Abstract:
A chemical delivery system includes a bulk container, a run/refill chamber, a first conduit and a second conduit. The bulk container stores a precursor. The run/refill chamber includes a plurality of spaced tubes having a plurality of surfaces for receiving the precursor in vapor form and storing the precursor in solid form. The first conduit connects the bulk container to the run/refill chamber for transporting the precursor from the bulk container to the run/refill chamber in vapor form. The second conduit connects the run/refill chamber to a deposition chamber for transporting the precursor from the run/refill chamber to the deposition chamber in vapor form.
Abstract:
An assembly includes a vaporizer vessel. In some embodiments, the vaporizer vessel defines an interior volume. In some embodiments, the vaporizer vessel is configured to hold at least one source reagent within the interior volume. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a heater. In some embodiments, the heater is configured to vaporize the at least one source reagent. In some embodiments, the heater is a radiant heat source configured to vaporize the at least one source reagent without heating the vaporizer vessel.
Abstract:
A cobalt deposition process, including: volatilizing a cobalt precursor selected from among CCTBA, CCTMSA, and CCBTMSA, to form a precursor vapor; and contacting the precursor vapor with a substrate under vapor deposition conditions effective for depositing on the substrate (i) high purity, low resistivity cobalt or (ii) cobalt that is annealable by thermal annealing to form high purity, low resistivity cobalt. Such cobalt deposition process can be used to manufacture product articles in which the deposited cobalt forms an electrode, capping layer, encapsulating layer, diffusion layer, or seed for electroplating of metal thereon, e.g., a semiconductor device, flat-panel display, or solar panel.
Abstract:
Vaporizable material is supported within a vessel to promote contact of an introduced gas with the vaporizable material, and produce a product gas including vaporized material. A heating element supplies heat to a wall of the vessel to heat vaporizable material disposed therein. The vessel may comprise an ampoule having a removable top. Multiple containers defining multiple material support surfaces may be stacked disposed within a vessel in thermal communication with the vessel. A tube may be disposed within the vessel and coupled to a gas inlet. Filters, flow meters, and level sensors may be further provided. Product gas resulting from contact of introduced gas with vaporized material may be delivered to atomic layer deposition (ALD) or similar process equipment. At least a portion of source material including a solid may be dissolved in a solvent, followed by removal of solvent to yield source material (e.g., a metal complex) disposed within the vaporizer.