a thin film having desired optical characteristics is formed is selected. Do.
- the pressure in the film forming process zone 20 is adjusted to 1.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ -1.3 Pa.
- an argon gas as an inert gas for sputtering and an oxygen gas as a reactive gas are flowed into the film forming process zone 20 from the sputtering gas cylinder 27 and the reactive gas cylinder 79 by the mass flow controller 25.
- the atmosphere for the sputtering in the film forming process zone 20 is adjusted by adjusting and guiding.
- the flow rate of the argon gas introduced into the film forming process zone 20 is about 300 sccm.
- the flow rate of the oxygen gas introduced into the film forming process zone 20 is adjusted to a desired value as described later.
- sccm as a unit of the flow rate represents a flow rate per minute at 0 ° C and 101325 Pa, and is equal to cm 3 / min.
- an AC voltage having a frequency of 10 is applied to the magnetron sputtering electrodes 21a and 21b from the AC power supply 23 via the transformer 24 so that an alternating electric field is applied to the targets 29a and 29b.
- the target 29a becomes a force sword (negative pole), and at that time, the target 29b always becomes an anode (positive pole). If the direction of the exchange changes at the next time, the target 29b becomes the force sword (minus pole) and the target 29a becomes the anode (plus pole).
- the pair of targets 29a and 29b are alternately turned into the anode and the force sword by the force S, so that plasma is formed and sputtering is performed on the target on the force sword.
- the gap between the targets 29a and 29b and the substrate holder 13 is shut off by a pre-sputter shield until the sputtering can be stably performed, so that the sputtering can be stably performed. After that, the space between the targets 29a and 29b and the substrate holder 13 is opened. As a result, sputter atoms can be deposited on the substrate after the sputtering is stabilized.
- non-conductive or low-conductivity silicon incomplete oxides, silicon oxides, and the like may adhere to the anode. When these are converted into force swords, these incomplete silicon oxides and the like are sputtered, and the target surface returns to its original clean state.
- an intermediate thin film made of silicon or a silicon incomplete oxide is formed as an intermediate thin film on the film formation surface of the substrate.
- the imperfect silicon oxide is an imperfect reactant as an imperfect reactant in the present invention, and is an imperfect silicon oxide Si deficient in which oxygen, which is a constituent element of silicon oxide SiO, is deficient.
- composition of the substance constituting the intermediate thin film is determined by adjusting the flow rate of the oxygen gas introduced into the film forming process zone 20, and the thickness of the intermediate thin film is adjusted by adjusting the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13. Determined by
- the flow rate of the oxygen gas introduced into the film formation process zone 20 and the stoichiometric coefficient X of the incomplete silicon oxide SiO (x ⁇ 2) constituting the intermediate thin film are determined by increasing the flow rate of the introduced oxygen gas. , The value of the stoichiometric coefficient X increases.
- the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13 is increased, the sputtering time in the film formation process zone is shortened, so that the number of particles deposited on the substrate is reduced, and the thickness of the intermediate thin film is reduced.
- the flow rate of the introduced oxygen gas is adjusted to a desired value so that silicon or a silicon incomplete oxide having a desired stoichiometric coefficient X is formed on the film forming surface of the substrate.
- the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13 is adjusted so as to form a desired film thickness, and sputtering is performed in the film formation process zone 20.
- sputtering an intermediate thin film made of silicon or incomplete silicon oxide is formed on the film formation surface of the substrate while moving the substrate by rotating the substrate holder 13 at a predetermined rotation speed. .
- a compensating plate and a shielding plate are provided between the magnetron sputter electrodes 21a and 21b and the substrate honoreda 13, so that an intermediate thin film having a film thickness distribution according to the shape of the shielding plate is formed. May be.
- an intermediate thin film made of silicon or incomplete silicon oxide is formed on the film forming surface of the substrate.
- the substrate is conveyed from the position facing the film forming process zone 20 to the position facing the reaction process zone 60 by rotation drive.
