JP2014168069A - Method for forming amorphous silicon film and film formation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming an amorphous silicon film having a smoother surface which enables the achievement of further reduction in film thickness.SOLUTION: A method for forming an amorphous silicon film comprises: a step which includes heating a base 2, and supplying aminosilane-based gas to the heated base 2, thereby causing the adsorption of aminosilane on and by the base 2; a step which includes heating the base 2 and supplying silane-based gas including no amino group to the heated base 2 with aminosilane adsorbed thereon, thereby forming an amorphous silicon film 4 on the base 2 with aminosilane adsorbed thereon; and a step which includes etching the amorphous silicon film 4, thereby reducing the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 4. In the method, the aminosilane-based gas is selected from a group consisting of DIPAS, TDMAS and BDEAS.

Description

  The present invention relates to an amorphous silicon film forming method and a film forming apparatus.

  The amorphous silicon film is used for embedding contact holes and lines in a semiconductor integrated circuit device. A method for forming an amorphous silicon film is described in, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2. In particular, Patent Document 2 describes a method of obtaining a conductor layer having a smooth surface by decomposing disilane at 400 to 500 ° C.

  Recently, as semiconductor integrated circuit devices are highly integrated, contact holes and lines are becoming finer.

JP-A 63-29954 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 1-221756

  In order to embed contact holes and lines that have been miniaturized, it is essential to further reduce the thickness of the amorphous silicon film.

  While disilane is an advantageous film forming material for thinning, it is difficult to obtain good step coverage with an amorphous silicon film formed using disilane. On the other hand, silane is easy to obtain good step coverage as compared with disilane, but is a film-forming material which is disadvantageous for thinning because of a long incubation time.

  It is also important to form an amorphous silicon film having a smoother surface as the thickness is reduced. This is because voids are generated when contact holes and lines are filled with an amorphous silicon film having irregularities on the surface.

  The present invention provides an amorphous silicon film forming method and apparatus having a smoother surface and capable of achieving further thinning.

  A method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to a first aspect of the present invention is a film forming method for forming a film including an amorphous silicon film on a base, (1) heating the base and heating the base Supplying an aminosilane-based gas to the base, and adsorbing the aminosilane on the base; (2) heating the base; and heating the silane-based gas not containing an amino group on the base on which the aminosilane is adsorbed. Supplying and forming an amorphous silicon film on the substrate on which the aminosilane is adsorbed, and (3) etching the amorphous silicon film to reduce the thickness of the amorphous silicon film, the aminosilane-based gas Is selected from any of DIPAS, TDMAS, and BDEAS.

  A film forming apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is a film forming apparatus for forming an amorphous silicon film on a base, and a process for accommodating a target object having the base on which the amorphous silicon film is formed. A processing gas supply mechanism that supplies a gas used for processing into the processing chamber, a heating device that heats the object to be processed housed in the processing chamber, an exhaust mechanism that exhausts the processing chamber, A controller for controlling the processing gas supply mechanism, the heating device, and the exhaust mechanism, and the controller sequentially performs the steps (1), (2), and (3) of the first aspect. The film forming apparatus is controlled so that

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and apparatus for forming an amorphous silicon film having a smoother surface and capable of achieving further thinning.

1 is a flowchart showing an example of a sequence of an amorphous silicon film forming method according to the first embodiment of the invention; Cross-sectional view schematically showing the state of the sample in the sequence Diagram showing the relationship between processing time and amorphous silicon film thickness The enlarged view which expanded the inside of the broken-line frame A in FIG. The figure which shows the relationship between the film thickness of an amorphous silicon film, and the average line roughness Ra of the amorphous silicon film surface Photo substitute for drawing showing secondary electron image of surface and cross section of amorphous silicon film Photo substitute for drawing showing secondary electron image of surface and cross section of amorphous silicon film A flow chart showing an example of a sequence of an amorphous silicon film deposition method according to a second embodiment of the present invention Cross-sectional view schematically showing the state of the sample in the sequence Photo substitute for drawing showing secondary electron image of surface and cross section of amorphous silicon film Sectional drawing which shows roughly an example of the film-forming apparatus which can implement the film-forming method of the amorphous silicon film which concerns on 1st, 2nd embodiment

  The inventors of the present application speculated that the surface roughness of the amorphous silicon film may be related to the incubation time of the amorphous silicon film. It is assumed that the longer the incubation time, the more easily the size of the nuclei varies, which affects the accuracy of the surface roughness of the amorphous silicon where deposition begins after the nucleation.

