IP Library Granted Patent US 8,178,445
Granted Patent B2
US 8,178,445 · App. 12/801,444 · Granted May 15, 2012

Substrate processing apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor device using plasma generation

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Patent No.
US 8,178,445
App. No.
12/801,444
Granted
May 15, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, that loads a substrate on which a film containing oxygen atoms, chlorine atoms, and metal atoms is formed into a processing chamber so as to be supported by a substrate support part. The substrate is heated by the substrate support part. The inside of the processing chamber is exhausted by a gas exhaust part while supplying nitrogen atoms-containing gas and hydorgen atoms-containing gas into the processing chamber by a gas supply part. A plasma generation part is then used to excite the nitrogen atoms-containing gas and the hydrogen atoms-containing gas supplied into the processing chamber.

Claims (21)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

loading a substrate on which a film containing oxygen atoms, chlorine atoms, and metal atoms is formed into a processing chamber so as to be supported by a substrate support part;

heating the substrate by the substrate support part;

exhausting inside of the processing chamber by a gas exhaust part while supplying nitrogen atoms-containing gas and hydrogen atoms-containing gas into the processing chamber by a gas supply part; and

exciting the nitrogen atoms-containing gas and the hydrogen atoms-containing gas supplied into the processing chamber by a plasma generation part.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal atoms are titanium.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein the film is a nitride film.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein a natural oxide film is formed on the film.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein the film is a lower electrode of a capacitor.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the plasma generation part is provided so as to generate plasma in the processing chamber.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the nitrogen atoms-containing gas is any one of nitrogen gas, ammonia gas, and monomethyl hydrazine gas; and

hydrogen atoms-containing gas is any one of hydrogen gas, ammonia gas, and monomethyl hydrazine gas.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the film is a nitride film.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein a natural oxide film is formed on the film.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein the nitride film is a lower electrode of a capacitor, and a natural oxide film is formed on the nitride film.

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein a natural oxide film is formed on the film.

12. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the film is a lower electrode of a capacitor.

13. The manufacturing method according to claim 12 , wherein a natural oxide film is formed on the film.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein in heating the substrate, the substrate is heated to a temperature of 200° C. or more and under 750° C.

15. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein in heating the substrate, the substrate is heated to a temperature of 200° C. or more and 700° C. or less.

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 2, 2010
From: HORIE, TADASHI; HIRANO, AKITO; TERASAKI, TADASHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 024778/0007 →