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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Kazuhiro Harada, Toyama, JP;
Hideharu Itatani, Toyama, JP;
Kazuhiro Harada, Toyama, JP;
Hideharu Itatani, Toyama, JP;
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method of forming a tantalum oxide-based film having good step coverage while controlling an oxygen concentration in the film. The method includes forming a tantalum nitride layer on a substrate by supplying a source gas including a tantalum and a nitriding agent into a process chamber wherein the substrate is accommodated under a condition where a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reaction is caused; oxidizing the tantalum nitride layer by supplying an oxidizing agent into the process chamber under a condition where an oxidation reaction of the tantalum nitride layer by the oxidizing agent is unsaturated; and forming on the substrate a conductive tantalum oxynitride film wherein an oxygen is stoichiometrically insufficient with respect to the tantalum and a nitrogen by alternately repeating forming the tantalum nitride layer on the substrate and oxidizing the tantalum nitride layer a plurality of times.