  However, there is no known method for shortening the incubation time of the amorphous silicon film.

  The inventors of the present application first succeeded in shortening the incubation time of the amorphous silicon film, and as a result, succeeded in further improving the accuracy of the surface roughness of the amorphous silicon film.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that common parts are denoted by common reference numerals throughout the drawings.

  Note that in this specification, amorphous silicon is not a term indicating only amorphous silicon, but amorphous silicon, and nanocrystalline silicon in which amorphous to nano-sized crystal grains that can achieve the surface roughness accuracy disclosed in this specification are collected. And a term including all of silicon in which the amorphous silicon and the nanocrystalline silicon are mixed.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of a sequence of a method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2A to 2E are cross-sectional views schematically showing a state of a sample in the sequence.

  First, a sample (see FIG. 2A) in which a base 2 having a thickness of about 100 nm is formed on a semiconductor substrate, for example, a silicon substrate 1 shown in FIG. 2A is carried into a processing chamber of a film forming apparatus. An example of the base 2 is a silicon oxide film. However, the base 2 is not limited to the silicon oxide film, and may be, for example, a silicon nitride film or a silicon oxynitride film.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2B, a seed layer 3 is formed on the surface of the base 2. In this example, the seed layer 3 is formed on the surface of the base 2 by heating the base 2 and flowing an aminosilane-based gas over the surface of the heated base 2 (step 1).

Examples of aminosilane gases include
BAS (Butylaminosilane)
BTBAS (Bicter Shaftybutylaminosilane)
DMAS (dimethylaminosilane)
BDMAS (Bisdimethylaminosilane)
TDMAS (tridimethylaminosilane),
DEAS (diethylaminosilane),
BDEAS (bisdiethylaminosilane),
DPAS (dipropylaminosilane),
DIPAS (Diisopropylaminosilane)
Etc. In this example, DIPAS was used.

An example of the processing conditions in Step 1 is
DIPAS flow rate: 500sccm
Processing time: 5 min
Processing temperature: 400 ℃
Processing pressure: 53.2 Pa (0.4 Torr)
It is. The process of step 1 is hereinafter referred to as preflow in this specification.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2C to 2D, an amorphous silicon film 4 is formed on the seed layer 3.

  In this example, the base 2 is heated, a silane-based gas not containing an amino group is supplied to the seed layer 3 on the surface of the heated base 2, and the silane-based gas not containing an amino group is thermally decomposed, thereby producing a seed. An amorphous silicon film 4 is formed on the layer 3 (step 2).

Examples of silane gases that do not contain amino groups include:
SiH ₄
Si ₂ H ₆
A silicon hydride represented by the formula Si _m H _{2m + 2} (where m is a natural number of 3 or more), and
Si hydride represented by the formula Si _n H _2n (where n is a natural number of 3 or more)
Examples thereof include a gas containing at least one of the following. In this example, SiH ₄ (monosilane) was used.

An example of the processing conditions in Step 2 is
SiH ₄ flow rate: 500 sccm
Processing time: 30min
Processing temperature: 500 ℃
Processing pressure: 53.2 Pa (0.4 Torr)
It is.

Here, FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the processing time and the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 4. FIG. 3 shows a case where the base 2 is a silicon oxide film (SiO ₂ ). The film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 4 was measured at three points when the processing time was 30 min, 45 min, and 60 min.

  The line I in FIG. 3 indicates the result when the preflow is present, and the line II indicates the result when the preflow is not present. Lines I and II are straight lines obtained by linearly approximating the three measured film thicknesses by the least square method, and the equations are as follows.

Line I: y = 17.572x-20.855 (1)
Line II: y = 17.605x-34.929 (2)
As shown in FIG. 3, when the preflow was performed, the tendency of increasing the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 4 was revealed as compared with the case without the preflow.

