IP Library Granted Patent US 7,419,919
Granted Patent B2
US 7,419,919 · App. 11/221,832 · Granted Sep 2, 2008

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,419,919
App. No.
11/221,832
Granted
Sep 2, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, in which a substrate is disposed in a chamber and a fluorine-containing silicon oxide film is formed on the substrate using a plasma CVD process. The fluorine-containing silicon oxide film is formed such that the release of fluorine from this silicon oxide layer is suppressed. According to this semiconductor device manufacturing method, a stable semiconductor device can be provided such that the device includes a fluorine-containing silicon oxide film (FSG film) at which the release of fluorine is suppressed, and thus peeling does not occur.

Claims (12)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

disposing a substrate in a chamber;

forming a silicon oxide film that includes fluorine on the substrate from a raw material gas that includes SiF 4 using a plasma CVD process; and

suppressing the amounts of SiF 2 · and SiF 3 · taken into the fluorine-including silicon oxide film as compared to the amount of SiF· taken into the fluorine-including silicon oxide film, for suppressing release of fluorine from the silicon oxide film, wherein SiF·, SiF 2 · and SiF 3 · are partially decomposed components of the raw material gas.

2. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein pressure during said forming the fluorine-including silicon oxide film is lower than a pressure at which SiF 2 · and SiF 3 · would be generated by plasma.

3. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

disposing a substrate in a chamber;

forming a silicon oxide film that includes fluorine on the substrate from a raw material gas that includes SiF 4 using a plasma CVD process; and

suppressing SiF 2 · and SiF 3 ·, which are partially decomposed components of the raw material gas, from being taken into the fluorine-including silicon oxide film, for suppressing release of fluorine from the silicon oxide film,

wherein, when formation of a single layer of the fluorine-including silicon oxide film is intended, said forming the fluorine-including silicon oxide film comprises

laminating a plurality of thin layers for ultimately obtaining the single layer; and

after completing formation of each one of the thin layers and before commencing formation of a next one of the thin layers, temporarily halting film formation and discharging SiF 2 · and SiF 3 · that are generated by plasma from inside the chamber.