IP Library Granted Patent US 10,340,237
Granted Patent B2
US 10,340,237 · App. 15/881,249 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Hideharu Itatani (Toyama, JP); Naofumi Ohashi (Toyama, JP); Toshiyuki Kikuchi (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01L24/03C23C14/34C23C16/45565C23C16/511H01L2224/03019H01L2224/0345H01L2924/07025H01L2924/3641
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Patent No.
US 10,340,237
App. No.
15/881,249
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a high quality a semiconductor device, includes loading a substrate comprising a conductive film and an insulating film into a process chamber. The insulating film is formed around the conductive film to expose the conductive film. A process gas, which comprises a component that reacts with a desorbed gas generated from the insulating film is supplied into the process chamber which causes a protective film to be selectively formed on the insulating film.

Claims (24)

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

(a) loading a substrate into a process chamber, the substrate comprising a conductive film and an insulating film formed around the conductive film to expose the conductive film; and

(b) forming a protective film selectively on an upper surface of the insulating film without forming the protective film on the conductive film by supplying into the process chamber a process gas comprising a component reactive with a desorbed gas generated from the insulating film.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein (b) comprises:

(b-1) supplying the process gas into the process chamber while maintaining the substrate at a first temperature to deposit on the substrate a precursor comprising the component; and

(b-2) reacting the precursor with the desorbed gas generated from the insulating film while maintaining the substrate at a second temperature higher than the first temperature after performing (b-1) to form the protective film.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the process chamber is provided with: a substrate support having a substrate placing surface where the substrate is placed; and an elevating unit configured to adjust a distance between the substrate and the substrate placing surface such that the substrate is spaced apart from the substrate placing surface by a first distance in (b-1) and the substrate is spaced apart from the substrate placing surface by a second distance shorter than the first distance in (b-2).

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the component comprises a halogen.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the component comprises a halogen.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: (c) forming a seed film on the protective film by a sputtering process after performing (b).

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: (c) forming a seed film on the protective film by a sputtering process after performing (b).

11. The method of claim 2 , further comprising: (c) forming a seed film on the protective film by a sputtering process after performing (b).

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process chamber is provided with a microwave supply unit, and the substrate is heated by microwave supplied by the microwave supply unit.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the component comprises a halogen.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component comprises a halogen.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising: (c) forming a seed film on the protective film by a sputtering process after performing (b).

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conductive film comprises an electrode and an electrode pad.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising: (c) forming a seed film on the protective film by a sputtering process after performing (b).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047875/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2018
From: ITATANI, HIDEHARU; OHASHI, NAOFUMI; KIKUCHI, TOSHIYUKI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 044743/0226 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-174089 · Sep 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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