The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing a treating space; a support unit supporting a substrate at the treating space; a gas supply unit configured to introduce a gas to the treating space; a plasma source configured to provide an energy for exciting a gas introduced to the treating space to a plasma; an exhaust unit configured to exhaust an atmosphere within the treating space to an outside of the treating space; and a heating source positioned above the support unit, and wherein the heating source applies a heating energy in a pulse form to the substrate.

The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing a treating space; a substrate support unit provided in the treating space; a window provided at a top of the chamber; and an optical module provided over the window and configured to transmit a laser beam to a substrate through the window, and wherein the optical module includes: a homogenizing optics configured to homogenize the laser beam to a uniform beam profile; and an imaging optics configured to control the size of the laser beam.

A substrate processing apparatus is disclosed. An exemplary substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction chamber; a susceptor plate positioned within the reaction chamber, constructed and arranged to support a substrate, and provided with one or more holes; a substrate lift mechanism comprising: a plurality of lift pins to support the substrate; and a lift pin support member to move the lift pins; in a vertical direction through the one or more holes; a substrate transfer robot provided with one or more robotic arms to transfer the substrate to a position above the lift pins; and a gas supply unit constructed and arranged to face the susceptor plate; wherein the gas supply unit is constructed and arranged to move in the vertical direction thereby positioning the gas supply unit in a processing position in the reaction chamber.

A plasma processing method includes: setting a temperature of a substrate support surface to a first temperature; supplying electric power from an electric power adjuster to a heater; before plasma is generated, when the temperature of the substrate support surface measured by a temperature sensor stabilizes at the first temperature, measuring first electric power supplied to the heater; after the plasma is generated, when the temperature of the substrate support surface measured by the temperature sensor stabilizes at the first temperature, measuring second electric power supplied to the heater; calculating an input heat quantity input from the plasma based on the first electric power and the second electric power; and correcting the first temperature to a second temperature based on the input heat quantity and a thermal resistance between the substrate support and the temperature sensor or between a substrate and the temperature sensor.

There is provided a plasma processing apparatus comprising: a plasma processing container; and a substrate support disposed in the plasma processing container and having a support surface on an upper portion of a base. The substrate support includes: a heat transfer gas supply hole configured to supply a heat transfer gas from the base side to the support surface; a first member disposed on the support surface side in the heat transfer gas supply hole and made of silicon carbide; a second member disposed under the first member in the heat transfer gas supply hole and made of a porous resin; and a third member disposed under the second member in the heat transfer gas supply hole and made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

A substrate support that supports a substrate, includes a substrate attraction part having an attraction electrode for holding the substrate, an RF electrode part to which RF power is supplied, and a substrate temperature adjuster having a heater electrode for adjusting a temperature of the substrate. The substrate attraction part and the substrate temperature adjuster are stacked with the RF electrode part interposed therebetween.

Provided is a mounting stage on which a substrate to be subjected to a plasma process is mounted. The mounting stage includes: an electrostatic chuck configured to attract the substrate and an edge ring disposed around the substrate; and supply holes through which a heat medium is supplied to a space between the electrostatic chuck and the edge ring. A groove is provided in at least one of the edge ring and the mounting stage, and the groove is not in communication with the supply holes.

The present invention provides a stage which comprises: a plate-shaped member having a mounting surface on which a workpiece to be processed is mounted and a rear surface facing the mounting surface, said plate-shaped member being provided with a through hole that penetrates through the mounting surface and the rear surface; and an embedded member disposed inside the through hole. This stage is configured such that the surface of the embedded member is provided with at least one of a concave portion and a convex portion.

The present invention relates to a substrate supporting member and a substrate processing method. A gas flow path supplying a heat transfer gas to a rear surface of a substrate is provided in the substrate supporting member according to an embodiment of the present invention. Furthermore, a gas flow restricting member restricting gas flow to a different extent from each other according to a direction of the gas flow is provided at the gas flow path or at an external heat transfer gas supply pipe connected to the gas flow path. According to the present invention, by providing the gas flow restricting member restricting the gas flow to a different extent from each other according to the direction of the gas flow, there are effects of minimizing the time required for exhausting the heat transfer gas while preventing the arcing from occurring in a heat transfer gas flow path.

A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a chamber; a substrate support which is arranged in the chamber and has at least one first gas supply path; and at least one control valve configured to control a flow rate or pressure of gas supplied through the at least one first gas supply path. The substrate support includes a base, and an electrostatic chuck which is arranged on the base and has an upper surface. The upper surface has a plurality of protrusions and a first annular groove group. The first annular groove group comprises a first inner annular groove, a first intermediate annular groove, and a first outer annular groove. Any one of the first inner annular groove, the first intermediate annular groove, and the first outer annular groove communicates with the at least one first gas supply path.