Patent Publication Number: US-10790117-B2

Title: Ion implantation apparatus and measurement device

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     Priority is claimed to Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-057573, filed Mar. 26, 2018, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Technical Field 
     Certain embodiments of the invention relate to an ion implantation apparatus and a measurement device. 
     Description of Related Art 
     In semiconductor manufacturing processes, a process for implanting ions into a semiconductor wafer (also referred to as an ion implantation process) is generally conducted for a change in semiconductor conductivity, a change in the crystal structure of a semiconductor, and the like. It is known that the manner of interaction between an ion beam and a wafer varies with the angle of the ion beam with which the wafer is irradiated and this variation affects ion implantation processing results. The angular distribution of the ion beam is measured before ion implantation. For example, the current value of the beam that has passed through a slit is measured at a plurality of electrodes lining up in the width direction of the slit, and then the angular distribution in the slit width direction can be obtained (see, for example, the related art). 
     SUMMARY 
     According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an ion implantation apparatus including a beamline device configured to transport an ion beam with which a wafer is irradiated, a first angle measuring instrument configured to measure angle information on the ion beam in a first direction perpendicular to a beam traveling direction, a second angle measuring instrument configured to measure angle information on the ion beam in a second direction perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and crossing the first direction, a relative movement mechanism configured to change relative positions of the first angle measuring instrument and the second angle measuring instrument with respect to the ion beam in a predetermined relative movement direction perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and not perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, and a control device configured to calculate angle information on the ion beam in a third direction perpendicular to both the beam traveling direction and the relative movement direction based on the angle information on the ion beam in the first direction measured by the first angle measuring instrument while changing the relative position of the first angle measuring instrument with respect to the ion beam and the angle information on the ion beam in the second direction measured by the second angle measuring instrument while changing the relative position of the second angle measuring instrument with respect to the ion beam. 
     According to another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a measurement device configured to measure angle information on an ion beam, including a first angle measuring instrument configured to measure angle information on the ion beam in a first direction perpendicular to a beam traveling direction, a second angle measuring instrument configured to measure angle information on the ion beam in a second direction perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and crossing the first direction, and a control unit configured to calculate angle information on the ion beam in a third direction perpendicular to both the beam traveling direction and a predetermined relative movement direction based on the angle information on the ion beam in the first direction measured by the first angle measuring instrument while changing a relative position of the first angle measuring instrument with respect to the ion beam in the predetermined relative movement direction and the angle information on the ion beam in the second direction measured by the second angle measuring instrument while changing a relative position of the second angle measuring instrument with respect to the ion beam in the predetermined relative movement direction, wherein the predetermined relative movement direction is perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and not perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a top view schematically illustrating an ion implantation apparatus according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a side view illustrating a configuration of a substrate transporting/processing unit in detail. 
         FIG. 3  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of a beam measurement mechanism. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a first angle measuring instrument. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram schematically illustrating a two-dimensional angular distribution of an ion beam and one-dimensional angular distributions measured or calculated with respect to different directions. 
         FIG. 6  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of a beam measurement mechanism according to a modification example. 
         FIG. 7  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of a beam measurement mechanism according to another modification example. 
         FIG. 8  is a side view illustrating a configuration of a substrate transporting/processing unit according to another embodiment in detail. 
         FIGS. 9A and 9B  are plan views illustrating configurations of a mask plate and a charge detection unit. 
         FIG. 10  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of a beam measurement mechanism according to another modification example. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In order to appropriately grasp ion beam angle information, it is preferable to obtain not only the angular distribution at a specific position within the beam cross section but also the angular distribution over the entire of the beam. However, the overall beam angular distribution measurement takes time as angle measurements need to be performed at a plurality of positions within the beam cross section while the slit is moved in a beam-crossing direction. In order to obtain two-dimensional angle information, for example, angle information measurement needs to be performed during a slit movement in each of horizontal and vertical directions, which takes more measurement time. For improvement of throughput in semiconductor manufacturing process, it is preferable that the angular distribution of the beam can be acquired within a shorter time. 
     It is desirable to provide a technique for quickly acquiring two-dimensional ion beam angle information. 
     It is to be noted that any combination of the above constituent elements and mutual substitutions of constituent elements and expressions of the embodiments of the invention among methods, apparatuses, systems, and so on are also effective as aspects of the embodiments of the invention. 
     With the present invention, two-dimensional ion beam angle information can be quickly acquired. 
     Hereinafter, modes for carrying out embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted as appropriate. In addition, the following configuration is an example, and does not limit the scope of the embodiments of the invention. 
       FIG. 1  is a top view schematically illustrating an ion implantation apparatus  100  according to an embodiment of the invention. The ion implantation apparatus  100  is a so-called high energy ion implantation apparatus. The high energy ion implantation apparatus is an ion implantation apparatus that has a radio frequency linear acceleration-type ion acceleration unit and a beamline for high energy ion transport, accelerates ions generated at an ion source  10 , transports a resultant ion beam B along the beamline to an object to be processed (such as a substrate or a wafer W), and implants the ions into the object to be processed. 
