Patents by Inventor Markku Leskela

Markku Leskela 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: 20220411931
    Abstract: Methods of forming a transition metal containing film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition process are disclosed. The methods may include: contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a transition metal halide compound comprising a bidentate nitrogen containing adduct ligand; and contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant comprising a reducing agent precursor. The deposition methods may also include forming a transition metal containing film with an electrical resistivity of less than 50 ??-cm at a film thickness of less than 50 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Timo Hatanpää, Katja Väyrynen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11527403
    Abstract: A method for filling a gap feature on a substrate surface is disclosed. The method may include: providing a substrate comprising a non-planar surface including one or more gap features; depositing a metal oxide film over a surface of the one or more gap features by a cyclical deposition process; contacting the metal oxide with an organic ligand vapor; and converting at least a portion of the metal oxide film to a porous material thereby filling the one or more gap features. Semiconductor structures including a metal-organic framework material formed by the methods of the disclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Leo Salmi, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20220389583
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal-containing material is disclosed. The method can include use of cyclic deposition techniques, such as cyclic chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The metal-containing material can include intermetallic compounds. A structure including the metal-containing material and a system for forming the material are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Katja Väyrynen, Timo Hatanpää, Anton Vihervaara, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20220367195
    Abstract: Methods for forming a metallic film on a substrate by cyclical deposition are provided. In some embodiments methods may include contacting the substrate with a first reactant comprising a non-halogen containing metal precursor comprising at least one of copper, nickel or cobalt and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising a hydrocarbon substituted hydrazine. In some embodiments related semiconductor device structures may include at least a portion of a metallic interconnect formed by cyclical deposition processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Katja Väyrynen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11499227
    Abstract: Vapor deposition processes for forming thin films comprising gold on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The processes can be cyclical vapor deposition processes, such as atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes. The processes can include contacting the substrate with a gold precursor comprising at least one sulfur donor ligand and at least one alkyl ligand, and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising ozone. The deposited thin films comprising gold can be uniform, continuous, and conductive at very low thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Maarit Mäkelä, Timo Hatanpää, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11499222
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal-containing material is disclosed. The method can include use of cyclic deposition techniques, such as cyclic chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The metal-containing material can include intermetallic compounds. A structure including the metal-containing material and a system for forming the material are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Katja Väyrynen, Timo Hatanpää, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11492703
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal-containing material is disclosed. The method can include use of cyclic deposition techniques, such as cyclic chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The metal-containing material can include intermetallic compounds. A structure including the metal-containing material and a system tor forming the material are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Katja Väyrynen, Timo Hatanpää, Anton Vihervaara, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20220251701
    Abstract: The current disclosure relates to the manufacture of semiconductor devices. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a method of forming a transition metal-comprising material on a substrate by a cyclic deposition process. The method comprises providing a substrate in a reaction chamber, providing a transition metal precursor comprising a transition metal compound in the reaction chamber, and providing a second precursor in the reaction chamber, wherein the transition metal compound comprises a transition metal halide bound to an adduct ligand, and the second precursor comprises a chalcogen or a pnictogen. The disclosure further relates to a method of forming a transition metal layer, and to semiconductor devices. Further, a vapor deposition assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Miika Mattinen, Timo Hatanpää, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11410851
    Abstract: Methods for forming a metallic film on a substrate by cyclical deposition are provided. In some embodiments methods may include contacting the substrate with a first reactant comprising a non-halogen containing metal precursor comprising at least one of copper, nickel or cobalt and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising a hydrocarbon substituted hydrazine. In some embodiments related semiconductor device structures may include at least a portion of a metallic interconnect formed by cyclical deposition processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Katja Väyrynen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11390946
    Abstract: Methods of forming a transition metal containing film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition process are disclosed. The methods may include: contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a transition metal halide compound comprising a bidentate nitrogen containing adduct ligand; and contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant comprising a reducing agent precursor. The deposition methods may also include forming a transition metal containing film with an electrical resistivity of less than 50 ??-cm at a film thickness of less than 50 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Timo Hatanpää, Katja Väyrynen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20220115232
