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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chandan Das, Singapore, SG;
Bencherki Mebarki, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joung Joo Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiecong Tang, Singapore, SG;
Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of capping a metal layer includes performing a conversion process to reduce a metal oxide layer formed on a top surface of the metal layer and form a metal sulfide layer on the top surface of the metal layer, exposing the top surface of the metal layer to an oxidizing environment, and performing a removal process to remove the metal sulfide layer.
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