     The high energy ion implantation apparatus  100  is provided with an ion beam generation unit  12  generating ions and performing mass analysis, a high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  accelerating an ion beam into a high energy ion beam, a beam deflection unit  16  performing energy analysis, trajectory correction, and energy dispersion control of the high energy ion beam, a beam transport line unit  18  transporting the analyzed high energy ion beam to the wafer W, and a substrate transporting/processing unit  20  implanting the transported high energy ion beam into a semiconductor wafer. 
     The ion beam generation unit  12  has the ion source  10 , a extraction electrode  11 , and a mass analyzer  22 . In the ion beam generation unit  12 , a beam is extracted from the ion source  10  through the extraction electrode  11  and accelerated simultaneously, and the extracted and accelerated beam is mass-analyzed by the mass analyzer  22 . The mass analyzer  22  has a mass analyzing magnet  22   a  and a mass analyzing slit  22   b . Although the mass analyzing slit  22   b  may be disposed immediately downstream of the mass analyzing magnet  22   a , the mass analyzing slit  22   b  in the example is disposed in the entrance portion of the high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14 , which is the following configuration. As a result of the mass analysis by the mass analyzer  22 , only the ion species that is necessary for implantation is selected, and the ion beam of the selected ion species is led to the following high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14 . 
     The high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  is provided with a plurality of linear accelerators, that is, accelerating gaps which are disposed upstream and downstream of one or more radio frequency resonators and accelerate the ion beam. The high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  is capable of accelerating ions by the action of a radio frequency (RF) electric field. The high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  is provided with a first linear acceleration unit  15   a  that is provided with a standard multistage of radio frequency resonators for high energy ion implantation. In addition, the high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  may be provided with a second linear acceleration unit  15   b  that is provided with an additional multistage of radio frequency resonators for ultrahigh energy ion implantation. The direction of the ion beam further accelerated by the high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  is changed by the beam deflection unit  16 . 
     The high energy ion beam exiting from the radio frequency-type high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  accelerating an ion beam to high energy has a certain range of energy distribution. Accordingly, for beam scanning and beam parallelization to be performed on the high energy ion beam in downstream of the high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  and for beam irradiation to a wafer, high accuracy energy analysis, trajectory correction, and beam convergence and divergence adjustment need to be performed in advance. 
     The beam deflection unit  16  performs energy analysis, trajectory correction, and energy dispersion control of the high energy ion beam. The beam deflection unit  16  is provided with at least two high accuracy deflecting electromagnets, at least one energy width limiting slit, at least one energy analysis slit, and at least one horizontally focusing instrument. The deflecting electromagnets are configured to perform energy analysis, precise ion implantation angle correction, and energy dispersion suppression of the high energy ion beam. 
     The beam deflection unit  16  has an energy analyzing electromagnet  24 , a horizontally focusing quadrupole lens  26  suppressing energy dispersion, an energy analysis slit  28 , and a deflecting electromagnet  30  providing beam steering (trajectory correction). The energy analyzing electromagnet  24  is sometimes called an energy filter electromagnet (EFM). The high energy ion beam heads towards the wafer W after the direction of the high energy ion beam is changed by the beam deflection unit  16 . 
     The beam transport line unit  18  is a beamline device transporting the ion beam B exiting from the beam deflection unit  16 , and has a beam shaper  32  configured with focusing/defocusing lens groups, a beam scanner  34 , a beam parallelizing unit  36 , and a final energy filter  38  (including a final energy separating slit). The length of the beam transport line unit  18  is designed in accordance with the total length of the ion beam generation unit  12  and the high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14 . The implanter  100  forms a layout that has a U shape as a whole by connecting the beam transport line unit  18  and the high energy multistage linear acceleration unit  14  with to the beam deflection unit  16 . 
     The substrate transporting/processing unit  20  is provided at the downstream terminal end of the beam transport line unit  18 . The substrate transporting/processing unit  20  is provided with a platen drive device  40  holding the wafer W during ion implantation and moving the wafer W in a direction perpendicular to the beam scanning direction. In addition, the substrate transporting/processing unit  20  is provided with a measurement device  50  for measuring the beam current and the angular distribution of the ion beam B. The measurement device  50  is provided with a beam measurement mechanism  54  including a first angle measuring instrument  51  and a second angle measuring instrument  52 , a moving mechanism  56 , and a control unit  58 . The beam measurement mechanism  54  is configured to be, for example, movable in the direction that is indicated by an arrow X and insertable into an “implantation position” where the wafer W is disposed during ion implantation and measures the angular distribution of the ion beam at the implantation position. Details of the measurement device  50  will be described later. 