    Abstract: Systems for depositing a transition metal chalcogenide film on a substrate by cyclical deposition process are disclosed. The methods may include, contacting the substrate with at least one transition metal containing vapor phase reactant comprising at least one of a hafnium precursor, or a zirconium precursor, and contacting the substrate with at least one chalcogen containing vapor phase reactant. Semiconductor device structures including a transition metal chalcogenide film deposited by the methods of the disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Miika Mattinen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11244825
    Abstract: Systems for depositing a transition metal chalcogenide film on a substrate by cyclical deposition process are disclosed. The methods may include, contacting the substrate with at least one transition metal containing vapor phase reactant comprising at least one of a hafnium precursor, or a zirconium precursor, and contacting the substrate with at least one chalcogen containing vapor phase reactant. Semiconductor device structures including a transition metal chalcogenide film deposited by the methods of the disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Miika Mattinen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20220002868
    Abstract: Methods for depositing rhenium-containing thin films are provided. In some embodiments metallic rhenium-containing thin films are deposited. In some embodiments rhenium sulfide thin films are deposited. In some embodiments films comprising rhenium nitride are deposited. The rhenium-containing thin films may be deposited by cyclic vapor deposition processes, for example using rhenium halide precursors. The rhenium-containing thin films may find use, for example, as 2D materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jani Hamalainen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskela
  • Publication number: 20210407818
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to selective removal of material of a layer, such as a carbon-containing layer. The layer can be over a patterned structure of two different materials. Treating the layer to cause the removal agent to be catalytically activated by a first area of the patterned structure to remove material of the organic material over the first area at a greater rate than over a second area of the patterned structure having a different composition from the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Mikko Ritala, Chao Zhang, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20210388503
    Abstract: Vapor deposition methods for depositing transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) films, such as rhenium sulfide thin films, are provided. In some embodiments TMDC thin films are deposited using a deposition cycle in which a substrate in a reaction space is alternately and sequentially contacted with a vapor phase transition metal precursor, such as a transition metal halide, a reactant comprising a reducing agent, such as NH3 and a chalcogenide precursor. In some embodiments rhenium sulfide thin films are deposited using a vapor phase rhenium halide precursor, a reducing agent and a sulfur precursor. The deposited TMDC films can be etched by chemical vapor etching using an oxidant such as O2 as the etching reactant and an inert gas such as N2 to remove excess etching reactant. The TMDC thin films may find use, for example, as 2D materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jani Hämäläinen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20210347795
    Abstract: Atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for forming Te-containing thin films, such as Sb—Te, Ge—Te, Ge—Sb—Te, Bi—Te, and Zn—Te thin films are provided. ALD processes are also provided for forming Se—containing thin films, such as Sb—Se, Ge—Se, Ge—Sb—Se, Bi—Se, and Zn—Se thin films are also provided. Te and Se precursors of the formula (Te,Se)(SiR1R2R3)2 are preferably used, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are alkyl groups. Methods are also provided for synthesizing these Te and Se precursors. Methods are also provided for using the Te and Se thin films in phase change memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Viljami Pore, Timo Hatanpaa, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 11155917
    Abstract: Methods for depositing rhenium-containing thin films are provided. In some embodiments metallic rhenium-containing thin films are deposited. In some embodiments rhenium sulfide thin films are deposited. In some embodiments films comprising rhenium nitride are deposited. The rhenium-containing thin films may be deposited by cyclic vapor deposition processes, for example using rhenium halide precursors. The rhenium-containing thin films may find use, for example, as 2D materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jani Hamalainen, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskela
  • Publication number: 20210317576
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal-containing material is disclosed. The method can include use of cyclic deposition techniques, such as cyclic chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The metal-containing material can include intermetallic compounds. A structure including the metal-containing material and a system tor forming the material are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Katja Väyrynen, Timo Hatanpää, Anton Vihervaara, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20210277519
    Abstract: Vapor deposition processes for forming thin films comprising gold on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The processes can be cyclical vapor deposition processes, such as atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes. The processes can include contacting the substrate with a gold precursor comprising at least one sulfur donor ligand and at least one alkyl ligand, and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising ozone. The deposited thin films comprising gold can be uniform, continuous, and conductive at very low thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Maarit Mäkelä, Timo Hatanpää, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Publication number: 20210269915
    Abstract: Processes for forming Mo and W containing thin films, such as MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, and WSe2 thin films are provided. Methods are also provided for synthesizing Mo or W beta-diketonate precursors. Additionally, methods are provided for forming 2D materials containing Mo or W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tiina McKee, Timo Hatanpää, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskela