Applied Materials, Inc.

Christian Valencia

Thai Cheng Chua

Philip Allan Kraus

Jenn-Yue Wang

John Leonard Sudijono

Bencherki Mebarki

Hanh D Nguyen

Tuck Foong Koh

Vicknesh Sahmuganathan

Chikuang Charles Wang

Sze Chieh Tan

Doreen Yong

Masahiro Kawasaki

Methods of depositing a nanocrystalline diamond film are described. The method may be used in the manufacture of integrated circuits. Methods include treating a substrate with a plasma to form a treated substrate surface, incubating the treated substrate with a carbon-rich plasma to nucleate diamond particles on the treated substrate surface, followed by treating the substrate with a plasma to form a nanocrystalline diamond film. The resulting nanocrystalline diamond films are formed on an interfacial oxide-rich amorphous layer between the nanocrystalline diamond film and a silicon substrate.

Nanocrystalline diamond with amorphous interfacial layer

Embodiments disclosed herein include a method of etching a 3D structure. In an embodiment, the method comprises providing the 3D structure in a microwave plasma chamber. In an embodiment, the 3D structure comprises a substrate, and alternating layers of silicon oxide and silicon nitride over the substrate. In an embodiment, the method further comprises flowing a first gas into the microwave plasma chamber, where the first gas comprises sulfur and fluorine. In an embodiment, the method comprises flowing a second gas into the microwave plasma chamber, where the second gas comprises an inert gas. In an embodiment, the method further comprises striking a plasma in the microwave plasma chamber, and etching the silicon nitride, where an etching selectivity of silicon nitride to silicon oxide is 50:1 or greater.

Low temperature selective etching of silicon nitride using microwave plasma

Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses used to deposit graphene layers. In an embodiment, a method of depositing a graphene layer on a substrate comprises providing a substrate within a modular microwave plasma chamber, and flowing a carbon source and a hydrogen source into the modular microwave plasma chamber. In an embodiment, the method further comprises striking a plasma in the modular microwave plasma chamber, where a substrate temperature is below approximately 400° C., and depositing the graphene layer on the substrate.

Method and apparatus of low temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of graphene

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Christian Valencia