Tokyo Electron Limited

Hirotake Fujita

Kazuhide Hasebe

Takahito Umehara

Shigeru Nakajima

Yuichiro Morozumi

Masahiko Tomita

Katsushige Harada

Haruhiko Furuya

Tomonori Fujiwara

Dong-Kyun Choi

A film-formation method for a semiconductor process includes seed film formation and main film formation. In the seed film formation, a metal-containing raw material gas and a first assist gas to react therewith are supplied into a process container, which accommodates a target substrate having an underlying layer, thereby forming a seed film on the underlying layer by CVD. In the main film formation, the raw material gas and a second assist gas to react therewith are supplied into the process container, thereby forming a main film on the seed film by CVD. The seed film formation includes first and second periods performed alternately and continuously. In each first period, the raw material gas is supplied into the process container while the first assist gas is stopped. In each second period, the first assist gas is supplied into the process container while the raw material gas is stopped.

Film formation method and apparatus for semiconductor process

In a capacitor of an MIM (Metal-Insulator-Metal) structure, a silicon-containing high dielectric film (e.g., a hafnium silicate film) containing a silicon atom, as well as a silicon-free high dielectric film (e.g., a tantalum oxide film) containing no silicon atom is interposed between a lower electrode film and an upper electrode film which are made of metal or metal compound. By adding the silicon-containing high dielectric film, a leak current can be suppressed and the change in capacitor capacity accompanied with the change in applied voltage can be reduced.

Film forming method for depositing a plurality of high-k dielectric films

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