IP Library Granted Patent US 8,252,701
Granted Patent B2
US 8,252,701 · App. 12/949,256 · Granted Aug 28, 2012

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, method of processing substrate, and substrate processing apparatus

Assignee: Hitachi-Kokusai Electric Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,252,701
App. No.
12/949,256
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes: (a) forming an oxide film having a predetermined thickness on a substrate by alternately repeating: (a-1) forming a layer containing a predetermined element on the substrate by supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element into a process vessel accommodating the substrate and exhausting the source gas from the process vessel; and (a-2) changing the layer containing the predetermined element into an oxide layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas and an hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel, wherein inside of the process vessel is under a heated atmosphere having a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure; and exhausting the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas from the process vessel; and (b) modifying the oxide film formed on the substrate by supplying the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel, wherein the inside of the process vessel is under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure, and exhausting the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas from the process vessel.

Claims (16)

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

(a) forming an oxide film having a predetermined thickness on a substrate by alternately repeating: (a-1) forming a layer containing a predetermined element on the substrate by supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element into a process vessel accommodating the substrate and exhausting the source gas from the process vessel; and (a-2) changing the layer containing the predetermined element into an oxide layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas and an hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel, wherein an inside of the process vessel is under a heated atmosphere having a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure, and exhausting the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas from the process vessel; and

(b) modifying the oxide film formed on the substrate by supplying the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel, wherein the inside of the process vessel is under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure, and exhausting the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas from the process vessel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the substrate in the step (b) is higher than a temperature of the substrate in the step (a-2); or a gas supply time of each of the gases in the step (b) is longer than a gas supply time of each of the gases in the step (a-2).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the substrate in the step (b) is higher than a temperature of the substrate in the step (a).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (a) and the step (b) are alternately repeated.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (a-2), the oxygen-containing gas is reacted with the hydrogen-containing gas under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure to form an oxidizing species, and the layer containing the predetermined element is changed into the oxide layer by using the oxidizing species, and

in the step (b), the oxygen-containing gas is reacted with the hydrogen-containing gas under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure to form the oxidizing species, and the oxide film is modified using the oxidizing species.

6. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

(a) forming a silicon oxide film having a predetermined thickness on a substrate by alternately repeating: (a-1) forming a silicon-containing layer on the substrate by supplying a source gas containing a silicon into a process vessel accommodating the substrate and exhausting the source gas from the process vessel; and (a-2) changing the silicon-containing layer into a silicon oxide layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas and an hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel, wherein an inside of the process vessel is under a heated atmosphere having a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure, and exhausting the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas from the process vessel; and

(b) modifying the oxide film formed on the substrate by supplying the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel, wherein the inside of the process vessel is under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure, and exhausting the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas from the process vessel.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a temperature of the substrate in the step (b) is higher than a temperature of the substrate in the step (a-2); or a gas supply time of each of the gases in the step (b) is longer than a gas supply time of each of the gases in the step (a-2).

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein a temperature of the substrate in the step (b) is higher than a temperature of the substrate in the step (a).

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step (a) and the step (b) are alternately repeated.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein in the step (a-2), the oxygen-containing gas is reacted with the hydrogen-containing gas under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure to form an oxidizing species, and the silicon-containing layer is changed into the silicon oxide layer by using the oxidizing species, and

in the step (b), the oxygen-containing gas is reacted with the hydrogen-containing gas under the heated atmosphere having the pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure to form the oxidizing species, and the silicon oxide film is modified using the oxidizing species.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047995/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2011
From: SASAJIMA, RYOTA; HIROSE, YOSHIRO; OTA, YOSUKE; AKAE, NAONORI; YOKOZAWA, KOJIRO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 025728/0146 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-265432 · Nov 20, 2009 · national
JP 2010-215398 · Sep 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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