| 摘要 |
A lower electrode 106 with the temperature at its mounting surface set at 40° C. is provided inside a processing chamber 104 of an etching apparatus 100. After a wafer W is placed on the lower electrode 106, a processing gas with its gas composition and gas flow rate expressed as C4F8: CH2F2: Ar=7:4:500 (sccm) is induced into the processing chamber 104 while sustaining the pressure of the atmosphere inside the processing chamber 104 at 50 (mTorr). High-frequency power at 1500 (W) with the frequency at 13.56 (MHz) is applied to the lower electrode 106 to generate plasma. With the plasma thus generated, a carbon film is formed at shoulder 207 of an SiNx film layer 206 exposed inside a contact hole 210 and, at the same time, accumulation of carbon at the bottom of the contact hole 210 is prevented, to form a contact hole 210 achieving a high aspect ratio while preventing damage to the SiNx film layer.
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