Applied Materials, Inc.

Tom S Choi

Nitin K Ingle

Suketu Arun Parikh

Jingmei Liang

Martin Jay Seamons

Joung Joo Lee

Sanjay S Natarajan

Shuchi Sunil Ojha

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

Methods open etch stop layers in an integrated environment along with metallization processes. In some embodiments, a method for opening an etch stop layer (ESL) prior to metallization may include etching the ESL with an anisotropic process using direct plasma to form helium ions that are configured to roughen the ESL for a first duration of approximately 10 seconds to approximately 30 seconds, forming aluminum fluoride on the ESL using remote plasma and nitrogen trifluoride gas for a second duration of approximately 10 seconds to approximately 30 seconds, and exposing the ESL to a gas mixture of boron trichloride, trimethylaluminum, and/or dimethylaluminum chloride at a temperature of approximately 100 degrees Celsius to approximately 350 degrees Celsius to remove aluminum fluoride from the ESL and a portion of a material of the ESL for a third duration of approximately 30 seconds to approximately 60 seconds.

Methods for removing etch stop layers

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Tom S Choi