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Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,364 · App. 18/494,450 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

Inventor: Kimihiko Nakatani (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
H01L21/02312C23C16/04C23C16/345H01L21/0217H01L21/02211H01L21/02271
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Patent No.
US 12,494,364
App. No.
18/494,450
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a technique that includes: (a) supplying a silicon- and ligand-containing gas to a substrate having a surface on a first base and second base are exposed to adsorb silicon contained in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas on a surface of one of the first and second base; (b) supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate after the silicon is absorbed, to cause the silicon to react with the fluorine-containing gas to modify the surface to be F-terminated; and (c) supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after the surface is modified, to thereby form a film on a surface of the other of the first base and the second base, which is different from the one of the first base and the second base.

Claims (34)

1 . A method of processing a substrate, comprising:

(a) supplying a silicon- and ligand-containing gas to the substrate having a first surface and a second surface to adsorb silicon contained in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas on the first surface;

(b) supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate after the silicon is adsorbed on the first surface to cause the silicon adsorbed on the first surface to react with the fluorine-containing gas to modify the first surface to be F-terminated; and

(c) supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after the first surface is modified to form a film on the second surface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein (a) is performed under a condition in which the adsorption of the silicon on the first surface is self-limited.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein (a) is performed under a condition that the silicon- and ligand-containing gas does not undergo gas phase decomposition.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein (a) is performed under a condition that the silicon contained in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas is chemically adsorbed on the first surface.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in (a), the silicon contained in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas is adsorbed on the first surface while suppressing adsorption of the silicon on the second surface.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first surface before supplying the silicon- and ligand-containing gas has a hydroxyl group-terminated surface, and the second surface before supplying the silicon- and ligand-containing gas has a non-hydroxyl group-terminated surface.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein ligand in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas is an amino group.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the silicon- and ligand-containing gas is an aminosilane-based gas.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the silicon- and ligand-containing gas is an aminosilane-based gas containing one amino group in one molecule.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the silicon- and ligand-containing gas is a monoaminosilane gas.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in (b), the first surface is modified without being etched.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in (b), the first surface is modified while suppressing the second surface from being modified.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in (c), the film is formed on the second surface without forming the film on the first surface.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first surface includes an oxygen-containing film, and the second surface includes an oxygen-free film.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first surface includes an oxide film, and the second surface includes a nitride film.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first surface includes a film containing silicon and oxygen, and the second surface includes a film containing silicon and nitrogen.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one selected from the group of (a), (b) and (c) is performed in a non-plasma atmosphere.

18 . The method of claim 1 , wherein after performing (c), the F-termination is removed from the first surface.

19 . A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the method of claim 1 .

20 . A substrate processing apparatus comprising:

a silicon- and ligand-containing gas supply system configured to supply a silicon- and ligand-containing gas to a substrate;

a fluorine-containing gas supply system configured to supply a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate;

a film-forming gas supply system configured to supply a film-forming gas to the substrate; and

a controller configured to be capable of controlling the silicon- and ligand-containing gas supply system, the fluorine-containing gas supply system, and the film-forming gas supply system to perform a process including:

(a) supplying the silicon- and ligand-containing gas to the substrate having a first surface and a second surface to adsorb silicon contained in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas on the first surface;

(b) supplying the fluorine-containing gas to the substrate after the silicon is adsorbed on the first surface to cause the silicon adsorbed on the first surface to react with the fluorine-containing gas to modify the first surface to be F-terminated; and

(c) supplying the film-forming gas to the substrate after the first surface is modified to form a film on the second surface.

21 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes, by a computer, a substrate processing apparatus to perform a process comprising:

(a) supplying a silicon- and ligand-containing gas to a substrate having a first surface and a second surface to adsorb silicon contained in the silicon- and ligand-containing gas on the first surface;

(b) supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate after the silicon is adsorbed on the first surface to cause the silicon adsorbed on the first surface to react with the fluorine-containing gas to modify the first surface to be F-terminated; and

(c) supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after the first surface is modified to form a film on the second surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: NAKATANI, KIMIHIKO
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065354/0224 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-049691 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17396262 · Aug 6, 2021
Continuation 16817563 · Mar 12, 2020
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