Tokyo Electron Limited

Makoto Wada

Takashi Matsumoto

Ryota Ifuku

Masahito Sugiura

Hirokazu Ueda

Genji Nakamura

Yutaka Fujino

Hiroyuki Ikuta

Hideki Yuasa

Nobutake Kabuki

Hiroshi Terada

A film forming method includes: a loading process of loading a substrate into a processing container; a first process of forming an interface layer having an amorphous structure or a microcrystalline structure on the substrate by plasma of a first mixed gas including a carbon-containing gas; and a second process of forming a graphene film on the interface layer by plasma of a second mixed gas including the carbon-containing gas.

Film forming method and film forming apparatus

A film forming method of forming a film on a substrate by using a film forming apparatus including a processing container, and a stage provided in an interior of the processing container to place the substrate thereon and in which aluminum is contained, includes: forming a film continuously on one substrate or on a plurality of substrates by supplying a gas for film formation to the interior of the processing container while heating the substrate placed on the stage; cleaning the interior of the processing container with a fluorine-containing gas in a state in which the substrate is unloaded from the processing container; and performing a post-process by generating plasma of an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing-gas in the interior of the processing container, wherein the forming the film, the cleaning the interior of the processing container, and the performing the post-process are repeatedly performed.

There is provided a film forming method of forming a carbon-containing film by a microwave plasma from a microwave source, the film forming method including: a dummy step of performing a dummy process by generating plasma of a first carbon-containing gas within a processing container; a placement step of placing a substrate on a stage within the processing container; and a film forming step of forming the carbon-containing film on the substrate using plasma of a second carbon-containing gas.

Flim forming method of carbon-containing film by microwave plasma

There is provided a processing apparatus for forming a film with a plasma. The processing apparatus comprises: a processing container, having a ceramic sprayed coating on an inner wall on which an antenna that radiates microwaves is arranged, configured to accommodate a substrate; a mounting table configured to mount the substrate in the processing container; and a controller configured to perform a precoating process of coating a surface of the ceramic sprayed coating with a first carbon film with a plasma of a first carbon-containing gas at a first pressure and a film forming process of forming a second carbon film on the substrate with a plasma of a second carbon-containing gas at a second pressure.

Processing apparatus and film forming method

There is provided a semiconductor device including a first conductive layer formed on a substrate; a second conductive layer serving as a wiring layer and a barrier layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein the barrier layer is made of a graphene film, and the second conductive layer includes a metal silicide compound, the metal silicide compound being provided so as to be in contact with the graphene film constituting the barrier layer.

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