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Tungsten chemical vapor deposition method
Assignee: Small Power Communication Systems Research Laboratories Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-12-27
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Granted: 1993-07-13
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Expires: 2011-12-27
Abstract
Abstract A tungsten film is formed in two steps in a tungsten chemical vapor deposition method of the present invention. In a first step, a first thin tungsten film is selectively grown on a surface of a silicon substrate by a silicon reduction using a WF 6 gas as a tungsten source, followed by a second step in which another tungsten film is formed on the first tungsten film by a silane reduction using a WF 6 gas as a tungsten source. The state of the silicon substrate surface is monitored by a pyrometer, and the timing of change from the silicon reduction to the silane reduction is determined on the basis of the intensity of the infrared ray radiation.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiichi Hirano
- 👤 Nobuo Takeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 08:39
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/40; H10P14/42; H10P14/43
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A tungsten chemical vapor deposition method, comprising: a first step of selectively growing a first thin tungsten film of a predetermined thickness in a desired region on the surface of a silicon substrate by reduction of a WF 6 gas introduced into an atmosphere of a predetermined temperature containing said silicon substrate; and a second step of selectively growing a second tungsten film of a predetermined thickness on said first thin tungsten film by reduction of said WF 6 with a silane gas further introduced into said atmosphere; wherein the surface state of said substrate is monitored by a pyrometer and the switching from said first step to said second step is performed when the emissivity of infrared light from the substrate surfaces reaches a predetermined value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A tungsten chemical vapor deposition method, comprising: a first step of selectively growing a first thin tungsten film of a predetermined thickness in a desired region on the surface of a silicon substrate by reduction of a WF 6 gas introduced into an atmosphere of a predetermined temperature containing said silicon substrate; and a second step of selectively growing a second tungsten film of a predetermined thickness on said first thin tungsten film by reduction of said WF 6 with a silane gas further introduced into said atmosphere; wherein the surface state of said substrate is monitored by a pyrometer and the switching from said first step to said second step is performed when the emissivity of infrared light from the substrate surfaces reaches a predetermined value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The tungsten CVD method according to claim 1, wherein the switching from said first step to said second step is performed when the output of said pyrometer indicates a first saturation state.
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