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公开(公告)号:US20240162043A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US17988217
申请日:2022-11-16
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Du Zhang , Yu-Hao Tsai , Mingmei Wang
IPC: H01L21/3065 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L21/30655 , H01L21/02118 , H01L21/02252 , H01L21/0234
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220199418A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17521958
申请日:2021-11-09
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited , Université d'Orléans
Inventor: Du Zhang , Hojin Kim , Shigeru Tahara , Kaoru Maekawa , Mingmei Wang , Jacques Faguet , Remi Dussart , Thomas Tillocher , Philippe Lefaucheux , Gaëlle Antoun
IPC: H01L21/311 , H01L21/02
Abstract: A method for processing a substrate that includes: loading the substrate in a plasma processing chamber; performing a cyclic plasma etch process including a plurality of cycles, where each cycle of the plurality of cycles includes: generating a first plasma from a first gas mixture including a fluorosilane and oxygen; performing a deposition step by exposing the substrate to the first plasma to form a passivation film including silicon and fluorine; generating a second plasma from a second gas mixture including a noble gas; and performing an etch step by exposing the substrate to the second plasma.
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公开(公告)号:US11804380B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-31
申请号:US17515133
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Du Zhang , Yu-Hao Tsai , Mingmei Wang
IPC: H01L21/311
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220199410A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17550182
申请日:2021-12-14
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Du Zhang , Shihsheng Chang , Yunho Kim , Mingmei Wang , Andrew Metz
IPC: H01L21/3065 , H01L21/308
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210233775A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-29
申请号:US17149067
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Du Zhang , Manabu Iwata , Yu-Hao Tsai , Takahiro Yokoyama , Yanxiang Shi , Yoshihide Kihara , Wataru Sakamoto , Mingmei Wang
IPC: H01L21/311
Abstract: A method of high-throughput dry etching of silicon oxide and silicon nitride materials by in-situ autocatalyst formation. The method includes providing a substrate having a film thereon in a process chamber, the film containing silicon oxide, silicon nitride, or both silicon oxide and silicon nitride, introducing an etching gas containing fluorine and hydrogen, and setting a gas pressure in the process chamber that is between about 1 mTorr and about 300 mTorr, and a substrate temperature that is below about −30° C. The method further includes plasma-exciting the etching gas, and exposing the film to the plasma-excited etching gas, where the film is continuously etched during the exposing.
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公开(公告)号:US20250166972A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-22
申请号:US18517206
申请日:2023-11-22
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Evrim Solmaz , Du Zhang , Barton Lane
IPC: H01J37/32
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20250132128A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-24
申请号:US18489416
申请日:2023-10-18
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Evrim Solmaz , Du Zhang , Barton Lane
IPC: H01J37/32
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.
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公开(公告)号:US12131914B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17521958
申请日:2021-11-09
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited , Université d'Orléans
Inventor: Du Zhang , Hojin Kim , Shigeru Tahara , Kaoru Maekawa , Mingmei Wang , Jacques Faguet , Remi Dussart , Thomas Tillocher , Philippe Lefaucheux , Gaëlle Antoun
IPC: H01L21/311 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L21/31116 , H01L21/0212 , H01L21/02274 , H01L21/0228
Abstract: A method for processing a substrate that includes: loading the substrate in a plasma processing chamber; performing a cyclic plasma etch process including a plurality of cycles, where each cycle of the plurality of cycles includes: generating a first plasma from a first gas mixture including a fluorosilane and oxygen; performing a deposition step by exposing the substrate to the first plasma to form a passivation film including silicon and fluorine; generating a second plasma from a second gas mixture including a noble gas; and performing an etch step by exposing the substrate to the second plasma.
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公开(公告)号:US20230374670A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-23
申请号:US17746406
申请日:2022-05-17
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Du Zhang , Christophe Vallee , Mingmei Wang
IPC: C23F1/12
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230307242A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US17704372
申请日:2022-03-25
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Yu-Hao Tsai , Du Zhang , Mingmei Wang , Takatoshi Orui , Motoi Takahashi , Masahiko Yokoi , Koki Tanaka , Yoshihide Kihara
IPC: H01L21/3065
CPC classification number: H01L21/3065
Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes patterning a mask over a dielectric layer and etching openings in the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate. The etching includes flowing an etchant, a polar or H-containing gas, and a phosphorus-halide gas. The method may further include forming contacts by filling the openings with a conductive material.
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