PECVD methods for depositing a film at a low deposition rate comprising intermittent activation of the plasma are disclosed. The flowable film can be deposited using at least a polysilane precursor and a plasma gas. The deposition rate of the disclosed processes may be less than 500 Å/min.

There is provided a technique that includes selectively doping a metal film with a dopant by performing: supplying a dopant-containing gas containing the dopant to a substrate in which the metal film and a film other than the metal film are formed on a film in which the dopant is doped; and removing the dopant-containing gas from above the substrate.

Methods for depositing oxide thin films, such as metal oxide, metal silicates, silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) and silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) thin films, on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a first reactant that comprises oxygen and a component of the oxide, and a second reactant comprising reactive species that does not include oxygen species. In some embodiments the plasma power used to generate the reactive species can be selected from a range to achieve a desired step coverage or wet etch rate ratio (WERR) for films deposited on three dimensional features. In some embodiments oxide thin films are selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface, such as on a dielectric surface relative to a metal or metallic surface.

There is provided a film formation method. The method comprises: preparing a substrate having a first region on which an oxide formed by oxidization of a surface of a conductive material is exposed and a second region on which an insulating material is exposed; replacing a film of the oxide with a film of boron oxide by supplying a boron halide gas to the substrate; etching the boron oxide film in the first region and forming a self-assembled monolayer film in the second region by supplying a gas of a fluorine-containing silane compound to the substrate; and forming a conductive target film selectively in the first region, from the first region and the second region, using the self-assembled monolayer film formed in the second region, the first region having the conductive material exposed thereon.

PECVD methods for depositing a film at a low deposition rate comprising intermittent activation of the plasma are disclosed. The flowable film can be deposited using at least a polysilane precursor and a plasma gas. The deposition rate of the disclosed processes may be less than 500 /min.

There is provided a technique that includes selectively doping a metal film with a dopant by performing: supplying a dopant-containing gas containing the dopant to a substrate in which the metal film and a film other than the metal film are formed on a film in which the dopant is doped; and removing the dopant-containing gas from above the substrate.

A tantalum compound, a method of forming a thin film, and a method of fabricating an integrated circuit device, the tantalum compound being represented by the following General Formula (I):

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Methods for depositing oxide thin films, such as metal oxide, metal silicates, silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) and silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) thin films, on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a first reactant that comprises oxygen and a component of the oxide, and a second reactant comprising reactive species that does not include oxygen species. In some embodiments the plasma power used to generate the reactive species can be selected from a range to achieve a desired step coverage or wet etch rate ratio (WERR) for films deposited on three dimensional features. In some embodiments oxide thin films are selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface, such as on a dielectric surface relative to a metal or metallic surface.

A tantalum compound, a method of forming a thin film, and a method of fabricating an integrated circuit device, the tantalum compound being represented by the following General Formula (I): ##STR00001##

There is provided a film formation method. The method comprises: preparing a substrate having a first region on which an oxide formed by oxidization of a surface of a conductive material is exposed and a second region on which an insulating material is exposed; replacing a film of the oxide with a film of boron oxide by supplying a boron halide gas to the substrate; etching the boron oxide film in the first region and forming a self-assembled monolayer film in the second region by supplying a gas of a fluorine-containing silane compound to the substrate; and forming a conductive target film selectively in the first region, from the first region and the second region, using the self-assembled monolayer film formed in the second region, the first region having the conductive material exposed thereon.