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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Keisuke Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Ikeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Hasebe, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An oxidation method for a semiconductor process, which oxidizes a surface of a target substrate, includes heating a process container that accommodates the target substrate, and supplying hydrogen gas and oxygen gas into the process container while exhausting the process container. The oxidation method also includes causing the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas to react with each other in the process container at a process temperature and a process pressure to generate water vapor, and oxidizing the surface of the target substrate by the water vapor. The process pressure is set at 2000 Pa (15 Torr) or more.