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Patent US7893433 - Thin films and methods of making them - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThin, smooth silicon-containing films are prepared by deposition methods that utilize a silicon containing precursor. In preferred embodiments, the methods result in Si-containing films that are continuous and have a thickness of about 150 Å or less, a surface roughness of about 5 Å rms or less,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7893433?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7893433 - Thin films and methods of making themAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7893433 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/854,163Publication dateFeb 22, 2011Filing dateSep 12, 2007Priority dateFeb 12, 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE60223662D1, DE60223662T2, DE60227350D1, EP1374290A2, EP1374290B1, EP1374291A2, EP1374291B1, EP1421607A2, US6716713, US6716751, US6743738, US6821825, US6900115, US6958253, US6962859, US7186582, US7273799, US7285500, US7547615, US7585752, US8067297, US8360001, US20020168868, US20020173113, US20020197831, US20030022528, US20030068851, US20030068869, US20030082300, US20050048745, US20050064684, US20050208740, US20050250302, US20070102790, US20080014725, US20080073645, US20100012030, WO2002064853A2, WO2002064853A3, WO2002065508A2, WO2002065508A3, WO2002065516A2, WO2002065516A3, WO2002065516A8, WO2002065517A2, WO2002065517A3, WO2002080244A2, WO2002080244A3, WO2002080244A9Publication number11854163, 854163, US 7893433 B2, US 7893433B2, US-B2-7893433, US7893433 B2, US7893433B2InventorsMichael A. Todd, Ivo RaaijmakersOriginal AssigneeAsm America, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (287), Non-Patent Citations (62), Referenced by (2), Classifications (117), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetThin films and methods of making them
US 7893433 B2Abstract
15. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein the Si-containing film is a Si—N film.
16. The integrated circuit of claim 15, wherein the Si—N film has a hydrogen content that is less than about 4 atomic %.
18. The transistor gate electrode of claim 17, wherein the doped semiconductor layer is selected from the group consisting of Si—Ge, Si—C, and Si—Ge—C.
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/179,256, filed Jul. 12, 2005, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/074,564, filed Feb. 11, 2002, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/268,337, filed Feb. 12, 2001; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/279,256, filed Mar. 27, 2001; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/311,609, filed Aug. 9, 2001; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/323,649, filed Sep. 19, 2001; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/332,696, filed Nov. 13, 2001; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/333,724, filed Nov. 28, 2001; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/340,454, filed Dec. 7, 2001; all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. This application is related to, and incorporates by reference in their entireties, co-owned and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/074,563 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,821,825); Ser. No. 10/074,149 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,716,751); Ser. Nos. 10/074,722; 10/074,633; and 10/074,534, all of which were filed on Feb. 11, 2002.
Incorporation of dopants into Si-containing films by CVD using trisilane is preferably accomplished by in situ doping using gas phase dopant precursors. Precursors for electrical dopants include diborane, deuterated diborane, phosphine, arsenic vapor, and arsine. Silylphosphines [(H3Si)3−xPRx] and silylarsines [(H3Si)3−xAsRx] where x=0-2 and Rx=H and/or D are preferred precursors for phosphorous and arsenic as dopants. SbH3 and trimethylindium are preferred sources of antimony and indium, respectively. Such dopant precursors are useful for the preparation of preferred semiconductor films as described below, preferably boron-, phosphorous-, antimony-, indium-, and arsenic-doped silicon, Si—C, Si—Ge and Si—Ge—C films and alloys.
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