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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Motoyama, Nirasaki, JP;
Atsushi Endo, Nirasaki, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a method of forming a polysilicon film, which includes: forming an amorphous silicon film on a substrate; forming a cap layer, which is formed of an amorphous germanium film or an amorphous silicon germanium film, on the amorphous silicon film; forming crystal nuclei of a silicon in the amorphous silicon film by heating the substrate at a first temperature; removing the cap layer after the crystal nuclei are formed; and growing the crystal nuclei by heating the substrate from which the cap layer is removed, at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.
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