Patents by Inventor Tatsuru Matsuoka
Tatsuru Matsuoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240242961Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film having a first thickness on an underlayer by supplying a first process gas not including oxidizing gas to a substrate, wherein the first film contains silicon, carbon, and nitrogen and does not contain oxygen, and the underlayer is exposed on a surface of the substrate and is at least one selected from the group of a conductive metal-element-containing film and a nitride film; and (b) forming a second film having a second thickness larger than the first thickness on the first film by supplying a second process gas including oxidizing gas to the substrate, wherein the second film contains silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and wherein in (b), oxygen atoms derived from the oxidizing gas and diffuse from a surface of the first film toward the underlayer are absorbed by the first film and the first film is modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru Matsuoka
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Patent number: 12009201Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11967499Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film having a first thickness on an underlayer by supplying a first process gas not including oxidizing gas to a substrate, wherein the first film contains silicon, carbon, and nitrogen and does not contain oxygen, and the underlayer is exposed on a surface of the substrate and is at least one selected from the group of a conductive metal-element-containing film and a nitride film; and (b) forming a second film having a second thickness larger than the first thickness on the first film by supplying a second process gas including oxidizing gas to the substrate, wherein the second film contains silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and wherein in (b), oxygen atoms derived from the oxidizing gas and diffuse from a surface of the first film toward the underlayer are absorbed by the first film and the first film is modified.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Tatsuru Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20240038530Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 11817314Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Tatsuru Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20230253202Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11664217Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20230049006Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film having a first thickness on an underlayer by supplying a first process gas not including oxidizing gas to a substrate, wherein the first film contains silicon, carbon, and nitrogen and does not contain oxygen, and the underlayer is exposed on a surface of the substrate and is at least one selected from the group of a conductive metal-element-containing film and a nitride film; and (b) forming a second film having a second thickness larger than the first thickness on the first film by supplying a second process gas including oxidizing gas to the substrate, wherein the second film contains silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and wherein in (b), oxygen atoms derived from the oxidizing gas and diffuse from a surface of the first film toward the underlayer are absorbed by the first film and the first film is modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 11515143Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film having a first thickness on an underlayer by supplying a first process gas not including oxidizing gas to a substrate, wherein the first film contains silicon, carbon, and nitrogen and does not contain oxygen, and the underlayer is exposed on a surface of the substrate and is at least one selected from the group of a conductive metal-element-containing film and a nitride film; and (b) forming a second film having a second thickness larger than the first thickness on the first film by supplying a second process gas including oxidizing gas to the substrate, wherein the second film contains silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and wherein in (b), oxygen atoms derived from the oxidizing gas and diffuse from a surface of the first film toward the underlayer are absorbed by the first film and the first film is modified.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Tatsuru Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20220028679Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrateType: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 11164741Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Tatsuru Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20210296110Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Tatsuru MATSUOKA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11094532Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: forming a first layer containing silicon, carbon, and nitrogen by performing a set a predetermined number of times, the set including: supplying a first precursor, which contains at least two Si—N bonds and at least one Si—C bond in one molecule, to the substrate; and supplying a second precursor, which contains nitrogen and hydrogen, to the substrate; and forming a second layer by supplying an oxidant to the substrate, to thereby oxidize the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Atsushi Sano, Kimihiko Nakatani, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Kenji Kameda, Satoshi Shimamoto
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Patent number: 11056337Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10910214Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a substrate that includes a surface exposing a first film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen and having an oxygen atom concentration higher than a silicon atom concentration, which is higher than a carbon atom concentration, which is equal to or higher than a nitrogen atom concentration; and changing a composition of a surface of the first film so that the nitrogen atom concentration becomes higher than the carbon atom concentration on the surface of the first film, by supplying a plasma-excited nitrogen-containing gas to the surface of the first film.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Masanori Nakayama, Masaya Nagato, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Hiroki Tamashita, Takafumi Nitta, Satoshi Shimamoto
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Publication number: 20200402788Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film having a first thickness on an underlayer by supplying a first process gas not including oxidizing gas to a substrate, wherein the first film contains silicon, carbon, and nitrogen and does not contain oxygen, and the underlayer is exposed on a surface of the substrate and is at least one selected from the group of a conductive metal-element-containing film and a nitride film; and (b) forming a second film having a second thickness larger than the first thickness on the first film by supplying a second process gas including oxidizing gas to the substrate, wherein the second film contains silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and wherein in (b), oxygen atoms derived from the oxidizing gas and diffuse from a surface of the first film toward the underlayer are absorbed by the first film and the first film is modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20200373151Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Tatsuru MATSUOKA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 10804100Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a film with improved step coverage on a substrate by performing, a predetermined number of times, forming a first layer by supplying a halogen-free precursor having a first chemical bond cut by thermal energy at a first temperature and a second chemical bond cut by thermal energy at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and having a ratio of the number of first chemical bonds to the number of second chemical bonds in one molecule thereof, the ratio being equal to or more than 3, to the substrate at a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature and lower than the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kimihiko Nakatani, Kenji Kameda, Atsushi Sano, Tatsuru Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10790136Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a film containing silicon, carbon and nitrogen having a carbon concentration within a range from 10 at % to 15 at % on a substrate; (b) performing an oxidation process with respect to the substrate where the film is exposed on a surface thereof; and (c) performing a process using hydrogen fluoride with respect to the substrate where the film is exposed on the surface thereof after the oxidation process is performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10770287Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto