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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:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Bhargav Citla, Fremont, CA (US);

Jethro Tannos, San Jose, CA (US);

Jingyi Li, San Jose, CA (US);

Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);

Zhong Qiang Hua, Saratoga, CA (US);

Srinivas D. Nemani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ellie Y. Yieh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/505 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 16/515 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/509 (2006.01); C23C 16/517 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31138 (2013.01); C23C 16/505 (2013.01); C23C 16/509 (2013.01); C23C 16/515 (2013.01); C23C 16/517 (2013.01); H01J 37/32422 (2013.01); H01L 21/02274 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/67207 (2013.01); H01L 21/76224 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3321 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3327 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and methods for depositing a dielectric material using RF bias pulses along with remote plasma source deposition for manufacturing semiconductor devices, particularly for filling openings with high aspect ratios in semiconductor applications. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a dielectric material includes providing a gas mixture into a processing chamber having a substrate disposed therein, forming a remote plasma in a remote plasma source and delivering the remote plasma to an interior processing region defined in the processing chamber, applying a RF bias power to the processing chamber in pulsed mode, and forming a dielectric material in an opening defined in a material layer disposed on the substrate in the presence of the gas mixture and the remote plasma.


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