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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Sean M. Seutter, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael X. Yang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ming Xi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/469 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of forming a material on a substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a tantalum nitride layer on a substrate disposed in a plasma process chamber by sequentially exposing the substrate to a tantalum precursor and a nitrogen precursor, followed by reducing a nitrogen concentration of the tantalum nitride layer by exposing the substrate to a plasma annealing process. A metal-containing layer is subsequently deposited on the tantalum nitride layer.