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Granted Patent B2
US 11,355,362 · App. 16/606,660 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Washing method, washing device, storage medium, and washing composition

Inventors: Isao Hirano (Kawasaki, JP); Shoichi Terada (Tokyo, JP); Junji Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Toshima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Electron Limited
H01L21/67028C11D7/08C11D7/34G03F7/42H01L21/027H01L21/02052H01L21/304H01L21/308H01L21/3065H01L21/324H01L21/67098H01L21/67248
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Patent No.
US 11,355,362
App. No.
16/606,660
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washing method, a washing device, a storage medium, and a washing composition for enabling effective removal of a layer to be processed by decomposing or degenerating the layer to be processed at a higher temperature than conventionally. In a state where a substrate provided with a layer to be processed is heated, the substrate is supplied with vapor of a component that can decompose the layer to be processed, and thereafter the layer to be processed that has reacted with the component is removed from the substrate. As the component, a nitric acid or a sulfonic acid is preferable. As the sulfonic acid, a fluorinated alkyl sulfonic acid is preferable.

Claims (23)

1. A washing method, comprising:

heating a substrate with a layer to be reacted with a component (A) capable of decomposing the layer, wherein the heating is to a minimum temperature of 10° C. below the boiling point of the component (A) under atmospheric pressure;

reacting the layer to be processed and the component (A) by supplying a vapor of the component (A) to the heated substrate; and

removing the layer to be processed which has reacted with the component (A) from the substrate,

wherein the removing is performed using at least one removal solution selected from the group consisting of a basic mixed solution comprising water and a water-soluble ether and a basic mixed solution comprising dimethylsulfoxide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.

2. The washing method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is heated to a temperature higher than a boiling point of the component (A)—10° C.

3. The washing method according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A) is nitric acid.

4. The washing method according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A) is sulfonic acid.

5. The washing method according to claim 4 , wherein the sulfonic acid is a fluorinated alkyl sulfonic acid.

6. The washing method according to claim 5 , wherein the fluorinated alkyl sulfonic acid is one or more selected from the group consisting of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, pentafluoroethanesulfonic acid, heptafluoropropanesulfonic acid, and nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid.

7. The washing method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is heated to a high temperature which is a boiling point under atmospheric pressure of the component (A)—10° C. or higher and lower than the boiling point in the heating, and a temperature of the vapor is the boiling point under atmospheric pressure of the component (A) or higher and 500° C. or lower.

8. The washing method according to claim 1 , wherein the heating is performed under atmospheric pressure, and the supplying in the reacting is performed under atmospheric pressure.

9. A washing method, comprising:

heating a substrate with a layer to be processed to a temperature higher than a boiling point under atmospheric pressure of a component (A) capable of decomposing the layer to be processed,

reacting the layer to be processed and the component (A) by supplying a vapor of the component (A) to the heated substrate, wherein a temperature of the vapor is the boiling point under atmospheric pressure of the component (A) or higher and 500° C. or lower, and removing the layer to be processed which has reacted with the component (A) from the substrate,

wherein the removing is performed using at least one removal solution selected from the group consisting of a basic mixed solution comprising water and a water-soluble ether and a basic mixed solution comprising dimethylsulfoxide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.

10. A washing method, comprising: according to claim 9 ,

heating a substrate with a layer to be processed to a temperature higher than a boiling point under atmospheric pressure of a component (A) capable of decomposing the layer to be processed,

reacting the layer to be processed and the component (A) by supplying a vapor of the component (A) to the heated substrate, wherein the component (A) is trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, and a temperature of the vapor is a boiling point under atmospheric pressure of the component (A) or higher and 200° C. or lower, and removing the layer to be processed which has reacted with the component (A) from the substrate,

wherein the removing is performed using at least one removal solution selected from the group consisting of a basic mixed solution comprising water and a water-soluble ether and a basic mixed solution comprising dimethylsulfoxide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.

11. The washing method according to claim 10 , wherein the heating is performed under atmospheric pressure, and the supplying in the reacting is performed under atmospheric pressure.

12. The washing method according to claim 9 , wherein the component (A) is one or more selected from the group consisting of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, pentafluoroethanesulfonic acid, heptafluoropropanesulfonic acid, and nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid.

13. The washing method according to claim 9 , wherein the heating is performed under atmospheric pressure, and the supplying in the reacting is performed under atmospheric pressure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2019
From: HIRANO, ISAO; TERADA, SHOICHI; TOSHIMA, TAKAYUKI; NAKAMURA, JUNJI
To: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.; TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051349/0857 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-086690 · Apr 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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