IP Library Granted Patent US 9,123,530
Granted Patent B2
US 9,123,530 · App. 14/006,819 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

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

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Patent No.
US 9,123,530
App. No.
14/006,819
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are: forming an oxycarbonitride film, an oxycarbide film or an oxide film on a substrate by alternately performing a specific number of times: forming a first layer containing the specific element, nitrogen and carbon, on the substrate, by alternately performing a specific number of times, supplying a first source containing the specific element and a halogen-group to the substrate in a processing chamber, and supplying a second source containing the specific element and an amino-group to the substrate in the processing chamber; and forming a second layer by oxidizing the first layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas, and an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the processing chamber.

Claims (45)

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

forming an oxycarbonitride film, an oxycarbide film or an oxide film containing a specific element on a substrate by alternately performing a first specific number of times:

(a) forming a first layer containing the specific element, nitrogen and carbon, on the substrate, by alternately performing a second specific number of times,

(a-1) supplying a first source containing the specific element and a halogen-group to the substrate in a processing chamber, and

(a-2) supplying a second source containing the specific element and an amino-group to the substrate in the processing chamber; and

(b) forming a second layer by oxidizing the first layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas, or an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the processing chamber.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the (a), the (a-1) and the (a-2) are alternately performed once;

in the (b), the oxygen-containing gas is supplied; and

the (a) and the (b) are alternately performed the first specific number of times, to thereby form the oxycarbonitride film or the oxycarbide film containing the specific element, on the substrate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein

in the (a), the (a-1) and the (a-2) are alternately performed multiple numbers of times; and

in the (b), the oxygen-containing gas is supplied; and

the (a) and the (b) are alternately performed the first specific number of times, to thereby form the oxycarbonitride film or the oxycarbide film containing the specific element, on the substrate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

in the (a), the (a-1) and the (a-2) are alternately performed once;

in the (b), the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas are supplied; and

the (a) and the (b) are alternately performed the first specific number of times, to thereby form the oxycarbonitride film or the oxycarbide film containing the specific element, on the substrate.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

in the (a), the (a-1) and the (a-2) are alternately performed multiple numbers of times;

in the (b), the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas are supplied; and

the (a) and the (b) are alternately performed the first specific number of times, to thereby form the oxycarbonitride film or the oxycarbide film containing the specific element, on the substrate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the (b), the oxygen-containing gas activated by heat, or the oxygen-containing gas activated by heat and the hydrogen-containing gas activated by heat is supplied to the substrate in the processing chamber.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the (b), an oxidation reaction of the first layer is set in an unsaturated state.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first source comprises a chlorosilane-based source or a fluorosilane-based source, and the second source comprises an aminosilane-based source.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein

in the (a), the (a-1) and the (a-2) are alternately performed the second specific number of times in such a manner that purge of the inside of the processing chamber is interposed between the (a-1) and the (a-2).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the (a) and the (b) are alternately performed the first specific number of times in such a manner that purge of the inside of the processing chamber is interposed between the (a) and the (b).

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific element comprises a semiconductor element or a metal element.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor element comprises Si, and the metal element comprises Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Al or Mo.

13. A substrate processing method, comprising:

forming an oxycarbonitride film, an oxycarbide film or an oxide film containing a specific element on a substrate by alternately performing a first specific number of times:

(a) forming a first layer containing the specific element, nitrogen and carbon, on the substrate, by alternately performing a second specific number of times,

(a-1) supplying a first source containing the specific element and a halogen-group to the substrate in a processing chamber, and

(a-2) supplying a second source containing the specific element and an amino-group to the substrate in the processing chamber; and

(b) forming a second layer by oxidizing the first layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas, or an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the processing chamber.

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

forming an oxycarbonitride film, an oxycarbide film or an oxide film containing a specific element on a substrate by performing a cycle a first specific number of times, the cycle including asynchronously performing:

(a) forming a first layer containing the specific element, nitrogen and carbon, on the substrate, by performing a set a second specific number of times, the set including asynchronously performing:

(a-1) supplying a first source containing the specific element and a halogen-group to the substrate in a processing chamber,

(a-2) removing the first source remained in the processing chamber;

(a-3) supplying a second source containing the specific element and an amino-group to the substrate in the processing chamber; and

(a-4) removing the second source remained in the processing chamber; and

(b) forming a second layer by oxidizing the first layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas, or an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the processing chamber,

(c) removing the oxygen-containing gas, or the oxygen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas remained in the processing chamber.

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 Oct 29, 2013
From: OTA, YOSUKE; HIROSE, YOSHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 031550/0332 →