Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a zeroth interlayer dielectric, including: step 1: providing a semiconductor substrate subjected to a process of forming a contact etch stop layer; step 2: performing a first deposition process using a HARP process, to form a first oxide layer fully filling a spacing region; step 3: polishing the first oxide layer using a first chemical mechanical polishing process; step 4: performing wet etch to lower a top surface of the first oxide layer and form a first groove at the top of the spacing region; step 5: performing a second deposition process using an HDP CVD process, to form a second oxide layer fully filling the first groove; and step 6: polishing the second oxide layer using a second chemical mechanical polishing process, which is stopped on a surface of a first gate material layer of a first gate structure.

A method for forming a film, including: atomizing a raw material solution into a mist to form raw material mist; mixing raw material mist and a carrier gas to form gas mixture; placing a substrate on a placement section of susceptor; supplying gas mixture from an atomizer to the substrate to perform film formation by thermal reaction on substrate; and discharging gas mixture after the film formation through an exhaust unit, wherein in the step of supplying the gas mixture from atomizer to substrate to perform film formation by thermal reaction on the substrate, at least a part of gas mixture is supplied from a smooth section adjacent to placement section to a surface of substrate, the smooth section having a surface roughness of 200 m or less. A method for forming a film capable of uniformly and stably producing a high-quality film on a surface of a large-diameter substrate.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including a switching layer over a semiconductor substrate. The switching layer comprises a first metal oxide. An upper conductive structure overlies the switching layer. The switching layer is spaced between opposing sidewalls of the upper conductive structure. A first dielectric layer is disposed along opposing sidewalls of the switching layer. The first dielectric layer comprises a second metal oxide different from the first metal oxide. A top surface of the switching layer and a top surface of the first dielectric layer directly underlie a bottom surface of the upper conductive structure.

There is provided a technique including: at least one pipe heater configured to heat at least one gas pipe configured to supply a gas to a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; at least one temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the at least one gas pipe; at least one temperature controller configured to be capable of, based on the temperature detected by the at least one temperature detector, outputting a manipulated variable indicating electric power to be supplied to the at least one pipe heater, and controlling the temperature of the at least one gas pipe to approach at least one desired setpoint; and a host controller configured to be capable of controlling start and stop of heating of the at least one gas pipe performed under the control of the at least one temperature controller.

A SiC semiconductor device manufacturing method includes a step of etching a surface of a SiC substrate 1 with H.sub.2 gas under Si-excess atmosphere within a temperature range of 1000 C. to 1350 C., a step of depositing, by a CVD method, a SiO.sub.2 film 2 on the SiC substrate 1 at such a temperature that the SiC substrate 1 is not oxidized, and a step of thermally treating the SiC substrate 1, on which the SiO.sub.2 film 2 is deposited, in NO gas atmosphere within a temperature range of 1150 C. to 1350 C.

An exemplary semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of metal lines on top of the semiconductor substrate, each line having a line width 5 nanometers or less: a plurality of dielectric features adjacent to the metal lines; and a plurality of metal vias on top of the metal lines. Out of a random sample of 1000 vias at least 950 vias are fully-aligned to corresponding metal lines.

There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film on a substrate in a process chamber by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying a precursor from a first supplier to the substrate and exhausting the precursor from an exhaust port installed opposite to the first supplier with the substrate interposed between the exhaust port and the first supplier; and (b) supplying a reactant from a second supplier to the substrate and exhausting the reactant from the exhaust port, wherein in (a), inert gas is supplied into the process chamber from a third supplier installed at a region, which is a region on a side of the exhaust port among a plurality of regions partitioned in the process chamber by a bisector perpendicular to straight line connecting the first supplier and the exhaust port in a plane view.

A film-forming method for forming a crystalline oxide film by a mist-CVD method includes: supplying a mist together with a carrier gas onto a heated substrate in a film-forming member covered with a partition wall, wherein, in at least heating the substrate, a gas other than the carrier gas is fed into the film-forming member. This provides a film-forming method to form a high-quality crystalline oxide film having a remarkably reduced particle density on a film surface.

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a van der Waals structure between a metal and a semiconductor. The method further includes: depositing a protective layer on a two-dimensional semiconductor layer, then patterning the protective layer and the two-dimensional semiconductor layer, forming a first electrode and a second electrode on the protective layer, and removing the protective layer completely, thereby forming a van der Waals contact structure between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer and between the second electrode and the semiconductor layer.

A fabricating equipment and method for a semiconductor device is provided. The fabricating equipment comprises a process chamber including an internal space, a substrate support which supports a substrate including a first film and a second film, inside the internal space, a nozzle which is placed on the substrate support and supplies a process gas, a first heater which is placed inside the substrate support and heats the substrate and a second heater which generates one of waves of a first frequency and waves of a second frequency to differentially heat the first film and the second film.