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- the present invention relates to a method for producing a thin film by an atomic layer deposition method (ALD method) using a zirconium compound having a specific aminoalkoxide as a ligand.
- ALD method atomic layer deposition method
- High dielectric materials are required in semiconductor manufacturing processes to meet the performance requirements of high capacitance, low leakage current, and low power consumption.
- Zirconium oxide (ZrO 2 ) is known as a highly dielectric material and has excellent properties such as a wide bandgap, a high refractive index, and good thermal stability. Therefore, ZrO 2 forms a capacitor derivative in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) element, a gate insulator layer in a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a tunnel gate dielectric in a flash memory circuit, and the like. It is used to do.
- DRAM dynamic random access memory
- MOSFET metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
- ZrO 2 thin films are used in the semiconductor applications listed above.
- Examples of the method for producing a thin film of ZrO 2 include a sputtering method, an ion plating method, a MOD method such as a coating pyrolysis method and a sol-gel method, and a CVD method.
- a sputtering method an ion plating method
- a MOD method such as a coating pyrolysis method and a sol-gel method
- CVD method Among these, it has many advantages such as film thickness controllability at the atomic layer level, excellent composition controllability and step coverage, suitable for mass production, and hybrid integration.
- Atomic layer deposition method (sometimes called ALD method) is the optimum manufacturing process.
- the thin film forming raw material applicable to the ALD method needs to have a temperature region called an ALD window, and this temperature region needs to be sufficiently wide. Therefore, it is common general knowledge in the art that even a thin film forming raw material that can be used in the CVD method is not suitable for the ALD method in many cases.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a manufacturing method for forming a thin film by a CVD method using zirconium tetra (dimethylaminoethoxydo).
- Patent Document 2 discloses that tetraxethylmethylaminozirconium (TEMAZ) is used as a raw material, a mixture of oxygen gas and ozone gas is used as a reactive gas, and a thin film of zirconium oxide is formed at 250 ° C. by the ALD method. There is.
- TEMAZ tetraxethylmethylaminozirconium
- Patent No. 3499804 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2020-53612
- the ALD method has a step of adsorbing molecules of a raw material compound on the substrate surface on a substrate installed in a vacuum vessel, a film forming step of reacting the molecules adsorbed on the substrate surface with a reactive gas, and removing surplus molecules by purging.
- the atomic layers are stacked one by one, and uniform film control at the level of one atomic layer becomes possible, and a film having high homogeneity and high step covering property can be formed.
- the ALD method has a problem that it is difficult to form a film at a high temperature as compared with the CVD method, and carbon tends to remain on the film.
- Patent Document 1 does not describe a specific example in which zirconium tetra (dimethylaminoethoxydo) is applied to the ALD method, and does not describe any manufacturing conditions when the ALD method is used.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a high quality zirconium atom-containing thin film (hereinafter referred to as "zirconium-containing thin film") having a small amount of residual carbon by using the ALD method.
- the present inventors have solved the above-mentioned problems by producing a zirconium-containing thin film by the ALD method under specific conditions using a thin film-forming raw material containing a zirconium compound having a specific structure. We have found that it can be solved and have completed the present invention.
- the present invention is a method for producing a thin film containing a zirconium atom on the surface of a substrate by an atomic layer deposition method.
- Step 1 of forming a precursor thin film by adsorbing a raw material gas obtained by vaporizing a raw material for forming a thin film containing a zirconium compound represented by the following general formula (1) on the surface of a substrate.
- Step 2 to exhaust the unreacted raw material gas
- Step 3 of reacting the precursor thin film with a reactive gas at a temperature of 240 ° C. or higher and 450 ° C. or lower to form a thin film containing a zirconium atom on the surface of the substrate. It is a manufacturing method of a thin film containing.
- R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms
- R 3 and R 4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
- the above step 1 is performed in a state where the substrate is heated to 240 ° C. or higher and 450 ° C. or lower.
- the reactive gas is an oxidizing gas and the thin film containing a zirconium atom is zirconium oxide.
- the reactive gas is a gas containing at least one selected from the group consisting of oxygen, ozone and water vapor.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of an ALD apparatus used in the method for producing a thin film of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing another example of the ALD apparatus used in the method for producing a thin film of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing another example of the ALD apparatus used in the method for producing a thin film of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another example of the ALD apparatus used in the method for producing a thin film of the present invention.
