Asm IP Holding B.v.

Young Hoon Kim

Dae Youn Kim

Jeong Ho Lee

Hyun Soo Jang

Yong Gyu Han

Tae Hee Yoo

Seung Seob Lee

Woo Chan Kim

Wan Gyu Lim

Sang-Jin Jeong

Sang Wook Lee

Young Hyo Jeon

Jin Geun Yu

Seung Woo Choi

Yong Min Yoo

Jong Su Kim

Hak Joo Lee

Jong Wan Choi

Jeong Jun Woo

Hyung Wook Noh

A substrate processing apparatus having an improved film processing uniformity is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a partition configured to provide a gas supply channel and a gas supply unit connected to the gas supply channel. A gas flow channel communicating with the gas supply channel is formed in the gas supply unit. A first through-hole is formed to penetrate through at least a part of the partition. A second through-hole is formed to penetrate through at least a part of the gas supply unit. The first through-hole communicates with the gas flow channel via the second through-hole. The second through-hole is arranged between a center and an edge of the gas flow channel, and is arranged spaced apart from the edge.

Gas supply unit and substrate processing apparatus including the gas supply unit

A substrate processing apparatus includes a partition comprising at least one through-hole, a conduit arranged in the partition through the through-hole, a gas supply unit connected to the conduit, and a low dielectric material provided between a side wall of the through-hole and the conduit.

Substrate processing apparatus

A substrate processing apparatus having improved uniformity and speed of reaction is provided. A substrate processing apparatus includes a body portion comprising a discharge path, a gas supply unit connected to the body portion, a first partition extending from the body portion, a second partition extending from the body portion and arranged between the gas supply unit and the first partition, and a substrate support unit configured to have surface-sealing with the first partition, wherein a first region between the first partition and the second partition and a second region between the gas supply unit and the second partition are connected to the discharge path.

Provided is a method of depositing a thin film on a pattern structure of a semiconductor substrate, the method including (a) supplying a source gas; (b) supplying a reactive gas; and (c) supplying plasma, wherein the steps (a), (b), and (c) are sequentially repeated on the semiconductor substrate within a reaction space until a desired thickness is obtained, and a frequency of the plasma is a high frequency of 60 MHz or greater.

Method of depositing thin film and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

A reaction chamber includes a reactor wall, a susceptor contacting the reactor wall to define a reaction space and a gas flow control device and a showerhead member stacked between the reactor wall and the susceptor. The showerhead member includes a gas channel and a showerhead. Penetration holes are formed through a protruding lateral portion of the gas flow control device, and the reactor wall and a lateral portion of the showerhead member are spaced apart from each other to form a gas discharge path. Gas remaining in the gas discharge path is discharged through the penetration holes and a gas outlet formed in an upper portion of the reactor wall. Because of the reaction space and the gas discharge path, unnecessary regions are removed to rapidly change gases from one to another, and thus atomic layer deposition may be performed with high efficiency and productivity.

Thin film deposition apparatus

Provided is a substrate processing method capable of preventing over-etching of a part of a stair-case structure due to an etching solution, when a barrier layer is selectively formed on a VNAND device having the stair-case structure. The substrate processing method includes: alternately stacking a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer; forming a stepped structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface connecting the upper surface to the lower surface by etching the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer that are stacked; densifying the stepped structure; forming a barrier layer on the densified second insulating layer; and performing isotropic etching on at least a part of a sacrificial word line structure including the second insulating layer and the barrier layer. During etching the barrier layer at the isotropic etching step, the second insulating layer is not etched or etched a little to an ignorable degree.

Method of processing a substrate and a device manufactured by the same

A reaction chamber includes a reactor wall, a susceptor contacting the reactor wall to define a reaction space and a gas flow control device and a showerhead member stacked between the reactor wall and the susceptor. The showerhead member includes a gas channel and a showerhead. Penetration holes are formed through a protruding lateral portion of the gas flow control device, and the reactor wall and a lateral portion of the showerhead member are spaced apart from each other to form a gas discharge path. Gas remaining in the gas discharge path is discharged through the penetration holes and a gas outlet formed in an upper portion of the reactor wall. The reaction chamber provides a reaction space and the gas discharge path from which unnecessary regions are removed to rapidly change gases from one to another, and thus atomic layer deposition may be performed with high efficiency and productivity.

A method of depositing a thin film includes: repeating a first gas supply cycle a first plurality of times, the first gas supply cycle including supplying a source gas to a reaction space; supplying first plasma while supplying a reactant gas to the reaction space; repeating a second gas supply cycle a second plurality of times, the second gas supply cycle including supplying the source gas to the reaction space; and supplying second plasma while supplying the reactant gas to the reaction space, wherein the supplying of the first plasma includes supplying remote plasma, and the supplying of the second plasma includes supplying direct plasma.

Method of depositing thin film

Provided is a method of forming a thin film having a target thickness T on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method. The method includes n processing conditions each having a film growth rate that is different from the others, and determining ato athat are cycles of a first processing condition to an n-th processing condition so that a value of |T&#x2212;(a&#xd7;G+a&#xd7;G+ . . . +a&#xd7;G)| is less than a minimum value among G, G, . . . , and G, where n is 2 or greater integer, G, . . . , and Grespectively denote a first film growth rate that is a film growth rate of the first processing condition, . . . and an n-th film growth rate that is a film growth rate of the n-th processing condition, and the film growth rate denotes a thickness of a film formed per a unit cycle in each of the processing conditions. The film forming method may precisely and uniformly control a thickness of the thin film when an ALD is performed.

Method of forming thin film

Provided is a deposition apparatus including a connection channel connecting a gas inflow channel and a gas outflow channel so as to increase cleaning efficiency by providing a portion of cleaning gas to the dead space of the gas inflow channel and controlling a flow of a cleaning gas.

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Chungcheongnam, South Korea

Young Hoon Kim