     The beamline portion of the ion implantation apparatus  100  is configured as a horizontal and U-shaped folded beamline that has two long linear portions facing each other. A plurality of units accelerating the ion beam B generated by the ion beam generation unit  12  constitute the upstream long linear portion. A plurality of units adjusting the ion beam B changed in direction with respect to the upstream long linear portion and implanting the ion beam B into the wafer W constitute the downstream long linear portion. The two long linear portions are configured to have substantially the same length. Provided between the two long linear portions is a workspace R 1 , which has a sufficient area for maintenance work. 
       FIG. 2  is a side view illustrating a configuration of the substrate transporting/processing unit  20  in detail and illustrating a configuration on the downstream side of the final energy filter  38 . The ion beam B is deflected downwards by angular energy filter (AEF) electrodes  64  of the final energy filter  38 , and the ion beam B is incident into the substrate transporting/processing unit  20 . The substrate transporting/processing unit  20  includes an implantation process chamber  60  in which an ion implantation process is executed and a substrate transport unit  62  provided with a transport mechanism for transporting the wafer W. The implantation process chamber  60  and the substrate transport unit  62  are connected to each other via a substrate transport port  61 . 
     The implantation process chamber  60  is provided with the platen drive device  40  holding the at least one wafer W. The platen drive device  40  includes a wafer holding device  42 , a reciprocating mechanism  44 , a twist angle adjustment mechanism  46 , and a tilt angle adjustment mechanism  48 . The wafer holding device  42  includes, for example, an electrostatic chuck for holding the wafer W. By causing the wafer holding device  42  to reciprocate in a reciprocating direction (the y direction) perpendicular to the beam scanning direction (the x direction), the reciprocating mechanism  44  causes the wafer W held by the wafer holding device  42  to reciprocate in the y direction. The arrow Y 1  in  FIG. 2  exemplifies the reciprocating motion of the wafer W. 
     The twist angle adjustment mechanism  46  is a mechanism adjusting the rotational angle of the wafer W. By rotating the wafer W about a normal line on a wafer processing surface, the twist angle adjustment mechanism  46  adjusts the twist angle between a reference position and an alignment mark provided in an outer peripheral portion of the wafer. Here, the alignment mark of the wafer means a notch or an orientation flat provided in the outer peripheral portion of the wafer and a mark serving as a reference of an angular position in a crystal axial direction of the wafer or a circumferential direction of the wafer. The twist angle adjustment mechanism  46  is provided between the wafer holding device  42  and the reciprocating mechanism  44  and is caused to reciprocate with the wafer holding device  42 . 
     The tilt angle adjustment mechanism  48  is a mechanism adjusting the tilt of the wafer W and adjusts the tilt angle between the traveling direction (the z direction) of the ion beam B directed to the wafer processing surface and the normal line on the wafer processing surface. In the present embodiment, an angle having an axis in the x direction as the central axis of rotation among the inclination angles of the wafer W is adjusted as the tilt angle. The tilt angle adjustment mechanism  48  is provided between the reciprocating mechanism  44  and the inner wall of the implantation process chamber  60 . The tilt angle adjustment mechanism  48  is configured to adjust the tilt angle of the wafer W by rotating the entire platen drive device  40  including the reciprocating mechanism  44  in an R direction. 
     In the implantation process chamber  60 , an energy slit  66 , a plasma shower device  68 , and a beam damper  63  are provided from the upstream side toward the downstream side along the trajectory of the ion beam B. The implantation process chamber  60  is provided with the beam measurement mechanism  54  that can be inserted into the implantation position where the wafer W is disposed during ion implantation. In the drawing, the position of the beam measurement mechanism  54  that is inserted in the implantation position is indicated by a dashed line. 
     The energy slit  66  is provided on the downstream side of the AEF electrodes  64  and performs energy analysis, with the AEF electrodes  64 , on the ion beam B incident into the wafer W. The energy slit  66  is an energy defining slit (EDS), and a slit that is horizontally elongated in the beam scanning direction (the x direction) constitutes the energy slit  66 . The energy slit  66  allows the ion beam B having a desired energy value or energy range to pass toward the wafer W and shields other ion beams. 
     The plasma shower device  68  is positioned on the downstream side of the energy slit  66 . The plasma shower device  68  supplies low energy electrons to the ion beam and the wafer processing surface in accordance with the beam current of the ion beam B and suppresses the charge-up due to the positive charge on the wafer processing surface that results from ion implantation. The plasma shower device  68  includes, for example, a shower tube through which the ion beam B passes and a plasma generating device supplying electrons into the shower tube. 
     The beam damper  63  is provided on the most downstream side of the beam trajectory. For example, the beam damper  63  is attached below the substrate transport port  61 . Accordingly, in a case where the wafer W or the beam measurement mechanism  54  is not present on the beam trajectory, the ion beam B is incident into the beam damper  63 . The beam damper  63  may be provided with a beam measurement device different from the beam measurement mechanism  54  described above. 
