Method for PECVD deposition of selected material films
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsSujit Sharan, Gurtej S. Sandhu
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Abstract
A process for PECVD of selected material films on a substrate comprising the steps of placing a substrate in a PECVD chamber and maintaining the chamber under vacuum pressure while introducing a precursor gas, a reactant gas, and an ionization enhancer agent into the chamber. A plasma is generated from the gases within the chamber. The energy generating the plasma causes the formation of charged species. The resulting charged species of the ionization enhancer agent assists in the formation of chemically reactive species of at least the precursor.
Claims8
An atmosphere for a chemical vapor deposition process, comprising:
- a deposition gas having a chemical reactability with a reactant gas;
- and
- a chemically inert reaction promoter mixed with said deposition gas at a rate of about 0.4 to 0.6 of a rate of flow of the reactant gas to form a high density plasma at a total pressure of greater than 1 millitorr.
An atmosphere for a chemical vapor deposition process, comprising:
- a deposition gas having a chemical reactability with a reactant gas;
- a chemically inert reaction promoter mixed with said deposition gas at a rate of about 0.4 to 0.6 of a rate of flow of the reactant gas to form a high density plasma at a total pressure of greater than 1 millitorr;
- wherein said deposition gas is a film precursor deposition gas having a flow rate of greater than 10 sccm;
- wherein the reactant gas has a flow rate of about 10,000 sccm;
- and
- the reaction promoter has a flow rate of at least 4,000 sccm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.