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US 9,536,782 · App. 14/664,945 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Tungsten film forming method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and storage medium

Inventors: Takanobu Hotta (Nirasaki, JP); Yasushi Aiba (Nirasaki, JP); Koji Maekawa (Nirasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/76879C23C16/08C23C16/14C23C16/455C23C16/45525C23C16/46H01L21/28556H01L21/28562H01L21/32051H01L21/76877
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Patent No.
US 9,536,782
App. No.
14/664,945
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tungsten film forming method includes: supplying a tungsten chloride gas as a source material of tungsten and a reducing gas towards a substrate to be processed under a depressurized atmosphere to cause reaction between the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas while heating the substrate to be processed, such that a main tungsten film is directly formed on a surface of the substrate to be processed without forming an initial tungsten film for nucleus generation.

Claims (16)

1. A tungsten film forming method, comprising:

supplying a tungsten chloride gas as a source material of tungsten and a reducing gas towards a substrate to be processed under a depressurized atmosphere to cause reaction between the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas while heating the substrate to be processed, such that a main tungsten film is directly formed on a surface of the substrate to be processed without forming an initial tungsten film for nucleus generation,

wherein the tungsten chloride gas is selected from a group consisting of WCl 6 gas, WCl 5 gas, and WCl 4 gas,

wherein the reducing gas is at least one selected from a group consisting of H 2 gas, SiH 4 gas, B 2 H 6 gas, and NH 3 gas, and

wherein a temperature of the substrate to be processed is 250 degrees C. or higher and an inner pressure of a reaction chamber is 10 to 30 Torr.

2. The tungsten film forming method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate to be processed has a base film as a surface layer and the surface of the substrate where the tungsten film is formed is a surface of the base film.

3. The tungsten film forming method of claim 2 , wherein the base film is a TiN film or a TiSiN film.

4. The tungsten film forming method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate to be processed has a depression, and the main tungsten film is formed in the depression such that the depression is filled with the main tungsten film.

5. A semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising:

forming a base film on a surface of a substrate to be processed, the substrate to be processed having a depression on the surface thereof; and

filling the depression by supplying a tungsten chloride gas as a source material of tungsten and a reducing gas towards the substrate to be processed, which has the base film on the surface thereof, under a depressurized atmosphere to cause reaction between the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas while heating the substrate to be processed, such that a main tungsten film is directly formed on a surface of the base film without forming an initial tungsten film for nucleus generation and fills the depression,

wherein the tungsten chloride gas is selected from a group consisting of WCl 6 gas, WCl 5 gas, and WCl 4 gas,

wherein the reducing gas is at least one selected from a group consisting of H 2 gas, SiH 4 gas, B 2 H 6 gas, and NH 3 gas, and

wherein filling the depression is performed under conditions that a temperature of the substrate is 250 degrees C. or higher and an inner pressure of a reaction chamber is 10 to 30 Torr.

6. The semiconductor device manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein the base film is a TiN film or a TiSiN film.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operating on a computer and storing a program that controls a film forming apparatus, wherein, when executed, the program allows the computer to control the film forming apparatus such that the tungsten film forming method of claim 1 is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: HOTTA, TAKANOBU; AIBA, YASUSHI; MAEKAWA, KOJI
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 035242/0073 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-061929 · Mar 25, 2014 · national
JP 2015-012922 · Jan 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150279735A1 · Oct 1, 2015