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Granted Patent B2
US 10,490,466 · App. 15/878,833 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Semiconductor manufacturing method and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus

Inventors: Kazumasa Ito (Kawasaki, JP); Seiichi Omoto (Yokkaichi, JP); Takanobu Itoh (Yokkaichi, JP); Ryota Nakanishi (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
H01L22/26C23C16/045C23C16/06C23C16/52H01L21/76879H01L27/1157H01L27/11582
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Patent No.
US 10,490,466
App. No.
15/878,833
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor manufacturing method according to an embodiment includes forming a first film on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor manufacturing method includes forming cavities in the first film. The semiconductor manufacturing method includes forming a second film inside the cavities by a CVD method using first gas containing a component of the second film, detecting a first time point at which the second film blocks openings of the cavities in forming the second film, and ending forming of the second film at a second time point at which a predetermined time has elapsed from the first time point.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first film on a semiconductor substrate, the first film being a stacked film in which silicon oxide films and silicon nitride films are stacked alternately;

forming a recess that penetrates the first film;

selectively removing the silicon nitride films from the first film through the recess to form cavities in the first film;

transferring the semiconductor substrate in a reaction furnace comprising a gas supplier and a gas discharger; and

forming a tungsten-containing film inside the cavity by a CVD method using first gas containing a component of tungsten, while detecting an amount of HF gas as a byproduct at a gas discharge line using infrared spectroscopy, the byproduct being included in a discharge gas from the gas discharger and used to form the tungsten-containing film; wherein

the formation of the tungsten-containing film includes:

detecting a first time point at which the cavities are closed with the tungsten-containing film is detected based on the decrease amount of HF gas; and

ending forming the tungsten-containing film at a second time point at which a predetermined time has elapsed from the first time point.

2. The method of claim 1 , being a manufacturing method of a three-dimensionally stacked semiconductor storage device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the tungsten-containing film is to be word lines of the semiconductor storage device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the tungsten-containing film is formed from inside of the cavities in respective layers, which are formed based on the stacked film, to a sidewall of the recess, and

the method further comprising:

separating parts of the tungsten-containing film that are formed inside the cavities in respective layers from each other by removing parts of the second film that are formed on a sidewall of the recess after forming the tungsten-containing film.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the amount of HF gas detected after the first time point is approximately one fourth of that detected before the first time point.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein

a surface area of the first film after the first time point is approximately 5% to 6% of that before the first time point.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2020
From: FELDER, MITCHELL S., DR.
To: MARV ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 052596/0052 →
Continuity (3)
Division 15014718 · Feb 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62212737 · Sep 1, 2015
Related Publication 20180151457A1 · May 31, 2018