公开(公告)号：US20250125195A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18378828

申请日：2023-10-11

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Feng Q. Liu ,  Xinke Wang ,  Liqi Wu ,  Qihao Zhu ,  Mark Saly ,  Jiang Lu ,  John Sudijono ,  David Thompson

IPC: H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/02

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods using an oligomer film to protect a substrate surface. The oligomer film is formed on the substrate surface with a first feature and a second feature each having a feature depth. The first feature has a first critical dimension (CD) and the second feature has a second CD. The semiconductor substrate surface is exposed to one or more monomers to form the oligomer film, and the oligomer film forms selectively on the bottom and fills a portion of the feature depth. The oligomer film fills the feature depth to substantially the same or the same height in each of the first feature and the second feature. Methods of forming semiconductor devices using the oligomer film are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11821085B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17182906

申请日：2021-02-23

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan ,  Mark Saly ,  David Thompson ,  Tobin Kaufman-Osborn ,  Kurt Fredrickson ,  Thomas Knisley ,  Liqi Wu

IPC: C23C16/455 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: C23C16/45553 ,  C23C16/45527 ,  H01L21/0228 ,  H01L21/02175

Abstract: Methods of depositing a film selectively onto a first substrate surface relative to a second substrate surface are described. The methods include exposing the substrate surfaces to a blocking compound to selectively form a blocking layer on at least a portion of the first surface over the second surface. The substrate is sequentially exposed to a metal precursor with a kinetic diameter in excess of 21 angstroms and a reactant to selectively form a metal-containing layer on the second surface over the blocking layer or the first surface. The relatively larger metal precursors of some embodiments allow for the use of blocking layers with gaps or voids without the loss of selectivity.

公开(公告)号：US20220223472A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17145520

申请日：2021-01-11

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Yi Luo ,  Rong Tao ,  Liqi Wu ,  Mingte Liu ,  Joung Joo Lee ,  Avgerinos V. Gelatos

IPC: H01L21/768

Abstract: A method for forming conductive structures for a semiconductor device includes depositing a reflow material in features, e.g. vias, formed in a dielectric layer. A high melting point material is deposited in the feature and is reflowed and annealed in an ambient comprising one or more of hydrogen molecules, hydrogen ions, and hydrogen radicals at a temperature greater than 300° C. to fill the feature with a reflow material.

公开(公告)号：US11075276B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16594596

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

Inventor： Yongjing Lin ,  Shih Chung Chen ,  Naomi Yoshida ,  Lin Dong ,  Liqi Wu ,  Rongjun Wang ,  Steven Hung ,  Karla Bernal Ramos ,  Yixiong Yang ,  Wei Tang ,  Sang-Ho Yu

IPC: H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L21/02

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming a semiconductor structure such as an NMOS gate electrode are described. Methods may include depositing a first capping layer having a first surface atop a first surface of a high-k dielectric layer; and depositing at least one metal layer having a first surface atop the first surface of the first capping layer, wherein the at least one metal layer includes titanium aluminum silicide material. Some methods include removing an oxide layer from the first surface of the first capping layer by contacting the first capping layer with metal chloride in an amount sufficient to remove an oxide layer. Some methods for depositing a titanium aluminum silicide material are performed by an atomic layer deposition process performed at a temperature of 350 to 400 degrees Celsius.

公开(公告)号：US10770292B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16008495

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Chang Ke ,  Lei Zhou ,  Biao Liu ,  Cheng Pan ,  Yuanhong Guo ,  Liqi Wu ,  Michael S. Jackson ,  Ludovic Godet ,  Tobin Kaufman-Osborn ,  Erica Chen ,  Paul F. Ma

IPC: H01L21/027 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/67 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/32

Abstract: Methods of depositing a film selectively onto a first material relative to a second material are described. The substrate is pre-cleaned by heating the substrate to a first temperature, cleaning contaminants from the substrate and activating the first surface to promote formation of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on the first material. A SAM is formed on the first material by repeated cycles of SAM molecule exposure, heating and reactivation of the first material. A final exposure to the SAM molecules is performed prior to selectively depositing a film on the second material. Apparatus to perform the selective deposition are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20200090924A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16131931

