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Apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
Assignee: RPX Corp
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Filing: 1998-07-21
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Granted: 1999-11-23
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Expires: 2018-07-21
Abstract
Abstract A reactor is composed of a lower frame of a chamber, a quartz dome, an upper electrode, an 0 ring, and the like. A lower electrode and a substrate as a workpiece to be processed thereon are disposed in the reactor. The temperature of the quartz dome is maintained at a temperature of 180 DEG C. or higher by means of a heater. Fluorocarbon gas such as C2F6 gas or C4F8 gas is introduced into the reactor through a gas inlet and RF power from a first RF power source is applied to an antenna coil to produce a plasma and thereby etch an oxide film on the substrate. By heating the quartz dome to a high temperature, a deposit which hinders the release of oxygen from a wall face is prevented from being attached and the deposit on the bottom of the hole which causes an etch stop during processing is removed with oxygen. This prevents the etch stop during an etching process for forming a deep hole.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideo Nikoh
- 👤 Shinichi Imai
- 👤 Nobuhiro Jiwari
- 👤 Satoshi Nakagawa
- 👤 Shoji Matsumoto
- 👤 Yoji Bito
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-07 16:45
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P72/00; H10P72/06; H10P72/0604; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/32; H01J37/32009; H01J37/32082; H01J37/321; H01J37/32422; H01J37/32431; H01J37/32458; H01J37/32467; H01J37/32798; H01J37/32853; H01J37/32871; H01J37/32917; H01J37/3299; H10P72/04; H10P72/0402; H10P72/0418; H10P72/0421; H10P72/0602
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 43
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, said apparatus comprising: a reactor for performing etching with respect to a film on a wafer disposed therein; gas supplying means for introducing, into said reactor, etching gas containing at least carbon and fluorine; plasma generating means for changing said etching gas into a high-density plasma; concentration changing means for performing the function of changing an O concentration in said plasma, said concentration changing means being disposed in said reactor to have at least a part of a surface exposed therein; and adjusting means for adjusting the level of the concentration changing function performed by said concentration changing means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
106 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, said apparatus comprising: a reactor for performing etching with respect to a film on a wafer disposed therein; gas supplying means for introducing, into said reactor, etching gas containing at least carbon and fluorine; plasma generating means for changing said etching gas into a high-density plasma; concentration changing means for performing the function of changing an O concentration in said plasma, said concentration changing means being disposed in said reactor to have at least a part of a surface exposed therein; and adjusting means for adjusting the level of the concentration changing function performed by said concentration changing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said concentration changing means is an oxygen containing member, said adjusting means is an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, and said plasma generating means generates the high-density plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said plasma generating means is one of an inductively-coupled plasma generator, a helicon-wave plasma generator, and an ECR plasma generator, each for generating the high-density plasma with a density of 1×10 11 /cm 3 or more.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said etching gas contains at least one of CF 4 , C 2 F 6 , C 3 F 8 , C 4 F 8 , C 5 F 8 , and C 6 F 6 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising: O-light-intensity detecting means for measuring an O light intensity in said plasma, wherein said adjusting means adjusts the level of the concentration changing function of said concentration changing means such that the O light intensity measured by said O-light-intensity detecting means is within a proper range.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
86 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising: O-light-intensity detecting means for measuring an O light intensity in said plasma; and F-light-intensity detecting means for measuring the F light intensity in said plasma, wherein said adjusting means adjusts the level of the concentration changing function of said concentration changing means such that the ratio of the O light intensity measured by said O-light-intensity detecting means to the F light intensity measured by said F-light-intensity detecting means is within a proper range.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
92 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising: O-light-intensity detecting means for measuring an O light intensity in said plasma; and C 2 -light-intensity detecting means for measuring a C 2 light intensity in said plasma, wherein said adjusting means adjusts the level of the concentration changing function of said concentration changing means such that the ratio of the O light intensity measured by said O-light-intensity detecting means to the C 2 light intensity measured by said C 2 -light-intensity detecting means is within the proper range.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
144 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising: O-light-intensity detecting means for measuring an O light intensity in said plasma; F-light-intensity detecting means for measuring a F light intensity in said plasma; and C 2 -light-intensity detecting means for measuring C 2 light intensity in said plasma, wherein said adjusting means receives an output from each said of light-intensity detecting means and adjusts the level of the concentration changing function of said concentration changing means such that the ratio of O light intensity measured by said O-light-intensity detecting means to the F light intensity measured by said F-light-intensity detecting means is within a proper range and that the ratio of the O light intensity measured by said O-light-intensity detecting means to the C 2 light intensity measured by said C 2 -light-intensity detecting means is within a proper range.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said concentration changing means is an oxygen containing member and said adjusting means is a heater for heating said oxygen containing member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said concentration changing means is a silicon containing member disposed in said reactor to have at least a part of a surface exposed therein and said adjusting means is a heater for heating said silicon containing member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein each of said concentration changing means and said adjusting means is a carbon heater disposed in said reactor to have at least a part of a surface exposed therein.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein said concentration changing means is composed of quartz, said etching gas is fluorocarbon gas, and said adjusting means heats said concentration changing means such that the temperature of said concentration changing means ranges from 180 to 300° C.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
