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US5863393A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Low angle, low energy physical vapor deposition of alloys

Assignee: Round Rock Research LLC
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Filing: 1997-11-05
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Granted: 1999-01-26
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Expires: 2017-11-05
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Abstract

Abstract An alloy or composite is deposited in a recess feature of a semiconductor substrate by sputtering an alloy or composite target into a recess, to form a first layer of deposited material. The first layer of deposited material is resputtered at a low angle and low energy, to redeposit the first layer of deposited material onto the bottom of the recess as a second layer of deposited material having a different stoichiometry than that of the first deposited material. In a further embodiment, a sputtering chamber ambient is comprised of argon and nitrogen. In yet a further embodiment, the resputtering step is followed by deposition of at least one layer of material with a different stoichiometry than that of the second deposited layer, to form a "graded" stoichiometry of material deposited in the recess.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yongjun Hu

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 13:29
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; C23C14/34; C23C14/3435; C23C14/345; C23C14/04; C23C14/046; C23C14/06; C23C14/0682; C23C14/35; H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/32; H01J37/34; H01J37/3411; H01J37/3447; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/056

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 50 words
A recess for a semiconductor device, comprising: a recess bottom, comprised of a first material; at least one vertical recess sidewall, comprised of a second material; and a generally planar layer of a third material, selected from the group consisting of alloys and composites and formed on the recess bottom.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 50 words
A recess for a semiconductor device, comprising: a recess bottom, comprised of a first material; at least one vertical recess sidewall, comprised of a second material; and a generally planar layer of a third material, selected from the group consisting of alloys and composites and formed on the recess bottom.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
The recess of claim 1, wherein the third material comprises a first layer of refractory metal silicide and the recess comprises a contact hole.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
The recess of claim 2, further comprising a second layer of refractory metal silicide, formed on the first layer of refractory metal silicide, wherein the second layer of refractory metal silicide has a different stoichiometry than that of the first layer of refractory metal silicide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 51 words
The recess of claim 3, further comprising at least a third layer of refractory metal silicide, formed on the second layer of refractory metal silicide, wherein the third layer of refractory metal silicide has a different stoichiometry than that of at least the first and second layers of refractory metal silicide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 30 words
The recess of claim 1, wherein the first material comprises silicon, and the second material comprises an insulating material selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrides and borophosphosilicate glass.

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