IP Library Granted Patent US 7,767,594
Granted Patent B2
US 7,767,594 · App. 11/990,451 · Granted Aug 3, 2010

Semiconductor device producing method

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Patent No.
US 7,767,594
App. No.
11/990,451
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device, including: loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a tungsten film into a processing chamber; and forming a silicon oxide film on the surface of the substrate which includes the tungsten film by alternately repeating following steps a plurality of times: supplying the processing chamber with a first reaction material including a silicon atom while heating the substrate at 400° C.; and supplying the processing chamber with hydrogen and water which is a second reaction material while heating the substrate at 400° C. at a ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen of 2×10 −1 or lower.

Claims (50)

1. A producing method of a semiconductor device, comprising:

loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a tungsten film into a processing chamber; and

forming a silicon oxide film on the surface of the substrate which includes the tungsten film by alternately repeating following steps a plurality of times: supplying the processing chamber with a first reaction material including a silicon atom while heating the substrate at 400° C.; and

supplying the processing chamber with hydrogen and water which is a second reaction material while heating the substrate at 400° C. at a ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen of 2×10 −1 or lower,

wherein in the forming the silicon oxide film, after a thickness of the silicon oxide film reaches a desired thickness, the silicon oxide film is formed without supplying the processing chamber with hydrogen and water as the second reaction material.

2. A producing method of a semiconductor device, comprising at least:

loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a metal film into a processing chamber; and

forming an oxide film including silicon on the surface of the substrate which includes the metal film, wherein

the forming the oxide film includes:

supplying a first reaction material including a silicon atom into the processing chamber while heating the substrate at a predetermined temperature; and

supplying hydrogen and a second reaction material including an oxygen atom into the processing chamber while heating the substrate at the predetermined temperature,

wherein

in the forming the oxide film, supply of the first reaction material and supply of the second reaction material and the hydrogen are alternately repeated a plurality of times to form the oxide film, and

wherein in the forming the oxide film, after a thickness of the oxide film reaches a desired thickness, the oxide film is formed without supplying the hydrogen in a supply step of the second reaction material and the hydrogen.

3. The producing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the metal film is a tungsten film,

the predetermined temperature is in a range of 100 to 450° C.,

the second reaction material is water, and

when the predetermined temperature and a supply ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen is defined as (T, H 2 O/H 2 ), the supply ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen is equal to or less than straight lines connecting points of (T, H 2 O/H 2 )=(100° C., 8×10 −4 ), (200° C., 2×10 −2 ), (300° C., 9×10 −2 ), (400° C., 2×10 −1 ), (450° C., 2.5×10 −1 ).

4. The producing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the metal film is a tungsten film,

the predetermined temperature is in a range of 100 to 450° C.,

the second reaction material is ozone, and

when the predetermined temperature and a supply ratio of the ozone with respect to the hydrogen is defined as (T, O 3 /H 2 ), the supply ratio of the ozone with respect to the hydrogen is equal to or less than straight lines connecting points of (T, O 3 /H 2 )=(100° C., 8×10 −4 ), (200° C., 2×10 −2 ), (300° C., 9×10 −2 ), (400° C., 2−10 −4 ), (450° C., 2.5×10 −1 ).

5. The producing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the desired thickness is X 0 defined by the following equation:

X 0 =B/A×t,

in which [B/A]=Ce −E2/kT , [C]=18.35 Å/second, [E 2 ]=7.5×10 −2 eV, [k] is a Boltzmann constant and k=8.62×10 −5 eVK −1 , and [t] is supply time of the second reaction material.

6. The producing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the predetermined temperature is 300° C.,

the second reaction material is ozone,

in the forming the oxide film,

the hydrogen is supplied into the processing chamber in the supply step of the second reaction material and the hydrogen until a thickness of the oxide film reaches 20 Å, and

after the thickness of the oxide film reaches 20 Å, the oxide film is formed without supplying the hydrogen into the processing chamber in the supply step of the second reaction material and the hydrogen.

7. The producing method of claim 2 , wherein the steps of forming the oxide film are in accordance with an Atomic Layer Deposition method.

8. A producing method of a semiconductor device, comprising at least:

loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a metal film into a processing chamber; and

forming an oxide film including silicon on the surface of the substrate which includes the metal film, wherein

the forming the oxide film includes:

supplying a first reaction material including a silicon atom into the processing chamber while heating the substrate at a predetermined temperature; and

supplying hydrogen and a second reaction material including an oxygen atom into the processing chamber while heating the substrate at the predetermined temperature, wherein

in the forming the oxide film,

the first reaction material, the second reaction material and the hydrogen are supplied at the same time to form the oxide film so that the first reaction material, the second reaction material and the hydrogen exist in the processing chamber at the same time.

9. The producing method of claim 8 , wherein the first reaction material including the silicon atom is an organic compound of silicon such as TDMAS (Tris dimethyl amino silane).

10. The producing method of claim 8 , wherein the second reaction material is an oxidizing material such as water, ozone and oxygen.

11. The producing method of claim 8 , wherein when the second reaction material and the hydrogen are supplied, a catalyst such as pyridine is added to form the oxide film.

12. The producing method of claim 10 , wherein when the second reaction material and the hydrogen are supplied, plasma excitation is used to excite oxygen as one example of the oxidizing material.

13. The producing method of claim 8 , wherein an inside of the processing chamber is purged by an inert gas after supplying the first reaction material or supplying the second reaction material and the hydrogen, and helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar) or nitrogen (N 2 ) is used as one example of the inert gas.

14. The producing method of claim 8 , wherein a temperature in the processing chamber is in a range of 0 to 700° C.

15. The producing method of claim 8 , wherein a pressure in the processing chamber in the forming the oxide film is in a range of 1 to 10000 Pa.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048008/0206 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2008
From: MIYA, HIRONOBU; ASAI, MASAYUKI; MIZUNO, NORIKAZU
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 021392/0738 →