- the method for producing the thin film of the present invention is a step of adsorbing a raw material gas obtained by vaporizing a raw material for forming a thin film containing a zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) on the surface of a substrate to form a precursor thin film. 1 and 2 for exhausting the unreacted raw material gas, and 3 for reacting the precursor thin film with the reactive gas at a temperature of 240 ° C. or higher and 450 ° C. or lower to form a zirconium-containing thin film on the surface of the substrate. And include.
- R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms
- R 3 and R 4 independently represent 1 to 3 carbon atoms, respectively.
- both R 1 and R 2 are not hydrogen atoms.
- the melting point is preferably 100 ° C. or lower, and the handling is easy. From the viewpoint, it is more preferable that it is a liquid at room temperature. Further, the thermal decomposition start temperature of the zirconium compound by the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is preferably 250 ° C. or higher, and more preferably 260 ° C. or higher from the viewpoint of excellent thermal stability.
- DSC differential scanning calorimeter
- examples of the alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms represented by R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 include a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group and an isopropyl group.
- R 1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group
- R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group.
- a zirconium compound in which R 3 is a methyl group or an ethyl group and R 4 is a methyl group or an ethyl group is preferable, and from the viewpoint of excellent thermal stability, R 1 in the above general formula (1), A zirconium compound in which R 3 and R 4 are methyl groups and R 2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group is more preferable, and in the above general formula (1), R 1 , R 3 and R 4 are methyl groups and R.
- a zirconium compound in which 2 is a hydrogen atom is even more preferable.
- the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) As a preferable specific example of the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1), the following No. 1 to No. 15, but the invention is not limited to these zirconium compounds. In addition, the following No. 1 to No. In the 15 compounds, "Me” represents a methyl group and “Et” represents an ethyl group.
- the zirconium compound represented by the general formula (1) can be produced by utilizing a well-known reaction.
- the zirconium compounds in which R 1 , R 3 and R 4 are methyl groups and R 2 is a hydrogen atom are tetrakis (diethylamino) zirconium (TDEAZ) and 1-dimethylamino-. It can be obtained by reacting with 2-propanol.
- the raw material for forming a thin film used in the method for producing a thin film of the present invention may contain the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) as a precursor of the thin film, and the composition thereof is the target thin film. It depends on the composition. For example, when a thin film containing only zirconium is produced as a metal, the raw material for forming the thin film does not contain a metal compound other than zirconium or a metalloid compound. On the other hand, when producing a thin film containing zirconium and other metals and / or metalloids, the raw material for forming the thin film is a compound containing a desired metal in addition to the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1). And / or a compound containing a metalloid (hereinafter referred to as "another precursor”) can be contained.
- another precursor a compound containing a metalloid
- the other precursors that can be used together with the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) are not particularly limited and are thin films for the ALD method.
- a well-known general precursor used as a raw material for forming can be used.
- the other precursors described above include, for example, one or two types selected from the group consisting of compounds used as organic ligands such as alcohol compounds, glycol compounds, ⁇ -diketone compounds, cyclopentadiene compounds, and organic amine compounds.
- organic ligands such as alcohol compounds, glycol compounds, ⁇ -diketone compounds, cyclopentadiene compounds, and organic amine compounds.
- the above and compounds with silicon and metals can be mentioned.
- the metal species of precursors include lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron, osmium, lutetium, and cobalt.
- Examples of the alcohol compound used as the organic ligand of the other precursors described above include methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropyl alcohol, butanol, sec-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, pentyl alcohol and isopentyl alcohol.
- Tart-alkyl alcohols such as pentyl alcohol; 2-methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, 2-butoxyethanol, 2- (2-methoxyethoxy) ethanol, 2-methoxy-1-methylethanol, 2-methoxy-1 , 1-dimethylethanol, 2-ethoxy-1,1-dimethylethanol, 2-isopropoxy-1,1-dimethylethanol, 2-butoxy-1,1-dimethylethanol, 2- (2-methoxyethoxy) -1 , 1-Dimethylethanol, 2-propoxy-1,1-diethylethanol, 2-sec-butoxy-1,1-diethylethanol, 3-methoxy-1,1-dimethylpropanol and other ether alcohols; dimethylaminoethanol, Ethylmethylaminoethanol, diethylaminoethanol, dimethylamino-2-pentanol, ethylmethylamino-2-pentanol, dimethylamino-2-methyl-2-pentanol, ethyl
- glycol compound used as the organic ligand of the other precursors described above examples include 1,2-ethanediol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 2,4-hexanediol, and 2, 2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 2,4-butanediol, 2,2-diethyl-1,3-butanediol , 2-Ethyl-2-butyl-1,3-propanediol, 2,4-pentanediol, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 2,4-hexane Examples thereof include diol, 2,4-dimethyl-2,4-pentanediol and the like.
