METHODS FOR PRODUCING HIGH-DENSITY, NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON FILMS FOR HARDMASKS AND OTHER PATTERNING APPLICATIONS

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the fabrication of integrated circuits. More particularly, the embodiments described herein provide techniques for depositing nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon films for patterning applications. In one or more embodiments, a method for proce...

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Hauptverfasser: MANNA, Pramit, JANAKIRAMAN, Karthik, HSU, Jui-Yuan
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Zusammenfassung:Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the fabrication of integrated circuits. More particularly, the embodiments described herein provide techniques for depositing nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon films for patterning applications. In one or more embodiments, a method for processing a substrate includes flowing a deposition gas containing a hydrocarbon compound and a nitrogen dopant compound into a processing volume of a process chamber having a substrate positioned on an electrostatic chuck, and generating a plasma at or above the substrate by applying a first RF bias to the electrostatic chuck to deposit a nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon film on the substrate. The nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon film has a density of greater than 1.5 g/cc and a compressive stress of about −20 MPa to less than −600 MPa.