Sidewall Inorganic Passivation for Dielectric Etching Via Surface Modification

    公开(公告)号:US20240162043A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US17988217

    申请日:2022-11-16

    Abstract: A method for processing a substrate that includes: performing a cyclic process including a plurality of cycles, where the cyclic process includes, forming a carbon-containing layer over sidewalls of a recess in a Si-containing dielectric layer of the substrate, the forming including exposing the substrate disposed in a plasma processing chamber to a first plasma generated from a first gas including carbon and hydrogen, modifying a surface of the carbon-containing layer by exposing the substrate to a second plasma generated from a second gas including oxygen, and forming a passivation layer over the modified surface of the carbon-containing layer by exposing the substrate to a third gas including B, Si, or Al.

    High-throughput dry etching of films containing silicon-oxygen components or silicon-nitrogen components by proton-mediated catalyst formation

    公开(公告)号:US11804380B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US17515133

    申请日:2021-10-29

    CPC classification number: H01L21/31116

    Abstract: A method of high-throughput dry etching of a film by proton-mediated catalyst formation. The method includes providing a substrate having a film thereon containing silicon-oxygen components, silicon-nitrogen components, or both, introducing an etching gas in the process chamber, plasma-exciting the etching gas, and exposing the film to the plasma-excited etching gas to etch the film. In one example, the etching gas contains at least three different gases that include a fluorine-containing gas, a hydrogen-containing gas, and a nitrogen-containing gas, plasma-exciting the etching gas. In another example, the etching gas contains at least four different gases that include a fluorine-containing gas, a hydrogen-containing gas, an oxygen-containing gas, and a silicon-containing gas.

    CONFORMAL AMORPHOUS CARBON LAYER ETCH WITH SIDE-WALL PASSIVATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220199410A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17550182

    申请日:2021-12-14

    Abstract: A method for etching high-aspect ratio recessed features in an amorphous carbon layer is presented. The method includes providing a substrate containing an amorphous carbon layer and a patterned mask layer, plasma-etching a recessed feature through less than an entire thickness of the amorphous carbon layer using the patterned mask, forming a passivation layer on a sidewall of the etched amorphous carbon layer in the recessed feature by exposing the substrate to a passivation gas in the absence of a plasma, and repeating the plasma-etching and forming the passivation layer at least once to extend the recessed feature in the amorphous carbon layer.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLASMA PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20250166972A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US18517206

    申请日:2023-11-22

    Abstract: An example method for a plasma process includes generating plasma within a process chamber with source power (SP) pulses. The source power pulses have a repetition frequency. The method further includes adjusting a neutral flux within the process chamber by changing the repetition frequency of the source power pulses. In some embodiments, the plasma etches a substrate.

    Method and System for Plasma Process

    公开(公告)号:US20250132128A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-24

    申请号:US18489416

    申请日:2023-10-18

    Abstract: A method for a plasma process includes generating plasma within a process chamber with a source power pulse and applying a bias power pulse to a substrate holder within the process chamber. A frequency of the bias power pulse increases from a first frequency value to a second frequency value during the bias power pulse. The bias power pulse occurs after the source power pulse.

    ETCH PROCESS FOR OXIDE OF ALKALINE EARTH METAL

    公开(公告)号:US20230374670A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US17746406

    申请日:2022-05-17

    CPC classification number: C23F1/12

    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate that includes: loading the substrate in a plasma processing chamber, the substrate having a surface including an oxide, the oxide including an alkaline earth metal; flowing a process gas including CCl4 into the plasma processing chamber; in the plasma processing chamber, forming a fluorine-free plasma from the process gas by applying a source power to a source electrode of the plasma processing chamber; and exposing the substrate to the fluorine-free plasma to etch the oxide of the surface.

Patent Agency Ranking