Selective atomic layer etching of HfO2 over silicon by precursor and substrate-dependent selective deposition

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Lin, Kang-Yi [1 ,2 ]
Li, Chen [2 ,3 ]
Engelmann, Sebastian [4 ]
Bruce, Robert L. [4 ]
Joseph, Eric A. [4 ]
Metzler, Dominik [5 ]
Oehrlein, Gottlieb S. [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, College Pk, MD 20740 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Inst Res Elect & Appl Phys, College Pk, MD 20740 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20740 USA
[4] IBM TJ Watson Res Ctr, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 USA
[5] IBM Semicond Technol Res, 257 Fuller Rd, Albany, NY 12203 USA
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INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA; CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION; FOCUSED ELECTRON-BEAM; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; FLUOROCARBON PLASMAS; EPITAXIAL-GROWTH; THIN-FILMS; SURFACE; ION; HYDROGEN;
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10.1116/1.5143247
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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The early work of John Coburn and Harold Winters revealed a synergistic effect in ion-enhanced Si etching by the concurrent irradiation of Ar+ and XeF2. This finding provided an important foundation for the development of plasma dry etching processes. The experimental results of Coburn and Winters also found effects that are useful for the development of atomic layer etching (ALE) processes characterized by a self-limited etch rate. ALE approaches are widely established and can be utilized in either directional or isotropic etching by employing proper surface modification and product removal steps. Nevertheless, the development of material selective ALE processes is still limited. An approach that combines substrate-selective deposition with etching opens a new processing window for selective ALE. The authors studied the deposition behavior of mixtures of methane (CH4) with trifluoromethane (CHF3) and mixtures of methane with octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8) on HfO2 and Si surfaces. The experimental results show that a CH4/C4F8 mixture produces a comparable fluorocarbon (FC) deposition thickness on both HfO2 and Si during the deposition step. In contrast, a CH4/CHF3 mixture deposits an FC film on Si, whereas it fluorinates the HfO2 surface with negligible FC deposition. Utilizing these behaviors allows for an ALE process based on CH4/CHF3 for selective removal of HfO2 over Si. Surface characterization data that provide mechanistic insights into these processes are also provided and discussed.
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