- Examples of the ⁇ -diketone compound used as the organic ligand of the other precursors described above include acetylacetone, hexane-2,4-dione, 5-methylhexane-2,4-dione, and heptane-2,4-dione.
- cyclopentadiene compound used as the organic ligand of the above-mentioned other precursors examples include cyclopentadiene, methylcyclopentadiene, ethylcyclopentadiene, propylcyclopentadiene, isopropylcyclopentadiene, butylcyclopentadiene, sec-butylcyclopentadiene, and the like.
- examples thereof include isobutylcyclopentadiene, tert-butylcyclopentadiene, dimethylcyclopentadiene, tetramethylcyclopentadiene, pentamethylcyclopentadiene and the like.
- Examples of the organic amine compound used as the organic ligand of the above other precursors include methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, isopropylamine, butylamine, sec-butylamine, tert-butylamine, isobutylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine and dipropyl. Examples thereof include amines, diisopropylamines, ethylmethylamines, propylmethylamines and isopropylmethylamines.
- the other precursors described above are known in the art, and their manufacturing methods are also known.
- the above-mentioned inorganic salt of a metal or a hydrate thereof is reacted with an alkali metal alkoxide of the alcohol compound.
- the inorganic salt of the metal or the hydrate thereof include a halide of the metal, a nitrate and the like.
- the alkali metal alkoxide include sodium alkoxide, lithium alkoxide, potassium alkoxide and the like.
- a method of vaporizing and supplying the raw material for thin film formation independently (hereinafter, also referred to as “single source method") and a multi-component raw material are desired in advance.
- a method of vaporizing and supplying a mixed raw material mixed with the composition of (hereinafter, may be referred to as “cocktail sauce method”).
- a compound having a thermal and / or oxidative decomposition behavior similar to that of the zirconium compound represented by the general formula (1) is preferable.
- the behavior of heat and / or oxidative decomposition is similar to that of the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1), and in addition, a chemical reaction or the like occurs at the time of mixing. Compounds that do not deteriorate are preferred.
- a mixture of the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) and another precursor or a mixed solution obtained by dissolving the mixture in an organic solvent is used as a raw material for forming a thin film. can do.
- organic solvent a well-known general organic solvent can be used without any particular limitation.
- organic solvent include acetate esters such as ethyl acetate, butyl acetate and methoxyethyl acetate; ethers such as tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, dibutyl ether and dioxane; methyl.
- Ketones such as butylketone, methylisobutylketone, ethylbutylketone, dipropylketone, diisobutylketone, methylamylketone, cyclohexanone, methylcyclohexanone; hexane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, dimethylcyclohexane, ethylcyclohexane, heptane, octane, toluene, Hydrocarbons such as xylene; 1-cyanopropane, 1-cyanobutane, 1-cyanohexane, cyanocyclohexane, cyanobenzene, 1,3-dicyanopropane, 1,4-dicyanobutane, 1,6-dicyanohexane, 1, Hydrocarbons having a cyano group such as 4-dicyanocyclohexane and 1,4-dicyanobenzene
- the total amount of precursor in the raw material for forming a thin film is 0.01 mol / liter to 2.0 mol / liter. In particular, it may be adjusted to be 0.05 mol / liter to 1.0 mol / liter.
- the total amount of the precursor represents the amount of the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) when the raw material for forming the thin film does not contain a metal compound other than zirconium and a semi-metal compound (however, the thin film).
- the forming raw material contains a zirconium compound other than the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1), it represents the total amount thereof).
- the raw material for thin film formation contains another zirconium compound in addition to the zirconium compound represented by the general formula (1), the sum of the zirconium compound represented by the general formula (1) and the other precursors. Represents a quantity.
- the raw material for forming a thin film is a nucleophile in order to improve the stability of the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) and other precursors, if necessary. May be contained.
- the nucleophile include ethylene glycol ethers such as glyme, diglyme, triglime, and tetraglyme, 18-crown-6, dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6, 24-crown-8, and dicyclohexyl-24-crown.
- Crown ethers such as -8, dibenzo-24-crown-8, ethylenediamine, N, N'-tetramethylethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, 1,1,4,7, Polyamines such as 7-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine, 1,1,4,7,10,10-hexamethyltriethylenetetramine, triethoxytriethyleneamine, cyclic polyamines such as cyclum and cyclone, pyridine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, morpholin.
