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公开(公告)号:WO2020242592A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:PCT/US2020/026129
申请日:2020-04-01
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: QI, Bo , MALLICK, Abhijit B.
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L27/24 , C23C16/34 , C23C16/509 , C23C16/455
Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods of processing a substrate comprising positioning a substrate in a processing volume of a processing chamber. The substrate includes a patterned surface having a plurality of features. Individual ones of the plurality of features are defined by one or more openings formed through a multi-layer stack, and the multi-layer stack includes a chalcogen containing material. The methods further include flowing pulses of a first processing gas into the processing volume. Herein, the first processing gas includes a silicon precursor and a nitrogen precursor. The methods further include igniting and maintaining a plasma of the first processing gas. The methods further include depositing a first silicon nitride layer onto the patterned surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the methods include depositing of a second silicon nitride layer on the first silicon nitride layer.
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公开(公告)号:WO2020086241A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-30
申请号:PCT/US2019/054812
申请日:2019-10-04
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Eswaranand , GOTTHEIM, Samuel E. , MANNA, Pramit , MALLICK, Abhijit B.
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/324 , H01L21/3065 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/683 , C23C16/455 , G03F7/20 , H01J37/32
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to deposition of high transparency, high-density carbon films for patterning applications. In one embodiment, a method of forming a carbon film on a substrate is provided. The method includes flowing a hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture into a process chamber having a substrate positioned on an electrostatic chuck, wherein the substrate is maintained at a temperature of about -10°C to about 20°C and a chamber pressure of about 0.5 mTorr to about 10 Torr, and generating a plasma by applying a first RF bias to the electrostatic chuck to deposit a diamond-like carbon film containing about 60% or greater hybridized sp 3 atoms on the substrate, wherein the first RF bias is provided at a power of about 1800 Watts to about 2200 Watts and at a frequency of about 40 MHz to about 162 MHz.
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公开(公告)号:WO2021252140A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:PCT/US2021/032660
申请日:2021-05-17
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: WANG, Huiyuan , KUSTRA, Rick , ALAYAVALLI, Kaushik , VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Eswaranand , PINSON, II, Jay D. , MALLICK, Abhijit B.
IPC: C23C16/44 , C23C16/505 , C23C16/26 , B08B2209/08 , B08B5/00 , B08B7/00 , B08B9/08 , H01J2237/335 , H01J37/32862
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to clean methods for processing chambers, and more specifically relate to plasma clean methods for removing carbon films from surfaces within the processing chamber. A method for cleaning includes introducing a cleaning gas into a processing region within a processing chamber, where interior surfaces of the processing chamber have a coating containing amorphous carbon. The cleaning gas contains oxygen gas and a noble gas. The method also includes generating an ion coupled plasma (ICP) from the cleaning gas within an upper portion of the processing region and generating a bias across a substrate support in a lower portion of the processing region. The method further includes exposing the amorphous carbon to atomic oxygen ions produced from the oxygen gas and the ICP and removing the amorphous carbon from the interior surfaces with the atomic oxygen ions during a cleaning process.
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公开(公告)号:WO2023282955A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-12
申请号:PCT/US2022/024726
申请日:2022-04-14
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: PARIKH, Suketu , BALSEANU, Mihaela A. , BHUYAN, Bhaskar Jyoti , LI, Ning , SALY, Mark Joseph , DANGERFIELD, Aaron Michael , THOMPSON, David , MALLICK, Abhijit B.
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/32 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/67
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, a method of processing a substrate comprises a) removing oxide from a metal layer disposed in a dielectric layer on the substrate disposed in a processing chamber, b) selectively depositing a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on the metal layer using atomic layer deposition, c) depositing a precursor while supplying water to form one of an aluminum oxide (AlO) layer on the dielectric layer or a low-k dielectric layer on the dielectric layer, d) supplying at least one of hydrogen (H2) or ammonia (NH3) to remove the self-assembled monolayer (SAM), and e) depositing one of a silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) layer or a silicon nitride (SiN) layer atop the metal layer and the one of the aluminum oxide (AlO) layer on the dielectric layer or the low-k dielectric layer on the dielectric layer.
