WO2006106666A1 - シリコン酸化膜の製造方法、その制御プログラム、記憶媒体及びプラズマ処理装置 - Google Patents
シリコン酸化膜の製造方法、その制御プログラム、記憶媒体及びプラズマ処理装置 Download PDFInfo
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- Silicon oxide film manufacturing method control program thereof, storage medium and plasma
- the present invention relates to a method for forming a silicon oxide film, and more specifically, for example, in a trench in shallow trench isolation (STl), which is an element isolation technique in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device.
- STl shallow trench isolation
- the present invention relates to a method for forming a silicon oxide film applicable to forming an oxide film.
- STI is known as a technique for electrically separating elements formed on a silicon substrate.
- silicon is etched using a silicon nitride film or the like as a mask to form a trench, and an insulating film such as SiO is embedded therein, followed by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP;
- a step of flattening with a mask (silicon nitride film) as a stopper is performed by a cal mechanical polishing process.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-47599 (paragraph 0033, FIG. 8, etc.)
- the silicon substrate may be thermally strained by a high temperature exceeding 1000 ° C, and in particular, the large diameter of the silicon substrate is advancing, which causes a problem! / ⁇
- the silicon substrate has a crystal orientation
- the formation of an oxide film by thermal oxidation is dependent on the crystal orientation, and the size of the oxide layer varies depending on the portion of the inner wall of the trench.
- the thickness of the oxide layer varies depending on the portion of the inner wall of the trench.
- the present invention provides a uniform film thickness on the inner surface of the trench formed in the silicon substrate without causing problems such as re-diffusion of impurities due to heat and substrate distortion, and rounds the shoulders and corners of the trench.
- An object is to provide a method of forming an oxide film having a shape.
- the proportion of oxygen in the processing gas is 1% or more and the processing pressure is 133.3 Pa or less.
- a method for forming a silicon oxide film in which a silicon oxide film is formed by oxidizing the silicon surface exposed to a recess formed in a workpiece by the plasma.
- the film quality of the oxide film can be made dense.
- the film thickness difference due to the oxide film part is eliminated, and the oxide film can be formed with a uniform film thickness.
- the shoulders of the recesses silicon corners
- the corners at the bottom of the recesses (corner) Part) can be made uniform in thickness.
- the plasma is a plasma formed by the processing gas and a microwave introduced into the processing chamber by a planar antenna having a plurality of slots.
- a curved surface shape can be introduced into the corner of the silicon at the upper end of the side wall that constitutes the recess.
- the curvature radius of the curved surface shape can be controlled by a combination of the processing pressure and the ratio of oxygen in the processing gas. Further, it is preferable that the curvature radius force of the curved surface is controlled to be not less than nm.
- the processing pressure is preferably 1.3 to 133.3 Pa, more preferably 6.7 to 67 Pa. Moreover, it is more preferable that the ratio of oxygen in the processing gas is 1 to 100%, more preferably 25 to 100%. Further, the processing gas preferably contains hydrogen in a proportion of 0.1 to 10%. Further, the treatment temperature is preferably 300 to 1000 ° C. Further, the electron temperature of the plasma is preferably 0.5 to 2 eV, and the plasma density is preferably 1 ⁇ 10 1 (> ⁇ 5 ⁇ 10 12 / cm 3) .
- the recess may be a trench in shallow trench isolation.
- the concave portion may be a concave portion formed in the silicon substrate by etching or a concave portion formed in the laminated film by etching.
- the second aspect of the present invention operates on a computer, and when executed, in the processing chamber of the plasma processing apparatus, the proportion of oxygen in the processing gas is 1% or more and the processing pressure is 133.3.
- a control program is provided for controlling the plasma processing apparatus to be performed.
- a computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that operates on a computer, and the control program is stored in a plasma processing apparatus at the time of execution.