68 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, said apparatus comprising: a reactor for performing etching with respect to a film on a wafer disposed therein; gas supplying means for introducing etching gas into said reactor; and plasma generating means for changing said etching gas into a high-density plasma, wherein a metal member having at least a part of a surface exposed in said reactor is not disposed therein.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
68 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, said apparatus comprising: a reactor for performing etching with respect to a film on a wafer disposed therein; gas supplying means for introducing etching gas into said reactor; and plasma generating means for changing said etching gas into a high-density plasma, wherein a metal member having at least a part of a surface exposed in said reactor is not disposed therein.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 13, wherein said metal is at least one of Al, Ti, Cu, W, and Co.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device on a substrate, said method comprising: a first step of disposing, in a reactor, a wafer including the substrate, a film formed on said substrate, and a mask formed on said film; a second step of introducing gas into said reactor; and a third step of generating a plasma in said reactor and performing dry etching to form a hole in a portion of said film underlying an aperture of said mask, wherein said third step is performed while adjusting at least one of an O concentration and a C concentration in the plasma such that an etch stop which is a phenomenon caused by an abrupt transition in etch rate from a substantially constant value maintained during normal etching to zero does not occur.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device on a substrate, said method comprising: a first step of disposing, in a reactor, a wafer including the substrate, a film formed on said substrate, and a mask formed on said film; a second step of introducing gas into said reactor; and a third step of generating a plasma in said reactor and performing dry etching to form a hole in a portion of said film underlying an aperture of said mask, wherein said third step is performed while adjusting at least one of an O concentration and a C concentration in the plasma such that an etch stop which is a phenomenon caused by an abrupt transition in etch rate from a substantially constant value maintained during normal etching to zero does not occur.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein the O concentration in said plasma is adjusted such that a carbon containing product is deposited on said substrate after said hole is formed completely.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein a proper range of an O light intensity in said plasma is predetermined such that said etch stop does not occur and said third step includes adjusting the O concentration in said plasma, while measuring the O light intensity in said plasma, such that said O light intensity is within said proper range.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
113 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein a proper range of a ratio of an O light intensity to a F light intensity in said plasma is such that said etch stop does not occur, said second step includes introducing, into the reactor, either one of fluorocarbon gases and a gas mixture of the fluorocarbon gas and inert gas, and said third step includes adjusting a concentration ratio between O and F in said plasma, while measuring the O light intensity and the F light intensity in said plasma, such that the ratio of the O light intensity to the F light intensity is within the proper range.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 18, wherein a proper range of the concentration ratio between O and F in said plasma is 4 to 10.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
117 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein a proper range of a ratio of an O light intensity to a C 2 light intensity in said plasma is such that said etch stop does not occur, said second step includes introducing, in the reactor, either one of fluorocarbon gases and a gas mixture of the fluorocarbon gas and inert gas, and said third step includes adjusting a concentration ratio between O and C 2 in said plasma, while measuring the O light intensity and the C 2 light intensity in said plasma, such that the ration of the O light intensity to the C 2 light intensity is within the proper range.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 20, wherein a proper range of the concentration ratio between O and C in said plasma is 4 to 10.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
161 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein a proper range of a ratio of an O light intensity to a F light intensity in said plasma and a proper range of a ratio of the O light intensity to a C 2 light intensity in said plasma are such that said etch stop does not occur, said second step includes introducing, into the reactor, either one of fluorocarbon gases and a gas mixture of the fluorocarbon gas and inert gas, and said third step includes adjusting a concentration ratio between O, F, and C 2 in said plasma, while measuring the O light intensity, the F light intensity, and the C 2 light intensity in said plasma, such that the ratio of the O light intensity to the F light intensity is within the proper range and that the ratio of the O light intensity to the C 2 light intensity is within the proper range.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein a quartz member having a surface exposed in said reactor is disposed therein and said third step includes controlling the temperature of said quartz member.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein said third step includes introducing gas containing oxygen into said reactor and adjusting the amount of said gas containing oxygen.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein at least one of a carbon containing member, a fluorine containing member, and an oxygen containing member is disposed in said reactor and said third step includes adjusting a concentration ratio between O, F, and C 2 in said plasma by controlling at least one of the amounts of carbon, fluorine, and oxygen released from said respective members.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 22, wherein said third step includes adjusting a concentration ratio between O, F, and C 2 by introducing, into said reactor, gas containing at least one of carbon, fluorine, and oxygen.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein said second step includes introducing, into said reactor, gas containing at least one of CF 4 , C 2 F 6 , C 3 F 8 , C 4 F 8 , C 5 F 8 , and C 6 F 6 .
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein said second step includes introducing, into said reactor, gas containing a compound represented by C x F y O z (where x, y, and z represent a component ratio).
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein an aspect ratio of the aperture of said mask to said entire hole is 4 or higher and said hole has a diameter of 1 μm or less.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein said film is an oxide film.
Claim 34
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor having an oxygen containing member composed of a material containing oxygen at a wall portion thereof and an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, said method comprising: a first step of measuring, in replacing said oxygen containing member, the amount of oxygen released from an oxygen containing member and composing said reactor of the oxygen containing member if it releases a desired amount of oxygen; a second step of introducing gas into said reactor with a wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; and a third step of generating a high-density plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil and performing etching for forming the semiconductor device.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor having an oxygen containing member composed of a material containing oxygen at a wall portion thereof and an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, said method comprising: a first step of measuring, in replacing said oxygen containing member, the amount of oxygen released from an oxygen containing member and composing said reactor of the oxygen containing member if it releases a desired amount of oxygen; a second step of introducing gas into said reactor with a wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; and a third step of generating a high-density plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil and performing etching for forming the semiconductor device.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
160 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor having an oxygen containing member composed of a material containing oxygen at a wall portion thereof and an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, said method comprising: a first step of measuring, in replacing said oxygen containing member, the amount of oxygen released from the oxygen containing member and determining a flow rate of gas containing oxygen such that a desired amount of oxygen is released; a second step of introducing gas into said reactor with a wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; a third step of generating a high-density plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil; and a fourth step of performing etching for forming the semiconductor device, while introducing the gas containing oxygen into said chamber at the flow rate determined in said first step.
Claim 37
Independent Claim
160 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor having an oxygen containing member composed of a material containing oxygen at a wall portion thereof and an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, said method comprising: a first step of measuring, in replacing said oxygen containing member, the amount of oxygen released from the oxygen containing member and determining a flow rate of gas containing oxygen such that a desired amount of oxygen is released; a second step of introducing gas into said reactor with a wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; a third step of generating a high-density plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil; and a fourth step of performing etching for forming the semiconductor device, while introducing the gas containing oxygen into said chamber at the flow rate determined in said first step.
Claim 38
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor having an oxygen containing member composed of a material containing oxygen at a wall portion thereof, an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, gas supplying means for introducing gas into said reactor, plasma generating means for generating an inductively coupled plasma, a helicon-wave plasma, or an ECR plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil, and light-intensity detecting means for measuring an O light intensity in said plasma, said method comprising: a first step of introducing gas into said reactor with a wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; a second step of generating a plasma in the reactor by using said plasma generating means and performing etching for forming a hole in a part of said wafer; and a third step of preventing the subsequent wafer from being etched when a detect value from said light-intensity detecting means satisfies a condition inducing an etch stop which is a phenomenon caused by an abrupt transition in etch rate from a substantially constant value maintained during normal etching to zero.
Claim 39
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor having an oxygen containing member composed of a material containing oxygen at a wall portion thereof, an antenna coil disposed in proximity to said oxygen containing member, gas supplying means for introducing gas into said reactor, plasma generating means for generating an inductively coupled plasma, a helicon-wave plasma, or an ECR plasma in said reactor by supplying RF power to said antenna coil, and light-intensity detecting means for measuring an O light intensity in said plasma, said method comprising: a first step of introducing gas into said reactor with a wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; a second step of generating a plasma in the reactor by using said plasma generating means and performing etching for forming a hole in a part of said wafer; and a third step of preventing the subsequent wafer from being etched when a detect value from said light-intensity detecting means satisfies a condition inducing an etch stop which is a phenomenon caused by an abrupt transition in etch rate from a substantially constant value maintained during normal etching to zero.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 33, wherein said gas supplying means supplies fluorocarbon gas and said light-intensity detecting means also measures a F light intensity in said plasma, said method further comprising the step of calculating a ratio of said O light intensity to said F light intensity, wherein said third step includes preventing the subsequent wafer from being etched when the light intensity ratio calculated by said calculating means satisfies a condition inducing said etch stop.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor for performing etching with respect to a film on a wafer disposed therein, gas supplying means for introducing etching gas into said reactor, plasma generating means for changing said etching gas into a high-density plasma, and a metal member disposed in said reactor to have at least a part of a surface exposed therein, said method comprising: a first step of introducing the etching gas into said reactor with the wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; a second step of generating the plasma in the reactor by using said plasma generating means and performing etching for forming a hole in a part of said wafer; and a third step of supplying, after forming said hole, a flow of said etching gas for a given period of time to remove metal ions generated from said metal member in said reactor.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to be implemented by using an apparatus comprising a reactor for performing etching with respect to a film on a wafer disposed therein, gas supplying means for introducing etching gas into said reactor, plasma generating means for changing said etching gas into a high-density plasma, and a metal member disposed in said reactor to have at least a part of a surface exposed therein, said method comprising: a first step of introducing the etching gas into said reactor with the wafer to be formed with the semiconductor device being disposed in said reactor; a second step of generating the plasma in the reactor by using said plasma generating means and performing etching for forming a hole in a part of said wafer; and a third step of supplying, after forming said hole, a flow of said etching gas for a given period of time to remove metal ions generated from said metal member in said reactor.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
64 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 35, wherein said second step includes performing the etching for forming a hole in a part of said wafer at an etch rate lower than a standard value to remove the metal ions generated from said metal member in said reactor, said second step also serving as said third step for the preceding wafer.
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