IP Library Granted Patent US 9,418,855
Granted Patent B2
US 9,418,855 · App. 14/667,063 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Inventors: Kimihiko Nakatani (Toyama, JP); Kazuhiro Harada (Toyama, JP); Hiroshi Ashihara (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/28506C23C16/34C23C16/45525C23C16/52H01J37/32449H01L21/28088
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Patent No.
US 9,418,855
App. No.
14/667,063
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A halogen element-containing metal material and a nitrogen-containing material are alternately supplied to a process chamber with a flow rate of an inert gas supplied to the process chamber together with the nitrogen-containing material during the supplying of the nitrogen-containing material to the process chamber being more increased than a flow rate of the inert gas supplied to the process chamber together with the metal material during the supplying of the metal material to the process chamber.

Claims (14)

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

supplying a halogen-containing metal material containing a metal element and a halogen element to a substrate while supplying an inert gas;

supplying a reactant gas containing a nitrogen element to the substrate while supplying the inert gas at a flow rate larger than a flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the supplying of the halogen-containing metal material;

forming a metal-containing nitride film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including:

supplying the halogen-containing metal material;

removing the halogen-containing metal material;

supplying the reactant gas; and

removing the reactant gas,

wherein a flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the supplying of the reactant gas is larger than a flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the supplying of the halogen-containing metal material, a flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the removing of the halogen-containing metal material, and a flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the removing of the reactant gas.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the supplying of the halogen-containing metal material is larger than the flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the removing of the halogen-containing metal material and the flow rate of the inert gas supplied during the removing of the reactant gas.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the reactant gas is supplied, the inert gas is supplied at ½ or more of a flow rate of the reactant gas.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the halogen-containing metal material is supplied, the inert gas is supplied at ½ or more of a flow rate of the halogen-containing metal material.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen element has a smaller binding energy than chlorine.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the halogen element is one selected from the group consisting of iodine and bromine.

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 24, 2015
From: NAKATANI, KIMIHIKO; HARADA, KAZUHIRO; ASHIHARA, HIROSHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 035243/0817 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-071043 · Mar 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150279682A1 · Oct 1, 2015