Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a lower electrode serving as a mounting table for mounting thereon a target object; and an upper electrode or an antenna electrode provided to be opposite to the lower electrode. The apparatus further includes a gas supply source for introducing a gas including a halogen-containing gas and an oxygen gas into the processing chamber and a high frequency power supply for applying a high frequency power for generating plasma to at least one of the upper electrode, the antenna electrode, or the lower electrode. Among inner surfaces of the processing chamber which are exposed to the plasma, at least a part of or all of the surfaces between a mounting position of the target object and the upper electrode, or the antenna electrode; or at least a part of or all of the surfaces of the upper electrode or the antenna electrode are coated with a fluorinated compound.

Abstract: The hearth roll for a continuous annealing furnace is able to suppress the occurrence of buildup on the hearth roll surface and able to be stably used for a long period under the high temperature environment. The hearth roll has a cermet coating comprised 50 to 90 vol % of ceramic and the balance of a heat resistant alloy on its surface, the ceramic containing Cr3C2: over 50 to 90 vol %, Al2O3: 1 to 40 vol %, Y2O3: 0 to 3 vol %, and ZrB2: 0 to 40 vol % and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and pores, the heat resistant alloy containing Cr: 5 to 20 mass %, Al: 5 to 20 mass %, and one or both of Y and Si: 0.1 to 6 mass % and has a balance of one or both of Co and Ni and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Forming a densified layer in a spray coating which forms a densified layer providing a sufficient effect while preventing generation of excessively large cracks and does not cause the increase of costs; also provided in a spray coating covering member. When a high-energy beam for remelting and resolidifying a coating composition of a surface layer of an Al2O3 spray coating is scanned over a surface of the Al2O3 spray coating, it is constituted with a precedent laser beam precedently scanned in a scanning direction and a follow-up laser beam subserviently scanned on the same trajectory as that of the precedent laser beam, and the precedent laser beam is irradiated on to the surface of the Al2O3 spray coating while scanning, and the follow-up laser beam is superimposedly irradiated to an irradiation region scanned with the precedent laser beam while scanning to thereby densify the surface layer of the irradiation region.

Abstract: Provided is a member for semiconductor manufacturing device which hardly causes component contamination and is capable of sufficiently reducing generation of particles in a semiconductor manufacturing device. A spray coating is formed by spraying a ceramic onto a mounting member of a transfer arm, and laser beam is irradiated to the spray coating to remelt and resolidify the ceramic composition for modification to thereby form a high-strength ceramic layer made from a ceramic recrystallized material and having a net-like crack, whereby particles dropped out from the mounting member due to external factors in a semiconductor manufacturing device are reduced to an extent not affecting a semiconductor manufacturing process.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a lower electrode serving as a mounting table for mounting thereon a target object; and an upper electrode or an antenna electrode provided to be opposite to the lower electrode. The apparatus further includes a gas supply source for introducing a gas including a halogen-containing gas and an oxygen gas into the processing chamber and a high frequency power supply for applying a high frequency power for generating plasma to at least one of the upper electrode, the antenna electrode, or the lower electrode. Among inner surfaces of the processing chamber which are exposed to the plasma, at least a part of or all of the surfaces between a mounting position of the target object and the upper electrode, or the antenna electrode; or at least a part of or all of the surfaces of the upper electrode or the antenna electrode are coated with a fluorinated compound.

Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are housed, the substrate having thereon a lamination film composed of any one of copper-indium, copper-gallium, or copper-indium-gallium; a reaction tube formed so as to constitute the processing chamber; a gas supply tube configured to introduce elemental selenium-containing gas or elemental sulfur-containing gas to the processing chamber; an exhaust tube configured to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a heating section provided so as to surround the reaction tube, wherein a porous coating film having a void rate of 5% to 15% mainly composed of a mixture of chromium oxide (CrxOy:x, y are arbitrary integer of 1 or more) silica is formed on a surface exposed to at least the elemental selenium-containing gas or the elemental sulfur-containing gas, out of the surface of the reaction tube on the processing chamber side.

Abstract: For the purpose of solving problems inherent to a white Al2O3 spray coating, i.e. drawbacks that the injury resistance, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, abrasion resistance and the like are poor and the light reflectance is high because the coating is porous and weak in the bonding force among particles, there are proposed a spray coating member having excellent injury resistance and the like in which a surface of a substrate is covered with a colored Al2O3 spray coating of a luminosity lower than grayish white, achromatic or chromatic color.

Abstract: A spray coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion is produced by irradiating an electron beam to an outermost surface layer portion of a ceramic spray coated portion covering a surface of a substrate to form an electron beam irradiated layer.

Abstract: In order to propose a dry process technique of producing a printing roll having safe and beauty concave portions for printing image area without discharging environmental contaminating substance and a new technique for improving quality of printed matters, this invention is to provide a printing roll with DLC film layer in which laser beam-engraved grooves as concave portions for printing image area are formed on a carbide cermet spray coating formed on a surface of a roll substrate, and a method wherein a carbide cermet spray coating is formed on a surface of a roll substrate roughened by a blast treatment, the surface of the carbide cermet spray coating is ground or ground-polished, then a DLC film is formed on the ground or ground-polished surface and thereafter laser beam-engraved grooves are formed on the surface of the DLC film as a concave portion for printing image area.

Abstract: A spray coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion is produced by irradiating an electron beam to an outermost surface layer portion of a ceramic spray coated portion covering a surface of a substrate to form an electron beam irradiated layer.

Abstract: A spray coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion is produced by irradiating an electron beam to an outermost surface layer portion of a ceramic spray coated portion covering a surface of a substrate to form an electron beam irradiated layer.

Abstract: Improving the resistance of members and parts disposed inside of vessels such as semiconductor processing devices for conducting plasma etching treatment in a strong corrosive environment. A ceramic coating member for a semiconductor processing apparatus comprises a porous layer made of an oxide of an element in Group IIIb of the Periodic Table coated directed or through an undercoat on the surface of the substrate of a metal or non-metal and a secondary recrystallized layer of the oxide formed on the porous layer through an irradiation treatment of a high energy such as electron beam and laser beam.

Abstract: Producing a ceramic coating member for a semiconductor processing apparatus with a purpose of improving the resistance of members and parts disposed inside of vessels such as semiconductor processing devices for conducting plasma etching treatment in a strong corrosive environment and as a means for solution, forming a porous layer by irradiating an oxide of an element in Group IIIa of the Periodic Table to be coated directly or through an undercoat on the surface of the substrate of a metal or non-metal and further forming a secondary recrystallized layer of the oxide on the porous layer through an irradiation treatment of a high energy such as electron beam and laser beam.

Abstract: A piezo-electric substrate is mainly comprised of a base material and a film formed on one main surface of the base material. In the base material, the main surface on which the film is formed is a roughed main surface. The piezo-electric substrate is obtained by forming the film comprised of a material with a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than a coefficient of linear expansion of the base material on the roughened main surface using a thermal spraying method.

Abstract: For the purpose of solving problems inherent to a white Al2O3 spray coating, i.e. drawbacks that the injury resistance, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, abrasion resistance and the like are poor and the light reflectance is high because the coating is porous and weak in the bonding force among particles, there are proposed a spray coating member having excellent injury resistance and the like in which a surface of a substrate is covered with a colored Al2O3 spray coating of a luminosity lower than grayish white, achromatic or chromatic color.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck member comprises an electrode layer and an electric insulating layer, wherein a spray coating layer of an oxide of a Group 3A element in the Periodic Table is formed as an outermost layer of the member and a surface of the spray coating layer is rendered into a densified re-melting layer having an average surface roughness (Ra) Of 0.8-3.0 ?m.

Abstract: A member is obtained by forming a Y2O3 black spray coating on a surface of a substrate or covering the surface of the substrate with a Y2O3 black spray coating through an undercoat or a middle layer. This coating has good heat characteristics and is good in the resistance to damaging through a high hardness. The Y2O3 black spray coating is produced by subjecting white Y2O3 powdery material to a plasma spraying in an inert gas atmosphere containing substantially no oxygen or by forming a Y2O3 white spray coating and then irradiating an electron beam or a laser beam to this coating to melt at least a part of the white coating under heating to thereby smoothen denseness and blacken the surface of the coating.

Abstract: A coating material for a thermal barrier coating having excellent corrosion resistance and heat resistance comprises a substrate, an undercoat made of an aluminum-containing heat-resistant alloy, Cr2O3 layer as a middle layer on the undercoat, and a top coat made of ZrO2 based ceramic on the middle coat.

Abstract: A thermal spraying powder contains 30 to 50% by mass of chromium carbide with the remainder being an alloy containing chromium, aluminum, yttrium, and at least one of cobalt and nickel. The thermal spraying powder has an average particle size of 20 to 60 ?m. The thermal spraying powder may contain 20% by mass or less of yttrium oxide in place of a part of the alloy. A thermal spray coating obtained by thermal spraying of the thermal spraying powder, particularly, a thermal spray coating obtained by high-velocity flame spraying of the thermal spraying powder is suitable for the purpose of a hearth roll.

Abstract: A coating material for a thermal barrier coating having excellent corrosion resistance and heat resistance comprises a substrate, an undercoat made of an aluminum-containing heat-resistant alloy, Cr2O3 layer as a middle layer on the undercoat, and a top coat made of ZrO2 based ceramic on the middle coat.