Silicone polymer insulation film on semiconductor substrate and method for forming the film
First Claim
1. A method for forming a silicone polymer insulation film on a semiconductor substrate by plasma treatment, comprising the steps of:
- introducing a material gas with no additive gas into a reaction chamber for plasma CVD processing wherein a semiconductor substrate is placed, said material gas comprising a silicon-containing hydrocarbon having two alkoxy groups or less or having no alkoxy group; and
forming a silicone polymer fin having —
SR2O—
repeating structural units on the semiconductor substrate by activating a plasma polymerization reaction in the reaction chamber where the material gas is present, while controlling the flow of the material gas to lengthen a residence time, Rt, of the material gas in the reaction chamber until the relative dielectric constant of the silicone polymer film is lower than a predetermined value, wherein 100 msec ≦
Rt,
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Abstract
A method for forming a silicone polymer insulation film having a low relative dielectric constant, high thermal stability and high humidity-resistance on a semiconductor substrate is applied to a plasma CVD apparatus. The first step is introducing a silicon-containing hydrocarbon compound expressed by the general formula SiαOβCxHy (α, β, x, and y are integers) to the reaction chamber of the plasma CVD apparatus. The silicon-containing hydrocarbon compound has at most two O—CnH2n+1 bonds and at least two hydrocarbon radicals bonded to the silicon. The residence time of the material gas is lengthened by, for example, reducing the total flow of the reaction gas, in such a way as to form a silicone polymer film having a micropore porous structure with a low relative dielectric constant.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for forming a silicone polymer insulation film on a semiconductor substrate by plasma treatment, comprising the steps of:
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introducing a material gas with no additive gas into a reaction chamber for plasma CVD processing wherein a semiconductor substrate is placed, said material gas comprising a silicon-containing hydrocarbon having two alkoxy groups or less or having no alkoxy group; and
forming a silicone polymer fin having —
SR2O—
repeating structural units on the semiconductor substrate by activating a plasma polymerization reaction in the reaction chamber where the material gas is present, while controlling the flow of the material gas to lengthen a residence time, Rt, of the material gas in the reaction chamber until the relative dielectric constant of the silicone polymer film is lower than a predetermined value, wherein 100 msec ≦
Rt, - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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