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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Masato Kushibiki, Nirasaki, JP;
Eiichi Nishimura, Nirasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Kushibiki, Nirasaki, JP;
Eiichi Nishimura, Nirasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a substrate processing method of processing a substrate in which a processing target layer, an intermediate layer, and a mask layer are stacked one on top of another, the mask layer having an opening that partially exposes the intermediate layer, a thickness of the mask layer is increased by depositing deposits on an upper surface of the mask layer with plasma generated from a mixed gas of SFgas and a depositive gas represented in a general equation, CHF(where, x, y, and z are positive integers).