IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,728,176
Granted Patent B2
US 11,728,176 · App. 17/269,602 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Treatment method

Inventors: Kiyohito Ito (Miyagi, JP); Shinya Morikita (Miyagi, JP); Kensuke Taniguchi (Miyagi, JP); Michiko Nakaya (Miyagi, JP); Masanobu Honda (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
H01L21/31144H01L21/0271H01L21/32139
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Patent No.
US 11,728,176
App. No.
17/269,602
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A treatment method is provided that includes an embedding step of embedding an organic film in an undercoat film in which a depression is formed; and an etching step of performing etching, after the embedding step, until at least a portion of a top of the undercoat film is exposed.

Claims (35)

1. A treatment method comprising:

embedding an organic film on an undercoat film in which a recess is formed, said undercoat film being provided on a silicon film and including a first face which abuts the silicon film and a second face that is opposite to the first face, said second face having the recess that deepens toward the first face; and

after the embedding of the organic film, etching the organic film until a corner portion that extends along an opening of the recess and is formed by the second face and the recess of the undercoat film is exposed, thereby making the corner portion tapered,

wherein in the embedding of the organic film, a level of the organic film within the recess relative to the first face is lower than a level of the organic film deposited on the second face of the undercoat film relative to the first face in a direction perpendicular to the first face, said organic film being deposited on the second face of the undercoat film while embedding the organic film on the undercoat film, and

wherein

the embedding includes

placing a workpiece on a mounting platform cooled to −20° C. or less in a vacuum vessel;

supplying, into the vacuum vessel, a process gas containing a carbon-containing gas;

forming the supplied process gas into a plasma; and

emitting, onto the workpiece, a precursor generated from the process gas by the plasma.

2. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic film is embedded such that the organic film is recessed from the second face of the undercoat film toward the recess.

3. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic film is embedded such that a vertical thickness of a portion of the organic film deposited on the second face of the undercoat film is greater than a shortest distance from an edge of the second face of the undercoat film to a surface of the organic film.

4. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic film is embedded such that a sum of a thickness of the undercoat film from the first face of the undercoat film to the second face of the undercoat film and a vertical thickness of a first portion of the organic film deposited on the second face of the undercoat film in the direction is greater than a vertical thickness of a second portion of the organic film embedded from g bottom of the recess in the direction.

5. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic film is embedded such that a thickness of a portion of the organic film embedded in the recess in the direction is equal to or less than a thickness of the undercoat film from the first face of the undercoat film to the second face of the undercoat film.

6. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the etching, the undercoat film is etched such that the second face of the undercoat film becomes rounded.

7. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the etching, the undercoat film and the organic film are etched under a condition in which selectivity between the undercoat film and the organic film becomes 1:1.

8. The treatment method according to claim 1 , further comprising removing the organic film.

9. The treatment method according to claim 8 , further comprising

before the embedding of the organic film, forming the recess by etching the undercoat film using a mask on the undercoat layer.

10. The treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic film remains on the second face of the undercoat film after making the corner portion tapered.

11. A treatment method comprising:

embedding an organic film on an undercoat film in which a recess is formed, said undercoat film being provided on a silicon film and including a first face which abuts the silicon film and a second face that is opposite to the first face, said second face having the recess that deepens toward the first face; and

after the embedding of the organic film, etching the organic film until a corner portion that extends along an opening of the recess and is formed by the second face and the recess is exposed, thereby making the corner portion tapered; wherein

the organic film is embedded such that a vertical thickness of a portion of the organic film deposited on the second face of the undercoat film in a direction perpendicular to the second face is greater than a shortest distance from the corner portion of the undercoat film to a surface of the organic film; and

the embedding including

placing a workpiece on a mounting platform cooled to −20° C. or less in a vacuum vessel;

supplying, into the vacuum vessel, a process gas containing a carbon-containing gas;

forming the supplied process gas into a plasma; and

emitting, onto the workpiece, a precursor generated from the process gas by the plasma.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2021
From: ITO, KIYOHITO; MORIKITA, SHINYA; TANIGUCHI, KENSUKE; NAKAYA, MICHIKO; HONDA, MASANOBU
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055329/0060 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-155797 · Aug 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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