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Method of forming insulating layer in semiconductor device

US7211524B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 2002
Grant dateMay 1, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of forming an insulating film in a semiconductor device. After a mixed gas of alkyl silane gas and N2O gas is supplied into the deposition equipment, a radio frequency power including a short pulse wave for causing incomplete reaction upon a gas phase reaction is applied to generate nano particle. The nano particle is then reacted to oxygen radical to form the insulating film including a plurality of nano voids. A low-dielectric insulating film that can be applied to the nano technology even in the existing LECVD equipment is formed.

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