Nitrogen Containing Coating (e.g., Metal Nitride, Etc.) Patents (Class 427/255.394)
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Patent number: 12170198Abstract: A deposition method of depositing a silicon nitride film on a surface of a substrate includes: (a) exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from a nitriding gas containing nitrogen (N) and hydrogen (H); (b) exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from hydrogen (H2) gas; (c) exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from a process gas containing a halogen; (d) supplying trisilylamine (TSA) to the substrate; and (e) repeating (a) to (d) in this order.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Matsuura, Jinseok Kim
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Patent number: 12084778Abstract: Coatings applicable to a variety of substrate articles, structures, materials, and equipment are described. In various applications, the substrate includes metal surface susceptible to formation of oxide, nitride, fluoride, or chloride of such metal thereon, wherein the metal surface is configured to be contacted in use with gas, solid, or liquid that is reactive therewith to form a reaction product that is deleterious to the substrate article, structure, material, or equipment. The metal surface is coated with a protective coating preventing reaction of the coated surface with the reactive gas, and/or otherwise improving the electrical, chemical, thermal, or structural properties of the substrate article or equipment. Various methods of coating the metal surface are described, and for selecting the coating material that is utilized.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.Inventors: Bryan C. Hendrix, David W. Peters, Weimin Li, Carlo Waldfried, Richard A. Cooke, Nilesh Gunda, I-Kuan Lin
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Patent number: 12087573Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided herein for oxidizing an annular edge region of a substrate. A method may include providing the substrate to a substrate holder in a semiconductor processing chamber, the semiconductor processing chamber having a showerbead positioned above the substrate holder, and simultaneously flowing, while the substrate is supported by the substrate holder, (a) an oxidizing gas around a periphery of the substrate and (b) an inert gas that does not include oxygen through the showerhead and onto the substrate, thereby creating an annular gas region over an annular edge region of the substrate and an interior gas region over on an interior region of the substrate; the simultaneous flowing is not during a deposition of a material onto the substrate, and the annular gas region has an oxidization rate higher than the interior gas region.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Gerald Joseph Brady, Kevin M. McLaughlin, Pratik Sankhe, Bart J. van Schravendijk, Shriram Vasant Bapat
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Patent number: 12023742Abstract: A coated tool may include a base member and a coating layer. The coating layer may include a Ti(C, N) layer, and an Al2O3 layer covering the Ti(C, N) layer. The Ti(C, N) layer may include a void region including a plurality of voids along an interface between the Ti(C, N) layer and the Al2O3 layer. An average value of widths of the voids may be less than an average value of distances between the voids adjacent to each other. The Ti(C, N) layer may include a first Ti(C, N) layer located closer to the base member than the void region. An average atomic ratio of carbon to the sum of carbon and nitrogen (C/(C+N)) in the first Ti(C, N) layer may be 0.50 to 0.65.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tadashi Katsuma
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Patent number: 11970775Abstract: Embodiments of a showerhead are described herein. In some embodiments, a showerhead assembly includes: a first gas delivery portion having a first body, a first inlet, and a plurality of first tubes extending from the first body and defining a first plenum, wherein each tube of the plurality of first tubes includes a plurality of first holes; and a second gas delivery portion having a second body, a second inlet, and a plurality of second tubes extending from the second body and defining a second plenum fluidly independent from the first plenum, wherein each tube of the plurality of second tubes includes a plurality of second holes, and wherein the plurality of first tubes are disposed in an alternating pattern with the plurality of second tubes across a width of the showerhead assembly and a heat sink disposed between the plurality of first tubes and the plurality of second tubes.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Prashanth Kothnur, Satish Radhakrishnan, Alexander Lerner, Sergei Klimovich, Roey Shaviv
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Patent number: 11885014Abstract: Methods are provided for depositing a transition metal nitride-containing material on a substrate in the field of manufacturing semiconductor devices. Methods according to the current disclosure comprise a cyclic deposition process, in which a substrate is provided in a reaction chamber, an organometallic transition metal precursor is provided to the reaction chamber in a vapor phase, and a nitrogen precursor is provided into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase to form a transition metal nitride on the substrate. A transition metal nitride layer, a semiconductor structure and a device, as well as a deposition assembly for depositing a transition metal nitride on a substrate are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.Inventors: Elina Färm, Jan Willem Maes, Charles Dezelah, Shinya Iwashita
