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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2002
Applicants:

George D. Papasouliotis, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vishal Gauri, San Jose, CA (US);

Raihan M. Tarafdar, San Jose, CA (US);

Vikram Singh, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

George D. Papasouliotis, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vishal Gauri, San Jose, CA (US);

Raihan M. Tarafdar, San Jose, CA (US);

Vikram Singh, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Novellus Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21322 ; H01L 21302 ; H01L 2131 ; H01L 2126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Chemical vapor deposition processes are employed to fill high aspect ratio (typically at least 3:1), narrow width (typically 1.5 microns or less and even sub 0.15 micron) gaps with significantly reduced incidence of voids or weak spots. This deposition process involves the use of both hydrogen and fluorine as process gases in the reactive mixture of a plasma-containing CVD reactor. The process gas also includes dielectric forming precursors such as silicon and oxygen-containing molecules.


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