IP Library Granted Patent US 7,307,028
Granted Patent B2
US 7,307,028 · App. 10/821,843 · Granted Dec 11, 2007

Film-forming method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, semiconductor device, method of manufacturing display device, and display device

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Patent No.
US 7,307,028
App. No.
10/821,843
Granted
Dec 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a film-forming method, comprising supplying into a plasma processing chamber at least three kinds of gases including a silicon compound gas, an oxidizing gas, and a rare gas, the percentage of the partial pressure of the rare gas (Pr) based on the total pressure being not smaller than 85%, i.e., 85%≦Pr<100%, and generating a plasma within the plasma processing chamber so as to form a film of silicon oxide on a substrate to be processed.

Claims (12)

1. A film-forming method comprising:

supplying into a plasma processing chamber at least three kinds of gases including a silicon compound gas, an oxidizing gas, and a rare gas, the percentage of the partial pressure of the rare gas (Pr) based on the total pressure being not smaller than 85%, i.e., 85%≦Pr<100%; and

generating a plasma within the plasma processing chamber so as to form a film of silicon oxide on a substrate to be processed.

2. The film-forming method according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon compound gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a tetraethoxy silane gas, a tetramethyl cyclo-tetrasiloxane gas, a di-acetoxy di-tertiary butoxy silane gas, and a hexamethyl disiloxane gas, and the oxidizing gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen gas, an ozone gas, a carbon monoxide gas and a carbon dioxide gas.

3. The film-forming method according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon compound gas is provided by a silane gas, and the oxidizing gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen gas and an ozone gas.

4. The film-forming method according to claim 1 , wherein the plasma generated within the plasma processing chamber is a surface wave plasma.

5. A film-forming method comprising:

supplying into a plasma processing chamber at least three kinds of gases including a silicon compound gas comprising a silicon atom-containing compound, an oxidizing as and a hydrogen gas, the Percentage (diluting rate) of the partial pressure of the hydrogen gas (Ph) with respect to the total pressure of the mixture gas being 100%. satisfying: 0%<Ph<3%; and

generating a plasma within the plasma processing chamber so as to form a film of silicon oxide on a substrate to be formed.

6. The film-forming method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the silicon compound gas is a silane gas, and the oxidizing gas contains at least one of oxygen gas and ozone gas.

7. The film-forming method according to claim 5 , wherein the silicon compound gas is provided by a silane gas, and the oxidizing gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen gas and an ozone gas.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2026
From: FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
To: TAE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 074944/0866 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2026
From: FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
To: TAE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 074718/0509 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2004
From: GOTO, MASASHI; AZUMA, KAZUFUMI; NAKATA, YUKIHIKO
To: ADVANCED LCD TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015218/0310 →