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Patent number: 11851760Abstract: A plasma processing system is provided. The system includes a chamber, a controller and a showerhead disposed in the chamber. A first gas manifold is connected to the showerhead for providing a first gas from a first gas source responsive to control from the controller. A shower-pedestal is disposed in the chamber and oriented opposite the showerhead. A second gas manifold is connected to the shower-pedestal for providing a second gas from a second gas source responsive to control from the controller. A substrate support for holding a substrate at a spaced apart relationship from the shower-pedestal is provided. A radio frequency (RF) power supply for providing power to the showerhead to generate a plasma is provided. The plasma is used for depositing a film on a back-side of the substrate, when present in the chamber. The substrate is held by the substrate support in the spaced apart relationship from the shower-pedestal, during backside deposition.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Fayaz Shaikh, Nick Linebarger, Curtis Bailey
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Patent number: 11832537Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to a barrier layer comprising titanium silicon nitride, and more particularly to a barrier layer for nonvolatile memory devices, and methods of forming the same. In one aspect, a method of forming an electrode for a phase change memory device comprises forming over a semiconductor substrate an electrode comprising titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN) on a phase change storage element configured to store a memory state. Forming the electrode comprises exposing a semiconductor substrate to one or more cyclical vapor deposition cycles, wherein a plurality of the cyclical vapor deposition cycles comprises an exposure to a Ti precursor, an exposure to a N precursor and an exposure to a Si precursor.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Eugenus, Inc.Inventors: Jae Seok Heo, Jerry Mack, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Niloy Mukherjee
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Patent number: 11830727Abstract: A method includes placing a wafer into a process chamber, and depositing a silicon nitride layer on a base layer of the wafer. The process of depositing the silicon nitride layer includes introducing a silicon-containing precursor into the process chamber, purging the silicon-containing precursor from the process chamber, introducing hydrogen radicals into the process chamber, purging the hydrogen radicals from the process chamber; introducing a nitrogen-containing precursor into the process chamber, and purging the nitrogen-containing precursor from the process chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Wei-Che Hsieh, Ching Yu Huang, Hsin-Hao Yeh, Chunyao Wang, Tze-Liang Lee
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Patent number: 11746121Abstract: A molybdenum compound and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the molybdenum compound being represented by the following General Formula (I):Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Gyuhee Park, Younjoung Cho, Haruyoshi Sato, Kazuki Harano, Hiroyuki Uchiuzou
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Patent number: 11078574Abstract: The use of especially an aluminum alloy on a metal substrate in a PVD-AlTiN coating results in good corrosion and erosion protection.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Inventors: Arturo Flores Renteria, Simone Friedle, Torsten Neddemeyer
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Patent number: 11047043Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a chamber liner for the high temperature processing of substrates in a processing chamber. The processing chamber utilizes an inert bottom purge flow to shield the substrate support from halogen reactants such that the substrate support may be heated to temperatures greater than about 650 degrees Celsius. The chamber liner controls a flow profile such that during deposition the bottom purge flow restricts reactants and by-products from depositing below the substrate support. During a clean process, the bottom purge flow restricts halogen reactants from contacting the substrate support. As such, the chamber liner includes a conical inner surface angled inwardly to direct purge gases around an edge of the substrate support and to reduce deposition under the substrate support and the on the edge.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sanjeev Baluja, Ren-Guan Duan, Kalyanjit Ghosh
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Patent number: 11015242Abstract: A hard coating comprising a lower layer formed by an fcc-based titanium aluminum nitride coating, and an upper layer formed by an aluminum nitride coating having an hcp crystal system, the upper layer having a columnar crystal structure, the columnar crystals having an average transverse cross section diameter of 0.05-0.6 ?m, and a ratio of an X-ray diffraction peak value Ia(002) of (002) planes to an X-ray diffraction peak value Ia(100) of (100) planes in the upper layer meeting the relation of Ia(002)/Ia(100)?6.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Moldino Tool Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Yuuzoh Fukunaga, Masayuki Imai
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Patent number: 10811264Abstract: There is provided a film-forming method, including: a pre-coating process of supplying a first gas containing silicon into a processing container in which a substrate is not loaded, and coating surfaces of members installed inside the processing container, including a mounting table configured to mount the substrate thereon, with a film made of silicon; subsequently, a mounting process of mounting the substrate on the mounting table so that a back surface of the substrate is in contact with the film made of silicon; and subsequently, a film-forming process of supplying a second gas containing an organometallic compound into the processing container, and forming a film made of a metal constituting the organometallic compound on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yuichiro Wagatsuma, Miyako Kaneko, Naotaka Noro
