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公开(公告)号:US11980021B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17829939
申请日:2022-06-01
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Sony Varghese , Fred Fishburn
IPC: H10B12/00
Abstract: Disclosed are 3-D DRAM devices and methods of forming 3-D DRAM devices. One method may include forming a stack of DRAM device layers, forming a MOS substrate directly atop the stack of alternating DRAM device layers, and forming a trench through the MOS substrate and the stack of DRAM device layers. The method may further include depositing a protection layer over the MOS substrate, wherein the protection layer is deposited at a non-zero angle of inclination relative to a vertical extending from a top surface of the MOS substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US11956978B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US17011729
申请日:2020-09-03
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: M. Arif Zeeshan , Kelvin Chan , Shantanu Kallakuri , Sony Varghese
IPC: C23C16/04 , C23C14/22 , C23C16/02 , C23C16/455 , H10B99/00 , H01L21/285
CPC classification number: H10B99/00 , C23C16/0281 , C23C16/047 , C23C14/221 , C23C14/225 , C23C16/0209 , C23C16/45525 , H01L21/28562
Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of selectively forming a deposit may include
providing a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of surface features, extending at a non-zero angle of inclination with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate. The method may include directing a reactive beam to the plurality of surface features, the reactive beam defining a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, wherein a seed layer is deposited on a first portion of the surface features, and is not deposited on a second portion of the surface features. The method may further include exposing the substrate to a reactive deposition process after the directing the reactive ion beam, wherein a deposit layer selectively grows over the seed layer.-
公开(公告)号:US20220344171A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17396101
申请日:2021-08-06
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Sony Varghese , Pradeep Subrahmanyan , Dennis Rodier , Kyuha Shim
IPC: H01L21/3115 , H01L21/66 , H01J37/317 , H01J37/304 , H01J37/147
Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to localized stress modulation by implanting a first side of a substrate to reduce in-plane distortion along a second side of the substrate. In some embodiments, a method may include providing a substrate, the substrate comprising a first main side opposite a second main side, wherein a plurality of features are disposed on the first main side, performing a metrology scan to the first main side to determine an amount of distortion to the substrate due to the formation of the plurality of features, and depositing a stress compensation film along the second main side of the substrate, wherein a stress and a thickness of the stress compensation film is determined based on the amount of distortion to the substrate. The method may further include directing ions to the stress compensation film in an ion implant procedure.
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公开(公告)号:US11380691B1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
申请号:US17230591
申请日:2021-04-14
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Sony Varghese , Fred Fishburn
IPC: H01L27/108
Abstract: Disclosed are 3-D DRAM devices and methods of forming 3-D DRAM devices. One method may include forming a stack of DRAM device layers, forming a MOS substrate directly atop the stack of alternating DRAM device layers, and forming a trench through the MOS substrate and the stack of DRAM device layers. The method may further include depositing a protection layer over the MOS substrate, wherein the protection layer is deposited at a non-zero angle of inclination relative to a vertical extending from a top surface of the MOS substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US10692775B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-23
申请号:US16186004
申请日:2018-11-09
Applicant: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Min Gyu Sung , Jae Young Lee , Johannes Van Meer , Sony Varghese , Naushad K. Variam
IPC: H01L21/82 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/768 , H01L29/10 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/78
Abstract: Disclosed are methods of forming a semiconductor device, such as a finFET device. One non-limiting method may include providing a semiconductor device including a substrate and a plurality of fins extending from the substrate, and forming a source trench isolation (STI) material over the semiconductor device. The method may further include recessing the STI material to reveal an upper portion of the plurality of fins, implanting the semiconductor device, and forming a capping layer over the plurality of fins and the STI material. The method may further include removing a first fin section of the plurality of fins and a first portion of the capping layer, wherein a second fin section of the plurality of fins remains following removal of the first fin section.
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公开(公告)号:US20200152735A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16186027
申请日:2018-11-09
Applicant: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Min Gyu Sung , Jae Young Lee , Johannes Van Meer , Sony Varghese , Naushad K. Variam
IPC: H01L29/06 , H01L29/417 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/78 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/762
Abstract: Disclosed are methods of forming a semiconductor device, such as a finFET device. One non-limiting method may include providing a semiconductor device including a substrate and a plurality of fins extending from the substrate, and forming a source trench isolation (STI) material over the semiconductor device. The method may further include performing a fin cut by removing a first fin section of the plurality of fins and a first portion of the STI material, and forming a second STI material over a second fin section of the plurality of fins, wherein the second fin section is left remaining following removal of the first fin section. The method may further include recessing the STI material and the second STI material, forming a spin-on-carbon (SOC) layer over the semiconductor device, and implanting the STI material and the second STI material through the SOC layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10607847B1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-31
申请号:US16207932
申请日:2018-12-03
Applicant: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Min Gyu Sung , Sony Varghese , Anthony Renau , Morgan Evans , Joseph C. Olson
IPC: H01L21/3065 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/8238 , H01L29/06 , H01L27/092 , H01L21/8234 , H01L29/423
Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional transistor device. The method may include providing a fin array on a substrate, the fin array comprising a plurality of fin structures, formed from a monocrystalline semiconductor, and disposed subjacent to a hard mask layer. The method may include directing angled ions at the fin array, wherein the angled ions form a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate. The angled ions may etch the plurality of fin structures to form a stack of isolated nanowires, within a given fin structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20250126774A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-17
申请号:US18403930
申请日:2024-01-04
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Chang Seok Kang , Sony Varghese , Tong Liu , Fredrick Fishburn
IPC: H10B12/00
Abstract: Memory devices are provided which have stacked DRAM cells, resulting in an increase in DRAM cell bit-density. In a 3D DRAM with stacked unit cell layers of one or more embodiments, it is necessary to reduce the area of a unit cell in order to increase bit density per unit area for a given number of stacked cells. In one or more embodiments, n wordlines (nWL, n is an integer≥2) share a contact pad. The shared nWLs are separated by n bitlines (BLs) to assign every cell independently one WL and one BL.
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公开(公告)号:US20240040808A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-01
申请号:US18486919
申请日:2023-10-13
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: M. Arif Zeeshan , Kelvin Chan , Shantanu Kallakuri , Sony Varghese
CPC classification number: H10B99/00 , C23C16/047 , C23C16/0281 , C23C16/45525
Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of selectively forming a deposit may include providing a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of surface features, extending at a non-zero angle of inclination with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate. The method may include directing a reactive beam to the plurality of surface features, the reactive beam defining a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, wherein a seed layer is deposited on a first portion of the surface features, and is not deposited on a second portion of the surface features. The method may further include exposing the substrate to a reactive deposition process after the directing the reactive ion beam, wherein a deposit layer selectively grows over the seed layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230146831A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-11
申请号:US17902838
申请日:2022-09-04
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Chang Seok Kang , Gill Yong Lee , Fred Fishburn , Tomohiko Kitajima , Sung-Kwan Kang , Sony Varghese
IPC: H01L23/528 , H01L23/535 , H01L21/768
CPC classification number: H01L23/5283 , H01L21/76816 , H01L21/76895 , H01L23/535
Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing process for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory structure and a semiconductor device having a 3D memory structure is described. The 3D memory structure comprises layers of memory cells with L shaped conductive layers where the L shaped conductive layers of each layer are coupled to metal lines disposed above the top or upper most layer such that the memory cells in each layer can be coupled to control circuitry.
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