Abstract: The amorphous silicon film formation method includes forming a seed layer on the surface of a base by heating the base and flowing aminosilane-based gas onto the heated base; and forming an amorphous silicon film on the seed layer by heating the base, supplying silane-based gas containing no amino group onto the seed layer on the surface of the heated base, and thermally decomposing the silane-based gas containing no amino group.

Abstract: A disclosed film deposition method includes steps of loading plural substrates each of which includes a pattern including a concave part in a reaction chamber in the form of shelves; depositing a silicon oxide film on the plural substrates by supplying a silicon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas to the reaction chamber; etching the silicon oxide film deposited on the plural substrates in the step of depositing by supplying a fluorine-containing gas and an ammonia gas to the reaction chamber; and alternately repeating the step of depositing and the step of etching.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a silicon nitride film on a surface to be processed of a target object, which includes: repeating a first process a first predetermined number of times, the process including supplying a silicon source gas containing silicon toward the surface to be processed and supplying a decomposition accelerating gas containing a material for accelerating decomposition of the silicon source gas toward the surface to be processed; performing a second process of supplying a nitriding gas containing nitrogen toward the surface to be processed a second predetermine number of times; and performing one cycle a third predetermined number of times, the one cycle being a sequence including the repetition of the first process and the performance of the second process to form the silicon nitride film on the surface to be processed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a silicon film forming method for forming a silicon film on a workpiece having a processed surface, including: forming a seed layer by supplying a high-order aminosilane-based gas containing two or more silicon atoms in a molecular formula onto the processed surface and by having silicon adsorbed onto the processed surface; and forming a silicon film by supplying a silane-based gas not containing an amino group onto the seed layer and by depositing silicon onto the seed layer, wherein, when forming a seed layer, a process temperature is set within a range of 350 degrees C. or lower and a room temperature or higher.

Abstract: A film formation apparatus includes a gas supply mechanism for supplying an aminosilane-based gas, and a silane-based gas that does not include an amino group. Processes of forming a seed layer on a surface of the insulation film having the opening reaching the conductive substance and on a bottom surface of the opening by supplying the aminosilane-based gas into the process chamber, and forming a silicon film on the seed layer by supplying the silane-based gas that does not include the amino group into the process chamber, are sequentially performed in the process chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a seed layer for forming a thin film, which is capable of further improving a thickness uniformity of the thin film. The method of forming a seed layer that is a seed of the thin film on a base includes adsorbing at least silicon included in an aminosilane-based gas on the base, by using the aminosilane-based gas; and depositing at least silicon included in a higher-order silane-based gas having an order that is equal to or higher than disilane on the base, on which at least the silicon included in the aminosilane-based gas is adsorbed, by using the higher-order silane-based gas having an order that is equal to or higher than the disilane.

Abstract: Provided is a vertical heat treatment apparatus which performs a film-forming process for substrates by supplying a film-forming gas to a plurality of substrates loaded onto a substrate supporter. The substrate supporter is rotated around an inclination axis, and the apparatus includes: a plurality of main holders which are provided at every reception position of the substrates in the substrate supporter and respectively supports the peripheries of the substrates at positions separated from each other in the circumferential direction; and first and second auxiliary holders which are located to be separated from the main holders in the circumferential direction and whose tops are lower than those of the main holders. Each substrate alternates between a position supported by the first auxiliary holder and the main holders and a position supported by the second auxiliary holder and the main holders every rotation of the substrate supporter.

Abstract: The method for fabricating a semiconductor device is to fabricate a semiconductor device including GaN (gallium nitride) that composes a semiconductor layer and includes a step of forming a gate insulating film. In the step, at least one film selected from the group consisting of a SiO2 film and an Al2O3 film is formed on a nitride layer containing GaN by using microwave plasma and the formed film is used as at least a part of the gate insulating film.

Abstract: A method of forming a germanium thin film on an underlying film includes forming a germanium seed layer by absorbing a germanium on a surface of the underlying film using an aminogermane-based gas, and forming a germanium thin film on the germanium seed layer using a germane-based gas.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a stacked semiconductor device, which includes forming a stacked film on a semiconductor substrate, the stacked film including a plurality of silicon oxide films and a plurality of silicon nitride films, which are alternately arranged on top of each other, and the stacked film being obtained by repeatedly performing a series of operations of forming the silicon oxide film on the semiconductor substrate using one of triethoxysilane, octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, hexamethyldisilazane and diethylsilane gases, and forming the silicon nitride film on the formed silicon oxide film; etching the silicon nitride films in the stacked film; removing carbons contained in the silicon oxide films, which are not removed in the etching, to reduce a concentration of the carbons; and forming electrodes in regions where the silicon nitride films are etched in the etching.

Abstract: A batch-type vertical substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber into which a substrate holder configured to stack and hold a plurality of target substrates in a height direction is inserted; and a plurality of flanges formed to protrude from an inner wall of the processing chamber toward an internal space of the processing chamber along a planar direction and configured to divide the interior of the processing chamber into a plurality of processing subspaces along the height direction, wherein the flanges include insertion holes through which the substrate holder is inserted, and diameters of the insertion holes are small at an upper side of the processing chamber and become gradually larger toward a lower side of the processing chamber.

