| CPC H01L 21/31122 (2013.01) [H01L 21/02356 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A method of processing a substrate, comprising:
etching an oxide film, which is formed on the substrate and contains an element that is not oxygen, by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing:
(1) supplying a boron-containing gas to the oxide film;
(2) supplying a halide gas to the oxide film; and
(3) supplying a gas containing a hydrogen group and the element to the oxide film,
wherein the boron-containing gas further contains a halogen element, and
wherein the halide gas includes at least one selected from the group of a HF gas, a ClF3 gas, a Cl2 gas, a NF3 gas, a F2 gas and a mixed gas of a F2 gas and a NO gas.
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