     The beam measurement mechanism  54  measures the beam current of the ion beam B and the angle information on the ion beam B on the surface of the wafer W (wafer processing surface). The beam measurement mechanism  54  is movable, is retracted from the implantation position during ion implantation, and is inserted into the implantation position when the wafer W is not at the implantation position. The beam measurement mechanism  54  is configured to be, for example, movable in the x direction by the moving mechanism  56  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 3  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of the beam measurement mechanism  54 . Illustrated in  FIG. 3  is the disposition configuration of the first angle measuring instrument  51  and the second angle measuring instrument  52  as viewed in the beam traveling direction (the z direction). The first angle measuring instrument  51  is configured to measure angle information in a first direction (such as the direction that is indicated by an arrow A 1 ), and the second angle measuring instrument  52  is configured to measure angle information in a second direction (such as the direction that is indicated by an arrow A 2 ). Here, the “first direction” is one of directions perpendicular to the beam traveling direction (the z direction). In the illustrated example, the “first direction” is the scanning direction of the ion beam B (the x direction). The “second direction” is one of directions perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and crossing the first direction. In the illustrated example, the “second direction” diagonally crosses the first direction at an angle θ. The “second direction” is set to be different from a third direction (such as the y direction) perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and a predetermined relative movement direction. Here, the predetermined relative movement direction is a direction in which the relative position of the beam measurement mechanism  54  changes with respect to the ion beam B, and details of the predetermined relative movement direction will be described later. In the illustrated example, the angle θ between the first direction and the second direction is 45°. 
     The first angle measuring instrument  51  has a first slit  70  having a slit width direction coinciding with the first direction and a first charge detection unit  74  for measuring the angular distribution in the first direction of a beam component passing through the first slit  70  (see  FIG. 4 ). The first slit  70  continuously extends in the y direction from a first end portion  71  to a second end portion  72  and measures the ion beam B incident into a measurement range C covering from the first end portion  71  to the second end portion  72 . The y-direction length of the measurement range C is, for example, set to exceed the y-direction beam size of the ion beam B and set such that the entire y-direction beam width of the ion beam B is a measurement target. 
       FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating the internal configuration of the first angle measuring instrument  51  and corresponds to the cross section at the D-D line of  FIG. 3 . The first angle measuring instrument  51  has the first charge detection unit  74  provided at a position away from the first slit  70  in the beam traveling direction (the z direction). The first charge detection unit  74  includes a plurality of first electrodes  76  disposed side by side in the slit width direction of the first slit  70  (that is, the first direction or the x direction). For example, the plurality of first electrodes  76  are configured such that a pitch p of the adjacent electrodes is equal to a slit width w of the first slit  70 . The first angle measuring instrument  51  measures an angle δ of the incident ion beam B based on the beam current that is detected by each of the plurality of first electrodes  76 . The angular resolution of the first angle measuring instrument  51  is configured to be, for example, 1° or less. Preferably, the angular resolution is configured to be 0.5° or less. More preferably, the angular resolution is configured to be approximately 0.1°. 
     Returning to  FIG. 3 , a plurality of angle measurement units  52   a ,  52   b , and  52   c  constitute the second angle measuring instrument  52 . The plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  have second slits  80   a ,  80   b , and  80   c  (collectively referred to as second slits  80 ), respectively. The slit width directions of the second slits  80  coincide with the second direction. The plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  also have second charge detection units (not illustrated) for measuring the angular distributions in the second direction of beam components passing through the second slits  80   a  to  80   c , respectively. Each of the plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  is similar in configuration to the first angle measuring instrument  51  illustrated in  FIG. 4 . The second charge detection unit of each of the angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  is provided at a position away from the second slits  80  in the beam traveling direction (the z direction) and includes a plurality of second electrodes disposed side by side in the slit width direction of the second slits  80  (that is, the second direction). The angular resolution of each of the angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  is configured to be, for example, 1° or less. Preferably, the angular resolution is configured to be 0.5° or less. More preferably, the angular resolution is configured to be approximately 0.1°. 
     The plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  are disposed side by side in the third direction (such as the y direction). The plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  respectively have measurement ranges C 1  to C 3  disposed so as to continuously line up in the y direction, and the plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  are disposed such that the measurement ranges C 1  to C 3  do not overlap each other in the y direction. As a result, the second angle measuring instrument  52  realizes angle measurement equivalent to that of an angle measuring instrument having a single slit continuous in the y direction over the entire measurement range C. By using the second angle measuring instrument  52  having the second slits  80  extending in an oblique direction and divided into a plurality of parts, the x-direction size that is occupied by the second angle measuring instrument  52  can be smaller than in a case where a single and continuously extending second slit is provided and the beam measurement mechanism  54  can be reduced in size. 
