Patent ID: 8580699
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: C23C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a silicon oxide layer on a hydroxyl-terminated surface of a substrate positioned in a substrate processing region, the method comprising: at least four sequential steps comprising: (i) exposing the hydroxyl-terminated surface to a silicon-and-oxygen-containing precursor comprising a siloxane and a nitrogen-containing catalytic ligand comprising a carbon-nitrogen ring by flowing the silicon-and-oxygen-containing precursor into the substrate processing region, (ii) removing process effluents including unreacted silicon-and-oxygen-containing precursor from the substrate processing region, (iii) exposing the surface of the substrate by flowing H (iv) removing process effluents including unreacted H repeating the at least four sequential steps until the silicon oxide layer reaches a target thickness.