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公开(公告)号:WO2022231760A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-03
申请号:PCT/US2022/022988
申请日:2022-04-01
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: SHEN, Zeqing , QI, Bo , MALLICK, Abhijit B.
IPC: H01L21/311 , H01L27/112
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to fabricating electronic devices, such as memory devices. In one or more embodiments, a method for forming a device includes forming a film stack on a substrate, where the film stack contains a plurality of alternating layers of oxide layers and nitride layers and has a stack thickness, and etching the film stack to a first depth to form a plurality of openings between a plurality of structures. The method includes depositing an etch protection liner containing amorphous-silicon on the sidewalls and the bottoms of the structures, removing the etch protection liner from at least the bottoms of the openings, forming a plurality of holes by etching the film stack in the openings to further extend each bottom of the openings to a second depth of the hole, and removing the etch protection liner from the sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号:WO2021003070A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-07
申请号:PCT/US2020/039841
申请日:2020-06-26
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Eswaranand , HAYWOOD, Edward L. , GOTTHEIM, Samuel E. , MANNA, Pramit , CHUC, Kien N. , FISCHBACH, Adam , MALLICK, Abhijit B. , FRANKLIN, Timothy J.
IPC: H01L21/033 , H01J37/32 , H01L21/66
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a substrate processing chamber, and components thereof, for forming semiconductor devices. The processing chamber comprises a substrate support, and an edge ring is disposed around the substrate support. The edge ring comprises a material selected from the group consisting of quartz, silicon, cross-linked polystyrene and divinylbenzene, polyether ether ketone, AI 2 O 3 , and AIN. The material of the edge ring is selected to modulate the properties of hardmask films deposited on substrates in the processing chamber. As such, hardmask films having desired film properties can be deposited In the processing chamber without scaling up the RF power to the chamber.
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公开(公告)号:WO2022266296A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-22
申请号:PCT/US2022/033744
申请日:2022-06-16
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: AYDIN, Aykut , CHENG, Rui , JANAKIRAMAN, Karthik , MALLICK, Abhijit B. , KOSHIZAWA, Takehito , QI, Bo
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/033 , C23C16/38 , C23C16/52
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processes for forming silicon- and boron-containing films for use in, e.g., spacer-defined patterning applications. In an embodiment, a spacer-defined patterning process is provided. The process includes disposing a substrate in a processing volume of a processing chamber, the substrate having patterned features formed thereon, and flowing a first process gas into the processing volume, the first process gas comprising a silicon- containing species, the silicon-containing species having a higher molecular weight than SiHU. The process further includes flowing a second process gas into the processing volume, the second process gas comprising a boron-containing species, and depositing, under deposition conditions, a conformal film on the patterned features, the conformal film comprising silicon and boron.
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公开(公告)号:WO2020242799A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:PCT/US2020/033377
申请日:2020-05-18
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: FRANKLIN, Timothy Joseph , FISCHBACH, Adam , HAYWOOD, Edward , MALLICK, Abhijit B. , MANNA, Pramit , WONG, Carlaton , GARNER, Stephen C. , VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Eswaranand
IPC: C23C16/505 , C23C16/458 , C23C16/455 , H01J37/32
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods utilized in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a substrate processing chamber, and components thereof, for forming semiconductor devices.
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公开(公告)号:WO2019245735A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-26
申请号:PCT/US2019/035497
申请日:2019-06-05
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Eswaranand , MANNA, Pramit , MALLICK, Abhijit B. , GANDIKOTA, Srinivas
IPC: H01L21/3115 , H01L21/033 , H01L21/265 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/683 , H01J37/32 , H01L27/115 , H01L27/108
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for deposition of high-density films for patterning applications. In one embodiment, a method of processing a substrate is provided. The method includes depositing a carbon hardmask over a film stack formed on a substrate, wherein the substrate is positioned on an electrostatic chuck disposed in a process chamber, implanting ions into the carbon hardmask, wherein depositing the carbon hardmask and implanting ions into the carbon hardmask are performed in the same process chamber, and repeating depositing the carbon hardmask and implanting ions into the carbon hardmask in a cyclic fashion until a pre-determined thickness of the carbon hardmask is reached.
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