Abstract: A ceramic sprayed member-cleaning method which is capable of reliably suppressing desorption and attachment of water. The surface of a ceramic sprayed member and water are chemically bonded to each other, whereby the water is stabilized. Water physically adsorbed on the surface of the ceramic sprayed member is desorbed.

Abstract: A processing device in which maintenance can be easily carried out and a burden on a worker can be reduced, and a method of maintaining the device are provided. An upper electrode unit 106 structuring a ceiling portion of a processing chamber 102 of an etching device 100 is structured from a lower assembly 128 at a processing chamber 102 side including an upper electrode 130, and an upper assembly 128 at a power supply side including an electro-body 144. A lock mechanism 156 is released, and after the upper assembly 126 is independently raised and removed by a lift mechanism 164, maintenance of the upper assembly 126 and/or the lower assembly 128 is carried out. The lock mechanism 156 is locked, and after the upper and lower assemblies 126, 128 are integrally raised and removed by the lift mechanism 164, maintenance of an interior of the processing chamber 102 is carried out.

Abstract: It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by covering a surface of a substrate with a multilayer composite layer consisting of a metal coating formed as an undercoat, Al2O3 film formed on the undercoat as a middle layer and Y2O3 sprayed coating formed on the middle layer as a top coat.

Abstract: A processing device in which maintenance can be easily carried out and a burden on a worker can be reduced, and a method of maintaining the device are provided. An upper electrode unit 106 structuring a ceiling portion of a processing chamber 102 of an etching device 100 is structured from a lower assembly 128 at a processing chamber 102 side including an upper electrode 130, and an upper assembly 126 at a power supply side including an electro-body 144. A lock mechanism 156 is released, and after the upper assembly 126 is independently raised and removed by a lift mechanism 164, maintenance of the upper assembly 126 and/or the lower assembly 128 is carried out. The lock mechanism 156 is locked, and after the upper and lower assemblies 126, 128 are integrally raised and removed by the lift mechanism 164, maintenance of an interior of the processing chamber 102 is carried out.

Abstract: The present invention presents an improved baffle plate for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of the baffle plate advantageously provides for a uniform processing plasma in the process space with substantially minimal erosion of the baffle plate.

Abstract: It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by covering a surface of a substrate with a multilayer composite layer consisting of a metal coating formed as an undercoat, Al2O3 film formed on the undercoat as a middle layer and Y2O3 sprayed coating formed on the middle layer as a top coat.

Abstract: The present invention presents an improved baffle plate for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of the baffle plate advantageously provides for a uniform processing plasma in the process space with substantially minimal erosion of the baffle plate.

Abstract: [Problem to be solved] The present invention is to provide an internal member of a plasma processing vessel which is capable of suppressing peeling off of a thermally sprayed film formed as a top coat layer.

Abstract: There is provided a method of cleaning completely a deposit on the surface of the member to be cleaned, of a plasma processing apparatus without any damage of the coating which has been formed anodized coating or sprayed coating on the surface of the member to cleaned. The method of cleaning comprises a chemical cleaning step of dipping in an organic solvent (e.g. acetone) (a); and then a step blowing pressurized air so as to remove the deposit which has been peeled from a buffer plate (14) treated chemically (b); and then, of removing physically the deposit remained at the edges of the buffer plate (14) by blasting by using a CO2 blast apparatus (105), and f steps of dipping the buffer plate (14) in pure water (104), and imparting supersonic vibration to remove the deposit remaining on a buffer plate (14).

Abstract: It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by covering a surface of a substrate with a multilayer composite layer consisting of a metal coating formed as an undercoat, Al2O3 film formed on the undercoat as a middle layer and Y2O3 sprayed coating formed on the middle layer as a top coat.

