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Method for reforming base surface, method for manufacturing semiconductor device and equipment for manufacturing the same

US6514884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1998
Grant dateFeb 4, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/02274
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for reforming a surface of a base layer before thin film deposition, wherein a base thermal SiO2 film is exposed to a gas selected from the group consisting of AX4, AHnCl4−n and ARnX4−n, wherein A represents Si, Ge or Sn, X represents I, Br, F or Cl and R represents CmH2m+1, wherein “n” is 1, 2 or 3 and “m” is a natural number.

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