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Patent number: 10464959Abstract: Inherently selective precursors for deposition of second or third row transition metal (e.g., tungsten or ruthenium) thin films are described. In an example, a ligand framework for second or third row transition metal complex formation includes a lithium complex.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Patricio E. Romero
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Patent number: 10460987Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package device, which includes a semiconductor die and a redistribution layer disposed over and electrically coupled to the semiconductor die. The redistribution layer includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate disposed over the first conductive plate, an insulating film between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate, and a first dielectric material encapsulating the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate and the insulating film. The first conductive plate and the second conductive plate are configured as an antenna plane and a ground plane, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Wen-Shiang Liao, Feng Wei Kuo, Chih-Hang Tung, Chen-Hua Yu
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Patent number: 10400330Abstract: There is provided a tungsten film forming method for forming a tungsten film on a target substrate disposed inside a chamber kept under a depressurized atmosphere and having a base film formed on a surface thereof, using a tungsten chloride gas as a tungsten raw material gas and a reducing gas for reducing the tungsten chloride gas, which includes: performing an SiH4 gas treatment with respect to the target substrate having the base film formed thereon by supplying an SiH4 gas into the chamber; and subsequently, forming the tungsten film by sequentially supplying the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas into the chamber while purging an interior of the chamber in the course of sequentially supplying the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kenji Suzuki, Takanobu Hotta, Tomohisa Maruyama, Masayuki Nasu, Junya Miyahara, Koji Maekawa
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Patent number: 10385450Abstract: A method and an apparatus for coating a substrate by subjecting a surface of the substrate to successive surface reactions of a first precursor and a second precursor in a reaction chamber. The method includes the steps of arranging the substrate to the substrate support in the reaction zone; supplying a predetermined amount of the first precursor to the reaction chamber for providing a flow of the first precursor to the reaction zone; supplying the second precursor for providing a flow of the second precursor through the reaction zone and discharging the second precursor from the reaction chamber, the second precursor being inactive to react with the first precursor; generating plasma discharge to the reaction zone for forming active precursor radicals from the second precursor supplied into the reaction zone, the active precursor radicals being active to react with the first precursor.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: BENEQ OYInventors: Mikko Söderlund, Pekka Soininen, Paavo Timonen
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Patent number: 10014468Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to correlated electron switch devices, and may relate more particularly to one or more barrier layers having various characteristics formed under and/or over and/or around correlated electron material.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: ARM Ltd.Inventors: Carlos Alberto Paz de Araujo, Kimberly Gay Reid, Lucian Shifren
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Patent number: 9786671Abstract: Niobium-containing film forming compositions are disclosed, along with methods of synthesizing the same, and methods of forming Niobium-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes using the Niobium-containing film forming compositions.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Clément Lansalot-Matras, Wontae Noh
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Patent number: 9748249Abstract: Tantalum-containing film forming compositions are disclosed, along with methods of synthesizing the same, and methods of forming Tantalum-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes using the Tantalum-containing film forming composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Clément Lansalot-Matras, Wontae Noh
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Patent number: 9741558Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to methods of forming silicon oxide films. The methods can include performing silylation on the surface of the substrate having terminal hydroxyl groups. The hydroxyl groups on the surface of the substrate are then regenerated using a plasma and H2O soak in order to perform an additional silylation. Further methods include catalyzing the exposed surfaces using a Lewis acid, directionally inactivating the exposed first and second surfaces and deposition of a silicon containing layer on the sidewall surfaces. Multiple plasma treatments may be performed to deposit a layer having a desired thickness.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Yihong Chen, Kelvin Chan, Shaunak Mukherjee, Abhijit Basu Mallick