     In the illustrated configuration, the second angle measuring instrument  52  is divided into the three angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c . The second angle measuring instrument  52  includes the upper angle measurement unit  52   a , the middle angle measurement unit  52   b , and the lower angle measurement unit  52   c  sequentially arranged in the y direction. A first end portion  81   a  of the second slit  80   a  of the upper angle measurement unit  52   a  coincides in y-direction position with the first end portion  71  of the first slit  70 . A second end portion  82   a  of the second slit  80   a  of the upper angle measurement unit  52   a  coincides in y-direction position with a first end portion  81   b  of the second slit  80   b  of the middle angle measurement unit  52   b . Likewise, a second end portion  82   b  of the second slit  80   b  of the middle angle measurement unit  52   b  coincides in y-direction position with a first end portion  81   c  of the second slit  80   c  of the lower angle measurement unit  52   c . A second end portion  82   c  of the second slit  80   c  of the lower angle measurement unit  52   c  coincides in y-direction position with the second end portion  72  of the first slit  70 . Based on such disposition relationship, the measurement ranges C of the first angle measuring instrument  51  and the second angle measuring instrument  52  are capable of coinciding with each other and the measurement ranges C 1  to C 3  of the plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  are capable of being continuous without overlapping in the y direction. Although the x-direction positions of the second slits  80   a  to  80   c  of the plurality of angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   c  of the second angle measuring instrument  52  coincide with each other in  FIG. 3 , the positions of the second slits  80   a  to  80   c  may deviate from each other in the x direction in another embodiment. 
     The second angle measuring instrument  52  does not necessarily have to be divided into three. The second angle measuring instrument  52  may be divided into two or four or more as well (for example,  FIG. 6  to be described later). In addition, the second angle measuring instrument  52  may not be divided, and the second angle measuring instrument  52  may be used that has the single second slits  80  which extends continuously over the entire measurement range C (for example,  FIG. 7  to be described later). Further, a plurality of angle measurement units divided in the y direction may constitute the first angle measuring instrument  51 . 
     The beam measurement mechanism  54  measures the angle information of the beam while changing the relative position of the beam measurement mechanism  54  with respect to the ion beam B in the predetermined relative movement direction. As a result, the beam measurement mechanism  54  measures the ion beam B over the entire range in the predetermined relative movement direction. The relative movement direction of the beam measurement mechanism  54  is a direction not perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction described above. For example, the relative movement direction of the beam measurement mechanism  54  coincides with the above-described first direction (such as the x direction). Accordingly, it can be said that the relative movement direction of the beam measurement mechanism  54  is a direction not coinciding with the directions in which the first slit  70  and the second slits  80  extend. 
     The relative movement of the beam measurement mechanism  54  with respect to the ion beam B can be realized by a plurality of methods. For example, the beam measurement mechanism  54  may be moved in the predetermined relative movement direction with the ion beam B stationary. In this case, the moving mechanism  56  in  FIG. 1  may be used as a relative movement mechanism and the position of the beam measurement mechanism  54  may be moved in the first direction. Alternatively, the ion beam B may be deflected in the predetermined relative movement direction with the beam measurement mechanism  54  stationary. In this case, a beam deflection device such as the beam scanner  34  in  FIG. 1  may be used as a relative movement mechanism for scanning with the ion beam B in the first direction. Alternatively, the relative movement of the beam measurement mechanism  54  with respect to the ion beam B may be realized by moving the beam measurement mechanism  54  in the x direction while scanning with the ion beam B in the x direction. 
     The first angle measuring instrument  51  measures the angular distribution in the first direction of the ion beam B while relatively moving in the first direction (such as the x direction) with respect to the ion beam B. The first angle measuring instrument  51  measures the first-direction angular distribution over the entire beam widths of the ion beam B in both the x direction and the y direction by relatively moving over a range exceeding the first-direction beam width of the ion beam B. Likewise, the second angle measuring instrument  52  measures the angular distribution in the second direction of the ion beam B while relatively moving in the first direction (such as the x direction) with respect to the ion beam B. The second angle measuring instrument  52  measures the second-direction angular distribution over the entire beam widths of the ion beam B in both the x direction and the y direction by relatively moving over a range exceeding the distance that is obtained by adding the x-direction range of the second slits  80  to the first-direction beam width of the ion beam B. 
     Based on the first-direction angle information measured by the first angle measuring instrument  51  and the second-direction angle information measured by the second angle measuring instrument  52 , the control unit  58  calculates angle information in the third direction (such as the y direction) perpendicular to both the beam traveling direction and the relative movement direction. For example, the control unit  58  calculates the angular distribution in the third direction of the ion beam B by using the first-direction angular distribution and the second-direction angular distribution of the ion beam B. The control unit  58  may calculate the two-dimensional angular distribution of the ion beam B. For example, the control unit  58  may calculate two-dimensional angular distributions in the x direction and the y direction. How the control unit  58  calculates the angular distribution will be described below. 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram schematically illustrating a two-dimensional angular distribution  90  of the ion beam B and measured or calculated one-dimensional angular distributions  91 ,  92 , and  93 . As schematically illustrated in the middle of  FIG. 5 , the ion beam B may have the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  that spreads in the x and y directions. In  FIG. 5 , x′ represents an x-direction angular component and y′ represents a y-direction angular component. Typically, the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  of the ion beam B is a two-dimensional normal distribution (Gaussian distribution), and the distribution shape of the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  can be specified by the magnitudes of standard deviations a in the x direction and the y direction. The magnitudes of standard deviations σx′ and σy′ in the x and y directions correspond to the x-direction and y-direction axial lengths of a circular or elliptical contour of the two-dimensional angular distribution  90 , respectively. For example, a contour E corresponding to the standard deviations of the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  can be expressed as (x′/σx′) 2 +(y′/σy′) 2 =1 on the two-dimensional coordinates of x′ and y′. In the present embodiment, the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  is not directly measured but calculated from the first-direction (x-direction) angular distribution  91  and the second-direction (t-direction) angular distribution  92  by assuming a two-dimensional normal distribution. 
