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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Scott Weimer, Portland, OR (US);
Pramod Subramonium, Portland, OR (US);
Ragesh Puthenkovilakam, Portland, OR (US);
Rujun Bai, Tigard, OR (US);
David French, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 16/517 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); H01L 21/027 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); C23C 16/517 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); H01J 37/32174 (2013.01); H01L 21/0272 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01); H01L 21/32139 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3321 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and related apparatus for depositing an ashable hard mask (AHM) on a substrate include pulsing a low frequency radio frequency component at a high power. Pulsing low frequency power may be used to increase the selectivity or reduce the stress of an AHM. The AHM may then be used to etch features into underlying layers of the substrate.