IP Library Granted Patent US 9,384,971
Granted Patent B2
US 9,384,971 · App. 14/679,156 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device by forming a film on a substrate

Inventors: Yushin Takasawa (Toyama, JP); Hajime Karasawa (Toyama, JP); Yoshiro Hirose (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
H01L21/0228C23C14/542C23C16/45527C23C16/45531C23C16/45542C23C16/45544C23C16/45546C23C16/45557C23C16/46C23C16/50C23C16/52C23C28/36H01L21/022H01L21/0214H01L21/0217H01L21/02112H01L21/02126H01L21/02145H01L21/02153H01L21/02161H01L21/02164H01L21/02167H01L21/02175H01L21/02178H01L21/02186H01L21/02211H01L21/02271H01L21/02274H01L21/02321H01L21/02326H01L21/02332H01L21/318H01L21/3141H01L21/3185
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Patent No.
US 9,384,971
App. No.
14/679,156
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technique including forming a film by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes: forming a first layer by supplying a gas containing a first element under a condition where chemical adsorption of a molecule constituting the gas containing the first element is not saturated; forming a second layer including the first layer and a layer including a second element stacked on the first layer by supplying a gas containing the second element under a condition where chemical adsorption of a molecule constituting the gas containing the second element is not saturated; and forming a third layer by supplying a gas containing a third element to modify the second layer under a condition where a modifying reaction of the second layer by the gas containing the third element is not saturated.

Claims (31)

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

forming a film on a substrate, the film including a first element, a second element different from the first element, and a third element different from the first element and the second element, by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including:

(a) forming a first layer that includes the first element by supplying a first gas that includes the first element to the substrate under a condition that a chemical adsorption of a molecule of the first gas on a surface of the substrate is not saturated,

(b) forming a second layer that includes the first layer and an another layer that includes the second element stacked on the first layer by supplying a second gas that includes the second element to the substrate under a condition that a chemical adsorption of a molecule of the second gas on a surface of the first layer is not saturated, and

(c) forming a third layer that includes the first element, the second element and the third element by supplying a third gas that includes the third element to the substrate to modify the second layer under a condition that a modifying reaction of the second layer by the third gas is not saturated.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first layer includes a non-saturated chemical adsorption layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first layer includes a discontinuous chemical adsorption layer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a thickness of less than one atomic layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the another layer includes a non-saturated chemical adsorption layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the another layer includes a discontinuous chemical adsorption layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the another layer has a thickness of less than one atomic layer.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a portion of a surface layer of the second layer is modified in (c).

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein only a portion of a surface layer of the second layer is modified in (c).

10. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first element includes at least one of a semiconductor element or a metal element,

wherein the second element includes at least one of nitrogen, boron, carbon, oxygen, a semiconductor element, or a metal element, and

wherein the third element includes at least one of nitrogen or oxygen.

11. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first element includes at least one of silicon, boron, aluminum, or titanium,

wherein the second element includes at least one of nitrogen, boron, carbon, oxygen, aluminum, or titanium, and

wherein the third element includes at least one of nitrogen or oxygen.

12. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first element includes at least one of silicon, aluminum, or titanium,

wherein the second element includes at least one of boron, carbon, aluminum, or titanium, and

wherein the third element includes at least one of nitrogen or oxygen.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second gas or the third gas is plasma-excited or thermally-excited and supplied to the substrate.

14. A substrate processing method, comprising:

forming a film on a substrate, the film including a first element, a second element different from the first element, and a third element different from the first element and the second element, by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including:

(a) forming a first layer that includes the first element by supplying a first gas that includes the first element to the substrate under a condition that a chemical adsorption of a molecule of the first gas on a surface of the substrate is not saturated,

(b) forming a second layer that includes the first layer and an another layer that includes the second element stacked on the first layer by supplying a second gas that includes the second element to the substrate under a condition that a chemical adsorption of a molecule of the second gas on a surface of the first layer is not saturated, and

(c) forming a third layer that includes the first element, the second element and the third element by supplying a third gas that includes the third element to the substrate to modify the second layer under a condition that a modifying reaction of the second layer by the third gas is not saturated.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 26, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047620/0001 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-300891 · Nov 26, 2008 · national
JP 2009-246707 · Oct 27, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12625712 · Nov 25, 2009
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