- N-Methylpyrrolidin N-Methylpiperidine, N-methylmorpholine, tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, 1,4-dioxane, oxazole, thiazole, oxathiolane and other heterocyclic compounds, methyl acetoacetate, ethyl acetoacetate, acetoacetate- Examples thereof include ⁇ -ketoesters such as 2-methoxyethyl or ⁇ -diketones such as acetylacetone, 2,4-hexanedione, 2,4-heptandione, 3,5-heptandione and dipivaloylmethane.
- ⁇ -ketoesters such as 2-methoxyethyl or ⁇ -diketones
- acetylacetone 2,4-hexanedione, 2,4-heptandione, 3,5-heptandione and dipivaloylmethane.
- the amount of these nucleophilic reagents used is preferably in the range of 0.1 mol to 10 mol, preferably 1 mol to 4 mol, with respect to 1 mol of the total amount of precursor, from the viewpoint of easy adjustment of stability.
- the range is more preferred.
- the raw material for thin film formation does not contain impurity metal elements other than the constituents thereof, impurity halogens such as impurity chlorine, and impurity organics as much as possible.
- the impurity metal element content is preferably 100 ppb or less for each element, more preferably 10 ppb or less, and the total amount is preferably 1 ppm or less, more preferably 100 ppb or less.
- the impurity halogen content is preferably 100 ppm or less, more preferably 10 ppm or less, and even more preferably 1 ppm or less.
- the total amount of impurity organic content is preferably 500 ppm or less, more preferably 50 ppm or less, and even more preferably 10 ppm or less.
- Moisture causes particles to be generated in the raw material for ALD and particles to be generated during thin film formation. Therefore, precursors, organic solvents and nucleophilic reagents are used to reduce the water content of each. It is better to remove as much water as possible in advance.
- the water content of each of the precursor, the organic solvent and the nucleophilic reagent is preferably 10 ppm or less, more preferably 1 ppm or less.
- the raw material for forming a thin film contains as little particles as possible in order to reduce or prevent particle contamination of the formed thin film.
- the number of particles larger than 0.3 ⁇ m is preferably 100 or less in 1 ml of the thin film forming raw material. It is more preferable that the number of particles larger than 0.2 ⁇ m is 100 or less in 1 ml of the thin film forming raw material.
- zirconium-containing thin film a thin film containing a zirconium atom (referred to as a "zirconium-containing thin film") by the ALD method using the above-mentioned thin film forming raw material will be described more specifically.
- a raw material for forming a thin film in a raw material container as shown in FIG. 1 is vaporized by heating and / or depressurizing to obtain a raw material gas.
- a device capable of supplying the raw material gas together with the carrier gas to the film forming chamber as needed, and as shown in FIG. 2, the raw material for forming a thin film is transported to the vaporization chamber in the form of a liquid or a solution. Examples thereof include an apparatus capable of vaporizing the raw material gas by heating and / or reducing the pressure in the vaporization chamber to obtain the raw material gas, and supplying the raw material gas to the film forming chamber.
- the device is not limited to the single-wafer type device provided with the film forming chamber as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a device capable of simultaneously processing a large number of sheets using a batch furnace can also be used.
- Step 1 precursor thin film forming step
- Step 3 a zirconium-containing thin film forming step
- the method for producing a thin film of the present invention includes a step 4 (exhaust step) of exhausting the gas in the film forming chamber after the step 3.
- step 1 precursor thin film forming step
- step 2 exhaust step
- step 3 zylconium-containing thin film forming step
- step 4 exhaust step
- Step 1 is a step of introducing the raw material gas obtained by vaporizing the above-mentioned thin film forming raw material into a film forming chamber in which the substrate is installed and adsorbing the raw material gas on the surface of the substrate to form a precursor thin film.
- a method of introducing the raw material gas obtained by vaporizing the raw material for thin film formation into the film forming chamber in which the substrate is installed as shown in FIGS.
- a container in which the raw material for thin film formation is stored (hereinafter, hereinafter, It is vaporized by heating and / or depressurizing in a “raw material container") to obtain a raw material gas, and the raw material gas is used as necessary together with a carrier gas such as argon, nitrogen, helium, etc., and a substrate is installed.
- a carrier gas such as argon, nitrogen, helium, etc.
- a liquid transport method in which a raw material for forming a thin film is vaporized into a raw material gas, and the raw material gas is introduced into a film forming chamber in which a substrate is installed.
- the zirconium compound itself represented by the above general formula (1) can be used as a raw material for forming a thin film.
