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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yukinao Kaga, Toyama, JP;
Tatsuyuki Saito, Toyama, JP;
Masanori Sakai, Toyama, JP;
Takashi Yokogawa, Toyama, JP;
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a semiconductor device manufacturing method and a substrate processing apparatus that are capable of increasing a work function of a film to be formed, in comparison with a related art. The method comprises: (a) supplying a metal-containing gas simultaneously with one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen-containing gas, a halogen-containing gas and combinations thereof into a processing chamber accommodating the substrate; and (b) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas with one of the oxygen-containing gas, the halogen-containing gas and the combinations thereof into the processing chamber.