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公开(公告)号:US09799737B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-24
申请号:US15185749
申请日:2016-06-17
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Xinyu Bao , Errol Antonio C. Sanchez , David K. Carlson , Zhiyuan Ye
IPC: H01L29/205 , H01L29/267 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L29/205 , H01L21/02381 , H01L21/02455 , H01L21/02538 , H01L21/0262 , H01L21/02694 , H01L29/267 , Y10T117/1008
Abstract: A method for forming a conformal group III/V layer on a silicon substrate and the resulting substrate with the group III/V layers formed thereon. The method includes removing the native oxide from the substrate, positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, heating the substrate to a first temperature, cooling the substrate to a second temperature, flowing a group III precursor into the processing chamber, maintaining the second temperature while flowing a group III precursor and a group V precursor into the processing chamber until a conformal layer is formed, heating the processing chamber to an annealing temperature, while stopping the flow of the group III precursor, and cooling the processing chamber to the second temperature. Deposition of the III/V layer may be made selective through the use of halide gas etching which preferentially etches dielectric regions.
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公开(公告)号:US09752224B2
公开(公告)日:2017-09-05
申请号:US15210030
申请日:2016-07-14
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Zhiyuan Ye , Errol Antonio C. Sanchez , Keun-Yong Ban , Xinyu Bao
CPC classification number: C23C8/02 , H01L21/02381 , H01L21/0245 , H01L21/02461 , H01L21/02463 , H01L21/02502 , H01L21/02532 , H01L21/0262
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosures provide methods and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices such as transistors used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a semiconductor device having a film stack including an interlayer of semiconductor material and a buffer layer of semiconductor material underneath an active device layer. In various embodiments, the interlayer may include group III-V semiconductor materials formed between a first surface of a silicon-based substrate and the buffer layer. In certain embodiments the buffer layer may comprise group IV semiconductor materials. The interlayer may have a lattice constant designed to mitigate lattice mismatch between the group IV buffer layer and the silicon-based substrate. The buffer layer may provide improved integration of the active device layer to improve the performance of the resulting device.
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公开(公告)号:US12249626B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-11
申请号:US17628634
申请日:2020-07-01
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patricia M. Liu , Flora Fong-Song Chang , Zhiyuan Ye
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for forming a source/drain extension. In one embodiment, a method for forming an nMOS device includes forming a gate electrode and a gate spacer over a first portion of a semiconductor fin, removing a second portion of the semiconductor fin to expose a side wall and a bottom, forming a silicon arsenide (Si:As) layer on the side wall and the bottom, and forming a source/drain region on the Si:As layer. During the deposition of the Si:As layer and the formation of the source/drain region, the arsenic dopant diffuses from the Si:As layer into a third portion of the semiconductor fin located below the gate spacer, and the third portion becomes a doped source/drain extension region. By utilizing the Si:As layer, the doping of the source/drain extension region is controlled, leading to reduced contact resistance while reducing dopants diffusing into the channel region.
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公开(公告)号:US12163229B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-10
申请号:US18381543
申请日:2023-10-18
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Shu-Kwan Lau , Koji Nakanishi , Toshiyuki Nakagawa , Zuoming Zhu , Zhiyuan Ye , Joseph M. Ranish , Nyi Oo Myo , Errol Antonio C. Sanchez , Schubert S. Chu
IPC: C23C16/46 , B23K26/00 , B23K26/03 , B23K26/06 , B23K26/08 , B23K26/12 , B23K26/352 , C23C16/52 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/687
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for semiconductor processing, more particularly, to a thermal process chamber. The thermal process chamber includes a substrate support, a first plurality of heating elements disposed over or below the substrate support, and a spot heating module disposed over the substrate support. The spot heating module is utilized to provide local heating of cold regions on a substrate disposed on the substrate support during processing. Localized heating of the substrate improves temperature profile, which in turn improves deposition uniformity.
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公开(公告)号:US12033874B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US17011781
申请日:2020-09-03
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Shu-Kwan Danny Lau , Adel George Tannous , Patrick C. Genis , Zhiyuan Ye
IPC: H01L21/67
CPC classification number: H01L21/67115
Abstract: An apparatus for heating a substrate within a thermal processing chamber is disclosed. The apparatus includes a chamber body, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, an upper window, a lower window, a substrate support, and an upper heating device. The upper heating device is a laser heating device and includes one or more laser assemblies. The laser assemblies include light sources, a cooling plate, optical fibers, and irradiation windows.
