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US 12,272,608 · App. 17/758,071 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Station-to-station control of backside bow compensation deposition

Inventors: Yanhui Huang (Sherwood, OR); Vignesh Chandrasekar (King City, OR)
Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
H01L22/20C23C16/52H01J37/32449H01J37/32899H01L21/02164H01L21/0217H01L21/02274C23C16/345C23C16/401H01J2237/24585H01J2237/3321H01L21/02211
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Patent No.
US 12,272,608
App. No.
17/758,071
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods for reducing warpage of bowed semiconductor substrates, including providing a first substrate to a first station in a semiconductor processing chamber, providing a second substrate to a second station in the semiconductor processing chamber, concurrently depositing a first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate at the first station and a first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the second substrate at the second station, and depositing a second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate, while the first substrate is at the first station and the second substrate is at the second station, and while not concurrently depositing material on the backside of the second substrate.

Claims (86)

1. A method comprising:

providing a first substrate to a first station in a semiconductor processing chamber;

providing a second substrate to a second station in the semiconductor processing chamber;

concurrently depositing a first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate at the first station and a first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the second substrate at the second station; and

depositing a second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate, while the first substrate is at the first station and the second substrate is at the second station, and while not concurrently depositing material on the backside of the second substrate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate further comprises concurrently flowing a precursor onto the backside of the first substrate at the first station and onto the backside of the second substrate at the second station, and

the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate further comprises flowing the precursor onto the backside of the first substrate at the first station while not concurrently flowing the precursor onto the backside of the second substrate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material and the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate reduces a first bow of the first substrate by a first amount, and

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the second substrate reduces a second bow of the second substrate by a second amount less than the first amount.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first substrate is bowed with a first bow when provided to the first station, and

the second substrate is bowed with a second bow that is less than the first bow when provided to the second station.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the first bow is between −30 μm and +30 μm,

the second bow is between −30 μm and +30 μm and less than the first bow,

after the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material and the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate, the first substrate has a third bow that is between −10 μm and +10 μm, and

after the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material onto the backside of the second substrate, the second substrate has a fourth bow that is between −10 μm and +10 μm.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the first bow is between −300 μm and +300 μm,

the second bow is between −300 μm and +300 μm and less than the first bow,

after the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material and the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate, the first substrate has a third bow that is between −200 μm and +200 μm, and

after the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material onto the backside of the second substrate, the second substrate has a fourth bow that is between −200 μm and +200 μm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate is performed before the depositing the second bow compensation layer on the backside of the first substrate while not concurrently depositing material on the backside of the second substrate.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

stopping, after the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate, the depositing of the first bow compensation layer on the second substrate, wherein:

material is continuously deposited on the backside of the first substrate during and between the concurrently depositing and the depositing the second layer of material on the backside of the first substrate.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate further comprises concurrently flowing a precursor onto the backside of the first substrate at the first station and onto the backside of the second substrate at the second station,

the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate further comprises flowing the precursor onto the backside of the first substrate at the first station while not concurrently flowing the precursor onto the backside of the second substrate,

the stopping further comprises stopping the flow of the precursor onto the backside of the second substrate, and

the precursor is continuously flowed onto the backside of the first substrate during and between the concurrently depositing and the depositing the second layer of material on the backside of the first substrate.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the depositing the second bow compensation layer on the backside of the first substrate while not concurrently depositing material on the backside of the second substrate is performed before the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

starting, after the depositing of the first bow compensation layer on the second substrate while not concurrently depositing material on the backside of the second substrate, the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate, wherein:

material is continuously deposited on the backside of the first substrate during and between the concurrently depositing and the depositing the second layer of material on the backside of the first substrate.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate further comprises concurrently flowing a precursor onto the backside of the first substrate at the first station and onto the backside of the second substrate at the second station,

the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate further comprises flowing the precursor onto the backside of the first substrate at the first station while not concurrently flowing the precursor onto the backside of the second substrate,

the starting further comprises starting the flow of the precursor onto the backside of the second substrate, and

the precursor is continuously flowed onto the backside of the first substrate during and between the concurrently depositing and the depositing the second layer of material on the backside of the first substrate.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first bow compensation layer of material and the second bow compensation layer of material comprise silicon nitride.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the first substrate is bowed with a first concave bow when provided to the first station, and

the second substrate is bowed with a second concave bow when provided to the second station.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate further comprises contacting the backside of the substrates with ammonia and a silicon-containing precursor, and

the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate further comprises contacting the backside of the substrates with ammonia and a silicon-containing precursor.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first bow compensation layer of material and the second bow compensation layer of material comprise silicon oxide.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the first substrate is bowed with a first convex bow when provided to the first station, and

the second substrate is bowed with a second convex bow when provided to the second station.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate further comprises contacting the backside of the substrates with nitrous oxide and a silicon-containing precursor, and

the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate further comprises contacting the backside of the substrates with nitrous oxide and a silicon-containing precursor.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

when provided to the first station, the first substrate is bowed and has layers deposited on the front side of the first substrate that have internal compressive stress,

when provided to the second station, the second substrate is bowed and has layers deposited on the front side of the second substrate that have internal compressive stress, and

the first bow compensation layer of material deposited on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate has internal tensile stress.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

when provided to the first station, the first substrate is bowed and has layers deposited on the front side of the first substrate that have internal tensile stress,

when provided to the second station, the second substrate is bowed and has layers deposited on the front side of the second substrate that have internal tensile stress, and

the first bow compensation layer of material deposited on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate has internal compressive stress.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the depositing the bow compensation layers of material onto the first substrate and the second substrate is performed by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein:

the depositing the bow compensation layers of material onto the first substrate and the second substrate comprises igniting a plasma at the first station, and

the plasma at the first station is not extinguished during and between the concurrently depositing and the depositing the second layer of material on the backside of the first substrate.

23. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, before the providing the first substrate to the first station, measured first bow of the first substrate,

determining, before the providing the second substrate to the second station, a measured second bow of the second substrate,

determining, based on the measured first bow, a first deposition time for depositing the bozo compensation material onto the first substrate,

determining, based on the measured second bow, a second deposition time depositing the bow compensation material onto the second substrate, wherein:

the first deposition time is greater than the second deposition time,

the concurrently depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate and on the backside of the second substrate is performed for the second deposition time,

the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate is performed for a third deposition time, and

the first deposition time substantially equals the second deposition time plus the third deposition time.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the determining the measured first bow and the measured second bow are determined using one or more lasers.

25. The method of claim 23 , wherein the determining the first deposition time further comprises applying the measured first how, or a parameter derived therefrom, to a relationship between (i) a backside deposition time required to reduce a bow on a substrate, and (ii) a variable representing a bow reduction amount, wherein the applying returns the first deposition time.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the relationship is substantially linear.

27. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material and the depositing the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate are performed for a time range between 60 seconds and 2,000 seconds, and

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the second substrate is performed for a time range between 60 seconds and 2,000 seconds.

28. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material and the second bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the first substrate results in a first total thickness of material on the backside of the first substrate, and

the depositing the first bow compensation layer of material on the backside of the second substrate results in a second total thickness of material on the backside of the second substrate that is smaller than the first total thickness.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2022
From: HUANG, YANHUI; CHANDRASEKAR, VIGNESH
To: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060422/0972 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62957077 · Jan 3, 2020
Related Publication 20230032481A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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