Abstract:
A method of depositing a hafnium-based dielectric film is provided. The method comprises atomic layer deposition using ozone and one or more reactants comprising a hafnium precursor. A semiconductor device is also provided. The device comprises a substrate, a hafnium-based dielectric layer formed atop the substrate, and an interfacial layer formed between the substrate and the hafnium-based dielectric layer, wherein the interfacial layer comprises silicon dioxide and has a crystalline structure.
Abstract:
Tantalum precursors useful in depositing tantalum nitride or tantalum oxides materials on substrates, by processes such as chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The precursors are useful in forming tantalum-based diffusion barrier layers on microelectronic device structures featuring copper metallization and/or ferroelectric thin films.
Abstract:
A method of depositing a hafnium-based dielectric film is provided. The method comprises atomic layer deposition using ozone and one or more reactants comprising a hafnium precursor. A semiconductor device is also provided. The device comprises a substrate, a hafnium-based dielectric layer formed atop the substrate, and an interfacial layer formed between the substrate and the hafnium-based dielectric layer, wherein the interfacial layer comprises silicon dioxide and has a crystalline structure.
Abstract:
A method of forming (and an apparatus for forming) a metal oxide layer on a substrate, particularly a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, using a vapor deposition process and one or more precursor compounds that include organo-amine ligands and one or more precursor compounds that include organo-oxide ligands.
Abstract:
A method of forming (and an apparatus for forming) a metal oxide layer on a substrate, particularly a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, using a vapor deposition process and one or more precursor compounds that include organo-amine ligands and one or more precursor compounds that include organo-oxide ligands.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for depositing on the surface of a porous substrate, thin layers of at least a solid ionic conductor comprising at least a base oxide and at least a doping agent. The deposition is carried out from precursor ln of the metal ion of one of the base oxides, precursor II oxidising the precursor In and, precursor IIIm of one of the oxides inputting one of the doping agents; n and m being each an integer not less than 1. Said method consists in providing at least a base oxide in a first sequence, and at least a doping agent in a second sequence. The first sequence is repeated from 1 to 10 times, the second only once; the whole process constitutes a cycle. The deposition is produced for a (first/second) sequence ratio determined on the basis on the (doping agent(s)/basic oxide(s)) atomic ratio and for a number of cycles determined on the basis of the thickness of the thin layer, and finally for a specific contacting duration between precursors and substrate. The invention also concerns a fuel cell, and a cell containing such a thin layer.
Abstract:
Metal silicates or phosphates are deposited on a heated substrate by the reaction of vapors of alkoxysilanols or alkylphosphates along with reactive metal amides, alkyls or alkoxides. For example, vapors of tris-(ter-butoxy)silanol react with vapors of tetrakis(ethylmethylamido)hafnium to deposit hafnium silicate on surfaces heated to 300 DEG C. The product film has a very uniform stoichiometry throughout the reactor. Similarly, vapors of diisopropylphosphate react with vapors of lithium bis(ethyldimethylsilyl)amide to deposit lithium phosphate films on substrates heated to 250 DEG C. supplying the vapors in alternating pulse produces these same compositions with a very uniform distribution of thickness and excellent step coverage.
Abstract:
Implementations described herein generally relate to processes for the fabrication of semiconductor devices in which a self-assembled monolayer ("SAM") is used to achieve selective epitaxial deposition. In one implementation, a method of processing a substrate is provided. The method comprises exposing a substrate to a self-assembled monolayer ("SAM") forming molecule to selectively deposit a SAM film on an exposed dielectric material, wherein the substrate comprises the exposed dielectric material and an exposed silicon material. The SAM forming molecule is a chlorosilane molecule. The method further comprises epitaxially and selectively depositing a silicon-containing material layer on the exposed silicon material at a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius or lower. The method further comprises removing the SAM film from the exposed dielectric material.
Abstract:
Processing methods comprising exposing a substrate to a first reactive gas comprising an ethylcyclopentadienyl ruthenium complex or a cyclohexadienyl ruthenium complex and a second reactive gas comprising water to form a ruthenium film are described.
Abstract:
The present invention is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to a process comprising bringing a compound of general formula (I) into the gaseous or aerosol state and depositing the compound of general formula (I) from the gaseous or aerosol state onto a solid substrate, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independent of each other hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a silyl group, p is 1, 2, M is Ni or Co, X is a σ-donating ligand which coordinates M, m is 1 or 2 and n is 0 to 3.