High temperature atomic layer deposition of silicon oxide thin films

摘要

Composition(s) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) process(es) for the formation of a silicon oxide containing film at one or more deposition temperature of about 500° C. is disclosed. In one aspect, the composition and process use one or more silicon precursors selected from compounds having the following formulae I, II, described and combinations thereof
R1R2mSi(NR3R4)nXp; and  I.R1R2mSi(OR3)n(OR4)qXp.  II

主权项

1. A process to deposit silicon oxide, the process comprising the steps of:
a) providing a substrate in a reactor; b) introducing into the reactor at least one silicon precursor comprising at least one anchoring functionality and a passivating functionality, wherein the at least one silicon precursor is at least one selected from the group consisting of diethylaminotrimethylsilane, dimethylaminotrimethylsilane, dimethylaminodimethylphenylsilane, diethylaminodimethylphenylsilane, ethylmethylaminotrimethylsilane, t-butylaminotrimethylsilane, iso-propylaminotrimethylsilane, di-isopropylaminotrimethylsilane, pyrrolidinotrimethylsilane, bis(diethylamino)dimethylsilane, bis(dimethylamino)dimethylsilane, bis(ethylmethylamino)dimethylsilane, bis(di-isopropylamino)dimethylsilane, bis(iso-propylamino)dimethylsilane, bis(tert-butylamino)dimethylsilane, bis(pyrrolidino)dimethylsilane bis(diethylamino)methylvinylsilane, bis(dimethylamino)methylvinylsilane, bis(ethylmethylamino)methylvinylsilane, bis(di-isopropylamino)methylvinylsilane, bis(iso-propylamino)methylvinylsilane, bis(tert-butylamino)methylvinylsilane, bis(pyrrolidino)methylvinylsilane, 2,6-dimethylpiperidinotrimethylsilane, tris(dimethylamino)chlorosilane, tris(dimethylamino)phenylsilane, tris(dimethylamino)methylsilane, methylaminotrimethylsilane, ethylaminotrimethylsilane, iso-propylaminotrimethylsilane, normal-propylaminotrimethylsilane, iso-butylaminotrimethylsilane, sec-butylaminotrimethylsilane, normal-butylaminotrimethylsilane, cyclohexylaminotrimethylsilane, 2-methylpyrrolidinotrimethylsilane, 2,5-dimethylpyrrolidinotrimethylsilane, piperidinotrimethylsilane, 1-methylpiperazinotrimethylsilane, pyrrolyltrimethylsilane, 2,5-dimethylpyrrolyltrimethylsilane, and imidazolyltrimethylsilane; c) purging the reactor with purge gas; d) introducing an oxygen source into the reactor, wherein the oxygen source is selected from the group consisting of water, oxygen (O2), oxygen plasma, ozone (O3), nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and combinations thereof; e) purging the reactor with purge gas; and repeating steps b) through e) until a desired thickness is deposited, wherein process temperature ranges from over 600 to 800° C. and pressure ranges from 50 milliTorr (mTorr) to 760 Torr.