Patents by Inventor Matthew R. MacDonald

Matthew R. MacDonald 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: 20190271075
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for forming a silicon-containing film or material such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film in a semiconductor deposition process, such as without limitation, a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of silicon-containing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Moo-Sung Kim, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190233446
    Abstract: Organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes, which have at least two silicon and two oxygen atoms as well as an organoamino group and methods for making the organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. MacDonald, Xinjian Lei, Manchao Xiao, Meiliang Wang
  • Patent number: 10316407
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film or material such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film in a semiconductor deposition process, such as without limitation, a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of silicon-containing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Moo-Sung Kim, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 10294250
    Abstract: Organoaminosilanes, such as without limitation di-iso-propylaminosilane (DIPAS), are precursors for the deposition of silicon containing films such as silicon-oxide and silicon-nitride films. Described herein are methods to make organoaminosilane compounds, or other compounds such as organoaminodisilanes and organoaminocarbosilanes, via the catalytic hydrosilylation of an imine by a silicon source comprising a hydridosilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Xinjian Lei
  • Publication number: 20190085452
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for forming silicon and oxygen containing films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one precursor, wherein the at least one precursor selected from the group consisting of Formulae A and B: wherein R, R1, and R2-8 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang
  • Publication number: 20190088474
    Abstract: Described herein are novel silyl-substituted hydrazine and silyl-substituted diamine precursor compounds and compositions and methods comprising same to deposit a silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, silicon oxycarbonitride, or carbon-doped silicon oxide via a thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 10145008
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide film, a carbon doped silicon nitride, a carbon doped silicon oxynitride film in a deposition process. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least cyclic carbosilane having at least one Si—C—Si linkage and at least one anchoring group selected from a halide atom, an amino group, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Kirk Scott Cuthill, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao, Jianheng Li
  • Publication number: 20180342390
    Abstract: Described herein are functionalized cyclosilazane precursor compounds and compositions and methods comprising same to deposit a silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, silicon oxycarbonitride, or carbon-doped silicon oxide via a thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20180265967
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is formulations comprising both organoaminohafnium and organoaminosilane precursor compounds that allows anchoring both silicon-containing fragments and hafnium-containing fragments onto a given surface having hydroxyl groups to deposit silicon doped hafnium oxide having a silicon doping level ranging from 0.5 to 8 mol %, suitable as ferroelectric material. In another aspect, the invention is methods and systems for depositing the silicon doped hafnium oxide films as ferroelectric materials using the formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Moo-Sung Kim, Se-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20180269057
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is formulations comprising both organoaminohafnium and organoaminosilane precursors that allows anchoring both silicon-containing fragments and hafnium-containing fragments onto a given surface having hydroxyl groups to deposit silicon doped hafnium oxide having a silicon doping level ranging from 0.5 to 8 mol %, preferably 2 to 6 mol %, most preferably 3 to 5 mol %, suitable as ferroelectric material. In another aspect, the invention is methods and systems for depositing the silicon doped hafnium oxide films using the formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Moo-Sung Kim, Se-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20180223428
    Abstract: Organoamino-polysiloxanes, which have at least three silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, as well as an organoamino group, and methods for making the organoamino-polysiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-polysiloxanes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald, Daniel P. Spence, Meiliang Wang, Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman
  • Publication number: 20180223047
    Abstract: Amino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes, which have at least two silicon and two oxygen atoms as well as an organoamino group and methods for making the oligosiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald, Xinjian Lei, Meiliang Wang
  • Publication number: 20180127592
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for forming silicon oxide films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one silicon precursor compound, wherein the at least one silicon precursor compound is selected from the following Formulae A and B: as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Meiliang Wang, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Manchao Xiao, Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman
  • Publication number: 20180119276
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are containing silicon-based films and compositions and methods for forming the same. The silicon-based films contain <50 atomic % of silicon. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNZ wherein x is about 0 to about 55, y is about 35 to about 100, and z is about 0 to about 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In another aspect, the silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor comprising two silicon atoms, at least one Si-Me group, and an ethylene or propylene linkage between the silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilapentane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 9879340
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are containing silicon-based films and compositions and methods for forming the same. The silicon-based films contain <50 atomic % of silicon. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNz wherein x is about 0 to about 55, y is about 35 to about 100, and z is about 0 to about 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In another aspect, the silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor comprising two silicon atoms, at least one Si-Me group, and an ethylene or propylene linkage between the silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilapentane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180023192
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide film, a carbon doped silicon nitride, a carbon doped silicon oxynitride film in a deposition process. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least cyclic carbosilane having at least one Si—C—Si linkage and at least one anchoring group selected from a halide atom, an amino group, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Kirk Scott Cuthill, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao, Jianheng Li
  • Publication number: 20170338109
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film or material such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film in a semiconductor deposition process, such as without limitation, a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of silicon-containing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Xinjian LEI, Moo-Sung KIM, Matthew R. MACDONALD, Manchao XIAO
  • Patent number: 9758534
    Abstract: Organoaminosilanes, such as without limitation di-iso-propylaminosilane (DIPAS), are precursors for the deposition of silicon containing films such as silicon-oxide and silicon-nitride films. Described herein are methods to make organoaminosilane compounds, or other compounds such as organoaminodisilanes and organoaminocarbosilanes, via the catalytic hydrosilylation of an imine by a silicon source comprising a hydridosilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Xinjian Lei
  • Publication number: 20170204120
    Abstract: Organoaminosilanes, such as without limitation di-iso-propylaminosilane (DIPAS), are precursors for the deposition of silicon containing films such as silicon-oxide and silicon-nitride films. Described herein are methods to make organoaminosilane compounds, or other compounds such as organoaminodisilanes and organoaminocarbosilanes, via the catalytic hydrosilylation of an imine by a silicon source comprising a hydridosilane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Xinjian Lei
  • Publication number: 20170207084
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang