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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Eiichi Nishimura, Nirasaki, JP;
Koichi Yatsuda, Nirasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Eiichi Nishimura, Nirasaki, JP;
Koichi Yatsuda, Nirasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A substrate processing method capable of selectively removing a nitride film. Oxygen plasma containing plasmarized oxygen gas is made to be in contact with a silicon nitride film, which is made of SiN, of a wafer to thereby cause the silicon nitride film to be changed to a silicon monoxide film. The silicon monoxide film is selectively etched by hydrofluoric acid generated from HF gas supplied toward the silicon monoxide film.