Patent ID: 7514342

Claim:
A method of forming a deposited film comprised of a Group IV semiconductor element by chemical vapor deposition which comprises: introducing a starting gas into a discharge space in a reaction vessel; and applying electric power to generate discharge to decompose the starting gas, wherein, when a self-bias voltage value which is generated at an electrode applied with first electric power reaches a preset threshold, second electric power higher than the first electric power is applied to the electrode to change the self-bias voltage value to another self-bias voltage value larger in absolute value than the threshold, and when the self-bias voltage value which is generated at the electrode applied with the first electric power is changed from a first self-bias voltage value to a second self-bias voltage value and then the second self-bias voltage value reaches the threshold, the second electric power higher than the first electric power is applied to the electrode to change the self-bias voltage value to another self-bias voltage value larger in absolute value than the first self-bias voltage value and the second self-bias voltage value, and the deposited film is formed.