摘要:
An insulation layer is selectively formed by exposing the surface of a workpiece to an atmosphere comprising a mixture of a halogen-based gas and a raw gas containing a compoundable element chemically bondable with an element of a material constituting surface layer of the workpiece to form an insulating compound. The surface layer of the workpiece is formed of a non-insulating material, such as a metallic material or a semiconductor material. Light rays are directly irradiated on the selected region or regions of the surface of the workpiece through the atmosphere of the gaseous mixture, thereby dissociating said halogen-based gas. As a result, a layer comprising the insulating compound is formed on the selected region of the surface of the workpiece on which the light rays have been directly irradiated.
摘要:
Disclosed is a semiconductor device, comprising a first wiring structure formed on a semiconductor substrate and including a first plug and a first wiring formed on the first plug, and a second wiring structure formed on the semiconductor substrate belonging to the wiring layer equal to the first wiring structure and including a second plug and a second wiring formed on the second plug, wherein the upper surface of the first wiring is positioned higher than the upper surface of the second wiring, and the lower surface of the first wiring is positioned flush with or lower than the upper surface of the second wiring. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing the particular semiconductor device.
摘要:
In a processing chamber of an etching apparatus a lower electrode and an upper electrode grounded through a processing container are disposed oppositely to each other. A first high frequency power supply section composed of a first filter, a first matching device, and a first power source, and a second high frequency power supply section composed of a second filter, a second matching device, and a second power source are connected to the lower electrode. A superimposed power of two frequencies composed of a first high frequency power component of at least 10 MHz produced from the first power source and a second high frequency power component of at least 2 MHz produced from the second power source is applied to the lower electrode. Ions in the plasma do not accelerated by changes of electric field in the processing chamber, but are accelerated by a self-bias voltage and collide only against a wafer on the lower electrode.
摘要:
There is provided a method of forming an interlayer insulating film having a dual-damascene structure, a contact hole and a deep trench mask using an organic silicon film. The shape of polysilane or the like is processed so that polysilane is used as an interlayer insulating film having a dual-damascene structure to control the shape and depth and prevent borderless etching which must be solved when a trench is formed. Polysilane and an insulating film are formed into a laminated structure so as to be integrated with each other after a dry etching step has been completed to easily form a contact hole having a high aspect ratio. The surface of polysilane is selectively formed into an insulating film so as to be used as a mask for use in a dry etching step. Polysilane for use as an anti-reflective film or an etching mask is changed to an oxide film or a nitride film so that films are easily removed. Hence it follows that a device region and a device isolation region of a densely integrated circuit can be smoothed, a self-aligned contact hole and metallization trench can be formed with a satisfactory manufacturing yield and the pattern of a gate electrode can be formed.
摘要:
A semiconductor wafer etching system exhausts an exhaust gas including fluorocarbon gas to an exhaust line. Two traps, that are capable of trapping the fluorocarbon gas in the exhaust gas by cooled adsorption and releasing the adsorbed fluorocarbon gas by heating, are alternately arranged on the exhaust line. The two traps are alternately separated from the exhaust gas and regenerated on a regeneration line which serves to release the adsorbed fluorocarbon gas from the traps. The trap which is in the trap mode to adsorb the fluorocarbon gas is cooled to −120° C. or less. The trap which is in the regeneration mode to release the adsorbed fluorocarbon gas is heated to −100° C. or more.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a CMOS transistor having a salicide structure is disclosed. A naturally formed oxide film covering surfaces of polycrystalline silicon film patterns, a P-type diffusion layer and an N-type diffusion layer is removed. Then, by introducing at least a titanium tetrachloride gas and a hydrogen gas into an electron cyclotron resonance plasma excited chemical vapor deposition system using microwaves (or into a plasma excited chemical vapor deposition system using helicon waves), titanium/silicide films are selectively formed on surfaces of the polycrystalline silicon film patterns and the P-type diffusion layer and the N-type diffusion layer. The crystal structure of the titanium/silicide films is of a C54 structure. During the formation of the titanium/silicide film, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of bridging and condensation phenomena.
摘要:
A thin film forming method comprises the steps of supporting a semiconductor substrate having a trench or an unevenness thereon in a reaction vessel; introducing a reactive gas into the vessel; activating the reactive gas to form a deposit species, the deposit species characterized by a phase diagram including a liquid phase region defined by a melting curve and an evaporation curve that intersect at a triple point; and forming a thin film containing at least part of the deposit species on the substrate while retaining a pressure in the vessel higher than the triple point of the phase diagram of the deposit species, and retaining a temperature of the substrate within the liquid phase region of the phase diagram of the deposit species.
摘要:
A dry etching apparatus which includes an anode located at an upper side and a cathode located at a lower side which face each other in a vacuum vessel. A high-frequency power can be applied across the anode and the cathode. A flange section extends from the inner wall of the vacuum vessel, and is located between the anode and the cathode. A semiconductor wafer can be placed on the cathode through a tray. The cathode is moved toward the anode together with the tray and the wafer. When the edge portion of the tray abuts against the flange section, the interior of the vacuum vessel is partitioned into an etching chamber and the other chamber. A magnetic field is applied to the etching chamber from outside the vacuum vessel, and an etching gas is also introduced into the etching chamber. When the etching gas is introduced, the interior of the etching chamber is evacuated to be maintained at a predetermined pressure.
摘要:
A process is disclosed which etches a workpiece, with an etching mask of a predetermined pattern formed on the surface of the workpiece, on an apparatus which includes a container for holding first and second electrodes opposite to each other and a magnetic field generator arranged on a side opposite to that side of the second electrode where the second electrode faces the first electrode, which comprises placing the workpiece on the first electrode, supplying a feed gas into the container, evacuating air in the container to set pressure in the container at a level of 10.sup.-2 torrs, and applying high frequency power across the first and second electrodes to yield plasma whereby the workpiece is etched.
摘要:
A phototreating apparatus has a vacuum container for storing a solid material, a gas inlet for introducing a photoreactive gas into the container, and a light source for radiating into the container, light having a specific wavelength such that it causes a photoreaction of the photoreactive gas. The apparatus phototreats the solid material in the container by utilizing the photoreaction of the photoreactive gas. At least an inner surface of the vacuum container consists of a material which absorbs the light having the specific wavelength.