US 11,939,666 B2
Methods and apparatus for precleaning and treating wafer surfaces
Xiangjin Xie, Fremont, CA (US); Carmen Leal Cervantes, Mountain View, CA (US); Feng Chen, San Jose, CA (US); Lu Chen, Cupertino, CA (US); Wenjing Xu, San Jose, CA (US); Aravind Kamath, San Jose, CA (US); Cheng-Hsiung Matthew Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US); Tae Hong Ha, San Jose, CA (US); Alexander Jansen, San Jose, CA (US); and Xianmin Tang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/889,017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371972 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. C23C 16/56 (2006.01); C23C 14/56 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01)
CPC C23C 14/564 (2013.01) [H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01L 21/02043 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01J 2237/022 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for processing a substrate, comprising: a process chamber with a processing volume and a substrate support including a pedestal to support the substrate, wherein the pedestal is a ceramic-based material; a remote plasma source (RPS) fluidly coupled to a top of the process chamber and configured to produce radicals or ionized gas mixture with radicals that flow into the processing volume to remove residue or oxides from a surface of the substrate via a plenum and showerhead positioned at the top of the process chamber; a first gas delivery system fluidly connected directly to the processing volume via a sidewall of the process chamber and configured to provide at least one first chemical into the processing volume to produce a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on the surface of the substrate; a heating system located in the pedestal and configured to heat a substrate by flowing gas on a backside of the substrate; a vacuum system fluidly coupled to the process chamber and configured to control heating of the substrate; and a controller configured to generate radicals or ionized gas mixture with radicals with the RPS to remove residue or oxides from the surface of the substrate and then to form a blocking layer on a metal contact with the self-assembled monolayer on the surf ace of the substrate by delivering the at least one first chemical into the processing volume from the first gas delivery system.