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US 9,293,346 · App. 14/385,820 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Method for etching organic film and plasma etching device

Inventors: Hiroyuki Takaba (Miyagi, JP); Hironori Matsuoka (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/31138H01J37/3222H01J37/32192H01J37/32449H01J37/32816H01L21/0276H01L21/67069H01J2237/327H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 9,293,346
App. No.
14/385,820
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method for etching an organic film according to an embodiment, a target object that has an organic film is set in a processing chamber. Then, a processing gas containing COS gas and O 2 gas is supplied to the processing chamber and a microwave for plasma excitation is supplied to the inside of the processing chamber to etch the organic film.

Claims (18)

1. A method for etching an organic film, comprising:

preparing in a processing chamber a target object having an organic film; and

etching the organic film to provide a patterned organic film by supplying a processing gas including COS gas and O 2 gas into the processing chamber and supplying a microwave for plasma excitation into the processing chamber, wherein SO radicals are dissociated from the COS gas and adsorbed on a sidewall of the patterned organic film formed by said etching.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target object includes a substrate and a multilayer film formed on the substrate, the multilayer film having a patterned resist film and the organic film formed between the patterned resist film and the substrate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the etching the organic film, the processing gas further includes N 2 gas.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the etching the organic film, a pressure in the processing chamber is controlled to a range from 20 mTorr to 100 mTorr.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the multilayer film has a Si anti-reflection coating film provided between the patterned resist film and the organic film, and

the method further comprises, before the etching the organic film, etching the Si anti-reflection coating film by supplying an etching gas including a fluorocarbon-based gas and COS gas into the processing chamber and supplying a microwave into the processing chamber, wherein S radicals are dissociated from the COS gas included in the etching gas and are adsorbed on a surface of the patterned resist film.

6. A plasma etching device comprising:

a processing chamber;

a gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas including COS gas and O 2 gas into the processing chamber;

a microwave generating unit; and

an antenna, connected to the microwave generating unit, configured to supply a microwave for plasma excitation into the processing chamber so that SO radicals are dissociated from the COS gas.

7. The plasma etching device of claim 6 , wherein processing gas further includes N 2 gas.

8. The plasma etching device of claim 7 , wherein the gas supply unit includes a unit configured to control a flow rate ratio of the N 2 gas and the O 2 gas.

9. The plasma etching device of claim 6 , further comprising a pressure controller configured to control a pressure in the processing chamber.

10. The plasma etching device of claim 9 , wherein the pressure controller controls the pressure in the processing chamber to a range from 20 mTorr to 100 mTorr.

11. The plasma etching device of claim 6 , wherein the gas supply unit further configured to supply another processing gas including a fluorocarbon-based gas and COS gas.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2014
From: TAKABA, HIROYUKI; MATSUOKA, HIRONORI
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033756/0792 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-094048 · Apr 17, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150064924A1 · Mar 5, 2015