IP Library Granted Patent US 9,831,249
Granted Patent B2
US 9,831,249 · App. 15/271,962 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Inventors: Masanori Nakayama (Toyama, JP); Hiroto Igawa (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L27/1085H01L21/02175H01L21/02244H01L21/02247H01L21/02252
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Patent No.
US 9,831,249
App. No.
15/271,962
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor manufacturing method includes preparing a substrate having a metal film formed on a surface thereof; forming an oxide layer by oxidizing a surface of the metal film by plasma of a mixed gas of an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas; and forming a thin film on the oxide layer by supplying at least an oxidizing gas to the substrate.

Claims (25)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

preparing a substrate having a metal nitride film formed on a surface thereof;

performing nitriding on the metal nitride film;

forming an oxide layer by oxidizing a surface of the metal nitride film by plasma of a mixed gas of an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas after the performing of nitriding on the metal nitride film; and

forming a thin film on the oxide layer by supplying an oxidizing gas to the substrate.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen-containing gas is oxygen gas and the hydrogen-containing is hydrogen gas.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a mixture ratio of the hydrogen gas in the mixed gas is such that a percentage of the hydrogen gas is in a range of 2% or more to 100% or less.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal nitride film is a conductive metal nitride film.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film is a film formed of an oxide.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film is a film formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of AlO, ZrO, HfO, ZrAlO, HfAlO, and SrTiO.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the forming of an oxide layer, the oxide layer is formed such that a sheet resistance of the metal nitride film after subjected to the forming and having formed thereon the oxide layer is increased over a sheet resistance of the metal nitride film before subjected to the forming.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein an amount of the increase in the sheet resistance of the metal nitride film in the forming of an oxide layer is in a range of more than 0% to 100% or less.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the performing of nitriding on the metal nitride film, a surface of the metal nitride film is nitrided by plasma of a nitrogen-containing gas.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the performing of nitriding on the metal nitride film, a surface of the metal nitride film is nitrided by plasma of a gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen is a mixed gas of a nitrogen gas and a hydrogen gas.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen is an ammonia gas.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal nitride film is a titanium nitride film.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing of nitriding on the metal nitride film and the forming of an oxide layer are sequentially performed in a processing chamber.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein a program causing a computer to allow a substrate processing apparatus to:

prepare a substrate having a metal nitride film formed on a surface thereof;

perform nitriding on the metal nitride film;

form an oxide layer by oxidizing a surface of the metal nitride film by plasma of a mixed gas of an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas after the performing of nitriding on the metal nitride film; and

form a thin film on the oxide layer by supplying an oxidizing gas to the substrate.

16. The recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein the thin film is a film formed of an oxide.

17. The recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein in the forming of an oxide layer, the oxide layer is formed such that a sheet resistance of the metal nitride film after subjected to the forming and having formed thereon the oxide layer is increased over a sheet resistance of the metal nitride film before subjected to the forming.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047995/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2016
From: NAKAYAMA, MASANORI; IGAWA, HIROTO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 039837/0455 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-189708 · Sep 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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