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Method of forming boron doped silicon layer and semiconductor
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1992-08-18
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Granted: 1995-02-14
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Expires: 2012-08-18
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor layer forming method including depositing a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on a substrate having many steps, projections or cavities, by thermal decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at 150°-450° C. The diborane gas is supplied to the substrate in a reaction limited.
Inventors
- 👤 Junichi Shiozawa
Bibliographic Details
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US
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2026-11-09 03:33
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/064; H10W20/066; C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/04; C23C16/045; C23C16/22; C23C16/24; H10D; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/011; H10D64/0111; H10D64/0113; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/24; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2902; H10P14/2905; H10P14/32; H10P14/3202; H10P14/3204; H10P14/3211; H10P14/3238; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3404; H10P14/3411; H10P14/3438; H10P14/3441; H10P14/3444; H10P14/40; H10P14/416; H10P95/00; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/041; H10W10/40; H10W20/056; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/692; H10D1/711
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
41 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising: forming a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on a substrate by thermal-decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas with gas temperatures in the range of 150° C.-450° C.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
41 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising: forming a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on a substrate by thermal-decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas with gas temperatures in the range of 150° C.-450° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, wherein the boron doped amorphous silicon layer is formed on each of a plurality of substrates in a batch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one atom of oxygen, and of nitrogen are added to the thermally decomposed gases.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of O 2 , N 2 O, NH 3 , N 2 and NF 3 are added to the thermally decomposed gas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, further comprising an annealing step for changing amorphous silicon layer to a polysilicon layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, wherein the thermal decomposition is at a pressure of 0.01-0.2 Torr.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, wherein the higher order silane gas is Si x H 2x+2 , wherein x=>2.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 1, wherein the higher order silane gas is at least one of Si 2 H 6 and Si 3 H 8 .
Claim 10
Independent Claim
59 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an insulating layer on a substrate; etching the insulating layer to form a contact hole; depositing a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on the substrate by thermal-decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at temperatures of 150° C.-450° C. to refill the contact hole.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
59 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an insulating layer on a substrate; etching the insulating layer to form a contact hole; depositing a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on the substrate by thermal-decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at temperatures of 150° C.-450° C. to refill the contact hole.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a first conductor element on a substrate, the conductor element having a side wall; forming a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on the substrate and the conductor element by thermal-decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at temperatures of 150° C.-450° C.; etching the silicon layer so that the layer remains on the side wall of the first conductor element; forming an insulating layer on the substrate and the first conductor element including the remaining layer; forming a contact hole in the insulating film to expose the first conductor element; refilling the contact hole with a filler material; and forming a second conductor element on the filler material.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a first conductor element on a substrate, the conductor element having a side wall; forming a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on the substrate and the conductor element by thermal-decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at temperatures of 150° C.-450° C.; etching the silicon layer so that the layer remains on the side wall of the first conductor element; forming an insulating layer on the substrate and the first conductor element including the remaining layer; forming a contact hole in the insulating film to expose the first conductor element; refilling the contact hole with a filler material; and forming a second conductor element on the filler material.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
39 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising: forming a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on a substrate by using higher order silane gas and diborane gas, the gases being supplied to the substrate in reaction limited.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
39 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising: forming a boron doped amorphous silicon layer on a substrate by using higher order silane gas and diborane gas, the gases being supplied to the substrate in reaction limited.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, wherein the boron doped amorphous silicon layer is formed on each of a plurality of substrates in a batch.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, wherein atoms of at least one of oxygen and nitrogen are added to the thermally decomposed gases.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, wherein at least O 2 , N 2 O, NH 3 , N 2 and NF 3 are added to the thermally decomposed gases.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, further comprising an annealing step for changing amorphous silicon layer to a polysilicon layer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, wherein the thermal decomposition is at a pressure of 0.01-0.2 Torr.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, wherein the higher order silane gas is Si x H 2x+2 , wherein x=>2.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 11, wherein the higher order silane gas is at least one of Si 2 H 6 and Si 3 H 8 .
Claim 23
Independent Claim
96 words
A method of forming a dynamic RAM comprising the steps of: forming a trench on a substrate; forming a MOSFET having source/drain region and a switching transistor on the substrate; forming a capacitor comprising a storage node electrode connected to one of the source/drain region and a plate electrode through a capacitor insulating layer in the trench, the plate electrode being formed by thermal decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at temperatures of 150° C.-450° C.; and annealing the plate electrode to change the amorphous silicon to a boron doped polysilicon layer.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
96 words
A method of forming a dynamic RAM comprising the steps of: forming a trench on a substrate; forming a MOSFET having source/drain region and a switching transistor on the substrate; forming a capacitor comprising a storage node electrode connected to one of the source/drain region and a plate electrode through a capacitor insulating layer in the trench, the plate electrode being formed by thermal decomposition of a higher order silane gas and diborane gas at temperatures of 150° C.-450° C.; and annealing the plate electrode to change the amorphous silicon to a boron doped polysilicon layer.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising: providing a chamber for reacting at least a first gas including a higher order silane gas and a second gas including diborane gas; setting a temperature within said chamber within a range of 150° C.-450° C.; and reacting said first and second gases to form a boron doped amorphous silicon layer.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising: providing a chamber for reacting at least a first gas including a higher order silane gas and a second gas including diborane gas; setting a temperature within said chamber within a range of 150° C.-450° C.; and reacting said first and second gases to form a boron doped amorphous silicon layer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 20, further comprising the step of placing a plurality of semiconductor substrates in the chamber such that said boron doped amorphous silicon layer is formed on at least one of said plurality of substrates.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 20, further comprising the step of introducing a third gas including at least one atom of oxygen and nitrogen into the chamber.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 20, further comprising the step of annealing said boron doped amorphous silicon layer for changing said boron doped amorphous silicon layer to a boron doped polysilicon layer.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 20, further comprising the step of setting a pressure within the chamber within the range of 0.01-0.2 Torr.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of forming a semiconductor device as recited in claim 20, wherein the first gas includes at least one of Si 2 H 6 and Si 3 H 8 .
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