Abstract:
Provided are an etching composition including an oxidizing agent, an ammonium salt, an aqueous solvent, and an accelerator, a method of preparing a metal-containing film etching by using the same, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using the same.
Abstract:
Metal-containing film etchant compositions may include hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a phosphoric acid compound, a heterocyclic organic amine compound including at least one heteroatom in a ring, and water. Manufacturing methods of an integrated circuit (IC) may include performing a dry etch process on a conductive structure including a metal nitride film and a metal film to form a conductive pattern intermediate product and performing a wet etch process on the conductive pattern intermediate product using an etching atmosphere providing a higher etch selectivity with respect to the metal nitride film than the metal film. The etching atmosphere may include an etchant composition including hydrogen peroxide, a phosphoric acid compound, a heterocyclic organic amine compound including at least one heteroatom in a ring, and water.
Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus for removing particles from a substrate is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a first cleaning unit including a first dual nozzle supplying, to a substrate, a first chemical liquid and a first spray including a first liquid dissolving the first chemical liquid, and a second cleaning unit including a second dual nozzle supplying, to the substrate, a second chemical liquid different from the first chemical liquid and a second spray including a second liquid dissolving the second chemical liquid and being the same as the first liquid.
Abstract:
A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a process chamber configured to have an internal space, a substrate supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support a substrate, a first supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to a region of the internal space located below the substrate, a second supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to other region of the internal space located over the substrate, and an exhaust port configured to exhaust the supercritical fluid from the process chamber to an exterior region.
Abstract:
Disclosed are substrate drying methods, photoresist developing methods, and/or photolithography methods. The substrate drying method including providing a drying liquid on a substrate, increasing a pressure of the drying liquid to produce a supercritical fluid, and removing the supercritical fluid to dry the substrate may be provided.
Abstract:
A silicon layer etchant composition and associated methods, the composition including about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of an alkylammonium hydroxide; about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % of an amine compound; about 0.01 wt % to about 0.2 wt % of a nonionic surfactant including both a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group; and water, all wt % being based on a total weight of the silicon layer etchant composition.
Abstract:
A process chamber and a substrate processing apparatus including the same are disclosed. The process chamber includes a first housing and a second housing on the first housing. The first housing includes a first outer wall, a first partition wall facing the first outer wall, and a first side wall connecting the first outer wall and the first partition wall. The second housing includes a second outer wall, a second partition wall between the second outer wall and the first partition wall, and a second side wall connecting the second outer wall and the second partition wall. Each of the first and second outer walls has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first partition wall and a thickness of the second partition wall.
Abstract:
A substrate treating apparatus and a method of treating a substrate, the apparatus including a substrate treater that treats a substrate using a chemical solution, the chemical solution including a phosphoric acid aqueous solution and a silicon compound; and a chemical solution supplier that supplies the chemical solution to the substrate treating unit, wherein the chemical solution supplier includes a concentration measurer that measures concentrations of the chemical solutions, the concentration measurer including a first concentration measurer that measures a water concentration of the chemical solution; and a second concentration measurer that measures a silicon concentration of the chemical solution.
Abstract:
An etching composition includes about 1 wt % to about 7 wt % of hydrogen peroxide, about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of phosphoric acid, about 0.001 wt % to about 1 wt % of an amine or amide polymer, 0 wt % to about 55 wt % of sulfuric acid, and about 10 wt % to about 45 wt % of deionized water.
Abstract:
An etchant composition for etching a silicon germanium film includes, based on a total weight of the etchant composition, about 5 wt % to about 14 wt % of an oxidant, about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt % of a fluorine compound, about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt % of an amine compound, about 0.01 wt % to about 1 wt % of an alcohol compound having a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail, about 60 wt % to about 90 wt % of an organic solvent, and a balance of water. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device includes: forming, on a substrate, a structure in which a plurality of silicon films and a plurality of silicon germanium films are alternately stacked; and selectively removing the plurality of silicon germanium films by using the etchant composition.