- a plasma is formed in the processing chamber at a rate of oxygen of 1% or more and a processing pressure of 133.3 Pa or less in the processing gas, and the plasma exposes the silicon surface exposed in the recesses formed in the object to be processed.
- a computer-readable storage medium is provided for controlling the plasma processing apparatus so as to perform a silicon oxide film forming method for forming a silicon oxide film.
- a plasma supply source for generating plasma a processing chamber capable of being evacuated for processing an object to be processed by the plasma, and in the processing chamber, Plasma is formed when the proportion of oxygen in the processing gas is 1% or more and the processing pressure is 133.3 Pa or less, and the plasma exposes the silicon surface exposed in the recesses formed in the object to be processed.
- a plasma processing apparatus is provided.
- the oxygen ratio is set to 1% or more, and an oxide film is formed at a processing pressure of 133.3 Pa or less, whereby an oxide film with a uniform thickness is formed in a recess such as a trench.
- the shoulder of the recess can be curved (round).
- the roundness can be controlled by the proportion of oxygen and the processing pressure. Therefore, in the formation of the oxide film after the trench formation of STI etc., the shape with rounded shoulders and corners with high precision that does not cause problems such as re-diffusion of impurities such as thermal oxidation and distortion of the substrate.
- Recesses can be formed. In semiconductor devices (for example, MOS transistors) in which element isolation regions are formed using recesses in which an oxide film is formed by this method, leakage current is suppressed, meeting the demand for power saving. Is possible.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing an example of a plasma processing apparatus suitable for carrying out the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a drawing showing the structure of a planar antenna member.
- FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of a wafer cross section showing a state before processing.
- FIG. 3B is a schematic view of a wafer cross section showing a state in which a silicon oxide film is formed.
- FIG. 3C is a schematic view of a wafer cross section showing a state in which a silicon nitride film is formed.
- FIG. 3D is a schematic view of a wafer cross section showing a state in which a resist layer is formed.
- FIG. 3E is a schematic diagram of a wafer cross section showing a state in which silicon is exposed.
- FIG. 3F is a schematic cross-sectional view of a wafer showing a state after ashing.
- FIG. 3G is a schematic view of a wafer cross section showing a state in which a trench is formed in a silicon substrate.
- FIG. 3H is a schematic view of a wafer cross section showing a state in which the inner wall surface of a trench is subjected to plasma oxidation treatment.
- FIG. 31 is a schematic view of a wafer cross section showing a state after plasma oxidation treatment.
- FIG. 4A is a schematic view of a wafer cross section after the formation of an oxide film by the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 4A.
- FIG. 4C is an enlarged view of part B in FIG. 4A.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a wafer cross section for explaining the film thickness of a sparse part and a dense part of a pattern.
- FIG. 6 A graph plotting the relationship between pressure and radius of curvature in plasma processing.
- FIG. 7 A drawing showing TEM photographs of the upper and lower portions of the trench after the oxygen treatment with 100% oxygen.
- FIG. 8 A drawing showing TEM photographs of the upper and lower trenches after processing at a pressure of 6.7 Pa.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of a plasma processing apparatus suitable for carrying out the plasma oxidation treatment method of the present invention.
- This plasma processing apparatus introduces microwaves into a processing chamber with a flat antenna having a plurality of slots, particularly RLSA (Radial Line Slot Antenna), and generates plasma to achieve high density and low density.
- RLSA Random Line Slot Antenna
- It is configured as an RLSA microwave plasma processing apparatus that can generate microwave plasma at an electron temperature, and is suitably used for, for example, an oxide film treatment of an inner wall of a trench in STI.
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 has a substantially cylindrical chamber 11 that is airtight and grounded.
- a circular opening 10 is formed at a substantially central portion of the bottom wall la of the chamber 11, and an exhaust chamber 11 that communicates with the opening 10 and protrudes downward is provided on the bottom wall la. ing.
- a susceptor 2 having a ceramic force such as A1N for horizontally supporting a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter referred to as “wafer”) W as a substrate to be processed is provided in the chamber 11.
- This susceptor 2 is supported by a support member 3 that also has a ceramic force such as a cylindrical A1N that extends above the bottom center force of the exhaust chamber 11.
- a guide ring 4 for guiding Ueno and W is provided on the outer edge of the susceptor 2.
- the susceptor 2 has a resistance heating type
- the heater 5 is embedded, and the heater 5 is supplied with power from the heater power source 6 to heat the susceptor 2 and heat the wafer W, which is an object to be processed.
- the processing temperature can be controlled in a range from room temperature to 800 ° C.
- a cylindrical liner 7 having a quartz force is provided on the inner periphery of the chamber 11.
- a quartz baffle plate 8 having a large number of exhaust holes 8 a is provided in an annular shape so as to uniformly exhaust the inside of the chamber 11. It is supported.
- wafer support pins (not shown) for supporting the wafer W and moving it up and down are provided so as to protrude and retract with respect to the surface of the susceptor 2.
- An annular gas introduction member 15 is provided on the side wall of the chamber 11, and gas radiation holes are evenly formed.
- a gas supply system 16 is connected to the gas introduction member 15.
- the gas introduction member may be arranged in a shower shape.
- the gas supply system 16 includes, for example, an Ar gas supply source 17, an O gas supply source 18, and an H gas supply source 19, and these gas power sources
- Each gas reaches the gas introduction member 15 through the gas line 20 and is uniformly introduced into the chamber 11 from the gas radiation hole of the gas introduction member 15.
- Each of the gas lines 20 is provided with a mass flow controller 21 and opening / closing valves 22 before and after the mass flow controller 21. It should be noted that other rare gases such as Kr, He, Ne, Xe, etc. may be used instead of Ar gas, and no rare gas may be included as will be described later.
- An exhaust pipe 23 is connected to the side surface of the exhaust chamber 11, and an exhaust device 24 including a high-speed vacuum pump is connected to the exhaust pipe 23. Then, by operating the exhaust device 24, the gas force in the chamber 11 is uniformly discharged into the space 11 a of the exhaust chamber 11 and is exhausted through the exhaust pipe 23. As a result, the inside of the chamber 11 can be depressurized at a high speed to a predetermined degree of vacuum, for example, 0.133 Pa.
- a loading / unloading port 25 for loading / unloading the wafer W to / from a transfer chamber (not shown) adjacent to the plasma processing apparatus 100, and the loading / unloading port 25 are opened and closed.
- a gate valve 26 is provided!
- An upper portion of the chamber 11 is an opening, and a ring-shaped support portion 27 is provided along the peripheral edge of the opening.
- the support 27 has a dielectric such as quartz or AlO.
- the microwave transmitting plate 28 that transmits the microwave is also airtightly provided through the seal member 29 due to the ceramic force. Therefore, the inside of the chamber 11 is kept airtight.
- a disk-shaped planar antenna member 31 is provided above the microwave transmission plate 28 so as to face the susceptor 2.
- the planar antenna member 31 is locked to the upper end of the side wall of the chamber 11.
- the planar antenna member 31 is a disk having a diameter S of 300 to 400 mm and a thickness of 1 to several mm (for example, 5 mm) and a conductive material force.
- the surface of the copper plate or the aluminum plate plated with silver or gold is also used, and a large number of microwave radiation holes 32 (slots) are formed to penetrate in a predetermined pattern.
- the microwave radiation holes 32 have, for example, a long groove shape as shown in FIG. 2.
- adjacent microwave radiation holes 32 are arranged in a “T” shape, and the plurality of microwave radiation holes 32 are arranged. 32 are arranged concentrically.
- the length and arrangement interval of the microphone aperture 32 are determined according to the wavelength ( ⁇ g) of the microwave.
- the interval of the microwave aperture 32 is gZ4, gZ2, or g.
- the microwave radiation hole 32 may have another shape such as a circular shape or an arc shape.
- the arrangement form of the microwave radiation holes 32 is not particularly limited, and the microwave radiation holes 32 may be arranged concentrically, for example, spirally or radially.
- a slow wave material 33 made of a resin such as polytetrafluoroethylene or polyimide having a dielectric constant larger than that of a vacuum is provided.
- the slow wave material 33 has a function of adjusting the plasma by shortening the wavelength of the microwave because the wavelength of the microwave becomes longer in vacuum. It should be noted that the planar antenna member 31 and the microphone aperture wave transmitting plate 28, and the slow wave member 33 and the planar antenna member 31 can be arranged in close contact with or spaced apart from each other.
- a shield lid 34 made of a metal material such as aluminum, stainless steel, or copper is provided on the upper surface of the chamber 11 so as to cover the planar antenna member 31 and the slow wave material 33.
- the upper surface of the chamber 11 and the shield cover 34 are sealed by a seal member 35.
- a cooling water flow path 34a is formed in the shield lid 34, and by passing cooling water therethrough, the shield lid 34, the slow wave material 33, the planar antenna member 31, The wave transmitting plate 28 is cooled.
- the shield lid 34 is grounded.
- An opening 36 is formed at the center of the upper wall of the shield lid 34, and a waveguide 37 is connected to the opening.
- a microwave generator 39 is connected to the end of the waveguide 37 via a matching circuit 38.
- a microwave having a frequency of 2.45 GHz generated by the microwave generator 39 is propagated to the planar antenna member 31 through the waveguide 37.
- the microwave frequency 8.35 GHz, 1.98 GHz, or the like can be used.
- the waveguide 37 includes a coaxial waveguide 37a having a circular cross section extending upward from the opening 36 of the shield lid 34, and a mode converter 40 at the upper end of the coaxial waveguide 37a. And a rectangular waveguide 37b extending in the horizontal direction.
- the mode change 40 between the rectangular waveguide 37b and the coaxial waveguide 37a has a function of converting the microphone mouth wave propagating in the TE mode in the rectangular waveguide 37b into the TEM mode.
- An inner conductor 41 extends in the center of the coaxial waveguide 37a, and a lower end portion of the inner conductor 41 is connected and fixed to the center of the planar antenna member 31. Thereby, the microwave is uniformly and efficiently propagated to the planar antenna member 31 through the inner conductor 41 of the coaxial waveguide 37a.
- Each component of the plasma processing apparatus 100 is connected to and controlled by a process controller 50 having a CPU.
- the process controller 50 includes a keyboard that allows the process manager to input commands to manage the plasma processing apparatus 100, a display that displays and displays the operating status of the plasma processing apparatus 100, and the like.
- One interface 51 is connected!
- the process controller 50 stores a control program (software) for realizing various processes executed by the plasma processing apparatus 100 under the control of the process controller 50, and recipes in which processing condition data is recorded.
- the stored storage unit 52 is connected.
- the plasma processing is performed under the control of the process controller 50 by calling an arbitrary recipe from the storage unit 52 according to an instruction from the user interface 51 and causing the process controller 50 to execute it.
- the desired processing in apparatus 100 is performed.
- recipes such as the control program and processing condition data are stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a flexible disk, or a flash memory. It is also possible to use the data stored in the network, or to transmit it online from another device, for example, via a dedicated line.
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 configured as described above can form a high-quality film by a damage-free plasma processing even at a temperature as low as 800 ° C or lower, and is excellent in plasma uniformity, and process uniformity. Can be realized.
- this plasma processing apparatus 100 can be suitably used for the purpose of oxidizing the inner wall of the trench in STI.
- the gate valve 26 is opened, and the wafer W on which the trench is formed is loaded into the chamber 1 from the loading / unloading port 25, and is transferred onto the susceptor 2. Place.
- the processing pressure is maintained. As the conditions at this time, if the ratio of oxygen in the processing gas is 1 to: L0 0%, 25% or more is preferable, 75% or more is more preferable, and 95% or more is preferable.
- the gas flow rate ranges from Ar gas: 0 to 2000 mLZmin, O gas: 10 to 500 mLZmin
- the ratio of oxygen to the total gas flow rate can be selected to be the above value.
- the O gas partial pressure in the processing gas is 0.0133 Pa or higher, 13.3 Pa force, 6.7 to 133
- the H gas can also be introduced from the H gas supply source 19 at a predetermined ratio.
- H hydrogen
- the ratio is 0.1 to 10% of the total amount of processing gas.
- ⁇ 5% is more preferred 0.1-2% is desirable.
- the processing pressure in the chamber can be selected as follows: 1. 3-133. 3Pa range force can be selected. 67Pa force S is more preferable, 6.7 to 13.
- 3Pa is desirable. Also, 300-1000 ° C force can be selected as the processing temperature, 700-1000 ° C force S preferred, 700-800 ° C force preferred.
- the microwave from the microwave generator 39 is guided through the matching circuit 38 to the waveguide.
- Microwaves are sequentially supplied to the planar antenna member 31 through the rectangular waveguide 37b, the mode change 40, and the coaxial waveguide 37a.
- the light is radiated to the upper space of the wafer W in the chamber 11 through the transmission plate 28.
- the microwave propagates in the TE mode in the rectangular waveguide 37b, and the TE mode microwave is converted into the TEM mode by the mode converter 40, and the inside of the coaxial waveguide 37a is directed to the planar antenna member 31. Will be propagated.
- the power of the microwave generator 39 is preferably 0.5 to 5 kW.
- An electromagnetic field is formed in the chamber 11 by the microphone mouth wave radiated from the planar antenna member 31 through the microwave transmitting plate 28 to the chamber 11, and Ar gas and O gas are plasma.
- the silicon surface exposed in the recess formed in the wafer w is oxidized by this plasma.
- the microwave plasma is emitted from the large number of microwave radiation holes 32 of the planar antenna member 31, so that approximately 1 10 1 () to 5 10 12 / «11 3 It becomes a high-density plasma, its electron temperature is about 0.5-2eV, and the uniformity of plasma density is ⁇ 5% or less. Therefore, a thin oxide film can be formed by performing an acid treatment at a low temperature for a short time, and a high-quality oxide film with little damage to the acid film due to ions in plasma etc. can be obtained. There is an advantage that it can be formed.
- FIG. 3A to FIG. 31 illustrate the steps from the trench formation in STI to the subsequent oxide film formation.
- a silicon oxide film 102 such as SiO is formed on the silicon substrate 101 by a method such as thermal oxidation.
- a silicon nitride film 103 such as SiN is formed on the silicon oxide film 102 by, eg, CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition).
- CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition
- a resist layer 104 is formed by patterning using a photolithography technique.
- the resist layer 104 is used as an etching mask, and the silicon nitride film 103 and the silicon oxide film 102 are selectively etched using, for example, a halogen-based etching gas, thereby corresponding to the pattern of the resist layer 104.
- the silicon substrate 101 is exposed (FIG. 3E). That is, the silicon nitride film 103 forms a mask pattern for the trench.
- Figure 3F shows V, so-called Atssin using oxygen-containing plasma with a processing gas containing oxygen, for example. A state in which the resist layer 104 is removed by performing the etching process is shown.
- the trench 110 can be formed by selectively etching the silicon substrate using the silicon nitride film 103 and the silicon oxide film 102 as a mask. This etching may be performed by halogen or halogen such as CI, HBr, SF, and CF.
- An etching gas containing an oxygen compound or o can be used.
- FIG. 3H shows an oxidation treatment process in which plasma oxidation treatment is performed on the trench 110 of the wafer W after etching when the trench is formed in the STI.
- the treatment gas in the acid / sodium treatment step may be a gas containing 1% or more of O.
- a mixed gas of o and a rare gas can be used. In this case, no rare gas is included
- NO gas for example, NO gas, NO gas, or N 2 O gas can be used.
- the film quality of the oxide film 111 can be made fine, and the film thickness difference depending on the part of the trench 110, particularly the upper part of the trench and the lower part of the trench Thus, the oxide film 111 can be formed with a uniform film thickness.
- 2 is, for example, 1 to 100%, preferably 25 to 100%, more preferably 50 to 100%, more preferably 75 to L00% force, and more preferably 95 to L00% force.
- the amount of oxygen ions and oxygen radicals in the plasma is controlled, and further, the amount of oxygen ions and oxygen radicals that reach the inside of the trench 110 is controlled.
- the corner portion can be rounded and a uniform silicon oxide film can be formed in the trench 110.
- H gas can also be added to the processing gas at a predetermined ratio.
- the amount of H is 10% or less with respect to the total amount of the processing gas, for example, 0.1 to 10%.
- a range, preferably a range force of 0.5-5% can be selected.
- the pressure in the acidifying treatment step is preferably 1.3 to 133.3 Pa force S, and more preferably 6.7 to 133.3 Pa force ⁇ . When the treatment pressure is set to 133.3 Pa or less at the above O ratio.
- the trench shoulder 110a (silicon corner) can be rounded to form a curved surface.
- the ion energy in the plasma is larger than that at a high pressure (for example, more than 133.3 Pa), so that the acid action by the ions becomes stronger. Since the difference in the acid rate between the corner portion and the flat portion is reduced, oxidation proceeds uniformly at the corners of the silicon at the shoulder 110a of the trench 110, and the corners of the silicon are removed and rounded. It is thought that.
- the degree of roundness of the shoulder 110a (the radius of curvature r) can be controlled by the amount of O in the processing gas and the processing pressure.
- the curvature radius r of the shoulder 110a is set to 2.8 nm or more, more preferably 4 to 8 nm! /.
- the amount of oxygen in the processing gas is set to 25% or more, and further, the processing is performed at a pressure of 13.3 Pa or less, so that the corner 110b at the lower part of the trench 110 is centered on the periphery (round region).
- the film thickness of the oxide film 111 that is, the portions denoted by reference numerals 111a and 111b in FIG. 31, can also be made uniform.
- FIG. 4A schematically shows a cross-sectional structure of the main part of Ueno and W after the oxide film 111 is formed by the method for forming a silicon oxide film of the present invention, which is indicated by a broken line in the drawing.
- An enlarged view of A is shown in Fig. 4B, and an enlarged view of B shown by a broken line is shown in Fig. 4C.
- the shape of the shoulder 110a of the trench 110 is formed to be a curved surface so that the radius of curvature r force of the inner silicon 101 is 4 nm or more.
- the film thickness of the oxide film 111 around the corner portion 110b at the bottom of the trench 110 round region
- the film thicknesses L and L near the boundary between and the linear regions on both sides thereof are formed substantially evenly.
- the film thickness difference due to the portion of the trench 110 where the thickness L of the oxide film 111 on the upper side wall of the trench 110 and the thickness L of the oxide film 111 on the lower side wall of the trench 110 are substantially equal is eliminated.
- a silicon oxide film having a small difference in film thickness in the pattern structure on the surface of the wafer W can be formed.
- the oxide film thickness (symbol a) of the dense part (dense part) and the oxide film thickness (symbol b) of the sparse part (sparse part) are abbreviated. It becomes possible to form evenly.
- the oxide film 111 is formed by the silicon oxide film forming method of the present invention, according to the procedure of forming an element isolation region by STI, for example, SiO or the like is formed in the trench 110 by the CVD method.
- polishing is performed by CMP using the silicon nitride film 103 as a stopper layer to planarize.
- the element isolation structure can be formed by removing the silicon nitride film 103 and the upper portion of the buried insulating film by etching.
- oxidation treatment was performed at different processing pressures on the trenches after etching in forming the element isolation region by STI.
- the processing pressures were set to 6.7 Pa (50 mTorr), 13.3 Pa (lOOmTorr), 67 Pa (500 mTorr), 133.3 Pa (lTorr), 667 Pa (5 Torr), and 1267 Pa (9.5 Torr).
- the process gas in the plasma oxidation process is Ar gas and O gas.
- the ratio of O gas to the total process gas is 1%, 25
- the processing temperature (substrate processing temperature) was 400 ° C, the power supplied to the plasma was set to 3.5 kW, and the processing film thickness was set to 8 nm.
- the film thickness of the oxide film 111 in each part of the trench and the radius of curvature of the trench shoulder 110a were measured based on a cross-sectional image taken with a transmission electron microscope (Transmission Electron Microscopy) photograph.
- Table 1 shows the measurement result of the curvature radius of the shoulder 110a of the trench.
- the curvature radius r (nm) is standardized by the oxide film thickness L (nm) in the upper part of Table 1.
- the value [curvature radius rZ oxide film thickness LX 100] is shown, and the radius of curvature r is shown at the bottom.
- Table 2 shows the ratio of the oxide film thickness at the top of the trench to the oxide film thickness at the bottom of the trench (upper film thickness Z, lower film thickness).
- the relationship between the radius of curvature and the pressure in this test is shown as a graph in Fig. 6. From Table 1 and Fig.
- FIG. 6 shows a photograph taken with a transmission electron microscope (TEM) of the top and bottom of the trench due to the difference in pressure conditions when the oxygen ratio is 100%.
- Figure 8 shows TEM photographs of the top and bottom of the trench due to the difference in the oxygen ratio when the processing pressure is 6.7 Pa. 7 and 8, symbols A and B mean portions corresponding to symbols A and B in FIG. 4, respectively.
- TEM transmission electron microscope
- the radius of curvature of the trench shoulder 110a is large under the pressure condition of oxygen ratio 25% or more and 13.3 Pa or less, especially when the pressure is 67Pa or less. Showed a tendency to increase.
- the thickness difference of the oxide film 111 is the largest around 133.3 Pa, and the pressure below that at the top and bottom of the trench is below that. It was confirmed that the difference in film thickness tended to decrease as the pressure decreased, and that the film thickness difference was almost eliminated if it was 13.3 Pa or less.
- the preferable oxygen ratio in the processing gas is 1 to 100%. 1.
- the radius of curvature of the trench shoulder 110a formed by plasma treatment with the flow rate of 0 (no addition), lmLZmin (sccm) and 5mLZmin (sccm) is set to TE on the wafer W cross section.
- the treatment temperature (substrate treatment temperature) in the plasma oxidation treatment was 400 ° C, and the power supplied to the plasma was 2750W.
- the processing pressure was 133.3 Pa (lTorr).
- Trench shoulder 110a Figure 9 shows the measurement results of the radius of curvature. From FIG. 9, it is understood that the curvature radius r is increased and the roundness of the trench shoulder 110a is increased by adding hydrogen. Therefore, in the plasma oxidation process in the STI trench, H in the process gas is preferably 10% or less.
- a high-frequency plasma processing apparatus that excites plasma using a high-frequency power of 30 kHz to 300 MHz using a microwave plasma processing apparatus 100 that excites plasma by a microphone mouth wave with a frequency of 300 MHz to 300 GHz is used.
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 such as a remote plasma system, an ICP plasma system, an ECR plasma system, a surface reflection wave plasma system, and a magnetron plasma system may be used as an example of the RLSA plasma processing apparatus 100.
- the formation of the oxide film in the trench in the STI is taken as an example.
- a device manufacturing process such as a side oxide film after etching of the polysilicon gate electrode
- it can also be used when the corners of the etched polysilicon electrode are rounded.
- the present invention can be suitably used in the manufacture of various semiconductor devices, for example, when element isolation is performed by STI.
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