IP Library Granted Patent US 9,922,821
Granted Patent B2
US 9,922,821 · App. 14/671,504 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, using hydrocarbon and halogen-based precursors, substrate processing apparatus for processing same, and recording medium comprising hydrocarbon and halogen-based precursors

Inventor: Tsuyoshi Takeda (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/0228C23C16/24C23C16/42C23C16/4412C23C16/45523C23C16/45557C23C16/52H01L21/0217H01L21/0262H01L21/02126H01L21/02211H01L21/02529H01L21/02532H01L21/02579H01L21/28556H01L21/32051H01L21/32053
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Patent No.
US 9,922,821
App. No.
14/671,504
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technique of forming a film containing a first element and a second element on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes: (a) supplying a hydro-based precursor containing the first element and a halogen-based precursor containing the second element into a process chamber accommodating a substrate to confine the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber; (b) maintaining a state where the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor are confined in the process chamber; and (c) exhausting the process chamber.

Claims (33)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising forming a film containing silicon and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including:

(a) supplying a hydro-based precursor containing silicon and a halogen-based precursor containing silicon into a process chamber accommodating a substrate to confine the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber, the hydro-based precursor further containing a chain skeleton in which carbon atoms are bonded to one another in a chain shape;

(b) maintaining a state where the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor are confined in the process chamber in a state where the supplying of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor into the process chamber is stopped; and

(c) exhausting the process chamber through an exhaust system including a valve,

wherein the valve is fully closed in (a) and (b), and

a supply flow rate and a supply time of each of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in (a) are controlled such that a ratio of an amount of the hydro-based precursor with respect to an amount of the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber in (b) ranges from 1/9 to 1 such that carbon concentration in the film ranges from 2% to 10%.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydro-based precursor contains a chemical bond of silicon and carbon.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydro-based precursor contains silicon, carbon, and hydrogen.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydro-based precursor contains a chemical bond of silicon and carbon and a chemical bond of silicon and hydrogen.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydro-based precursor contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Si x C y H 2(x+y+1) and Si x C (y+1) H 2(x+y+1) (where each of x and y is an integer of 1 or more).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydro-based precursor contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Si 2 C 2 H 10 , SiC 2 H 8 , Si 2 CH 8 , SiC 3 H 10 , Si 3 CH 10 , SiC 4 H 12 , Si 2 C 3 H 12 , Si 3 C 2 H 12 , Si 4 CH 12 , SiC 2 H 6 , SiC 3 H 8 , Si 2 C 2 H 8 , SiC 4 H 10 , Si 2 C 3 H 10 , and Si 3 C 2 H 10 .

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydro-based precursor contains a chemical bond of silicon and hydrogen.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-based precursor is an inorganic precursor.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-based precursor contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a chloro group, a fluoro group, a bromo group, and iodine group.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-based precursor is an inorganic halide.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-based precursor contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a chemical bond of silicon and chlorine, a chemical bond of silicon and fluorine, a chemical bond of the silicon and bromine, and a chemical bond of silicon and iodine.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-based precursor contains at least one selected from the group consisting of SiH 3 Cl, SiH 2 Cl 2 , SiHCl 3 , SiCl 4 , and Si 2 Cl 6 .

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen-based precursor contains a chemical bond of silicon and carbon.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein silicon is bonded to at least one of carbon atoms constituting the chain skeleton, hydrogen is bonded to silicon, and hydrogen is bonded to at least one of carbon atoms constituting the chain skeleton in a chemical structure of the hydro-based precursor.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the supply flow rate and the supply time of each of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in (a) is controlled such that the ratio of the amount of the hydro-based precursor with respect to the amount of the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber in (b) becomes a range of 1/9 to ¼ such that carbon concentration in the film ranges from 2% to 10%.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a process of forming a film containing silicon and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including:

(a) supplying a hydro-based precursor containing silicon and a halogen-based precursor containing silicon into a process chamber accommodating a substrate to confine the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber, the hydro-based precursor further containing a chain skeleton in which carbon atoms are bonded to one another in a chain shape;

(b) maintaining a state where the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor are confined in the process chamber in a state where the supplying of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor into the process chamber is stopped; and

(c) exhausting the process chamber through an exhaust system including a valve,

wherein the valve is fully closed in (a) and (b), and

a supply flow rate and a supply time of each of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in (a) are controlled such that a ratio of an amount of the hydro-based precursor with respect to an amount of the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber in (b) ranges from 1/9 to 1 such that carbon concentration in the film ranges from 2% to 10%.

17. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising forming a film containing silicon and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including:

(a) supplying a hydro-based precursor containing silicon and a halogen-based precursor containing silicon into a process chamber accommodating a substrate to confine the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber, the hydro-based precursor further containing a chain skeleton in which carbon atoms are bonded to one another in a chain shape, silicon being bonded to at least one of carbon atoms constituting the chain skeleton, hydrogen being bonded to silicon, and hydrogen being bonded to at least one of carbon atoms constituting the chain skeleton in a chemical structure of the hydro-based precursor;

(b) maintaining a state where the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor are confined in the process chamber in a state where the supplying of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor into the process chamber is stopped; and

(c) exhausting the process chamber through an exhaust system including valve,

wherein the valve is fully closed in (a) and (b), and

a supply flow rate and a supply time of each of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in (a) are controlled such that a ratio of an amount of the hydro-based precursor with respect to an amount of the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber in (b) ranges from 1/9 to 1 such that carbon concentration in the film ranges from 2% to 10%.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the supply flow rate and the supply time of each of the hydro-based precursor and the halogen-based precursor in (a) is controlled such that the ratio of the amount of the hydro-based precursor with respect to the amount of the halogen-based precursor in the process chamber in (b) becomes a range of 1/9 to ¼ such that carbon concentration in the film ranges from 2% to 10%.

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 Mar 30, 2015
From: TAKEDA, TSUYOSHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 035286/0318 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-085652 · Apr 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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