摘要 |
A cleaning gas includes HF gas whose concentration is greater than or equal to 1 vol % and oxygen containing gas whose concentration ranges from 0.5 to 99 vol %. The oxygen containing gas includes at least one of O2 gas, O3 gas, N2O gas, NO gas, CO gas and CO2 gas. The cleaning gas is employed to remove a deposited material generated in a vacuum treatment apparatus for producing a thin film of at least one of Ti, W, Ta, Ru, Ir, a compound thereof and an alloy thereof.
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