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US 10,593,556 · App. 15/654,307 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Method of fabricating semiconductor device, vacuum processing apparatus and substrate processing apparatus

Inventors: Koichi Yatsuda (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Okuno (Tokyo, JP); Reiji Niino (Nirasaki, JP); Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Nirasaki, JP); Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Nirasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/31144H01L21/31116H01L21/31127H01L21/31138H01L21/6715H01L21/67063H01L21/67178H01L21/67207H01L21/67225H01L21/76811H01L21/02118H01L21/02271H01L21/02282H01L23/53238H01L23/53295
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Patent No.
US 10,593,556
App. No.
15/654,307
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a method of fabricating a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate, which includes: forming a masking film made of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying polymerizing raw materials to a surface of the substrate on which an etching target film formed; forming an etching pattern on the masking film; subsequently, etching the etching target film with a processing gas using the etching pattern; and subsequently, removing the masking film by heating the substrate to depolymerize the polymer.

Claims (12)

1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate, comprising:

forming a masking film made of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying polymerizing raw materials to a surface of the substrate on which an etching target film is formed;

forming an etching pattern on the masking film;

subsequently, etching the etching target film with a processing gas using the etching pattern; and

subsequently, removing the entire masking film by heating the substrate to a temperature range from 300 degrees C. to less than 350 degrees C. to depolymerize the polymer,

wherein the step of forming the masking film includes copolymerizing an isocyanate and an amine to form the urea bond, and

wherein the amine is 1,12-diaminododecane (DAD) and the isocyanate is 1,3-bis (isocyanatomethyl) cyclohexane (H 6 XDI).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the masking film includes heating the substrate so as to polymerize the isocyanate and the amine while supplying an isocyanate vapor and an amine vapor to the etching target film.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the masking film includes heating the substrate so as to mix the isocyanate and the amine and to subject the mixture to a polymerization reaction on the surface of the substrate, while supplying a liquid isocyanate and a liquid amine to the etching target film.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the etching target film is an insulating film.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the etching target film is an interlayer insulating film.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the interlayer insulating film is an insulating layer containing silicon, carbon and oxygen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2017
From: YATSUDA, KOICHI; HAYAKAWA, TAKASHI; OKUNO, HIROSHI; NIINO, REIJI; HASHIMOTO, HIROYUKI; YAMAGUCHI, TATSUYA
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 043083/0328 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-143265 · Jul 21, 2016 · national
JP 2016-251394 · Dec 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180025917A1 · Jan 25, 2018
Cited By (1)
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