Patent ID: 8158198

Claim:
A method for forming a tantalum nitride film comprising the steps of introducing a raw gas consisting of a coordination compound constituted by an elemental tantalum (Ta) having a coordinated ligand represented by the general formula: N═(R, R′) (in the formula, R and R′ may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms), and a halogen gas into a vacuum chamber; and reacting these components with one another on a substrate to thus form a surface adsorption film comprising a mono-atomic or multi (several)-atomic layer and composed of a compound represented by the following general formula: TaN x (Hal) y (R, R′) z (in the formula, Hal represents a halogen atom), then introducing radicals generated from a gas of an H atom-containing compound to thus remove Ta—N bonds present in the resulting compound through breakage thereof and remove, at the same time, the remaining R(R′) groups bonded to the N atoms present in the compound through the cleavage thereof and to thus form a tantalum nitride film rich in tantalum atoms.