- silicon or incomplete silicon oxide constituting the intermediate thin film is oxidized to be converted into silicon oxide (SiO 2), whereby the film composition is changed.
- Oxygen gas as a reactive gas is introduced into the reaction process zone 60 from a reactive gas cylinder 79.
- High-frequency power of about 50 MHz is applied to the coil-shaped electrode 65, and plasma is generated by the active species generator 61.
- Active species of the reactive gas are present in the plasma in the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63, and the active species of the reactive gas are led to the reaction process zone 60.
- the reaction process is performed.
- a step of oxidizing silicon or incomplete silicon oxide constituting the intermediate thin film is performed. That is, silicon or incomplete silicon oxide is oxidized by an active species of oxygen gas to be converted into silicon oxide (SiO 2).
- the force S for determining the composition of the intermediate thin film can be obtained.
- silicon converted to silicon oxide SiO 2
- the amount of silicon incomplete oxide (SiO 2) changes depending on the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13, and the composition of the formed thin film changes depending on the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13. It will be.
- the composition of silicon, silicon incomplete oxide (SiO 2), and silicon oxide (Si 2) constituting the finally formed thin film is adjusted.
- composition of the thin film determines the optical properties of the finally formed thin film.
- the composition of the thin film can be determined, and a thin film having desired optical characteristics can be formed.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13 and the optical characteristics of the formed thin film.
- the refractive index and the attenuation coefficient are selected, and the horizontal axis indicates the substrate holder rotation speed (rpm), and the vertical axis indicates the refractive index and the attenuation coefficient.
- the refractive index of the formed thin film it is possible to control the refractive index of the formed thin film to 2.0-1.475 with an increase in the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13.
- damping factor, 1. 6 X 10- 2 - 5. can be controlled to 0 X 10- 5.
- the rotation speed (rpm) of the substrate holder 13 is determined based on FIG. 3 so that a thin film having desired refractive index and attenuation coefficient is formed.
- optical characteristics of the thin film were evaluated using measurement data of a spectroscopic ellipsometer.
- Table 1 is a table showing the substrate holder rotation speed and the substrate passage time in the film forming process zone and the reaction process zone in the present embodiment.
- the final thin film is formed such that the thickness of the final thin film is larger than the thickness of the intermediate thin film.
- the intermediate thin film is expanded by converting silicon or silicon imperfect oxide Si ⁇ (x ⁇ 2) constituting the intermediate thin film into silicon oxide (SiO 2), and the thickness of the final thin film becomes medium.
- This expansion coefficient depends on the flow rate of the oxygen gas introduced into the film formation process zone 20.
- the flow rate of the oxygen gas introduced into the film forming process zone 20 in the intermediate thin film forming step in the film forming process zone 20 is reduced to reduce the value of the stoichiometric coefficient X of the incomplete silicon oxide.
- the rate of increase of the film thickness increases.
- the stoichiometric coefficient X of the incomplete silicon oxide constituting the intermediate thin film is determined by adjusting the flow rate of the oxygen gas introduced into the film forming process zone 20 in the intermediate thin film forming step. (If X is set to 0, the intermediate thin film is made of silicon), it is possible to determine the rate of increase in the thickness of the final thin film with respect to the intermediate thin film.
- the rotation speed of the substrate holder is controlled to By repeating the film formation step and the film composition conversion step while rotating the substrate holder 13 on which the substrate is mounted, the silicon or silicon incomplete oxide (SiO (x ⁇ 2)) in the film formation process zone 20 is removed.
- the formation on the substrate and the conversion of silicon or a silicon incomplete reactant to silicon oxide (Si ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ) in the reaction process zone 60 are repeated to obtain a desired film thickness and location.
- a thin film having desired optical characteristics can be formed.
- FIG. 4 is a graph of a niobium oxide derivative thin film showing the relationship between the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13 and the optical characteristics of the formed thin film.
