Patent ID: 7682479

Claim:
An apparatus for forming fin structures, comprising: a plasma processing chamber, comprising: a chamber wall forming a plasma processing chamber enclosure; a substrate support for supporting a substrate within the plasma processing chamber enclosure; a pressure regulator for regulating the pressure in the plasma processing chamber enclosure; at least one electrode for providing power to the plasma processing chamber enclosure for sustaining a plasma; a gas inlet for providing gas into the plasma processing chamber enclosure; and a gas outlet for exhausting gas from the plasma processing chamber enclosure; a gas source in fluid connection with the gas inlet, comprising; a sacrificial layer etchant source; a fin deposition gas source; and a fin profile shaping gas source; a controller controllably connected to the gas source and the at least one electrode, comprising: at least one processor; and computer readable media comprising: computer readable code for providing sacrificial structures on the substrate; computer readable code for forming fin structures on sides of the sacrificial structures, comprising a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle comprises: a fin deposition phase which deposits a fin material, comprising: computer readable code for providing a deposition gas; computer readable code for forming a plasma from the deposition gas; computer readable code for depositing deposition material to form fins; and computer readable code for stopping the flow of the deposition gas; and a fin profile shaping phase which shapes the profile of the deposited fin material, comprising: computer readable code for providing a profile shaping gas different than the deposition gas; computer readable code for forming a plasma from the profile shaping gas; computer readable code for shaping the profile of the deposited deposition material; and computer readable code for stopping the flow of the profile shaping gas; and computer readable code for removing the sacrificial structures.