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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Wan-Yi Kao, Baoshan Township, TW;
Kuang-Yuan Hsu, Taichung City, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 14/60 (2026.01); C23C 16/02 (2006.01); H10P 14/694 (2026.01); H10P 76/40 (2026.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 14/6512 (2026.01); C23C 16/02 (2013.01); H10P 14/6339 (2026.01); H10P 14/6682 (2026.01); H10P 14/69433 (2026.01); H10P 76/405 (2026.01); H10D 30/024 (2025.01);
Abstract
A treatment, structure and system are provided that modify the deposition process of a material that can occur over two differing materials. In an embodiment the deposition rates may be adjusted by the treatment to change the deposition rate of one of the materials to be more in line with the deposition rate of a second one of the materials. Also, the deposition rates may be modified to be different from each other, to allow for a more selective deposition over the first one of the materials than over the second one of the materials.