| CPC H01L 21/02049 (2013.01) [B08B 7/0035 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 2237/335 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |

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1. A substrate processing method that processes a substrate loaded into a chamber, comprising:
supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to an inner space of a plasma generator disposed outside the chamber;
activating the nitrogen-containing gas in the inner space;
supplying a hydrogen-containing gas to the inner space; and
supplying the nitrogen-containing gas activated in the inner space and the hydrogen-containing gas onto the substrate;
wherein the supplying of the hydrogen-containing gas supplies the hydrogen-containing gas on a path through which the activated nitrogen-containing gas is moved into the chamber,
wherein at least a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas supplied to the inner space is activated by the activated nitrogen-containing gas on the path through which the activated nitrogen-containing gas is moved into the chamber.
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