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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Michael P. Chudzik, Danbury, CT (US);
Min Dai, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Joseph F. Shepard, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Shahab Siddiqui, White Plains, NY (US);
Jinping Liu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Michael P. Chudzik, Danbury, CT (US);
Min Dai, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Joseph F. Shepard, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Shahab Siddiqui, White Plains, NY (US);
Jinping Liu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method of fabricating a silicon-containing oxide layer that includes providing a chemical oxide layer on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, removing the chemical oxide layer in an oxygen-free environment at a temperature of 1000° C. or greater to provide a bare surface of the semiconductor substrate, and introducing an oxygen-containing gas at a flow rate to the bare surface of the semiconductor substrate for a first time period at the temperature of 1000° C. The temperature is then reduced to room temperature during a second time period while maintaining the flow rate of the oxygen containing gas to provide a silicon-containing oxide layer having a thickness ranging from 0.5 Å to 10 Å.