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Impurity diffusion method, substrate processing apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

US8906792B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2013
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/28035
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The impurity diffusion method includes: transferring an object on which the thin film is formed into a processing chamber (operation 1); raising a temperature of the object to a vapor diffusion temperature in the processing chamber (operation 3); and supplying an impurity-containing gas that contains the impurities into the processing chamber, together with an inert gas and diffusing the impurities in the thin film formed on the object of which the temperature is raised to the vapor diffusion temperature (operation 4), wherein in the operation 4, an impurity diffusion acceleration gas for accelerating the diffusion of the impurities into the thin film is supplied into the processing chamber, together with the impurity-containing gas and the inert gas.

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