Patent ID: 11901195
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of processing semiconductor substrates, comprising:
pre-heating a substrate;
exposing the substrate to species radicals, the exposing of the substrate to the species radicals comprising:
exposing the substrate to a treatment temperature that is less than 300 degrees Celsius,
exposing the substrate to a treatment pressure that is less than 1.0 Torr, and
exposing the substrate for a treatment time that is within a range of 2.0 minutes to 12.0 minutes; and

annealing the substrate after the exposing of the substrate to the species radicals, the annealing comprising:
exposing the substrate to molecules,
exposing the substrate to an anneal temperature that is 300 degrees Celsius or greater,
exposing the substrate to an anneal pressure that is within a range of 500 Torr to 550 Torr, and
exposing the substrate for an anneal time that is less than 4.0 minutes.