公开(公告)号：US5425810A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-20

申请号：US241254

申请日：1994-05-11

申请人： Richard A. Conti ,  David E. Kotecki ,  Donald L. Wilson ,  Justin W. Wong ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

发明人： Richard A. Conti ,  David E. Kotecki ,  Donald L. Wilson ,  Justin W. Wong ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

IPC分类号： C23C16/44 ,  C23C16/455 ,  C23C16/00 ,  C23C16/12

CPC分类号： C23C16/45574 ,  C23C16/4407 ,  C23C16/45512

摘要： A removable gas injector design compatible for use in chemical vapor deposition reactors that allows proper mixing of the reactant gases, reduced cycle time associated with cleaning of gas injector components, and elimination of uncertainties associated with manual cleaning of the injector. A better reliability to the system due to the known condition of the nozzle after a clean is achieved.

摘要翻译： 适用于化学气相沉积反应器的可拆卸气体喷射器设计，其允许反应气体的适当混合，减少与气体喷射器部件的清洁有关的循环时间，以及消除与手动清洁喷射器有关的不确定性。 实现了清洁之后喷嘴的已知状况对系统的更好的可靠性。

公开(公告)号：US5614247A

公开(公告)日：1997-03-25

申请号：US316303

申请日：1994-09-30

申请人： Steven G. Barbee ,  Richard A. Conti ,  Alexander Kostenko ,  Narayana V. Sarma ,  Donald L. Wilson ,  Justin W. Wong ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

发明人： Steven G. Barbee ,  Richard A. Conti ,  Alexander Kostenko ,  Narayana V. Sarma ,  Donald L. Wilson ,  Justin W. Wong ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

IPC分类号： C23C16/40 ,  C23C16/46 ,  C23C16/52 ,  H01L21/205 ,  H01L21/31

CPC分类号： C23C16/403 ,  C23C16/46 ,  C23C16/52

摘要： An apparatus in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system monitors the actual wafer/substrate temperature during the deposition process. The apparatus makes possible the production of high quality aluminum oxide films with real-time wafer/substrate control. An infrared (IR) temperature monitoring device is used to control the actual wafer temperature to the process temperature setpoint. This eliminates all atmospheric temperature probing. The need for test runs and monitor waters as well as the resources required to perform the operations is eliminated and operating cost are reduced. High quality, uniform films of aluminum oxide can be deposited on a silicon substrates with no need for additional photolithographic steps to simulate conformality that are present in a sputtered (PVD) type application. The result is a reduction in required process steps with subsequent anticipated savings in equipment, cycle time, chemicals, reduce handling, and increased yield of devices on the substrate. The apparatus incorporates a heated source material, heated delivery lines, heated inert gas purge lines, a pressure differential mass flow controller, a control system with related valving, and a vacuum process chamber with walls that are temperature controlled as a complete source delivery system to accurately and repeatably provide source vapor for LPCVD deposition of aluminum oxide onto silicon substrates.

摘要翻译： 化学气相沉积（CVD）系统中的装置在沉积过程中监测实际的晶片/衬底温度。 该设备使得可以生产具有实时晶片/衬底控制的高品质氧化铝膜。 使用红外（IR）温度监测装置将实际晶片温度控制到过程温度设定值。 这消除了所有的大气温度探测。 测试运行和监控水的需求以及执行操作所需的资源被消除，运行成本降低。 可以在硅衬底上沉积高质量均匀的氧化铝膜，而不需要额外的光刻步骤来模拟存在于溅射（PVD）型应用中的共形性。 结果是所需的工艺步骤减少，随后预期节省设备，循环时间，化学品，减少处理和提高基材上装置的产量。 该装置包括加热的源材料，加热的输送管线，加热的惰性气体吹扫管线，压差质量流量控制器，具有相关阀门的控制系统和具有作为完整源输送系统温度控制的壁的真空处理室 准确并重复地提供源蒸气，用于LPCVD在硅衬底上沉积氧化铝。

公开(公告)号：US5540777A

公开(公告)日：1996-07-30

申请号：US541284

申请日：1995-10-12

申请人： Steven G. Barbee ,  Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol ,  Richard A. Conti ,  Richard Hsiao ,  James A. O'Neill ,  Narayana V. Sarma ,  Donald L. Wilson ,  Justin W.-C. Wong ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

发明人： Steven G. Barbee ,  Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol ,  Richard A. Conti ,  Richard Hsiao ,  James A. O'Neill ,  Narayana V. Sarma ,  Donald L. Wilson ,  Justin W.-C. Wong ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

IPC分类号： C23C16/40 ,  C23C16/448 ,  C23C16/52 ,  H01L21/205 ,  H01L21/31 ,  H01L21/316 ,  C23C16/00

CPC分类号： C23C16/403 ,  C23C16/4481 ,  C23C16/52

摘要： A process and apparatus for Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 CVD on silicon wafers using aluminum tri-isopropoxide in a high-volume production environment is presented. The conditions required to use ATI in a production environment and provide maximum utilization of ATI are first of all delivery of ATI via direct evaporation. The ATI source bottle is pumped out (bypassing substrates) until propene and isopropanol signals are reduced to 1% of process pressure before start of aluminum oxide deposition. Either IR spectroscopy or mass spectrometry can be used to provide a control signal to the microprocessor controller. Heating the supplied tetramer to 120.degree. C. for two hours assures complete conversion to trimer. The ATI is stored at 90.degree. C. to minimize decomposition during idle periods and allow recovery of trimer upon return to 120.degree. C. for two hours. During periods of demand, the ATI is held at 120.degree. C. to minimize decomposition.

