Process for producing semiconductor device and apparatus therefor

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

first melting by heating a superior portion of a bump formed on an electrode on one principle surface of a semiconductor substrate disposed in an interior of a chamber with a first heating unit provided at an upper portion in the interior of the chamber; and

after the first melting, approximating a second heating unit provided at a lower portion in the interior of the chamber to the other principle surface of the semiconductor substrate by a moving unit, and second melting the entire bump by heating an inferior portion of the bump with the second heating unit,

wherein, before the first melting, the process comprises first controlling a temperature of a formic acid gas atmosphere to be lower than a melting temperature of the bump and in the vicinity of a reduction starting temperature of an oxide film; and

subsequently to the first controlling, second controlling a temperature of the formic acid gas atmosphere to be constant for a predetermined time to be a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the bump and not lower than the reduction starting temperature of the oxide film, to remove the oxide film.

2. The process for producing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first melting and the second melting are conducted in a formic acid gas atmosphere.

3. The process for producing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the bump is a solder bump.

4. The process for producing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the bump is formed in an overhang shape in which the superior portion is larger than the inferior portion.

5. The process for producing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first heating unit and the second heating unit are provided with an infrared lamp heater.