IP Library Granted Patent US 9,929,005
Granted Patent B1
US 9,929,005 · App. 15/388,982 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,929,005
App. No.
15/388,982
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes: (a) accommodating a substrate having a plurality of carbon-containing films protruding from a surface of the substrate; (b) forming a silicon-containing film on a surface of the plurality of carbon-containing films and a surface of the substrate by supplying a silicon-containing gas to the substrate; (c) forming a silicon/oxygen-containing film by supplying a first plasma of an oxygen-containing gas to the substrate; and (d) forming a silicon oxide film by supplying a second plasma of the oxygen-containing gas to the substrate after performing (c).

Claims (15)

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

(a) providing a substrate having a plurality of carbon-containing films protruding from a surface of the substrate;

(b) forming a silicon-containing film on a surface of the plurality of carbon-containing films and a surface of the substrate by supplying a silicon-containing gas to the substrate;

(c) forming a silicon/oxygen-containing film by supplying a first plasma of an oxygen-containing gas to the silicon-containing film to convert the silicon-containing film into the silicon/oxygen-containing film; and

(d) forming a silicon oxide film by supplying a second plasma of the oxygen-containing gas to the silicon/oxygen-containing film to convert the silicon/oxygen-containing film into the silicon oxide film,

wherein (b) comprises:

(b-1) supplying the silicon-containing gas at a first temperature; and

(b-2) supplying the silicon-containing gas at a second temperature higher than the first temperature after performing (b-1),

wherein the first temperature is lower than a temperature such that carbon in the plurality of carbon-containing films is not separated from the plurality of carbon-containing films.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of an ion component of the second plasma is less than that of an ion component of the first plasma.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first plasma comprises capacitively coupled plasma and the second plasma comprises inductively coupled plasma.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first plasma comprises capacitively coupled plasma and the second plasma comprises inductively coupled plasma.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein (b) and (c) are performed in a first process chamber, and (d) is performed in a second process chamber in communication with the first process chamber after transferring the substrate to the second process chamber after performing (c).

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein (b) and (c) are performed in a first process chamber, and (d) is performed in a second process chamber in communication with the first process chamber after transferring the substrate to the second process chamber after performing (c).

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein (b) and (c) are performed in a first process chamber, and (d) is performed in a second process chamber in communication with the first process chamber after transferring the substrate to the second process chamber after performing (c).

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 Feb 3, 2017
From: SHIMAMOTO, SATOSHI; YOSHINO, TERUO; TERASAKI, TADASHI; NAKAYAMA, MASANORI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 041167/0520 →