Applied Materials, Inc.

Omori Kenji

Soo Young Choi

Gaku Furuta

Beom Soo Park

Young-jin Choi

Young-Jin Choi

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for depositing a nitrogen-containing material on large-sized substrates disposed in a processing chamber. In one embodiment, a method includes processing a batch of substrates within a processing chamber to deposit a nitrogen-containing material on a substrate from the batch of substrates, and performing a seasoning process at predetermined intervals during processing the batch of substrates to deposit a conductive seasoning layer over a surface of a chamber component disposed in the processing chamber. The chamber component may include a gas distribution plate fabricated from a bare aluminum without anodizing. In one example, the conductive seasoning layer may include amorphous silicon, doped amorphous silicon, doped silicon, doped polysilicon, doped silicon carbide, or the like.

A-Si seasoning effect to improve SiN run-to-run uniformity

a-Si seasoning effect to improve SiN run-to-run uniformity

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a TFT and a method for its fabrication. The TFT disclosed herein is a silicon based TFT in which the active channel comprises amorphous silicon. Over the amorphous silicon, multiple layers of doped silicon are deposited in which the resistivity of the doped silicon layers is higher at the interface with the amorphous silicon layer as compared to the interface with the source and drain electrodes. Alternatively, a single doped silicon layer is deposited over the amorphous silicon in which the properties of the single doped layer change throughout the thickness. It is better to have a lower resistivity at the interface with the source and drain electrodes, but lower resistivity usually means less substrate throughput. By utilizing multiple or graded layers, low resistivity can be achieved. The embodiments disclosed herein include low resistivity without sacrificing substrate throughput.

Thin film transistors having multiple doped silicon layers

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