  FIG. 4 shows the intersections between the lines I and II and the deposition time when the above equations (1) and (2) are set to y = 0, that is, the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film is “0”. 4 corresponds to an enlarged view in which the inside of the broken line frame A in FIG. 3 is enlarged.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the base 2 is a silicon oxide film with a preflow, the deposition of the amorphous silicon film 4 starts from about 1.2 min (x≈1.189) from the start of the process. On the other hand, in the case of a silicon oxide film without preflow, the deposition of the amorphous silicon film 4 starts from about 2.0 min (x≈1.984) from the start of processing.

  FIG. 5 shows the average line roughness (surface roughness) Ra of the surface of the amorphous silicon film 4 measured using an atomic force microscope (AFM). In the results shown in FIG. 5, the AFM scan size was set to 1 μm and the scan rate was set to 1.993 Hz.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the case with preflow, the average line roughness (surface roughness) Ra is improved by 0.101 to 0.157 nm, compared with the case without preflow.

  Thus, by performing the pre-flow of aminosilane-based gas on the base 2, the incubation time can be shortened from about 2.0 min to about 1.2 min. As a result of shortening the incubation time, the accuracy of the surface roughness of the amorphous silicon film 4 is improved, and the amorphous silicon film 4 having a smoother surface can be obtained.

  Further, in the initial stage of film formation, the amorphous silicon film 4 is so-called nuclear growth that grows in an island shape (FIG. 2C). As the film thickness increases, the growth of the amorphous silicon film 4 changes from nuclear growth to layer growth (FIG. 2D).

  When the amorphous silicon film 4 is formed on the seed layer 3 using monosilane, nucleus growth occurs when the film thickness t is approximately 8 nm, and changes to layer growth when the film thickness t exceeds 8 nm. In this example, the amorphous silicon film 4 is formed to a thickness for layer growth.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2E, the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 4 formed to have a layer growth thickness is reduced. In this example, the amorphous silicon film 4 formed to have a layer growth thickness is dry-etched using, for example, Cl ₂ gas for 10 minutes. As a dilution gas, N ₂ gas may be supplied simultaneously. Thereby, the thin amorphous silicon film 4 can be obtained (step 3).

An example of the processing conditions of Step 3 is
Cl ₂ / N ₂ flow rate: 300/500 sccm
Processing temperature: 300 ℃
Processing pressure: 39.9-66.5 Pa (0.3-0.5 Torr)
Processing time: Adjust the processing time and control the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 4
It is.

FIG. 6A is an SEM photograph of the 9.6 nm-thick amorphous silicon film 4 after Cl ₂ etching (step 3), and FIG. It is the SEM photograph which checked existence.

  Similarly, FIG. 7A is an SEM photograph of the amorphous silicon film 4 having a thickness of 8.0 nm, and FIG. 7B is an SEM photograph in which the presence or absence of pinholes is confirmed by etching the amorphous silicon film 4 having a thickness of 8.0 nm with dilute hydrofluoric acid. .

  As shown in FIGS. 6A to 7B, pinholes are generated when the amorphous silicon film 4 that has not reached the layer growth thickness is etched (see FIG. 7B).

  On the other hand, in the amorphous silicon film 4 formed so as to have a layer-growing thickness, no pinhole is generated even after etching (FIG. 6B).

  In this way, the amorphous silicon film 4 can be formed to a thickness that allows layer growth, and the amorphous silicon film 4 that is formed to have a layer growth thickness can be etched to form the thin amorphous silicon film 4. it can.

  In addition, in this example, before the amorphous silicon film 4 is formed, the seed layer 3 is formed by preflowing the base with an aminosilane-based gas, so that the accuracy of the surface roughness is also improved.

  Therefore, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to obtain a method for forming an amorphous silicon film having a smoother surface and capable of achieving further thinning.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a sequence of a method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 9A to 9F are cross-sectional views schematically showing states of samples in the sequence.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that there is a step (step 4) of strengthening the seed layer 3 between step 1 and step 2.

