Dielectric gapfill of high aspect ratio features utilizing a sacrificial etch cap layer

J Abel, P Agarwal, R Phillips, P Kumar… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatuses for depositing material into high aspect ratio features, features in
a multi-laminate stack, features having positively sloped sidewalls, features having …

Gapfill of variable aspect ratio features with a composite PEALD and PECVD method

H Kang, S Swaminathan, J Qian, W Kim… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Provided herein are methods and apparatus for filling one or more gaps on a semiconductor
substrate. The disclosed embodiments are especially useful for forming seam-free, void-free …

Selective atomic layer deposition for gapfill using sacrificial underlayer

FS Ou, P Kumar, A Lavoie, I Karim, J Qian - US Patent 10,037,884, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatuses for depositing films in high aspect ratio features and trenches on
substrates using atomic layer deposition and deposition of a sacrificial layer during atomic …

Deposition of conformal films by atomic layer deposition and atomic layer etch

M Danek, J Henri, S Tang - US Patent 9,502,238, 2016 - Google Patents
Methods for depositing conformal films using a halogen-containing etchant during atomic
layer deposition are provided. Methods involve exposing a substrate to a halogen …

Selective atomic layer deposition with post-dose treatment

P Kumar, A Lavoie, I Karim, J Qian… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatuses for depositing films in high aspect ratio features and trenches
using a post-dose treatment operation during atomic layer deposition are provided. Post …

Nitride film formed by plasma-enhanced and thermal atomic layer deposition process

JS Sims, KM Kelchner - US Patent 9,865,455, 2018 - Google Patents
Provided are methods and apparatuses for depositing a nitride film using one or more
plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition cycles and one or more thermal atomic layer …

Si-containing film forming precursors and methods of using the same

JM Girard, P Zhang, A Sanchez, M Khandelwal… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
US11124876B2 - Si-containing film forming precursors and methods of using the same -
Google Patents US11124876B2 - Si-containing film forming precursors and methods of using …

Selective inhibition in atomic layer deposition of silicon-containing films

J Henri, DM Hausmann, BJ Van Schravendijk… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods of selectively inhibiting deposition of silicon-containing films deposited by atomic
layer deposition are provided. Selective inhibition involves exposure of an adsorbed layer of …

Si-containing film forming precursors and methods of using the same

JM Girard, P Zhang, A Sanchez, M Khandelwal… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Mono-substituted TSA precursor Si-containing film forming compositions are disclosed. The
precursors have the for mula:(SiHz) N—SiH, X, wherein X is selected from a halogen atom; …

Bromine containing silicon precursors for encapsulation layers

DM Hausmann - US Patent 9,865,815, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods of depositing silicon nitride encapsulation layers by atomic layer deposition over
memory devices including chalcogenide material are provided herein. Methods include …