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Process for forming deposited film
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1986-02-13
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Granted: 1988-01-05
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Expires: 2006-02-13
Abstract
Abstract A process for forming a deposited film comprises introducing into a film forming space for forming a deposited film on a substrate an activated species (A) formed by decomposition of a compound containing silicon and a halogen and an activated species (B) formed from a germanium containing compound for film formation which is chemically mutually reactive with said activated species (A) separately from each other, and then permitting the both species to react chemically with each other thereby to form a deposited film on the above substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Shunichi Ishihara
- 👤 Shigeru Ohno
- 👤 Masahiro Kanai
- 👤 Shunri Oda
- 👤 Isamu Shimizu
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 11:10
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F30/00; H10F30/10; H10F30/15; C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/44; C23C16/448; C23C16/452; H10F10/00; H10F10/10; H10F10/17; H10F71/00; H10F71/10; H10F71/103; H10F71/1035; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/24; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/32; H10P14/3202; H10P14/3204; H10P14/3211; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3404; H10P14/3411; H10P14/3438; H10P14/3441; H10P14/3442; H10P14/3444; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/50; Y02E10/548; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A process for forming a deposited film comprising separately introducing an activated species (A) and an activated species (B) into a film forming space for forming a deposited film on a substrate, said activated species (A) being formed by decomposing a compound containing silicon and a halogen; and said activated species (B) being formed by decomposing a germanium containing compound for film formation which is chemically mutually reactive with said activated species (A); and permitting both activated species (A) and activated species (B) to react chemically with each other thereby to form a deposited film on the substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A process for forming a deposited film comprising separately introducing an activated species (A) and an activated species (B) into a film forming space for forming a deposited film on a substrate, said activated species (A) being formed by decomposing a compound containing silicon and a halogen; and said activated species (B) being formed by decomposing a germanium containing compound for film formation which is chemically mutually reactive with said activated species (A); and permitting both activated species (A) and activated species (B) to react chemically with each other thereby to form a deposited film on the substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
101 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said germanium compound is selected from the group consisting of: (a) hydrogenated germanium compounds represented by Ge.sub.a H.sub.b wherein a is an integer of 1 or more and b=2a+2, and Ge.sub.a H.sub.b wherein a is as defined above and b is 2a; (b) polymers of said hydrogenated germanium compounds; (c) partially and wholly halogen substituted said hydrogenated germanium compounds; and (d) compounds of said hydrogenated germanium compounds in which a part or all of the hydrogen atoms are substituted by groups selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups aryl groups and halogen atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
116 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said compound containing silicon and a halogen is selected from the group consisting of: (a) chain silicon halides represented by Si.sub.u Y.sub.2u+2 wherein u is an integer of 1 or more, and Y is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I and mixtures thereof; (b) cyclic silicon halides represented by Si.sub.v T.sub.2v wherein v is an integer of 3 or more, and Y is as defined above; (c) chain silicon compounds represented by Si.sub.u H.sub.x Y.sub.y wherein u and Y are as defined above, and x+y=2u+2; and (d) cyclic silicon compounds represented by Si.sub.u H.sub.x Y.sub.y wherein u and Y are as defined above and x+y=2u.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein activated species (a) and said activated species (B) are introduced into the film forming space in a ratio ranging from 10:1 to 1:10.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process according to claim 1, further comprising introducing into the film forming space at least one starting compound selected from the group consisting of hydrogen gas, halogen compounds, inert gases, silicon containing compounds, and carbon containing compounds.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 1, further comprising introducing into the film forming space an active species (PN) for introducing an impurity element into the deposited film; said active species (PN) being formed by activating a compound containing said impurity element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
101 words
A process according to claim 6, wherein said compound containing said impurity element is selected from the group consisting of PH 3 , P 2 H 4 , PF 3 , PF 5 , PCl 3 , AsH 3 , AsF 3 , AsF 5 , AsCl 3 , SbH 3 , SbF 5 , SbF 3 , BF 3 , BCl 3 , BBr 3 , B 2 H 6 , B 4 H 10 , B 5 H 9 , B 5 H 11 , B 6 H 10 , B 6 H 12 , and AlCl 3 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
129 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said germanium containing compound is selected from the group consisting of GeH 4 , Ge 2 H 6 , Ge 3 H 8 , n-Ge 4 H 10 , tert-Ge 4 H 10 , Ge 3 H 6 , Ge 5 H 10 , GeH 3 F, GeH 3 Cl, GeH 2 F 2 , H 6 Ge 6 F 6 , Ge(CH 3 ) 4 , Ge(C 2 H 5 ) 4 , Ge(C 6 H 5 ) 4 , CH 3 GeH 3 , (CH 3 ) 2 GeH 2 , (CH 3 ) 3 GeH, (C 2 H 5 ) 2 GeH 2 , Ge(CH 3 ) 2 F, GeF 2 , GeF 4 , GeS, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
102 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said compound containing silicon and a halogen is selected from the group consisting of SiF 4 , (SiF 2 ) 5 , (SiF 2 ) 6 , (SiF 2 ) 4 , Si 2 F 6 , Si 3 F 8 , SiHF 3 , SiH 2 F 2 , SiCl 4 , (SiCl 2 ) 5 , SiBr 4 , (SiBr 2 ) 5 , Si 2 Cl 6 , Si 2 Br 6 , SiHCl 3 , SiHBr 3 , SiHI 3 , Si 2 Cl 3 F 3 , and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 5 wherein said starting compound is a straight-chain silane compound.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process according to claim 10, wherein said straight-chain silane compound is selected from the group consisting of SiH 4 , Si 2 H 6 , Si 3 H 8 , Si 4 H 10 , Si 5 H 12 , Si 6 H 14 , and mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 5, wherein said starting compound is a branched-chain silane compound.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process according to claim 12, wherein said branched-chain silane compound is selected from the group consisting of SiH 3 SiH(SiH 3 )SiH 3 , SiH 3 SiH(SiH 3 )Si 3 H 7 , Si 2 H 5 SiH(SiH 3 )Si 2 H 5 , and mixtures thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 5, wherein said starting compound is a cyclic silane compound.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein said cyclic silane compound is selected from the group consisting of Si 3 H 6 , Si 4 H 8 , Si 5 H 10 , Si 6 H 12 , and mixtures thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process according to claim 5, wherein said starting compound is a carbon containing compound selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, propane, n-butane, pentane, ethylene, propylene, butene-1, butene-2, isobutylene, pentene, acetylene, methylacetylene and butyne.
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