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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rong Tao, San Jose, CA (US);

Tae Hong Ha, San Jose, CA (US);

Xianmin Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Joung Joo Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/285 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/28556 (2013.01); H01L 21/76843 (2013.01); H01L 21/76877 (2013.01); H01L 23/53238 (2013.01); H01L 23/53257 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for processing a substrate include: (a) depositing a cobalt layer to a first thickness within a first plurality of features and a second plurality of features formed in a substrate, wherein each of the first plurality of features and each of the second plurality of features comprises an opening, and wherein a width of the openings of the first plurality of features is less than a width of the openings of the second plurality of features; and (b) heating the substrate to a first temperature to fill the first plurality of features with cobalt material while simultaneously depositing a fill material on the substrate to fill the second plurality of features.


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