摘要翻译： 介绍了在大批量生产环境中使用三异丙氧基铝的硅晶片上Al2O3 CVD的工艺和装置。 在生产环境中使用ATI并提供ATI的最大利用率所需的条件首先通过直接蒸发传送ATI。 在开始氧化铝沉积之前，将ATI源瓶泵出（旁路基板），直到丙烯和异丙醇信号降低到过程压力的1％。 可以使用红外光谱或质谱法向微处理器控制器提供控制信号。 将供应的四聚体加热至120℃保持两小时，确保完全转化为三聚体。 将ATI储存在90℃以使空闲期间的分解最小化，并允许在回到120℃回收三聚体两小时。 在需求期间，ATI保持在120℃以最小化分解。

公开(公告)号：US06740603B2

公开(公告)日：2004-05-25

申请号：US10061650

申请日：2002-02-01

申请人： Steven P. Zuhoski ,  Mercer L. Brugler ,  Cameron Gross ,  Edward L. Mickler

发明人： Steven P. Zuhoski ,  Mercer L. Brugler ,  Cameron Gross ,  Edward L. Mickler

IPC分类号： H01L2131

CPC分类号： H01L24/05 ,  H01L21/28176 ,  H01L21/3003 ,  H01L23/291 ,  H01L23/3171 ,  H01L2224/02166 ,  H01L2224/05599 ,  H01L2924/01006 ,  H01L2924/01007 ,  H01L2924/01013 ,  H01L2924/01014 ,  H01L2924/01029 ,  H01L2924/01084 ,  H01L2924/05042 ,  H01L2924/12042 ,  H01L2924/14 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A method for fabricating a non-FLASH integrated circuit that minimizes Vmin shift. A protective overcoat (134) is deposited to protect and encapsulate the top metal interconnect layer (118). The protective overcoat (134) is patterned and etched to form bondpad windows either before or after depositing the final metal interconnect layer (136). A sinter that is normally performed after forming the bondpad windows is either omitted or the temperature of the sinter is kept at or below 350° C.

摘要翻译： 一种用于制造使Vmin偏移最小化的非FLASH集成电路的方法。 沉积保护性外涂层（134）以保护和封装顶部金属互连层（118）。 在沉积最终金属互连层（136）之前或之后，对保护性外涂层（134）进行图案化和蚀刻以形成焊盘窗口。 通常在形成接合板窗口之后进行的烧结体被省略或烧结体的温度保持在或低于350℃。

公开(公告)号：US07309651B2

公开(公告)日：2007-12-18

申请号：US10697137

申请日：2003-10-30

申请人： Jeffrey A. West ,  Michael D. Barth ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

发明人： Jeffrey A. West ,  Michael D. Barth ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

IPC分类号： H01L21/44

CPC分类号： H01L23/53238 ,  H01L21/76886 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Doping copper interconnects (100) with silicon (115) has been shown to improve Electromigration and Via Stress Migration reliability. After copper (118) is deposited by electrochemical deposition and chemically-mechanically polished back, doping is achieved by flowing SiH4 over the copper interconnect (100) for 0.5 to 5 seconds at a temperature of 325-425° C.

摘要翻译： 已经显示具有硅（115）的掺杂铜互连（100）可以改善电迁移和通过应力迁移的可靠性。 在通过电化学沉积和化学机械抛光沉积铜（118）之后，通过在325-425℃的温度下将SiH 4 Si覆盖在铜互连（100）上0.5至5秒来实现掺杂 C。

公开(公告)号：US5032435A

公开(公告)日：1991-07-16

申请号：US328918

申请日：1989-03-27

申请人： Robert M. Biefeld ,  Gregory A. Hebner ,  Kevin P. Killeen ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

发明人： Robert M. Biefeld ,  Gregory A. Hebner ,  Kevin P. Killeen ,  Steven P. Zuhoski

IPC分类号： C23C16/52

CPC分类号： C23C16/52

摘要： A system for monitoring and controlling the rate of growth of thin films in an atmosphere of reactant gases measures the UV absorbance of the atmosphere and calculates the partial pressure of the gases. The flow of reactant gases is controlled in response to the partial pressure.

摘要翻译： 用于监测和控制反应气体气氛中薄膜生长速率的系统测量大气的紫外吸收并计算气体的分压。 响应于分压来控制反应气体的流动。