IP Library Granted Patent US 7,115,522
Granted Patent B2
US 7,115,522 · App. 10/886,668 · Granted Oct 3, 2006

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,115,522
App. No.
10/886,668
Granted
Oct 3, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a substrate to be processed having a conductive layer essentially consisting of platinum includes etching the conductive layer, and generating plasma and cleaning the substrate, to which an etching product adhere, by means of ions in the plasma. The cleaning includes heating the substrate to a first temperature, introducing gas, which contains chlorine and nitrogen and in which a ratio of chlorine atoms to nitrogen atoms is 9:1 to 5:5, and applying high-frequency power to an electrode, on which the substrate is placed.

Claims (34)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a substrate to be processed having a conductive layer essentially consisting of platinum, the method comprising:

etching the conductive layer; and

generating plasma and cleaning the substrate, to which an etching product adhere, by means of ions in the plasma,

wherein said cleaning includes:

heating the substrate to a first temperature;

introducing gas, which contains chlorine and nitrogen and in which a ratio of chlorine atoms to nitrogen atoms is 5:5 to 9:1; and

applying high-frequency power to an electrode, on which the substrate is placed, the high-frequency power relative to a unit area of the electrode being at most 0.02 W/cm 2 .

2. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency power is at most 0.015 W/cm 2 .

3. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is at least 300° C.

4. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes a mask layer provided on the conductive layer and platinum particles adhered to the mask layer, and

the etching product corresponds to the platinum particles.

5. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a capacitor having a lower electrode, a ferroelectric layer and an upper electrode, and the conductive layer corresponds to the upper electrode.

6. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a substrate to be processed having a conductive layer essentially consisting of platinum, the method comprising:

etching the conductive layer; and

generating plasma and cleaning the substrate, to which an etching product adhere, by means of ions in the plasma,

wherein said cleaning includes:

heating the substrate to a first temperature;

introducing third gas, which contains first gas containing chlorine and second gas containing nitrogen and in which a ratio in volume of the first gas to the second gas is 5:5 to 9:1; and

applying high-frequency power to an electrode, on which the substrate is placed, the high-frequency power relative to a unit area of the electrode being at most 0.02 W/cm 2 .

7. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first gas is one selected from the group consisting of HCl, ClF 3 , CCl 4 and BCl 3 .

8. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the second gas is one selected from the group consisting of NH 3 , NO, NO 2 and NF 3 .

9. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the high-frequency power is at most 0.015 W/cm 2 .

10. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first temperature is at least 300° C.

11. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate includes a mask layer provided on the conductive layer and platinum particles adhered to the mask layer, and

the etching product corresponds to the platinum particles.

12. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the substrate includes a capacitor having a lower electrode, a ferroelectric layer and an upper electrode, and the conductive layer corresponds to the upper electrode.

13. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the chlorine atoms to the nitrogen atoms is 8:2 to 8.5:1.5.

14. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is at least 350° C.

15. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the mask layer is formed of SiO 2 .

16. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the ratio in volume of the first gas to the second gas is 8:2 to 8.5:1.5.

17. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first temperature is at least 350° C.

18. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the mask layer is formed of SiO 2 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2010
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: QIMONDA AG
Reel/Frame 023796/0001 →
CORRECTED FORM PTO-1595 TO INCLUDE ASSIGNEE #2'S NAME AND ADDRESS ON AN ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL/FRAME 016030/0252. Recorded Jun 9, 2005
From: TOMIOKA, KAZUHIRO; ZHUANG, HAOREN
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 016680/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2004
From: TOMIOKA, KAZUHIRO; ZHUANG, HAOREN
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 016030/0252 →