COMPOSITION LIQUIDE POUR RÉDUIRE LES DOMMAGES CAUSÉS PAR LE COBALT, L'ALUMINE, LE FILM ISOLANT INTERCOUCHE ET LE NITRURE DE SILICIUM, ET PROCÉDÉ DE LAVAGE L'UTILISANT

摘要

The present invention relates to: a liquid composition suitable for the washing of a semiconductor element provided with a low-dielectric-constant interlayer insulating film; and a method for washing a semiconductor element. The liquid composition according to the present invention is characterized by containing tetrafluoroboric acid (A) in an amount of 0.01 to 30% by mass, or boric acid (B1) and hydrogen fluoride (B2) at a (boric acid)/(hydrogen fluoride) ratio of (0.0001 to 5.0% by mass)/(0.005 to 5.0% by mass), and having a pH value of 0.0 to 4.0. The liquid composition according to the present invention can reduce the damage of a low-dielectric-constant interlayer insulating film, cobalt or a cobalt alloy, alumina, a zirconia-based hard mask and a silicon nitride during the process of producing a semiconductor integrated circuit, and accordingly can be used suitably for removing dry etching residues occurring on the surface of the semiconductor integrated circuit.