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Patent No.:

US 10930493 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Susmit Singha Roy, Mountain View, CA (US);

Yong Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Srinivas Gandikota, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/324 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02208 (2013.01); H01L 21/02238 (2013.01); H01L 21/02592 (2013.01); H01L 21/324 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods of depositing thin films and, more particularly, to depositing metal thin films. The methods herein provide a nucleation free conversion (NFC) approach which involves forming an amorphous silicon layer over the dielectric layer, and performing an NFC process which acts to convert the amorphous silicon layer into a thin metal film. In some embodiments, the NFC process is performed multiple times until the resulting thin metal film is continuous. A bulk metal is formed over the thin metal film.


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Roy, Susmit. (2021). Linerless continuous amorphous metal films (U.S. Patent No. 10930493). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10930493

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