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US 8,524,580 B2Granted
Manufacturing method of semiconductor substrate and substrate processing apparatus
AssigneeHitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
InventorsNaonori Akae, Yoshiro Hirose, Tomohide Kato
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Abstract
A first processing gas containing a first element and a second processing gas containing a second element are alternately supplied to a surface of a substrate placed in a processing chamber, to thereby form a first thin film, and a second processing gas and a third processing containing the first element and different from the first processing gas are alternately supplied, to thereby form a second thin film on the first thin film, having the same element component as that of the first thin film.
Claims7
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising:
- a first film forming step of forming a first thin film on a surface of a substrate placed in a processing chamber;
- and
- a second film forming step of forming a second thin film having the same element component as the first thin film on the first thin film after the first film forming step is performed,
- wherein the first film forming step comprises:
- a first step of supplying a first processing gas containing a first element into the processing chamber through a buffer chamber, the buffer chamber forming a gas dispersion space for uniformizing flow rat and flow velocity of gas within the buffer chamber;
- a second step of exhausting the first processing gas remained in the processing chamber;
- a third step of supplying a second processing gas containing a second element into the processing chamber through the buffer chamber;
- and
- a fourth step of exhausting the second processing gas remained in the processing chamber,
- wherein the first thin film is formed on the surface of the substrate, with the first to fourth steps set as one cycle and by repeating this cycle prescribed number of times,
- the second film forming step comprises:
- a fifth step of supplying into the processing, chamber through the buffer chamber, a third processing gas containing the first element, having an element component which is different from that of the first processing gas, and having a lower thermal decomposition property than that of the first processing gas;
- a sixth step of exhausting the third processing gas remained in the processing chamber;
- a seventh step of supplying the second processing gas containing the second element into the processing chamber through the buffer chamber;
- and
- an eighth step of exhausting the second processing gas remained in the processing chamber,
- wherein the second thin film is formed on the first thin film, with the fifth to eighth steps set as one cycle and by repeating this cycle prescribed number of times.
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A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising:
- a first film forming step of forming a first thin film on a surface of a substrate placed in a processing chamber;
- and
- a second film forming step of forming a second thin film having the same element component as the first thin film on the first thin film after the first film forming step is performed, wherein
- the first film forming step comprises:
- a first step of supplying a first processing gas containing a first element to the substrate through a buffer chamber, the buffer chamber forming a gas dispersion space for uniformizing flow rate and flow velocity of gas within the buffer chamber;
- and
- a second step of supplying a second processing gas containing a second element to the substrate through the buffer chamber, wherein
- the first thin film is formed on the surface of the substrate, with the first and second steps set as one cycle and by repeating this cycle prescribe numbers of times, and
- the second film forming step comprises:
- a third step of supplying to the substrate through the buffer chamber a third processing gas containing the first element, having an element component which is different from that of the first processing gas, and having a lower thermal decomposition property than that of the first processing gas;
- and
- a fourth step of supplying the second processing gas containing the second element to the substrate through the buffer chamber, wherein
- the second thin film is formed on the first thin film, with the third and fourth steps set as one cycle and by repeating this cycle prescribed numbers of times.
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A substrate processing apparatus, comprising:
- a processing chamber in which a substrate is processed;
- a buffer chamber that forms a gas dispersion space for uniformizing flow rate and flow velocity of gas;
- a heating mechanism that heats at least the substrate;
- a first processing gas supply system that supplies a first processing gas containing a first element or a third processing gas containing the first element and having a lower thermal decomposition property than that of the first processing gas;
- a second processing gas supply system that supplies a second processing gas containing a second element;
- an exhaust system that exhausts an atmosphere in the processing chamber;
- and
- a control part that is configured to control the first processing gas supply system, the second processing gas supply system, and the exhaust system, so that
- (1) the first processing gas from the first processing gas supply system and the second processing gas from the second processing gas supply system are alternately supplied to the substrate through the buffer chamber, to thereby form a first thin film, and
- (2) after the first thin film is formed, the third processing gas from the first processing gas supply system and the second processing gas from the second processing gas supply system are alternately supplied to substrate through the buffer chamber, to thereby form a second thin film.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.