Hitachi-kokusai Electric Inc.

Kokusai Electric Corporation

Shingo Nohara

Yoshiro Hirose

Takaaki Noda

Satoshi Shimamoto

Takeo Hanashima

Yuji Urano

Hiroshi Ashihara

Tsukasa Kamakura

Kazuhiro Harada

Yasunobu Koshi

Yoshitomo Hashimoto

Ryota Sasajima

Kiyohiko Maeda

Katsuyoshi Harada

Masayoshi Minami

Kotaro Konno

Shinya Morita

Kimihiko Nakatani

Kosuke Takagi

Seiyo Nakashima

Kiyohisa Ishibashi

Takafumi Nitta

Mamoru Sueyoshi

Motoshi Sawada

Yoshitaka Abe

There is provided a technique including: forming a first film containing first element and second element; and forming a second film adjacent to the first film and containing the first element and the second element being different in characteristics from the first film, wherein one of the first and second films is formed by performing a first cycle a predetermined number of times, the first cycle including performing: (a1) supplying a first precursor gas containing the first element; and (b1) supplying a first reaction gas containing the second element, and wherein the other of the first and second films is formed by performing a second cycle a predetermined number of times, the second cycle including performing: (a2) supplying a second precursor gas containing the first element and being higher in a thermal decomposition temperature than the first precursor gas; and (b2) supplying a second reaction gas containing the second element.

Method of processing substrate, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, recording medium, and substrate processing apparatus

There is provided a technique capable of capable of preventing a substrate from being metal-contaminated by a component constituting a furnace opening. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a furnace opening structure including: an upper inlet structure connected to a first protrusion provided at a lower portion of a reaction tube via a first seal, and configured to support the reaction tube; a lower inlet structure connected to the upper inlet structure via a second seal; and a fixing structure connected to the upper inlet structure and configured to fix the first protrusion, wherein the upper inlet structure is provided below an exhaust pipe provided at the lower portion of the reaction tube, and wherein the first protrusion is configured to be capable of being cooled by circulating a cooling medium through flow paths provided inside the upper inlet structure and the fixing structure, respectively.

Furnace opening structure, substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

There is provided a technique of cleaning an inside of a process container, including: (a) removing substances adhered in a process container set at a first temperature by supplying a first gas at a first flow rate into the process container and exhausting the inside of the process container; (b) physically desorbing and removing residual fluorine in the process container set at a second temperature by supplying a second gas at a second flow rate into the process container and exhausting the inside of the process container; and (c) chemically desorbing and removing residual fluorine in the process container set at a third temperature by supplying a third gas at a third flow rate into the process container and exhausting the inside of the process container.

Method of cleaning, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

A technique of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a film on a substrate in a process chamber by supplying a precursor and a reactant to the substrate under a first temperature at which the precursor and the reactant are not pyrolyzed, and purging, after performing the act of forming the film, an interior of the process chamber by supplying at least one selected from a group consisting of a plasma-excited gas, an alcohol, and a reducing agent into the process chamber under a second temperature equal to or lower than the first temperature.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: vertically arranging and storing a plurality of substrates in a processing container and forming a condition where at least an upper region or a lower region relative to a substrate disposing region where the plurality of substrates are arranged is blocked off by an adaptor; and while maintaining the condition, forming films on the plurality of substrates by performing a cycle including the following steps a predetermined number of times in a non-simultaneous manner: supplying source gas to the plurality of substrates in the processing container from the side of the substrate disposing region; discharging the source gas from the interior of the processing container via exhaust piping; supplying reaction gas to the plurality of substrates in the processing container from the side of the substrate disposing region; and discharging the reaction gas from the interior of the processing container via the exhaust piping.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device by forming a film on a substrate, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a substrate having an oxide film; performing, a predetermined number of times, a cycle of non-simultaneously performing supplying a precursor gas to the substrate, supplying a carbon-containing gas to the substrate, and supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate, or performing, a predetermined number of times, a cycle of non-simultaneously performing supplying a precursor gas to the substrate and supplying a gas containing carbon and nitrogen to the substrate, or performing, a predetermined number of times, a cycle of non-simultaneously performing supplying a precursor gas containing carbon to the substrate and supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate, the oxide film being used as an oxygen source to form a nitride layer containing oxygen and carbon as a seed layer; and forming a nitride film containing no oxygen and carbon as a first film on the seed layer.

A method for cleaning an interior of a process chamber after performing a process of forming a carbon-containing film on a substrate in the process chamber includes performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes supplying a modifying gas into the process chamber to modify deposits including the carbon-containing film deposited on a surface of a member in the process chamber and supplying an etching gas into the process chamber to remove the modified deposits through a thermochemical reaction.

Cleaning method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a thin film having excellent etching resistance and a low dielectric constant on a substrate, removing first impurities containing HO and Cl from the thin film by heating the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the forming of the thin film, and removing second impurities containing a hydrocarbon compound (CH-based impurities) from the thin film in which heat treatment is performed at the first temperature by heating the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing system and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming a thin film containing silicon, oxygen and carbon or a thin film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes supplying a precursor gas serving as a silicon source and a carbon source or a precursor gas serving as a silicon source but no carbon source, and a first catalyst gas to the substrate; supplying an oxidizing gas and a second catalyst gas to the substrate; and supplying a modifying gas containing at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon and nitrogen to the substrate.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a thin film containing silicon, oxygen and carbon or a thin film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes supplying a precursor gas serving as a silicon source and a carbon source or a precursor gas serving as a silicon source but no carbon source, and a first catalyst gas to the substrate; supplying an oxidizing gas and a second catalyst gas to the substrate; and supplying a modifying gas containing at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon and nitrogen to the substrate.

There is provided a technique including: (a) forming a thin film containing a predetermined element, oxygen and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a-1) supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element, carbon and a halogen element having a chemical bond between the predetermined element and carbon to the substrate; (a-2) supplying an oxidizing gas to the substrate; and (a-3) supplying a catalytic gas to the substrate; (b) removing a first impurity from the thin film by thermally processing the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in (a); and (c) removing a second impurity different from the first impurity from the thin film by thermally processing the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature after performing (b).

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing system and recording medium

A thin film having excellent etching resistance and a low dielectric constant is described. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a thin film on a substrate, removing first impurities containing HO and Cl from the thin film by heating the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the forming of the thin film, and removing second impurities containing a hydrocarbon compound (CH-based impurities) from the thin film in which heat treatment is performed at the first temperature by heating the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.

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Shingo Nohara