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Granted Patent B2
US 11,315,800 · App. 16/953,471 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

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

Inventors: Motomu Degai (Toyama, JP); Kimihiko Nakatani (Toyama, JP); Takashi Nakagawa (Toyama, JP); Takayuki Waseda (Toyama, JP); Yoshitomo Hashimoto (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01L21/32135H01L21/67069
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Patent No.
US 11,315,800
App. No.
16/953,471
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provide a technique that includes: etching a base exposed on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a modified layer on a surface of the base by supplying a modifying agent to the base; and (b) causing a reaction between a halogen-containing radical and the base by supplying a halogen-containing gas to the modified layer such that the modified layer reacts with the halogen-containing gas to generate the halogen-containing radical.

Claims (27)

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

etching a base exposed on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

(a) forming a modified layer on a surface of the base by supplying a modifying agent to the base; and

(b) causing a reaction between a halogen-containing radical and the base by supplying a halogen-containing gas to the modified layer such that the modified layer reacts with the halogen-containing gas to generate the halogen-containing radical.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in (b), the halogen-containing gas is supplied under a condition in which an amount of the halogen-containing gas that reacts with the modified layer in the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the modified layer is larger than an amount of the halogen-containing gas that reacts with the base in the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the base.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in (b), the halogen-containing gas is supplied under a condition in which the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the modified layer proceeds and the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the base does not proceed.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in (b), the base is etched with the halogen-containing radical generated by the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the modified layer.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein in (b), the halogen-containing gas is supplied under a condition in which an amount of the halogen-containing radical that reacts with the base in the reaction between the halogen-containing radical and the base is larger than an amount of the halogen-containing gas that reacts with the base in the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the base.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein in (b), the halogen-containing gas is supplied under a condition in which the reaction between the halogen-containing radical and the base proceeds and the reaction between the halogen-containing gas and the base does not proceed.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the modifying agent includes a silicon-containing gas, and

wherein in (a), silicon contained in the silicon-containing gas is adsorbed on the surface of the base.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the modifying agent includes aminosilane, and

wherein in (a), silicon contained in the aminosilane is adsorbed on the surface of the base.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein in (a), the modifying agent is supplied under a condition in which the adsorption of the silicon on the surface of the base is saturated.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein in (a), the modifying agent is supplied under a condition in which the adsorption of the silicon on the surface of the base is self-limited.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in (a), the modifying agent is supplied under a condition in which the adsorption of the silicon on the surface of the base is saturated.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cycle further includes (c) pre-processing the surface of the base before performing (a).

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein in (c), an adsorption site is formed on the surface of the base.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cycle further includes (c) OH-terminating the surface of the base before performing (a).

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein in (c), a gas containing oxygen and hydrogen is supplied to the substrate.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-containing gas includes at least one selected from the group of a fluorine-containing gas, a chlorine-containing gas, and an iodine-containing gas.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-containing radical includes at least one selected from the group of a fluorine-containing radical, a chlorine-containing radical, and an iodine-containing radical.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the base contains at least one selected from the group of a semi-metal element and a metal element.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes, by a computer, a substrate processing apparatus to perform a process in a process chamber of the substrate processing apparatus, the process comprising:

etching a base exposed on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:

(a) forming a modified layer on a surface of the base by supplying a modifying agent to the base; and

(b) causing a reaction between a halogen-containing radical and the base by supplying a halogen-containing gas to the modified layer such that the modified layer reacts with the halogen-containing gas to generate the halogen-containing radical.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: DEGAI, MOTOMU; NAKATANI, KIMIHIKO; NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI; WASEDA, TAKAYUKI; HASHIMOTO, YOSHITOMO
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-211137 · Nov 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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