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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Liang-Chen Chi, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Chia-Ming Tsai, Zhubei, TW;

Yu-Min Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Chin-Kun Wang, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Miin-Jang Cheng, Taipei, TW;

Keng-Ham Lin, Guishan Township, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02263 (2013.01); H01L 21/02148 (2013.01); H01L 21/0228 (2013.01); C23C 16/45527 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for forming a dielectric film is disclosed. The method includes (a) exposing a substrate to a first gas pulse having a first oxygen-containing gas in a chamber; (b) exposing the substrate to multiple consecutive second gas pulses having a second oxygen-containing gas in the chamber, wherein the first oxygen-containing gas is different from the second oxygen-containing gas; and (c) sequentially after (a) and (b), exposing the substrate to a third gas pulse having a metal-containing gas in the chamber. Steps (a), (b), and (c) may be repeated any number of times to form the dielectric film with a predetermined thickness.


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