     The x-direction angular distribution  91  illustrated on the lower side of  FIG. 5  is obtained by integrating the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  in the y direction and projecting on the x axis. The x-direction angular distribution  91  illustrated on the lower side of  FIG. 5  corresponds to the first-direction angular distribution that can be measured by the first angle measuring instrument  51 . The x-direction angular distribution  91  includes no y-direction angle information and includes the x-direction angle information of the two-dimensional angular distribution  90 . Accordingly, it is possible to calculate the x-direction angle information (such as the x-direction standard deviation σx′) in the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  based on the x-direction angular distribution  91 . For example, it is possible to obtain a parameter relating to the x-direction angular distribution (such as the x-direction standard deviation σx′) by fitting the measured value of the first-direction angular distribution measured by the first angle measuring instrument  51  to the normal distribution. 
     The angular distribution  92  illustrated on the upper right side of  FIG. 5  is an angular distribution in the second direction (t direction) diagonally crossing the x direction at the angle θ. The angular distribution  92  results from projection of the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  on the t axis. The t-direction angular distribution  92  corresponds to the second-direction angular distribution that can be measured by the second angle measuring instrument  52 . The t-direction angle information (such as a t-direction standard deviation σt′) in the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  can be calculated from the t-direction angular distribution  92 . For example, it is possible to obtain a parameter relating to the t-direction angular distribution (such as the t-direction standard deviation σt′) by fitting the measured value of the second-direction angular distribution measured by the second angle measuring instrument  52  to the normal distribution. 
     It is possible to calculate or estimate the y-direction angle information by using the x-direction and t-direction angle information calculated as described above. The t-direction angle information corresponds to a vectorial combination of the x-direction and y-direction angle information. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the y-direction angle information by excluding the x-direction angle information from the t-direction angle information. For example, the y-direction standard deviation σy′ of the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  can be estimated based on the x-direction standard deviation σx′ and the t-direction standard deviation σt′. For example, assuming that the x-direction and y-direction angular components are independent of each other, the following Equation (1) is satisfied regarding the x-direction standard deviation σx′, the y-direction standard deviation σy′, and the t-direction standard deviation σt′.
 
σ t′   2 =σ x′   2  cos 2  θ+σ y′   2  sin 2  θ  (1)
 
     It is possible to derive the above Equation (1) by, for example, interpreting the traveling directions of individual ions constituting the ion beam B as vectors and obtaining the t-direction angular component of the ions by vector operation on the assumption that the x-direction and y-direction angular components are independent of each other. 
     Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the unknown y-direction standard deviation σy′ corresponding to the known standard deviations σx′ and σt′ by using the following Equation (2). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     By using Equation (2), it is possible to obtain the y-direction angular distribution  93  illustrated on the left side of  FIG. 5 . It is also possible to obtain the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  illustrated in the middle of  FIG. 5 . 
     Specific methods for calculating the y-direction angular distribution  93  or the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  from the x-direction and t-direction angular distributions  91  and  92  are not limited to the above, and other methods can be used as well. For example, the y-direction angular distribution  93  may be calculated by executing optimization calculation such that the distribution shapes of the x-direction, t-direction, and y-direction angular distributions  91  to  93  mutually match on the assumption that the x-direction and y-direction angular components are independent of each other. In this case, the y-direction angular distribution  93  may be calculated based on a condition different from the constraint condition that the two-dimensional angular distribution  90  is a two-dimensional normal distribution. For example, a vector function indicating the correlation between the t-direction angular distribution  92  and the y-direction angular distribution  93  may be obtained in advance and the y-direction angular distribution  93  may be calculated by using the vector function. 
     Although the angle θ between the x direction and the t direction is any angle in a case where the y-direction angular distribution is calculated based on the x-direction and t-direction angular distributions, the calculation accuracy of y-direction angular distribution can be enhanced as the angle θ increases (becomes closer to 90°). Specifically, the angle θ between the x direction and the t direction is preferably 30° or more and more preferably 45° or more or 60° or more. When the angle θ becomes too close to 90°, the second angle measuring instrument  52  becomes very long in the x direction and the ion beam B cannot be measured with ease over the entire y-direction beam width by means of the second angle measuring instrument  52 . Accordingly, the angle θ is preferably 85° or less and more preferably 80° or less or 75° or less. 
