US20160056035A1 - Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium.
- LSI large-scale integrated circuit
- a device should be formed in a small size to accommodate a large number of semiconductor devices in a narrow area. To this end, the widths of and distances between patterns that are to be formed should be set to be small.
- a semiconductor device a representative example of which is an LSI, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) or a flash memory has been developed to have a minimum processing dimension of less than 30 nm in width and a thin film thickness.
- DRAM dynamic random access memory
- flash memory has been developed to have a minimum processing dimension of less than 30 nm in width and a thin film thickness.
- a substrate processing apparatus including: a processing chamber accommodating a substrate; a first process gas supply unit configured to supply a first process gas from above the substrate; a first reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a first reactive gas from above the substrate; a second process gas supply unit configured to supply a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; a second reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the first process gas supply unit, the second process gas supply unit, the first reactive gas supply unit, and the second reactive gas supply unit to: (a) supply the first process gas from above the substrate and the second process gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supply the first reactive gas from above the substrate and the second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that: a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
- a non-transitory computer readable recording medium causing a computer to perform: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the sequences (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the sequences (a) and (b).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a substrate processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a graph illustrating a distribution of thicknesses of a film formed on a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 14A and 14B are diagrams illustrating stacked structures of multiple films according to various embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the substrate processing apparatus 100 is a unit configured to form an insulating film, a metal film, or the like and is configured as a single-wafer type substrate processing apparatus as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the substrate processing apparatus 100 includes a process container 202 .
- the process container 202 is configured, for example, as an airtight container having a flat cylindrical circular cross-section.
- the process container 202 is formed, for example, of a metal material, e.g., aluminum (Al) or stainless steel (steel-use-stainless (SUS)) or quartz.
- a process space (processing chamber) 201 for processing a wafer 200 such as a silicon wafer, serving as a substrate, and a transfer space 203 are formed.
- the process container 202 is configured by an upper container 202 a , a lower container 202 b , a quartz container 202 c and a lid 202 d .
- a space that is surrounded by the upper container 202 a , the quartz container 202 c and the lid 202 d and located above a substrate placing table 212 will be hereinafter referred to as a ‘process space 201 ’, and a space that is surrounded by the lower container 202 b and located below the substrate placing table 212 will be hereinafter referred to as the ‘transfer space 203 ’.
- a substrate loading exit 206 is installed adjacent to a gate valve 205 .
- the wafer 200 is moved between adjacent transfer chambers (not shown) via the substrate loading exit 206 .
- a plurality of lift pins 207 are installed on a bottom portion of the lower container 202 b .
- the lower container 202 b is connected to an earth potential source.
- a substrate support unit 210 is installed to support the wafer 200 .
- the substrate support unit 210 mainly includes a placing surface 211 on which the wafer 200 is placed, the substrate placing table 212 having the placing surface 211 on a surface thereof, and a heater 213 serving as a heating unit included in the substrate placing table 212 .
- through-holes 214 through which the lift pins 207 pass are installed in locations corresponding to the lift pins 207 .
- the substrate placing table 212 is supported by a shaft 217 .
- the shaft 217 passes through a bottom portion of the process container 202 and is connected to a lifting mechanism 218 outside the process container 202 .
- the wafer 200 placed on the placing surface 211 may be moved upward.
- the circumference of a lower end portion of the shaft 217 is covered with a bellows 219 and the inside of the process container 202 is maintained in an airtight state.
- the substrate placing table 212 is moved downward to the substrate support unit 210 to move the placing surface 211 to the substrate loading exit 206 (i.e., a wafer transfer position) so as to transfer the wafer 200 , and is moved upward to move the wafer 200 to a processing position in the process space 201 (i.e., a wafer processing position) so as to process the wafer 200 as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the lift pins 207 protrude from an upper surface of the placing surface 211 to support the wafer 200 with the lift pins 207 from below.
- the lift pins 207 are buried from the upper surface of the placing surface 211 so that the wafer 200 may be supported by the placing surface 211 from below.
- the lift pins 207 are in direct contact with the wafer 200 and are thus preferably formed of, for example, quartz or alumina.
- a coil 250 a is installed as an activation unit near the quartz container 202 c .
- a variable condenser 250 d and a high-frequency power source 250 c are connected to the coil 250 a via an insulation transformer 250 e .
- a gas supplied into the processing chamber 201 may be excited to generate plasma.
- An exhaust port 221 serving as a first exhaust unit for exhausting an atmosphere in the processing chamber 201 is installed on an inner wall of the transfer space 203 (the lower container 202 b ).
- the exhaust port 221 is connected to an exhaust pipe 222 .
- a pressure adjuster 223 such as an auto pressure controller (APC) configured to control the inside of the processing chamber 201 to have a predetermined pressure and a vacuum pump 224 are sequentially connected in series to the exhaust pipe 222 .
- An exhaust system (exhaust line) mainly includes the exhaust port 221 , the exhaust pipe 222 , and the pressure adjuster 223 .
- the vacuum pump 224 may be further included in the exhaust system (exhaust line).
- An upper gas introduction port 241 a is installed at an upstream end of a gas rectification unit 234 installed at an upper portion of the process space 201 to provide various gases into the process space 201 .
- a common gas supply pipe 242 is connected to the upper gas introduction port 241 a installed at the upstream end of the gas rectification unit 234 .
- a first process gas supply pipe 243 a , a first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a , a first purge gas supply pipe 245 a and a cleaning gas supply pipe 248 a are connected to the common gas supply pipe 242 .
- a first-element containing gas (first process gas) is mainly supplied from a first process gas supply unit including the first process gas supply pipe 243 a ).
- a second-element containing gas (first reactive gas) is mainly supplied from a second process gas supply unit including the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a .
- a purge gas is mainly supplied from a first purge gas supply unit including the first purge gas supply pipe 245 a when a wafer is processed, and a cleaning gas is mainly supplied from the first purge gas supply unit when the processing chamber 201 is cleaned.
- a first process gas source 243 b a mass flow controller (MFC) 243 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and a valve 243 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed from an upstream direction.
- MFC mass flow controller
- a gas containing a first element is supplied from the first process gas source 243 b , and supplied to a gas rectification unit 234 via the MFC 243 c , the valve 243 d , the first process gas supply pipe 243 a and the common gas supply pipe 242 .
- the first process gas is a source gas, i.e., one of the process gases.
- the first element is, for example, silicon (Si). That is, the first process gas is, for example, a silicon-containing gas.
- a silicon-containing gas For example, dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2, abbreviated as ‘DCS’) gas may be used as silicon-containing gas.
- a source of the first process gas may have a solid, liquid, or gaseous state at normal temperature and pressure.
- a vaporizer (not shown) may be installed between the first process gas source 243 b and the MFC 243 c .
- the source is in a gaseous state.
- a downstream end of a first carrier gas supply pipe 246 a is connected to the first process gas supply pipe 243 a at a downstream side of the valve 243 d .
- a carrier gas source 246 b , an MFC 246 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and a valve 246 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed to the first carrier gas supply pipe 246 a from an upstream direction.
- a first carrier gas supply unit includes at least the first carrier gas supply pipe 246 a , the MFC 246 c and the valve 246 d.
- a carrier gas is, for example, nitrogen (N 2 ) gas.
- N 2 nitrogen
- a rare gas such as helium (He) gas, neon (Ne) gas, or argon (Ar) gas may be used as the carrier gas.
- the carrier gas acts as a carrier gas, a dilution gas, or a purge gas in a film forming process (operations S 203 to S 207 ).
- a first-element containing gas supply unit (which may be also referred to as a silicon-containing gas supply unit) mainly includes the first process gas supply pipe 243 a , the MFC 243 c and the valve 243 d.
- the carrier gas source 246 b and the first process gas supply pipe 243 a may be further included in the first carrier gas supply unit.
- the first process gas source 243 b and the first carrier gas supply unit may be further included in the first-element containing gas supply unit.
- a first reactive gas source 244 b , an MFC 244 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and a valve 244 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed at an upstream end of the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a from the upstream side.
- a gas containing a second element (hereinafter referred to as a ‘first reactive gas’) is supplied from the first reactive gas source 244 b and supplied to the gas rectification unit 234 via the MFC 244 c , the valve 244 d , the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a and the common gas supply pipe 242 .
- the first reactive gas is one of the process gases.
- the first reactive gas may be considered as a modifying gas.
- the first reactive gas contains a second element that is different from the first element.
- the second element includes, for example, at least one among oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) which are elements that are likely to react with (or be bound to) the first element.
- the first reactive gas is, for example, a nitrogen-containing gas.
- ammonia (NH 3 ) gas is used as the nitrogen-containing gas.
- a first reactive gas supply unit mainly includes the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a , the MFC 244 c and the valve 244 d.
- a downstream end of a second carrier gas supply pipe 247 a is connected to the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a at a downstream side of the valve 244 d .
- a carrier gas source 247 b , an MFC 247 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and a valve 247 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed at the second carrier gas supply pipe 247 a from the upstream direction.
- a second carrier gas supply unit includes at least the second carrier gas supply pipe 247 a , the MFC 247 c and the valve 247 d.
- a carrier gas is supplied to the gas rectification unit 234 from the second carrier gas supply pipe 247 a via the MFC 247 c , the valve 247 d and the first reactive gas supply pipe 247 a.
- the carrier gas source 247 b and the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a may be further included in the second carrier gas supply unit.
- the first reactive gas source 244 b and the second carrier gas supply unit may be further included in the first reactive gas supply unit.
- a first purge gas source 245 b , an MFC 245 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and a valve 245 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed at the first purge gas supply pipe 245 a from the upstream direction.
- An inert gas is supplied as a purge gas from the first purge gas source 245 b , and supplied to the gas rectification unit 234 via the MFC 245 c , the valve 245 d , the first purge gas supply pipe 245 a and the common gas supply pipe 242 .
- the inert gas is, for example, nitrogen (N 2 ) gas.
- N 2 nitrogen
- a rare gas such as helium (He) gas, neon (Ne) gas, or argon (Ar) gas may be used as the inert gas.
- a first purge gas supply unit (which is also referred to as a purge gas supply unit) mainly includes the first purge gas supply pipe 245 a , the MFC 245 c and the valve 245 d.
- the inventors of the present invention have found that the degree of flatness of a semiconductor device to be finally formed can be improved by forming a film on the wafer 200 such that the thickness or quality of the film is different, for example, at a center portion and a peripheral portion of the wafer 200 during processing of the wafer 200 even when the uniformity of the wafer 200 processed in an etching process or a CMP process performed after the forming of the film is different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- a structure of an apparatus that enables to form a film such that the thickness or quality of the film is different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 will be described below.
- flank gas introduction ports 241 b and 241 c may be installed at side surfaces of the upper container 202 a and a rate of the amounts of gases to be supplied via the upper gas introduction port 241 a and the flank gas introduction ports 241 b and 241 c may be changed to form a film such that the thickness or quality of the film is different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- the flank gas introduction ports 241 b and 241 c are installed to surround around the wafer 200 .
- a second process gas supply pipe 243 e is connected to the flank gas introduction port 241 b
- a second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e is connected to the flank gas introduction port 241 c.
- a second process gas source 243 f , an MFC 243 g and a valve 243 h are sequentially installed at the second process gas supply pipe 243 e from the upstream direction.
- a gas containing the first element described above is supplied from the second process gas source 243 f , and supplied to the flank gas introduction port 241 b via the MFC 243 g , the valve 243 h and the second process gas supply pipe 243 e .
- a second process gas is supplied along the outer circumference of the wafer 200 via the gas introduction port 241 b.
- the second process gas is similar to the first process gas described above. Also, the second process gas may be a gas containing a third element that is different from the first element.
- a downstream end of a third carrier gas supply pipe 246 e is connected to the second process gas supply pipe 243 e at a downstream side of the valve 243 h .
- a carrier gas source 246 f , an MFC 246 g and a valve 246 h are sequentially installed at the third carrier gas supply pipe 246 e from the upstream direction.
- a third carrier gas supply unit includes at least the third carrier gas supply pipe 246 e , the MFC 246 g , and the valve 246 h.
- the second process gas supply unit mainly includes the second process gas supply pipe 243 e , the MFC 243 g and the valve 243 h.
- the second process gas supply unit may include the third carrier gas supply unit.
- a second reactive gas source 244 f , an MFC 244 g and a valve 244 h are sequentially installed at the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e from the upstream direction.
- a gas containing the second element described above is supplied from the second reactive gas source 244 f and supplied to the flank gas introduction port 241 c via the MFC 244 g , the valve 244 h and the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e.
- a downstream end of a fourth carrier gas supply pipe 247 e is connected to the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e at a downstream side of the valve 244 h .
- a carrier gas source 247 f , an MFC 247 g and a valve 247 h are sequentially installed at the fourth carrier gas supply pipe 247 e from the upstream direction.
- a fourth carrier gas supply unit mainly includes the fourth carrier gas supply pipe 244 e , the MFC 244 g and the valve 244 h.
- a fourth carrier gas supply unit mainly includes a fourth carrier gas supply pipe 247 e , an MFC 247 g and a valve 247 h .
- the fourth carrier gas supply unit may be included in a second reactive gas supply unit.
- a second purge gas source 245 f , an MFC 245 g and a valve 245 h are sequentially installed at a second purge gas supply pipe 245 e , which constitutes a second purge gas supply unit, from the upstream direction.
- An inert gas is supplied as a purge gas from the second purge gas source 245 f and supplied to the flank gas introduction port 241 c via the MFC 245 g , the valve 245 h and the second purge gas supply pipe 245 e.
- the inert gas is, for example, nitrogen (N 2 ) gas.
- N 2 nitrogen
- a rare gas such as helium (He) gas, neon (Ne) gas, or argon (Ar) gas may be used as the inert gas.
- a second purge gas supply unit (which is also referred to as a purge gas supply unit) mainly includes the second purge gas supply pipe 245 e , the MFC 245 g and the valve 245 h.
- a cleaning gas source 248 b , an MFC 248 c , a valve 248 d and a remote plasma unit (RPU) 250 b are sequentially installed at the cleaning gas supply pipe 248 a from the upstream direction.
- a cleaning gas is supplied from the cleaning gas source 248 b , and supplied to the gas rectification unit 234 via the MFC 248 c , the valve 248 d , the RPU 250 b , the cleaning gas supply pipe 248 a and the common gas supply pipe 242 .
- a downstream end of a fifth carrier gas supply pipe 249 a is connected to the cleaning gas supply pipe 248 a at a downstream side of the valve 248 d .
- a fifth carrier gas source 249 b , an MFC 249 c and a valve 249 d are sequentially installed at the fifth carrier gas supply pipe 249 a from the upstream direction.
- a cleaning gas supply unit mainly includes the cleaning gas supply pipe 248 a , the MFC 248 c , and the valve 248 d .
- the cleaning gas source 248 b , the fifth carrier gas supply pipe 249 a and the RPU 250 b may be included in the cleaning gas supply unit.
- an inert gas supplied from the fifth carrier gas source 249 b may be supplied to be used as a carrier gas or a dilution gas of a cleaning gas.
- a cleaning gas supplied from the cleaning gas source 248 b acts as a cleaning gas for removing a by-product attached to the gas rectification unit 234 or the processing chamber 201 in a cleaning process.
- the cleaning gas is, for example, nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ) gas.
- NF 3 nitrogen trifluoride
- HF hydrofluoric acid
- ClF 3 chlorine trifluoride
- F 2 fluorine gas
- the substrate processing apparatus 100 includes a controller 121 configured to control operations of various elements of the substrate processing apparatus 100 .
- the controller 121 which is a control unit (control means) is configured as a computer including a central processing unit (CPU) 121 a , a random access memory (RAM) 121 b , a memory device 121 c and an input/output (I/O) port 121 d .
- the RAM 121 b , the memory device 121 c and the I/O port 121 d are configured to exchange data with the CPU 121 a via an internal bus 121 e .
- the controller 121 is configured to be connected to an I/O device 122 embodied as, for example, a touch panel or an external memory device 283 .
- the memory device 121 c includes, for example, a flash memory, a hard disk memory (HDD), etc.
- a control program for controlling an operation of a substrate processing apparatus, a process recipe including the order or conditions of substrate processing which will be described below, and the like is stored to be readable.
- the process recipe is a combination of sequences of a substrate processing process which will be described below to obtain a desired result when the sequences are performed by the controller 121 , and acts as a program.
- the RAM 121 b is configured as a memory area (work area) in which a program or data read by the CPU 121 a is temporarily retained.
- the I/O port 121 d is connected to the gate valve 205 , the lifting mechanism 218 , the pressure adjuster 223 , the vacuum pump 224 , the RPU 250 b , the MFCs 243 c , 243 g , 244 c , 244 g , 245 c , 245 g , 246 c , 246 g , 247 c , 247 g , 248 c and 249 c , the valves 243 d , 243 h , 244 d , 244 h , 245 d , 245 h , 246 d , 246 h , 247 d , 247 h , 248 d and 249 d , and the heater 213 , etc.
- the CPU 121 a is configured to read and execute the control program from the memory device 121 c and to read the process recipe from the memory device 121 c according to a manipulation command input via the I/O device 122 .
- the CPU 121 a is configured to control opening/closing the gate valve 205 ; control upward/downward movement of the lifting mechanism 218 ; control adjustment of pressure using the pressure adjuster 223 ; control the vacuum pump 224 to be ‘on’/‘off’; control excitation of a gas using the RPU 250 b ; control flow rates of gases using the MFCs 243 c , 243 g , 244 c , 244 g , 245 c , 245 g , 246 c , 246 g , 247 c , 247 g , 248 c and 249 c ; control gases to be ‘on’/‘off’ using the valves 243 d , 243 h , 244 d
- the controller 121 is not limited to a dedicated computer and may be configured as a general-purpose computer.
- the controller 121 according to the present embodiment may be configured by preparing the external memory device 283 storing a program as described above, such as a magnetic disk (e.g., a magnetic tape, a flexible disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical disc (e.g., a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), etc.), a magneto-optical (MO) disc, or a semiconductor memory (e.g., a Universal Serial Bus (USB) memory, a memory card, etc.), and then installing the program in a general-purpose computer using the external memory device 283 .
- a magnetic disk e.g., a magnetic tape, a flexible disk, a hard disk, etc.
- an optical disc e.g., a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), etc.
- MO magneto-optical
- semiconductor memory e.g.,
- means for supplying a program to a computer are not limited to using the external memory device 283 .
- a program may be supplied to a computer using communication means, e.g., the Internet or an exclusive line, without using the external memory device 283 .
- the memory device 121 c or the external memory device 283 may be configured as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium.
- the memory device 121 c and the external memory device 283 may also be referred to together simply as a ‘recording medium.’
- the term ‘recording medium’ is used in the present disclosure, it may be understood as only the memory device 121 c , only the external memory device 283 , or both of the memory device 121 c and the external memory device 283 .
- FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of a substrate processing process performed by substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- sequences of a process of forming a silicon nitride (Si x N y ) film on the wafer 200 as a substrate by performing a treatment using plasma are illustrated.
- the wafer 200 is loaded into the processing chamber 201 .
- the substrate support unit 210 is moved downward by the lifting mechanism 218 such that the lift pins 207 protrude from an upper surface of the substrate support unit 210 via the through-holes 214 .
- the inside of the processing chamber 201 is regulated to have a predetermined pressure, and the gate valve 205 is opened to place the wafer 200 on the lift pins 207 via the gate valve 205 .
- the substrate support unit 210 is moved upward to a predetermined position by the lifting mechanism 218 to place the wafer 200 on the substrate support unit 210 from the lift pins 207 .
- the inside of the processing chamber 201 is exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 such that the inside of the processing chamber 201 has a predetermined pressure (degree of vacuum).
- a predetermined pressure degree of vacuum
- the degree of openness of an APC valve as the pressure adjuster 223 is feedback controlled based on a pressure measured by a pressure sensor.
- the amount of electric power to be supplied to the heater 213 is feedback controlled based on a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor (not shown) such that the inside of the processing chamber 201 has a predetermined temperature.
- a susceptor is heated beforehand and allowed to stand for a predetermined time after which the temperature of the wafer 200 or the susceptor is constantly maintained. During this operation, moisture remaining in the processing chamber 201 , a gas escaped from a member, etc. is removed by vacuum exhaustion or by purging performed by supplying N 2 gas, thereby completing a prior preparation for a film forming process.
- a process gas supply process (operation S 203 ), a purging process (operation S 204 ), a reactive gas supply process (operation S 205 ) and a purging process (operation S 206 ) are performed.
- DCS gas is supplied as a first process gas (source gas) into the processing chamber 201 via the first process gas supply unit. Also, the inside of the processing chamber 201 is continuously exhausted using the exhaust system to control the inside pressure of the processing chamber 201 to be equal to a predetermined pressure (first pressure).
- first pressure a predetermined pressure
- the valve 243 d of the first process gas supply pipe 243 a and the valve 246 d of the first carrier gas supply pipe 246 a are opened to supply the DCS gas into the first process gas supply pipe 243 a and N 2 gas into the first carrier gas supply pipe 246 a .
- the DCS gas is supplied via the first process gas supply pipe 243 a and the flow rate of the DCS gas is adjusted by the MFC 243 c .
- the N 2 gas is supplied via the first carrier gas supply pipe 246 a and the flow rate of the N 2 gas is adjusted by the MFC 246 c .
- the flow-rate adjusted DCS gas is mixed with the flow-rate adjusted N 2 gas in the first process gas supply pipe 243 a , supplied into the processing chamber 201 via the gas rectification unit 234 , and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- the first process gas supplied from a center portion of the gas rectification unit 234 is supplied at a high density to a center portion of the wafer 200 , supplied at a low density to a peripheral portion of the wafer 200 , compared to the center portion of the wafer 200 , and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- a process gas supplied from a peripheral portion of the gas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- DCS gas is supplied as a second process gas into the processing chamber 201 via the flank gas introduction port 241 b .
- the valve 243 h of the second process gas supply pipe 243 e and the valve 246 h of the third carrier gas supply pipe 246 e are opened to supply the DCS gas to the second process gas supply pipe 243 e and N 2 gas to the third carrier gas supply pipe 246 e .
- the DCS gas is supplied via the second process gas supply pipe 243 e and the flow rate of the DCS signal is adjusted by the MFC 243 g .
- the N 2 gas is supplied via the third carrier gas supply pipe 246 e and the flow rate of the N 2 gas is adjusted by the MFC 246 g .
- the flow-rate adjusted DCS gas is mixed with the flow-rate adjusted N 2 gas in the second process gas supply pipe 243 e , supplied into the heated or pressure-reduced processing chamber 201 via the flank gas introduction port 241 b , and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- most of the second process gas does not reach the center portion of the wafer 200 and flows to the exhaust pipe 222 .
- the supply state of the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the wafer 200 may be controlled by adjusting the height of the substrate placing table 212 .
- the concentration of a gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be increased by moving the placing surface 211 of the substrate placing table 212 upward to the vicinity of a lower end of the flank gas introduction port 241 c .
- the concentration of the gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be reduced to be lower than that of the gas supplied to the center portion of the wafer 200 and the concentration of the gas supplied to the center portion of the wafer 200 may be increased by moving the substrate placing table 212 downward.
- the first process gas may be supplied simultaneously with the second process gas.
- a supply amount means a gas flow rate.
- the DCS gas is supplied to the wafer 200 [source gas (DCS) supply process].
- the DCS gas is supplied into the processing chamber 201 at a predetermined pressure (first pressure, e.g., in a range of 100 Pa to 10,000 Pa).
- the DCS gas is supplied to the wafer 200 under this condition.
- a silicon-containing layer is adsorbed (chemically or physically adsorbed) onto the wafer 200 .
- the silicon-containing layer means a layer containing either silicon (Si) or silicon and chlorine (Cl).
- the silicon-containing layer is more thickly formed on the center portion of than on the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- the valve 243 d of the first process gas supply pipe 243 a and the valve 243 h of the second process gas supply pipe 243 e are closed to stop the supply of the DCS gas.
- the pressure adjuster 223 of the exhaust pipe 222 is fully opened to vacuum-exhaust the inside of the processing chamber 201 with the vacuum pump 224 , and the DCS gas (that did not react or after contributing to the formation of the silicon-containing layer) remaining in the processing chamber 201 is eliminated from the inside of the processing chamber 201 .
- valve 245 d of the first purge gas supply unit may be opened to supply an inert gas into the first purge gas supply pipe 245 a and a gas flowing in the processing chamber 201 may be extruded via the gas rectification unit 234 .
- the flow rate of the inert gas flowing through the first purge gas supply pipe 245 a is controlled by the MFC 245 c .
- a first purge gas supplied from a center portion of the gas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the center portion of the wafer 200 , supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 , and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- the first purge gas supplied from a peripheral portion of the gas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- valve 245 h of the second purge gas supply unit is opened to supply an inert gas to the second purge gas supply pipe 245 e and a gas flowing in the processing chamber 201 is extruded via the flank gas introduction port 241 c .
- the flow rate of the inert gas flowing through the second purge gas supply pipe 245 e is controlled by the MFC 245 g.
- N 2 gas may be continuously supplied as an inert gas into the processing chamber 201 while the valve 246 d and the valve 246 h are open.
- the N 2 gas that is continuously supplied via the valve 246 d and the valve 246 h acts as a purge gas. Due to the N 2 gas, the first process gas supply pipe 243 a , the common gas supply pipe 242 and the second process gas supply pipe 243 e , an effect of eliminating the DCS gas (that did not react or after contributing to the formation of the silicon-containing layer) remaining in the processing chamber 201 may be greatly increased.
- a gas remaining in the processing chamber 201 , the gas rectification unit 234 , the flank gas introduction port 241 b , etc. is preferably completely eliminated but may not be completely purged (the inside of the processing chamber 201 may not be completely purged).
- the temperature of the heater 213 is set to be maintained at a temperature that is in a range of 300° C. to 650° C., preferably, a range of 300° C. to 600° C., and more preferably, a range of 300° C. to 550° C., similar to when a source gas is supplied to the wafer 200 .
- the flow rate of the N 2 gas supplied as a purge gas via each inert gas supply unit is set, for example, to be in a range of 100 sccm to 20,000 sccm.
- a rare gas such as Ar, He, Ne, or Xe may be used as the purge gas.
- the supply of the purge gas is stopped and NH 3 gas is supplied as a first reactive gas.
- the inside of the processing chamber 201 is continuously exhausted by the exhaust system to control the inside pressure of the processing chamber 201 to be equal to a predetermined pressure (a second pressure).
- the valve 244 d of the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a is opened to supply NH 3 gas into the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a .
- the NH 3 gas is supplied via the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a and the flow rate thereof is adjusted by the MFC 244 c .
- the flow-rate adjusted NH 3 gas is supplied into the processing chamber 201 via the gas rectification unit 234 and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- the first reactive gas supplied from the center portion of the gas rectification unit 234 is supplied at a high concentration to the center portion of the wafer 200 , supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 , and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- the first reactive gas supplied from the peripheral portion of the gas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- NH 3 gas is supplied as a second reactive gas via the flank gas introduction port 241 c .
- the valve 244 h of the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e is opened to supply the NH 3 gas into the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e .
- the flow rate of the NH 3 gas is adjusted by the MFC 244 c and the flow-rate adjusted NH 3 gas flows into the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e .
- the flow-rate adjusted NH 3 gas is supplied into the processing chamber 201 which is in a reduced-pressure state via the flank gas introduction port 241 c , and exhausted via the exhaust pipe 222 .
- the second reactive gas is supplied such that an effect of supplying the second reactive gas is lower than that of supplying the first reactive gas.
- the effect of supplying the first reactive gas means an effect of causing the thickness of a film on the center portion of the wafer 200 to be thicker than that of the film on the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- the effect of supplying the second reactive gas means an effect of causing the thickness of a film on the center portion of the wafer 200 to be thinner than that of the film on the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- an effect of supplying a gas may be understood as affecting not only the thickness of a film on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 but also the quality of the film on the center portion of the wafer 200 and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 to be different.
- the supply state of the second reactive gas supplied to the wafer 200 may be controlled by adjusting the height of the substrate placing table 212 .
- the concentration of a gas to be supplied to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be improved by moving the placing surface 211 of the substrate placing table 212 upward to the vicinity of a lower end of the flank gas introduction port 241 c , and may be reduced to be lower than the concentration of the gas to be supplied to the center portion of the wafer 200 by moving the substrate placing table 212 downward so as to increase the concentration of the gas at the center portion of the wafer 200 .
- the NH 3 gas supplied to the wafer 200 reacts with the silicon-containing layer formed on the wafer 200 to nitridate silicon and discharge impurities such as hydrogen, chlorine, hydrogen chloride, etc.
- a distribution of the degree of the reaction occurring on the wafer 200 may be controlled by adjusting the location of the substrate placing table 212 , the amount of the first reactive gas supplied from an upward direction, and the amount of the first reactive gas supplied from a lateral direction.
- the supply of the reactive gas is stopped and a purging process is performed similar to the purging process (operation S 204 ).
- a purging process is performed similar to the purging process (operation S 204 ).
- the purging process the NH 3 gas (that did not react or after contributing to the nitriding of the silicon) remaining in the first reactive gas supply pipe 244 a , the common gas supply pipe 242 , the second reactive gas supply pipe 244 e , the processing chamber 201 , etc. may be eliminated.
- an undesired film may be suppressed from being formed due to the residual gas.
- a silicon nitride (Si x N y ) layer is deposited on the wafer 200 at a predetermined thickness by performing the process gas supply process (operation S 203 ), the purging process (operation S 204 ), the reactive gas supply process (operation S 205 ), and the purging process (operation S 206 ) once.
- the thickness of the silicon nitride layer formed on the wafer 200 may be controlled. These processes may be repeatedly performed a predetermined number of times until the thickness of the silicon nitride layer becomes equal to a desired level.
- a substrate unloading process (operation S 208 ) is performed to unload the wafer 200 from the processing chamber 201 .
- the temperature of the wafer 200 is lowered to a temperature sufficient for the wafer 200 to be unloaded, and the inside of the processing chamber 201 is purged using an inert gas and regulated to a pressure sufficient for transfer.
- the substrate support unit 210 is moved downward by the lifting mechanism 218 , the lift pins 207 protrude via the through-holes 214 , and then the wafer 200 is placed on the lift pins 207 .
- the gate valve 205 is opened to unload the wafer 200 from the processing chamber 201 .
- a thickness distribution of a film formed on a substrate, a quality distribution of the film, or both of the thickness distribution and the quality distribution may be set to be different at a center portion and a peripheral portion of the substrate.
- a film having a film thickness distribution as illustrated in FIG. 5 may be formed.
- an effect of supplying a gas from above the wafer 200 may be increased and a film having the film thickness distribution A of FIG. 5 (in which a center portion of a substrate is thicker and a peripheral portion of the substrate is thinner) may be formed.
- a film having a film thickness distribution B (in which a center portion of a substrate is thinner and a peripheral portion of the substrate is thicker) may be formed.
- the effect of supplying a gas means an effect of causing one or both of a film thickness distribution and a film quality distribution to be different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- the quality of a film formed on a center portion and a peripheral portion of a substrate may be set to be different.
- the features of a film such as a density, a crystalline property, a composition, a resistivity, film stress, an electric property, a permittivity, etc., may be set at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- the states of active species on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be set to be different.
- a gas supply sequence illustrated in FIG. 6 may be used.
- an effect of supplying a first reactive gas is set to be lower than an effect of supplying a second reactive gas so as to increase an effect of supplying a process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the wafer 200 .
- a film having the film thickness distribution B illustrated in FIG. 5 may be formed using such a gas supply method.
- the flow rate of the first reactive gas is set to be less than that of the second reactive gas so that the effect of supplying the first reactive gas may be lower than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- a gas supply sequence illustrated in FIG. 7 may be used.
- a film having the film thickness distribution A of FIG. 5 may be formed by setting an effect of supplying a first process gas and an effect of supplying a second process gas to be the same in the process gas supply process (operation S 203 ), setting an effect of supplying a first purge gas and an effect of supplying a second purge gas to be the same in the purging processes (operations S 204 and S 206 ), and setting an effect of supplying a first reactive gas and an effect of supplying a second reactive gas to be the same in the reactive gas supply process (operation S 205 ) so as to increase the degree of reaction at the center portion of the wafer 200 .
- the flow rate of the first reactive gas is set to be higher than that of the second reactive gas so that the effect of supplying the first reactive gas may be greater than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- a gas supply sequence illustrated in FIG. 8 may be used. As illustrated in FIG. 8 , an effect of supplying a reactive gas to the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be adjusted to be greater than an effect of supplying the reactive gas to the center portion of the wafer 200 by setting a duration of supplying the first reactive gas to be shorter than a duration of supplying the second reactive gas in the reactive gas supply process (operation S 205 ), thereby forming a film having the film thickness distribution B of FIG. 5 .
- the present invention is not limited thereto and gases supplied in one or both of the process gas supply process (operation S 203 ) and the reactive gas supply process (operation S 205 ) may be activated using the coil 250 a as an activation unit.
- the reactive gas supplied in the reactive gas supply process (operation S 205 ) may be activated to generate active species having different activities at the center portion of the wafer 200 and cause the reactivity of each of the process gas and the reactive gas to be different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 . Accordingly, the difference between the thicknesses of a film formed on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be increased.
- a film having the film thickness distribution A of FIG. 5 may be easily formed when gases are set to be activated only when a first reactive gas is supplied, and a film having the film thickness distribution B of FIG. 5 may be easily formed when gases are set to be activated only when a second reactive gas is supplied,
- a coil 250 a is configured to be upwardly/downwardly movable.
- the coil 250 a may be moved upward/downward by moving an elevator 250 g upward/downward by connecting the coil 250 a and a matching box 250 f to the elevator 250 g.
- the efficiency of processing the center portion of the wafer 200 is greater than the efficiency of processing the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 and thus the thickness of the film on the center portion of the wafer 200 increases, thereby forming a film having the film thickness distribution A of FIG. 5 .
- the efficiency of processing the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 increases to increase the thickness of a film formed on the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 , thereby forming a film having the film thickness distribution B of FIG. 5 .
- a film thickness distribution may be controlled by changing the location of the coil 250 a.
- the present invention is not limited thereto and a plurality of coils may be installed in a direction perpendicular to the wafer 200 and selectively used to control a film thickness distribution. Otherwise, a combination of the gas supply sequences described above may be used to control the thickness of a film at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- the inventors of the present invention have found that since plasma was concentrated near an outer circumference of the processing chamber 201 (the coil 250 a ) in a plasma device using a coil as described above, the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 was easily processed to cause a film to be thickly formed on the peripheral portion compared to the center portion of the wafer 200 , and the quality of the film was likely to be changed to make it difficult to control the center portion of the wafer 200 .
- the quality of the film may be determined by, for example, permittivity, resistivity, etc.
- the inventors have conducted a study and found that a center portion of a substrate can be easily controlled by adjusting a distribution of plasma using a structure as illustrated in FIG. 10 or 11 .
- a plasma adjusting electrode 250 h is installed to control a distribution of plasma.
- the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h is configured to be upwardly/downwardly movable by an elevator 250 m including a motor 250 i and a pillar 250 j .
- the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h is connected to a coil 250 a through a switch 250 k and an electric potential adjustment condenser 250 L.
- the switch 250 k When the switch 250 k is ‘on’, a capacitive coupling occurs among the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the plasma and the coil 250 a to induce plasma generated near the coil 250 a to the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h .
- plasma may be generated to the top of the center portion of the wafer 200 , thereby improving the activity of the center portion of the wafer 200 .
- the electric potential adjustment condenser 250 L may be controlled to control a state of the plasma induced to the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h .
- the plasma-induced state may be controlled by operating the elevator 250 m to move the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h in an upward/downward direction.
- plasma when the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h is moved downward to the processing chamber 201 , plasma may be induced near the top of the center portion of the wafer 200 to increase the density of the plasma on the center portion of the wafer 200 .
- a film having the film thickness distribution A of FIG. 5 may be easily formed.
- FIG. 11 when the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h is moved upward, plasma may be concentrated near the coil 250 a to reduce the concentration of the plasma on the center portion of the wafer 200 . It this state, a film having the film thickness distribution B of FIG. 5 may be easily formed.
- plasma may be induced to the center portion of the wafer 200 by reducing an impedance between the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the coil 250 a by controlling the electric potential adjustment condenser 250 L, and may be concentrated on the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 by increasing the impedance between the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the coil 250 a .
- a film having the film thickness distribution A or B of FIG. 5 may be formed.
- a film thickness distribution may be finely controlled by adjusting each of the heights of the switch 250 k , the electric potential adjustment condenser 250 L and the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h.
- a plasma generation region may be controlled without influencing the flow of a gas in the process container 202 .
- the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h may be used to control a distribution of radicals or ions of a reactive gas that are in various energy states in the processing chamber 201 .
- embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
- the present invention is applicable to a process of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, a plasma treatment to be performed on a ceramic substrate, etc.
- the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the process gas and the reactive gas may be supplied such that pulse timings thereof overlap.
- the process gas and the reactive gas may be continuously supplied to form a film by CVD.
- the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the present invention is applicable to a substrate processing process in which a film formed on a surface of or on a substrate using one or both of a source gas and a reactive gas is plasma-oxidized or plasma-nitridated.
- the present invention is applicable to a substrate processing process in which a thermal treatment using a gaseous reaction or plasma annealing is performed using one or both of the source gas and the reactive gas.
- a plasma treatment is performed at low temperatures, the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 may be differently processed.
- the present invention is not limited thereto and a supply rate of gases may be controlled to uniformly process the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 .
- a process of forming a film on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 to different thicknesses has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto.
- a two-step process may be set such that a film having a uniform thickness is formed in a first step and a film is formed on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the wafer 200 in different thicknesses or qualities in a second step.
- a film may be formed by performing a first step including a first cycle to an n th cycle and a second step including an (n+1) th cycle to an m th cycle, thereby forming the film having thick peripheral portions as illustrated in FIG. 14B .
- a film as illustrated in FIG. 14A may be formed by setting the distance between the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the wafer 200 to be different in a first step (including a first cycle to an n th cycle) and a second step (including an (n+1) th cycle to an m th cycle) so that the distance may be shorter in the second step than in the first step.
- a film 200 a is formed in the first step and films 200 b and 200 c are formed in the second step.
- a gas supply method or the distance between the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the wafer 200 is set to be different in the first step and the second step, the present invention is not limited thereto and the gas supply method may be set to be different in arbitrary cycles.
- a gas supply method or the distance between the plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the wafer 200 may be set to be different in odd-numbered cycles and even-numbered cycles.
- the plasma adjusting electrode 250 a has a hemispherical shape in the previous embodiments, the plasma adjusting electrode 250 a may have a plate shape and an upper portion of the process container 202 may also have a flat shape.
- a combination of at least two patterns among the gas supply patterns described above with reference to FIGS. 4 , 6 to 8 , 12 , and 13 may be used in every cycle.
- a film thickness/quality distribution of a film to be formed on the wafer 200 may be tuned in a direction of a plane or the quality of the film may be controlled in a direction of the thickness of the film.
- the amount of the process gas may be controlled according to the sequence of FIG. 15 .
- the sequence of FIG. 15 may be combined with the sequence of controlling the amount of the reactive gas described above.
- the distance between each gas supply port and the wafer 200 is preferably set to be short.
- the reactive gas is supplied after the process gas is supplied in the previous embodiments, the process gas may be supplied after the reactive gas is supplied.
- a film may be formed on a substrate to have different film thicknesses and features within a plane of the substrate and the manufacturing throughput can be improved.
- a substrate processing apparatus including: a processing chamber accommodating a substrate; a first process gas supply unit configured to supply a first process gas from above the substrate; a first reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a first reactive gas from above the substrate; a second process gas supply unit configured to supply a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; a second reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the first process gas supply unit, the second process gas supply unit, the first reactive gas supply unit, and the second reactive gas supply unit to: (a) supply the first process gas from above the substrate and the second process gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supply the first reactive gas from above the substrate and the second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that: a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is greater than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b).
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b).
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is less than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b).
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b).
- a substrate processing apparatus including: a processing chamber accommodating a substrate; a first process gas supply unit configured to supply a first process gas from above the substrate; a first reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a first reactive gas from above the substrate; a second process gas supply unit configured to supply a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; a second reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the first process gas supply unit, the second process gas supply unit, the first reactive gas supply unit, and the second reactive gas supply unit to alternately supply the first process gas, the second process gas, the first reactive gas, and the second reactive gas by setting at least one among an amount of the first process gas, an amount of the second process gas, an amount of the first reactive gas, and an amount of the second reactive gas to be different from the other.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first process gas is greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first process gas is greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas and the amount of the first process gas is greater than the amount of the second process gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is greater than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the amount of the first reactive gas is greater than the amount of the second reactive gas to cause the effect of supplying the first reactive gas to be greater than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first process gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that the amount of the first process gas is less than the amount of the second process gas to cause the effect of supplying the first process gas to be lower than the effect of supplying the second process gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is less than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the amount of the first reactive gas is less than the amount of the second reactive gas to cause the effect of supplying the first reactive gas to be lower than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit to supply the second reactive gas after the first reactive gas is supplied.
- control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit to supply the first reactive gas after the supply of the second reactive gas is stopped.
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
- the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and supplying a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate such that an amount of the supplied second process gas is different from an amount of the supplied first process gas; (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and supplying a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate such that an amount of the supplied second reactive gas is different from an amount of the supplied first reactive gas; and (c) activating the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas.
- an effect of supplying the first process gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is preferably greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving the film thickness distribution or the film quality distribution of the film to be formed on the substrate is preferably greater than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- an effect of supplying the first process gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is preferably less than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving the film thickness distribution or the film quality distribution of the film to be formed on the substrate is preferably less than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- the second reactive gas is preferably supplied after the first reactive gas is supplied.
- the first reactive gas is preferably supplied after the supply of the second reactive gas is stopped.
- the amount is preferably a gas flow rate.
- the amount is preferably a gas supply duration.
- a program causing a computer to perform: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the sequences (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the sequences (a) and (b).
- a non-transitory computer readable recording medium causing a computer to perform: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the sequences (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the sequences (a) and (b).
- the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the sequence (b).
- the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate
- the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the sequence (b).
- the non-transitory computer readable recording medium of any one of Supplementary notes 38 to 41 preferably further including (c) moving the substrate upward or downward before the sequence (a) or (b).
- the non-transitory computer readable recording medium of any one of Supplementary notes 38 to 43 preferably further including (d) exciting the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas.
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Abstract
A method forms a film on a substrate to have different film thicknesses and features within a plane of the substrate and improves the manufacturing throughput. The method comprises: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein at least one of (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first and second process gases supplied to the substrate center is different from that of the first and second process gases supplied to the substrate periphery.
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- This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/490,882 filed Sep. 19, 2014, entitled “Substrate Processing Apparatus, Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording Medium,” which claims foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a)-(d) to Application No. JP 2014-170371 filed on Aug. 25, 2014, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium.
- As the integration degree of a large-scale integrated circuit (hereinafter referred to as “LSI”) becomes higher, a circuit pattern becomes finer.
- A device should be formed in a small size to accommodate a large number of semiconductor devices in a narrow area. To this end, the widths of and distances between patterns that are to be formed should be set to be small.
- Recently, as a circuit pattern becomes finer, filling a fine structure and particularly, filling a structure having a gap (groove), which is deep in the vertical direction or that is narrow in the horizontal direction, with an oxide by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has become technically limited. Also, it has been difficult to uniformly etch or process a substrate having a groove that is deep in the vertical direction by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). Also, in order to increase the yield of a semiconductor device, it has been required to reduce a process time for each substrate and a process time for a whole manufacturing process of a semiconductor device.
- Also, in order to increase the yield of the whole manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, it has been required to differently process a center portion and a peripheral portion of a substrate during a film forming process.
- Recently, a semiconductor device, a representative example of which is an LSI, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) or a flash memory has been developed to have a minimum processing dimension of less than 30 nm in width and a thin film thickness. Thus, it has become difficult to form a fine semiconductor device, improve the manufacturing throughput, or uniformly process a substrate while maintaining the quality thereof constant.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of forming a film on a substrate to have different thicknesses and features within a plane of the substrate and improving the manufacturing throughput, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a processing chamber accommodating a substrate; a first process gas supply unit configured to supply a first process gas from above the substrate; a first reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a first reactive gas from above the substrate; a second process gas supply unit configured to supply a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; a second reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the first process gas supply unit, the second process gas supply unit, the first reactive gas supply unit, and the second reactive gas supply unit to: (a) supply the first process gas from above the substrate and the second process gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supply the first reactive gas from above the substrate and the second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that: a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable recording medium causing a computer to perform: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the sequences (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the sequences (a) and (b).
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FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a substrate processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 is a graph illustrating a distribution of thicknesses of a film formed on a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of a substrate processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIGS. 14A and 14B are diagrams illustrating stacked structures of multiple films according to various embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of supplying a gas according to another embodiment of the present invention. - Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described.
- A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings below.
- First, a
substrate processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described. - The
substrate processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will now be described. Thesubstrate processing apparatus 100 is a unit configured to form an insulating film, a metal film, or the like and is configured as a single-wafer type substrate processing apparatus as illustrated inFIG. 1 . - Referring to
FIG. 1 , thesubstrate processing apparatus 100 includes aprocess container 202. Theprocess container 202 is configured, for example, as an airtight container having a flat cylindrical circular cross-section. Also, theprocess container 202 is formed, for example, of a metal material, e.g., aluminum (Al) or stainless steel (steel-use-stainless (SUS)) or quartz. In theprocess container 202, a process space (processing chamber) 201 for processing awafer 200, such as a silicon wafer, serving as a substrate, and atransfer space 203 are formed. Theprocess container 202 is configured by anupper container 202 a, alower container 202 b, aquartz container 202 c and alid 202 d. A space that is surrounded by theupper container 202 a, thequartz container 202 c and thelid 202 d and located above a substrate placing table 212 will be hereinafter referred to as a ‘process space 201’, and a space that is surrounded by thelower container 202 b and located below the substrate placing table 212 will be hereinafter referred to as the ‘transfer space 203’. - At a side of the
lower container 202 b, asubstrate loading exit 206 is installed adjacent to agate valve 205. Thewafer 200 is moved between adjacent transfer chambers (not shown) via thesubstrate loading exit 206. A plurality oflift pins 207 are installed on a bottom portion of thelower container 202 b. Also, thelower container 202 b is connected to an earth potential source. - In the
process space 201, asubstrate support unit 210 is installed to support thewafer 200. Thesubstrate support unit 210 mainly includes a placingsurface 211 on which thewafer 200 is placed, the substrate placing table 212 having the placingsurface 211 on a surface thereof, and aheater 213 serving as a heating unit included in the substrate placing table 212. In the substrate placing table 212, through-holes 214 through which thelift pins 207 pass are installed in locations corresponding to thelift pins 207. - The substrate placing table 212 is supported by a
shaft 217. Theshaft 217 passes through a bottom portion of theprocess container 202 and is connected to alifting mechanism 218 outside theprocess container 202. By lifting theshaft 217 and the substrate placing table 212 by operating thelifting mechanism 218, thewafer 200 placed on the placingsurface 211 may be moved upward. Also, the circumference of a lower end portion of theshaft 217 is covered with abellows 219 and the inside of theprocess container 202 is maintained in an airtight state. - The substrate placing table 212 is moved downward to the
substrate support unit 210 to move the placingsurface 211 to the substrate loading exit 206 (i.e., a wafer transfer position) so as to transfer thewafer 200, and is moved upward to move thewafer 200 to a processing position in the process space 201 (i.e., a wafer processing position) so as to process thewafer 200 as illustrated inFIG. 1 . - In detail, when the substrate placing table 212 is moved downward to the wafer transfer position, upper end portions of the
lift pins 207 protrude from an upper surface of the placingsurface 211 to support thewafer 200 with thelift pins 207 from below. When the substrate placing table 212 is moved upward to the wafer processing position, the lift pins 207 are buried from the upper surface of the placingsurface 211 so that thewafer 200 may be supported by the placingsurface 211 from below. Also, the lift pins 207 are in direct contact with thewafer 200 and are thus preferably formed of, for example, quartz or alumina. - A
coil 250 a is installed as an activation unit near thequartz container 202 c. Avariable condenser 250 d and a high-frequency power source 250 c are connected to thecoil 250 a via aninsulation transformer 250 e. By supplying high-frequency power to thecoil 250 a, a gas supplied into theprocessing chamber 201 may be excited to generate plasma. - An
exhaust port 221 serving as a first exhaust unit for exhausting an atmosphere in theprocessing chamber 201 is installed on an inner wall of the transfer space 203 (thelower container 202 b). Theexhaust port 221 is connected to anexhaust pipe 222. Apressure adjuster 223 such as an auto pressure controller (APC) configured to control the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 to have a predetermined pressure and avacuum pump 224 are sequentially connected in series to theexhaust pipe 222. An exhaust system (exhaust line) mainly includes theexhaust port 221, theexhaust pipe 222, and thepressure adjuster 223. Thevacuum pump 224 may be further included in the exhaust system (exhaust line). - An upper
gas introduction port 241 a is installed at an upstream end of agas rectification unit 234 installed at an upper portion of theprocess space 201 to provide various gases into theprocess space 201. - A common
gas supply pipe 242 is connected to the uppergas introduction port 241 a installed at the upstream end of thegas rectification unit 234. A first processgas supply pipe 243 a, a first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a, a first purgegas supply pipe 245 a and a cleaninggas supply pipe 248 a are connected to the commongas supply pipe 242. - A first-element containing gas (first process gas) is mainly supplied from a first process gas supply unit including the first process
gas supply pipe 243 a). A second-element containing gas (first reactive gas) is mainly supplied from a second process gas supply unit including the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a. A purge gas is mainly supplied from a first purge gas supply unit including the first purgegas supply pipe 245 a when a wafer is processed, and a cleaning gas is mainly supplied from the first purge gas supply unit when theprocessing chamber 201 is cleaned. - At the first process
gas supply pipe 243 a, a firstprocess gas source 243 b, a mass flow controller (MFC) 243 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and avalve 243 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed from an upstream direction. - A gas containing a first element (first process gas) is supplied from the first
process gas source 243 b, and supplied to agas rectification unit 234 via theMFC 243 c, thevalve 243 d, the first processgas supply pipe 243 a and the commongas supply pipe 242. - The first process gas is a source gas, i.e., one of the process gases. Here, the first element is, for example, silicon (Si). That is, the first process gas is, for example, a silicon-containing gas. For example, dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2, abbreviated as ‘DCS’) gas may be used as silicon-containing gas. A source of the first process gas may have a solid, liquid, or gaseous state at normal temperature and pressure. When the first process gas has a liquid state at normal temperature and pressure, a vaporizer (not shown) may be installed between the first
process gas source 243 b and theMFC 243 c. Here, it is assumed that the source is in a gaseous state. - A downstream end of a first carrier
gas supply pipe 246 a is connected to the first processgas supply pipe 243 a at a downstream side of thevalve 243 d. Acarrier gas source 246 b, anMFC 246 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and avalve 246 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed to the first carriergas supply pipe 246 a from an upstream direction. A first carrier gas supply unit includes at least the first carriergas supply pipe 246 a, theMFC 246 c and thevalve 246 d. - Here, a carrier gas is, for example, nitrogen (N2) gas. In addition to the N2 gas, for example, a rare gas such as helium (He) gas, neon (Ne) gas, or argon (Ar) gas may be used as the carrier gas. The carrier gas acts as a carrier gas, a dilution gas, or a purge gas in a film forming process (operations S203 to S207).
- A first-element containing gas supply unit (which may be also referred to as a silicon-containing gas supply unit) mainly includes the first process
gas supply pipe 243 a, theMFC 243 c and thevalve 243 d. - The
carrier gas source 246 b and the first processgas supply pipe 243 a may be further included in the first carrier gas supply unit. - The first
process gas source 243 b and the first carrier gas supply unit may be further included in the first-element containing gas supply unit. - A first
reactive gas source 244 b, anMFC 244 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and avalve 244 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed at an upstream end of the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a from the upstream side. - A gas containing a second element (hereinafter referred to as a ‘first reactive gas’) is supplied from the first
reactive gas source 244 b and supplied to thegas rectification unit 234 via theMFC 244 c, thevalve 244 d, the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a and the commongas supply pipe 242. - The first reactive gas is one of the process gases. The first reactive gas may be considered as a modifying gas.
- Here, the first reactive gas contains a second element that is different from the first element. The second element includes, for example, at least one among oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) which are elements that are likely to react with (or be bound to) the first element. In the present embodiment, the first reactive gas is, for example, a nitrogen-containing gas. In detail, ammonia (NH3) gas is used as the nitrogen-containing gas.
- A first reactive gas supply unit mainly includes the first reactive
gas supply pipe 244 a, theMFC 244 c and thevalve 244 d. - A downstream end of a second carrier
gas supply pipe 247 a is connected to the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a at a downstream side of thevalve 244 d. Acarrier gas source 247 b, anMFC 247 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and avalve 247 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed at the second carriergas supply pipe 247 a from the upstream direction. A second carrier gas supply unit includes at least the second carriergas supply pipe 247 a, theMFC 247 c and thevalve 247 d. - A carrier gas is supplied to the
gas rectification unit 234 from the second carriergas supply pipe 247 a via theMFC 247 c, thevalve 247 d and the first reactivegas supply pipe 247 a. - The
carrier gas source 247 b and the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a may be further included in the second carrier gas supply unit. - The first
reactive gas source 244 b and the second carrier gas supply unit may be further included in the first reactive gas supply unit. - A first
purge gas source 245 b, anMFC 245 c which is a flow rate controller (flow rate control unit) and avalve 245 d which is an opening/closing valve are sequentially installed at the first purgegas supply pipe 245 a from the upstream direction. - An inert gas is supplied as a purge gas from the first
purge gas source 245 b, and supplied to thegas rectification unit 234 via theMFC 245 c, thevalve 245 d, the first purgegas supply pipe 245 a and the commongas supply pipe 242. - Here, the inert gas is, for example, nitrogen (N2) gas. In addition to the N2 gas, for example, a rare gas such as helium (He) gas, neon (Ne) gas, or argon (Ar) gas may be used as the inert gas.
- A first purge gas supply unit (which is also referred to as a purge gas supply unit) mainly includes the first purge
gas supply pipe 245 a, theMFC 245 c and thevalve 245 d. - The inventors of the present invention have found that the degree of flatness of a semiconductor device to be finally formed can be improved by forming a film on the
wafer 200 such that the thickness or quality of the film is different, for example, at a center portion and a peripheral portion of thewafer 200 during processing of thewafer 200 even when the uniformity of thewafer 200 processed in an etching process or a CMP process performed after the forming of the film is different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200. - A structure of an apparatus that enables to form a film such that the thickness or quality of the film is different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 will be described below. - As illustrated in
FIG. 1 , flankgas introduction ports upper container 202 a and a rate of the amounts of gases to be supplied via the uppergas introduction port 241 a and the flankgas introduction ports wafer 200. The flankgas introduction ports wafer 200. A second processgas supply pipe 243 e is connected to the flankgas introduction port 241 b, and a second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e is connected to the flankgas introduction port 241 c. - A second
process gas source 243 f, anMFC 243 g and avalve 243 h are sequentially installed at the second processgas supply pipe 243 e from the upstream direction. - A gas containing the first element described above is supplied from the second
process gas source 243 f, and supplied to the flankgas introduction port 241 b via theMFC 243 g, thevalve 243 h and the second processgas supply pipe 243 e. A second process gas is supplied along the outer circumference of thewafer 200 via thegas introduction port 241 b. - The second process gas is similar to the first process gas described above. Also, the second process gas may be a gas containing a third element that is different from the first element.
- A downstream end of a third carrier
gas supply pipe 246 e is connected to the second processgas supply pipe 243 e at a downstream side of thevalve 243 h. Acarrier gas source 246 f, anMFC 246 g and avalve 246 h are sequentially installed at the third carriergas supply pipe 246 e from the upstream direction. A third carrier gas supply unit includes at least the third carriergas supply pipe 246 e, theMFC 246 g, and thevalve 246 h. - The second process gas supply unit mainly includes the second process
gas supply pipe 243 e, theMFC 243 g and thevalve 243 h. - Also, the second process gas supply unit may include the third carrier gas supply unit.
- A second
reactive gas source 244 f, anMFC 244 g and avalve 244 h are sequentially installed at the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e from the upstream direction. - A gas containing the second element described above is supplied from the second
reactive gas source 244 f and supplied to the flankgas introduction port 241 c via theMFC 244 g, thevalve 244 h and the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e. - A downstream end of a fourth carrier
gas supply pipe 247 e is connected to the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e at a downstream side of thevalve 244 h. A carrier gas source 247 f, anMFC 247 g and avalve 247 h are sequentially installed at the fourth carriergas supply pipe 247 e from the upstream direction. - A fourth carrier gas supply unit mainly includes the fourth carrier
gas supply pipe 244 e, theMFC 244 g and thevalve 244 h. - A fourth carrier gas supply unit mainly includes a fourth carrier
gas supply pipe 247 e, anMFC 247 g and avalve 247 h. The fourth carrier gas supply unit may be included in a second reactive gas supply unit. - A second
purge gas source 245 f, anMFC 245 g and avalve 245 h are sequentially installed at a second purgegas supply pipe 245 e, which constitutes a second purge gas supply unit, from the upstream direction. - An inert gas is supplied as a purge gas from the second
purge gas source 245 f and supplied to the flankgas introduction port 241 c via theMFC 245 g, thevalve 245 h and the second purgegas supply pipe 245 e. - Here, the inert gas is, for example, nitrogen (N2) gas. In addition to the N2 gas, for example, a rare gas such as helium (He) gas, neon (Ne) gas, or argon (Ar) gas may be used as the inert gas.
- A second purge gas supply unit (which is also referred to as a purge gas supply unit) mainly includes the second purge
gas supply pipe 245 e, theMFC 245 g and thevalve 245 h. - A cleaning
gas source 248 b, anMFC 248 c, avalve 248 d and a remote plasma unit (RPU) 250 b are sequentially installed at the cleaninggas supply pipe 248 a from the upstream direction. - A cleaning gas is supplied from the cleaning
gas source 248 b, and supplied to thegas rectification unit 234 via theMFC 248 c, thevalve 248 d, theRPU 250 b, the cleaninggas supply pipe 248 a and the commongas supply pipe 242. - A downstream end of a fifth carrier
gas supply pipe 249 a is connected to the cleaninggas supply pipe 248 a at a downstream side of thevalve 248 d. A fifthcarrier gas source 249 b, anMFC 249 c and avalve 249 d are sequentially installed at the fifth carriergas supply pipe 249 a from the upstream direction. - A cleaning gas supply unit mainly includes the cleaning
gas supply pipe 248 a, theMFC 248 c, and thevalve 248 d. The cleaninggas source 248 b, the fifth carriergas supply pipe 249 a and theRPU 250 b may be included in the cleaning gas supply unit. - Also, an inert gas supplied from the fifth
carrier gas source 249 b may be supplied to be used as a carrier gas or a dilution gas of a cleaning gas. - A cleaning gas supplied from the cleaning
gas source 248 b acts as a cleaning gas for removing a by-product attached to thegas rectification unit 234 or theprocessing chamber 201 in a cleaning process. - Here, the cleaning gas is, for example, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) gas. Also, for example, hydrofluoric acid (HF) gas, chlorine trifluoride (ClF3) gas, fluorine (F2) gas, or a combination thereof may be used as the cleaning gas.
- As illustrated in
FIG. 1 , thesubstrate processing apparatus 100 includes acontroller 121 configured to control operations of various elements of thesubstrate processing apparatus 100. - As illustrated in
FIG. 2 , thecontroller 121 which is a control unit (control means) is configured as a computer including a central processing unit (CPU) 121 a, a random access memory (RAM) 121 b, amemory device 121 c and an input/output (I/O)port 121 d. TheRAM 121 b, thememory device 121 c and the I/O port 121 d are configured to exchange data with theCPU 121 a via aninternal bus 121 e. Thecontroller 121 is configured to be connected to an I/O device 122 embodied as, for example, a touch panel or anexternal memory device 283. - The
memory device 121 c includes, for example, a flash memory, a hard disk memory (HDD), etc. In thememory device 121 c, a control program for controlling an operation of a substrate processing apparatus, a process recipe including the order or conditions of substrate processing which will be described below, and the like is stored to be readable. The process recipe is a combination of sequences of a substrate processing process which will be described below to obtain a desired result when the sequences are performed by thecontroller 121, and acts as a program. Hereinafter, the process recipe, the control program, etc. will be referred to together simply as a ‘program.’ Also, when the term ‘program’ is used in the present disclosure, it may be understood as including only a process recipe, only a control program, or both of the process recipe and the control program. TheRAM 121 b is configured as a memory area (work area) in which a program or data read by theCPU 121 a is temporarily retained. - The I/
O port 121 d is connected to thegate valve 205, thelifting mechanism 218, thepressure adjuster 223, thevacuum pump 224, theRPU 250 b, theMFCs valves heater 213, etc. - The
CPU 121 a is configured to read and execute the control program from thememory device 121 c and to read the process recipe from thememory device 121 c according to a manipulation command input via the I/O device 122. According to the read process recipe, theCPU 121 a is configured to control opening/closing thegate valve 205; control upward/downward movement of thelifting mechanism 218; control adjustment of pressure using thepressure adjuster 223; control thevacuum pump 224 to be ‘on’/‘off’; control excitation of a gas using theRPU 250 b; control flow rates of gases using theMFCs valves heater 213. - The
controller 121 is not limited to a dedicated computer and may be configured as a general-purpose computer. For example, thecontroller 121 according to the present embodiment may be configured by preparing theexternal memory device 283 storing a program as described above, such as a magnetic disk (e.g., a magnetic tape, a flexible disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical disc (e.g., a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), etc.), a magneto-optical (MO) disc, or a semiconductor memory (e.g., a Universal Serial Bus (USB) memory, a memory card, etc.), and then installing the program in a general-purpose computer using theexternal memory device 283. However, means for supplying a program to a computer are not limited to using theexternal memory device 283. For example, a program may be supplied to a computer using communication means, e.g., the Internet or an exclusive line, without using theexternal memory device 283. Thememory device 121 c or theexternal memory device 283 may be configured as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. Hereinafter, thememory device 121 c and theexternal memory device 283 may also be referred to together simply as a ‘recording medium.’ When the term ‘recording medium’ is used in the present disclosure, it may be understood as only thememory device 121 c, only theexternal memory device 283, or both of thememory device 121 c and theexternal memory device 283. - Next, a process of forming a silicon nitride (SixNy) film using DCS gas and ammonia (NH3) gas which is a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device will be described as an example of a substrate processing process.
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FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of a substrate processing process performed by substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 3 , sequences of a process of forming a silicon nitride (SixNy) film on thewafer 200 as a substrate by performing a treatment using plasma are illustrated. - In order to form a film, first, the
wafer 200 is loaded into theprocessing chamber 201. In detail, thesubstrate support unit 210 is moved downward by thelifting mechanism 218 such that the lift pins 207 protrude from an upper surface of thesubstrate support unit 210 via the through-holes 214. Also, the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 is regulated to have a predetermined pressure, and thegate valve 205 is opened to place thewafer 200 on the lift pins 207 via thegate valve 205. After thewafer 200 is placed on the lift pins 207, thesubstrate support unit 210 is moved upward to a predetermined position by thelifting mechanism 218 to place thewafer 200 on thesubstrate support unit 210 from the lift pins 207. - Then, the inside of the
processing chamber 201 is exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222 such that the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 has a predetermined pressure (degree of vacuum). In this case, the degree of openness of an APC valve as thepressure adjuster 223 is feedback controlled based on a pressure measured by a pressure sensor. Also, the amount of electric power to be supplied to theheater 213 is feedback controlled based on a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor (not shown) such that the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 has a predetermined temperature. In detail, a susceptor is heated beforehand and allowed to stand for a predetermined time after which the temperature of thewafer 200 or the susceptor is constantly maintained. During this operation, moisture remaining in theprocessing chamber 201, a gas escaped from a member, etc. is removed by vacuum exhaustion or by purging performed by supplying N2 gas, thereby completing a prior preparation for a film forming process. - After the prior preparation for the film forming process is completed, a process gas supply process (operation S203), a purging process (operation S204), a reactive gas supply process (operation S205) and a purging process (operation S206) are performed.
- Next, as illustrated in
FIG. 4 , DCS gas is supplied as a first process gas (source gas) into theprocessing chamber 201 via the first process gas supply unit. Also, the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 is continuously exhausted using the exhaust system to control the inside pressure of theprocessing chamber 201 to be equal to a predetermined pressure (first pressure). In detail, thevalve 243 d of the first processgas supply pipe 243 a and thevalve 246 d of the first carriergas supply pipe 246 a are opened to supply the DCS gas into the first processgas supply pipe 243 a and N2 gas into the first carriergas supply pipe 246 a. The DCS gas is supplied via the first processgas supply pipe 243 a and the flow rate of the DCS gas is adjusted by theMFC 243 c. The N2 gas is supplied via the first carriergas supply pipe 246 a and the flow rate of the N2 gas is adjusted by theMFC 246 c. The flow-rate adjusted DCS gas is mixed with the flow-rate adjusted N2 gas in the first processgas supply pipe 243 a, supplied into theprocessing chamber 201 via thegas rectification unit 234, and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. In this case, in theprocessing chamber 201, the first process gas supplied from a center portion of thegas rectification unit 234 is supplied at a high density to a center portion of thewafer 200, supplied at a low density to a peripheral portion of thewafer 200, compared to the center portion of thewafer 200, and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. A process gas supplied from a peripheral portion of thegas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. - Also, DCS gas is supplied as a second process gas into the
processing chamber 201 via the flankgas introduction port 241 b. In detail, thevalve 243 h of the second processgas supply pipe 243 e and thevalve 246 h of the third carriergas supply pipe 246 e are opened to supply the DCS gas to the second processgas supply pipe 243 e and N2 gas to the third carriergas supply pipe 246 e. The DCS gas is supplied via the second processgas supply pipe 243 e and the flow rate of the DCS signal is adjusted by theMFC 243 g. The N2 gas is supplied via the third carriergas supply pipe 246 e and the flow rate of the N2 gas is adjusted by theMFC 246 g. The flow-rate adjusted DCS gas is mixed with the flow-rate adjusted N2 gas in the second processgas supply pipe 243 e, supplied into the heated or pressure-reducedprocessing chamber 201 via the flankgas introduction port 241 b, and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. Here, most of the second process gas does not reach the center portion of thewafer 200 and flows to theexhaust pipe 222. - Also, the supply state of the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the
wafer 200 may be controlled by adjusting the height of the substrate placing table 212. The concentration of a gas supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 may be increased by moving the placingsurface 211 of the substrate placing table 212 upward to the vicinity of a lower end of the flankgas introduction port 241 c. The concentration of the gas supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 may be reduced to be lower than that of the gas supplied to the center portion of thewafer 200 and the concentration of the gas supplied to the center portion of thewafer 200 may be increased by moving the substrate placing table 212 downward. - In this case, the first process gas may be supplied simultaneously with the second process gas.
- In the present embodiment, a supply amount means a gas flow rate.
- In this case, the DCS gas is supplied to the wafer 200 [source gas (DCS) supply process]. The DCS gas is supplied into the
processing chamber 201 at a predetermined pressure (first pressure, e.g., in a range of 100 Pa to 10,000 Pa). The DCS gas is supplied to thewafer 200 under this condition. By supplying the DCS gas, a silicon-containing layer is adsorbed (chemically or physically adsorbed) onto thewafer 200. The silicon-containing layer means a layer containing either silicon (Si) or silicon and chlorine (Cl). - Also, by supplying the first process gas in a larger amount than the second process gas, the silicon-containing layer is more thickly formed on the center portion of than on the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200. - After the silicon-containing layer is adsorbed onto the
wafer 200, thevalve 243 d of the first processgas supply pipe 243 a and thevalve 243 h of the second processgas supply pipe 243 e are closed to stop the supply of the DCS gas. In this case, thepressure adjuster 223 of theexhaust pipe 222 is fully opened to vacuum-exhaust the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 with thevacuum pump 224, and the DCS gas (that did not react or after contributing to the formation of the silicon-containing layer) remaining in theprocessing chamber 201 is eliminated from the inside of theprocessing chamber 201. Also, thevalve 245 d of the first purge gas supply unit may be opened to supply an inert gas into the first purgegas supply pipe 245 a and a gas flowing in theprocessing chamber 201 may be extruded via thegas rectification unit 234. The flow rate of the inert gas flowing through the first purgegas supply pipe 245 a is controlled by theMFC 245 c. Here, in theprocessing chamber 201, a first purge gas supplied from a center portion of thegas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the center portion of thewafer 200, supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200, and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. The first purge gas supplied from a peripheral portion of thegas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. - Also, the
valve 245 h of the second purge gas supply unit is opened to supply an inert gas to the second purgegas supply pipe 245 e and a gas flowing in theprocessing chamber 201 is extruded via the flankgas introduction port 241 c. The flow rate of the inert gas flowing through the second purgegas supply pipe 245 e is controlled by theMFC 245 g. - Also, N2 gas may be continuously supplied as an inert gas into the
processing chamber 201 while thevalve 246 d and thevalve 246 h are open. The N2 gas that is continuously supplied via thevalve 246 d and thevalve 246 h acts as a purge gas. Due to the N2 gas, the first processgas supply pipe 243 a, the commongas supply pipe 242 and the second processgas supply pipe 243 e, an effect of eliminating the DCS gas (that did not react or after contributing to the formation of the silicon-containing layer) remaining in theprocessing chamber 201 may be greatly increased. - Also, in this case, a gas remaining in the
processing chamber 201, thegas rectification unit 234, the flankgas introduction port 241 b, etc. is preferably completely eliminated but may not be completely purged (the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 may not be completely purged). - In this case, the temperature of the
heater 213 is set to be maintained at a temperature that is in a range of 300° C. to 650° C., preferably, a range of 300° C. to 600° C., and more preferably, a range of 300° C. to 550° C., similar to when a source gas is supplied to thewafer 200. The flow rate of the N2 gas supplied as a purge gas via each inert gas supply unit is set, for example, to be in a range of 100 sccm to 20,000 sccm. In addition to the N2 gas, a rare gas such as Ar, He, Ne, or Xe may be used as the purge gas. - After the DCS gas remaining in the
processing chamber 201 is removed, the supply of the purge gas is stopped and NH3 gas is supplied as a first reactive gas. Also, the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 is continuously exhausted by the exhaust system to control the inside pressure of theprocessing chamber 201 to be equal to a predetermined pressure (a second pressure). In detail, thevalve 244 d of the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a is opened to supply NH3 gas into the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a. The NH3 gas is supplied via the first reactivegas supply pipe 244 a and the flow rate thereof is adjusted by theMFC 244 c. The flow-rate adjusted NH3 gas is supplied into theprocessing chamber 201 via thegas rectification unit 234 and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. In this case, in theprocessing chamber 201, the first reactive gas supplied from the center portion of thegas rectification unit 234 is supplied at a high concentration to the center portion of thewafer 200, supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200, and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. The first reactive gas supplied from the peripheral portion of thegas rectification unit 234 is supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. - Also, NH3 gas is supplied as a second reactive gas via the flank
gas introduction port 241 c. In detail, thevalve 244 h of the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e is opened to supply the NH3 gas into the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e. The flow rate of the NH3 gas is adjusted by theMFC 244 c and the flow-rate adjusted NH3 gas flows into the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e. The flow-rate adjusted NH3 gas is supplied into theprocessing chamber 201 which is in a reduced-pressure state via the flankgas introduction port 241 c, and exhausted via theexhaust pipe 222. Here, the second reactive gas is supplied such that an effect of supplying the second reactive gas is lower than that of supplying the first reactive gas. The effect of supplying the first reactive gas means an effect of causing the thickness of a film on the center portion of thewafer 200 to be thicker than that of the film on the peripheral portion of thewafer 200. The effect of supplying the second reactive gas means an effect of causing the thickness of a film on the center portion of thewafer 200 to be thinner than that of the film on the peripheral portion of thewafer 200. Also, an effect of supplying a gas may be understood as affecting not only the thickness of a film on the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 but also the quality of the film on the center portion of thewafer 200 and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 to be different. - Also, the supply state of the second reactive gas supplied to the
wafer 200 may be controlled by adjusting the height of the substrate placing table 212. The concentration of a gas to be supplied to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 may be improved by moving the placingsurface 211 of the substrate placing table 212 upward to the vicinity of a lower end of the flankgas introduction port 241 c, and may be reduced to be lower than the concentration of the gas to be supplied to the center portion of thewafer 200 by moving the substrate placing table 212 downward so as to increase the concentration of the gas at the center portion of thewafer 200. - The NH3 gas supplied to the
wafer 200 reacts with the silicon-containing layer formed on thewafer 200 to nitridate silicon and discharge impurities such as hydrogen, chlorine, hydrogen chloride, etc. A distribution of the degree of the reaction occurring on thewafer 200 may be controlled by adjusting the location of the substrate placing table 212, the amount of the first reactive gas supplied from an upward direction, and the amount of the first reactive gas supplied from a lateral direction. - After the reactive gas supply process, the supply of the reactive gas is stopped and a purging process is performed similar to the purging process (operation S204). By performing the purging process, the NH3 gas (that did not react or after contributing to the nitriding of the silicon) remaining in the first reactive
gas supply pipe 244 a, the commongas supply pipe 242, the second reactivegas supply pipe 244 e, theprocessing chamber 201, etc. may be eliminated. By eliminating the residual gas, an undesired film may be suppressed from being formed due to the residual gas. - A silicon nitride (SixNy) layer is deposited on the
wafer 200 at a predetermined thickness by performing the process gas supply process (operation S203), the purging process (operation S204), the reactive gas supply process (operation S205), and the purging process (operation S206) once. By repeatedly performing these processes, the thickness of the silicon nitride layer formed on thewafer 200 may be controlled. These processes may be repeatedly performed a predetermined number of times until the thickness of the silicon nitride layer becomes equal to a desired level. - After these processes are repeatedly performed the predetermined number of times in the repetitive process (operation S207), a substrate unloading process (operation S208) is performed to unload the
wafer 200 from theprocessing chamber 201. In detail, the temperature of thewafer 200 is lowered to a temperature sufficient for thewafer 200 to be unloaded, and the inside of theprocessing chamber 201 is purged using an inert gas and regulated to a pressure sufficient for transfer. After the pressure regulation, thesubstrate support unit 210 is moved downward by thelifting mechanism 218, the lift pins 207 protrude via the through-holes 214, and then thewafer 200 is placed on the lift pins 207. After thewafer 200 is placed on the lift pins 207, thegate valve 205 is opened to unload thewafer 200 from theprocessing chamber 201. - According to the present embodiment, the following one or more effects can be achieved.
- (a) A thickness distribution of a film formed on a substrate, a quality distribution of the film, or both of the thickness distribution and the quality distribution may be set to be different at a center portion and a peripheral portion of the substrate. For example, a film having a film thickness distribution as illustrated in
FIG. 5 may be formed. In the gas supply sequence according to the previous embodiment illustrated inFIG. 4 , an effect of supplying a gas from above thewafer 200 may be increased and a film having the film thickness distribution A ofFIG. 5 (in which a center portion of a substrate is thicker and a peripheral portion of the substrate is thinner) may be formed. When an effect of supplying a gas from a lateral direction with respect to thewafer 200 is increased, a film having a film thickness distribution B (in which a center portion of a substrate is thinner and a peripheral portion of the substrate is thicker) may be formed. Here, the effect of supplying a gas means an effect of causing one or both of a film thickness distribution and a film quality distribution to be different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the substrate. - (b) The quality of a film formed on a center portion and a peripheral portion of a substrate may be set to be different. For example, the features of a film, such as a density, a crystalline property, a composition, a resistivity, film stress, an electric property, a permittivity, etc., may be set at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- (c) By activating a reactive gas, the difference between the thicknesses or qualities of a film formed on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 may be increased. - (d) By activating the reactive gas using a coil, the states of active species on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 may be set to be different. - Although a gas supply sequence in which a film is formed such that the thicknesses thereof are different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 are different has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto and the following sequences may be used. - For example, a gas supply sequence illustrated in
FIG. 6 may be used. As illustrated inFIG. 6 , in the reactive gas supply process (operation S205), an effect of supplying a first reactive gas is set to be lower than an effect of supplying a second reactive gas so as to increase an effect of supplying a process gas from a lateral direction with respect to thewafer 200. A film having the film thickness distribution B illustrated inFIG. 5 may be formed using such a gas supply method. Here, for example, the flow rate of the first reactive gas is set to be less than that of the second reactive gas so that the effect of supplying the first reactive gas may be lower than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas. - Also, a gas supply sequence illustrated in
FIG. 7 may be used. As illustrated inFIG. 7 , a film having the film thickness distribution A ofFIG. 5 may be formed by setting an effect of supplying a first process gas and an effect of supplying a second process gas to be the same in the process gas supply process (operation S203), setting an effect of supplying a first purge gas and an effect of supplying a second purge gas to be the same in the purging processes (operations S204 and S206), and setting an effect of supplying a first reactive gas and an effect of supplying a second reactive gas to be the same in the reactive gas supply process (operation S205) so as to increase the degree of reaction at the center portion of thewafer 200. Here, for example, the flow rate of the first reactive gas is set to be higher than that of the second reactive gas so that the effect of supplying the first reactive gas may be greater than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas. - Also, a gas supply sequence illustrated in
FIG. 8 may be used. As illustrated inFIG. 8 , an effect of supplying a reactive gas to the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 may be adjusted to be greater than an effect of supplying the reactive gas to the center portion of thewafer 200 by setting a duration of supplying the first reactive gas to be shorter than a duration of supplying the second reactive gas in the reactive gas supply process (operation S205), thereby forming a film having the film thickness distribution B ofFIG. 5 . - Although the processes of sequentially supplying gases have been described in the previous embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto and gases supplied in one or both of the process gas supply process (operation S203) and the reactive gas supply process (operation S205) may be activated using the
coil 250 a as an activation unit. In particular, as illustrated in each of the sequence diagrams herein, the reactive gas supplied in the reactive gas supply process (operation S205) may be activated to generate active species having different activities at the center portion of thewafer 200 and cause the reactivity of each of the process gas and the reactive gas to be different at the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200. Accordingly, the difference between the thicknesses of a film formed on the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 may be increased. For example, as illustrated inFIG. 11 , a film having the film thickness distribution A ofFIG. 5 may be easily formed when gases are set to be activated only when a first reactive gas is supplied, and a film having the film thickness distribution B ofFIG. 5 may be easily formed when gases are set to be activated only when a second reactive gas is supplied, - Although the first embodiment has been described above in detail, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be embodied in various forms without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, an embodiment of
FIG. 9 may be accomplished. - Referring to
FIG. 9 , acoil 250 a is configured to be upwardly/downwardly movable. Thecoil 250 a may be moved upward/downward by moving anelevator 250 g upward/downward by connecting thecoil 250 a and a matching box 250 f to theelevator 250 g. - For example, when the
coil 250 a is moved upward in a state in which predetermined conditions of supplying a first reactive gas and a second reactive gas are set, the efficiency of processing the center portion of thewafer 200 is greater than the efficiency of processing the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 and thus the thickness of the film on the center portion of thewafer 200 increases, thereby forming a film having the film thickness distribution A ofFIG. 5 . When thecoil 250 a is moved downward, the efficiency of processing the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 increases to increase the thickness of a film formed on the peripheral portion of thewafer 200, thereby forming a film having the film thickness distribution B ofFIG. 5 . As described above, a film thickness distribution may be controlled by changing the location of thecoil 250 a. - Although one coil is installed and moved here, the present invention is not limited thereto and a plurality of coils may be installed in a direction perpendicular to the
wafer 200 and selectively used to control a film thickness distribution. Otherwise, a combination of the gas supply sequences described above may be used to control the thickness of a film at the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200. - Although the second embodiment has been described above in detail, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be embodied in various forms without departing from the scope of the invention.
- The inventors of the present invention have found that since plasma was concentrated near an outer circumference of the processing chamber 201 (the
coil 250 a) in a plasma device using a coil as described above, the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 was easily processed to cause a film to be thickly formed on the peripheral portion compared to the center portion of thewafer 200, and the quality of the film was likely to be changed to make it difficult to control the center portion of thewafer 200. The quality of the film may be determined by, for example, permittivity, resistivity, etc. Thus, the inventors have conducted a study and found that a center portion of a substrate can be easily controlled by adjusting a distribution of plasma using a structure as illustrated inFIG. 10 or 11. - Referring to
FIGS. 10 and 11 , aplasma adjusting electrode 250 h is installed to control a distribution of plasma. Theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h is configured to be upwardly/downwardly movable by anelevator 250 m including amotor 250 i and apillar 250 j. For example, as illustrated inFIGS. 10 and 11 , theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h is connected to acoil 250 a through aswitch 250 k and an electricpotential adjustment condenser 250L. - When the
switch 250 k is ‘on’, a capacitive coupling occurs among theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h and the plasma and thecoil 250 a to induce plasma generated near thecoil 250 a to theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h. Thus, plasma may be generated to the top of the center portion of thewafer 200, thereby improving the activity of the center portion of thewafer 200. Also, the electricpotential adjustment condenser 250L may be controlled to control a state of the plasma induced to theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h. Furthermore, the plasma-induced state may be controlled by operating theelevator 250 m to move theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h in an upward/downward direction. - For example, as illustrated in
FIG. 10 , when theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h is moved downward to theprocessing chamber 201, plasma may be induced near the top of the center portion of thewafer 200 to increase the density of the plasma on the center portion of thewafer 200. In this case, a film having the film thickness distribution A ofFIG. 5 may be easily formed. Also, as illustrated inFIG. 11 , when theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h is moved upward, plasma may be concentrated near thecoil 250 a to reduce the concentration of the plasma on the center portion of thewafer 200. It this state, a film having the film thickness distribution B ofFIG. 5 may be easily formed. - Also, for example, plasma may be induced to the center portion of the
wafer 200 by reducing an impedance between theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h and thecoil 250 a by controlling the electricpotential adjustment condenser 250L, and may be concentrated on the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 by increasing the impedance between theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h and thecoil 250 a. Thus, a film having the film thickness distribution A or B ofFIG. 5 may be formed. - Also, a film thickness distribution may be finely controlled by adjusting each of the heights of the
switch 250 k, the electricpotential adjustment condenser 250L and theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h. - Also, when the
plasma adjusting electrode 250 h is installed outside theprocess container 202, a plasma generation region may be controlled without influencing the flow of a gas in theprocess container 202. - Also, the
plasma adjusting electrode 250 h may be used to control a distribution of radicals or ions of a reactive gas that are in various energy states in theprocessing chamber 201. - Although various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be embodied in various forms without departing from the scope of the invention.
- Although a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device has been described above, embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. For example, the present invention is applicable to a process of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, a plasma treatment to be performed on a ceramic substrate, etc.
- Although a method of forming a film by alternately supplying a process gas and a reactive gas has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the process gas and the reactive gas may be supplied such that pulse timings thereof overlap.
- Also, the process gas and the reactive gas may be continuously supplied to form a film by CVD.
- Although a process of forming a film has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the present invention is applicable to a substrate processing process in which a film formed on a surface of or on a substrate using one or both of a source gas and a reactive gas is plasma-oxidized or plasma-nitridated. Also, the present invention is applicable to a substrate processing process in which a thermal treatment using a gaseous reaction or plasma annealing is performed using one or both of the source gas and the reactive gas. In particular, when a plasma treatment is performed at low temperatures, the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 may be differently processed. - Also, although a method of differently processing the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 to be nonuniform has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto and a supply rate of gases may be controlled to uniformly process the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200. - Although a process of forming a film on the center portion and the peripheral portion of the
wafer 200 to different thicknesses has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a two-step process may be set such that a film having a uniform thickness is formed in a first step and a film is formed on the center portion and the peripheral portion of thewafer 200 in different thicknesses or qualities in a second step. - For example, as illustrated in
FIG. 12 , a film may be formed by performing a first step including a first cycle to an nth cycle and a second step including an (n+1)th cycle to an mth cycle, thereby forming the film having thick peripheral portions as illustrated inFIG. 14B . - Also, for example, as illustrated in
FIG. 13 , in the apparatus ofFIG. 10 or 11, a film as illustrated inFIG. 14A may be formed by setting the distance between theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h and thewafer 200 to be different in a first step (including a first cycle to an nth cycle) and a second step (including an (n+1)th cycle to an mth cycle) so that the distance may be shorter in the second step than in the first step. - In
FIGS. 14A and 14B , afilm 200 a is formed in the first step andfilms - Although a gas supply method or the distance between the
plasma adjusting electrode 250 h and thewafer 200 is set to be different in the first step and the second step, the present invention is not limited thereto and the gas supply method may be set to be different in arbitrary cycles. For example, a gas supply method or the distance between theplasma adjusting electrode 250 h and thewafer 200 may be set to be different in odd-numbered cycles and even-numbered cycles. - Although the
plasma adjusting electrode 250 a has a hemispherical shape in the previous embodiments, theplasma adjusting electrode 250 a may have a plate shape and an upper portion of theprocess container 202 may also have a flat shape. - Also, a combination of at least two patterns among the gas supply patterns described above with reference to
FIGS. 4 , 6 to 8, 12, and 13 may be used in every cycle. By combining the gas supply patterns, a film thickness/quality distribution of a film to be formed on thewafer 200 may be tuned in a direction of a plane or the quality of the film may be controlled in a direction of the thickness of the film. - Also, although a method of controlling the amount (the flow rate or supply duration) of the reactive gas has been described in the previous embodiments, the amount of the process gas may be controlled according to the sequence of
FIG. 15 . Also, the sequence ofFIG. 15 may be combined with the sequence of controlling the amount of the reactive gas described above. When a film thickness/quality distribution is controlled by adjusting the amount of the process gas, the distance between each gas supply port and thewafer 200 is preferably set to be short. - Also, although the reactive gas is supplied after the process gas is supplied in the previous embodiments, the process gas may be supplied after the reactive gas is supplied.
- In a substrate processing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to the one or more aspects of the present invention, a film may be formed on a substrate to have different film thicknesses and features within a plane of the substrate and the manufacturing throughput can be improved.
- Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be supplementarily added below.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a processing chamber accommodating a substrate; a first process gas supply unit configured to supply a first process gas from above the substrate; a first reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a first reactive gas from above the substrate; a second process gas supply unit configured to supply a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; a second reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the first process gas supply unit, the second process gas supply unit, the first reactive gas supply unit, and the second reactive gas supply unit to: (a) supply the first process gas from above the substrate and the second process gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supply the first reactive gas from above the substrate and the second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that: a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
- In the substrate processing apparatus of
Supplementary note 1, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is greater than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b). - In the substrate processing apparatus of
Supplementary note 1 or 2, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b). - In the substrate processing apparatus of
Supplementary note 1, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is less than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b). - In the substrate processing apparatus of
Supplementary note 1, 2, or 4, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the step (b). - The substrate processing apparatus of any one of
Supplementary notes 1 to 5, preferably further including a substrate support unit configured to support the substrate, and wherein the control unit is preferably configured to control the substrate support unit to be moved upward or downward, such that one of the total amounts of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion and the peripheral portion of the substrate and the total amounts of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion and the peripheral portion of the substrate is different from the other. - The substrate processing apparatus of any one of
Supplementary notes 1 to 6, preferably further including an activation unit configured to excite the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas. - According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a processing chamber accommodating a substrate; a first process gas supply unit configured to supply a first process gas from above the substrate; a first reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a first reactive gas from above the substrate; a second process gas supply unit configured to supply a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; a second reactive gas supply unit configured to supply a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the first process gas supply unit, the second process gas supply unit, the first reactive gas supply unit, and the second reactive gas supply unit to alternately supply the first process gas, the second process gas, the first reactive gas, and the second reactive gas by setting at least one among an amount of the first process gas, an amount of the second process gas, an amount of the first reactive gas, and an amount of the second reactive gas to be different from the other.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 8, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first process gas is greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 9, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first process gas is greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas and the amount of the first process gas is greater than the amount of the second process gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 8, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is greater than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 11, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the amount of the first reactive gas is greater than the amount of the second reactive gas to cause the effect of supplying the first reactive gas to be greater than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 8, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first process gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 13, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first process gas supply unit and the second process gas supply unit such that the amount of the first process gas is less than the amount of the second process gas to cause the effect of supplying the first process gas to be lower than the effect of supplying the second process gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 8, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is less than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of Supplementary note 15, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit such that the amount of the first reactive gas is less than the amount of the second reactive gas to cause the effect of supplying the first reactive gas to be lower than the effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- In the substrate processing apparatus of any one of
Supplementary notes 1 to 16, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit to supply the second reactive gas after the first reactive gas is supplied. - In the substrate processing apparatus of any one of
Supplementary notes 1 to 17, the control unit is preferably configured to control the first reactive gas supply unit and the second reactive gas supply unit to supply the first reactive gas after the supply of the second reactive gas is stopped. - The substrate processing apparatus of any one of
Supplementary notes 1 to 18, preferably further including a plasma adjusting electrode configured to move upward and downward above the processing chamber, and wherein the control unit is preferably configured to control the plasma adjusting electrode to move upward or downward. - According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the steps (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
- In the method of Supplementary note 20, in the step (a), the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- In the method of Supplementary note 20 or 21, in the step (b), the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- In the method of Supplementary note 20, in the step (a), the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- In the method of Supplementary note 20, 21, or 23, in the step (b), the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- The method of any one of Supplementary notes 20 to 24, preferably further including moving the substrate upward or downward before the step (a) or (b).
- The method of any one of Supplementary notes 20 to 25, preferably further including activating the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and supplying a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate such that an amount of the supplied second process gas is different from an amount of the supplied first process gas; (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and supplying a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate such that an amount of the supplied second reactive gas is different from an amount of the supplied first reactive gas; and (c) activating the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas.
- In the method of Supplementary note 27, in the step (a), an effect of supplying the first process gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is preferably greater than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- In the method of Supplementary note 27 or 28, in the step (b), an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving the film thickness distribution or the film quality distribution of the film to be formed on the substrate is preferably greater than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- In the method of Supplementary note 27, in the step (a), an effect of supplying the first process gas contributing to improving a film thickness distribution or a film quality distribution of a film to be formed on the substrate is preferably less than an effect of supplying the second process gas.
- In the method of Supplementary note 27 or 28, in the step (b), an effect of supplying the first reactive gas contributing to improving the film thickness distribution or the film quality distribution of the film to be formed on the substrate is preferably less than an effect of supplying the second reactive gas.
- In the method of any one of Supplementary notes 27 to 31, in the step (b), the second reactive gas is preferably supplied after the first reactive gas is supplied.
- In the method of any one of Supplementary notes 27 to 31, in the step (b), the first reactive gas is preferably supplied after the supply of the second reactive gas is stopped.
- The method of any one of Supplementary notes 27 to 33, preferably further including moving a plasma adjusting electrode installed above the substrate upward or downward before performing the step (c).
- In the method of any one of Supplementary notes 27 to 34, the amount is preferably a gas flow rate.
- In the method of any one of Supplementary notes 27 to 35, the amount is preferably a gas supply duration.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program causing a computer to perform: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the sequences (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the sequences (a) and (b).
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable recording medium causing a computer to perform: (a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and (b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the sequences (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of the sequences (a) and (b).
- In the non-transitory computer readable recording medium of Supplementary note 38, in the sequence (a), the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate.
- In the non-transitory computer readable recording medium of Supplementary note 38 or 39, in the sequence (b), the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the sequence (b).
- In the non-transitory computer readable recording medium of Supplementary note 38, in the sequence (a), the total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate
- In the non-transitory computer readable recording medium of Supplementary note 38 or 41, in the sequence (b), the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is preferably less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in the sequence (b).
- The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of any one of Supplementary notes 38 to 41, preferably further including (c) moving the substrate upward or downward before the sequence (a) or (b).
- The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of any one of Supplementary notes 38 to 43, preferably further including (d) exciting the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas.
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1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
(a) supplying a first process gas from above a substrate and a second process gas from a lateral direction with respect to the substrate; and
(b) supplying a first reactive gas from above the substrate and a second reactive gas from the lateral direction with respect to the substrate,
wherein each of (a) and (b) is performed at least once in a manner that a total amount of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first process gas and the second process gas supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate; or a total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is different from that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in at least one of (a) and (b).
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is greater than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in (b).
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the total amount of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the center portion of the substrate is less than that of the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas supplied to the peripheral portion of the substrate in (b).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein (b) comprises: activating the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a supply of the first reactive gas starts after a supply of the second reactive gas starts in (b).
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a supply of the first reactive gas starts after a supply of the second reactive gas is stopped in (b).
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the first process gas supplied in (a) is greater than that of the second process gas supplied in (a).
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the first process gas supplied in (a) is less than that of the second process gas supplied in (a).
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a supply of the first process gas starts after a supply of the second process gas starts in (a).
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a supply of the first process gas starts after a supply of the second process gas is stopped in (a).
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of (a) and (b) is performed at least once with a substrate support unit supporting the substrate elevated, and each of (a) and (b) is performed at least once with the substrate support unit supporting the substrate lowered.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: (c) generating a plasma of at least one selected from the group consisting of the first process gas and the second process gas, and wherein each of (a) and (b) is performed at least once while a distance between a plasma adjusting electrode and the substrate is maintained at a first distance in (c), each of (a) and (b) is performed at least once while the distance between a plasma adjusting electrode and the substrate is maintained at a second distance in (c).
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second distance is shorter than the first distance.
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