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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0246952 (2014-04-07) |
등록번호 | US-9184055 (2015-11-10) |
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Systems, chambers, and processes are provided for controlling process defects caused by moisture contamination. The systems may provide configurations for chambers to perform multiple operations in a vacuum or controlled environment. The chambers may include configurations to provide additional proc
Systems, chambers, and processes are provided for controlling process defects caused by moisture contamination. The systems may provide configurations for chambers to perform multiple operations in a vacuum or controlled environment. The chambers may include configurations to provide additional processing capabilities in combination chamber designs. The methods may provide for the limiting, prevention, and correction of aging defects that may be caused as a result of etching processes performed by system tools.
1. A method of removing contaminants from a processed substrate having exposed silicon and silicon oxide surfaces, the method comprising: etching the substrate in an etching process, wherein the etching process comprises exposing the substrate to a fluorine-containing precursor and an oxygen-contain
1. A method of removing contaminants from a processed substrate having exposed silicon and silicon oxide surfaces, the method comprising: etching the substrate in an etching process, wherein the etching process comprises exposing the substrate to a fluorine-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor, wherein the etching process is selective to silicon over silicon oxide, wherein the etching process produces radical species, and wherein residual fluorine species from the radical species are incorporated within the silicon oxide layer; andtreating the substrate to remove at least a portion of the residual fluorine species from within the silicon oxide surface, wherein the treatment comprises etching the silicon oxide layer to remove a depth of at least about 5 Å up to about 20 Å. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the fluorine-containing precursor has been flowed through a plasma to produce at least a portion of the radical species, which comprise radical fluorine species. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the silicon selective etching process does not etch or substantially does not etch the silicon oxide layer. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the radical fluorine species are incorporated within the silicon oxide layer in a profile such that the extent of incorporation diminishes at increasing depths of the silicon oxide film. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the treatment is performed at a temperature between about 0° C. and about 800° C. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the treatment is performed at a pressure between about 1 mTorr and about 700 Torr. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein treating the substrate comprises reducing the amount of residual species in the silicon oxide layer to below or about 20%. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein treating the substrate comprises reducing the amount of residual species in the silicon oxide layer to below or about 10%. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein treating the substrate comprises reducing the amount of residual species in the silicon oxide layer to below or about 5%. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring the substrate to a treatment chamber for the treatment process. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the substrate is maintained under vacuum during the transfer to the treatment chamber. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein treating the substrate comprises exposing treatment species to an energy source to produce energized treatment species configured to interact with the radical species. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the energy source used to energize the treatment species comprises a plasma. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plasma is selected from the group consisting of capacitively-coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma, microwave plasma, and toroidal plasma. 15. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring the substrate to a passivation chamber for a passivation process. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the substrate is maintained under vacuum during the transfer to the passivation chamber. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the passivation comprises: heating the substrate to a temperature greater than or about 150° C. for a period of time greater than or about two minutes; andremoving residual moisture from the substrate. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the substrate is housed in a substrate processing region fluidly coupled with but separate from a remote plasma region in which the radical species are produced, and wherein the substrate processing region is substantially plasma free during the etching process and treating operation. 19. A method of removing contaminants from a processed substrate having exposed silicon and silicon oxide surfaces, the method comprising: etching the substrate in an etching process, wherein the etching process comprises exposing the substrate to a fluorine-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor, wherein the etching process is selective to silicon over silicon oxide, wherein the etching process produces radical species, and wherein residual fluorine species from the radical species are incorporated within the silicon oxide layer; andtreating the substrate to remove at least a portion of the residual fluorine species from within the silicon oxide surface, wherein the treatment comprises contacting a radical hydrogen-containing species with the silicon oxide surface, wherein the radical hydrogen-containing species bonds with the residual fluorine species and withdraws it from the silicon oxide surface, wherein the treatment comprises etching the silicon oxide layer to remove a depth of at least about 5 Å up to about 20 Å. 20. A method of removing contaminants from a processed substrate having exposed silicon and silicon oxide surfaces, the method comprising: etching the substrate in an etching process, wherein the etching process comprises exposing the substrate to a fluorine-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor, wherein the etching process is selective to silicon over silicon oxide, wherein the etching process produces radical species, and wherein residual fluorine species from the radical species are incorporated within the silicon oxide layer; andtreating the substrate to remove at least a portion of the residual fluorine species from within the silicon oxide surface, wherein the treatment comprises condensing water vapor on the silicon oxide surface and etching the silicon oxide layer to remove a depth of at least about 5 Å up to about 20 Å.
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