IP Library Granted Patent US 9,793,112
Granted Patent B2
US 9,793,112 · App. 15/078,253 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Inventors: Takuya Joda (Toyama, JP); Toru Kakuda (Toyama, JP); Masahisa Okuno (Toyama, JP); Hideto Tateno (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/02337H01L21/02164H01L21/02222H01L21/02271H01L21/02282H01L21/02326H01L21/3247
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Patent No.
US 9,793,112
App. No.
15/078,253
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To improve the characteristics of a film formed on a substrate, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: loading a substrate into a processing container, the substrate being provided with a film having a silazane bond, the film being subjected to pre-baking; supplying oxygen-containing gas at a first temperature not higher than the temperature of the pre-baking; and supplying processing gas containing at least any one of steam and hydrogen peroxide at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.

Claims (24)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

loading a substrate into a processing container, the substrate being provided with a film having a silazane bond, the film being subjected to pre-baking;

supplying oxygen-containing gas to the substrate at a first temperature not higher than a temperature of the pre-baking; and

supplying processing gas containing at least any one of steam or hydrogen peroxide to the substrate at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, where supplying processing gas is performed after supplying oxygen-containing gas; and

annealing in which supply of the processing gas and the oxygen-containing gas is stopped and nitrogen-containing gas is supplied, after the supplying processing gas.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen-containing gas contains at least one of oxygen gas, ozone gas, nitric oxide gas and nitrous oxide gas.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the film having the silazane bond is a film containing a silazane bond of a low molecular weight, and the oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate to change skeletal structure of the silazane bond of the low molecular weight to silicon oxide, in the supplying the oxygen-containing gas.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate to change skeletal structure of the silazane bond to silicon oxide, in supplying oxygen-containing gas.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , including exhausting the inside of the processing container while keeping the temperature of the substrate, after the supplying the processing gas.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 5 , including cooling the substrate after supplying inert gas into the processing container while keeping the temperature of the substrate until a pressure of the inside of the processing container reaches a predetermined pressure, after the exhausting the inside of the processing container.

7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is 150° C. or lower, and the second temperature is in a range from 250° C. to 400° C.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the film having the silazane bond is a film containing a silazane bond of a low molecular weight, and skeletal structure of the silazane bond of the low molecular weight is changed to silicon oxide, in the supplying the oxygen-containing gas.

9. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the film having the silazane bond is a film formed by a CVD method.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium configured to record a program to be executed by a computer, the program including procedures of:

loading a substrate into a processing container, the substrate being provided with a film having a silazane bond, the film being subjected to pre-baking;

supplying oxygen-containing gas to the substrate at a first temperature not higher than a temperature of the pre-baking; and

supplying processing gas containing at least any one of steam or hydrogen peroxide to the substrate at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, where supplying processing gas is performed after supplying oxygen-containing gas; and

annealing in which supply of the processing gas and the oxygen-containing gas is stopped and nitrogen-containing gas is supplied, after supplying processing gas.

11. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

loading a substrate into a processing container, the substrate being provided with a film having a silazane bond, the film being subjected to pre-baking;

supplying oxygen-containing gas to the substrate at a first temperature not higher than a temperature of the pre-baking; and

supplying processing gas containing at least any one of steam or hydrogen peroxide to the substrate at a second temperature higher than the first temperature;

exhausting the inside of the processing container while keeping the temperature of the substrate, after supplying processing gas; and

cooling the substrate after supplying inert gas into the processing container while keeping the temperature of the substrate until a pressure of the inside of the processing container reaches a predetermined pressure, after exhausting the inside of the processing container.

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, 2016
From: JODA, TAKUYA; KAKUDA, TORU; OKUNO, MASAHISA; TATENO, HIDETO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 038092/0157 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-212806 · Oct 10, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014075870 · Sep 29, 2014
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