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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroji Hanawa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Seon-mee Cho, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Majeed A. Foad, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hiroji Hanawa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Seon-Mee Cho, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Majeed A. Foad, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/205 (2006.01); H01L 21/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a novel apparatus and methods for forming a conformal doped layer on the surface of a substrate. A substrate is provided to a process chamber, and a layer of dopant source material is deposited by plasma deposition, atomic layer deposition, or plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition. The substrate is then subjected to thermal processing to activate and diffuse dopants into the substrate surface.