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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Kokusai Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsushi Ueda, Toyama, JP;
Masanori Nakayama, Toyama, JP;
Katsunori Funaki, Toyama, JP;
Yasutoshi Tsubota, Toyama, JP;
Hiroto Igawa, Toyama, JP;
Yuki Yamakado, Toyama, JP;
Hiroki Kishimoto, Toyama, JP;
Yuichiro Takeshima, Toyama, JP;
Keita Ichimura, Toyama, JP;
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: (a) generating a reactive species by plasma-exciting a process gas containing oxygen and hydrogen; and (b) supplying the reactive species to a substrate and oxidizing surfaces of a silicon film and a silicon nitride film formed to be exposed respectively on the substrate, wherein a ratio of oxygen and hydrogen contained in the process gas is adjusted such that a ratio of a thickness of a second oxide layer formed by oxidizing the surface of the silicon nitride film to a thickness of a first oxide layer formed by oxidizing the surface of the silicon film in (b) becomes a predetermined thickness ratio.