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Patent number: 9590112Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, which has stable electric characteristics and high reliability. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, the oxide semiconductor film is subjected to dehydration or dehydrogenation performed by heat treatment. In addition, as a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, an insulating film containing oxygen, preferably, a gate insulating film including a region containing oxygen with a higher proportion than the stoichiometric composition is used. Thus, oxygen is supplied from the gate insulating film to the oxide semiconductor film. Further, a metal oxide film is used as part of the gate insulating film, whereby reincorporation of an impurity such as hydrogen or water into the oxide semiconductor is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9478414Abstract: A method is for hydrophobization of a surface of a silicon-containing film by atomic layer deposition (ALD), wherein the surface is subjected to atmospheric exposure. The method includes: (i) providing a substrate with a silicon-containing film formed thereon; and (ii) forming on a surface of the silicon-containing film a hydrophobic atomic layer as a protective layer subjected to atmospheric exposure, by exposing the surface to a silicon-containing treating gas without exciting the gas. The treating gas is capable of being chemisorbed on the surface to form a hydrophobic atomic layer thereon.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.Inventors: Akiko Kobayashi, Akinori Nakano, Dai Ishikawa, Kiyohiro Matsushita
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Patent number: 9305780Abstract: Methods for depositing silicon on a semiconductor or metallic surface include cycling dosing of silane and chlorosilane precursors at a temperature between 50° C. and 300° C., and continuing cycling between three and twenty three cycles until the deposition self-limits via termination of surface sites with Si—H groups. Methods of layer formation include depositing a chlorosilane onto a substrate to form a first layer, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of InxGa1-xAs, InxGa1-xSb, InxGa1-xN, SiGe, and Ge, wherein X is between 0.1 and 0.99. The methods may include pulsing a silane to form a silicon monolayer and cycling dosing of the chlorosilane and the silane. Layered compositions include a first layer selected from the group consisting of InxGa1-xAs, InxGa1-xSb, InxGa1-xN, SiGe, and Ge, wherein X is between 0.1 and 0.99, and a second layer, wherein the second layer comprises Si—H and Si—OH.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Mary Edmonds, Andrew C. Kummel, Atif M. Noori
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Patent number: 9245743Abstract: Embodiments provided herein describe high-k dielectric layers and methods for forming high-k dielectric layers. A substrate is provided. The substrate includes a semiconductor material. The substrate is exposed to a hafnium precursor. The substrate is exposed to a zirconium precursor. The substrate is exposed to an oxidant only after the exposing of the substrate to the hafnium precursor and the exposing of the substrate to the zirconium precursor. The exposing of the substrate to the hafnium precursor, the exposing of the substrate to the zirconium precursor, and the exposing of the substrate to the oxidant causes a layer to be formed over the substrate. The layer includes hafnium, zirconium, and oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.Inventors: Khaled Ahmed, Frank Greer
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Publication number: 20150148557Abstract: A material is deposited onto a substrate by exposing the substrate to a metal-containing precursor to adsorb metal atoms of the metal-containing precursor to the substrate. The substrate injected with the metal-containing precursor is exposed to an organic precursor to deposit a layer of material by a reaction of the organic precursor with the metal atoms adsorbed to the substrate. The substrate is exposed to radicals of a reducing agent to increase reactivity of the material deposited on the substrate. The radicals of the reducing agent are produced by applying a voltage differential with electrodes to a gas such as hydrogen. The substrate may be exposed to radicals before and/or after exposing the substrate to the organic precursor. The substrate may be sequentially exposed to two or more different organic precursors. The material deposited on the substrate may be a metalcone such as Alucone, Zincone, Zircone, Titanicone, or Nickelcone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Sang In Lee, Chang Wan Hwang
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Publication number: 20150147484Abstract: Provided are methods for the deposition of films comprising SiCN. Certain methods involve exposing a substrate surface to a silicon precursor, wherein the silicon precursor is halogenated with Cl, Br or I, and the silicon precursor comprises a halogenated silane, a halogenated carbosilane, an halogenated aminosilane or a halogenated carbo-sillyl amine. Then, the substrate surface can be exposed to a nitrogen-containing plasma or a nitrogen precursor and densification plasma.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Victor Nguyen, Ning Li, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia, Mark Saly, David Thompson
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Publication number: 20150118100Abstract: Methods are provided for deposition of films comprising manganese on surfaces using metal coordination complexes comprising an amidoimino-based ligand. Certain methods comprise exposing a substrate surface to a manganese precursor, and exposing the substrate surface to a co-reagent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey W. Anthis, David Thompson, Ravi Kanjolia, Shaun Garrett
