IP Library Granted Patent US 9,412,587
Granted Patent B2
US 9,412,587 · App. 14/929,973 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

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

Inventors: Atsushi Moriya (Toyama, JP); Naoharu Nakaiso (Toyama, JP); Yugo Orihashi (Toyama, JP); Kotaro Murakami (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC, INC.
H01L21/02532H01L21/02592H01L21/02595H01L21/02634H01L21/02645H01L21/02694
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Patent No.
US 9,412,587
App. No.
14/929,973
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes alternately performing supplying a first process gas containing silicon and a halogen element to a substrate having a surface on which monocrystalline silicon and an insulation film are exposed and supplying a second process gas containing silicon and not containing a halogen element to the substrate, and supplying a third process gas containing silicon to the substrate, whereby a first silicon film is homo-epitaxially grown on the monocrystalline silicon and a second silicon film differing in crystal structure from the first silicon film is grown on the insulation film.

Claims (27)

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

alternately performing supplying a first process gas containing silicon and a halogen element to a substrate having a surface on which monocrystalline silicon and an insulation film are exposed and supplying a second process gas containing silicon and not containing a halogen element to the substrate; and

supplying a third process gas containing silicon to the substrate,

whereby a first silicon film is homo-epitaxially grown on the monocrystalline silicon and a second silicon film differing in crystal structure from the first silicon film is grown on the insulation film.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of alternately performing the act of supplying the first process gas and the act of supplying the second process gas, the first silicon film is homo-epitaxially grown on the monocrystalline silicon and a seed layer is formed on the insulation film, and

in the act of supplying the third process gas, the first silicon film is further homo-epitaxially grown and the second silicon film is grown on the seed layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a recess is formed on the surface of the substrate, the recess including a bottom portion formed of the monocrystalline silicon and a side portion formed of the insulation film.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a top portion of the first silicon film is covered with the second silicon film grown from the side portion of the recess, so as to stop homo-epitaxial growth of the first silicon film.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein a top portion of the first silicon film is covered with the second silicon film grown from the side portion of the recess, so as to form a laminated structure including the first silicon film and the second silicon film laminated on the first silicon film.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a crystal structure of the second silicon film is an amorphous, a polycrystal or a mixture of the amorphous and the polycrystal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first process gas includes silane chloride, the second process gas includes hydrogenated silane, and the third process gas includes hydrogenated silane.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of supplying the third process gas, a dopant gas together with the third process gas is supplied to the substrate.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second process gas differs in molecular structure from the third process gas.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pyrolysis temperature of the second process gas is lower than a pyrolysis temperature of the third process gas.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second process gas is identical in molecular structure with the third process gas.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising thermally treating the first silicon film and the second silicon film.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein in the act of thermally treating the first silicon film and the second silicon film, a portion of the second silicon film which makes contact with the first silicon film is changed into a homo-epitaxial state.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein in the act of thermally treating the first silicon film and the second silicon film, a portion of the second silicon film which makes contact with the first silicon film is changed into a homo-epitaxial silicon film.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein in the act of thermally treating the first silicon film and the second silicon film, a region occupied by the first silicon film is expanded.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of alternately performing the act of supplying the first process gas and the act of supplying the second process gas, a temperature of the substrate is set at a first temperature, and

in the act of supplying the third process gas, a temperature of the substrate is set at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising thermally treating the first silicon film and the second silicon film,

wherein in the act of thermally treating the first silicon film and the second silicon film, a temperature of the substrate is set at a third temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device includes a three-dimensional flash memory or a dynamic random access memory.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform processes of alternately performing supplying a first process gas containing silicon and a halogen element to a substrate having a surface on which monocrystalline silicon and an insulation film are exposed and supplying a second process gas containing silicon and not containing a halogen element to the substrate; and

supplying a third process gas containing silicon to the substrate,

whereby a first silicon film is homo-epitaxially grown on the monocrystalline silicon and a second silicon film differing in crystal structure from the first silicon film is grown on the insulation film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047995/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: MORIYA, ATSUSHI; NAKAISO, NAOHARU; ORIHASHI, YUGO; MURAKAMI, KOTARO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 036942/0247 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-234401 · Nov 19, 2014 · national
JP 2015-185891 · Sep 18, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160141173A1 · May 19, 2016