     According to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain the angle information in both the x direction and the y direction of the ion beam B simply by relatively moving the beam measurement mechanism  54  in one direction with respect to the ion beam B. In general, a slit needs to be relatively moved over the entire beam width in the width direction of the slit in a case where the entire angular distribution of the ion beam B having a predetermined beam width is measured. For two-dimensional angle information to be obtained, an x-direction angle measuring instrument should be relatively moved in the x direction and a y-direction angle measuring instrument should be relatively moved in they direction, and thus relative movements are required in two directions perpendicular to each other. According to the present embodiment, however, both the x-direction and t-direction angle measuring instruments are capable of measuring the entire beam width simply by relatively moving in the x direction by the use of the angle measuring instrument in the t direction diagonally crossing the x direction. Further, it is possible to calculate the y-direction angle information, which is not directly measured, from the measured two-directional angle information. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to shorten the measurement time required to acquire the angle information in the two directions perpendicular to each other and to acquire the two-dimensional angle information quickly. Further, a relative movement can be realized by means of the x-direction scanning with the ion beam B that is performed by the beam scanner  34 , and thus the time required for the relative movement can be extremely short (for example, one second or less or down to approximately several milliseconds). 
       FIG. 6  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of the beam measurement mechanism  54  according to a modification example. In this modification example, the angle θ between the first direction (an A 1  direction) and the second direction (an A 2  direction) is 60°, and the second angle measuring instrument  52  is divided into four angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   d . The four angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   d  respectively have measurement ranges C 1  to C 4  disposed so as to continuously line up in the y direction, and the four angle measurement units  52   a  to  52   d  are disposed such that the measurement ranges C 1  to C 4  do not overlap each other in the y direction. According to the present modification example, the y-direction angle information can be calculated with higher accuracy than in the above embodiment. 
       FIG. 7  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of the beam measurement mechanism  54  according to another modification example. In the present modification example, the second angle measuring instrument  52  is not divided into a plurality of angle measurement units, and the second slit  80  of the second angle measuring instrument  52  is configured to continuously extend over the entire measurement range C of the first angle measuring instrument  51 . More specifically, a first end portion  81  of the second slit  80  coincides in y-direction position with the first end portion  71  of the first slit  70 , and a second end portion  82  of the second slit  80  coincides in y-direction position with the second end portion  72  of the first slit  70 . In the present modification example, the same action and effect as in the above embodiment can be realized although the beam measurement mechanism  54  has a large size in the x direction. 
     In the modification example illustrated in  FIG. 7 , an additional beam measurement unit  53  may be disposed in a region where the first angle measuring instrument  51  and the second angle measuring instrument  52  are not provided. The additional beam measurement unit  53  may be, for example, a Faraday cup for measuring the beam current of the ion beam B or a profiler for measuring the beam profile of the ion beam B. By providing the beam measurement mechanism  54  with the additional beam measurement unit  53  for an application other than the angle measurement, another characteristics of the ion beam B can be measured simultaneously with the angle information measurement. 
       FIG. 8  is a side view illustrating a configuration of the substrate transporting/processing unit  20  according to another embodiment in detail. This embodiment is different from the above embodiment in that a mask plate  152  and a charge detection unit  154  are provided in place of the beam measurement mechanism  54  according to the above embodiment. 
     A measurement device  150  is provided with the mask plate  152 , the charge detection unit  154 , a moving mechanism  156 , and a control unit  158 . The mask plate  152  has a first slit having a slit width direction coinciding with the first direction and a second slit having a slit width direction coinciding with the second direction. The charge detection unit  154  has a first charge detection unit for measuring the first-direction angular distribution and a second charge detection unit for measuring the second-direction angular distribution. The first-direction angular distribution is measured by detecting a part of the beam that passes through the first slit of the mask plate  152  by the first charge detection unit of the charge detection unit  154 . The second-direction angular distribution is measured by detecting a part of the beam that passes through the second slit of the mask plate  152  by the second charge detection unit of the charge detection unit  154 . Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the combination of the mask plate  152  and the charge detection unit  154  functions as the first and second angle measuring instruments. 
     The mask plate  152  is disposed upstream of the implantation position of the wafer W. For example, the mask plate  152  is disposed upstream of the energy slit  66 . The charge detection unit  154  is disposed downstream of the implantation position of the wafer W. For example, the charge detection unit  154  is provided at the beam damper position, which is in the most downstream side of the beam trajectory. The angular resolution of the measurement device  150  can be enhanced by increasing the distance from the mask plate  152  to the charge detection unit  154  in the beam traveling direction (the z direction). 
     The mask plate  152  is attached to the moving mechanism  156  and is configured to be movable in the y direction. The moving mechanism  156  is configured to move the mask plate  152  in the y direction. The mask plate  152  is inserted to the beam trajectory during measurement and is retracted from the beam trajectory during ion implantation. The moving mechanism  156  may be configured to move the mask plate  152  in the x direction and may realize a relative x-direction movement of the mask plate  152  with respect to the ion beam B during measurement. 
