IP Library Granted Patent US 11,028,473
Granted Patent B2
US 11,028,473 · App. 15/175,389 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

Inventors: Ryuji Yamamoto (Kodaira, JP); Yoshiro Hirose (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
C23C16/02C23C16/24C23C16/45542C23C16/45546C23C16/45557H01L21/0245H01L21/0262H01L21/02488H01L21/02532
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Patent No.
US 11,028,473
App. No.
15/175,389
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a seed layer containing a predetermined element on a substrate by performing a process a predetermined number of times, and supplying a second precursor containing the predetermined element and not containing the ligand to the substrate to form a film containing the predetermined element on the seed layer. The process includes alternately performing: supplying a first precursor to the substrate to form an adsorption layer of the first precursor, the first precursor containing the predetermined element and a ligand which is coordinated to the predetermined element and which contains at least one of carbon or nitrogen, and supplying a ligand desorption material to the substrate to desorb the ligand from the adsorption layer of the first precursor.

Claims (21)

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

(a) forming a seed layer containing a predetermined element on a substrate by performing a process multiple times, the process including performing:

(a-1) supplying a first precursor to the substrate to form an adsorption layer of the first precursor, the first precursor containing the predetermined element and a ligand which is coordinated to the predetermined element and which contains at least one of carbon or nitrogen, and

(a-2) supplying a ligand desorption material to the substrate to desorb the ligand from the adsorption layer of the first precursor, thereby lowering concentration of the at least one of carbon or nitrogen from the adsorption layer; and

(b) supplying a second precursor containing the predetermined element and not containing the ligand to the substrate to form a film containing the predetermined element on the seed layer,

wherein (a-1) and (a-2) are alternately performed in (a), and

wherein a pressure at a space where the substrate is located in (a-1) is set higher than a pressure at a space where the substrate is located in (a-2).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pressure at a space where the substrate is located in (a-1) is set higher than a pressure at a space where the substrate is located in (b).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a supply flow rate of the first precursor in (a-1) is set higher than an exhaust flow rate of the first precursor exhausted from a space where the substrate is located in (a-1).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in (a-1), the first precursor is exhausted from a space where the substrate is located while supplying the first precursor into the space, and at this time, a supply flow rate of the first precursor supplied into the space is set higher than an exhaust flow rate of the first precursor exhausted from the space.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in (a-1), an exhaust of the first precursor from a space where the substrate is located is stopped.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a reducing gas.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a plasma-excited reducing gas.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a non-plasma-excited reducing gas.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a plasma-excited gas.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a plasma-excited hydrogen-containing gas.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a plasma-excited inert gas.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a plasma-excited inert gas and a non-plasma-excited reducing gas.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ligand desorption material includes a halogen-element-containing gas.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein (a-1) is performed under a condition in which the first precursor is not pyrolyzed, and (b) is performed under a condition in which the second precursor is pyrolyzed.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein an insulation film is formed on a surface of the substrate, and the seed layer is formed on the insulation film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047995/0462 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2016
From: YAMAMOTO, RYUJI; HIROSE, YOSHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 038830/0376 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-117206 · Jun 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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