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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Entegris, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Wright, Jr., Newtown, CT (US);
Bryan C. Hendrix, Danbury, CT (US);
Thomas H. Baum, New Fairfield, CT (US);
James Woeckener, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
ENTEGRIS, INC., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/14 (2006.01); C23C 16/06 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/14 (2013.01); C23C 16/06 (2013.01); C23C 16/45536 (2013.01); C23C 16/45553 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are vapor deposition methods for depositing metal films or layers onto a substrate, e.g., wherein the metal is molybdenum or tungsten; the methods involve vapor deposition of a metal layer onto a substrate from a metal-containing precursor in the presence of reducing gas (e.g., hydrogen) and a nitrogen-containing reducing compound.