IP Library Granted Patent US 12,049,695
Granted Patent B2
US 12,049,695 · App. 16/134,410 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Compositions and methods using same for deposition of silicon-containing film

Inventors: Raymond Nicholas Vrtis (Tempe, AZ); William Robert Entley (Tempe, AZ); Robert Gordon Ridgeway (Tempe, AZ); Xinjian Lei (Tempe, AZ); John Francis Lehmann (Tempe, AZ); Manchao Xiao (Tempe, AZ)
Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
C23C16/401C23C16/345C23C16/36C23C16/48C23C16/50H01L21/02126H01L21/02164H01L21/02211H01L21/02216H01L21/02219H01L21/02222H01L21/02271H01L21/02274H01L21/0228H01L21/02326H01L21/02337H01L21/0234H01L21/02348
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Patent No.
US 12,049,695
App. No.
16/134,410
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compositions for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least one compound is selected from the group consisting of a siloxane, a trisilylamine-based compound, and a cyclic trisilazane compound.

Claims (17)

1. A composition, comprising:

at least one silicon-containing compound from among the compounds selected from the group consisting of:

wherein substituent R is each independently selected from a hydrogen atom; a halide atom; a linear C 1 to C 10 alkyl group; a branched C 3 to C 10 alkyl group; a linear or branched C 3 to C 12 alkenyl group; a linear or branched C 3 to C 12 alkynyl group; a C 4 to C 10 cyclic alkyl group; and a C 6 to C 10 aryl group; and

wherein the composition is configured to form a silicon-containing film on a substrate having two or more adjacent surface features;

wherein the silicon-containing film has a post-thermal anneal wet etch rate that is between 4.2 and 4.7 nanometers per minute; and

wherein the silicon-containing film is seamless between the two or more adjacent surface features.

2. The composition of claim 1 further comprising at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of ether, tertiary amine, alkyl hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, and tertiary aminoether.

3. The composition of claim 1 further comprising at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of octane, ethylcyclohexane, cyclooctane, and toluene.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound is substantially free of halide ions.

5. The composition of claim 1 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound is substantially free of metal ions.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises less than 5 ppm of halide ions.

7. The composition of claim 6 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises less than 5 ppm of metal ions.

8. The composition of claim 7 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises less than 3 ppm of metal ions.

9. The composition of claim 1 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises less than 3 ppm of halide ions.

10. The composition of claim 1 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises 0 ppm of halide ions.

11. The composition of claim 10 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises less than 5 ppm of metal ions.

12. The composition of claim 11 wherein the at least one silicon-containing compound comprises less than 3 ppm of metal ions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: VRTIS, RAYMOND NICHOLAS; ENTLEY, WILLIAM ROBERT; RIDGEWAY, ROBERT GORDON; LEI, XINJIAN; LEHMANN, JOHN FRANCIS; XIAO, MANCHAO
To: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
Reel/Frame 047617/0126 →
Continuity (3)
Division 15520326
Provisional Application 62068248 · Oct 24, 2014
Related Publication 20190017167A1 · Jan 17, 2019