公开(公告)号：US20040018070A1

公开(公告)日：2004-01-29

申请号：US10206724

申请日：2002-07-25

申请人： APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

发明人： Jun Zhao ,  Satish Sundar ,  Vinay K. Shah ,  Hari K. Ponnekanti ,  Mario Dave Silvetti ,  Michael Robert Rice ,  Avi Tepman ,  Farhad K. Moghadam

IPC分类号： B65G049/07

CPC分类号： H01L21/67742

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention are directed to substrate processing systems having substrate transferring mechanisms that are compact, have small footprints, and provide fast and efficient substrate transfer to achieve high throughput. In specific embodiments, a unit slab construction is used for the chambers around the substrate transferring mechanism, enabling efficient system construction with improved alignment and at a lower cost. The chambers may share gas, pump, and other utilizes. In one embodiment, an apparatus for processing substrates includes at least three robot blades each configured to support a substrate. A robot is coupled with the at least three robot blades to simultaneously move the robot blades between at least three chambers and simultaneously transfer each of the substrates supported on the robot blades from one chamber to another chamber.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例涉及具有紧凑的基板转移机构，具有小的占地面积并且提供快速和有效的基板转移以实现高产量的基板处理系统。 在具体实施例中，单元板结构用于基板传送机构周围的室，使得能够以更低的成本改进对准和高效的系统构造。 这些室可以共享气体，泵和其他利用。 在一个实施例中，用于处理衬底的装置包括至少三个机器人刀片，每个机器人刀片被配置为支撑衬底。 机器人与所述至少三个机器人刀片耦合以同时在至少三个腔室之间移动所述机器人刀片，并且同时将支撑在所述机器人刀片上的每个基底从一个腔室传送到另一个腔室。

公开(公告)号：US20030129827A1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-10

申请号：US10196498

申请日：2002-07-15

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： Ju-Hyung Lee ,  Ping Xu ,  Shankar Venkataraman ,  Li-Qun Xia ,  Fei Han ,  Ellie Yieh ,  Srinivas D. Nemani ,  Kangsub Yim ,  Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Ashok K. Sinha ,  Yi Zheng

IPC分类号： H01L021/4763

CPC分类号： H01L21/76834 ,  C23C16/30 ,  C23C16/401 ,  C23C16/56 ,  H01L21/02126 ,  H01L21/02211 ,  H01L21/02216 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/02304 ,  H01L21/31138 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L21/312 ,  H01L21/3122 ,  H01L21/3127 ,  H01L21/31633 ,  H01L21/76807 ,  H01L21/7681 ,  H01L21/76826 ,  H01L21/76828 ,  H01L21/76829

摘要： Methods are provided for depositing an oxygen-doped dielectric layer. The oxygen-doped dielectric layer may be used for a barrier layer or a hardmask. In one aspect, a method is provided for processing a substrate including positioning the substrate in a processing chamber, introducing a processing gas comprising an oxygen-containing organosilicon compound, carbon dioxide, or combinations thereof, and an oxygen-free organosilicon compound to the processing chamber, and reacting the processing gas to deposit an oxygen-doped dielectric material on the substrate, wherein the dielectric material has an oxygen content of about 15 atomic percent or less. The oxygen-doped dielectric material may be used as a barrier layer in damascene or dual damascene applications.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于沉积氧掺杂介电层的方法。 氧掺杂介电层可用于阻挡层或硬掩模。 在一个方面，提供了一种处理衬底的方法，包括将衬底定位在处理室中，将包含含氧有机硅化合物，二氧化碳或其组合的处理气体和无氧有机硅化合物引入到处理 并且使所述处理气体反应以在所述衬底上沉积掺杂氧的电介质材料，其中所述介电材料的氧含量为约15原子％或更低。 氧掺杂的电介质材料可以用作镶嵌或双镶嵌应用中的阻挡层。

公开(公告)号：US20020074309A1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-20

申请号：US10011368

申请日：2001-11-05

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： Claes H. Bjorkman ,  Melissa Min Yu ,  Hongqing Shan ,  David W. Cheung ,  Wai-Fan Yau ,  Kuowei Liu ,  Nasreen Gazala Chapra ,  Gerald Yin ,  Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Judy H. Huang ,  Dennis Yost ,  Betty Tang ,  Yunsang Kim

IPC分类号： H01B013/00

CPC分类号： H01L21/76835 ,  C23C16/401 ,  H01L21/02126 ,  H01L21/022 ,  H01L21/02208 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/02304 ,  H01L21/31116 ,  H01L21/31138 ,  H01L21/3121 ,  H01L21/31612 ,  H01L21/31633 ,  H01L21/76801 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76807 ,  H01L21/76829

摘要： A method of depositing and etching dielectric layers having low dielectric constants and etch rates that vary by at least 3:1 for formation of horizontal interconnects. The amount of carbon or hydrogen in the dielectric layer is varied by changes in deposition conditions to provide low k dielectric layers that can replace etch stop layers or conventional dielectric layers in damascene applications. A dual damascene structure having two or more dielectric layers with dielectric constants lower than about 4 can be deposited in a single reactor and then etched to form vertical and horizontal interconnects by varying the concentration of a carbon:oxygen gas such as carbon monoxide. The etch gases for forming vertical interconnects preferably comprises CO and a fluorocarbon, and CO is preferably excluded from etch gases for forming horizontal interconnects.

