IP Library Granted Patent US 10,121,654
Granted Patent B2
US 10,121,654 · App. 15/386,859 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate-processing apparatus, and recording medium

Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakamura (Toyama, JP); Kiyohiko Maeda (Toyama, JP); Yoshiro Hirose (Toyama, JP); Ryota Horiike (Toyama, JP); Yoshitomo Hashimoto (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/0228C23C16/02C23C16/34C23C16/4554C23C16/45527C23C16/45542C23C16/45544C23C16/52C23C16/56H01L21/0217H01L21/0234H01L21/02126H01L21/02211H01L21/02247H01L21/02274H01L21/02304H01L21/02312H01L21/02315H01L21/02318H01L21/02337H01L21/3081H01L21/3086H01L21/30604
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Patent No.
US 10,121,654
App. No.
15/386,859
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: providing a substrate with an oxide film formed on a surface thereof; pre-processing a surface of the oxide film; and forming a nitride film containing carbon on the surface of the oxide film which has been pre-processed, by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; supplying a carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate, or by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; and supplying a gas containing carbon and nitrogen to the substrate, or by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a precursor gas containing carbon to the substrate; and supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate.

Claims (52)

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

providing a substrate with an oxide film formed on a surface thereof;

pre-processing a surface of the oxide film;

forming a nitride film containing carbon on the surface of the oxide film which has been pre-processed; and

after forming the nitride film containing carbon, heat-processing the substrate under a temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the forming the nitride film containing carbon,

wherein the forming the nitride film containing carbon is performed by either:

(a) performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate;

supplying a carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and

supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate, or

(b) performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; and

supplying a gas containing carbon and nitrogen to the substrate, or

(c) performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas containing carbon to the substrate; and

supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate;

wherein a concave portion is formed in the surface of the substrate, and the oxide film is formed on an inner surface of the concave portion,

wherein, in the forming the nitride film containing carbon, the nitride film containing carbon is formed to fill an interior of the concave portion in which the oxide film is formed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film, a nitride layer containing oxygen and carbon or a nitride layer not containing oxygen and carbon is formed on the surface of the oxide film.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film, includes either:

(a) a cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate;

supplying a carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and

supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate is performed a predetermined number of times, or

(b) a cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; and

supplying a gas containing carbon and nitrogen to the substrate is performed a predetermined number of times, or

(c) a cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas containing carbon to the substrate; and

supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate is performed a predetermined number of times, and

wherein the nitride layer containing oxygen and carbon is formed using the oxide film as an oxygen source.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film, the nitride layer not containing oxygen and carbon is formed by:

performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate and

supplying a plasma-excited nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film, the nitride layer not containing oxygen and carbon is formed by:

supplying a plasma-excited nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate after performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate and

supplying a nitrogen-containing to the substrate.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film, the nitride layer not containing oxygen and carbon is formed by:

performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

non-simultaneously performing, a predetermined number of times, a set which non-simultaneously performs

supplying a precursor gas to the substrate and supplying a nitrogen-containing to the substrate; and

supplying a plasma-excited nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film, the surface of the oxide film is modified by supplying a modification gas to the substrate.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-processing the surface of the oxide film and the forming the nitride film containing carbon are performed in a state where the substrate is accommodated in a process chamber, and

wherein the method further comprises:

after performing the forming the nitride film containing carbon, forming a cap layer on a surface of the nitride film containing carbon within the process chamber.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the nitride film containing carbon is set to fall within a range of 0.2 to 10 nm.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of carbon in the nitride film containing carbon is set to fall within a range of 3 to 10 atomic %.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing an etching process to the substrate on which the nitride film containing carbon is formed.

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 Dec 21, 2016
From: NAKAMURA, YOSHINOBU; MAEDA, KIYOHIKO; HIROSE, YOSHIRO; HORIIKE, RYOTA; HASHIMOTO, YOSHITOMO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 041143/0008 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-130267 · Jun 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015068132 · Jun 24, 2015
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