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US 12,247,298 · App. 17/642,059 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Semiconductor wafer treatment liquid and production method thereof

Inventors: Tomoaki Sato (Yamaguchi, JP); Yuki Kikkawa (Yamaguchi, JP); Takafumi Shimoda (Yamaguchi, JP); Takayuki Negishi (Yamaguchi, JP)
Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
C23F1/40H01L21/32134
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Patent No.
US 12,247,298
App. No.
17/642,059
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid, the treatment liquid including at least one hypohalite ion, and at least one anion species selected from halate ion, halite ion and halide ion, wherein at least one of the anion species has a content of 0.30 mol/L or more and 6.00 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid.

Claims (29)

1. A semiconductor wafer treatment liquid, the treatment liquid comprising:

at least one hypohalite ion; and

at least one anion species selected from halate ion, halite ion and halide ion;

wherein the halate ion is at least one selected from ClO 3 , BrO 3 , and IO 3 ; the halite ion is at least one selected from ClO 2 , BrO 2 , and IO 2 ; the halide ion is at least one selected from Cl—,Br, and I—;

the treatment liquid has a pH of 7 or more and 14 or less; and

at least one of the anion species has a content of 0.30 mol/L or more and 6.00 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid,

wherein the at least one hypohalite ion comprises hypobromite ion, wherein the hypobromite ion has a content of 0.0010 mol/L or more and 0.20 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid.

2. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 1 , comprising two or more anion species, as the anion species.

3. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 1 , comprising at least halide ion as the anion species having a content of 0.30 mol/L or more and 6.00 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid.

4. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the hypohalite ion has a content of 0.0010 mol/L or more and 4.00 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid.

5. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 1 , comprising at least one of ion species selected from hypochlorite ion and hypobromite ion, as the hypohalite ion.

6. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 5 , comprising hypochlorite ion and hypobromite ion, as the hypohalite ion.

7. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the treatment liquid further comprises onium ion.

8. The semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor wafer comprises at least one metal selected from Ru, Rh, Ti, Ta, Co, Cr, Hf, Os, Pt, Ni, Mn, Cu, Zr, La, Mo, and W.

9. A method for producing a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid, the method comprising:

preparing a first solution comprising at least one of anion species selected from halate ion, halite ion and halide ion;

preparing a second solution comprising hypohalite ion; and

mixing the first solution and the second solution;

wherein the semiconductor wafer treatment liquid comprising:

at least one hypohalite ion; and

at least one anion species selected from halate ion, halite ion and halide ion;

wherein the halate ion is at least one selected from ClO 3 , BrO 3 , and IO 3 ; the halite ion is at least one selected from ClO 2 , BrO 2 , and IO 2 ; the halide ion is at least one selected from Cl—, Br, and I—;

the treatment liquid has a pH of 7 or more and 14 or less; and

at least one of the anion species has a content of 0.30 mol/L or more and 6.00 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid,

wherein the at least one hypohalite ion comprises hypobromite ion, wherein the hypobromite ion has a content of 0.0010 mol/L or more and 0.20 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid.

10. The method for producing a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 9 , wherein an oxidative power of the hypohalite ion comprised in the second solution is higher than an oxidative power of the anion species comprised in the first solution.

11. The method for producing a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the anion species comprised in the first solution is bromide ion, and the hypohalite ion comprised in the second solution is hypochlorite ion.

12. The method for producing a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 9 , wherein at least one solution selected from the first solution and the second solution comprises onium ion.

13. The method for producing a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid according to claim 12 , wherein the first solution and the second solution each comprise onium ion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: SATO, TOMOAKI; KIKKAWA, YUKI; SHIMODA, TAKAFUMI; NEGISHI, TAKAYUKI
To: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059227/0079 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-196348 · Nov 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220411937A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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