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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1990
Marvin J Tabasky, Peabody, MA (US);
Bruce Tweed, Pelham, NH (US);
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Method of forming a fluorinated silicon nitride film on a semiconductor substrate by first forming a coating of ammonium hexafluorosilicate on the electrode of a plasma reactor to serve as a source of fluorine during the silicon nitride deposition procedure. The ammonium hexafluorosilicate coating is formed by generating a plasma of carbon tetrafluoride and oxygen within the reactor, then a plasma of nitrogen, followed by a plasma of silane and helium with nitrogen. The substrate is then placed in the reactor and a plasma employing silane and helium together with nitrogen is generated at low RF frequency to produce a fluorinated silicon nitride film on the substrate.