Versum Materials Us, LLC

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Intermolecular, Inc.

University of Texas System

Xinjian Lei

Manchao Xiao

Daniel P Spence

Haripin Chandra

Mark Leonard O'Neill

Matthew R MacDonald

Moo-Sung Kim

Meiliang Wang

Bing Han

Raymond Nicholas Vrtis

Ronald Martin Pearlstein

Jianheng Li

Robert Gordon Ridgeway

Anupama Mallikarjunan

Richard Ho

Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov

John Anthony Thomas Norman

Heather Regina Bowen

Steven Gerard Mayorga

Hansong Cheng

William Robert Entley

Iain Buchanan

Liu Yang

Madhukar Bhaskara Rao

Eugene Joseph Karwacki, Jr

Wade Hampton Bailey, Iii

Laura M Matz

Hareesh Thridandam

John Francis Lehmann

Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman

Thomas R Gaffney

Charles Michael Birtcher

Thomas Andrew Steidl

Andrew David Johnson

Kirk Scott Cuthill

Agnes Derecskei-Kovacs

Jennifer Lynn Anne Achtyl

Se-Won Lee

Sunil Shanker

Xiangxin Rui

Alan Charles Cooper

Melanie K Perez

Kazuhide Hasebe

David A Roberts

Ron Rulkens

Cheol Seong Hwang

Masato Yonezawa

Masanobu Matsunaga

Lee Arthur Senecal

Michael Ulman

Neil Osterwalder

Yves Jean Chabal

Chenggang Zhou

Jinping Wu

Michael T Savo

Guocan Li

Chandra Haripin

Aaron Michael Dangerfield

Luis Fabián Peña

Taehong Gwon

Hongbo Li

Liam J Quinn

Sang-Hyun Yang

Liam Quinn

Bo Han

Eugene Jospeh Karwacki, Jr

Eugene Joseph Karwacki

Ming Li

Described herein are Group V and VI compounds used as precursors for depositing Group V and VI-containing films. Ligands with alkyl, amide, imide, amidinate groups and/or cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligands are used to form Group V and VI complexes used as precursors. Examples of Group V and VI precursor compounds include, but are not limited to, Cp amide imide alkyl vanadium compounds, Cp amide imide alkylamide vanadium compounds, Cp amide imide alkoxide vanadium compounds, Cp amide imide amidinate vanadium compounds, and alkylimide vanadium trichloride compounds. The Group V and VI precursors are used for deposition on substrate surfaces with superior film properties such as uniformity, continuity, and low resistance. Examples of substrate surfaces for deposition of metal-containing films include, but are not limited to metals, metal oxides, and metal nitrides.

Group V and VI transition metal precursors for thin film deposition

A composition is used in a process for depositing a silicon oxide film or a carbon doped silicon oxide film using a deposition process, wherein the composition includes at least one silicon precursor having a structure represented by Formula I as described herein

Compositions and methods using same for thermal deposition silicon-containing films

The siloxanes containing compositions and methods are disclosed. The disclosed method relates to a method of depositing a dielectric film on a substrate, the method involving the steps of a) placing the substrate in a reaction chamber; b) introducing a process gas comprising a cyclic silicon-containing compound and an oxidant; and c) exposing the substrate to the process gas under conditions such that the cyclic silicon-containing compound and the oxidant react to form a flowable film on the substrate surface. The method can further involve converting the flowable film into a solid dielectric material (e.g., a silicon oxide film). In certain embodiments, conversion of the film may be accomplished by annealing the as-deposited film by a thermal, plasma anneal and/UV curing.

Siloxane compositions and methods for using the compositions to deposit silicon containing films

A method and composition for depositing a silicon oxide film in an atomic layer deposition process at one or more temperatures of 600° C. or greater are provided. In one aspect, there is provided a method to deposit a silicon oxide film or material on a substrate in a reactor at one or more temperatures ranging from about 600° C. to 1000° C.; comprising the steps of: introducing into the reactor at least one halidocarbosilane precursor selected from the group of compounds having Formulae I and II described herein; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing an oxygen-containing source into the reactor; and purging the reactor with a purge gas; and wherein the steps are repeated until a desired thickness of silicon oxide is deposited.

High temperature atomic layer deposition of silicon-containing film

Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the silicon-containing films are deposited using the co-deposition of an at least one first compound comprising a C—C double or C—C triple bond.

Compositions comprising silacycloalkanes and methods using same for deposition of silicon-containing film

Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.

Organoaminosilane precursors and methods for depositing films comprising same

Described herein are methods for forming a conformal Group 4, 5, 6, 13 metal or metalloid doped silicon nitride film. In one aspect, there is provided a method of forming an aluminum silicon nitride film comprising the steps of: providing a substrate in a reactor; introducing into the reactor an at least one aluminum precursor which reacts on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing into the reactor an organoaminosilane precursors to react on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; introducing a nitrogen source and an inert gas into the reactor to react with at least a portion of the chemisorbed layer; and optionally purge the reactor with an inert gas; and wherein the steps are repeated until a desired thickness of the aluminum nitride film is obtained.

Methods for depositing a conformal metal or metalloid silicon nitride film

Compositions for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least one compound is selected from the group consisting of a siloxane, a trisilylamine-based compound, and a cyclic trisilazane compound.

Compositions and methods using same for deposition of silicon-containing film

Organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes, which have at least two silicon and two oxygen atoms as well as an organoamino group and methods for making the organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes are also disclosed.

Organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes for deposition of silicon-containing films

Amino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes, which have at least two silicon and two oxygen atoms as well as an organoamino group and methods for making the oligosiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes are also disclosed.

Organoamino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes for deposition of silicon-containing films

Processes for depositing silicon-containing films (e.g., silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films) are performed using halidosilane precursors. Examples of halidosilane precursor compounds described herein, include, but are not limited to, monochlorodisilane (MCDS), monobromodisilane (MBDS), monoiododisilane (MIDS), monochlorotrisilane (MCTS), and monobromotrisilane (MBTS), monoiodotrisilane (MITS).

Processes for depositing silicon-containing films using halidosilane compounds and compositions

A method and composition for producing a porous low k dielectric film via chemical vapor deposition is provided. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of: providing a substrate within a reaction chamber; introducing into the reaction chamber gaseous reagents including at least one structure-forming precursor comprising a alkoxysilacyclic or acyloxysilacyclic compound with or without a porogen; applying energy to the gaseous reagents in the reaction chamber to induce reaction of the gaseous reagents to deposit a preliminary film on the substrate, wherein the preliminary film contains the porogen, and the preliminary film is deposited; and removing from the preliminary film at least a portion of the porogen contained therein and provide the film with pores and a dielectric constant of 3.2 or less. In certain embodiments, the structure-forming precursor further comprises a hardening additive.

Alkoxysilacyclic or acyloxysilacyclic compounds and methods for depositing films using same

Methods for forming a dielectric film comprising silicon and carbon onto at least a surface of a substrate includes introducing into a reactor one or more compounds represented by the structure of Formula IA and compounds represented by the structure of Formula IB: as defined herein.

Methods for depositing silicon-containing films

A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (&#x3c;4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.

Composition and methods using same for carbon doped silicon containing films

Described herein are conformal films and methods for forming a conformal metal or metalloid doped silicon nitride dielectric film wherein the conformal metal is zirconium, hafnium, titanium, tantalum, or tungsten. A method includes providing a substrate in a reactor; introducing into the reactor an at least one metal precursor which reacts; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing into the reactor an organoaminosilane precursors to react on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; introducing a plasma comprising nitrogen and an inert gas into the reactor to react with at least a portion of the chemisorbed layer and provide at least one reactive site wherein the plasma is generated; and optionally purge the reactor with an inert gas; and the steps are repeated until a desired thickness of the conformal metal nitride film is obtained.

Methods for depositing a conformal metal or metalloid silicon nitride film and resultant films

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