Patent ID: 9330930
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H01J,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A plasma etching method for etching a substrate corresponding to an etching object within an etching apparatus that includes a supply rate adjustment unit for adjusting a supply rate of etching gas supplied to the substrate, a temperature adjustment unit for adjusting a temperature of the substrate placed on a stage along a radial direction, and a plasma generating unit for generating plasma within a space between the supply rate adjustment unit and the stage, the plasma etching method comprising: a control step in which the temperature adjustment unit controls the temperature of the substrate to be uniform within a substrate plane of the substrate at a first temperature; and an adjustment step in which the supply rate adjustment unit adjusts a concentration distribution of active species contained in the plasma generated by the plasma generation unit within a space above the substrate, wherein the adjustment step adjusts the supply rate of the etching gas according to whether a supply region on the substrate to which the etching gas is supplied corresponds to a region where an effect of diffusion of the supplied etching gas is greater than an effect of flow of the supplied etching gas or a region where the effect of flow of the supplied etching gas is greater than the effect of diffusion of the supplied etching gas.