IP Library Granted Patent US 9,761,456
Granted Patent B2
US 9,761,456 · App. 14/947,523 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,761,456
App. No.
14/947,523
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes (a) providing a substrate and (b) forming a film including a first element, a second element and a third element in a same group as the second element on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (b-1) supplying a halogen-based source gas including the first element to the substrate; (b-2) supplying a first reactive gas including the second element and reactive with the halogen-based source gas; and (b-3) supplying a second reactive gas including the third element without mixing the second reactive gas with the first reactive gas, wherein the second reactive gas is reactive with the halogen-based source gas and unreactive with the first reactive gas.

Claims (13)

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

(a) providing a substrate; and

(b) forming a film comprising titanium, nitrogen, and phosphorus on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle comprising: (b-1) supplying a chlorine-containing source gas including titanium to the substrate; (b-2) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein the nitrogen-containing gas is reactive with the chlorine-containing source gas; (b-3) supplying a phosphorus-containing gas without mixing the phosphorus-containing gas with the nitrogen-containing gas; (b-4) exhausting the chlorine-containing source gas; (b-5) exhausting the nitrogen-containing gas; and (b-6) exhausting the phosphorus-containing gas, wherein (b-1), (b-4), (b-2), (b-5), (b-3) and (b-6) are sequentially performed, and the cycle further comprises: a first cycle wherein (b-1), (b-4), (b-2), (b-5), (b-3), and (b-6) are sequentially performed a first number of times to form a first film comprising titanium, nitrogen and phosphorus; and a second cycle wherein (b-1), (b-4), (b-2), and (b-5) are sequentially performed a second number of times to form a second film comprising titanium and nitrogen after performing the first cycle, and

wherein the phosphorus-containing gas is reactive with the chlorine-containing source gas and unreactive with the nitrogen-containing gas.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a work function of the film is adjusted by controlling concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in the film from the nitrogen-containing gas and the phosphorus-containing gas, respectively.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the concentration of phosphorus in the film is controlled by adjusting an amount of the nitrogen-containing gas supplied in (b-2).

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the concentration of phosphorus in the film is controlled by adjusting a pressure of the phosphorus-containing gas supplied in (b-3).

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

(a) providing a substrate; and

(b) forming a film comprising titanium, phosphorus and nitrogen on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle comprising: (b-1) supplying a chlorine-containing source gas including titanium to the substrate; (b-2) supplying a phosphorus-containing gas, wherein the phosphorus-containing gas is reactive with the chlorine-containing source gas; (b-3) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas without mixing the nitrogen-containing gas with the phosphorus-containing gas; (b-4) exhausting the chlorine-containing source gas; (b-5) exhausting the phosphorus-containing gas; and (b-6) exhausting the nitrogen-containing gas, wherein (b-1), (b-4), (b-2), (b-5), (b-3), and (b-6) are sequentially performed and the cycle further comprises: a first cycle wherein (b-1), (b-4), (b-2), (b-5), (b-3), and (b-6) are sequentially performed a first number of times to form a first film comprising titanium, phosphorus and nitrogen; and a second cycle wherein (b-1), (b-4), (b-3) and (b-5) are sequentially performed a second number of times to form a second film comprising titanium and nitrogen after performing the first cycle,

wherein the phosphorus-containing gas is reactive with the chlorine-containing source gas and unreactive with the nitrogen-containing gas.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a work function of the film is adjusted by controlling concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in the film from the nitrogen-containing gas and the phosphorus-containing gas, respectively.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the concentration of phosphorus in the film is controlled by adjusting an amount of the phosphorous-containing gas supplied in (b-2).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048008/0206 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2015
From: NAKATANI, KIMIHIKO; HARADA, KAZUHIRO; KITAMURA, MASAHITO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 037103/0337 →