Abstract: A method of forming a germanium thin film on an underlying film includes forming a germanium seed layer by absorbing a germanium on a surface of the underlying film using an aminogermane-based gas, and forming a germanium thin film on the germanium seed layer using a germane-based gas.

Abstract: A thin film formation method to form an amorphous silicon film containing an impurity on a surface of an object to be processed in a process chamber that allows vacuum exhaust includes supplying a silane-based gas composed of silicon and hydrogen into the process chamber in a state that the silane-based gas is adsorbed onto the surface of the object without supplying an impurity-containing gas, supplying the impurity-containing gas into the process chamber to form the amorphous silicon film containing the impurity without supplying the silane-based gas, and performing the supplying of the silane-based gas and the supplying of the impurity-containing gas alternately and repeatedly such that the impurity reacts with the silane-based gas.

Abstract: A method of forming a silicon nitride film on the surface of an object to be processed, the method including forming a seed layer functioning as a seed of the silicon nitride film on the surface of the object to be processed by using at least an aminosilane-based gas, prior to forming the silicon nitride film on the surface of the object to be processed.

Abstract: A thin film formation method to form a silicon film containing an impurity on a surface of an object to be processed in a process chamber that allows vacuum exhaust includes alternately and repeatedly performing a first gas supply process in which a silane-based gas composed of silicon and hydrogen is supplied into the process chamber in a state that the silane-based gas is adsorbed onto the surface of the object to be processed and a second gas supply process in which an impurity-containing gas is supplied into the process chamber, to form an amorphous silicon film containing an impurity. Accordingly, an amorphous silicon film containing an impurity having good filling characteristics can be formed even at a relatively low temperature.

Abstract: A method of filling a trench comprises heating a semiconductor substrate having a trench formed therein and an oxide film formed at least on the sidewall of the trench and supplying an aminosilane gas to the surface of the substrate so as to form a seed layer on the semiconductor substrate, heating the semiconductor substrate having the seed layer formed thereon and supplying a monosilane gas to the surface of the seed layer so as to form a silicon film on the seed layer, filling the trench of the semiconductor substrate, which has the silicon film formed thereon, with a filling material that shrinks by burning, and burning the semiconductor substrate coated by the filling material filling the trench in an atmosphere containing water and/or a hydroxy group while changing the filling material into a silicon oxide and changing the silicon film and the seed layer into a silicon oxide.

Abstract: A method for using a film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process to form a thin film on a target substrate while supplying a film formation reactive gas from a first nozzle inside a reaction chamber includes performing a cleaning process to remove a by-product film deposited inside the reaction chamber and the first nozzle, in a state where the reaction chamber does not accommodate the target substrate. The cleaning process includes, in order, an etching step of supplying a cleaning reactive gas for etching the by-product film into the reaction chamber, and activating the cleaning reactive gas, thereby etching the by-product film, and an exhaust step of stopping supply of the cleaning reactive gas and exhausting gas from inside the reaction chamber. The etching step is arranged to use conditions that cause the cleaning reactive gas supplied in the reaction chamber to flow into the first nozzle.

Abstract: Provided is a film crack detecting apparatus capable of recognizing a possibility of occurrence of particles in real time by detecting film cracks of an unnecessary film adhered to a probe unit provided in a processing container. The film crack detecting apparatus is provided in a film forming apparatus, which includes a processing container configured to accommodate an object to be processed and forms a thin film on a surface of the object, to perform a film crack detection operation. The film crack detecting apparatus includes a probe unit installed within the processing container, an elastic wave detecting unit attached to an end of the probe unit to detect an elastic wave, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the maintenance of the processing container is necessary based on a detection result of the elastic wave detecting unit.

Abstract: A method for forming an SiCN film on target substrates placed in a process field inside a process container repeats a unit cycle a plurality of times to laminate thin films respectively formed, thereby forming the SiCN film with a predetermined thickness. The unit cycle includes performing and suspending supply of a silicon source gas, a nitriding gas, and a carbon hydride gas respectively from first, second, and third gas distribution nozzles to the process field. The unit cycle does not turn any one of the gases into plasma but heats the process field to a set temperature of 300 to 700° C. with the supply of the carbon hydride gas performed for a time period in total longer than that of the supply of the silicon source gas, so as to provide the SiCN film with a carbon concentration of 15.2% to 28.5%.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for forming a silicon film, which are capable of suppressing generation of a void or seam. The method includes performing a first film-forming process, performing an etching process, performing a doping process, and performing a second film-forming process. In the first film-forming process, a non-doped silicon film that is not doped with an impurity is formed so as to embed a groove of an object. In the etching process, the non-doped silicon film formed via the first film-forming process is etched. In the doping process, the non-doped silicon film etched via the etching process is doped with an impurity. In the second film-forming process, an impurity-doped silicon film is formed so as to embed the silicon film doped via the doping process.