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公开(公告)号:US20250046602A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18229884
申请日:2023-08-03
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan , Mark J. Saly , Lakmal Charidu Kalutarage , Feng Q. Liu , Jeffrey W. Anthis , Abhijit Basu Mallick , Akhil Singhal
Abstract: A method includes obtaining a base structure of an electronic device, the base structure including at least one opening, and forming, using a reactive-ion deposition process, a dielectric material within the at least one opening.
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公开(公告)号:US20250006552A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-02
申请号:US18753144
申请日:2024-06-25
Applicant: Applied Materials Inc.
Inventor: Liqi Wu , Rongjun Wang , Feng Q. Liu , Qihao Zhu , Jiang Lu , David Thompson , Xianmin Tang
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/3213
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods of selectively depositing a metallic material after forming a flowable polymer film to protect a substrate surface within a feature. A first metal liner is deposited by physical vapor deposition (PVD). The flowable polymer film is formed on the first metal liner on the bottom. A portion of the first metal liner is selectively removed from the top surface and the at least one sidewall. The flowable polymer film is removed. In some embodiments, the cycle of depositing a metal liner, forming a flowable polymer film, removing a portion of the metal liner, and removing the flowable polymer film is repeated at least once. A metal layer is deposited on the plurality of metal liners (e.g., first metal liner and the second metal liner) and the metal layer is free of seams or voids.
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公开(公告)号:US20250006485A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-02
申请号:US18216286
申请日:2023-06-29
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Mark Saly , Feng Q. Liu , Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan , Jeffrey W. Anthis , David Thompson
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/311
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods of selectively depositing polysilicon after forming a flowable polymer film to protect a substrate surface within a feature. A first silicon (Si) layer is deposited by physical vapor deposition (PVD). The flowable polymer film is formed on the first silicon (Si) layer on the bottom. A portion of the first silicon (Si) layer is selectively removed from the top surface and the at least one sidewall. The flowable polymer film is removed. In some embodiments, a second silicon (Si) layer is selectively deposited on the first silicon (Si) layer to fill the feature. In some embodiments, the remaining portion of the first silicon (Si) layer on the bottom is oxidized to form a first silicon oxide (SiOx) layer on the bottom, and a silicon (Si) layer or a second silicon oxide (SiOx) layer is deposited on the first silicon oxide (SiOx) layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240145232A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-02
申请号:US17976440
申请日:2022-10-28
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Feng Q. Liu , Mark J. Saly , David Thompson
IPC: H01L21/02 , C23C16/02 , C23C16/34 , C23C16/40 , C23C16/455
CPC classification number: H01L21/02118 , C23C16/0272 , C23C16/34 , C23C16/40 , C23C16/45525 , H01L21/02227 , H01L21/0228
Abstract: A method includes forming a first layer and a second layer on a substrate, forming a passivation layer on a surface of the first layer without forming the passivation layer on a surface of the second layer by exposing the first layer and the second layer to a benzyl compound, and after forming the passivation layer on the first layer, performing at least one of: depositing a third layer on the second layer, or etching the second layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11942330B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17836694
申请日:2022-06-09
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Feng Q. Liu , Lisa J. Enman , Lakmal C. Kalutarage , Mark J. Saly
IPC: H01L21/311 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L21/31122 , H01L21/02175
Abstract: Exemplary methods of etching gallium oxide from a semiconductor substrate may include flowing a first reagent in a substrate processing region housing the semiconductor substrate. The first reagent may include HX. X may be at least one of fluorine, chlorine, and bromine. The semiconductor substrate may include an exposed region of gallium oxide. Fluorinating the exposed region of gallium oxide may form a gallium halide and H2O. The methods may include flowing a second reagent in the substrate processing region. The second reagent may be at least one of trimethylgallium, tin acetylacetonate, tetramethylsilane, and trimethyltin chloride. The second reagent may promote a ligand exchange where a methyl group may be transferred to the gallium halide to form a volatile Me2GaY or Me3Ga. Y may be at least one of fluorine, chlorine, and bromine from the second reagent. The methods may include recessing a surface of the gallium oxide.
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公开(公告)号:US20230227968A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-20
申请号:US18190246
申请日:2023-03-27
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Feng Q. Liu , Hua Chung , Schubert Chu , Mei Chang , Jeffrey W. Anthis , David Thompson
IPC: C23C16/42 , C23C16/513 , C23C16/455 , C23C16/52 , C23C16/507 , C23C16/14
CPC classification number: C23C16/42 , C23C16/513 , C23C16/45536 , C23C16/52 , C23C16/507 , C23C16/45542 , C23C16/14
Abstract: Processing methods for forming iridium-containing films at low temperatures are described. The methods comprise exposing a substrate to iridium hexafluoride and a reactant to form iridium metal or iridium silicide films. Methods for enhancing selectivity and tuning the silicon content of some films are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US11702733B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US17315223
申请日:2021-05-07
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lakmal C. Kalutarage , Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan , Aaron Dangerfield , Feng Q. Liu , Mark Saly , Michael Haverty , Muthukumar Kaliappan
CPC classification number: C23C16/042 , C23C16/0272 , C23C16/56 , H01L21/0228 , H01L21/02172 , H01L21/32 , H01L21/0217 , H01L21/02211
Abstract: Methods of selectively depositing blocking layers on conductive surfaces over dielectric surfaces are described. In some embodiments, a 4-8 membered substituted heterocycle is exposed to a substrate to selectively form a blocking layer. In some embodiments, a layer is selectively deposited on the dielectric surface after the blocking layer is formed. In some embodiments, the blocking layer is removed.
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公开(公告)号:US20220220137A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17146680
申请日:2021-01-12
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc. , National University of Singapore
Inventor: Andrea Leoncini , Paul Mehlmann , Nemanja Dordevic , Han Vinh Huynh , Doreen Wei Ying Yong , Mark Saly , Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan , Feng Q. Liu
IPC: C07F11/00 , C23C16/455 , C23C16/18 , H01L31/042 , H01L31/18
Abstract: Molybdenum(VI) coordination complexes are described. Methods for depositing molybdenum-containing films on a substrate are described. The substrate is exposed to a molybdenum precursor and a reactant to form the molybdenum-containing film (e.g., elemental molybdenum, molybdenum oxide, molybdenum carbide, molybdenum silicide, molybdenum nitride). The exposures can be sequential or simultaneous.
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公开(公告)号:US20200335329A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-22
申请号:US16388543
申请日:2019-04-18
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Jeffery W. Anthis , Nicolas Louis Gabriel Breil , David Thompson , Feng Q. Liu , Liqi Wu
IPC: H01L21/02
Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming nickel-containing materials may include forming a layer of a nickel-and-oxygen-containing material overlying a substrate. The nickel-and-oxygen-containing material may be characterized by a carbon content. The methods may also include annealing the nickel-containing material with a carbon-containing precursor at a temperature greater than or about 100° C. The carbon content within the nickel-and-oxygen-containing material may be maintained during the annealing.
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公开(公告)号:US10699897B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US15413956
申请日:2017-01-24
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Mark Saly , Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan , Jeffrey W. Anthis , Feng Q. Liu , David Thompson
Abstract: Provided are acetylide-based compounds and methods of making the same. Also provided are methods of using said compounds in film deposition processes to deposit films comprising silicon. Certain methods comprise exposing a substrate surface to a acetylide-based precursor and a reactant in various combinations.
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