Patents by Inventor Martin J. Seamons
Martin J. Seamons 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).
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Publication number: 20220037147Abstract: Provided are methods of depositing a film in high aspect ratio (AR) structures with small dimensions. The method provides flowable deposition for seamless gap-fill, film densification by low temperature inductively coupled plasma (ICP) treatment (<600° C.), optional film curing, and etch back to form a low-k dielectric film having a dielectric constant, k-value less than 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Myungsun Kim, Jingmei Liang, Martin J. Seamons, Michael Stolfi, Benjamin Colombeau
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Patent number: 10373822Abstract: Methods for modulating local stress and overlay error of one or more patterning films may include modulating a gas flow profile of gases introduced into a chamber body, flowing gases within the chamber body toward a substrate, rotating the substrate, and unifying a center-to-edge temperature profile of the substrate by controlling the substrate temperature with a dual zone heater. A chamber for depositing a film may include a chamber body comprising one or more processing regions. The chamber body may include a gas distribution assembly having a blocker plate for delivering gases into the one or more processing regions. The blocker plate may have a first region and a second region, and the first region and second region each may have a plurality of holes. The chamber body may have a dual zone heater.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Sudha Rathi, Praket P. Jha, Saptarshi Basu, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Martin J. Seamons, Bok Hoen Kim, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ziqing Duan, Lei Jing, Mandar B. Pandit
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Publication number: 20180096843Abstract: Methods for modulating local stress and overlay error of one or more patterning films may include modulating a gas flow profile of gases introduced into a chamber body, flowing gases within the chamber body toward a substrate, rotating the substrate, and unifying a center-to-edge temperature profile of the substrate by controlling the substrate temperature with a dual zone heater. A chamber for depositing a film may include a chamber body comprising one or more processing regions. The chamber body may include a gas distribution assembly having a blocker plate for delivering gases into the one or more processing regions. The blocker plate may have a first region and a second region, and the first region and second region each may have a plurality of holes. The chamber body may have a dual zone heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Sudha Rathi, Praket P. Jha, Saptarshi Basu, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Martin J. Seamons, Bok Hoen Kim, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ziqing Duan, Lei Jing, Mandar B. Pandit
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Patent number: 9837265Abstract: Methods for modulating local stress and overlay error of one or more patterning films may include modulating a gas flow profile of gases introduced into a chamber body, flowing gases within the chamber body toward a substrate, rotating the substrate, and unifying a center-to-edge temperature profile of the substrate by controlling the substrate temperature with a dual zone heater. A chamber for depositing a film may include a chamber body comprising one or more processing regions. The chamber body may include a gas distribution assembly having a blocker plate for delivering gases into the one or more processing regions. The blocker plate may have a first region and a second region, and the first region and second region each may have a plurality of holes. The chamber body may have a dual zone heater.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Sudha Rathi, Praket P. Jha, Saptarshi Basu, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Martin J. Seamons, Bok Hoen Kim, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ziqing Duan, Lei Jing, Mandar B. Pandit
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Patent number: 9653327Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods of removing and/or cleaning a substrate surface having different material layers disposed thereon using water vapor plasma treatment. In one embodiment, a method for cleaning a surface of a substrate includes positioning a substrate into a processing chamber, the substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon forming openings on the substrate, exposing the dielectric layer disposed on the substrate to water vapor supplied into the chamber to form a plasma in the water vapor, maintaining a process pressure in the chamber at between about 1 Torr and about 120 Torr, and cleaning the contact structure formed on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Sudha Rathi, Chiu Chan, Martin J. Seamons, Bok Heon Kim
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Publication number: 20160307752Abstract: Methods for modulating local stress and overlay error of one or more patterning films may include modulating a gas flow profile of gases introduced into a chamber body, flowing gases within the chamber body toward a substrate, rotating the substrate, and unifying a center-to-edge temperature profile of the substrate by controlling the substrate temperature with a dual zone heater. A chamber for depositing a film may include a chamber body comprising one or more processing regions. The chamber body may include a gas distribution assembly having a blocker plate for delivering gases into the one or more processing regions. The blocker plate may have a first region and a second region, and the first region and second region each may have a plurality of holes. The chamber body may have a dual zone heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Prashant Kumar KULSHRESHTHA, Sudha RATHI, Praket P. JHA, Saptarshi BASU, Kwangduk Douglas LEE, Martin J. SEAMONS, Bok Hoen KIM, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN, Ziqing DUAN, Lei JING, Mandar B. PANDIT
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Patent number: 9390910Abstract: Methods for modulating local stress and overlay error of one or more patterning films may include modulating a gas flow profile of gases introduced into a chamber body, flowing gases within the chamber body toward a substrate, rotating the substrate, and unifying a center-to-edge temperature profile of the substrate by controlling the substrate temperature with a dual zone heater. A chamber for depositing a film may include a chamber body comprising one or more processing regions. The chamber body may include a gas distribution assembly having a blocker plate for delivering gases into the one or more processing regions. The blocker plate may have a first region and a second region, and the first region and second region each may have a plurality of holes. The chamber body may have a dual zone heater.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Sudha Rathi, Praket P. Jha, Saptarshi Basu, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Martin J. Seamons, Bok Hoen Kim, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ziqing Duan, Lei Jing, Mandar B. Pandit
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Publication number: 20160099147Abstract: Methods for modulating local stress and overlay error of one or more patterning films may include modulating a gas flow profile of gases introduced into a chamber body, flowing gases within the chamber body toward a substrate, rotating the substrate, and unifying a center-to-edge temperature profile of the substrate by controlling the substrate temperature with a dual zone heater. A chamber for depositing a film may include a chamber body comprising one or more processing regions. The chamber body may include a gas distribution assembly having a blocker plate for delivering gases into the one or more processing regions. The blocker plate may have a first region and a second region, and the first region and second region each may have a plurality of holes. The chamber body may have a dual zone heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Prashant Kumar KULSHRESHTHA, Sudha RATHI, Praket P. JHA, Saptarshi BASU, Kwangduk Douglas LEE, Martin J. SEAMONS, Bok Hoen KIM, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN, Ziqing DUAN, Lei JING, Mandar B. PANDIT
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Publication number: 20120285481Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods of removing and/or cleaning a substrate surface having different material layers disposed thereon using water vapor plasma treatment. In one embodiment, a method for cleaning a surface of a substrate includes positioning a substrate into a processing chamber, the substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon forming openings on the substrate, exposing the dielectric layer disposed on the substrate to water vapor supplied into the chamber to form a plasma in the water vapor, maintaining a process pressure in the chamber at between about 1 Torr and about 120 Torr, and cleaning the contact structure formed on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Sudha Rathi, Chiu Chan, Martin J. Seamons, Bok Heon Kim
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Patent number: 8282734Abstract: An article having a protective coating for use in semiconductor applications and methods for making the same are provided. In certain embodiments, a method of coating an aluminum surface of an article utilized in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The method comprises providing a processing chamber; placing the article into the processing chamber; flowing a first gas comprising a carbon source into the processing chamber; flowing a second gas comprising a nitrogen source into the processing chamber; forming a plasma in the chamber; and depositing a coating material on the aluminum surface. In certain embodiments, the coating material comprises an amorphous carbon nitrogen containing layer. In certain embodiments, the article comprises a showerhead configured to deliver a gas to the processing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Deenesh Padhi, Chiu Chan, Sudha Rathi, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jianhua Zhou, Karthik Janakiraman, Martin J. Seamons, Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Derek R. Witty, Hichem M'Saad
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Publication number: 20120204795Abstract: An article having a protective coating for use in semiconductor applications and methods for making the same are provided. In certain embodiments, a method of coating an aluminum surface of an article utilized in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The method comprises providing a processing chamber; placing the article into the processing chamber; flowing a first gas comprising a carbon source into the processing chamber; flowing a second gas comprising a nitrogen source into the processing chamber; forming a plasma in the chamber; and depositing a coating material on the aluminum surface. In certain embodiments, the coating material comprises an amorphous carbon nitrogen containing layer. In certain embodiments, the article comprises a showerhead configured to deliver a gas to the processing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Deenesh Padhi, Chiu Chan, Sudha Rathi, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jianhua Zhou, Karthik Janakiraman, Martin J. Seamons, Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Derek R. Witty, Hichem M'Saad
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Patent number: 8125034Abstract: A method of forming a device using a graded anti-reflective coating is provided. One or more amorphous carbon layers are formed on a substrate. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) is formed on the one or more amorphous carbon layers wherein the ARC layer has an absorption coefficient that varies across the thickness of the ARC layer. An energy sensitive resist material is formed on the ARC layer. An image of a pattern is introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material by exposing the energy sensitive resist material to patterned radiation. The image of the pattern introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material is developed.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Wendy H. Yeh, Martin J. Seamons, Matthew Spuller, Sum-Yee Betty Tang, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Sudha Rathi
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Publication number: 20100239979Abstract: A method of forming a device using a graded anti-reflective coating is provided. One or more amorphous carbon layers are formed on a substrate. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) is formed on the one or more amorphous carbon layers wherein the ARC layer has an absorption coefficient that varies across the thickness of the ARC layer. An energy sensitive resist material is formed on the ARC layer. An image of a pattern is introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material by exposing the energy sensitive resist material to patterned radiation. The image of the pattern introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material is developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Wendy H. Yeh, Martin J. Seamons, Matthew Spuller, Sum-Yee Betty Tang, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Sudha Rathi
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Patent number: 7776516Abstract: A method of forming a device using a graded anti-reflective coating is provided. One or more amorphous carbon layers are formed on a substrate. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) is formed on the one or more amorphous carbon layers wherein the ARC layer has an absorption coefficient that varies across the thickness of the ARC layer. An energy sensitive resist material is formed on the ARC layer. An image of a pattern is introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material by exposing the energy sensitive resist material to patterned radiation. The image of the pattern introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material is developed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Wendy H. Yeh, Martin J. Seamons, Matthew Spuller, Sum-Yee Betty Tang, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Sudha Rathi
