There is provided a process of forming a film containing a metal element, an additional element different from the metal element and at least one of nitrogen and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying a first precursor gas containing the metal element and a second precursor gas containing the additional element to the substrate so that supply periods of the first precursor gas and the second precursor gas at least partially overlap with each other; and (b) supplying a reaction gas containing the at least one of nitrogen and carbon to the substrate.

Exemplary methods of semiconductor processing may include providing a first precursor to a semiconductor processing chamber. A substrate may be disposed within a processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The first precursor may include a first metal. The methods may include contacting the substrate with the first precursor. The contacting may form a first portion of a metal oxide material on the substrate. The methods may include providing a second precursor to the semiconductor processing chamber. The second precursor may be an oxygen-containing precursor including an alcohol, an alkoxide, a hydroxide, an acetylacetonate, an acetate, a formate, a nitrate, a sulfate, a phosphate, a phosphide, a carbonate, an oxide, an oxynitride, a perchlorate, an oxyhalide, a peroxide, an oxalate, or a phenolate. The methods may include contacting the first portion of the metal oxide material with the second precursor. The contacting may form a metal oxide material.

A method of forming a surface treatment film on a substrate having, on a surface thereof, a first region where an insulator is exposed and a second region where at least one metallic matter is exposed, in which the surface treatment film is formed on the second region and is capable of suppressing intrusion of the surface treatment film onto the first region. A method of forming a surface treatment film, including preparing the substrate, oxidizing a surface of the second region, and forming a surface treatment film on the second region by exposing a surface of the substrate after the oxidation to a surface-treatment agent including a thiol having 8 or less carbon atoms.

Methods of forming patterned features on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. Exemplary methods include gas-phase formation of a layer comprising an oxalate compound on a surface of the substrate. Portions of the layer comprising the oxalate compound can be exposed to radiation or active species that form exposed and unexposed portions. Material can be selectively deposed onto the exposed or the unexposed portions.

A selective deposition method of a thin film includes: exposing a plurality of dielectric areas including a first dielectric area and a second dielectric area, supplying a reaction inhibitor and adsorbing the reaction inhibitor onto the plurality of dielectric areas, supplying a reaction auxiliary agent, which reacts with the reaction inhibitor, to selectively remove the reaction inhibitor adsorbed on the first dielectric area, supplying a reaction precursor for forming the thin film and adsorbing the reaction precursor for forming the thin film on the first dielectric area from which the reaction inhibitor is removed, and supplying a reactant for forming the thin film, which reacts with the a reaction precursor for forming the thin film, to selectively form an atomic layer on the first dielectric area.

The disclosed technology generally relates to forming thin films, and more particularly to high quality, conformal thin films using relatively low amounts of precursor gas, and methods of forming the same. In one aspect, a method of forming a thin film comprises exposing the substrate to one or more vapor deposition cycles in a reaction chamber, wherein exposing the substrate to each vapor deposition cycle comprises exposing the substrate to a first precursor and a second precursor, wherein exposing the substrate to the first precursor and the second precursor is carried out without evacuating to remove a substantial amount of either of the first precursor or the second precursor during and between exposing the substrate to the first precursor and exposing the substrate the second precursor.

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: loading a substrate into a substrate processing apparatus; and processing the substrate, using the substrate processing apparatus. The processing the substrate includes: providing a process gas; generating a process etchant from the process gas, using plasma ignition, the process etchant including a first etchant and a second etchant; processing the substrate, using the process etchant; identifying a composition rate of the process etchant; and controlling the processing of the substrate based on a process result according to the composition rate of the process etchant.

Various embodiments include methods and apparatuses to moisturize a substrate prior to an electrochemical deposition process. In one embodiment, a method to control substrate wettability includes placing a substrate in a pre-treatment chamber, controlling an environment of the pre-treatment chamber to moisturize a surface of the substrate; and placing the substrate into a plating cell. Other methods and systems are disclosed.