Abstract: A method for energy-assisted atomic layer deposition and removal of a dielectric film are provided. In one embodiment a substrate is placed into a reaction chamber and a gaseous precursor is introduced into the reaction chamber. Energy is provide by a pulse of electromagnetic radiation which forms radical species of the gaseous precursor. The radical species react with the surface of the substrate to form a radical terminated surface on the substrate. The reaction chamber is purged and a second gaseous precursor is introduced. A second electromagnetic radiation pulse is initiated and forms second radical species. The second radical species of the second gas react with the surface to form a film on the substrate. Alternately, the gaseous species can be chosen to produce radicals that result in the removal of material from the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A CVD process for the deposition of silicon oxide by reacting BTBAS with an ozone reactant gas comprising providing a semiconductor wafer substrate in a single wafer reactor, contacting said substrate with a gaseous mixture containing a bis-tertiary butyl aminosilane reactant and an ozone reactant at a pressure ranging from about 10 Torr to about 760 Torr, and, heating said mixture at a temperature ranging from about 400 to about 600° C., whereby said reactants are reacted to deposit said oxide as a film on said substrate.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method of trench isolation used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices, wafers and the like. More specifically, the present invention related to a method of trench isolation using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with TEOS and ozone to deposit a trench fill oxide prior to growing a thermal oxide layer or liner on sidewalls of the trench. The method provides void-free as-deposited dielectric CVD films into gaps or trenches with non-vertical, vertical and or re-entrant profiles.