Abstract: A member of processing a quartz member for a plasma processing device capable of suppressing the production of particles at the beginning of the use thereof and the production of chips thereafter, the quartz member for the plasma processing device, and the plasma processing device having the quartz member mounted thereon, the method comprising the steps of removing a large number of cracks 155 produced, after a diamond grinding, in the quartz member 151 for the plasma processing device used for a shield ring and a focus ring by performing a surface processing with abrasive grains of, for example, #320 to 400 in grain size, and performing the surface processing by using abrasive grains of smaller grain size to remove ruptured layers 163 while maintaining irregularities capable of adhering and holding deposit thereto.

Abstract: The present invention presents an improved optical window deposition shield an improved optical window deposition shield for optical access to a process space in a plasma processing system through a deposition shield, wherein the design and fabrication of the optical window deposition shield advantageously provides an optically clean access to the processing plasma in the process space while sustaining substantially minimal erosion of the optical window deposition shield.

Abstract: There is provided a method of cleaning completely a deposit on the surface of the member to be cleaned, of a plasma processing apparatus without any damage of the coating which has been formed anodized coating or sprayed coating on the surface of the member to cleaned. The method of cleaning comprises a chemical cleaning step of dipping in an organic solvent (e.g. acetone) (a); and then a step blowing pressurized air so as to remove the deposit which has been peeled from a buffer plate (14) treated chemically (b); and then, of removing physically the deposit remained at the edges of the buffer plate (14) by blasting by using a CO2 blast apparatus (105), and f steps of dipping the buffer plate (14) in pure water (104), and imparting supersonic vibration to remove the deposit remaining on a buffer plate (14).

Abstract: The present invention presents an improved optical window deposition shield an improved optical window deposition shield for optical access to a process space in a plasma processing system through a deposition shield, wherein the design and fabrication of the optical window deposition shield advantageously provides an optically clean access to the processing plasma in the process space while sustaining substantially minimal erosion of the optical window deposition shield.

Abstract: It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by covering a surface of a substrate with a multilayer composite layer consisting of a metal coating formed as an undercoat, Al2O3 film formed on the undercoat as a middle layer and Y2O3 sprayed coating formed on the middle layer as a top coat.

Abstract: With a coating-film-forming coating agent 51 used as a resist including a main component such as cyclorubber-bisazide and a photosensitive component, by immersing deposits 52 deposited on the coating film of the coating agent 51 formed on an in-chamber component 50 in a release liquid such as acetone together with the in-chamber component 50 removed from within a chamber 22, the deposits 52 attached to the coating film can be removed along with the coating film from the in-chamber component 50 concurrently with the release of the coating film.

Abstract: A plasma treatment container internal member disposed in a plasma treatment container for micromachining a treated matter by a plasma etching treatment, wherein, as a pre-treatment, an oxidized film (111) is formed on the surface of the base material (101) of the treatment container internal member by an anode oxidation using plasma discharge, and a thermally sprayed film (121) is formed on the oxidized film (111).

Abstract: A processing device in which maintenance can be easily carried out and a burden on a worker can be reduced, and a method of maintaining the device are provided. An upper electrode unit 106 structuring a ceiling portion of a processing chamber 102 of an etching device 100 is structured from a lower assembly 128 at a processing chamber 102 side including an upper electrode 130, and an upper assembly 128 at a power supply side including an electro-body 144. A lock mechanism 156 is released, and after the upper assembly 126 is independently raised and removed by a lift mechanism 164, maintenance of the upper assembly 126 and/or the lower assembly 128 is carried out. The lock mechanism 156 is locked, and after the upper and lower assemblies 126, 128 are integrally raised and removed by the lift mechanism 164, maintenance of an interior of the processing chamber 102 is carried out.

Abstract: The present invention presents an improved baffle plate for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of the baffle plate advantageously provides for a uniform processing plasma in the process space with substantially minimal erosion of the baffle plate.

Abstract: The present invention presents an improved upper electrode for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of an electrode plate with a deposition shield coupled to the upper electrode advantageously provides gas injection of a process gas with substantially minimal erosion of the upper electrode while providing protection to a chamber interior.