- the zirconium compound represented by the above general formula (1) or a solution obtained by dissolving the zirconium compound in an organic solvent can be used as a raw material for forming a thin film.
- These raw materials for forming a thin film may further contain a nucleophilic reagent or the like.
- the raw material for thin film formation is vaporized within the range of 0 ° C. or higher and 200 ° C. or lower from the viewpoint of handleability.
- the pressure in the raw material container and the pressure in the vaporization chamber are 1 Pa or more and 10 from the viewpoint that the raw material for forming the thin film is easily vaporized. It is preferably 000 Pa or less.
- the material of the substrate installed in the film forming chamber for example, silicon; silicon nitride, titanium nitride, tantalum nitride, titanium oxide, ruthenium oxide, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, lanthanum oxide and other ceramics; glass; metal.
- Examples include metals such as cobalt and metallic ruthenium.
- Examples of the shape of the substrate include plate-like, spherical, fibrous, and scaly shapes.
- the surface of the substrate may be flat or may have a three-dimensional structure such as a trench structure.
- the precursor thin film can be formed on the surface of the substrate by adsorbing the raw material gas on the surface of the substrate.
- the substrate may be heated or the inside of the film forming chamber may be heated.
- the conditions for forming the precursor thin film are not particularly limited, and for example, the adsorption temperature (base temperature), the system pressure, and the like can be appropriately determined according to the type of the thin film forming raw material.
- Step 1 is preferably carried out in a state where the substrate is heated to 240 ° C. or higher and 450 ° C. or lower, and is carried out in a state of being heated to 250 ° C. or higher and 400 ° C.
- the system pressure is not particularly limited, but is preferably 1 Pa or more and 10,000 Pa or less, and more preferably 10 Pa or more and 1,000 Pa or less from the viewpoint that a uniform precursor thin film can be easily obtained.
- Step 2 is a step of exhausting the raw material gas that has not been adsorbed on the surface of the substrate from the film forming chamber after forming the precursor thin film.
- the raw material gas that has not been adsorbed is completely exhausted from the film forming chamber, but it is not always necessary to completely exhaust the raw material gas.
- the exhaust method include a method of purging the inside of the film forming chamber system with an inert gas such as helium, nitrogen, and argon, a method of exhausting by depressurizing the inside of the system, and a method of combining these. ..
- the degree of decompression in the case of depressurization is preferably in the range of 0.01 Pa or more and 300 Pa or less, and more preferably in the range of 0.01 Pa or more and 100 Pa or less from the viewpoint of promoting the exhaust of the raw material gas that has not been adsorbed.
- Step 3 In step 3, after step 2, a reactive gas is introduced into the film forming chamber and deposited on the surface of the precursor thin film, that is, the substrate by the action of the reactive gas and the action of heat. This is a step of reacting the zirconium compound represented by with a reactive gas to form a zirconium-containing thin film.
- the reactive gas examples include oxidizing gas such as oxygen, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen monoxide, steam, hydrogen peroxide, formic acid, acetic acid and anhydrous acetic acid, reducing gas such as hydrogen, monoalkylamine and dialkyl.
- oxidizing gas such as oxygen, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen monoxide, steam, hydrogen peroxide, formic acid, acetic acid and anhydrous acetic acid
- reducing gas such as hydrogen, monoalkylamine and dialkyl.
- organic amine compounds such as amines, trialkylamines and alkylenediamines
- nitrided gases such as hydrazine and ammonia.
- the reactive gas is preferably an oxidizing gas, and from the viewpoint that the reaction between the precursor thin film and the reactive gas is good, it is composed of a group consisting of oxygen, ozone and water vapor. More preferably, it is a gas containing at least one selected.
- an oxidizing gas is used as the reactive gas, a zirconium oxide thin film is formed as the zirconium-containing thin film.
- the temperature (base temperature) when the precursor thin film is reacted with the reactive gas is 240 ° C or higher and 450 ° C or lower, and from the viewpoint of obtaining a high-quality thin film with less residual carbon, 250 ° C or higher and 400 ° C or lower. It is preferable that the temperature is 300 ° C. or higher and 400 ° C. or lower.
- the pressure in the film forming chamber when this step is performed is preferably 1 Pa or more and 10,000 Pa or less, and 10 Pa or more and 1,000 Pa or less from the viewpoint of good reaction between the precursor thin film and the reactive gas. More preferred.
- Step 4 is a step of exhausting unreacted reactive gas and by-product gas from the film forming chamber in order to produce a high-quality thin film after step 3. Ideally, the reactive gas and by-product gas are completely exhausted from the film forming chamber in this step, but it is not always necessary to completely exhaust them.
