Film formation apparatus for semiconductor process and method for using the same

a technology of film formation apparatus and semiconductor device, which is applied in the direction of coating, chemical vapor deposition coating, electric discharge tube, etc., can solve the problems of deteriorating productivity, reducing the yield of semiconductor device to be manufactured, deteriorating some components of processing apparatus, and peeling of some by-product films, etc., to achieve the effect of not lowering productivity
US20080132083A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-06-05TOKYO ELECTRON LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
TOKYO ELECTRON LTD
Publication Date
2008-06-05
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A method is provided for using a film formation apparatus including a process container having an inner surface, which contains as a main component a material selected from the group consisting of quartz and silicon carbide. The method includes performing a film formation process to form a silicon nitride film on a product target substrate inside the process container, and then, unloading the product target substrate from the process container. Thereafter, the method includes supplying an oxidizing gas into the process container with no product target substrate accommodated therein, thereby performing an oxidation process to change by-product films deposited on the inner surface of the process container into a composition richer in oxygen than nitrogen, at a part of the by-product films from a surface thereof to a predetermined depth.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process for forming a silicon nitride film on a target substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer, and also to a method for using the apparatus. The term “semiconductor process” used herein includes various kinds of processes which are performed to manufacture a semiconductor device or a structure having wiring layers, electrodes, and the like to be connected to a semiconductor device, on a target substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer or a glass substrate used for an FPD (Flat Panel Display), e.g., an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), by forming semiconductor layers, insulating layers, and conductive layers in predetermined patterns on the target substrate.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] In manufacturing semiconductor devices, a process, such as CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition), is performed to form a thin film, such as a silicon ni...

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