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Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

US7064060B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2004
Grant dateJun 20, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2221/1047
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A heat treatment is performed to an insulating film composition, formed on a semiconductor substrate, at a temperature of 350° C. in an inert gas ambient to form a non-porous insulating film. Next, dry etching is performed using a resist pattern as a mask to form a trench in the non-porous insulating film, ashing is performed to remove the resist pattern, and the surface of the semiconductor substrate is cleaned. Thereafter, a second heat treatment is performed for the non-porous insulating film to form a porous insulating film. Since the second heat treatment is performed in an oxidizing-gas atmosphere, the pore-generating material can be removed at a temperature lower than the temperature of conventional methods to form an insulating film having a low dielectric constant.

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