IP Library Granted Patent US 9,502,233
Granted Patent B2
US 9,502,233 · App. 14/386,223 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device, method for processing substrate, substrate processing device and recording medium

Inventors: Atsushi Sano (Toyama, JP); Masayuki Asai (Toyama, JP); Masahiro Yonebayashi (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC, INC.
H01L21/022C23C16/4405H01J37/32394H01J37/32862H01L21/0217
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Patent No.
US 9,502,233
App. No.
14/386,223
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to extend the cycle of gas cleaning for a film-forming device, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a substrate carry-in process for carrying a substrate into a processing chamber; a film forming process for laminating at least two types of films on the substrate in the processing chamber; a substrate carry-out process for carrying the film laminated substrate out from the processing chamber; an etching process for supplying an etching gas into the processing chamber while the substrate is not in the processing chamber after the substrate carry-out process. The etching process includes a first cleaning process for supplying a fluorine-containing gas activated by plasma excitation into the processing chamber as an etching gas; and a second cleaning process for supplying a fluorine-containing gas activated by heat into the processing chamber as an etching gas.

Claims (32)

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

loading a substrate into a processing chamber;

forming at least two kinds of films including a nitride film and an oxide film on the substrate within the processing chamber;

unloading the substrate having the films formed thereon from the processing chamber; and

after unloading the substrate, etching by supplying an etching gas into the processing chamber without any substrate within the processing chamber, the act of etching including a first etching and a second etching,

the act of the first etching including a cleaning of supplying a fluorine-containing gas activated by plasma excitation as the etching gas into the processing chamber, and

the act of the second etching including a cleaning of supplying a fluorine-containing gas activated by heat without the plasma excitation as the etching gas into the processing chamber.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the act of the first etching, before and/or after the plasma-excited NF 3 gas is supplied into the processing chamber, a plasma-excited inert gas or a plasma-excited reactant gas is supplied into the processing chamber.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the act of the first etching, plasma is intermittently generated while the reactant gas is continuously supplied.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the act of the first etching, plasma is intermittently generated while the reactant gas is intermittently supplied.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the act of forming the films includes forming a silicon nitride film on the substrate; and forming a silicon oxide film on the substrate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the act of forming the films includes a first oxide film forming in which a silicon oxide film is formed on the substrate; a nitride film forming in which a silicon nitride film is formed on the substrate; and a second oxide film forming in which a silicon oxide film is formed on the substrate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the act of the first etching includes cleaning of using an NF 3 which is activated by plasma excitation and the act of the second etching includes cleaning of using an NF 3 which is thermally activated by increasing a heating temperature of the processing chamber without plasma-exciting the NF 3 , to become higher than a temperature of the first etching.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein, the etching gas is at least one selected from the group consisting of a halogen-containing gas including fluorine (F).

9. A method of processing a substrate, comprising:

loading one or more substrates into a processing chamber;

forming at least two kinds of films including a nitride film and an oxide film on the substrate within the processing chamber;

unloading the one or more substrates having the films formed thereon from the processing chamber; and

after unloading all the substrates, etching by supplying an etching gas into the processing chamber without any substrate within the processing chamber, the act of etching including a first etching and a second etching,

the act of the first etching including a cleaning of supplying a fluorine-containing gas activated by plasma excitation as the etching gas into the processing chamber, and

the act of the second etching including a cleaning of supplying a fluorine-containing gas activated by heat without the plasma excitation as the etching gas into the processing chamber.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, the etching gas is at least one selected from the group consisting of a halogen-containing gas including fluorine (F).

11. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

loading a substrate into a processing chamber;

forming a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film on a surface of the substrate by supplying at least two kinds of process gases into the processing chamber;

unloading the substrate having the silicon nitride film formed thereon from the processing chamber; and

after unloading the substrate and before loading a subsequent substrate on which a film is to be formed into the processing chamber, supplying a plasma-excited fluorine-containing gas as an etching gas into the processing chamber, and supplying a heated fluorine-containing gas without the plasma excitation as an etching gas into the processing chamber.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising performing etching one time every end of the acts of loading the substrate, forming the silicon nitride film, and unloading the substrate.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, before and/or after the act of supplying the plasma-excited fluorine-containing gas for etching into the processing chamber, supplying a plasma-excited inert gas or a plasma-excited ammonia gas into the processing chamber.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein, during etching, plasma is intermittently generated while the fluorine-containing gas is continuously supplied.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein, during etching, plasma is intermittently generated while the fluorine-containing gas is intermittently supplied.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein, the etching gas is at least one selected from the group consisting of a halogen-containing gas including fluorine (F).

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 Sep 24, 2014
From: SANO, ATSUSHI; ASAI, MASAYUKI; YONEBAYASHI, MASAHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC
Reel/Frame 033803/0262 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-066332 · Mar 22, 2012 · national
JP 2013-054711 · Mar 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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