  The seed layer 3 is a base on which the amorphous silicon film 4 is formed. In this example, the seed layer 3 is to uniformly generate silicon nuclei on the base 2, for example, the surface of the silicon oxide film, and to easily adsorb monosilane. Considering from a microscopic viewpoint, the silicon nuclei of the seed layer 3 may be scattered uniformly in an island shape, and the planar size of the nuclei itself may be extremely small. In that way, the planar size of the nucleus itself is increased, the area occupied by the nucleus on the underlying surface is increased, and the seed layer 3 is made as close as possible to an island-like planar single layer, or ultimately If the seed layer 3 is a single flat layer and the growth of the amorphous silicon film 4 is moved from “nuclear growth” to “layer growth”, the layer-grown amorphous silicon film 4 is formed on the seed layer 3. It can be formed thin.

In view of this point, in the second embodiment, a step of strengthening the seed layer 3 is taken before the amorphous silicon film 4 is formed. A specific example of strengthening the seed layer 3 is to increase the planar size of the silicon nucleus itself in the seed layer 3 and to increase the area occupied by the nucleus on the underlying surface. A specific method example is to adsorb silicon thinly on the surface of the seed layer 3 using higher-order silane than monosilane before forming the amorphous silicon film 4 using monosilane (FIG. 9C). . More specifically, the base 2 on which the seed layer 3 is formed is heated, and a silane gas higher in order than monosilane, in this example, disilane (Si ₂ H ₆ ) gas is supplied.

An example of the processing conditions in step 4 is
Disilane flow rate: 120 sccm
Processing time: 30min
Processing temperature: 400 ℃
Processing pressure: 39.9 Pa (0.3 Torr)
It is.

  In this way, by supplying disilane gas and strengthening the seed layer 3 before supplying monosilane, as shown in FIGS. 9D to 9E, the film thickness t of the layer-grown amorphous silicon film 4 is made thinner. can do.

  Next, the layer-grown amorphous silicon film 4 is etched in the same manner as in the first embodiment to reduce the film thickness.

  Even in the second embodiment, a thinner amorphous silicon film 4 can be formed as in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 10A is an SEM photograph of an amorphous silicon film 4 having a thickness of 2.8 nm formed according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 10B is an SEM photograph in which the amorphous silicon film 4 is etched with dilute hydrofluoric acid and the presence or absence of pinholes is confirmed. It is. As shown in FIG. 10B, no pinhole is generated in the amorphous silicon film 4 having a thickness of 2.8 nm formed according to the second embodiment.

  Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 10A to 10B, in the second embodiment, the amorphous silicon film 4 having a thickness for layer growth can be reduced to a film thickness of 2.8 nm.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the film thickness t of the amorphous silicon film 4 grown as a layer can be made thinner, and the film thickness t can be made thinner. As a result, for example, compared with the first embodiment. Thus, the advantage that the etching time of the amorphous silicon film 4 can be shortened can also be obtained.

(Third embodiment)
Next, an example of a film forming system capable of performing the amorphous silicon film forming method according to the first and second embodiments will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of a film forming apparatus capable of performing the amorphous silicon film forming method according to the first and second embodiments.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the film forming apparatus 100 includes a cylindrical processing chamber 101 having a ceiling with a lower end opened. The entire processing chamber 101 is made of, for example, quartz. A quartz ceiling plate 102 is provided on the ceiling in the processing chamber 101. For example, a manifold 103 formed in a cylindrical shape from stainless steel is connected to a lower end opening of the processing chamber 101 via a seal member 104 such as an O-ring.

The manifold 103 supports the lower end of the processing chamber 101. From the lower side of the manifold 103, a plurality of, for example, 50 to 100 semiconductor substrates as processing objects, in this example, a quartz wafer boat 105 on which the silicon substrates 1 can be placed in multiple stages are placed in the processing chamber 101. It can be inserted. As a result, the object to be processed, for example, a semiconductor substrate, in this example, for example, the silicon substrate 1 on which the SiO ₂ film is deposited as a base is accommodated in the processing chamber 101. The wafer boat 105 has a plurality of columns 106, and a plurality of silicon substrates 1 are supported by grooves formed in the columns 106.

