IP Library Granted Patent US 7,592,267
Granted Patent B2
US 7,592,267 · App. 11/600,105 · Granted Sep 22, 2009

Method for manufacturing semiconductor silicon substrate and apparatus for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,592,267
App. No.
11/600,105
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor silicon substrate by use of carbon dioxide in a supercritical state, which method is capable of making the semiconductor silicon substrate highly reliable one. Specifically, this invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor silicon substrate including at least two of: a cleaning step of cleaning a substrate to be treated in a presence of carbon dioxide in a supercritical state; a film forming step of forming at least one of a conducting film, an insulating film and barrier film on the substrate to be treated in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state; an etching step of etching the substrate to be treated in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state; and a resist removing step of removing a resist on the substrate to be treated in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state.

Claims (21)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor silicon substrate comprising:

a film forming step of forming an electrically conductive film, an insulating film and barrier film on a substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 150 to 350° C. and a pressure of from 7.5 to 12 MPa; and at least one of:

a cleaning step of cleaning the substrate in a presence of carbon dioxide in a supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 31 to 100° C. and a pressure of from 18 to 40 MPa;

an etching step of etching the substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 31 to 100° C. and a pressure of from 18 to 40 MPa; and

a resist removing step of removing a resist on the substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 31 to 80° C. and a pressure of from 18 to 40 MPa.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film forming step comprises:

a first step of forming a barrier film on the substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 200 to 350° C. and a pressure of from 7.5 to 12 MPa; and

a second step of forming the electrically conductive film on the substrate Be treated in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 150 to 300° C. and a pressure of from 7.5 to 12 MPa.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film forming step comprises:

a first step of forming the electrically conductive film on the substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 200 to 350° C. and a pressure of from 7.5 to 12 MPa;

a second step of forming an insulating film in contact with the electrically conductive film on the substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 150 to 350° C. and a pressure of from 7.5 to 12 MPa; and

a third step of forming another electrically conductive film in contact with the insulating film on the substrate in the presence of carbon dioxide in the supercritical state under conditions of a temperature of from 200 to 350° C. and a pressure of from 7.5 to 12 MPa.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps are performed with inside one vessel.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the steps are performed inside one vessel.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the steps are performed inside one vessel.

7. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor silicon substrate obtained by the method of claim 1 .

8. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor silicon substrate obtained by the method of claim 2 .

9. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor silicon substrate obtained by the method of claim 3 .

10. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor silicon substrate obtained by the method of claim 4 .

11. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor silicon substrate obtained by the method of claim 5 .

12. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor silicon substrate obtained by the method of claim 6 .

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050937/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 047243/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047540/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038954/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 032645/0422 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2006
From: ODE, HIROYUKI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 018579/0821 →