- the exhaust method and the degree of decompression in the case of depressurization are the same as those in step 2 described above.
- step 1 when the raw material gas is introduced into the film forming chamber, or when heating when forming the precursor thin film, the step.
- step 2 when the reactive gas is introduced into the film forming chamber, or when the reactive gas is reacted with the precursor thin film, when the reactive gas is exhausted in the system in the step 2 or 4, or during each of the above steps. good.
- annealing treatment may be performed in an inert atmosphere, an oxidizing atmosphere or a reducing atmosphere in order to obtain better electrical characteristics. If step embedding is required, a reflow process may be provided.
- the temperature is preferably 200 ° C. or higher and 1,000 ° C. or lower, and more preferably 250 ° C. or higher and 600 ° C. or lower from the viewpoint of suppressing heat damage to the thin film or the substrate.
- the thin film produced by the method for producing a thin film of the present invention is coated with a substrate such as metal, oxide ceramics, nitride ceramics, glass, etc. by appropriately selecting other precursors, reactive gases, and production conditions. It can be a thin film of the desired type. Since the thin film of the present invention is excellent in electrical characteristics and optical characteristics, for example, it is used for electrode materials of memory elements typified by DRAM elements, resistance films, antimagnetic films used for recording layers of hard disks, and polymer electrolyte fuel cells. It can be widely used in the production of catalyst materials and the like.
- Example 1 The above No. Using the zirconium compound of No. 1 as a raw material for forming a thin film, and using the ALD apparatus of FIG. 1, a thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate under the following conditions and steps. When the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, it was confirmed that the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film and the amount of residual carbon in the thin film was less than the detection limit of 0.01 atm%. Further, when the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, the thin film formed on the substrate was a smooth film having a film thickness of 4.0 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was determined. It was about 0.040 nm.
- Step 1 The vapor of the raw material for thin film formation (raw material gas) vaporized under the conditions of the raw material container temperature of 150 ° C. and the pressure inside the raw material container of 26.67 Pa is introduced into the film forming chamber, and the system pressure is 26.67 Pa for 30 seconds.
- the raw material gas is adsorbed on the surface of the substrate to form a precursor thin film.
- Step 2 By argon purging for 30 seconds, the raw material gas that has not been adsorbed is exhausted from the system.
- Step 3 A reactive gas is introduced into the film forming chamber, and the precursor thin film is reacted with the reactive gas at a system pressure of 100 Pa for 10 seconds.
- Step 4 The unreacted reactive gas and by-product gas are exhausted from the system by argon purging for 15 seconds.
- Example 2 No.
- the zirconium compound of No. 1 was designated as No.
- a thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the zirconium compound was changed to 4.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, it was confirmed that the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film and the amount of residual carbon in the thin film was less than the detection limit of 0.01 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, the thin film formed on the substrate was a smooth film with a film thickness of 3.9 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was determined. It was about 0.039 nm.
- Example 3 A thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the substrate temperature of 300 ° C. in Steps 1 and 3 was changed to 400 ° C.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, it was confirmed that the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film and the amount of residual carbon in the thin film was less than the detection limit of 0.01 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, it was a smooth film with a film thickness of 5.30 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was about 0.053 nm.
- Example 4 A thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the substrate temperature of 300 ° C. in Steps 1 and 3 was changed to 450 ° C.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film, and the residual carbon content in the thin film was 0.76 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, it was a smooth film with a film thickness of 9.72 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was about 0.097 nm.
- Example 1 No. A thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the zirconium compound of No. 1 was changed to Comparative Compound 1.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film, and the residual carbon content in the thin film was 0.81 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, it was a smooth film with a film thickness of 4.23 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was about 0.042 nm.
- Example 2 No. A thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the zirconium compound of No. 1 was changed to Comparative Compound 2.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film, and the residual carbon content in the thin film was 5.81 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, it was a smooth film with a film thickness of 39.1 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was about 0.39 nm.
- ALD saturation did not occur, and thermal decomposition deposition increased the film formation rate (deterioration of film controllability) and deteriorated film composition.
- Example 3 A thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the substrate temperature of 300 ° C. in Steps 1 and 3 was changed to 230 ° C.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film, and the residual carbon content in the thin film was 1.74 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, it was a smooth film with a film thickness of 3.64 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was about 0.036 nm.
- Example 4 A thin film was produced on a silicon wafer as a substrate by carrying out the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the substrate temperature of 300 ° C. in Steps 1 and 3 was changed to 470 ° C.
