Method for forming tungsten materials during vapor deposition processes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7846840
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12645117

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In one embodiment, a method for forming a tungsten material on a substrate surface is provide which includes positioning a substrate within a deposition chamber, heating the substrate to a deposition temperature, and exposing the substrate sequentially to diborane and a tungsten precursor gas to form a tungsten nucleation layer on the substrate during an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The method further provides exposing the substrate to a deposition gas comprising hydrogen gas and the tungsten precursor gas to form a tungsten bulk layer over the tungsten nucleation layer during a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. Examples are provided which include ALD and CVD processes that may be conducted in the same deposition chamber or in different deposition chambers.

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APPLIED MATERIALS INC3050 BOWERS AVENUE SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Byun, Jeong Soo Cupertino, US 64 5549
Chung, Hua San Jose, US 203 14401
Kori, Moris Palo Alto, US 25 1268
Lei, Lawrence Chung-Lai Milpitas, US 64 5624
Mak, Alfred W Union City, US 43 4011

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