Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus
View Patent ↗A silicon nitride film including stoichiometrically excessive silicon with respect to nitrogen is formed. The silicon nitride film may be formed by supplying dichlorosilane to a substrate under a condition where CVD (chemical vapor deposition) reaction is caused to form a silicon film including several or less atomic layers on the substrate, supplying ammonia to the substrate in a non-plasma atmosphere to thermally nitride the silicon film under a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film by the ammonia is not saturated, and alternately repeating the supplying of dichlorosilane and the supplying of ammonia.
1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate in a process chamber using a dichlorosilane and an ammonia,
wherein forming the silicon nitride film comprises repeating a cycle to form a silicon nitride film comprising stoichiometrically excessive silicon with respect to nitrogen, the cycle comprising:
(a) forming a silicon film comprising several or less atomic layers on the substrate in the process chamber by supplying the dichlorosilane to the substrate under a condition where a CVD reaction is caused;
(b) removing the dichlorosilane remaining in the process chamber;
(c) thermally nitriding the silicon film by supplying the ammonia to the substrate in the process chamber and causing a nitriding reaction of the silicon film in a non-plasma atmosphere under a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film by the ammonia is not saturated; and
(d) removing the ammonia remaining in the process chamber.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the step (c), a condition inside the process chamber is set such that nitriding reaction of the silicon film is not saturated by differentiating at least one of a supply flowrate of the ammonia, a supply time of the ammonia, and a pressure inside the process chamber from those of a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is saturated.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the step (c), a condition inside the process chamber is set such that the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is not saturated by reducing at least one of a supply flowrate of the ammonia, a supply time of the ammonia, and a pressure inside the process chamber to be respectively less, shorter and lower than those of a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is saturated.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the step (c), at least one of a supply flowrate of the ammonia, a supply time of the ammonia, and a pressure inside the process chamber is adjusted so as to control a composition ratio of the silicon nitride film.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (a) comprises forming the silicon film comprising the several atomic layers, and the step (c) comprises thermally nitriding one of the several atomic layers of the silicon film.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (a) comprises forming the silicon film comprising two atomic layers, and the step (c) comprises thermally nitriding one of the two atomic layers of the silicon film.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (c) comprises thermally nitriding the silicon film in a manner that a portion of bonding electrons of a silicon atom constituting the silicon film is not coupled with a nitrogen atom constituting the ammonia.
8. A method of processing a substrate, the method comprising forming a silicon nitride film on the substrate in a process chamber using a dichlorosilane and an ammonia,
wherein the forming the silicon nitride film comprises repeating a cycle to form a silicon nitride film comprising stoichiometrically excessive silicon with respect to nitrogen, the cycle comprising:
(a) forming a silicon film comprising several or less atomic layers on the substrate in the process chamber by supplying the dichlorosilane to the substrate under a condition where a CVD reaction is caused;
(b) removing the dichlorosilane remaining in the process chamber;
(c) thermally nitriding the silicon film by supplying the ammonia to the substrate in the process chamber and causing a nitriding reaction of the silicon film in a non-plasma atmosphere under a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film by the ammonia is not saturated; and
(d) removing the ammonia remaining in the process chamber.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, in the step (c), a condition inside the process chamber is set such that the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is not saturated by differentiating at least one of a supply flowrate of the ammonia, a supply time of the ammonia, and a pressure inside the process chamber from those of a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is saturated.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein, in the step (c), a condition inside the process chamber is set such that the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is not saturated by reducing at least one of a supply flowrate of the ammonia, a supply time of the ammonia, and a pressure inside the process chamber to be respectively less, shorter and lower than those of a condition where the nitriding reaction of the silicon film is saturated.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein, in the step (c), at least one of a supply flowrate of the ammonia, a supply time of the ammonia, and a pressure inside the process chamber is adjusted so as to control a composition ratio of the silicon nitride film.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step (a) comprises forming the silicon film comprising the several atomic layers, and the step (c) comprises thermally nitriding one of the several atomic layers of the silicon film.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step (a) comprises forming the silicon film comprising two atomic layers, and the step (c) comprises thermally nitriding one of the two atomic layers of the silicon film.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step (c) comprises thermally nitriding the silicon film in a manner that a portion of bonding electrons of a silicon atom constituting the silicon film is not coupled with a nitrogen atom constituting the ammonia.