Patent ID: 6395092
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: C23C,H01L

Abstract:
A substrate processing apparatus comprising:a process chamber; a gas delivery system configured to deliver a process gas to said processing chamber; a plasma generation system configured to form a plasma from said process gas; a controller configured to control said gas delivery system and said plasma generation system; and a memory, coupled to said controller, comprising a computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for directing operation of said substrate processing apparatus to deposit a single halogen-doped silicon oxide layer on a substrate disposed in said process chamber, said computer-readable program including: computer instructions for controlling said gas delivery system to introduce a process gas comprising a halogen source, a silicon source, a nitrogen source, and an oxygen source into said substrate processing chamber; computer instructions for controlling said plasma generation system to form a plasma from said process gas; and computer instructions for controlling said gas delivery system to stop a flow of said halogen source and, subsequently, stop a flow of said silicon, said oxygen, and said nitrogen sources.