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Patent number: 9011973Abstract: Methods of depositing an oxygen deficient metal film by chemical reaction of at least one precursor having a predetermined oxygen deficiency on a substrate. An exemplary method includes, during a metal oxide deposition cycle, exposing the substrate to a metal reactant gas comprising a metal and an oxygen reactant gas comprising oxygen to form a layer containing a metal oxide on the substrate. During an oxygen deficient deposition cycle, exposing the substrate to a metal reactant gas comprising a metal and an additional reactant gas excluding oxygen to form a second layer at least one of a metal nitride and a mixed metal on the substrate during a second cycle, the second layer being oxygen deficient relative to the layer containing the metal oxide; and repeating the metal oxide deposition cycle and the oxygen deficient deposition cycle to form the oxygen deficient film having the predetermined oxygen deficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Schubert Chu, Er-Xuan Ping, Yoshihide Senzaki
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Patent number: 9005719Abstract: Described herein are organoaminosilane precursors which can be used to deposit silicon containing films which contain silicon and methods for making these precursors. Also disclosed herein are deposition methods for making silicon-containing films or silicon containing films using the organoaminosilane precursors described herein. Also disclosed herein are the vessels that comprise the organoaminosilane precursors or a composition thereof that can be used, for example, to deliver the precursor to a reactor in order to deposit a silicon-containing film.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Bing Han, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Ronald Martin Pearlstein, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Agnes Derecskei-Kovacs
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Patent number: 9005704Abstract: Cobalt-containing films, as well as methods for providing the cobalt-containing films. Certain methods pertain to exposing a substrate surface to a precursor and a co-reactant to provide a cobalt-containing film, the first precursor having a structure represented by: wherein each R is independently C1-C6 substituted or un-substituted alkanes, branched or un-branched alkanes, substituted or un-substituted alkenes, branched or un-branched alkenes, substituted or un-substituted alkynes, branched or un-branched alkynes or substituted or un-substituted aromatics, L is a coordinating ligand comprising a Lewis base.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: David Thompson, Jeffrey W. Anthis, David Knapp, Benjamin Schmiege
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Patent number: 8993072Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods of forming films. In one aspect, there is provided a precursor having Formula I: XmR1nHpSi(NR2R3)4-m-n-p??I wherein X is selected from Cl, Br, I; R1 is selected from linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl group, a C2-C12 alkenyl group, a C2-C12 alkynyl group, a C4-C10 cyclic alkyl, and a C6-C10 aryl group; R2 is selected from a linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, a C3-C12 alkenyl group, a C3-C12 alkynyl group, a C4-C10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C6-C10 aryl group; R3 is selected from a branched C3-C10 alkyl group, a C3-C12 alkenyl group, a C3-C12 alkynyl group, a C4-C10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C6-C10 aryl group; m is 1 or 2; n is 0, 1, or 2; p is 0, 1 or 2; and m+n+p is less than 4, wherein R2 and R3 are linked or not linked to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Bing Han, Ronald Martin Pearlstein, Haripin Chandra, Heather Regina Bowen, Agnes Derecskei-Kovacs
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Patent number: 8992684Abstract: The geometry of transition from cylindrical to rectangular shape through the conical part in hydride vapor phase epitaxial (HVPE) systems for deposition of III-nitride films is disclosed. It is used to ensure the laminar gas flow inside the growth zone of the system. For the velocity of flow within the atmospheric pressure reactor to be sufficient, the precursors are injected through the narrow diameter tubing injectors. The quartz reactor geometry is introduced to control the transition from jet to laminar flow.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Kovalenkov, Vitali Soukhoveev, Alexander Syrkin, Vladimir Sizov
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Patent number: 8974868Abstract: A method for processing a substrate includes disposing the substrate in a deposition chamber configured to perform a deposition process and depositing a film on the substrate using the deposition process. The substrate having the film thereon is then transferred from the deposition chamber into a treatment chamber and a plasma cleaning process is performed on the substrate in the treatment chamber. Further processing of the substrate is performed after the plasma cleaning process.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Audunn Ludviksson
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Publication number: 20150064452Abstract: The invention relates to a body, especially a cutting element, at least partially comprising a coating, whereby the coating is formed from one or more coating layers, whereby at least one coating layer comprises aluminum, titanium and nitrogen or is formed from these elements. According to the invention, the coating layer with aluminum, titanium and nitrogen at least partially comprises lamellae having a lamellar thickness of less than 100 nm, whereby the lamellae comprise successive sections having different phases. The invention further relates to a method for coating a body, especially a cutting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Reinhard Pitonak, Arno Koepf, Ronald Weissenbacher
