IP Library Granted Patent US 9,502,239
Granted Patent B2
US 9,502,239 · App. 14/707,350 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

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

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Patent No.
US 9,502,239
App. No.
14/707,350
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a substrate processing method, including: (a) loading a substrate into a processing vessel having a pre-baked film containing a silazane bond; (b) heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying a process gas to the heated substrate; and (c) heating the substrate to which the process gas has been supplied, to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and less than or equal to a temperature at which the pre-bake has been performed.

Claims (12)

1. A substrate processing method, comprising:

(a) loading a substrate into a processing vessel having a pre-baked film containing a silazane bond;

(b) heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying a process gas to the heated substrate, thereby modifying the film containing the silazane bond; and

(c) heating the substrate to which the process gas has been supplied, to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and less than or equal to a temperature at which the pre-bake has been performed.

2. The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

(d) supplying a process liquid into the processing vessel; and

(e) generating the process gas by vaporizing the process liquid using a vaporizer in the processing vessel.

3. The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein an oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate at a first flow rate in (b), and the oxygen-containing gas is supplied thereto at a second flow rate larger than the first flow rate before (c).

4. The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

(f) vacuum-exhausting the inside of the processing vessel after (c); and

(j) venting the inside of the processing vessel to an atmospheric pressure after (f).

5. The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the process gas is a hydrogen peroxide gas.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF LEGAL ENTITY Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS S.À R.L.
To: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0760 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0770 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
To: RIDGEFIELD ACQUISITION
Reel/Frame 053324/0198 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: RIDGEFIELD ACQUISITION
To: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 053323/0591 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2019
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049008/0028 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 1, 2019
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048756/0699 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 12, 2017
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
To: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 041345/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2015
From: OKUNO, MASAHISA; KAKUDA, TOORU; TATENO, HIDETO; JODA, TAKUYA; KUROKAWA, MASAMICHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.; AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 035623/0972 →