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Apparatus for fabricating semiconductor device and method for fabricating semiconductor device

US6024045A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/02046
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for treating the surface of a semiconductor layer includes the step of removing an oxide from the surface of a semiconductor layer by adding fluorine or fluoride to hydrogen radicals separately from plasma atmosphere and thereafter exposing the semiconductor layer to the mixed gas and hydrogen-terminating the surface.

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