Method of plasma etching of high-K dielectric materials
AssigneeApplied Materials, Inc.
InventorsGuangxiang Jin, Padmapani Nallan, Ajay Kumar
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Abstract
A method of etching high dielectric constant materials using a halogen gas, a reducing gas and an etch rate control gas chemistry.
Claims42
A method of plasma etching a layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is greater than 4 comprising the steps of:
- exposing said dielectric material layer to a plasma comprising a reducing gas, a halogen containing gas and an etch rate control gas.
A method for plasma etching a workpiece having a layer of hafnium-oxide comprising the steps of:
- supplying between 20 to 300 sccm of chlorine, between 2 to 200 sccm of carbon monoxide between 1 to 100 sccm of an etch rate control gas;
- maintaining a gas pressure of between 2-100 mTorr;
- applying a bias power to a cathode pedestal of between 0 to 100 W;
- applying power to an inductively coupled antenna of between 200 to 2500 W to produce a plasma containing said chlorine gas and said sulfur dioxide gas;
- maintaining said workpiece at a temperature between 100 and 500 degrees Celsius.
A computer-readable medium containing software that when executed by a computer causes an etch reactor to plasma etch a layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is greater than 4 using a method comprising:
- exposing said dielectric material layer to a plasma comprising a reducing gas, a halogen containing gas and an etch rate control gas.
A computer-readable medium containing software that when executed by a computer causes a etch reactor to plasma etch a workpiece having a layer of hafnium-oxide using a method comprising:
- supplying between 20 to 300 sccm of chlorine, between 2 to 200 sccm of carbon monoxide between 1-100 sccm of an etch rate control gas;
- maintaining a gas pressure of between 2-100 mTorr;
- applying a bias power to a cathode electrode of between 0 to 100 W;
- applying power to an inductively coupled antenna of between 200 to 2500 W to produce a plasma containing said chlorine gas and said sulfur dioxide gas;
- maintaining said workpiece at a temperature between 100 and 500 degrees Celsius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.