Claims
- 1. A method for treating a surface of a semi-conductor substrate, which comprises contacting a semi-conductor substrate with a surface treatment composition containing a complexing agent as a metal deposition preventive in a liquid medium, in which the complexing agent is an ethylenediaminephenol derivative of the following general formula (1) or its salt: wherein X1 and X2 are hydroxyl groups; Y1 to Y8 are respectively independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group, a phosphonic acid group, a sulfonic acid group, a carbonyl group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, an amino group, an imino group, a nitrilo group, a nitrile group, a thiocyanate group, a hydroxyamino group, a hydroxyimino group, or an alkyl or alkoxy group which may have a substituent, provided that at least one of Y1 to Y8 is not a hydrogen atom; Z1 to Z4 are respectively independently a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, a —CH2COOH or a phosphonic acid group; and R1 to R4 are respectively independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a substituent wherein said liquid medium contains an alkaline component selected from the group consisting of ammonia, quaternary ammonium salt hydroxides, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium hydrogen carbonate and ammonium hydrogen carbonate, a concentration of formula (1) complexing agent from 10−7 to 5 wt % and a metal impurity concentration per each metal of at most 10−4 wt %.
- 2. A method for treating a surface of a substrate, which comprises using a surface treatment composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the liquid medium is an alkaline aqueous solution containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.
- 3. A method for treating a surface of a substrate, which comprises using a surface treatment composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the liquid medium contains from 1 wt ppm to 3 wt % of an oxidizing agent.
- 4. The method for treating a surface of a substrate according to claim 1, wherein hydrogen peroxide is further contained in the liquid medium.
- 5. The method for treating a surface of a substrate according to claim 1, wherein the ammonia aqueous solution supplied has an ammonia concentration of from 0.1 to 35 wt %, a concentration of the formula (1) complexing agent of from 10−7 to 5 wt % and a metal impurity concentration per each metal of at most 10−4 wt %.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein evaporated ammonia content is supplied with an aqueous ammonia solution containing said complexing agent.
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein Z2 and Z3 are —CH2 COOH.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the complexing agent is ethylenediamine-N,N′-bis[(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl) phosphonic acid or ethylenediamine-N,N′-bis[(2-hydroxy-5-phosphophenyl) phosphonic acid.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Division of application Ser. No. 09/013,066, filed on Jan. 26, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,143,706.
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