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PURPOSE: An elevator apparatus for transferring a wafer boat is provided to allow an automatic control of a horizontal attitude of wafers in the boat. CONSTITUTION: The elevator apparatus automatically adjusts the inclination of the wafer boat(34) so that the wafers(10) in the boat(34) are horizontally maintained. The elevator apparatus includes the wafer boat(34), a base(35) on which the boat(34) is supported, an elevator(37) for loading or unloading the boat(34) into or from a processing chamber, a sensing unit(43) for detecting the inclination of the boat(34) relative to the horizontal, a horizontal control unit(36) which is interposed between the base(35) and the elevator(37) and is drivable to maintain the boat(34) in such a position that the wafers(10) in the boat(34) lie in horizontal planes, and a control unit(44) for receiving information from the sensing unit(43) and, based on the information, outputting a control signal to the horizontal control unit(36).
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of a capacitor of a semiconductor device is provided to be capable of preventing the distribution defect of a dielectric layer thickness generated when a PH3 doping process and a dielectric layer forming process are performed in same recipe within single process chamber. CONSTITUTION: At first, an interlayer dielectric with a buried contact window is formed on a semiconductor substrate to expose a portion of the substrate. Then, a lower electrode is formed on a predetermined portion of the interlayer dielectric including the buried contact window. Next, a cleaning process is performed. Then, HSG(hemispherical grains) are growed on the surface exposure portion of the lower electrode within a process chamber. PH3 impurities are doped into the HSG without breaking vacuum status within another process chamber, and then a dielectric layer having thickness of (1/6-1/4)T is formed. Next, a residual dielectric layer having thickness of (5/6-3/4)T is formed on the formed dielectric layer within a batch type furnace. Finally, an upper electrode is formed on the dielectric layer.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a capacitor of a semiconductor memory device is provided to improve reliability of a storage electrode by preventing the storage electrode from being damaged during formation of hemispherical grains. CONSTITUTION: In the method, a buried contact hole is formed in the first interlayer dielectric layer(20) on a substrate(10) and then filled with a conductive layer(30) for a buried contact. Next, the second interlayer dielectric layer having a window exposing the conductive layer(30) is formed on the first interlayer dielectric layer(20). Thereafter, the cylindrical storage electrode is formed in the window of the second interlayer dielectric layer. In particular, the storage electrode is formed from several conductive layers having an intermediate layer(53) with relatively higher doping concentration. Therefore, when the hemispherical grains(57) are formed on a surface of the storage electrode, the storage electrode is not damaged due to the intermediate layer(53). After that, a dielectric layer(70) and a conductive layer(80) for a plate electrode are formed thereon.
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PURPOSE: A CVD(Chemical Vapor Deposition) method for forming HSG(Hemispherical Shaped Grain) silicon layer is provided to optimize the growth of the HSG silicon layer by forming silicon seed before crystallization of amorphous silicon. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor substrate is loaded in a chamber of a first temperature(101-102). After pumping(103) the semiconductor substrate, the temperature in the chamber is to be rising(104). If the temperature of the chamber is reached to a second temperature in which is higher than the first temperature, a reacting gas is injected into the chamber and a silicon seed is formed(105). If the temperature of the chamber is reached to a third temperature in which higher than the second temperature, the silicon seed is continuously formed(106). Then, an annealing step is carried out(107).
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PURPOSE: A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices is provided to increase the throughput per unit time by reducing a temperature stabilization time of a wafer when semiconductor devices are manufactured using a sheet type equipment. CONSTITUTION: A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices stabilizes a wafer loaded to a chamber and performs a given process for the stabilized wafer. In order to increase the throughput of wafers per unit time by reducing the time consumed in the process stabilization step, the chamber pressure in the process stabilization step is maintained to be higher that in the process implementation step for a given hour.
Abstract:
램프가열 방식의 매엽식 장비를 이용하는 반도체장치의 제조방법에 대해 개시되어 있다. 이 방법은, 웨이퍼를 챔버내로 로딩하는 단계와, 챔버의 압력과 웨이퍼의 온도를 공정압력 및 공정온도보다 높게 상승시키는 단계와, 챔버의 압력 및 웨이퍼의 온도를 공정압력 및 공정온도로 하강시키는 단계와, 웨이퍼를 이용하여 소정의 공정을 진행하는 단계, 및 챔버의 진공을 해제하고 챔버 및 가스 주입관에 잔류하는 가스를 정화시키는 단계를 구비하여 이루어진다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A diffuser for manufacturing a semiconductor is provided to be capable of shortening work period and enhancing productivity as well as remarkably reducing fabrication costs and being simplified in its structure by positioning a susceptor for loading/unloading a wafer in a process position to perform a diffusion process without lifting the susceptor. CONSTITUTION: Wafer is loaded and unloaded to/from a susceptor(32) positioned within a chamber(30). A door(34) opened/closed for loading/unloading the wafer(W) on the susceptor(32) are equipped on one side of the chamber(30). The susceptor(32) is positioned in a process position within the chamber(30), and the door(34) is positioned in a position corresponding to the susceptor(32).
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for manufacturing a capacitor of a semiconductor device is provided to prevent a defect caused by a cleaning process after a PH3 doping process, by consecutively performing the PH3 doping process and a process for forming a dielectric layer in a single-wafer-type chamber without affecting a vacuum state. CONSTITUTION: An interlayer dielectric is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The interlayer dielectric has a buried contact to expose a predetermined portion of the substrate. A lower electrode is formed in a predetermined portion on the interlayer dielectric including the buried contact hole. The first cleaning process is carried out. A hemispherical grain(HSG) is grown on the exposed portion of the surface of the lower electrode. The second cleaning process is carried out. PH3 is doped into the HSG. A dielectric layer is formed on the resultant structure without affecting a vacuum state.