Method of depositing tungsten and other metals in 3D NAND structures

    公开(公告)号:US11549175B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US17250014

    申请日:2019-05-03

    摘要: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for filling features metal-containing materials. One aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for filling structures with a metal-containing material, the method including: providing a structure to be filled with a metal-containing material, exposing the structure to multiple deposition cycles, with each deposition cycle including exposure to one or more alternating reducing agent (e.g. hydrogen (H2)) dose/inert gas purge pulses pulse followed by exposure to one or more alternating metal precursor dose pulses and inert gas purge pulses. The metal may be tungsten (W) or molybdenum (Mo) in some embodiments. In some embodiments, the structure is a partially fabricated (3-D) NAND structure. Apparatuses to perform the methods are also provided.

    Atomic layer deposition of tungsten for enhanced fill and reduced substrate attack

    公开(公告)号:US11225712B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16284517

    申请日:2019-02-25

    摘要: A method for depositing tungsten includes arranging a substrate including a titanium nitride layer in a substrate processing chamber and performing multi-stage atomic layer deposition of tungsten on the substrate using a precursor gas includes tungsten chloride (WCIx) gas, wherein x is an integer. The performing includes depositing the tungsten during a first ALD stage using a first dose intensity of the precursor gas, and depositing the tungsten during a second ALD stage using a second dose intensity of the precursor gas. The first dose intensity is based on a first dose concentration and a first dose period. The second dose intensity is based on a second dose concentration and a second dose period. The second dose intensity is 1.5 to 10 times the first dose intensity.