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Granted Patent B2
US 8,871,655 · App. 13/726,778 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Method of forming silicon oxycarbonitride film

Inventors: Keisuke Suzuki (Nirasaki, JP); Kentaro Kadonaga (Nirasaki, JP); Byoung Hoon Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Eun Jo Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sung Duk Son (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jae Hyuk Jang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Do Hyun Park (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
H01L21/31H01L21/02126H01L21/022C23C8/34C23C16/24C23C16/56C23C28/04C23C28/42
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Patent No.
US 8,871,655
App. No.
13/726,778
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method of forming a silicon oxycarbonitride film on a base includes stacking a silicon carbonitride film and a silicon oxynitride film on the base to form the silicon oxycarbonitride film.

Claims (10)

1. A method of forming a silicon oxycarbonitride film on a base, the method comprising stacking a silicon carbonitride film and a silicon oxynitride film on the base to form the silicon oxycarbonitride film.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming of the silicon carbonitride film and forming of the silicon oxynitride film are repeatedly performed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming of the silicon carbonitride film comprises a carbonization process and a nitriding process of a silicon film, and forming of the silicon oxynitride film comprises an oxidation process and a nitriding process of a silicon film.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the silicon carbonitride film is formed, the carbonization process and the nitriding process of the silicon film are repeatedly performed.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the silicon oxynitride film is formed, the oxidation process and the nitriding process of the silicon film are repeatedly performed.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein a concentration of oxygen in the silicon oxycarbonitride film that is formed is controlled by controlling an order of performing the oxidation process and the nitriding process of the silicon film.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the concentration of the oxygen in the formed silicon oxycarbonitride film is controlled within a range from 20 at. % to 35 at. %.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the formed silicon oxycarbonitride film when a wavelength of light is 633 nm ranges from 1.72 to 1.90.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the concentration of the oxygen in the formed silicon oxycarbonitride film is controlled within a range from 20 at. % to 30 at. %.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the formed silicon oxycarbonitride film when a wavelength of light is 633 nm ranges from 1.77 to 1.90.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2013
From: SUZUKI, KEISUKE; KADONAGA, KENTARO; LEE, BYOUNG HOON; LEE, EUN JO; SON, SUNG DUK; JANG, JAE HYUK; PARK, DO HYUN
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029663/0519 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-286342 · Dec 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130164946A1 · Jun 27, 2013