Applied Materials, Inc.

Shuchi Sunil Ojha

Jingmei Liang

Praket Prakash Jha

Nitin K Ingle

Abhijit Basu Mallick

Shankar Venkataraman

Suketu Arun Parikh

Martin Jay Seamons

Sanjay S Natarajan

Jung Chan Lee

Yong Sun

Tom S Choi

A substrate processing method includes creating a mask on a top surface of a workpiece. A first portion of a gap fill material is overlaid by the mask and a second portion of the gap fill material is exposed through an opening in the mask. The method further includes exposing the workpiece to a plasma. The method further includes performing a first etching of the first portion of the gap fill material to create a first cavity while the second portion of the gap fill material remains in place, depositing a first metal-containing substance in the first cavity, performing a second etching of the second portion of the gap fill material to create a second cavity while the first metal-containing substance remains in place, and depositing a second metal-containing substance in the second cavity.

Multi color stack for self aligned dual pattern formation for multi purpose device structures

A method of post-treating a silicon nitride (SiN)-based dielectric film formed on a surface of a substrate includes positioning a substrate having a silicon nitride (SiN)-based dielectric film formed thereon in a processing chamber, and exposing the silicon nitride (SiN)-based dielectric film to helium-containing high-energy low-dose plasma in the processing chamber. Energy of helium ions in the helium-containing high-energy low-dose plasma is between 1 eV and 3.01 eV, and flux density of the helium ions in the helium-containing high-energy low-dose plasma is between 5×10ions/cm·sec and 1.37×10ions/cm·sec.

Methods of post treating silicon nitride based dielectric films with high energy low dose plasma

Exemplary methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming a first silicon oxide layer overlying a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a first silicon layer overlying the first silicon oxide layer. The methods may include forming a silicon nitride layer overlying the first silicon layer. The methods may include forming a second silicon layer overlying the silicon nitride layer. The methods may include forming a second silicon oxide layer overlying the second silicon layer. The methods may include removing the silicon nitride layer. The methods may include removing the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer. The methods may include forming a metal layer between and contacting each of the first silicon oxide layer and the second silicon oxide layer.

3D NAND gate stack reinforcement

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