IP Library Granted Patent US 9,029,247
Granted Patent B2
US 9,029,247 · App. 14/016,662 · Granted May 12, 2015

Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,029,247
App. No.
14/016,662
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a crystal film on a semiconductor substrate by irradiating the semiconductor substrate with a first microwave, obtained by providing frequency modulation or phase modulation of a first carrier wave which is a sine wave with a first frequency, using a first signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a third frequency lower than a first frequency, and irradiating the semiconductor substrate with a second microwave, obtained by providing frequency modulation or phase modulation of a second carrier wave, which is a sine wave with a second frequency higher than the first frequency, using a second signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a fourth frequency lower than the second frequency.

Claims (42)

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

forming a crystal film on a semiconductor substrate by irradiating a first microwave energy at a first frequency and a second microwave energy at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, wherein the first microwave energy includes a first carrier wave that is frequency modulated or phase modulated.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate is cooled during irradiation of the first microwave.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate is rotated during irradiation of the first microwave.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate is rotated during irradiation of the second microwave.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first carrier wave is a sine wave having the first frequency.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein

the second microwave energy includes a second carrier wave that is frequency modulated or phase modulated.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein

the first carrier wave is frequency modulated or phase modulated using a first signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a third frequency lower than the first frequency.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein

the second carrier wave is a sine wave having a second frequency greater than the first frequency.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein

the second carrier wave is frequency modulated or phase modulated using a second signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a fourth frequency lower than the second frequency.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first microwave energy is obtained by providing frequency modulation or phase modulation of the first carrier wave which is a sine wave with the first frequency, using a first signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a third frequency lower than the first frequency; and

the second microwave is obtained by providing frequency modulation or phase modulation of a second carrier wave which is a sine wave with the second frequency greater than the first frequency, using a second signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a fourth frequency lower than the second frequency.

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate having a doped layer.

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

forming a crystal film on a semiconductor substrate by

irradiating the semiconductor substrate with a first microwave energy, obtained by providing frequency modulation or phase modulation of a first carrier wave which is a sine wave with a first frequency, using a first signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a third frequency lower than the first frequency; and

irradiating the semiconductor substrate with a second microwave, obtained by providing frequency modulation or phase modulation of a second carrier wave which is a sine wave with a second frequency greater than the first frequency, using a second signal wave which is a sine wave or a pulse wave with a fourth frequency lower than the second frequency.

13. The manufacturing method according to claim 12 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate is cooled during irradiation of the first microwave.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 12 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate is rotated during irradiation of the first microwave.

15. The manufacturing method according to claim 12 , wherein

the semiconductor substrate is rotated during irradiation of the second microwave.

16. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, comprising:

a film formation chamber;

a first waveguide which provides a first microwave energy at a first frequency into the film formation chamber;

a second waveguide which provides a second microwave energy with a second frequency greater than the first frequency into the film formation chamber; and

a microwave modulation device to provide frequency modulation or phase modulation of the first microwave energy or the second microwave energy.

17. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a cooling device for cooling the semiconductor substrate.

18. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a cooling device for cooling the semiconductor substrate.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2014
From: SUGURO, KYOICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 031943/0615 →