IP Library Granted Patent US 11,193,218
Granted Patent B2
US 11,193,218 · App. 16/811,090 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Sputtering equipment and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventor: Shuhei Ichikawa (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
C30B29/16C30B23/02C30B35/00H01L21/02565H01L21/02631
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Patent No.
US 11,193,218
App. No.
16/811,090
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sputtering equipment configured to grow a gallium oxide film on a substrate is proposed, and the sputtering equipment may include: a chamber; a stage located in the chamber and configured to secure the substrate thereon; a gallium target located in the chamber and including gallium elements; a first power supply configured to apply voltage to the gallium target; and an oxygen element supplier configured to supply oxygen elements into the chamber.

Claims (25)

1. A sputtering equipment configured to grow a gallium oxide film on a substrate, the sputtering equipment comprising:

a chamber;

a stage located in the chamber and configured to secure the substrate thereon;

a gallium target located in the chamber and including gallium elements;

a first power supply configured to apply voltage to the gallium target; and

an oxygen element supplier configured to supply oxygen elements into the chamber.

2. The sputtering equipment or claim 1 , wherein the oxygen element supplier is configured to supply oxygen radicals into the chamber.

3. The sputtering equipment of claim 1 , wherein the oxygen element supplier is configured to supply oxygen-containing gas into the chamber.

4. The sputtering equipment of claim 1 , further comprising a nitrogen element supplier configured to supply nitrogen elements into the chamber.

5. The sputtering equipment of claim 4 , wherein the nitrogen element supplier is configured to supply nitrogen radicals into the chamber.

6. The sputtering equipment of claim 4 , wherein the nitrogen element supplier is configured to supply nitrogen gas into the chamber.

7. The sputtering equipment of claim 1 , wherein the gallium target includes elements functioning as an acceptor in gallium oxide.

8. The sputtering equipment of claim 1 , further comprising:

an acceptor target located in the chamber and including elements functioning as an acceptor in gallium oxide; and

a second power supply configured to apply a voltage to the acceptor target.

9. The sputtering equipment of claim 1 , further comprising a supply amount controller configured to change an amount of the oxygen elements supplied into the chamber by the oxygen element supplier during film formation.

10. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by growing a gallium oxide film on a substrate by a sputtering equipment that comprises:

a chamber;

a stage located in the chamber and configured to secure the substrate thereon;

a gallium target located in the chamber and including gallium elements;

a first power supply configured to apply voltage to the gallium target; and

an oxygen element supplier configured to supply oxygen elements into the chamber,

the manufacturing method comprising:

growing the gallium oxide film on a surface of the substrate secured on the stage by depositing gallium elements generated from the gallium target on the surface of the substrate while supplying the oxygen elements into the chamber by the oxygen element supplier and applying voltage to the gallium target by the first power supply.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein, during the growing of the gallium oxide film, an amount of the oxygen elements supplied by the oxygen element supplier into the chamber is changed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053892/0724 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: ICHIKAWA, SHUHEI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 052117/0484 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-067376 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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