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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Versum Materials Us, Llc, Tempe, AZ (US);
Xiaoxi Wu, Encinitas, CA (US);
Sergei V. Ivanov, Schnecksville, PA (US);
Neil Osterwalder, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Versum Materials US, LLC, Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
Condensable metal halide materials, such as but not limited to tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride can be used deposit films metal or metal containing films in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or atomic layer deposition process. Described herein are high purity tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride systems and methods to purify tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride raw materials. There is provided a purified tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride containing less than 10 ppm, preferably less than 5 ppm, more preferably less than 1 ppm, and most preferably less than 0.5 ppm of iron and/or molybdenum; and less than 10 ppm, preferably less than 5 ppm of all other trace metals combined including but not limited to aluminum, potassium and sodium.