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US 12,024,770 · App. 16/535,499 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Methods for selective deposition using self-assembled monolayers

Inventors: Chang Ke (Sunnyvale, CA); Wenyu Zhang (San Jose, CA); Liqi Wu (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
C23C16/18C23C16/0281C23C16/04C23C16/08C23C16/45525
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,024,770
App. No.
16/535,499
Filed
Aug 8, 2019
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1718
USPC
427/58
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for selectively depositing a layer atop a substrate having a metal surface and a dielectric surface is disclosed, including: (a) contacting the metal surface with one or more metal halides such as metal chlorides or metal fluorides to form an exposed metal surface; (b) growing an organosilane based self-assembled monolayer atop the dielectric surface; and (c) selectively depositing a layer atop the exposed metal surface of the substrate, wherein the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer inhibits deposition of the layer atop the dielectric surface.

Claims (21)

1. A method of selectively depositing a layer atop a substrate having a metal surface comprising copper, cobalt, tungsten, or molybdenum, or combination thereof and an adjacent dielectric surface, consisting essentially of:

(a) during a semiconductor device fabrication comprising atomic layer deposition or chemical vapor deposition process, contacting the metal surface with, concurrently, one or more metal halides to convert a metal component of a surface metal oxide to volatile metal halide to form an exposed metal surface at a pressure in an amount of 1 to 15 Torr, at a first temperature of about 300 to about 400 degrees Celsius, wherein the one or more metal halides is a metal chloride comprising WClx, MoClx, or combinations thereof, wherein x is an integer, wherein forming the exposed metal surface consists of said contacting with metal halides, or said contacting with metal halides and contacting with diatomic hydrogen gas;

(b) growing an organosilane based self-assembled monolayer atop the dielectric surface; and

(c) selectively depositing a layer atop the exposed metal surface of the substrate, wherein the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer inhibits deposition of the layer atop the dielectric surface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein contacting the metal surface with one or more metal halides is performed at the first temperature of about 325 to about 375 degrees Celsius.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein contacting the metal surface with one or more metal halides is performed together with further contacting the metal surface with hydrogen.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein contacting the metal surface with one or more metal halides is performed for 5 to 20 minutes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metal halides is a gas.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contacting the metal surface with one or more metal halides is performed in an oxygen-free chamber.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein contacting the metal surface with one or more metal halides forms an exposed metal surface atop the metal surface.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein growing the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer comprises exposing the substrate to a gas comprising an organosilane.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer comprises a C-8 to C-30 alkyl chain.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein growing the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer is performed at a first temperature of about 100 to about 200 degrees Celsius.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein growing the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer is performed at a pressure in an amount of 10 to 350 Torr.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein growing the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer is performed for a duration of about 2 to about 3 hours.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein growing the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer is performed in an oxygen-free chamber.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer comprises tris(dimethylamino)octadecylsilane.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising heating the substrate to a temperature of about 500 to about 1000 degrees Celsius to remove the organosilane based self-assembled monolayer.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal surface is tungsten or molybdenum, or combinations thereof.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal surface is copper, cobalt, or combinations thereof.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal surface is tungsten, cobalt, or molybdenum, or combinations thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: KE, CHANG; ZHANG, WENYU; WU, LIQI
To: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 050371/0956 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62717452 · Aug 10, 2018
Related Publication 20200048762A1 · Feb 13, 2020
Cited By (1)
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