Ion implantation apparatus and ion implantation method

Abstract

An ion implantation method in which an ion beam is scanned in a beam scanning direction and a wafer is mechanically scanned in a direction perpendicular to the beam scanning direction, includes setting a wafer rotation angle with respect to the ion beam so as to be varied, wherein a set angle of the wafer rotation angle is changed in a stepwise manner so as to implant ions into the wafer at each set eagle, and wherein a wafer scanning region length is set to be varied, and, at the same time, a beam scanning speed of the ion beam is changed, in ion implantation at each set angle in a plurality of ion implantation operations during one rotation of the wafer, such that the ions are implanted into the wafer and dose amount non-uniformity in a wafer surface in other semiconductor manufacturing processes is corrected.

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         11 . An ion implantation method in which an ion beam is scanned in a beam scanning direction and a wafer is mechanically scanned in a direction perpendicular to the beam scanning direction so as to implant ions into the wafer, the method comprising:
 setting a wafer rotation angle with respect to the ion beam in a stepwise manner to implant ions into the wafer at each of a set wafer rotation angles; and   implanting the ions into the wafer forming a central region in the wafer overlapping a portion of a range where the wafer is mechanically scanned to obtain a two dimensional ion implantation amount in-surface distribution pattern, the central region representing the maximum or the minimum ion implantation amount corresponding to a defined relationship among a diameter of the wafer, a wafer scanning region length, and a radius of the wafer,   wherein, when the central region represents the minimum ion implantation amount and a plurality of ion implantation regions that overlap as the wafer is rotated, the implanting comprises:   during a first step of the implanting, setting the wafer scanning region length to be shorter than the radius of the wafer,   during a second step of the implanting, with the wafer being mechanically scanned at each of the set of wafer rotation angles, and   during a third step of the implanting, continuously repeating the second step for a full rotation of the wafer,   wherein, when the central region represents the maximum ion implantation amount and a plurality of ion implantation regions that overlap as the wafer is rotated, the implanting comprises:   during a first step of the implanting, setting the wafer scanning region length to be longer than the radius of the wafer,   during a second step of the implanting, with the wafer being mechanically scanned at each of the set of wafer rotation angles, and   during a third step of the implanting, continuously repeating the second step for a full rotation of the wafer.   
     
     
         12 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the beam scanning speed of the ion beam is substantially constant during the second step of the implanting. 
     
     
         13 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the wafer scanning region length is set to be continuously varied for each specific angle with regard to the set of wafer rotation angles. 
     
     
         14 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the beam scanning speed of the ion beam is continuously set for each specific angle with regard to the set of the wafer rotation angles. 
     
     
         15 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein two control amounts of the degree of dose amount non-uniformity in the wafer surface and a two-dimensional non-uniform shape pattern thereof are controlled independently from each other by simultaneously controlling two control parameters of the variable setting of the wafer scanning region length and the setting in the beam scanning speed of the ion beam. 
     
     
         16 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 15 , wherein the two-dimensional ion implantation amount in-surface distribution pattern is realized by at least varying the wafer scanning region length and a two-dimensional ion implantation amount in-surface distribution is realized by varying the beam scanning speed of the ion beam, thereby controlling the two control amounts of the degree of dose amount non-uniformity in the wafer surface and the two-dimensional non-uniform shape pattern independently of each other. 
     
     
         17 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the two-dimensional ion implantation amount in-surface distribution where the ratio of the maximum ion implantation amount to the minimum ion implantation amount in the wafer surface is five times or more is realized by implanting ions into the wafer surface while forming the central region into which the ions are not implanted in ion implantation at each of the set angle of the wafer rotation angles. 
     
