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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Tatsuya Usami, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Ohto, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Takewaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first gas including a silicon-containing compound is introduced into a vacuum chamber, to expose a semiconductor substrate placed in the chamber to the first gas atmosphere (silicon processing step). Then the pressure inside the vacuum chamber is reduced to a level lower than the pressure at the time of starting the silicon processing step (depressurizing step). Thereafter, a second gas including a nitrogen-containing compound is introduced into the vacuum chamber, and the semiconductor substrate is irradiated with the second gas plasma (nitrogen plasma step).