KR20100010790A - Gas supply method of processing chamber for manufacturing semiconductor and apparatus for making semiconductor - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for supplying a gas to a semiconductor process chamber for maintaining a constant pressure in the process chamber, and a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for implementing the same.
The gas supply method of the semiconductor process chamber according to the present invention is a manufacturing process of the semiconductor device is made, the first gas is supplied into the process chamber connected to the pump and the vacuum atmosphere is formed and the supply amount of the first gas is kept constant The first gas stabilization step, the second gas stabilization step to supply the second gas reacting with the first gas to the outside of the process chamber and to maintain a constant supply of the second gas, the inert gas is supplied into the process chamber and inert The supply amount of the gas is kept constant, but the supply amount of the inert gas is maintained at the same amount as the supply amount of the second gas supplied in the second gas stabilization step and the supply of the second gas supplied to the outside of the process chamber By changing the path and entering the inside of the process chamber and stopping the supply of inert gas, the entire supply to the inside of the process chamber And a gas reforming step to be able to maintain a certain amount.
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The present invention relates to a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus used to manufacture a semiconductor device and a method for supplying gas into a process chamber of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, even if a plurality of reaction gases are sequentially introduced into the process chamber within the process chamber. The present invention relates to a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and a method of supplying a gas to a semiconductor process chamber having an improved structure so that pressure can be constantly adjusted.
In general, the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device is a process of realizing an electronic circuit that performs a certain function by combining thin films, such as conductive films, semiconductor films, and insulating films, having different properties on a substrate, by combining the order of stacking and the shape of a pattern. I can speak.
In the process of depositing a thin film on a substrate during the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device, two or more reaction gases are injected into a process chamber and reacted with each other. Hereinafter, two different reactions in a conventional semiconductor manufacturing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 1. A process of depositing a thin film by introducing a gas into the process chamber will be described.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a gas supply method of a conventional semiconductor process chamber. Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 9 includes a
In addition, an
When the two reaction gases are introduced into the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 9, the first gas is first introduced into the
Similarly to the first gas, the second gas needs to be induced to be in a steady state. However, when the second gas flows through the
When the supply amount of the first gas and the second gas is kept constant, the
However, when gas is supplied in the above manner, the pressure in the
An object of the present invention is to provide a gas supply method of a process chamber to maintain a constant pressure inside the process chamber from the start point to the completion point of the thin film deposition process.
In addition, another object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having an improved structure to implement the above gas supply method for maintaining a constant pressure in the process chamber.
In the gas supply method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device is made, the first gas is supplied into the process chamber connected to the pump and the vacuum atmosphere is formed and the supply amount of the first gas is constant The first gas stabilization step to be maintained to be maintained, the second gas stabilization step to supply the second gas reacting with the first gas to the outside of the process chamber and to maintain a constant supply amount of the second gas, inert gas An inert gas stabilizing step of supplying the inert gas to the process chamber and maintaining a constant supply amount of the inert gas, the supply amount of the inert gas being the same as the supply amount of the second gas supplied in the second gas stabilization step; Change the supply path of the second gas supplied to the outside of the process chamber to flow into the process chamber; By stopping the supply of the inert gas, it is characterized in that it comprises a gas conversion step to ensure that the total amount of gas supplied into the process chamber is kept constant.
According to the present invention, after the supply amount of the first gas and the inert gas supplied into the process chamber is stabilized, the pressure stabilizing step of adjusting the pressure inside the process chamber to be the pressure required for the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device further. It is preferable to provide.
In addition, the present invention, the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device is made, the first gas stabilization step of supplying the first gas into the process chamber is connected to the pump and the vacuum atmosphere is formed and the supply amount of the first gas is kept constant And a second gas stabilizing step of supplying a second gas reacting with the first gas to the outside of the process chamber and maintaining a constant supply amount of the second gas, and the second gas supplied to the outside of the process chamber. By reducing the supply path of the inflow into the process chamber, and by reducing the supply amount of the second gas from the supply amount of the first gas, by reducing the amount of gas to maintain the total amount of gas inside the process chamber It is characterized by having a conversion step.
In addition, the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above another object, the process chamber is formed in a predetermined space therein so that the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device, the first gas flow into the space portion of the process chamber A first gas line, a second gas line for introducing a second gas into the space portion of the process chamber, an exhaust pump for forming the space portion of the process chamber into a vacuum, and an exhaust line interconnecting the process chamber and the exhaust pump A bypass line connecting the second gas to the exhaust line, and the bypass line opens and closes so that an inert gas flows into the space portion of the process chamber when the second gas flows into the bypass line. It is characterized in that it has an inert gas line which is linked and opened together.
In the gas supply method and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus of the semiconductor process chamber according to the present invention, the pressure of the process chamber can be kept constant from the beginning to the end of the thin film deposition process, so that the quality of the thin film such as the uniformity of the thin film can be kept constant. There is an advantage that it can.
Hereinafter, a gas supply method of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and a semiconductor process chamber according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3 is a schematic structural diagram of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, a
The
In addition, a
An
In addition, a
In the
Hereinafter, a gas supply method M100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a gas supply method of a semiconductor process chamber according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2, the gas supply method (M100) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first gas stabilization step (M10), the second gas stabilization step (M20), the inert gas stabilization step (M30) and the gas conversion step (M50) is provided.
The first gas stabilization step M10 is performed before starting to deposit the thin film on the substrate, and is a process of making the supply amount of the first gas constant. That is, during the thin film deposition process, the first gas should be supplied to the
The second gas stabilization step (M20) is also performed before starting the thin film deposition on the substrate and is a process of inducing the supply amount of the second gas to be constant. Here, the second gas is a gas that reacts with the first gas to deposit a thin film on the substrate. The purpose of implementing the second gas stabilization step M20 is the same as that of the first gas stabilization step M10. That is, the second gas is introduced into the
However, a predetermined time is required until the supply amount of the second gas is constant. During this time, when the second gas flows through the
In the inert gas stabilization step M30, an inert gas that does not react with another gas such as argon or nitrogen is supplied to the
The reason for supplying the inert gas to the
In the above, the gas stabilization step which makes the supply amount of a 1st gas, a 2nd gas, and an inert gas constant, respectively was demonstrated. In the drawing, although each step is shown to be performed sequentially, the stabilization of each gas may be progressed together or may be sequentially performed as necessary.
Since the above processes are performed before the thin film deposition process is started, it is important that there is no order and that the supply of each gas is kept constant. When the stabilization step is performed, the first gas and the inert gas flow in the
In this state, the pressure in the
In the above, the process of maintaining the supply amount of the first gas and the second gas constant and the process of matching the pressure inside the
Now perform a gas conversion step (M50) to start the thin film deposition process. That is, while opening the
The second gas may be introduced while maintaining the pressure inside the
Until now, the pressure in the
In the second gas stabilization step and the pressure stabilization step, the same process as in the above-described embodiment is performed, and a separate description thereof will be omitted.
In the gas reduction switching step M60, the
Through the above process, the same effect as the previous embodiment, that is, the effect of performing the entire process of the thin film deposition process while maintaining the pressure in the process chamber as it can be obtained.
Meanwhile, in the
Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Could be. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the invention should be defined only by the appended claims.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a gas supply method of a conventional semiconductor process chamber.
2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a gas supply method of a semiconductor process chamber according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic structural diagram of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a semi-molded body manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a gas supply method of a semiconductor process chamber according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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M100 ... Gas supply method for semiconductor process chamber M10 ... First gas stabilization step
M20 ... second gas stabilization step M30 ... inert gas stabilization step
M40 ... pressure stabilization stage M50 ... gas shift stage
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