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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and processing apparatus

US8481434B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 8, 2008
Grant dateJul 9, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/0228
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To remove the deposit including a high dielectric constant film deposited on an inside of a processing chamber, by using a cleaning gas activated only by heat. The method includes the steps of: loading a substrate or a plurality of substrates into the processing chamber; performing processing to deposit the high dielectric constant film on the substrate by supplying processing gas into the processing chamber; unloading the processed substrate from the inside of the processing chamber; and cleaning the inside of the processing chamber by supplying a halide gas and an oxygen based gas into the processing chamber, and removing the deposit including the high dielectric constant film deposited on the inside of the processing chamber, and in the step of cleaning the inside of the processing chamber, the concentration of the oxygen based gas in the halide gas and the oxygen based gas is set to be less than 7%.

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