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Semiconductor device manufacturing method and substrate processing apparatus

US7968437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2006
Grant dateJun 28, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/28562
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Productivity and product yield, as well as the step coverage and the adhesion are improved. A film forming process includes an initial film forming step, and a main film forming step. In the initial film forming step, a step of supplying a material gas into a processing chamber to adsorb the material gas on the substrate, and a step of supplying a first reaction gas not containing oxygen atoms into the processing chamber to cause a reaction with the material gas adsorbed on the substrate in order to from a thin film on the substrate, are repeated multiple cycles to form the thin film with the specified thickness on the substrate. In the main film forming step, a step of supplying a material gas into the processing chamber to adsorb the material gas on the substrate, and a step of supplying a second reaction gas containing oxygen atoms into the processing chamber to cause a reaction with the material gas adsorbed on the substrate in order to form a thin film on the substrate, are repeated multiple cycles, to form the thin film with a specified thickness on the thin film that was formed on the substrate in the initial film forming step.

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