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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2007
Tadashi Shimazu, Kobe, JP;
Yuichi Kawano, Takasago, JP;
Tadashi Shimazu, Kobe, JP;
Yuichi Kawano, Takasago, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A seasoning method for a film-forming apparatus configured to form a silicon nitride film on a substrate placed in a process chamber. The method is conducted for reducing particles in the apparatus. The method comprises executing the plasma cleaning of the process chamber to remove a film deposited on the inner wall thereof (step S), subsequently depositing an amorphous silicon film (step S), depositing thereon a silicon nitride film in which the nitrogen content gradually increases in the thickness direction (step S), and keeping the inside of the process chamber being filled with a rare-gas plasma until film formation on the substrate is initiated (step S).