Patent ID: 7645677
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a first film, an oxidation preventive layer that prevents permeation of moisture into the element, on a concave and convex portion formed by an element on a semiconductor substrate; forming a second film, an expansion layer that can be oxidized and expanded by a heat treatment in an oxidation atmosphere, on the oxidation preventive layer; forming a third film, an insulating film that can be fluidized by the heat treatment in the oxidation atmosphere, on the expansion layer; and exposing the semiconductor substrate, on which the oxidation preventive layer, the expansion layer and the insulating film have been formed, to the heat treatment in an oxidation atmosphere, in order to fluidize the insulating film and to oxidize and expand the expansion layer, thereby eliminating bubbles generated in the insulating film, wherein the expansion layer is made of a silicide, wherein the insulating film is a silicon oxide film containing at least one of phosphorus, arsenic, boron, fluorine and a halide, and wherein the oxidation preventive layer is formed of a silicon nitride film.