  The wafer boat 105 is placed on a table 108 via a quartz heat insulating cylinder 107. The table 108 is supported on a rotating shaft 110 that opens and closes a lower end opening of the manifold 103 and penetrates a lid portion 109 made of, for example, stainless steel. For example, a magnetic fluid seal 111 is provided in the penetrating portion of the rotating shaft 110 and supports the rotating shaft 110 so as to be rotatable while hermetically sealing. Between the peripheral part of the cover part 109 and the lower end part of the manifold 103, for example, a seal member 112 made of an O-ring is interposed. Thereby, the sealing performance in the processing chamber 101 is maintained. The rotating shaft 110 is attached to the tip of an arm 113 supported by an elevating mechanism (not shown) such as a boat elevator, for example. As a result, the wafer boat 105, the lid portion 109, and the like are integrally moved up and down and inserted into and removed from the processing chamber 101.

  The film forming apparatus 100 includes a processing gas supply mechanism 114 that supplies a gas used for processing in the processing chamber 101.

  The processing gas supply mechanism 114 includes an aminosilane-based gas supply source 117, a silane-based gas supply source 118 that does not include an amino group, and an etching gas supply source 119.

The inert gas supply mechanism 115 includes an inert gas supply source 120. The inert gas is used as a purge gas or the like. An example of the inert gas is nitrogen (N ₂ ) gas.

  The aminosilane-based gas supply source 117 is connected to the dispersion nozzle 123a via the flow rate controller 121a and the on-off valve 122a. The dispersion nozzle 123a is made of a quartz tube, penetrates the side wall of the manifold 103 inward, is bent upward, and extends vertically. A plurality of gas discharge holes 124 are formed at predetermined intervals in the vertical portion of the dispersion nozzle 123a. The aminosilane-based gas is discharged substantially uniformly from the gas discharge holes 124 toward the processing chamber 101 in the horizontal direction.

  The silane-based gas supply source 118 that does not contain an amino group is connected to the dispersion nozzle 123b via the flow rate controller 121b and the on-off valve 122b. The dispersion nozzle 123b is also made of a quartz tube, penetrates the side wall of the manifold 103 inward, is bent upward, and extends vertically. A plurality of gas discharge holes 124 are formed at a predetermined interval in the vertical portion of the dispersion nozzle 123b, similarly to the dispersion nozzle 123a. A silane-based gas that does not contain an amino group is discharged substantially uniformly from the gas discharge holes 124 toward the processing chamber 101 in the horizontal direction.

  When the first embodiment is implemented, the silane-based gas supply source 118 that does not include an amino group may have only a monosilane gas supply source, for example. Moreover, when implementing 2nd Embodiment, the silane type gas supply source 118 which does not contain an amino group should just have a monosilane gas supply source and a disilane gas supply source, for example.

The etching gas supply source 119 supplies an etching gas for thinning the amorphous silicon film. An example of the etching gas is Cl ₂ gas as described in the first and second embodiments. Other examples of the etching gas include F ₂ gas and ClF ₃ gas. The etching gas supply source 119 is connected to the dispersion nozzle 123c via the flow rate controller 121c and the on-off valve 122c. The dispersion nozzle 123c is the same as the dispersion nozzles 123a and 123b, and is made of a quartz tube that penetrates the side wall of the manifold 103 inward and is bent upward and extends vertically. Although not shown, a plurality of gas discharge holes 124 are formed at predetermined intervals in the vertical portion of the dispersion nozzle 123c, similarly to the dispersion nozzles 123a and 123b. Thereby, the etching gas is discharged substantially uniformly from the gas discharge holes 124 (not shown in FIG. 11) of the dispersion nozzle 123c into the processing chamber 101 in the horizontal direction.

  The inert gas supply source 120 is connected to a gas introduction port 128 that penetrates the side wall of the manifold inward through a flow rate controller 121d and an on-off valve 122d.

  An exhaust port 129 for exhausting the inside of the processing chamber 101 is provided in a portion of the processing chamber 101 opposite to the dispersion nozzles 123a to 123c. The exhaust port 129 is formed in an elongated shape by scraping the side wall of the processing chamber 101 in the vertical direction. An exhaust port cover member 130 having a U-shaped cross section so as to cover the exhaust port 129 is attached to a portion corresponding to the exhaust port 129 of the processing chamber 101 by welding. The exhaust port cover member 130 extends upward along the side wall of the processing chamber 101, and defines a gas outlet 131 above the processing chamber 101. An exhaust mechanism 132 including a vacuum pump or the like is connected to the gas outlet 131. The exhaust mechanism 132 exhausts the inside of the processing chamber 101 to set the exhaust of the processing gas used for the processing and the pressure in the processing chamber 101 to a processing pressure corresponding to the processing.

  A cylindrical heating device 133 is provided on the outer periphery of the processing chamber 101. The heating device 133 activates the gas supplied into the processing chamber 101 and heats a target object accommodated in the processing chamber 101, for example, a semiconductor substrate, in this example, the silicon substrate 1.

  Control of each part of the film forming apparatus 100 and the etching apparatus 200 is performed by a controller 150 including, for example, a microprocessor (computer). Connected to the controller 150 is a user interface 151 including a keyboard for an operator to input commands to manage the film forming apparatus 100, a display for visualizing and displaying the operating status of the film forming apparatus 100, and the like. Yes.

  A storage unit 152 is connected to the controller 150. The storage unit 152 is a control program for realizing various processes executed by the film forming apparatus 100 under the control of the controller 150, and for causing each component of the film forming apparatus 100 to execute processes according to the processing conditions. A program or recipe is stored. The recipe is stored in a storage medium in the storage unit 152, for example. The storage medium may be a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, or a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD, or flash memory. Moreover, you may make it transmit a recipe suitably from another apparatus via a dedicated line, for example. The recipe is read from the storage unit 152 according to an instruction from the user interface 151 as necessary, and the controller 150 executes processing according to the read recipe. A desired process is performed under the control of 150.

  In this example, under the control of the controller 150, Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 of the film forming method according to the first embodiment, or Step 1 of the film forming method according to the second embodiment, The film forming apparatus 100 is made to sequentially perform the processes according to Step 4, Step 2, and Step 3.

  The film forming methods according to the first and second embodiments can be performed by using a film forming apparatus 100 as shown in FIG.

The advantage of the film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 11 is that the formation of the amorphous silicon film 4 and the Cl ₂ etching after forming the amorphous silicon film 4 are continuously performed in the same processing chamber 101 (furnace). It can be done.

For example, after forming the amorphous silicon film 4, once the substrate 1 is taken out of the processing chamber 101, a silicon oxide film (natural oxide film) is formed on the surface of the amorphous silicon film 4. Cl ₂ gas cannot etch the silicon oxide film. Even if the etching can be performed, the etching is performed through the pinhole of the silicon oxide film (natural oxide film), so that the amorphous silicon film 4 cannot be etched uniformly.

In this regard, according to the film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 11, dry etching with Cl ₂ gas can be continuously performed on the amorphous silicon film 4 without taking the substrate 1 out of the processing chamber 101. The amorphous silicon film 4 can be uniformly etched without being affected by the silicon oxide film (natural oxide film).

Furthermore, according to the film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 11, the formation of the seed layer 3 and the formation of the amorphous silicon film 4 are performed, so that the surface roughness accuracy is high and a uniform amorphous silicon film 4 can be obtained. Moreover, since this homogeneous amorphous silicon film 4 can be continuously subjected to Cl ₂ gas etching in situ, it is possible to obtain the amorphous silicon film 4 in which further thinning is achieved.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated according to some embodiment, this invention is not limited to the said some embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible.

  For example, in the one embodiment, the processing conditions are specifically exemplified, but the processing conditions are not limited to the specific examples.

  The improvement of the surface roughness of the amorphous silicon film, which is an advantage of the present invention, is that the surface of the underlayer 2 is preflowed using an aminosilane-based gas and the seed layer 3 is formed on the surface of the underlayer 2 and then the silane-based material containing no amino group. It is obtained by providing a configuration in which an amorphous silicon film 4 is formed by supplying gas onto the seed layer 3 and thermally decomposing it.

  Accordingly, the processing conditions are not limited to the specific examples described in the above embodiment, and can be changed within a range not impairing the above advantages according to the size of the silicon substrate 1, the change in the volume of the processing chamber, and the like. Of course.

