US5855962A
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Flowable spin-on insulator
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1997-01-09
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Granted: 1999-01-05
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Expires: 2017-01-09
Abstract
Abstract A spin on insulating coating with ionic barrier properties is formed on a substrate, by mixing a P or B containing material such as phosphazene or borazine with a solution of silsesquioxane, spin coating on a substrate to form a film of pre-determined thickness. The coated film is cured in a step wise manner to drive out the solvents and most of the H and OH groups, with the resulting film having a composition SiONX, where X can be B, P, F and mixtures thereof. The amount of P, B or other elements are predetermined by calculating the solids in the silsesquioxane and adding suitable amount of borazine or phosphazene. The coated and cured film fills and planarizes any topography on the substrate created by etching trenches, forming gate stacks or metal lines. In one of the variation, the substrate has a layer of insulating material disposed thereon prior to the application of the spin-on insulator.
Inventors
- 👤 Donna Rizzone Cote
- 👤 Son Van Nguyen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:48
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/60; H10P14/63; H10P14/6326; H10P14/6342; C; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/22; C03C17/225; C03C17/34; C03C17/3411; C03C17/3429; C03C17/3435; C03C17/3441; C03C17/42; C08; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/38; C08G77/382; C08G77/395; C08G77/398; C09; C09D; C09D183/00; C09D183/04; C09D183/08; C09D183/14; H10P14/66; H10P14/668; H10P14/6681; H10P14/6684; H10P14/69; H10P14/692; H10P14/6921; H10P14/6922; H10P14/6923; H10P14/6924; C03C2217/00; C03C2217/20; C03C2217/28; C03C2217/281; C03C2217/283; C03C2217/284; C03C2217/285; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/914; Y10S438/918
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
An insulating coating formed on a substrate by a process comprising the steps of: providing a solution of (HSi(OH) x O 3-x/2 ) n ; modifying the solution by adding a selected amount of at least one material selected from a group consisting of phosphazene (P 3 N 3 H 3 ), fluorophosphazene, borazine (B 3 N 3 H 3 ) and mixtures thereof; coating the solution on the substrate to form a layer; and curing said layer to form the insulating coating having primarily silicon, oxygen, nitrogen and at least one element selected from the group consisting of B,P and F.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
An insulating coating formed on a substrate by a process comprising the steps of: providing a solution of (HSi(OH) x O 3-x/2 ) n ; modifying the solution by adding a selected amount of at least one material selected from a group consisting of phosphazene (P 3 N 3 H 3 ), fluorophosphazene, borazine (B 3 N 3 H 3 ) and mixtures thereof; coating the solution on the substrate to form a layer; and curing said layer to form the insulating coating having primarily silicon, oxygen, nitrogen and at least one element selected from the group consisting of B,P and F.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the insulating coating has a composition defined by silicon ranging from 0.5 to 0.66; oxygen ranging from 0.25 to 0.35, and nitrogen ranging from 0.005 to 0.05, the range of values being in atomic fractions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the insulating coating further contains P ranging from 2 to 10 weight percent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the insulating coating further contains B ranging from 2 to 10 weight percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the insulating coating further contains P and B combined ranging from 2 to 10 weight percent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said solution of (HSi(OH) x O 3-x/2 ) n has solids content ranging from 8 to 22 weight percent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of silicon, alumina, plastic, glass ceramic, carbon, graphite and diamond like carbon.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the substrate has a coating of polyimides, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, wherein step of curing consists of heating the substrate with coating stepwise from 150° C. to 450° C.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the substrate has a topography created by etching a patterned recess.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the substrate has a topography created by patterned projecting features.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 11, wherein the projecting features are field effect transistor gate stacks.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 11, wherein the projecting features are conductors formed on the substrate.
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