IP Library Granted Patent US 10,784,116
Granted Patent B2
US 10,784,116 · App. 15/922,500 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

Inventors: Tsukasa Kamakura (Toyama, JP); Koei Kuribayashi (Toyama, JP); Daigo Yamaguchi (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01L21/31C23C16/325C23C16/401C23C16/4401C23C16/455C23C16/45534H01L21/0228H01L21/02126H01L21/02131H01L21/02211H01L21/02321H01L21/02337H01L21/768H01L23/532
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Patent No.
US 10,784,116
App. No.
15/922,500
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a technique that includes: (a) providing a substrate having a film containing a predetermined element, oxygen and carbon formed on a surface of the substrate; and (b) modifying at least a surface of the film by supplying a carbon-free fluorine-based gas to the substrate under a condition in which etching of the film does not occur.

Claims (26)

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

(a) providing a substrate having a film containing a predetermined element, oxygen and carbon formed on a surface of the substrate;

(b) modifying a surface of the film by supplying a carbon-free fluorine-based gas to the substrate under a condition in which etching of the film does not occur; and,

wherein the surface of the film is modified into a layer containing carbon and fluorine and not containing the predetermined element and oxygen, in (b).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one selected from a group consisting of a fluorine gas, an iodine fluoride gas, a chlorine fluoride gas, and a hydrogen fluoride gas is used as the fluorine-based gas, in (b).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the substrate is set to fall within a range of a room temperature or higher to 100 degrees C. or lower, in (b).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pressure of a space where the substrate is located is set to fall within a range of 0.1 Torr or higher to 10 Torr or lower, in (b).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a recess is formed on the surface of the substrate, and the film is formed at least in the recess.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising (c) forming the film on the substrate by non-simultaneously supplying plural kinds of processing gases to the substrate.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein (c) and (b) are performed in-situ.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein (c) and (b) are performed ex-situ.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein (b) is performed under a non-plasma atmosphere.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the substrate is set to fall within a range of room temperature or higher to 50 degrees C. or lower, in (b).

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pressure of a space where the substrate is located is set to fall within a range of 0.5 Torr or higher to 1 Torr or lower, in (b).

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a process, the process comprising:

(a) providing a substrate having a film containing a predetermined element, oxygen and carbon formed on a surface of the surface;

(b) modifying a surface of the film by supplying a carbon-free fluorine-based gas to the substrate under a condition in which etching of the film does not occur; and,

wherein the surface of the film is modified into a layer containing carbon and fluorine and not containing the predetermined element and oxygen, in (b).

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined element and oxygen are desorbed from the surface of the film, in (b).

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film containing the predetermined element, oxygen and carbon is formed such that the surface of the film is modified into the layer containing carbon and fluorine and not containing the predetermined element and oxygen by (b).

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film containing the predetermined element, oxygen and carbon is a SiOC film, and

wherein the layer containing carbon and fluorine and not containing the predetermined element and oxygen is a CF layer.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film containing the predetermined element, oxygen and carbon is an oxycarbonitride film containing the predetermined element, and

wherein the layer containing carbon and fluorine and not containing the predetermined element and oxygen is a fluorocarbon layer.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film containing the predetermined element, oxygen and carbon is a SiOCN film, and

wherein the layer containing carbon and fluorine and not containing the predetermined element and oxygen is a CF layer.

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 Mar 19, 2018
From: KAMAKURA, TSUKASA; KURIBAYASHI, KOEI; YAMAGUCHI, DAIGO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045265/0486 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015076526 · Sep 17, 2015
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