IP Library Granted Patent US 9,613,798
Granted Patent B2
US 9,613,798 · App. 14/634,280 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

Inventors: Ryuji Yamamoto (Kodaira, JP); Yoshiro Hirose (Toyama, JP); Satoshi Shimamoto (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/02167C23C16/308C23C16/345C23C16/36C23C16/45531C23C16/45542C23C16/45553H01L21/022H01L21/0228H01L21/02126H01L21/02211H01L21/02274C23C16/45544C23C16/52
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Patent No.
US 9,613,798
App. No.
14/634,280
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique includes forming a film containing a first element, a second element and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes non-simultaneously performing: forming a first layer containing the first element and carbon by supplying a precursor gas having a chemical bond of the first element and carbon from a first supply part to the substrate in a process chamber, and forming a second layer by supplying a reaction gas containing the second element from a second supply part to the substrate in the process chamber and supplying a plasma-excited inert gas from a third supply part to the substrate in the process chamber to modify the first layer, the third supply part being different from the second supply part.

Claims (19)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising forming a film containing a first element, a second element and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

forming a first layer containing the first element and carbon by supplying a precursor gas having a chemical bond of the first element and carbon from a first supply part to the substrate in a process chamber; and

forming a second layer by supplying a first reaction gas containing the second element from a second supply part to the substrate in the process chamber and supplying a plasma-excited inert gas from a third supply part different from the second supply part to the substrate, the first reaction gas and the plasma-excited inert gas being separately supplied, such that the first reaction gas and the plasma-excited inert gas are mixed above a surface of the substrate in the process chamber to modify the first layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of forming the second layer, the first reaction gas excited with heat and the plasma-excited inert gas are mixed above the surface of the process chamber.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of forming the second layer, the first reaction gas is excited by the plasma-excited inert gas above the surface of the process chamber.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of forming the second layer, the first reaction gas, which has been excited with heat, is further excited by the plasma-excited inert gas above the surface of the process chamber.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the act of forming the first layer is performed under a condition in which at least a part of the chemical bond of the first element and carbon included in the precursor gas is maintained without being broken.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the act of forming the second layer is performed under a condition in which at least a part of the chemical bond of the first element and carbon included in the first layer is maintained without being broken.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when seen from a plane view, a perpendicular bisector of a straight line interconnecting the second supply part and the third supply part passes through a center of the substrate.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the second supply part and the third supply part is installed at a lateral side of an end portion of the substrate.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second supply part is arranged to face a surface of the substrate, and the third supply part is arranged not to face the surface of the substrate.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second supply part is arranged not to face a surface of the substrate, and the third supply part is arranged to face the surface of the substrate.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of forming the second layer, an inert gas plasma-excited by a plasma unit is supplied from the third supply p art.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cycle further includes performing:

supplying a second reaction gas containing a third element to the substrate in the process chamber, and

wherein the cycle is performed the predetermined number of times to form a film containing the first element, the second element, the third element, and carbon on the substrate.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cycle further includes non-simultaneously performing:

forming a third layer by supplying a second reaction gas containing a third element to the substrate in the process chamber to modify the second solid layer, and

wherein the cycle is performed the predetermined number of times to form a film containing the first element, the second element, the third element, and carbon on the substrate.

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 Mar 2, 2015
From: YAMAMOTO, RYUJI; HIROSE, YOSHIRO; SHIMAMOTO, SATOSHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 035065/0393 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-041965 · Mar 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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