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US 12,312,683 · App. 17/756,214 · Granted May 27, 2025

Substrate processing method and substrate processing device

Inventors: Munehito Kagaya (Nirasaki, JP); Tadashi Mitsunari (Nirasaki, JP); Hiroyuki Onoda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
C23C16/345C23C16/045C23C16/45542C23C16/45544C23C16/45553C23C16/505C23C16/56
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Patent No.
US 12,312,683
App. No.
17/756,214
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a substrate processing method and a substrate processing apparatus that perform selective film formation. The substrate processing method includes: forming a silicon-containing film by repeating forming an adsorption layer on a substrate on which a pattern of a concave portion is formed by supplying a silicon-containing gas to the substrate and generating plasma of a reaction gas to cause the plasma to react with the adsorption layer; and etching the silicon-containing film, wherein the forming the silicon-containing film includes modifying at least one of the adsorption layer and the silicon-containing film by generating a He-containing plasma.

Claims (23)

1. A substrate processing method comprising:

forming a silicon-containing film by repeating forming an adsorption layer on a substrate on which a pattern of a concave portion is formed by supplying a silicon-containing gas to the substrate and generating plasma of a reaction gas to cause the plasma to react with the adsorption layer; and

etching the silicon-containing film,

wherein the forming the silicon-containing film includes modifying at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film by generating a He-containing plasma, and

wherein an opening width of the concave portion is shorter than a wavelength of light emitted from the He-containing plasma.

2. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein, in the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film:

the He-containing plasma emits the light; and

the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film is modified by being irradiated with the light emitted from the He-containing plasma.

3. The substrate processing method of claim 2 , wherein, in the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film, the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film formed on an upper portion of the pattern formed on the substrate is modified.

4. The substrate processing method of claim 3 , wherein, the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film improves an etching resistance of the silicon-containing film.

5. The substrate processing method of claim 4 , wherein the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film is performed after repeating the forming the adsorption layer and the generating the plasma of the reaction gas.

6. The substrate processing method of claim 5 , wherein the forming the silicon-containing film and the etching the silicon-containing film are repeated.

7. The substrate processing method of claim 6 , wherein the silicon-containing film is a SiN film.

8. The substrate processing method of claim 7 , wherein the silicon-containing gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a halogen-containing silicon-based gas, an aminosilane gas, a SiH 4 gas, and a trisilylamine (TSA) gas.

9. The substrate processing method of claim 8 , wherein the reaction gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a NH 3 gas, a N 2 gas, a hydrazine, and a hydrazine derivative gas.

10. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein, in the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film, the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film formed on an upper portion of the pattern formed on the substrate is modified.

11. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein, the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film improves an etching resistance of the silicon-containing film.

12. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film is performed after the forming the adsorption layer.

13. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film is performed after the generating the plasma of the reaction gas.

14. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the at least one of the adsorption layer or the silicon-containing film is performed after repeating the forming the adsorption layer and the generating the plasma of the reaction gas.

15. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the forming the silicon-containing film and the etching the silicon-containing film are repeated.

16. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-containing film is a SiN film.

17. The substrate processing method of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-containing gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a halogen-containing silicon-based gas, an aminosilane gas, a SiH 4 gas, and a trisilylamine (TSA) gas.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: KAGAYA, MUNEHITO; MITSUNARI, TADASHI; ONODA, HIROYUKI
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059960/0690 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-210529 · Nov 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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