摘要翻译： 沉积和蚀刻具有低介电常数和蚀刻速率的介电层的方法，该介电层变化至少3:1以形成水平互连。 电介质层中的碳或氢的量可以通过沉积条件的变化来改变，以提供低k电介质层，其可代替蚀刻停止层或在镶嵌应用中的常规电介质层。 具有介电常数低于约4的两个或多个电介质层的双镶嵌结构可以沉积在单个反应器中，然后通过改变碳：氧气如一氧化碳的浓度进行蚀刻以形成垂直和水平互连。 用于形成垂直互连的蚀刻气体优选地包括CO和碳氟化合物，并且CO优选从用于形成水平互连的蚀刻气体中排除。

公开(公告)号：US20040251236A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-16

申请号：US10445240

申请日：2003-05-23

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： Lin Zhang ,  Xiaolin Chen ,  DongQing Li ,  Thanh N. Pham ,  Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Shuang Li ,  Padmanabhan Krishnaraj

IPC分类号： C23F001/00 ,  C03C015/00 ,  C03C025/68

CPC分类号： H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/02304 ,  H01L21/31116 ,  H01L21/31612

摘要： Abstract of the Disclosure A deposition / etching /deposition process is provided for filling a gap in a surface of a substrate. A liner is formed over the substrate so that distinctive reaction products are formed when it is exposed to a chemical etchant. The detection of such reaction products thus indicates that the portion of the film deposited during the first etching has been removed to an extent that further exposure to the etchant may remove the liner and expose underlying structures. Accordingly, the etching is stopped upon detection of distinctive reaction products and the next deposition in the deposition /etching /deposition process is begun.

摘要翻译： 发明内容提供了用于填充衬底表面中的间隙的沉积/蚀刻/沉积工艺。 在衬底上形成衬垫，使得当暴露于化学蚀刻剂时形成不同的反应产物。 因此，这种反应产物的检测表明，在第一次蚀刻期间沉积的薄膜部分已被去除到进一步暴露于蚀刻剂可以去除衬垫并露出下面的结构的程度。 因此，在检测到不同的反应产物后停止蚀刻，并且开始沉积/蚀刻/沉积工艺中的下一次沉积。

公开(公告)号：US20020084257A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-04

申请号：US10011369

申请日：2001-11-05

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： Claes H. Bjorkman ,  Melissa Min Yu ,  Hongqing Shan ,  David W. Cheung ,  Wai-Fan Yau ,  Kuowei Liu ,  Nasreen Gazala Chapra ,  Gerald Yin ,  Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Judy H. Huang ,  Dennis Yost ,  Betty Tang ,  Yunsang Kim

IPC分类号： C23F001/00

CPC分类号： H01L21/76835 ,  C23C16/401 ,  H01L21/02126 ,  H01L21/022 ,  H01L21/02208 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/02304 ,  H01L21/31116 ,  H01L21/31138 ,  H01L21/3121 ,  H01L21/31612 ,  H01L21/31633 ,  H01L21/76801 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76807 ,  H01L21/76829

摘要： A method of depositing and etching dielectric layers having low dielectric constants and etch rates that vary by at least 3:1 for formation of horizontal interconnects. The amount of carbon or hydrogen in the dielectric layer is varied by changes in deposition conditions to provide low k dielectric layers that can replace etch stop layers or conventional dielectric layers in damascene applications. A dual damascene structure having two or more dielectric layers with dielectric constants lower than about 4 can be deposited in a single reactor and then etched to form vertical and horizontal interconnects by varying the concentration of a carbon:oxygen gas such as carbon monoxide. The etch gases for forming vertical interconnects preferably comprises CO and a fluorocarbon, and CO is preferably excluded from etch gases for forming horizontal interconnects.

