IP Library Granted Patent US 12,672,499
Granted Patent B2
US 12,672,499 · App. 18/411,210 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus

Inventors: Akira Fujita (Koshi, JP); Kyosei Goto (Koshi, JP); Hiroki Aso (Koshi, JP); Daisuke Saiki (Koshi, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/02068H01L21/32134H01L21/67051
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,672,499
App. No.
18/411,210
Filed
Jan 12, 2024
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1713
USPC
438/754
Abstract

A substrate processing method includes a first process of supplying an etching liquid to a peripheral portion of a substrate while rotating the substrate having a metal polycrystalline film formed on a front surface thereof; a second process of supplying a rinse liquid to a portion of the substrate closer to a center side of the substrate than a supply position of the etching liquid in the first process while rotating the substrate; a third process of supplying the etching liquid to the peripheral portion of the substrate while rotating the substrate; a fourth process of supplying the rinse liquid to a portion of the substrate closer to the center side of the substrate than a supply position of the etching liquid in the third process while rotating the substrate; and a fifth process of drying the substrate after the fourth process.

Claims (16)

1 . A substrate processing method, comprising:

(a) etching a metal polycrystalline film at a peripheral portion of a substrate by moving a nozzle at a first speed from an outside of the substrate to a center side of the substrate beyond an edge of the substrate while rotating the substrate having the metal polycrystalline film formed on a front surface thereof and discharging an etching liquid from the nozzle;

(b) etching the metal polycrystalline film at the peripheral portion of the substrate by moving the nozzle having passed the edge of the substrate to a preset position on the center side of the substrate at a second speed lower than the first speed while rotating the substrate and discharging the etching liquid from the nozzle;

(c) washing away an etching residue generated in the etching of the metal polycrystalline film by moving the nozzle at the second speed with a rinse liquid by supplying the rinse liquid to a portion of the substrate closer to the center side of the substrate than a supply position of the etching liquid in the etching of the metal polycrystalline film by moving the nozzle at the second speed while rotating the substrate; and

(d) drying the substrate after the washing away of the etching residue,

wherein in (a) and (b), the substrate is rotated at the same rotational speed.

2 . A substrate processing apparatus, comprising:

a rotating/holding device configured to hold and rotate a substrate having a metal polycrystalline film formed on a front surface thereof;

a chemical liquid supply configured to supply an etching liquid to the front surface of the substrate;

a rinse liquid supply configured to supply a rinse liquid to the front surface of the substrate; and

a controller and a storage including a computer program, wherein the storage and the computer program are configured, with the controller, to perform:

a first processing of etching the metal polycrystalline film at a peripheral portion of the substrate by controlling the rotating/holding device to hold and rotate the substrate, and also controlling the chemical liquid supply to move a nozzle at a first speed from an outside of the substrate to a center side of the substrate beyond an edge of the substrate while discharging the etching liquid from the nozzle of the chemical liquid supply,

a second processing of etching the metal polycrystalline film at the peripheral portion of the substrate by controlling the rotating/holding device to hold and rotate the substrate, and also controlling the chemical liquid supply to move the nozzle having passed the edge of the substrate to a preset position on the center side of the substrate at a second speed lower than the first speed while discharging the etching liquid from the nozzle,

a third processing of washing away an etching residue generated in the second processing with the rinse liquid by controlling the rotating/holding device to hold and rotate the substrate, and also controlling the rinse liquid supply to supply the rinse liquid to a position closer to the center side of the substrate than a supply position of the etching liquid in the second processing, and

a fourth processing of drying the substrate by controlling the rotating/holding device to hold and rotate the substrate,

wherein in the first processing and the second processing, the substrate is rotated at the same rotational speed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2024
From: FUJITA, AKIRA; GOTO, KYOSEI; ASO, HIROKI; SAIKI, DAISUKE
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066109/0032 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2020-209951 · Dec 18, 2020 · national
JP 2021-145972 · Sep 8, 2021 · national
JP 2021-175600 · Oct 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17644843 · Dec 17, 2021
Related Publication 20240153756A1 · May 9, 2024
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