US Patent:
20110256726, Oct 20, 2011
Inventors:
Adrien LaVoie - Portland OR, US
Shankar Swaminathan - Hillsboro CA, US
Hu Kang - Tualatin OR, US
Ramesh Chandrasekharan - Portland OR, US
Tom Dorsh - McMinnville OR, US
Dennis M. Hausmann - Lake Oswego OR, US
Jon Henri - West Linn OR, US
Thomas Jewell - Wilsonville OR, US
Ming Li - West Linn OR, US
Bryan Schlief - Tualatin OR, US
Antonio Xavier - West Linn OR, US
Thomas W. Mountsier - San Jose CA, US
Bart J. van Schravendijk - Sunnyvale CA, US
Easwar Srinivasan - Beaverton OR, US
Mandyam Sriram - Beaverton OR, US
International Classification:
H01L 21/311
H01L 21/31
H01L 21/306
C23F 1/02
B05C 5/00
B32B 38/08
US Classification:
438702, 118704, 1562755, 15634526, 438778, 257E2124, 257E21249
Abstract:
Methods of depositing a film on a substrate surface include surface mediated reactions in which a film is grown over one or more cycles of reactant adsorption and reaction. In one aspect, the method is characterized by the following operations: (a) exposing the substrate surface to a first reactant in vapor phase under conditions allowing the first reactant to adsorb onto the substrate surface; (b) exposing the substrate surface to a second reactant in vapor phase while the first reactant is adsorbed on the substrate surface; and (c) exposing the substrate surface to plasma to drive a reaction between the first and second reactants adsorbed on the substrate surface to form the film.