- the refractive index and the attenuation coefficient are selected, and the horizontal axis indicates the substrate holder rotation speed (rpm), and the vertical axis indicates the refractive index and the attenuation coefficient.
- the refractive index of the formed thin film can be controlled up to 3.5-2.35 as the rotation speed of the substrate holder 13 increases, damping coefficient, 6. 5 X 10- 2 - 5. can be controlled to 0 X 10- 5.
- the rotation speed (rpm) of the substrate holder 13 is determined based on FIG. 4 so that a thin film having desired refractive index and attenuation coefficient is formed.
- Substrate temperature room temperature
- Substrate temperature room temperature
- the force using silicon and niobium as the material of the target is not limited to the above.
- the materials of the targets 29a and 29b can be variously changed.
- Al (A1), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), tin (Sn), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta), tellurium (Te), iron (Fe), magnesium ( Metals such as Mg), hafnium (Hf), nickel chromium (Ni_Cr), and indium tin (In_Sn) can be used.
- compounds of these metals for example, Al ⁇ , TiO, ZrO, TaO, HfO, etc. are used.
- conductive film such as ITO
- magnetic film such as Fe 2 O
- carbide such as TiN, CrN, TiC
- the reactive gas is introduced into the film forming process zone 20 and the reaction process zone 60 from the same reactive gas cylinder 79. It is also possible to connect different gas cylinders to the film forming process zone 20 and the reaction process zone 60, which are not limited to the force S, and to introduce different gases having the same element.
- nitriding gas such as nitrogen
- carbonizing gas such as methane, fluorine and fluorine
- an inductively coupled plasma source having electrodes provided outside or inside a reactive gas plasma generation chamber is used as the reactive gas plasma section.
- an inductively coupled plasma source see (1) below
- a capacitively coupled plasma source see below (2)
- an inductively coupled plasma source with coil electrodes arranged in a reactive gas plasma generation chamber are explained below. It is also possible to use a capacitively-coupled mixed type plasma source ((3) below).
- FIG. 5 A spiral gas (mosquito coil) spiral electrode 91 is arranged on the atmosphere side of a reactive gas plasma generating chamber 63 made of a dielectric material such as a disk-shaped quartz glass.
- An inductively coupled plasma generation source that generates plasma by applying high frequency power of about 50 MHz to the spiral electrode 91.
- FIG. 5B is a schematic explanatory view of a plane of the spiral electrode 91.
- Plasma source shown in FIG. 6 A plate-like electrode 93 is arranged inside a reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63, and a high-frequency power of about 50 MHz is applied to the plate-like electrode 93 to generate a plasma.
- a capacitively-coupled plasma generation source that generates phenomena.
- Plasma source shown in FIG. 7 A coil-shaped electrode 95 or a spiral electrode is arranged inside the reactive gas plasma generation chamber 63, and high frequency power of about 50 MHz is applied to these electrodes.
- a plasma source that generates plasma in which inductively coupled plasma and capacitively coupled plasma coexist. Etc. can be used.
- a helicon wave plasma source can be used to increase the generation efficiency of active species in the plasma.
- the force using a so-called carousel type sputtering device is not limited to this.
- the substrate holder can be transported repeatedly between the film forming process zone and the reaction process zone, and the sputtering speed can be controlled. Should be fine.
- a sputtering apparatus in which the substrate holder repeatedly moves in parallel may be used.
- the processing in the intermediate thin film forming step and the processing in the film composition conversion step are the same as the method of manufacturing a thin film using the sputtering apparatus 1 described in the above embodiment, and the transport speed of the substrate holder is adjusted.
- the optical characteristics of the formed thin film can be determined.
- the thickness of the thin film to be formed is adjusted by adjusting the rotation speed of the substrate holder that transports the substrate between the film forming process zone and the reaction process zone.
- the optical characteristics can be adjusted.
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