Patent ID: 7435445

Claim:
A PEALD (plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition) method using a PEALD apparatus including: a housing including a reaction chamber in which a deposition reaction is performed; a rotary disk unit installed in the housing and provided with a plurality of susceptors for receiving wafers thereon so as to move the wafers; a gas spray unit mounted on the upper end of the housing above the rotary disk unit, and provided with first reactive gas sprayers, second reactive gas sprayers and inert gas sprayers on a lower surface of a circular disk for spraying respective gases into the housing; a gas feed unit connected to the gas spray unit for supplying first and second reactive gases and a purge gas into the housing; a gas exhaust port formed around the rotary disk unit; and a plasma generator for generating plasma to excite the second reactive gas, that PEALD method comprising: mounting a plurality of wafers to be deposited with a thin film on susceptors of a rotary disk unit; maintaining a deposition temperature by controlling the temperature in the housing; vertically moving the rotary disk unit to a position corresponding to a gas spray unit; rotating the rotary disk unit; and depositing the thin film on the upper surfaces of the wafers by spraying a first reactive gas, a second reactive gas excited by plasma and an inert gas through spray holes of the gas spray unit, wherein: the second reactive gas comprises hydrogen gas so as to deposit a unit element thin film on the wafers, one selected from the group consisting of N 2 and NH 3 gases so as to deposit a nitride thin film on the wafers, one selected from the group consisting of oxygen and N 2 O gases so as to deposit an oxide thin film on the wafers, and one selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, and propane gases so as to deposit a carbide thin film on the wafers; and the second reactive gas is excited by plasma and then supplied into the reactor.