IP Library Granted Patent US 9,876,022
Granted Patent B1
US 9,876,022 · App. 15/449,689 · Granted Jan 23, 2018

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Tomo Hasegawa (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Kazuhisa Matsuda (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Toshiyuki Sasaki (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Mitsuhiro Omura (Kuwana Mie, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L27/11568H01L21/0273H01L21/28282H01L21/3065
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Patent No.
US 9,876,022
App. No.
15/449,689
Granted
Jan 23, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a resist film on a film to be processed. An upper portion of the film to be processed is processed using the resist film as a first mask. Tungsten or a tungsten compound is selectively formed on the resist film. A lower portion of the film to be processed is processed with a reducing gas using the tungsten or the tungsten compound as a second mask.

Claims (24)

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

forming a resist film above a film to be processed;

processing an upper portion of the film to be processed using the resist film as a first mask;

selectively forming tungsten or a tungsten compound on the resist film; and

processing a lower portion of the film to be processed with a reducing gas using the tungsten or the tungsten compound as a second mask.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the film to be processed is an organic film formed by using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tungsten compound is (1) a film containing tungsten nitride (WN), tungsten carbide (WC), tungsten boride (WB), or tungsten silicide (WSi), (2) a mixed film containing two or more of WN, WC, WB, or WSi, or (3) an alloy film containing two or more of WN, WC, WB, or WSi.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a stacked body including a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film; and

forming the film to be processed above the stacked body.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after processing the lower portion of the film to be processed using the second mask, processing the stacked body using the film to be processed as a mask.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reducing gas used for processing the lower portion of the film to be processed using the second mask is a single gas of hydrogen (H 2 ) or ammonia (NH 3 ), or a mixed gas containing at least one of H 2 and NH 3 .

7. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a resist film above a film to be processed;

forming a hole pattern in an upper portion of the film to be processed using the resist film as a first mask;

selectively forming tungsten or a tungsten compound on the resist film; and

etching a lower portion of the film to be processed in the hole pattern using the tungsten or the tungsten compound as a second mask.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the film to be processed is an organic film formed by using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the tungsten compound is (1) a film containing tungsten nitride (WN), tungsten carbide (WC), tungsten boride (WB), or tungsten silicide (WSi), (2) a mixed film containing two or more of WN, WC, WB, or WSi, or (3) an alloy film containing two or more of WN, WC, WB, or WSi.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

forming a stacked body including a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film; and

forming the film to be processed above the stacked body.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising, after etching the lower portion of the film to be processed using the second mask, processing the stacked body using the film to be processed as a mask.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the lower portion of the film to be processed in the hole pattern is etched using a single gas of hydrogen (H 2 ) or ammonia (NH 3 ), or a mixed gas containing at least one of H 2 and NH 3 .

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043063/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2017
From: HASEGAWA, TOMO; MATSUDA, KAZUHISA; SASAKI, TOSHIYUKI; OMURA, MITSUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 042168/0789 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-185376 · Sep 23, 2016 · national