IP Library Granted Patent US 9,748,091
Granted Patent B2
US 9,748,091 · App. 14/836,145 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Substrate treatment apparatus and substrate treatment method

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Patent No.
US 9,748,091
App. No.
14/836,145
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a substrate treatment apparatus includes a housing configured to house a substrate. The apparatus further includes a chemical supplying module configured to supply one or more chemicals in a gas state to the substrate in the housing, the one or more chemicals including a first chemical that contains a silylation agent. The apparatus further includes a cooling module configured to cool the substrate in the housing while any of the one or more chemicals is supplied to the substrate in the housing.

Claims (19)

1. A substrate treatment method comprising:

housing a substrate in a housing;

supplying chemicals including a first chemical that contains a silylation agent in a gas state to the substrate in the housing, the chemicals including a chemical having a first boiling point and a chemical having a second boiling point lower than the first boiling point; and

cooling the substrate in the housing while supplying any of the chemicals to the substrate in the housing,

the method further comprising

supplying the chemical having the first boiling point to the substrate after supplying the chemical having the second boiling point to the substrate; and

supplying the chemical having the second boiling point to the substrate again after supplying the chemical having the first boiling point to the substrate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemicals further include a second chemical that contains alcohol.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is cooled such that a temperature of the substrate is lower than a boiling point of the chemicals.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is cooled by supplying a gas or a liquid to cool the substrate.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is cooled with a Peltier device disposed near the substrate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is cooled in the whole period in which the first chemical is supplied to the substrate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is cooled in one or more parts of a period in which the first chemical is supplied to the substrate.

8. A substrate treatment method comprising:

supplying a chemical having a second boiling point in a gas state to a substrate;

supplying a chemical having a first boiling point higher than the second boiling point in a gas state to the substrate after supplying the chemical having the second boiling point to the substrate, thereby forming a silylation film on the substrate;

supplying the chemical having the second boiling point in a gas state again to the substrate after supplying the chemical having the first boiling point to the substrate; and

cooling the substrate while supplying the chemical having the first boiling point or the chemical having the second boiling point to the substrate.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the chemical having the first boiling point contains a silylation agent.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043052/0218 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2015
From: KIMURA, SHINSUKE; KOIDE, TATSUHIKO; OGAWA, YOSHIHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 036426/0778 →