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Liqi Wu ,  Hung Nguyen ,  Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan ,  Mark Saly ,  Feng Q. Liu ,  David Thompson

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  C23C16/04

Abstract: Methods of depositing films are described. Specifically, methods of depositing metal oxide films are described. A metal oxide film is selectively deposited on a metal layer relative to a dielectric layer by exposing a substrate to an organometallic precursor followed by exposure to an oxidant.

公开(公告)号：US20190316256A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-17

申请号：US16382643

申请日：2019-04-12

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan ,  Mark Saly ,  David Thompson ,  Tobin Kaufman-Osborn ,  Kurt Fredrickson ,  Thomas Knisley ,  Liqi Wu

IPC: C23C16/455 ,  H01L21/02

Abstract: Methods of depositing a film selectively onto a first substrate surface relative to a second substrate surface are described. The methods include exposing the substrate surfaces to a blocking compound to selectively form a blocking layer on at least a portion of the first surface over the second surface. The substrate is sequentially exposed to a metal precursor with a kinetic diameter in excess of 21 angstroms and a reactant to selectively form a metal-containing layer on the second surface over the blocking layer or the first surface. The relatively larger metal precursors of some embodiments allow for the use of blocking layers with gaps or voids without the loss of selectivity.

公开(公告)号：US20190080904A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：US16129223

申请日：2018-09-12

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey W. Anthis ,  Chang Ke ,  Pratham Jain ,  Benjamin Schmiege ,  Guoqiang Jian ,  Michael S. Jackson ,  Lei Zhou ,  Paul F. Ma ,  Liqi Wu

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/033

Abstract: Methods of depositing a film selectively onto a first substrate surface relative to a second substrate surface are described. The methods include exposing a substrate to a blocking molecule to selectively deposit a blocking layer on the first surface. A layer is selectively formed on the second surface and defects of the layer are formed on the blocking layer. The defects are removed from the blocking layer on the first surface.

公开(公告)号：US20190019874A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16033880

申请日：2018-07-12

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Paul F. Ma ,  Seshadri Ganguli ,  Shih Chung Chen ,  Rajesh Sathiyanarayanan ,  Atashi Basu ,  Lin Dong ,  Naomi Yoshida ,  Sang Ho Yu ,  Liqi Wu

IPC: H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L21/28

Abstract: Film stacks and methods of forming film stacks including a high-k dielectric layer on a substrate, a high-k capping layer on the high-k dielectric layer, an n-metal layer on the high-k capping layer and an n-metal capping layer on the n-metal layer. The n-metal layer having an aluminum rich interface adjacent the high-k capping layer.

公开(公告)号：US09748354B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US15043883

申请日：2016-02-15

Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

Inventor： Wei V. Tang ,  Paul F. Ma ,  Steven C. H. Hung ,  Michael Chudzik ,  Siddarth Krishnan ,  Wenyu Zhang ,  Seshadri Ganguli ,  Naomi Yoshida ,  Lin Dong ,  Yixiong Yang ,  Liqi Wu ,  Shih Chung Chen

IPC: H01L29/76 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/49

CPC classification number: H01L29/66446 ,  H01L29/4966 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/518 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/78681

Abstract: Semiconductor devices incorporating multi-threshold voltage structures and methods of forming such semiconductor devices are provided herein. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device having a multi-threshold voltage structure includes: a substrate; a gate dielectric layer atop the substrate, wherein the gate dielectric layer comprises an interface layer and a high-k dielectric layer atop the interface layer; a lanthanum nitride layer deposited atop the high-k dielectric layer; an interface of the interface layer and the high-k dielectric layer comprising lanthanum species from the lanthanum nitride layer; and a gate electrode layer atop the lanthanum nitride layer.