Patent 10141190 was granted and assigned to Toshiba Memory Corporation on November, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, an oxide film is formed on a semiconductor layer containing an impurity. A heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor layer to diffuse part of the impurity into the oxide film with hydrogen plasma treatment on the oxide film or with ultraviolet irradiation on the oxide film. After the heat treatment, the oxide film is removed.