IP Library Granted Patent US 7,854,824
Granted Patent B2
US 7,854,824 · App. 12/068,816 · Granted Dec 21, 2010

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device using electrochemical deposition with electric current revised by reflectance of every substrate surface and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,854,824
App. No.
12/068,816
Granted
Dec 21, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes measuring the reflectance at the surface of a semiconductor substrate provided with concave portions and deciding a deposition parameter that represents a deposition condition corresponding to the measured reflectance. Then, a metal film is formed on the semiconductor substrate under a condition corresponding to the deposition parameter.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, comprising:

a measuring section which measures a reflectance at a surface of a substrate;

a memory section which stores, as a data, the measured reflectance or an area of the surface corresponding to the measured reflectance;

a control table which relates a plurality of areas of the surface or a plurality of reflectances to a respective deposition parameter;

a processing control section which specifies a deposition parameter corresponding to the data with reference to the control table;

a processing section which conducts a film formation, by using the deposition parameter specified by the processing control section; and

a calculation section which derives the area of the surface based on the reflectance measured by the measuring section.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control table includes a plurality of control tables in accordance with a kind of seed film.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing section conducts the film formation with an electrolytic plating, and the deposition parameter comprises a value of a current supplied to a plating solution upon electrolytic plating.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring section includes a transferring station of the substrate.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the transferring station includes a function of aligner for the substrate.

6. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processing control section specifies the deposition parameter corresponding to the area of the surface derived by the calculation section with reference to the control table.

7. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, comprising:

a measuring section which measures a reflectance at a surface of a substrate;

a calculation section which derives an area of the surface from the reflectance measured by the measuring section;

a control table, which relates a plurality of areas of the surface to a respective deposition parameter;

a processing control section which specifies a deposition parameter corresponding to the area of the surface derived by the calculation section with reference to the control table; and

a processing section which conducts a film formation, by using the deposition parameter specified by the processing control section.

8. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a memory section which stores, as a data, the reflectance measured by the measuring section or the area of the surface derived by the calculation section.

9. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the control table includes a plurality of control tables in accordance with a kind of seed film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025235/0497 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2008
From: FURUYA, AKIRA
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020561/0155 →