The aminosilane-based gas is preferably a monovalent aminosilane-based gas, for example, DIPAS (diisopropylaminosilane).
Furthermore, it is preferable that the aminosilane is adsorbed on the base 2 without being decomposed. For example, DIPAS thermally decomposes at 450 ° C. or higher. When aminosilane is thermally decomposed, impurities such as carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) may be involved in the film to be formed. For example, by allowing aminosilane to be adsorbed on the base 2 without being decomposed, it is possible to obtain an advantage that the situation in which impurities are involved in the film to be formed can be suppressed.

In the one embodiment, as the silane-based gas not containing an amino group,
Si hydride represented by the formula Si _m H _{2m + 2} (where m is a natural number of 3 or more) and hydride of silicon represented by the formula Si _n H _2n (where n is a natural number of 3 or more) The so-called higher order silane was exemplified.

As the higher order silane, for example, a hydride of silicon represented by a formula of Si _m H _{2m + 2} (where m is a natural number of 3 or more),
Trisilane (Si ₃ H ₈ )
Tetrasilane (Si ₄ H ₁₀ )
Pentasilane (Si ₅ H ₁₂ )
Hexasilane (Si ₆ H ₁₄ )
Heptasilane (Si ₇ H ₁₆ )
It is good to be selected from at least one of the following.

Further, for example, a hydride of silicon represented by a formula of Si _n H _2n (where n is a natural number of 3 or more)
Cyclotrisilane (Si ₃ H ₆ )
Cyclotetrasilane (Si ₄ H ₈ )
Cyclopentasilane (Si ₅ H ₁₀ )
Cyclohexasilane (Si ₆ H ₁₂ )
Cycloheptasilane (Si ₇ H ₁₄ )
It is good to be selected from at least one of the following.

Furthermore, when considering a combination of an aminosilane-based gas and a silane-based gas (silicon source) that does not contain an amino group, monosilane (SiH ₄ ), disilane that is easily thermally decomposed near the temperature at which the aminosilane-based gas is thermally decomposed. (Si ₂ H ₆ ) is preferable.
In addition, the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Silicon substrate, 2 ... Base | substrate, 3 ... Seed layer, 4 ... Amorphous silicon film.

Claims (8)

A film forming method for forming a film including an amorphous silicon film on the ground,
(1) heating the base, supplying an aminosilane-based gas to the heated base, and adsorbing aminosilane on the base;
(2) heating the base, supplying a silane-based gas not containing an amino group to the base on which the aminosilane has been adsorbed, and forming an amorphous silicon film on the base on which the aminosilane has been adsorbed; ,
(3) etching the amorphous silicon film to reduce the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film,
A method for forming an amorphous silicon film, wherein the aminosilane-based gas is selected from any of DIPAS, TDMAS, and BDEAS. Between the step (1) and the step (2),
(4) The method further includes the step of heating the base and supplying a higher-order silane-based gas than the silane-based gas used in the step (2) to the heated and pre-adsorbed aminosilane. The method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to claim 1.   The method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to claim 1, wherein the etching is isotropic etching.   4. The method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to claim 3, wherein the isotropic etching is dry etching. 5. The method of forming an amorphous silicon film according to claim 4, wherein the etchant for dry etching contains at least one of Cl ₂ gas, F ₂ gas, and ClF ₃ gas.   6. The method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to claim 1, wherein the step (2) and the step (3) are performed continuously in the same processing chamber. .   The method for forming an amorphous silicon film according to claim 1, wherein the method for forming an amorphous silicon film is used in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device. A film forming apparatus for forming an amorphous silicon film on the ground,
A processing chamber for storing a target object having a base on which the amorphous silicon film is formed, a processing gas supply mechanism for supplying a gas used for processing into the processing chamber, and the target to be stored in the processing chamber. A heating device for heating the processing body, an exhaust mechanism for exhausting the processing chamber, the processing gas supply mechanism, the heating device, and a controller for controlling the exhaust mechanism,
The film forming apparatus, wherein the controller controls the film forming apparatus so that the step (1), the step (2), and the step (3) described in claim 1 are sequentially performed.