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Sputtering method

US11021788B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 2018
Grant dateJun 1, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/32051
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sputtering method of forming a thin film by allowing a target material to react with a gas includes narrowing down film deposition conditions from an existing period of nitrogen radicals by focusing on a nitriding process in thin-film forming processes when the thin film is formed by pulsing a waveform of electric current from a DC power supply at the time of generating plasma and applying the electric current to the target material.

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