     
         18 . An ion implantation apparatus which includes a beam scanner scanning an ion beam in a beam scanning direction and a mechanical scanning system mechanically scanning a wafer in a direction perpendicular to the beam scanning direction and implant ions into the wafer, the ion implantation apparatus comprising:
 a rotation device that is provided in the mechanical scanning system and varies a wafer rotation angle with respect to the ion beam; and   a controller that has a function of controlling at least the beam scanner and the mechanical scanning system,   wherein the controller is configured to:   set a wafer rotation angle with respect to the ion beam in a stepwise manner to implant ions into the wafer at each of a set wafer rotation angles; and   implant the ions into the wafer forming a central region in the wafer overlapping a portion of a range where the wafer is mechanically scanned to obtain a two-dimensional ion implantation amount in-surface distribution pattern, the central region representing the maximum or the minimum ion implantation amount corresponding to a defined relationship among a diameter of the wafer, a wafer scanning region length, and a radius of the wafer,   wherein, when the central region represents the minimum ion implantation amount and a plurality of ion implantation regions that overlap as the wafer is rotated, the controller is configured to the ions into the wafer by:   setting the wafer scanning region length to be shorter than the radius of the wafer during a first step of the implanting,   during a second step of the implanting, with the wafer being mechanically scanned at each of the set of wafer rotation angles, and   during a third step of the implanting, continuously repeating the second step for a full rotation of the wafer,   wherein, when the central region represents the maximum ion implantation amount and a plurality of ion implantation regions that overlap as the wafer is rotated, the controller is configured to the ions into the wafer:   setting the wafer scanning region length to be longer than the radius of the wafer during a first step of the implanting,   during a second step of the implanting, with the wafer being mechanically scanned at each of the set of wafer rotation angles, and   during a third step of the implanting, continuously repeating the second step for a full rotation of the wafer.   
     
     
         19 . The ion implantation apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein the beam scanning speed of the ion beam is substantially constant during the second step of the implanting. 
     
     
         20 . The ion implantation apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein the controller further performs uniform ion implantation for the entire surface of the wafer with a reduced ion implantation amount in addition to the adjustment of ion implantation amount distribution in the wafer surface, thereby performing an additional adjustment of ion implantation amount distribution in the wafer surface. 
     
     
         21 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the wafer scanning region length is smaller than the radius of the wafer. 
     
     
         22 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the wafer scanning region length is larger than the radius of the wafer and smaller than the diameter of the wafer. 
     
     
         23 . The ion implantation apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein the wafer scanning region length is smaller than the radius of the wafer. 
     
     
         24 . The ion implantation apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein the wafer scanning region length is larger than the radius of the wafer and smaller than the diameter of the wafer. 
     
     
         25 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , wherein the minimum ion implantation amount is non-zero. 
     
     
         26 . The ion implantation method according to  claim 11 , further comprising repeatedly performing the ion implantation method on the wafer for at least a plurality of times, where the plurality of times is determined based on the set wafer rotation angles that are obtained by dividing 360 degrees of the wafer by n (n≧2), where n is a positive integer. 
     
     
         27 . An ion implantation method in which an ion beam is scanned in a beam scanning direction and a wafer is mechanically scanned in a direction perpendicular to the beam scanning direction so as to implant ions into the wafer, the method comprising:
 setting a wafer rotation angle with respect to the ion beam in a stepwise manner to implant ions into the wafer at each of a set wafer rotation angles; and   implanting the ions into the wafer forming a central region in the wafer overlapping a portion of a range where the wafer is mechanically scanned to obtain a two dimensional ion implantation amount in-surface distribution pattern, the central region representing the minimum ion implantation amount corresponding to a defined relationship among a diameter of the wafer, a wafer scanning region length, and a radius of the wafer,   wherein, when the central region represents the minimum ion implantation amount and a plurality of ion implantation regions that overlap as the wafer is rotated, the implanting comprises:   during a first step of the implanting, setting the wafer scanning region length to be longer than the radius of the wafer,   during a second step of the implanting, simultaneously varying the wafer scanning region length for regulating the range where the wafer is mechanically scanned, and changing a beam scanning speed of the ion beam to be higher in the central region than other positions of the wafer at each of the set of wafer rotation angles, and   during a third step of the implanting, continuously repeating the second step for a full rotation of the wafer.