Patent ID: 7514151

Claim:
A method of forming an insulating film, the method comprising: forming a polysiloxane insulating film on a substrate; forming a polycarbosilane insulating film on the polysiloxane insulating film; and forming a CVD insulating film on the polycarbosilane insulating film by plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD); wherein the polysiloxane insulating film is formed by hydrolysis and condensation of at least one silane compound selected from the group consisting of compounds shown by the following general formulas (1) to (3), R a Si(OR 1 ) 4-a (1) wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a monovalent organic group, R 1 represents a monovalent organic group, and a represents 1 or 2, Si(OR 2 ) 4 (2) wherein R 2 represents a monovalent organic group, R 3 b (R 4 O) 3-b Si—(R 7 ) d —Si(OR 5 ) 3-c R 6 c (3) wherein R 3 to R 6 individually represent monovalent organic groups, b and c individually represent integers from 0 to 2, R 7 represents an oxygen atom, a phenylene group, or a group —(CH 2 ) m — (wherein m represents an integer from 1 to 6), and d represents 0 or 1; and wherein the polycarbosilane insulating film is formed by applying a solution obtained by dissolving a polycarbosilane compound shown by the following general formula (4) in a solvent, and heating the resulting coating, wherein R 8 to R 11 individually represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, alkoxyl group, sulfone group, methanesulfone group, trifluoromethanesulfone group, or monovalent organic group, R 12 to R 14 individually represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, or arylene group, and x, y, and z represent integers from 0 to 10,000, provided that x, y, and z satisfy a condition of “10<x+y+z<10,000”.