Granted Patent B2

US 8,748,325 · App. 13/782,300 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Abstract

Claims (58)

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

disposing a substrate within a reaction chamber; and

forming a polyimide film on a surface of the substrate located with the reaction chamber;

wherein the forming the polyimide film comprises:

supplying both a diamine monomer dissolved within a carbon dioxide in a supercritical state and a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer dissolved within a carbon dioxide in a supercritical state through individual supply lines to a portion adjacent to the substrate;

mixing both the above-mentioned diamine monomer and tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer together in the vicinity of the substrate; and

reacting, on the surface of the substrate, the diamine monomer and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer reached to the surface of the substrate in the supercritical states, along with a polyamic acid resulting from a reaction of the diamine monomer with the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer, to form the polyimide film on the surface of the substrate.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film comprises:

keeping the surface of the substrate at a temperature not lower than a temperature at which imidization is caused to occur;

keeping an atmosphere within the reaction chamber at a temperature that is not lower than a temperature at which the carbon dioxide is kept into the supercritical state and that is lower than a temperature at which the imidization is caused to occur; and

keeping the reaction chamber into a pressure that is not lower than a pressure at which the carbon dioxide is kept in the supercritical state.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film comprises:

placing the surface of the substrate as a film-forming surface which is to form the polyimide film and which is directed downwards; and

supplying, from a lower side of the substrate to the film-forming surface, both the diamine monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film comprises:

placing the surface of the substrate as a film-forming surface which is to form the polyimide film and which is directed downwards;

disposing a flow straightening plate which is parallel with the film-forming surface and which is opposed to the film-forming surface with a gap left between the flow straightening plate and the film-forming surface; and

introducing, into the gap between the flow straightening plate and the film-forming surface, both the diamine monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 4 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film is carried out by:

using a discharge outlet for discharging the diamine monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state and a discharge outlet for discharging the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state, both the discharge outlets being disposed close to each other.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film comprises:

exhausting a superfluous carbon dioxide of the supercritical state remaining in the reaction chamber through an exhaust hole placed upwards of the substrate.

7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 6 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film comprises:

removing the polyamic acid from the carbon dioxide exhausted from the exhaust hole.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein:

the forming the polyimide film comprises:

maintaining constant, both a concentration of the diamine monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state and a concentration of the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer dissolved within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state; and

continuously supplying and exhausting the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state so that a flow rate of the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state is kept constant.

9. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , further comprising:

heating the substrate at a temperature not lower than a temperature at which imidization is caused to occur, after the polyimide film is formed.

10. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein the substrate is a stacked substrate which has a plurality of semiconductor substrates stacked to each other through bumps;

wherein:

a lowermost one of the semiconductor substrates has through holes.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , further comprising:

preparing the substrate before the substrate is placed within the reaction chamber; and

grinding the substrate after the polyimide film is formed;

wherein the preparing the substrate comprises:

stacking a first substrate and a second substrate through bumps;

wherein the forming the polyimide film comprises:

forming the polyimide film so that a gap between the first and the second substrates is filled;

wherein the grinding the substrate comprises:

reducing a thickness of the substrate by grinding the second substrate; and

forming bumps on a ground surface of the second substrate.

12. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , comprising:

dissolving the diamine monomer and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer within the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state containing an aprotic polarity solvent as a co-solvent.

13. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 12 , wherein the aprotic polarity solvent is any one of N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methylpyrrolidone, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, hexamethylphosphoramide, 1,3-dimethylimidazolidinone, tetramethylurea, 1,3-dipropylimidazolidinone, N-methyl caprolactam, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl sulfone, tetramethyl sulfone, acetone, and ethylene glycol, or a mixture of at least two thereof.

14. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , comprising:

keeping an atmospheric temperature within the reaction chamber at a temperature which is not lower than 35° C. and is not higher than 100° C.;

keeping a pressure within the reaction chamber at a pressure which is not lower than 10 MPa and which is not higher than 40 MPa; and

keeping the temperature of the substrate surface at a temperature which is not lower than 150° C. and which is not higher than 500° C.

15. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein:

the diamine monomer is 4,4′-diaminodiphenylether while the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer is pyromellitic acid dianhydride.

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