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Publication number: 20150050480Abstract: The present invention provides, as gas barrier film having improved adhesiveness between a base material and a barrier laminate, a gas barrier film comprising a plastic film, an organic layer and an inorganic layer in this order, the gas barrier film having an aluminium compound layer containing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride and aluminium carbide between the plastic film and the organic layer; the plastic film and the aluminium compound layer, and the aluminium compound layer and the organic layer being directly in contact to each other respectively; the thickness of the aluminium compound layer being 40 nm or less; and the organic layer being a layer formed of a composition containing a polymerizable compound and a phosphate compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya SUZUKI, Seigo NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20150050479Abstract: The present invention provides, as gas barrier film having improved adhesiveness between a base material and a barrier laminate, a gas barrier film including a plastic film, an organic layer and an inorganic layer in this order, the gas barrier film having a silicon compound layer including one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride and silicon carbide between the plastic film and the organic layer; the plastic film and the silicon compound layer, and the silicon compound layer and the organic layer being directly in contact to each other respectively; the thickness of the silicon compound layer being 40 nm or less; the organic layer being a layer formed of a composition containing a polymerizable compound and a silane coupling agent; and the thickness of the inorganic layer being larger than the thickness of the silicon compound layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Shinya SUZUKI
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Patent number: 8956513Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing method, in which a throughput can be improved even in case the time for recovery processing for restoring the state of a processing chamber is longer than the time for predetermined processing to be performed in the processing chamber. Substrates are alternately transferred to two processing chambers C, D, and the same film forming processing is performed on the substrates in the processing chambers C, D in parallel with each other. When the number of substrates processed in the processing chamber C has reached a predetermined number (11 substrates), dummy sputtering processing in the film forming chamber C is started and also 23rd-25th substrates of the first lot are transferred to the film forming chamber D to thereby perform film forming processing until the dummy sputtering processing is finished.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.Inventors: Shinya Nakamura, Yoshinori Fujii, Hideto Nagashima
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Patent number: 8946692Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate-mediated assembly for graphene structures. According to an embodiment, long-range ordered, multilayer BN(111) films can be formed by atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto a substrate. The subject BN(111) films can then be used to order carbon atoms into a graphene sheet during a carbon deposition process.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: University of North TexasInventor: Jeffry A Kelber
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Patent number: 8932676Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a gas barrier plastic molded body by forming a gas barrier thin film which is substantially colorless and has gas barrier properties, on the surface of a plastic molded body by a heating element CVD method using only raw material gases that are highly safe.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Nakaya, Midori Takiguchi, Mari Shimizu, Aiko Sato, Hiroyasu Tabuchi, Eitaro Matsui
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Patent number: 8932675Abstract: Classes of liquid aminosilanes have been found which allow for the production of silicon carbo-nitride films of the general formula SixCyNz. These aminosilanes, in contrast, to some of the precursors employed heretofore, are liquid at room temperature and pressure allowing for convenient handling. In addition, the invention relates to a process for producing such films. The classes of compounds are generally represented by the formulas: and mixtures thereof, wherein R and R1 in the formulas represent aliphatic groups typically having from 2 to about 10 carbon atoms, e.g., alkyl, cycloalkyl with R and R1 in formula A also being combinable into a cyclic group, and R2 representing a single bond, (CH2)n, a ring, or SiH2.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Arthur Kenneth Hochberg
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Publication number: 20140363575Abstract: Methods and precursors are provided for deposition of films comprising manganese on surfaces using metal coordination complexes comprising a diazabutadiene-based ligand. Certain methods comprise exposing a substrate surface to a manganese precursor, and exposing the substrate surface to a tertiary amine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: David Thompson, Jeffrey W. Anthis
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Patent number: 8900665Abstract: Forming a hardmask layer with an increased etch resistance based on alternating nanolayers of TiN with alternating residual stresses is disclosed. Embodiments include depositing a first nanolayer of TiN, and depositing a second nanolayer of TiN on the first nanolayer, wherein the first and second nanolayers have different residual stresses.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventor: Robin Abraham Koshy
