Plasma processing apparatus, electrode temperature adjustment device and electrode temperature adjustment method

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PATENT NO 8864932
APP PUB NO 20090044752A1
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12115115

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Before a substrate is processed in a plasma processing apparatus that inhibits an increase in the temperature of an upper electrode attributable to DC voltage application as well as an increase in the upper electrode temperature attributable to high-frequency power application, a heating medium target temperature to be achieved by a heating medium in order to adjust the upper electrode temperature to a predetermined temperature setting is calculated based upon the levels of the high-frequency power to be applied to the upper electrode and a susceptor (lower electrode) and the DC voltage to be applied to the upper electrode. During the substrate processing, the heating medium, the temperature of which is controlled based upon the target temperature, circulates through a flow passage formed at the upper electrode so as to control the temperature of the upper electrode.

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TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED3-1 AKASAKA 5-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-6325 107-6325

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Furuya, Masao Yamanashi, JP 6 158

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