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1189 results about "Silicon thin film" patented technology

Low Temperature Deposition of Silicon-Containing Films

This invention discloses the method of forming silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxide, carbon-doped silicon nitride, carbon-doped silicon oxide and carbon-doped oxynitride films at low deposition temperatures. The silicon containing precursors used for the deposition are monochlorosilane (MCS) and monochloroalkylsilanes. The method is preferably carried out by using plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and plasma enhanced cyclic chemical vapor deposition.
Owner:TOKYO ELECTRON LTD +1

Compositions and methods for making silicon containing films

Described herein are low temperature processed high quality silicon containing films. Also disclosed are methods of forming silicon containing films at low temperatures. In one aspect, there are provided silicon-containing film having a thickness of about 2 nm to about 200 nm and a density of about 2.2 g / cm3 or greater wherein the silicon-containing thin film is deposited by a deposition process selected from a group consisting of chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), cyclic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD), plasma enhanced cyclic chemical vapor deposition (PECCVD, atomic layer deposition (ALD), and plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), and the vapor deposition is conducted at one or more temperatures ranging from about 25° C. to about 400° C. using an alkylsilane precursor selected from the group consisting of diethylsilane, triethylsilane, and combinations thereof.
Owner:VERSUM MATERIALS US LLC

METHOD OF TAILORING CONFORMALITY OF Si-CONTAINING FILM

A method of tailoring conformality of a film deposited on a patterned surface includes: (I) depositing a film by PEALD or pulsed PECVD on the patterned surface; (II) etching the film, wherein the etching is conducted in a pulse or pulses, wherein a ratio of an etching rate of the film on a top surface and that of the film on side walls of the patterns is controlled as a function of the etching pulse duration and the number of etching pulses to increase a conformality of the film; and (III) repeating (I) and (II) to satisfy a target film thickness.
Owner:ASM JAPAN

Apparatus, precursors and deposition methods for silicon-containing materials

A method for making a Si-containing material comprises transporting a pyrolyzed Si-precursor to a substrate and polymerizing the pyrolyzed Si-precursor on the substrate to form a Si-containing film. Polymerization of the pyrolyzed Si-precursor may be carried out in the presence of a porogen to thereby form a porogen-containing Si-containing film. The porogen may be removed from the porogen-containing Si-containing film to thereby form a porous Si-containing film. Preferred porous Si-containing films have low dielectric constants and thus are suitable for various low-k applications such as in microelectronics and microelectromechanical systems.
Owner:ASM JAPAN

System for heat treatment of semiconductor device

Disclosed is a heat treatment system for semiconductor devices. The heat treatment system is used in a heat treatment process for semiconductor devices, such as a crystallization process for an amorphous silicon thin film or a dopant activation process for a poly-crystalline silicon thin film formed on a surface of a glass substrate of a flat display panel including a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting device (OLED). The heat treatment system transfers a semiconductor device after uniformly preheating the semiconductor device in order to prevent deformation of the semiconductor device during the heat treatment process, rapidly performs the heat treatment process under the high temperature condition by heating the semiconductor device using a lamp heater and induction heat derived from induced electromotive force, and unloads the semiconductor device after uniformly cooling the semiconductor device such that the semiconductor device is prevented from being deformed when the heat treatment process has been finished. The heat treatment system rapidly performs the heat treatment process while preventing deformation of the semiconductor device by gradually heating or cooling the semiconductor device.
Owner:VIATRON TECH INC

Precursors and flowable CVD methods for making low-K films to fill surface features

A method for depositing a silicon-containing film, the method comprising: placing a substrate comprising at least one surface feature into a flowable CVD reactor which is at a temperature of from about −20° C. to about 400° C.; introducing into the reactor at least one silicon-containing compound having at least one acetoxy group to at least partially react the at least one silicon-containing compound to form a flowable liquid oligomer wherein the flowable liquid oligomer forms a silicon oxide coating on the substrate and at least partially fills at least a portion of the at least one surface feature. Once cured, the silicon oxide coating has a low k and excellent mechanical properties.
Owner:VERSUM MATERIALS US LLC

Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidification

Methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a polycrystalline silicon thin film are disclosed. In one preferred arrangement, a method includes the steps of generating a sequence of excimer laser pulses, controllably modulating each excimer laser pulse in the sequence to a predetermined fluence, homoginizing each modulated laser pulse in the sequence in a predetermined plane, masking portions of each homogenized fluence controlled laser pulse in the sequence with a two dimensional pattern of slits to generate a sequence of fluence controlled pulses of line patterned beamlets, each slit in the pattern of slits being sufficiently narrow to prevent inducement of significant nucleation in region of a silicon thin film sample irradiated by a beam let corresponding to the slit, irradiating an amorphous silicon thin film sample with the sequence of fluence controlled slit patterned beamlets to effect melting of portions thereof corresponding to each fluence controlled patterned beamlet pulse in the sequence of pulses of patterned beamlets, and controllably sequentially translating a relative position of the sample with respect to each of the fluence controlled pulse of slit patterned beamlets to thereby process the amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film.
Owner:THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIV IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Formation of SiOC thin films

Methods for depositing silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) thin films on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor that does not comprise nitrogen and a second reactant that does not include oxygen. In some embodiments the methods allow for the deposition of SiOC films having improved acid-based wet etch resistance.
Owner:ASM IP HLDG BV

Compositions and methods for depositing silicon-containing films

Described herein are compositions and methods of forming a dielectric film comprising silicon and carbon onto at least a surface of a substrate, the method comprising introducing into a reactor at least one silacycloalkane precursor selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the structure of Formula IA and compounds represented by the structure of Formula IB: as defined herein.
Owner:VERSUM MATERIALS US LLC

Systems and methods using sequential lateral solidification for producing single or polycrystalline silicon thin films at low temperatures

System and methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film are disclosed. The system includes an excimer laser for generating a plurality of excimer laser pulses of a predetermined fluence, an energy density modulator for controllably modulating fluence of the excimer laser pulses, a beam homoginizer for homoginizing modulated laser pulses in a predetermined plane, a mask for masking portions of the homoginized modulated laser pulses into patterned beamlets, a sample stage for receivingthe patterned beamlets to effect melting of portions of any amorphous silicon thin film sample placed thereon corresponding to the beamlets, translating means for controllably translating a relative position of the sample stage with respect to a position of the mask and a computer for controlling the controllable fluence modulation of the excimer laser pulses and the controllable relative positions of the sample stage and mask, and for coordinating excimer pulse generation and fluence modulation with the relative positions of the sample stage and mask, to thereby process amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film by sequential translation of the sample stage relative to the mask and irradiation of the sample by patterned beamlets of varying fluence at corresponding sequential locations thereon.
Owner:THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIV IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Method for preparing electrode material for lithium battery

A method for preparing an electrode material for a lithium battery, characterized in that a noncrystalline silicon thin film that serves as an active material is deposited on a substrate.
Owner:SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD

System for the formation of a silicon thin film and a semiconductor-insulating film interface

In a semiconductor thin film forming system for modifying a predetermined region of a semiconductor thin film by exposing the semiconductor thin film to a projected light patterned through a pattern formed on a photo mask, the system includes a mechanism (opt20′) for uniformizing the light for exposure in a predetermined area on the photo mask. This system can provide a crystallized silicon film having a trap state density less than 1012 cm−2 and can provide a silicon-insulating film interface exhibiting a low interface state density.
Owner:NEC CORP +1

Composition and method for low temperature deposition of silicon-containing films such as films including silicon nitride, silicon dioxide and/or silicon-oxynitride

Silicon precursors for forming silicon-containing films in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, such as low dielectric constant (k) thin films, high k gate silicates, low temperature silicon epitaxial films, and films containing silicon nitride (Si3N4), siliconoxynitride (SiOxNy) and / or silicon dioxide (SiO2). The precursors of the invention are amenable to use in low temperature (e.g., <500° C.) chemical vapor deposition processes, for fabrication of ULSI devices and device structures.
Owner:ENTEGRIS INC

Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidification

Methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a polycrystalline silicon thin film are disclosed. In one preferred arrangement, a method includes the steps of generating a sequence of excimer laser pulses, controllably modulating each excimer laser pulse in the sequence to a predetermined fluence, homoginizing each modulated laser pulse in the sequence in a predetermined plane, masking portions of each homoginized fluence controlled laser pulse in the sequence with a two dimensional pattern of slits to generate a sequence of fluence controlled pulses of line patterned beamlets, each slit in the pattern of slits being sufficiently narrow to prevent inducement of significant nucleation in region of a silicon thin film sample irradiated by a beamlet corresponding to the slit, irradiating an amorphous silicon thin film sample with the sequence of fluence controlled slit patterned beamilets to effect melting of portions thereof corresponding to each fluence controlled patterned beamlet pulse in the sequence of pulses of patterned beamlets, and controllably sequentially translating a relative position of the sample with respect to each of the fluence controlled pulse of slit patterned beamlets to thereby process the amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film
Owner:THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIV IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Method for producing dislocation-free strained crystalline films

A method for forming dislocation-free strained silicon thin film includes the step of providing two curved silicon substrates. One substrate is curved by the presence of silicon dioxide on a back surface. The other substrate is curved by the presence of a silicon nitride layer. One of the substrates is subject to hydrogen implantation and the two substrates are bonded to one another in an annealing process. The two substrates are separated, thereby leaving a layer of strained silicon on a front side of one of the substrates. A back side layer of silicon dioxide or silicon nitride is then removed to restore the substrate to a substantially planar state. The method may be employed to form dislocation-free strained silicon thin films. The films may be under tensile or compressive strain.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA

Precursors for depositing silicon-containing films and processes thereof

Inorganic precursors, namely iodosilane precursors, for the low temperature, low pressure deposition of silicon-containing films is provided therein. In one aspect, there is provided a process for forming a silicon-containing film process comprising: introducing a substrate and gaseous reagents comprising an iodosilane precursor having three or less iodine atoms bound to the silicon atom and at least one reagent selected from an oxygen-containing reactive gas, a nitrogen-containing reactive gas, a hydrogen-containing reactive gas and mixtures thereof into a reaction chamber; heating the reaction chamber to one or more temperatures ranging from 200° C. to 900° C. to form the silicon containing film on the substrate, provided that if the iodosilane precursor has three iodine atoms bound to the silicon atom then the heating step is conducted at one or more pressures less than 600 Torr.
Owner:VERSUM MATERIALS US LLC

Manufacturing method of silicon thin film solar cell

To uniformly form a silicon thin film for a solar cell, having an i layer formed with crystalline silicon, on a substrate of a large area to provide a high power solar cell, in a manufacturing method of a silicon thin film solar cell, a silicon thin film, having a structure such that an i layer is sandwiched between a p layer and an n layer, is formed on a substrate with a high frequency plasma CVD method, wherein i layer is formed with crystalline silicon using plasma with pulse-modulated high frequency power, one cycle of pulse modulation includes an ON state for outputting high frequency power and an OFF state for not outputting, an output waveform is modulated to be rectangular, a time of the ON state is 1-100 microseconds, and a time of the OFF state is 5 microseconds or longer.
Owner:SHARP KK

Methods for forming silicon nitride thin films

The present invention relates to methods of forming silicon nitride thin films on a substrate in a reaction chamber by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD). Exemplary methods include the steps of (i) introducing an octahalotrisilane Si3X8 silicon precursor, such as octachlorotrisilane (OCTS) Si3Cl8, into a reaction space containing a substrate, (ii) introducing a nitrogen containing plasma into the reaction space, and wherein steps (i), (ii) and any steps in between constitute one cycle, and repeating said cycles a plurality of times until an atomic layer nitride film having a desired thickness is obtained.
Owner:ASM IP HLDG BV

Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery containing the anode active material

An anode active material is provided. The anode active material includes a silicon thin film containing crystalline silicon having a Raman shift in a Raman spectrum ranging from about 490 to about 500 cm−1 and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) ranging from about 10 to about 30 cm−1. The volume of the anode active material does not change significantly during charging and discharging. Thus, a lithium battery employing the anode active material has an excellent capacity retention rate and a longer cycle lifetime.
Owner:SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD

Silicon thin film anode for lithium secondary battery and preparation method thereof

Disclosed are a silicon thin film anode for a lithium secondary battery having enhanced cycle characteristics and capacity and a preparation method thereof. A preparation method for a silicon thin film anode for a lithium secondary battery, comprises: preparing a collector including a metal; forming an anode active material layer including a silicon on the collector; forming one or more interface stabilizing layer, by annealing the collector and the anode active material layer under one of an inert atmosphere, a reduced atmosphere, and a vacuum atmosphere to react a metallic component of at least one of the collector and the anode active material layer with a silicon component of the anode active material layer at an interface therebetween; and forming a carbon coating layer on the anode active material layer by performing an annealing process in a hydrocarbon atmosphere.
Owner:KOREA INST OF SCI & TECH

Methods for uv-assisted conformal film deposition

Described are methods of making silicon nitride (SiN) materials and other silicon-containing films, including carbon-containing and / or oxygen-containing films such as SiCN (also referred to as SiNC), SiON and SiONC films, on substrates. According to various embodiments, the methods involve electromagnetic radiation-assisted activation of one or more reactants. In certain embodiments, for example, the methods involve ultraviolet (UV) activation of vapor phase amine coreactants. The methods can be used to deposit silicon-containing films, including SiN and SiCN films, at temperatures below about 400° C.
Owner:NOVELLUS SYSTEMS

Energy device and method for producing the same

ActiveUS20050118503A1Large capacity and cycle characteristicFinal product manufacturePrimary cellsSilicon thin filmSilicon particle
A negative active material thin film provided on a collector layer directly or via an underlying layer has a multi-layered configuration including at least two silicon thin films containing silicon as a main component. Because of this, even when the thickness of the negative active material thin film is increased, the increase in thickness of one silicon thin film can be prevented by increasing the number of silicon thin films. Thus, the diameter of silicon particles substantially in an inverse truncated cone shape is not enlarged in the silicon thin film. Accordingly, in an energy device having a thin film mainly containing silicon as a negative active material, even when the thickness of the negative active material layer is increased to obtain a larger capacity, cycle characteristics are not degraded.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

Method for preparing silicon thin film heterojunction solar cell

A prepn. method of silicon thin film heterojunction solar cell includes following steps: cleaning substrate, semiconductor cleaning technology is used to do primary cleaing to substrate surface, then do ultrasonic cleaning in deionized water several times; nitrogen blow drying; prepare nitrinsic amorphous silicon layer by heater chemical vapour phase depositing technology, tungsten filament temp. is measured by pyrometer, temp of heater and sample are determined separately by two electric thermo-couples, temp. is controlled by electric temp. controller; to react and grow thin film on substrate surface; to redeposit a transmitting layer on intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film; front and back electrodes forming, sputtering technology is used to form front and back electrodes; finally to proceed vacuum heat annealing process. The thin film produced by the invention has illumination stability, the photoconduction gain can reach to 10 to the power 6 on Am1.5 100mW / cm2 standard illumination.
Owner:SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV

Near single-crystalline, high-carrier-mobility silicon thin film on a polycrystalline/amorphous substrate

A template article including a base substrate including: (i) a base material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline substrates and amorphous substrates, and (ii) at least one layer of a differing material upon the surface of the base material; and, a buffer material layer upon the base substrate, the buffer material layer characterized by: (a) low chemical reactivity with the base substrate, (b) stability at temperatures up to at least about 800° C. under low vacuum conditions, and (c) a lattice crystal structure adapted for subsequent deposition of a semiconductor material; is provided, together with a semiconductor article including a base substrate including: (i) a base material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline substrates and amorphous substrates, and (ii) at least one layer of a differing material upon the surface of the base material; and, a buffer material layer upon the base substrate, the buffer material layer characterized by: (a) low chemical reactivity with the base substrate, (b) stability at temperatures up to at least about 800° C. under low vacuum conditions, and (c) a lattice crystal structure adapted for subsequent deposition of a semiconductor material, and, a top-layer of semiconductor material upon the buffer material layer.
Owner:LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY
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