摘要翻译： 沉积和蚀刻具有低介电常数和蚀刻速率的介电层的方法，该介电层变化至少3:1以形成水平互连。 电介质层中的碳或氢的量可以通过沉积条件的变化来改变，以提供低k电介质层，其可代替蚀刻停止层或在镶嵌应用中的常规电介质层。 具有介电常数低于约4的两个或多个电介质层的双镶嵌结构可以沉积在单个反应器中，然后通过改变碳：氧气如一氧化碳的浓度进行蚀刻以形成垂直和水平互连。 用于形成垂直互连的蚀刻气体优选地包括CO和碳氟化合物，并且CO优选从用于形成水平互连的蚀刻气体中排除。

公开(公告)号：US20040241342A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-02

申请号：US10446531

申请日：2003-05-27

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： M. Ziaul Karim ,  Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Siamak Salimian

IPC分类号： C23C014/00 ,  C23C014/32

CPC分类号： H01L21/02164 ,  C23C16/045 ,  C23C16/402 ,  C23C16/507 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/31612 ,  H01L21/76227

摘要： Methods and systems are provided for depositing silicon oxide in a gap on a substrate. The silicon oxide is formed by flowing a process gas into a process chamber and forming a plasma having an overall ion density of at least 1011 ions/cm3. The process gas includes H2, a silicon source, and an oxidizing gas reactant, and deposition into the gap is achieved using a process that has simultaneous deposition and sputtering components. The probability of forming a void is reduced by ensuring that the plasma has a greater density of ions having a single oxygen atom than a density of ions having more than one oxygen atom.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于在衬底上的间隙中沉积氧化硅的方法和系统。 通过将处理气体流入处理室并形成总离子密度为至少10 11个/ cm 3的等离子体而形成氧化硅。 工艺气体包括H 2，硅源和氧化气体反应物，并且使用具有同时沉积和溅射组分的工艺来实现沉积到间隙中。 通过确保等离子体具有比具有多于一个氧原子的离子的密度更大的具有单个氧原子的离子的密度来降低形成空穴的概率。

公开(公告)号：US20040115898A1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-17

申请号：US10319827

申请日：2002-12-13

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Michael S. Cox ,  Padmanabhan Krishnaraj ,  Thanh N. Pham ,  Zhenjiang Cui

IPC分类号： C23C016/40 ,  H01L021/4763 ,  H01L021/76

CPC分类号： H01J37/32082 ,  C23C16/045 ,  H01J2237/3327 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/022 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/0228 ,  H01L21/31612 ,  H01L21/76229

摘要： A method of depositing an insulating film over a substrate having a gap formed between two adjacent raised features. The method includes depositing one portion of the insulating film over the substrate and in the gap using a high density plasma process that has simultaneous deposition and sputtering components and depositing another portion of the insulating film over the substrate and in the gap using an atomic layer deposition process. In some embodiments the portion of the film deposited by an atomic layer deposition process is deposited over the portion of the film deposited using a high density plasma CVD technique. In other embodiments, the portion of the film deposited by a high density plasma CVD process is deposited over the portion of the film deposited using an atomic layer deposition process.

摘要翻译： 一种在具有形成在两个相邻凸起特征之间的间隙的基底上沉积绝缘膜的方法。 该方法包括使用具有同时沉积和溅射部件的高密度等离子体工艺在衬底上和间隙中沉积绝缘膜的一部分，并使用原子层沉积在衬底上和间隙中沉积绝缘膜的另一部分 处理。 在一些实施例中，通过原子层沉积工艺沉积的膜的部分沉积在使用高密度等离子体CVD技术沉积的膜的部分上。 在其他实施例中，通过高密度等离子体CVD工艺沉积的膜的部分沉积在使用原子层沉积工艺沉积的膜的部分上。

公开(公告)号：US20030162410A1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-28

申请号：US10375852

申请日：2003-02-25

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： Tzu-Fang Huang ,  Yung-Cheng Lu ,  Li-Qun Xia ,  Ellie Yieh ,  Wai-Fan Yau ,  David W. Cheung ,  Ralf B. Willecke ,  Kuowei Liu ,  Ju-Hyung Lee ,  Farhad K. Moghadam ,  Yeming Jim Ma

IPC分类号： H01L021/31 ,  H01L021/469

CPC分类号： H01L21/31612 ,  C23C16/045 ,  C23C16/401 ,  H01L21/02126 ,  H01L21/02208 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/0228 ,  H01L21/02304 ,  H01L21/02362 ,  H01L21/31633 ,  H01L21/76801 ,  H01L21/76808 ,  H01L21/76829 ,  H01L21/76835 ,  H01L2221/1031

摘要： A silicon oxide layer is produced by plasma enhanced decomposition of an organosilicon compound to deposit films having a carbon content of at least 1% by atomic weight. An optional carrier gas may be introduced to facilitate the deposition process at a flow rate less than or equal to the flow rate of the organosilicon compounds. An oxygen rich surface may be formed adjacent the silicon oxide layer by temporarily increasing oxidation of the organosilicon compound.

摘要翻译： 氧化硅层通过有机硅化合物的等离子体增强分解产生，以沉积碳原子量至少为1％的膜。 可以引入任选的载气，以便以小于或等于有机硅化合物的流速的流速促进沉积过程。 可以通过暂时增加有机硅化合物的氧化而在氧化硅层附近形成富氧表面。