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Kai-Erik Elers, Vantaa FI
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| 20100099264 | ETCHING HIGH-K MATERIALS - A dry etch method, apparatus, and system for etching a high-k material comprises sequentially contacting the high-k material with a vapor phase reducing agent, and a volatilizing etchant in a cyclical process. In some preferred embodiments, the reducing agent and/or volatilizing etchant is plasma activated. Control over etch rate and/or selectivity are improved by the pulsed process, where, in some embodiments, each step in the cyclical process has a self-limited extent of etching. Embodiments of the method are useful in the fabrication of integrated devices, as well as for cleaning process chambers. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110146568 | MODIFICATION OF NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY TEMPLATES BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION - Methods of forming thin films on nanopatterning templates, such as nanoimprint lithography (NIL) templates are provided. In some embodiments, an atomic layer deposition (ALD) type process for modifying the surface of a NIL template comprises alternately and sequentially contacting a substrate in a reaction space with vapor phase pulses of two or more reactants. | 06-23-2011 |
Kai-Erik Elers, Phoenix, AZ US
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| 20100022099 | METHOD OF FORMING NON-CONFORMAL LAYERS - In one aspect, non-conformal layers are formed by variations of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition, where one or more of pulse duration, separation, RF power on-time, reactant concentration, pressure and electrode spacing are varied from true self-saturating reactions to operate in a depletion-effect mode. Deposition thus takes place close to the substrate surface but is controlled to terminate after reaching a specified distance into openings (e.g., deep DRAM trenches, pores, etc.). Reactor configurations that are suited to such modulation include showerhead, in situ plasma reactors, particularly with adjustable electrode spacing. In another aspect, alternately and sequentially contacting a substrate, the substrate including openings, with at least two different reactants, wherein an under-saturated dose of at least one of the reactants has been predetermined and the under-saturated dose is provided uniformly across the substrate surface, deposits a film that less than fully covers surfaces of the openings, leading to depletion effects in less accessible regions on the substrate surface | 01-28-2010 |
Kai-Erik Elers, Helsinki FI
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| 20120028474 | METHOD OF GROWING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS - A method for forming a conductive thin film includes depositing a metal oxide thin film on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The method further includes at least partially reducing the metal oxide thin film by exposing the metal oxide thin film to a reducing agent, thereby forming a seed layer. In one arrangement, the reducing agent comprises one or more organic compounds that contain at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of —OH, —CHO, and —COOH. In another arrangement, the reducing agent comprises an electric current. | 02-02-2012 |