Patents by Inventor Chris Pabelico

Chris Pabelico 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).

  • Patent number: 11948836
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to provide electronic devices having metal films are provided. Some embodiments of the disclosure utilize a metallic tungsten layer as a liner that is filled with a metal film comprising cobalt. The metallic tungsten layer has good adhesion to the cobalt leading to enhanced cobalt gap-fill performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Lei, Sang-Hyeob Lee, Chris Pabelico, Yi Xu, Tae Hong Ha, Xianmin Tang, Jin Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20220028793
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to provide electronic devices having metal films are provided. Some embodiments of the disclosure utilize a metallic tungsten layer as a liner that is filled with a metal film comprising cobalt. The metallic tungsten layer has good adhesion to the cobalt leading to enhanced cobalt gap-fill performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Lei, Sang-Hyeob Lee, Chris Pabelico, Yi Xu, Tae Hong Ha, Xianmin Tang, Jin Hee Park
  • Patent number: 11171045
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to provide electronic devices having metal films are provided. Some embodiments of the disclosure utilize a metallic tungsten layer as a liner that is filled with a metal film comprising cobalt. The metallic tungsten layer has good adhesion to the cobalt leading to enhanced cobalt gap-fill performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Lei, Sang-Hyeob Lee, Chris Pabelico, Yi Xu, Tae Hong Ha, Xianmin Tang, Jin Hee Park
  • Patent number: 11118278
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure may include methods of electroplating features formed on a semiconductor device, such as the trenches and vias formed by single or dual Damascene processes using a cobalt plating bath. The cobalt electroplating bath may contain “additive packages” or “additive systems” that include a combination of additives in certain ratios that facilitate the metal filling of high aspect ratio sub-micrometer features. Implementations of the disclosure provide new cobalt plating bath methods and chemistries and that include alkyl modified imidazoles, imidazolines, and imidazolidines suppressor compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ismail Emesh, Roey Shaviv, Chris Pabelico
  • Publication number: 20200048784
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure may include methods of electroplating features formed on a semiconductor device, such as the trenches and vias formed by single or dual Damascene processes using a cobalt plating bath. The cobalt electroplating bath may contain “additive packages” or “additive systems” that include a combination of additives in certain ratios that facilitate the metal filling of high aspect ratio sub-micrometer features. Implementations of the disclosure provide new cobalt plating bath methods and chemistries and that include alkyl modified imidazoles, imidazolines, and imidazolidines suppressor compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ismail EMESH, Roey SHAVIV, Chris PABELICO
  • Patent number: 10487410
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure may include methods of electroplating features formed on a semiconductor device, such as the trenches and vias formed by single or dual Damascene processes using a cobalt plating bath. The cobalt electroplating bath may contain “additive packages” or “additive systems” that include a combination of additives in certain ratios that facilitate the metal filling of high aspect ratio sub-micrometer features. Implementations of the disclosure provide new cobalt plating bath methods and chemistries and that include alkyl modified imidazoles, imidazolines, and imidazolidines suppressor compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ismail Emesh, Roey Shaviv, Chris Pabelico
  • Publication number: 20190341302
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to provide electronic devices having metal films are provided. Some embodiments of the disclosure utilize a metallic tungsten layer as a liner that is filled with a metal film comprising cobalt. The metallic tungsten layer has good adhesion to the cobalt leading to enhanced cobalt gap-fill performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yu Lei, Sang-Hyeob Lee, Chris Pabelico, Yi Xu, Tae Hong Ha, Xianmin Tang, Jin Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20170247806
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure may include methods of electroplating features formed on a semiconductor device, such as the trenches and vias formed by single or dual Damascene processes using a cobalt plating bath. The cobalt electroplating bath may contain “additive packages” or “additive systems” that include a combination of additives in certain ratios that facilitate the metal filling of high aspect ratio sub-micrometer features. Implementations of the disclosure provide new cobalt plating bath methods and chemistries and that include alkyl modified imidazoles, imidazolines, and imidazolidines suppressor compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Ismail EMESH, Roey SHAVIV, Chris PABELICO
  • Publication number: 20150322587
    Abstract: A method for at least partially filling a feature on a workpiece includes electrochemically depositing a metallization layer on a seed layer formed on a workpiece using a plating electrolyte having at least one plating metal ion, a pH range of about 6 to about 13, an organic additive, and first and second metal complexing agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Chris Pabelico, Roey Shaviv, John L. Klocke, Ismail T. Emesh