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Patent number: 7514125Abstract: Methods of making an article having a protective coating for use in semiconductor applications are provided. In certain embodiments, a method of coating an aluminum surface of an article utilized in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The method comprises providing a processing chamber; placing the article into the processing chamber; flowing a first gas comprising a carbon source into the processing chamber; flowing a second gas comprising a nitrogen source into the processing chamber; forming a plasma in the chamber; and depositing a coating material on the aluminum surface. In certain embodiments, the coating material comprises an amorphous carbon nitrogen containing layer. In certain embodiments, the article comprises a showerhead configured to deliver a gas to the processing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Deenesh Padhi, Chiu Chan, Sudha Rathi, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jianhua Zhou, Karthik Janakiraman, Martin J. Seamons, Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Derek R. Witty, Hichem M'Saad
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Publication number: 20090044753Abstract: An article having a protective coating for use in semiconductor applications and methods for making the same are provided. In certain embodiments, a method of coating an aluminum surface of an article utilized in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The method comprises providing a processing chamber; placing the article into the processing chamber; flowing a first gas comprising a carbon source into the processing chamber; flowing a second gas comprising a nitrogen source into the processing chamber; forming a plasma in the chamber; and depositing a coating material on the aluminum surface. In certain embodiments, the coating material comprises an amorphous carbon nitrogen containing layer. In certain embodiments, the article comprises a showerhead configured to deliver a gas to the processing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventors: Deenesh Padhi, Chiu Chan, Sudha Rathi, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jianhua Zhou, Karthik Janakiraman, Martin J. Seamons, Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Derek R. Witty, Hichem M'Saad
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Publication number: 20080020319Abstract: A method of forming a device using a graded anti-reflective coating is provided. One or more amorphous carbon layers are formed on a substrate. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) is formed on the one or more amorphous carbon layers wherein the ARC layer has an absorption coefficient that varies across the thickness of the ARC layer. An energy sensitive resist material is formed on the ARC layer. An image of a pattern is introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material by exposing the energy sensitive resist material to patterned radiation. The image of the pattern introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material is developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Wendy H. Yeh, Martin J. Seamons, Matthew Spuller, Sum-Yee Betty Tang, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Sudha Rathi
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Publication number: 20070295272Abstract: An article having a protective coating for use in semiconductor applications and methods for making the same are provided. In certain embodiments, a method of coating an aluminum surface of an article utilized in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The method comprises providing a processing chamber; placing the article into the processing chamber; flowing a first gas comprising a carbon source into the processing chamber; flowing a second gas comprising a nitrogen source into the processing chamber; forming a plasma in the chamber; and depositing a coating material on the aluminum surface. In certain embodiments, the coating material comprises an amorphous carbon nitrogen containing layer. In certain embodiments, the article comprises a showerhead configured to deliver a gas to the processing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: Deenesh Padhi, Chiu Chan, Sudha Rathi, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jianhua Zhou, Karthik Janakiraman, Martin J. Seamons, Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Derek R. Witty, Hichem M'Saad
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Patent number: 6913938Abstract: A method of film deposition in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process includes (a) providing a model for CVD deposition of a film that defines a plurality of regions on a wafer and identifies one or more film properties for at least two regions of the wafer and at least one deposition model variable that correlates with the one or more film properties; (b) depositing a film onto a wafer using a first deposition recipe comprising at least one deposition recipe parameter that corresponds to the at least one deposition variable; (c) measuring a film property of at least one of the one or more film properties for the deposited film of step (b) for each of the at least two regions of the wafer and determining a film property; (d) calculating an updated deposition model based upon the film property of step (c) and the model of step (a); and (e) calculating an updated deposition recipe based upon the updated model of step (d) to maintain a target film property.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Arulkumar P. Shanmugasundram, Alexander T. Schwarm, Ilias Iliopoulos, Alexander Parkhomovsky, Martin J. Seamons
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Publication number: 20030049390Abstract: A method of film deposition in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process includes (a) providing a model for CVD deposition of a film that defines a plurality of regions on a wafer and identifies one or more film properties for at least two regions of the wafer and at least one deposition model variable that correlates with the one or more film properties; (b) depositing a film onto a wafer using a first deposition recipe comprising at least one deposition recipe parameter that corresponds to the at least one deposition variable; (c) measuring a film property of at least one of the one or more film properties for the deposited film of step (b) for each of the at least two regions of the wafer and determining a film property; (d) calculating an updated deposition model based upon the film property of step (c) and the model of step (a); and (e) calculating an updated deposition recipe based upon the updated model of step (d) to maintain a target film property.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Arulkumar P. Shanmugasundram, Alexander T. Schwarm, Ilias Iliopoulos, Alexander Parkhomovsky, Martin J. Seamons