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Method of filling a recess flat with a material by a bias ECR-CVD process

US5182221A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 1991
Grant dateJan 26, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/169
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of filling a recess so that it is flat with a material by a bias ECR-CVD process is capable of depositing the recess with the material without resulting in the increase in the aspect ratio of the recess with the progress of the deposition process and without forming any voids in the material filling up the recess. A method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that the bias ECR-CVD process is controlled so as to meet a condition expressed by: R=2y/x, where R is the deposition rate ratio, namely, the ratio of a vertical deposition rate at which the material is deposited on the vertical side surface of the recess to a deposition rate at which the material deposited on the horizontal bottom surface of the recess, x is the width of the recess and y is the depth of the recess. In another method of filling a recess flat with a material by a bias ECR-CVD process in accordance with the present invention alternately a deposition cycle using a source gas containing a silicon-containing gas and a deposition cycle using a source gas containing a silicon hydride to obviate the adverse influence of a layer of the material formed by the deposition process using the…

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