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公开(公告)号:US11923221B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17935810
申请日:2022-09-27
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Kevin Brashear , Ashley M. Okada , Dennis L. Demars , Zhiyuan Ye , Jaidev Rajaram , Marcel E. Josephson
IPC: C23C16/455 , G05D11/13 , H01L21/67
CPC classification number: H01L21/67253 , G05D11/132 , H01L21/67017
Abstract: A master controller determines a first flow setpoint for a process flow gas and/or a carrier gas flow through a first mass flow controller. The master controller obtains a back pressure setpoint of a distribution manifold and determines a second flow setpoint for the process gas flow and/or the carrier gas flow through a second mass flow controller or a back pressure controller based on the determined first flow setpoint and the obtained back pressure setpoint. The master controller controls the process gas flow and/or the carrier gas flow through the first mass flow controller to the first flow setpoint and the second mass flow controller and/or the back pressure controller to the second flow setpoint. The master controller controls the back pressure of the distribution manifold to the back pressure set point in view of a back pressure reading from a back pressure sensor of the distribution manifold.
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公开(公告)号:US11781212B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US17224537
申请日:2021-04-07
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Zhepeng Cong , Schubert Chu , Nyi Oo Myo , Kartik Bhupendra Shah , Zhiyuan Ye , Richard O. Collins
CPC classification number: C23C14/24 , C23C14/50 , H01L21/67017
Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally provide improved control of gas flow in processing chambers. In at least one embodiment, a liner for a processing chamber includes an annular body having a sidewall and a vent formed in the annular body for exhausting gas from inside to outside the annular body. The vent comprises one or more vent holes disposed through the sidewall. The liner further includes an opening in the annular body for substrate loading and unloading.
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公开(公告)号:US11733081B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17229737
申请日:2021-04-13
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Bindusagar Marath Sankarathodi , Zhiyuan Ye , Jyothi Rajeevan , Ala Moradian , Zuoming Zhu , Errol Antonio C. Sanchez , Patricia M. Liu
CPC classification number: G01F15/002 , G01F25/17
Abstract: Aspects generally relate to methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting a calibration operation for a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs) of a substrate processing system. In one aspect, a corrected flow curve is created for a range of target flow rates across a plurality of setpoints. In one implementation, a method of conducting a calibration operation for a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs) of a substrate processing system includes prioritizing the plurality of MFCs for the calibration operation. The prioritizing includes determining an operation time for each MFC of the plurality of MFCs, and ranking the plurality of MFCs in a rank list according to the operation time for each MFC. The method includes conducting the calibration operation for the plurality of MFCs according to the rank list and during an idle time for the substrate processing system.
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公开(公告)号:US11195914B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-07
申请号:US16588901
申请日:2019-09-30
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patricia M. Liu , Flora Fong-Song Chang , Zhiyuan Ye
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a transistor and methods for forming a transistor. A transistor includes a gate electrode structure disposed over a channel region, a source/drain extension region disposed adjacent to the channel region, and a source/drain region disposed on the source/drain extension region. The source/drain region includes antimony (Sb). The method of forming a transistor includes forming the source/drain extension region and forming the source/drain region on the source/drain extension region. The antimony helps prevent unwanted migration of dopants from the source/drain region to the source/drain extension region.
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公开(公告)号:US11177144B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-16
申请号:US16407670
申请日:2019-05-09
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Shu-Kwan Lau , Zhiyuan Ye , Zuoming Zhu , Koji Nakanishi , Toshiyuki Nakagawa , Nyi O. Myo , Schubert S. Chu
IPC: H05B3/68 , H01L21/67 , B23K26/06 , B23K26/073
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a thermal process chamber that includes a substrate support, a first plurality of heating elements disposed over or below the substrate support, and a spot heating module disposed over the substrate support. The spot heating module is utilized to provide local heating of regions on a substrate disposed on the substrate support during processing. Localized heating of the substrate alters temperature profile. The shape of the beam spot produced by the spot heating module can be modified without making changes to the optics of the spot heating module.
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