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Patent number: 8889566Abstract: A method of forming a dielectric layer is described. The method deposits a silicon-containing film by chemical vapor deposition using a local plasma. The silicon-containing film is flowable during deposition at low substrate temperature. A silicon precursor (e.g. a silylamine, higher order silane or halogenated silane) is delivered to the substrate processing region and excited in a local plasma. A second plasma vapor or gas is combined with the silicon precursor in the substrate processing region and may include ammonia, nitrogen (N2), argon, hydrogen (H2) and/or oxygen (O2). The equipment configurations disclosed herein in combination with these vapor/gas combinations have been found to result in flowable deposition at substrate temperatures below or about 200° C. when a local plasma is excited using relatively low power.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Amit Chatterjee, Abhijit Basu Mallick, Nitin K. Ingle, Brian Underwood, Kiran V. Thadani, Xiaolin Chen, Abhishek Dube, Jingmei Liang
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Patent number: 8871304Abstract: The present invention relates to an (amide amino alkane) metal compound represented by the formula (1): wherein M represents a metal atom; R1 represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 may be the same as, or different from each other, and each independently represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or R2 and R3 may form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound; Z represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms (a part of which may optionally form a ring); and n represents a number of the ligands, which is equal to the valence of the metal (M), and represents an integer of from 1 to 3; with the proviso that the metal compounds in which M is Li (Lithium), Be (Beryllium), Ge (Germanium) or Nd (Neodymium) are excluded; the metal compounds in which M is Mg (Magnesium) and R1 is methyl group are excluded; the metal compounds in which M iType: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Fujimura, Hiroki Kanato, Masashi Shirai, Hiroshi Nihei
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Publication number: 20140308083Abstract: A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a surface coating, wherein the coating is a Ti(C,N,O) layer comprising at least one columnar fine-grained MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer with an average grain width of 0.05-0.4 ?m and an atomic ratio of carbon to the sum of carbon and nitrogen (C/(C+N)) contained in the MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer being on average 0.50-0.65. A method for manufacturing the coated cutting tool includes depositing the MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventor: Carl Bjormander
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Patent number: 8853100Abstract: According to an embodiment of present disclosure, a film formation method is provided. The film formation method includes supplying a first process gas as a source gas for obtaining a reaction product to a substrate while rotating a turntable and revolving the substrate, and supplying a second process gas as a gas for nitriding the first process gas adsorbed to the substrate to the substrate in a position spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the turntable from a position where the first process gas is supplied to the substrate. Further, the film formation method includes providing a separation region along the circumferential direction of the turntable between a first process gas supply position and a second process gas supply position, and irradiating ultraviolet rays on a molecular layer of the reaction product formed on the substrate placed on the turntable to control stresses generated in a thin film.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Masanobu Igeta, Jun Sato, Kazuo Yabe, Hitoshi Kato, Yusaku Izawa
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Patent number: 8852406Abstract: A method for producing a cubic boron nitride (cBN) thin film includes depositing cBN onto nanocrystalline diamond having controlled surface irregularity characteristics to improve the adhesion at the interface of cBN/nanocrystalline diamond, while incorporating hydrogen to a reaction gas upon the synthesis of cBN and controlling the feed time of hydrogen, so that harmful reactions occurring on a surface of nanocrystalline diamond and residual stress applied to cBN may be inhibited. Also, a cBN thin film structure is obtained by the method. The cBN thin film is formed on the nanocrystalline diamond thin film by using a physical vapor deposition process, wherein a reaction gas supplied when the deposition of a thin film occurs is a mixed gas of argon (Ar) with nitrogen (N2), and hydrogen (H2) is added to the reaction gas at a time after the deposition of a thin film occurs.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Young Joon Baik, Jong Keuk Park, Wook Seong Lee
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Patent number: 8846148Abstract: A composition for chemical vapor deposition film-formation comprising a borazine compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1 satisfying at least one of a condition that content of each halogen atom in the composition is 100 ppb or less or a condition that content of each metal element in the composition is 100 ppb or less. In the Chemical Formula 1, R1 may be the same or different, and is hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group, and at least one thereof is hydrogen atom; R2 may be the same or different, and is hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group, and at least one thereof is alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhiko Kumada, Hideharu Nobutoki, Naoki Yasuda, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yasutaka Nakatani, Takuya Kamiyama