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US6060391A
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Vapor phase growth method
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1997-04-21
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Granted: 2000-05-09
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Expires: 2017-04-21
Abstract
Abstract A heating mechanism for heating a substrate is disposed in a growth chamber, a bulb capable of controlling the quantity of gas flowing into the growth chamber is provided between a plurality of organic metal gas sources and the growth chamber. A plasma chamber for inert gas having a transparent portion is provided, the plasm chamber receiving a part of an organic metal raw material gas supplied to the growth chamber through an orifice. The plasma chamber is provided with an exhaustion system performing a differential air exhausting for the plasma chamber and the growth chamber. Provided is an optical system for measuring an light emission intensity by separating emitted light characteristic of a metal in the organic metal raw material gas, the light is emitted from the metal by exciting the organic metal raw material gas partially supplied to the plasma chamber from the growth chamber through the orifice.
Inventors
- 👤 Toru Tatsumi
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 08:36
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/52; H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; C23C16/448; C23C16/452
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A chemical vapor deposition method comprising supplying organic metal raw material gas to a vapor phase growth chamber to form an organic metal film on a substrate in a vapor phase; mixing a part of said organic metal raw material gas supplied to said growth chamber with inert gas in a plasma chamber which is connected to said growth chamber; monitoring a partial pressure of said organic metal raw material gas in said growth chamber depending on an emission intensity of light characteristic of a metal in said organic metal raw material gas, said light being emitted from said organic metal raw material gas being excited with a plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber; and controlling the quantity of said organic metal raw material gas to be supplied to said growth chamber depending on said partial pressure of said organic metal raw material gas in said growth chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A chemical vapor deposition method comprising supplying organic metal raw material gas to a vapor phase growth chamber to form an organic metal film on a substrate in a vapor phase; mixing a part of said organic metal raw material gas supplied to said growth chamber with inert gas in a plasma chamber which is connected to said growth chamber; monitoring a partial pressure of said organic metal raw material gas in said growth chamber depending on an emission intensity of light characteristic of a metal in said organic metal raw material gas, said light being emitted from said organic metal raw material gas being excited with a plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber; and controlling the quantity of said organic metal raw material gas to be supplied to said growth chamber depending on said partial pressure of said organic metal raw material gas in said growth chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber is generated by employing an ECR as a plasma generating source.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber is generated by employing an inductively coupled high frequency plasma source as a plasma generating source.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber has a temperature to selectively ionize said metal in said organic metal raw material gas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said partial pressure of said organic metal gas in said growth chamber is determined by said partial pressure of said organic metal gas in said plasma chamber that is dependent on said emission intensity.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plasma chamber is connected to said growth chamber through an orifice, said plasma chamber is subjected to an air exhaustion, and an air exhaustion speed for said plasma chamber is different from an air exhaustion speed for said growth chamber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
170 words
A chemical vapor deposition method comprising: supplying an organic metal raw material gas comprising a plurality of organic metal raw materials to a vapor phase growth chamber to form an organic metal film on a substrate in a vapor phase; mixing a part of said plurality of organic metal raw materials supplied to said growth chamber with inert gas in a plasma chamber which is connected to said growth chamber; monitoring a partial pressure of each of said plurality of organic metal raw materials in said growth chamber depending on each emission intensity of light characteristic of each metal in said plurality of organic metal raw materials, respectively, said light being emitted from said plurality of organic metal raw materials being excited with a plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber; and controlling each quantity of said plurality of organic metal raw materials supplied to said growth chamber dependent on each of said partial pressure of said plurality of organic metal raw materials in said growth chamber, respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
170 words
A chemical vapor deposition method comprising: supplying an organic metal raw material gas comprising a plurality of organic metal raw materials to a vapor phase growth chamber to form an organic metal film on a substrate in a vapor phase; mixing a part of said plurality of organic metal raw materials supplied to said growth chamber with inert gas in a plasma chamber which is connected to said growth chamber; monitoring a partial pressure of each of said plurality of organic metal raw materials in said growth chamber depending on each emission intensity of light characteristic of each metal in said plurality of organic metal raw materials, respectively, said light being emitted from said plurality of organic metal raw materials being excited with a plasma of said inert gas in said plasma chamber; and controlling each quantity of said plurality of organic metal raw materials supplied to said growth chamber dependent on each of said partial pressure of said plurality of organic metal raw materials in said growth chamber, respectively.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organic metal raw material gas comprises at least one of Pb, Ti, Ba, Sr, Bi, Zr, Ta or La as a constituent element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of said plurality of organic metal raw materials comprises at least one of Pb, Ti, Ba, Sr, Bi, Zr, Ta or La as a constituent element.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The chemical vapor deposition method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organic metal raw gas is supplied to said growth chamber without a carrier gas.
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