- the composition of the thin film was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the thin film was a zirconium oxide thin film, and the residual carbon content in the thin film was 0.88 atm%.
- the film thickness of the thin film was measured by the X-ray reflectivity method, it was a smooth film with a film thickness of 10.63 nm, and the film thickness obtained per cycle was about 0.106 nm.
- the present invention can produce a high-quality zirconium-containing thin film having a small amount of residual carbon by producing a thin film under specific conditions using a thin film-forming raw material containing a specific zirconium compound.
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Description
下記一般式(1)で表されるジルコニウム化合物を含有する薄膜形成用原料を気化させた原料ガスを、基体の表面に吸着させて前駆体薄膜を形成する工程1と、
未反応の原料ガスを排気する工程2と、
240℃以上450℃以下の温度にて、前駆体薄膜を反応性ガスと反応させて、基体の表面に、ジルコニウム原子を含有する薄膜を形成する工程3と、
を含む薄膜の製造方法である。
また、本発明の薄膜の製造方法は、工程3の後に、成膜チャンバー内のガスを排気する工程4(排気工程)を有することが好ましい。
工程1は、上記の薄膜形成用原料を気化させた原料ガスを、基体が設置された成膜チャンバー内へ導入し、原料ガスを、基体の表面に吸着させて前駆体薄膜を形成する工程である。薄膜形成用原料を気化させた原料ガスを、基体が設置された成膜チャンバー内へ導入する方法としては、図1及び図3に示すように、薄膜形成用原料が貯蔵される容器(以下、「原料容器」と称する)中で加熱及び/又は減圧することにより気化させて原料ガスとし、該原料ガスを、必要に応じてアルゴン、窒素、ヘリウム等のキャリアガスと共に、基体が設置された成膜チャンバー内へと導入する気体輸送法、並びに図2及び図4に示すように、薄膜形成用原料を液体又は溶液の状態で気化室まで輸送し、気化室で加熱及び/又は減圧することにより薄膜形成用原料を気化させて原料ガスとし、該原料ガスを基体が設置された成膜チャンバー内へと導入する液体輸送法がある。気体輸送法の場合、上記一般式(1)で表されるジルコニウム化合物そのものを薄膜形成用原料とすることができる。液体輸送法の場合、上記一般式(1)で表されるジルコニウム化合物、又は該ジルコニウム化合物を有機溶剤に溶解した溶液を薄膜形成用原料とすることができる。これらの薄膜形成用原料は求核性試薬等を更に含んでいてもよい。
工程2は、前駆体薄膜を形成後、基体の表面に吸着しなかった原料ガスを成膜チャンバーから排気する工程である。この工程では、吸着しなかった原料ガスが成膜チャンバーから完全に排気されるのが理想的であるが、必ずしも完全に排気する必要はない。排気方法としては、例えば、ヘリウム、窒素、アルゴン等の不活性ガスにより成膜チャンバーの系内をパージする方法、系内を減圧することで排気する方法、及びこれらを組み合わせた方法等が挙げられる。減圧する場合の減圧度は、0.01Pa以上300Pa以下の範囲が好ましく、吸着しなかった原料ガスの排気が促進されるという観点から、0.01Pa以上100Pa以下の範囲がより好ましい。
工程3は、工程2の後、成膜チャンバーに反応性ガスを導入して、反応性ガスの作用及び熱の作用により、前駆体薄膜、すなわち基体の表面に堆積させた上記一般式(1)で表されるジルコニウム化合物を反応性ガスと反応させてジルコニウム含有薄膜を形成する工程である。
工程4は、工程3の後、高品質な薄膜を製造するために、未反応の反応性ガス及び副生ガスを成膜チャンバーから排気する工程である。この工程では、反応性ガス及び副生ガスが成膜チャンバーから完全に排気されるのが理想的であるが、必ずしも完全に排気する必要はない。排気方法及び減圧する場合の減圧度は、上述した工程2と同様である。
No.1:テトラキス[1-(ジメチルアミノ)-2-プロパノラート]ジルコニウム
No.4:テトラキス[1-(ジメチルアミノ)-2-メチル-2-プロパノラート]ジルコニウム
比較化合物1:テトラキス[1-(ジメチルアミノ)エタノラート]ジルコニウム
比較化合物2:テトラキス(エチルメチルアミノ)ジルコニウム
目視によって、常圧25℃における化合物の状態を観察した。結果を表1に示す。
示差走査熱量計(DSC)を用いて、アルゴン流量20mL/分、昇温速度10℃/分、走査温度範囲を30℃~500℃として測定したDSCチャートにおいて、発熱又は吸熱の開始点を熱分解開始温度(℃)として評価した。結果を表1に示す。
上記No.1のジルコニウム化合物を薄膜形成用原料として用い、図1のALD装置を用い、下記の条件及び工程で基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は、検出限界である0.01atm%よりも少ないことを確認した。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、基体上に形成された薄膜は、膜厚4.0nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.040nmであった。
製造方法:ALD法
反応温度(基体温度):300℃
反応性ガス:オゾン及び酸素の混合ガス
