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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Joseph R. Abel, West Linn, OR (US);
Bart J. Van Schravendijk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ian John Curtin, Portland, OR (US);
Douglas Walter Agnew, Portland, OR (US);
Dustin Zachary Austin, Tigard, OR (US);
Awnish Gupta, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of forming air gaps in hole and trench structures are disclosed. The methods may be used to form buried voids, i.e., voids for which the top is below the top of the adjacent features. The methods include inhibition of the hole or trench structures and selective deposition at the top of the structure forming an air gap within the structures. In some embodiments, the methods are to reduce intra-level capacitance in semiconductor devices.