IP Library Granted Patent US 7,129,175
Granted Patent B2
US 7,129,175 · App. 10/726,678 · Granted Oct 31, 2006

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,129,175
App. No.
10/726,678
Granted
Oct 31, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprises forming a first insulating film including silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen above a substrate in a first chamber, carrying the substrate into a second chamber other than the first chamber, and discharging a rare gas in the second chamber, and forming a second insulating film including silicon, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen above the first insulating film after the discharging the rare gas.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first insulating film including silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen above a substrate in a first chamber;

carrying the substrate into a second chamber other than the first chamber, and discharging a rare gas in the second chamber; and

forming a second insulating film including silicon, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen above the first insulating film after the discharging the rare gas.

2. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the second chamber includes a film including silicon and carbon, a film including silicon, carbon, and hydrogen, a film including silicon, carbon, and oxygen, or a film including silicon, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen formed in advance.

3. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein the film formed in the second chamber in advance fails to include nitrogen.

4. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein a film thickness of the first insulating film is thinner than that of the second insulating film.

5. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second insulating films are respectively formed in different chambers.

6. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein the second insulating film is formed in the second chamber.

7. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a third insulating film whose material is different from that of the second insulating film above the second insulating film.

8. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein the carrying the substrate into the second chamber other than the first chamber, and discharging the rare gas in the second chamber comprises depositing a thin film on the first insulating film, the thin film being formed of material of the film formed in the second chamber in advance.

9. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating film is formed by a plasma CVD method or a applying method.

10. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein the film is formed by a plasma CVD method in the second chamber in advance.

11. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a connection hole and wiring trench in a laminated insulating film including the first and second insulating films, and burying a conductive film in the connection hole and the wiring trench.

12. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first insulating film including silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen above a substrate;

irradiating an energy ray on the first insulating film; and

forming a second insulating film including silicon, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen by a plasma CVD method above the first insulating film after the irradiating the energy ray.

13. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 , wherein the energy ray is an ultraviolet ray or an electron ray.

14. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 , further comprising heating the substrate at the time of irradiating the energy ray on the first insulating film.

15. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 , further comprising forming a third insulating film whose material is different from that of the second insulating film above the second insulating film.

16. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 , further comprising forming a connection hole and wiring trench in a laminated insulating film including the first and second insulating films, and burying a conductive film in the connection hole and the wiring trench.

17. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first insulating film including silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen above a substrate;

exposing the substrate in a humidified atmosphere including H 2 O;

heating the substrate after the exposing the substrate; and

forming a second insulating film including silicon, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen by a plasma CVD method above the first insulating film after the heating the substrate.

18. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 17 , wherein the exposing the substrate in the humidified atmosphere is carried out under reduced pressure.

19. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 17 , further comprising forming a third insulating film whose material is different from that of the second insulating film above the second insulating film.

20. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 17 , further comprising forming a connection hole and wiring trench in a laminated insulating film including the first and second insulating films, and burying a conductive film in the connection hole and the wiring trench.

Assignments (4)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION; K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058785/0124 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058785/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044327/0544 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2004
From: MIYAJIMA, HIDESHI; HIGASHI, KAZUYUKI; FUJITA, KEIJI; HASEGAWA, TOSHIAKI; TABUCHI, KIYOTAKA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015267/0653 →