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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Noritada Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Bunya Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an impurity processing apparatus in which impurities such as phosphorus, boron, or the like are doped in a semiconductor substrate, etc., or a PSG (PhosphoSilicateGlass) film, a BSG (BoroSilicateGlass) film, or a BPSG (BoroPhosphoSilicateGlass) film, or a carbon film, etc. This apparatus includes a chamber having an introduction port for an impurity-containing ion gas which is connected to an impurity-containing gas supply section, a substrate holder supporting a substrate which is to be ion-injected, or doped, or on which a film is formed using the impurity-containing gas, an introduction port of a water-containing gas which is provided upstream of the substrate holder in accordance with a flow direction of the impurity-containing gas, and is connected to a water-containing gas supply section, and first plasma generating means in a space extending from the introduction port for water-containing gas to the substrate holder for converting water-containing gas to a plasma.