IP Library Granted Patent US 9,478,417
Granted Patent B2
US 9,478,417 · App. 15/082,145 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device for forming film including at least two different elements

Inventors: Yushin Takasawa (Toyama, JP); Hajime Karasawa (Toyama, JP); Yoshiro Hirose (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
H01L21/0228C23C14/542C23C16/0209C23C16/45527C23C16/45531C23C16/45542C23C16/45544C23C16/45546C23C16/45557C23C16/46C23C16/50C23C16/52C23C28/36H01L21/022H01L21/0214H01L21/0217H01L21/02112H01L21/02123H01L21/02126H01L21/02145H01L21/02153H01L21/02161H01L21/02164H01L21/02167H01L21/02175H01L21/02178H01L21/02186H01L21/02211H01L21/02271H01L21/02274H01L21/02321H01L21/02326H01L21/02332H01L21/318H01L21/3141H01L21/3185H01L21/67109
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Patent No.
US 9,478,417
App. No.
15/082,145
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technique of forming a film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes: forming a first layer by supplying a gas containing a first element to the substrate, wherein the first layer is a discontinuous layer, a continuous layer, or a layer in which at least one of the discontinuous layer or the continuous layer is overlapped; forming a second layer including the first layer and a discontinuous layer including a second element stacked on the first layer; and forming a third layer by supplying a gas containing a third element to the substrate 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 (30)

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

forming a film on a substrate, the film including a first element and a second element different from the first 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 an adsorption of the first element included in the first gas is not saturated; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition in (a) includes a condition that the first gas is not decomposed by itself.

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

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition in (a) includes a condition that the first gas is decomposed by itself.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first layer includes a layer in which at least one of a discontinuous layer or a continuous layer is overlapped.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a composition ratio of the film is controlled by the condition in (a).

7. 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 and the second elements, 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 an adsorption of the first element included in the first gas is not saturated;

(b) forming a second layer that includes the first element and the second element by supplying a second gas that includes the second element to the substrate to form a layer that includes the second element on the first layer or to modify the first layer; 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.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the condition in (a) includes a condition that the first gas is not decomposed by itself.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first layer includes a discontinuous layer.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the condition in (a) includes a condition that the first gas is decomposed by itself.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first layer includes a layer in which at least one of a discontinuous layer or a continuous layer is overlapped.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein a composition ratio of the film is controlled by the condition in (a).

13. 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, a third element different from the second element, and a fourth element different from the first and the third elements, 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 an adsorption of the first element included in the first gas is not saturated;

(b) forming a second layer that includes the first element and the second element by supplying a second gas that includes the second element to the substrate to form a layer that includes the second element on the first layer or to modify the first layer;

(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 form a layer that includes the third element on the second layer or to modify the second layer; and

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

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the condition in (a) includes a condition that the first gas is not decomposed by itself.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first layer includes a discontinuous layer.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the condition in (a) includes a condition that the first gas is decomposed by itself.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first layer includes a layer in which at least one of a discontinuous layer or a continuous layer is overlapped.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein a composition ratio of the film is controlled by the condition in (a).

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 (3)
Continuation 14676115 · Apr 1, 2015
Continuation 12625712 · Nov 25, 2009
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