Substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus, and method for producing nanowire or nanosheet transistor
The present disclosure appropriately shortens a processing step for processing a substrate in which a silicon layer and a silicon germanium layer are alternatively laminated. The present disclosure provides a substrate processing method of processing the substrate in which the silicon layer and the silicon germanium layer are alternatively laminated, which includes forming an oxide film by selectively modifying a surface layer of an exposed surface of the silicon germanium layer by using a processing gas including fluorine and oxygen and converted into plasma.
1. A substrate processing method of processing a substrate in which a silicon layer and a silicon germanium layer are alternatively laminated, the substrate processing method comprising:
forming an oxide film by selectively modifying a surface layer of an exposed surface of the silicon germanium layer by using a processing gas including fluorine and oxygen and converted into plasma; and
forming a nitride film by modifying at least the surface layer of the oxide film by using a second processing gas including a nitrogen-containing gas and converted into plasma.
2. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the processing gas includes an O 2 gas and a fluorine-containing gas, and a volume ratio of the fluorine-containing gas to the O 2 gas is 0.1 vol % or more and 1.0 vol % or less.
3. The substrate processing method of claim 2 , wherein the fluorine-containing gas is a NF 3 gas, a F 2 gas, or a SF 6 gas.
4. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the processing gas further includes at least one of a H 2 gas and a rare gas.
5. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein remote plasma is used when the processing gas is converted into plasma.
6. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein an etching amount of the silicon germanium layer from the exposed surface is proportional to a plasma processing time for the substrate.
7. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the oxide film thus formed is saturated at a set value regardless of a plasma processing time for the substrate.
8. The substrate processing method of claim 6 , wherein a plasma processing for the substrate is repeatedly performed, and a plasma processing time for one set is 30 sec to 180 sec.
9. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a carbide film by modifying at least the surface layer of the oxide film by using a second processing gas including a carbon-containing gas and converted into plasma.
10. A substrate processing apparatus which processes a substrate in which a silicon layer and a silicon germanium layer are alternatively laminated, the substrate processing apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to form an oxide film by selectively modifying a surface layer of an exposed surface of the silicon germanium layer by using a processing gas including fluorine and oxygen and converted into plasma; and
a controller configured to control plasma processing in the processor,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the plasma processing in the processor to form a nitride film by modifying at least the surface layer of the oxide film by using a second processing gas including a nitrogen-containing gas and converted into plasma.
11. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processing gas includes an O 2 gas and a fluorine-containing gas, and
wherein the controller is further configured to control a supply amount of the processing gas in the processor such that a volume ratio of the fluorine-containing gas to the O 2 gas is 0.1 vol % or more and 1.0 vol % or less.
12. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the fluorine-containing gas is a NF 3 gas, a F 2 gas, or a SF 6 gas.
13. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to control supply of the processing gas in the processor to further supply at least one of a H 2 gas and a rare gas.
14. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein remote plasma is used when the processing gas is converted into plasma in the processor.
15. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein an etching amount of the silicon germanium layer from the exposed surface in the plasma processing is proportional to a plasma processing time.
16. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the oxide film thus formed in the plasma processing is saturated at a desired set value regardless of a plasma processing time.
17. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to repeatedly perform the plasma processing on the substrate and control a plasma processing time for one set from 30 sec to 180 sec.
18. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the plasma processing in the processor to form a carbide film by modifying at least the surface layer of the oxide film by using a second processing gas including a carbon-containing gas and converted into plasma.
19. A method of manufacturing a nanowire or nanosheet transistor by using a substrate in which a silicon layer and a silicon germanium layer are alternately laminated, the method comprising:
forming an insulating oxide film by selectively modifying a surface layer of an exposed surface of the silicon germanium layer by using a processing gas including fluorine and oxygen and converted into plasma; and
forming a nitride film by modifying at least the surface layer of the insulating oxide film by using a second processing gas including a nitrogen-containing gas and converted into plasma.
20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising forming a carbide film by modifying at least the surface layer of the insulating oxide film by using a second processing gas including a carbon-containing gas and converted into plasma.