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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of growing a crystal in a recess in a substrate on which an insulating film having the recess is formed, includes: forming a first film on the insulating film at a thickness as not to completely fill the recess; etching the first film by an etching gas to remain the first film only in a bottom portion of the recess; annealing the substrate such that the first film in the bottom portion is modified into a crystalline layer; forming a second film on the insulating film and a surface of the crystalline layer at a thickness as not to completely fill the recess; annealing the substrate such that the second film is crystallized from the bottom portion through a solid phase epitaxial growth to form an epitaxial crystal layer; and etching and removing the second film remaining on the substrate by an etching gas.