Patent ID: 8282848
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H01J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A plasma processing method for processing a sample located on a sample stage disposed inside a processing room arranged in a vacuum chamber using a plasma, wherein the sample stage comprises: a film which is composed of an insulative material, the film constituting a surface on which said sample is located; a disk-shaped member which is made of a heat conductive material, wherein a lower portion of the film is disposed on an upper surface of the disk-shaped member; a plurality of heaters disposed inside said film which are arranged in a first region which is ring-shaped and disposed in an outer peripheral side of said film and in a second region which is disposed in a central side of the first region next thereto; a plurality of coolant channels which are arranged in said disk-shaped member and in which a coolant for cooling said disk-shaped member flows; a plurality of temperature sensors which are respectively disposed at a lower portion of each of the first and second regions between said upper surface of said disk-shaped member and said coolant channels, the plurality of temperature sensors configured to detect temperatures of lower portions of said disk-shaped member corresponding to the respective first and second regions; and a plurality of power sources each of which outputs and adjusts an electric power to each of the heaters disposed in the first and second regions, and the processing method comprising steps of: (i) positioning the sample onto the upper surface of the sample stage; (ii) generating a plasma inside the processing room; and (iii) adjusting at least one output from one of said power sources by using a result obtained by estimating a temperature of the upper surface of the disk-shaped member while processing the sample, wherein step (iii) includes substeps of: