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Etching Characteristics During Cleaning of Silicon Surfaces by NF3-added Hydrogen and Water-Vapor Plasma Downstream Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Miki T. Suzuki ,
Jun Kikuchi ,
Mitsuaki Nagasaka  and
Shuzo Fujimura
Miki T. Suzuki
Affiliation:
Process Development Division, Fujitsu Ltd. 4-1-I Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211, Japan
Jun Kikuchi
Affiliation:
Process Development Division, Fujitsu Ltd. 4-1-I Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211, Japan
Mitsuaki Nagasaka
Affiliation:
Process Development Division, Fujitsu Ltd. 4-1-I Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211, Japan
Shuzo Fujimura
Affiliation:
Process Development Division, Fujitsu Ltd. 4-1-I Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211, Japan
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Abstract

Hydrogen and water vapor plasma downstream treatment with the downstream injection of NF3 removes native oxide from silicon surfaces. In contact hole cleaning, this dry processing is a promising alternative to HF wet treatment, which has a problem of expansion of hole diameter. We examined the etching characteristics of boron-phosphosilicate glass (B-PSG) films, as a typical oxide material for the side-walls of the contact holes and compared the etching depths of B-PSG and thermal oxide films. We found that the etching depths of B-PSG films fell to one third of those of thermal oxide films at lower treatment temperature. This result indicates that the expansion of contact hole diameters can be minimized.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 477 , 1997 , 167
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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