Patents by Inventor Bryan Clark Hendrix

Bryan Clark Hendrix has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240170290
    Abstract: Methods for selective deposition of precursor materials and related devices are provided. The methods comprise obtaining a structure. The structure comprises a non-dielectric material, and a dielectric material. The methods comprise contacting the structure with a molybdenum precursor under conditions, so as to obtain a molybdenum material on at least a portion of the non-dielectric material. The molybdenum material is not deposited on the dielectric material under the conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Philip S. H. Chen, Shawn Duc Nguyen, Bryan Clark Hendrix
  • Publication number: 20230245894
    Abstract: Provided is a process comprising a selective ruthenium seed layer deposition with oxygen-free ruthenium precursors, followed by bulk deposition of metal-containing precursors such as tungsten, molybdenum, cobalt, ruthenium, and/or copper-containing precursors. The ruthenium seed layer deposition is highly selective for the conducting portions of the microelectronic device substrate while minimizing deposition onto the insulating surfaces of the microelectronic device substrate. In certain embodiments, the conducting portions of the substrate is chosen from titanium nitride, tungsten nitride, tantalum nitride, tungsten, cobalt, molybdenum, aluminum, and copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Philip S.H. Chen, Bryan Clark Hendrix, Thomas M. Cameron
  • Publication number: 20230187202
    Abstract: The use of selective deposition of silicon nitride can eliminate conventional patterning steps by allowing silicon nitride to be deposited only in selected and desired areas. Using a silicon iodide precursor alternately with a thermal nitrogen source in an ALD or pulsed CVD mode, silicon nitride can be deposited preferentially on a surface such as silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, germanium oxide, SiCO, SiOF, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, and low k substrates, while exhibiting very little deposition on exposed surfaces such as titanium nitride, tantalum nitride, aluminum nitride, hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, tantalum oxide, niobium oxide, lanthanum oxide, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, and strontium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Han Wang, Bryan Clark Hendrix, Eric Condo
  • Patent number: 10872770
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bridging asymmetric haloalkynyl dicobalt hexacarbonyl precursors, and ultra high purity versions thereof, methods of making, and methods of using these bridging asymmetric haloalkynyl dicobalt hexacarbonyl precursors in a vapor deposition process. One aspect of the disclosure relates to an ultrahigh purity bridging asymmetric haloalkynyl dicobalt hexacarbonyl precursor of the formula Co2(CO)6(R3C?CR4), where R3 and R4 are different organic moieties and R4 is more electronegative or more electron withdrawing compared to R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Sangbum Han, Seobong Chang, Jaeeon Park, Bryan Clark Hendrix, Thomas H. Baum
  • Patent number: 10453744
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making molybdenum films utilizing boron and molybdenum nucleation layers. The resulting molybdenum films have low electrical resistivity, are substantially free of boron, and can be made at reduced temperatures compared to conventional chemical vapor deposition processes that do not use the boron or molybdenum nucleation layers. The molybdenum nucleation layer formed by this process can protect the substrate from the etching effect of MoCl5 or MoOCl4, facilitates nucleation of subsequent CVD Mo growth on top of the molybdenum nucleation layer, and enables Mo CVD deposition at lower temperatures. The nucleation layer can also be used to control the grain sizes of the subsequent CVD Mo growth, and therefore controls the electrical resistivity of the Mo film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuang Meng, Richard Ulrich Assion, Thomas H. Baum, Bryan Clark Hendrix
  • Publication number: 20180261503
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making molybdenum films utilizing boron and molybdenum nucleation layers. The resulting molybdenum films have low electrical resistivity, are substantially free of boron, and can be made at reduced temperatures compared to conventional chemical vapor deposition processes that do not use the boron or molybdenum nucleation layers. The molybdenum nucleation layer formed by this process can protect the substrate from the etching effect of MoCl5 or MoOCl4, facilitates nucleation of subsequent CVD Mo growth on top of the molybdenum nucleation layer, and enables Mo CVD deposition at lower temperatures. The nucleation layer can also be used to control the grain sizes of the subsequent CVD Mo growth, and therefore controls the electrical resistivity of the Mo film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Shuang Meng, Richard Ulrich Assion, Thomas H. Baum, Bryan Clark Hendrix
  • Publication number: 20180158687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bridging asymmetric haloalkynyl dicobalt hexacarbonyl precursors, and ultra high purity versions thereof, methods of making, and methods of using these bridging asymmetric haloalkynyl dicobalt hexacarbonyl precursors in a vapor deposition process. One aspect of the disclosure relates to an ultrahigh purity bridging asymmetric haloalkynyl dicobalt hexacarbonyl precursor of the formula Co2(CO)6(R3C?CR4), where R3 and R4 are different organic moieties and R4 is more electronegative or more electron withdrawing compared to R3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Sangbum Han, Seobong Chang, Jaeeon Park, Bryan Clark Hendrix, Thomas H. Baum
  • Publication number: 20180142345
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making molybdenum films utilizing boron and molybdenum nucleation layers. The resulting molybdenum films have low electrical resistivity, are substantially free of boron, and can be made at reduced temperatures compared to conventional chemical vapor deposition processes that do not use the boron or molybdenum nucleation layers. The molybdenum nucleation layer formed by this process can protect the substrate from the etching effect of MoCl5 or MoOCl4, facilitates nucleation of subsequent CVD Mo growth on top of the molybdenum nucleation layer, and enables Mo CVD deposition at lower temperatures. The nucleation layer can also be used to control the grain sizes of the subsequent CVD Mo growth, and therefore controls the electrical resistivity of the Mo film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Shuang Meng, Richard Ulrich Assion, Thomas H. Baum, Bryan Clark Hendrix