A method for manufacturing a metal fluoride-containing organic polymer film includes forming an organic polymer film on a base body. The method includes exposing the organic polymer film to an organometallic compound containing a first metal, thereby infiltrating the organic polymer film with the organometallic compound. The method includes exposing the organic polymer film infiltrated with the organometallic compound to hydrogen fluoride, thereby providing a fluoride of the first metal in the organic polymer film.

A method for depositing an oxide film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition is disclosed. The method may include: depositing a metal oxide film over the substrate utilizing at least one deposition cycle of a first sub-cycle of the cyclical deposition process; and depositing a silicon oxide film directly on the metal oxide film utilizing at least one deposition cycle of a second sub-cycle of the cyclical deposition process. Semiconductor device structures including an oxide film deposited by the methods of the disclosure are also disclosed.

Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for controlling uniformity of processing at an edge region of a semiconductor wafer. In some embodiments, the methods include exposing an edge region to treatment gases such as etch gases and/or inhibition gases. Also provided herein are exclusion ring assemblies including multiple rings that may be implemented to provide control of the processing environment at the edge of the wafer.

A capacitor is provided. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode, a dielectric layer of a rutile phase, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an interface layer between the first electrode and the dielectric layer, wherein the interface layer includes a first interface layer and a second interface layer, the first interface layer is adjacent to the first electrode, the second interface layer is adjacent to the dielectric layer, the first interface layer includes a conductive metal oxide having a work function in a range of about 4.8 eV to about 6.0 eV, the second interface layer includes a metal oxide having a rutile-phase crystal structure, and a thickness of the second interface layer is smaller than a thickness of the first interface layer.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following. A substrate is provided. A stacked structure is formed on the substrate. The stacked structure includes first material layers and gate layers that are alternatively stacked. The stacked structure includes a giant block (GB) region and a stair-step region. A third material layer is formed on an upper surface of the GB region and an upper surface of the stair-step region. A fourth material layer filling the stair-step region and covering the GB region is formed. At least one contact structure is located in the stair-step region. Each of the at least one contact structure penetrates the third material layer and is connected with a respective one of the gate layers.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes may include preparing a base substrate, adsorbing a Si-based growth inhibitor, and selectively forming a metal oxide layer. The base substrate may include a growth region including TiN and a non-growth region including Si. Surfaces of the growth region and the non-growth region may be exposed. The Si-based growth inhibitor may be adsorbed on an exposed surface of the non-growth region by supplying the Si-based growth inhibitor to the base substrate. The metal oxide layer may be selectively formed on the growth region relative to the non-growth region by supplying a metal precursor and an oxidizing reactant gas to the base substrate. The selectively forming the metal oxide layer on the growth region may include forming a SiTiON layer between the surface of the growth region and the metal oxide layer.

There is provided a technique that includes: (a) supplying a first gas containing a predetermined element to the substrate; (b) supplying a second gas containing carbon and nitrogen to the substrate; (c) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas activated by plasma to the substrate; (d) supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the substrate; and (e) forming a film containing at least the predetermined element, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen on the substrate by: performing a cycle a first number of times of two or more, the cycle performing (a) to (d); or performing a cycle once or more, the cycle performing (a) to (d) in this order.

A method for depositing protective layers on a surface of a substrate includes conducting a plurality of ALD cycles in a first reaction chamber to deposit a first protective layer on the substrate. Each ALD cycle of the plurality of ALD cycles is conducted at a deposition temperature below about 100 C. and includes delivering a first precursor gas into the first reaction chamber containing the substrate. A reacting portion of the first precursor gas is absorbed onto a surface of the substrate to form a first sub-layer of the protective layer. A second precursor gas is delivered into the first reaction chamber containing the substrate, a reacting portion of the second precursor gas being absorbed onto the surface of the substrate to form a second sub-layer of the protective layer. Metrology analysis is performed on the substrate within a second reaction chamber.

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for selective deposition on a surface. In particular, a silicon-containing inhibitor can be used to selectively bind to a first region, thus inhibiting deposition of a material on that first region.

Disclosed are a layer structure including a dielectric layer, a method of manufacturing the dielectric layer, an electronic device including the dielectric layer, and an electronic apparatus including the electronic device. The dielectric layer according to at least one embodiment includes a first layer having a dielectric constant greater than that of silicon oxide and is undoped, a second layer configured to enhance a rutile phase of the first layer, and a third layer configured to increase a bandgap of the first layer. The method of manufacturing a dielectric layer according to an embodiment includes forming a first layer having a dielectric constant greater than that of silicon oxide; forming a phase stabilization layer for stabilizing a rutile phase of the first layer and forming a high-bandgap layer for increasing a bandgap of the first layer.