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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Asm Ip Holding B.v., Almere, NL;
Bhushan Zope, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Eric Christopher Stevens, Tempe, AZ (US);
Shankar Swaminathan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Roghayyeh Lotfi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mustafa Muhammad, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Eric Shero, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods for forming a polycrystalline molybdenum film over a surface of a substrate are disclosed. The methods may include: providing a substrate into a reaction chamber; depositing a nucleation film directly on an exposed surface of the substrate, wherein the nucleation film comprises one of a metal oxide nucleation film or a metal nitride nucleation film; and depositing a polycrystalline molybdenum film directly on the nucleation film; wherein the polycrystalline molybdenum film comprises a plurality of molybdenum crystallites having an average crystallite size of less than 80 Å. Structures including a polycrystalline molybdenum film disposed over a surface of a substrate with an intermediate nucleation film are also disclosed.