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下記工程1~工程4からなる一連の工程を1サイクルとして、100サイクル繰り返した。
工程1:原料容器温度150℃、原料容器内圧力26.67Paの条件で気化された薄膜形成用原料の蒸気(原料ガス)を成膜チャンバー内に導入し、系圧26.67Paで30秒間、基体表面に原料ガスを吸着させて前駆体薄膜を形成する。
工程2:30秒間のアルゴンパージにより、吸着しなかった原料ガスを系内から排気する。
工程3:反応性ガスを成膜チャンバー内に導入し、系圧力100Paで10秒間、前駆体薄膜を反応性ガスと反応させる。
工程4:15秒間のアルゴンパージにより、未反応の反応性ガス及び副生ガスを系内から排気する。
No.1のジルコニウム化合物をNo.4のジルコニウム化合物に変更したこと以外は、実施例1と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は、検出限界である0.01atm%よりも少ないことを確認した。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、基体上に形成された薄膜は、膜厚3.9nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.039nmであった。
工程1及び工程3における基体温度300℃を400℃に変更したこと以外は、実施例1の条件と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は、検出限界である0.01atm%よりも少ないことを確認した。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、膜厚5.30nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.053nmであった。
工程1及び工程3における基体温度300℃を450℃に変更したこと以外は、実施例1の条件と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は0.76atm%であった。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、膜厚9.72nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.097nmであった。
No.1のジルコニウム化合物を比較化合物1に変更したこと以外は、実施例1の条件と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は0.81atm%であった。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、膜厚4.23nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.042nmであった。
No.1のジルコニウム化合物を比較化合物2に変更したこと以外は、実施例1の条件と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は5.81atm%であった。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、膜厚39.1nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.39nmであった。300℃ではALD飽和が起きず熱分解堆積により成膜速度の増加(膜制御性の悪化)と膜組成の悪化が見られた。
工程1及び工程3における基体温度300℃を230℃に変更したこと以外は、実施例1の条件と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は1.74atm%であった。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、膜厚3.64nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.036nmであった。
工程1及び工程3における基体温度300℃を470℃に変更したこと以外は、実施例1の条件と同様に実施して、基体としてのシリコンウエハ上に薄膜を製造した。X線光電子分光法を用いて薄膜の組成を分析したところ、薄膜は、酸化ジルコニウム薄膜であり、薄膜中の残留炭素量は0.88atm%であった。また、X線反射率法を用いて薄膜の膜厚を測定したところ、膜厚10.63nmの平滑な膜であり、1サイクルあたりに得られる膜厚は、約0.106nmであった。
Claims (4)
- 原子層堆積法により、基体の表面に、ジルコニウム原子を含有する薄膜を製造する方法であって、
下記一般式(1)で表されるジルコニウム化合物を含有する薄膜形成用原料を気化させた原料ガスを、基体の表面に吸着させて前駆体薄膜を形成する工程1と、
未反応の原料ガスを排気する工程2と、
240℃以上450℃以下の温度にて、前記前駆体薄膜を反応性ガスと反応させて、前記基体の表面に、ジルコニウム原子を含有する薄膜を形成する工程3と、
を含む薄膜の製造方法。
(式中、R1及びR2は、各々独立して水素原子又は炭素原子数1~3のアルキル基を表し、R3及びR4は、各々独立して炭素原子数1~3のアルキル基を表す。但し、R1及びR2の両方が水素原子であるジルコニウム化合物を除く。) - 前記工程1は、前記基体を240℃以上450℃以下に加熱した状態で行われる、請求項1に記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記反応性ガスが酸化性ガスであり、且つ前記ジルコニウム原子を含有する薄膜が酸化ジルコニウムである、請求項1又は2に記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記反応性ガスが、酸素、オゾン及び水蒸気からなる群から選択される少なくとも一種を含有するガスである、請求項1~3の何れか一項に記載の薄膜の製造方法。
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