摘要:
A high dielectric film is formed by utilizing atom injection into a film through ion implantation or the like, and heat treatment. For example, an SiO2 film 102 which is a thermal oxide film is formed on a silicon substrate 101, and then Zr ions (Zr+) are injected from a plasma 105 into the SiO2 film 102. Thereafter, by annealing the SiO2 film 102 and a Zr injected layer 103, injected Zr is diffused in the Zr injected layer 103 and then the SiO2 film 102 and the Zr injected layer 103 are as a whole changed into a high dielectric film 106 of a high dielectric constant formed of Zr—Si—O (silicate). By using the high dielectric film 106 as an insulating film for an MISFET, an MISFET having excellent gate leakage properties can be achieved.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a novel process for removing sidewall residue after dry-etching process. Conventionally, after dry-etching, photoresist and sidewall residues are removed by ozone ashing and hot sulfuric acid. Normally, they are hard to be removed completely. It was found in the present invention that the addition of fluorine-containing compound, preferably hydrogen fluoride and ammonium fluoride, in sulfuric acid results in complete removal of photoresist and sidewall residue without the need for stripper. The process is simple and does not affect the original procedures or the other films on the substrate. The present invention also relates to a novel solution for removing sidewall residue after dry-etching, which comprises sulfuric acid and a fluorine-containing compound, preferably hydrogen fluoride and ammonium fluoride, in the range of from 10:1 to 1000:1 by weight.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for speeding workpiece thoughput in low pressure, high temperature semiconductor processing reactor. The method includes loading a workpiece into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, bringing the chamber down to an intermediate pressure, and heating the wafer while under the intermediate pressure. The chamber is then pumped down to the operating pressure. The preferred embodiments involve single wafer plasma ashers, where a wafer is loaded onto lift pins at a position above a wafer chuck, the pressure is rapidly pumped down to about 40 Torr by rapidly opening and closing an isolation valve, and the wafer is simultaneously lowered to the heated chuck. Alternatively, the wafer can be pre-processed to remove an implanted photoresist crust at a first temperature and the chamber then backfilled to about 40 Torr for further heating to close to the chuck temperature. At 40 Torr, the heat transfer from the chuck to the wafer is relatively fast, but still slow enough to avoid thermal shock. In the interim, the pump line is further pumped down to operating pressure (about 1 Torr) behind the isolation valve. The chamber pressure is then again reduced by opening the isolation valve, and the wafer is processed.