       FIGS. 9A and 9B  are plan views illustrating configurations of the mask plate  152  and the charge detection unit  154 . As illustrated in  FIG. 9A , the mask plate  152  has first slits  170   a ,  170   b , and  170   c  (collectively referred to as first slits  170 ) having a slit width direction coinciding with the first direction and second slits  180   a  and  180   b  (collectively referred to as second slits  180 ) having a slit width direction coinciding with the second direction. In the illustrated example, the first slits  170   a  to  170   c  are provided in three places (left, middle, and right) in the mask plate  152 , and the second slits  180   a  and  180   b  are provided in two places (left and right) in the mask plate  152 . The first slits  170  and the second slits  180  are provided so as to be continuous in the y direction over the predetermined measurement range C and are provided so as to coincide with each other in y-direction slit length. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 9B , the charge detection unit  154  has first charge detection units  174   a ,  174   b , and  174   c  measuring the first-direction angular distribution and second charge detection units  184   a  and  184   b  measuring the second-direction angular distribution. The first charge detection units  174   a  to  174   c  respectively have a plurality of first electrodes  176   a ,  176   b ,  176   c  disposed side by side in the first direction. The first charge detection units  174   a  to  174   c  are provided at positions facing the corresponding first slits  170   a  to  170   c  in the beam traveling direction (the z direction), respectively. The second charge detection units  184   a  and  184   b  respectively have a plurality of second electrodes  186   a  and  186   b  disposed side by side in the second direction. The second charge detection units  184   a  and  184   b  are provided at positions facing the corresponding second slits  180   a  and  180   b  in the beam traveling direction (the z direction), respectively. The charge detection unit  154  may be configured as a profiler capable of moving in the x direction. For example, the charge detection unit  154  may be configured to move in the x direction in synchronization with the x-direction movement of the mask plate  152  in a case where a relative x-direction movement of the mask plate  152  is realized by the moving mechanism  156 . 
     The control unit  158  calculates the angle information in the third direction of the ion beam B based on the angle information in the first direction of the beam measured by the first charge detection units  174   a  to  174   c  and the angle information in the second direction of the beam measured by the second charge detection units  184   a  and  184   b . The control unit  158  may calculate the two-dimensional angular distribution of the ion beam B as well. This embodiment can also realize action and effect similar to those in the above embodiment. 
     The invention has been described above based on the embodiment. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the above embodiment, various design changes are possible, various modification examples are possible, and such modification examples are also within the scope of the embodiments of the invention. 
     According to the embodiment described above, the first direction is the x direction, the second direction is a direction diagonally crossing the x direction, the third direction is the y direction, and the relative movement direction is the x direction. Specific directions set in other embodiments are not limited thereto. The present embodiment is characterized in that angle information in any first and second directions perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and not perpendicular to the relative movement direction of the beam measurement mechanism is used for calculation of the angle information in a direction perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and the relative movement direction of the beam measurement mechanism. 
     Accordingly, the first direction may not be the x direction. For example, the first direction may be a direction diagonally crossing the x direction. In this case, the second direction may also be a direction diagonally crossing the x direction and different from the first direction. Also, the third direction may not be the y direction, and the third direction may be any direction perpendicular to the beam traveling direction and different from the first and second directions. 
       FIG. 10  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of the beam measurement mechanism  54  according to another modification example. The present modification example is configured such that both the first direction A 1  in which the first angle measuring instrument  51  measures angle information and the second direction A 2  in which the second angle measuring instrument  52  measures angle information are oblique with respect to the x direction. In the illustrated example, an angle θ 1  of the first direction A 1  with respect to the x direction is 10° and an angle θ 2  of the second direction A 2  with respect to the x direction is 45°. By inclining both the first direction and the second direction at different angles with respect to the relative movement direction (the x direction) as illustrated in  FIG. 10 , it is possible to calculate angle information in each of the x direction and the y direction as in the embodiment described above. The value of the angle θ 1  of the first direction with respect to the relative movement direction and the value of the angle θ 2  of the second direction with respect to the relative movement direction may have any combination. For example, θ 1  and θ 2  can be selected from any of 10°, 15°, 25°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 80°. In addition, the absolute values of the first-direction angle θ 1  and the second-direction angle θ 2  may be different from each other or the inclination directions (rotation directions) of the two may be opposite to each other with the absolute values equal to each other. For example, any set may be selected from (+30°, −30°), (+45°, −45°), and (+60°, −60°) as the value combination (θ 1 , θ 2 ) of the first-direction angle θ 1  and the second-direction angle θ 2 . Also, the angle between the first direction A 1  and the second direction A 2  may or may not be 90°. 
     It should be understood that the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be modified into various forms on the basis of the spirit of the invention. Additionally, the modifications are included in the scope of the invention.