Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for sculpting spacer sidewall mask
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Application No.: US15906660Application Date: 2018-02-27
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Publication No.: US10260150B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Vinh Luong , Akiteru Ko
- Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Main IPC: C23C16/52
- IPC: C23C16/52 ; H01L21/32 ; H01L21/033 ; H01L21/311 ; H01L21/3213 ; C23C16/455

Abstract:
Provided is a method of forming a spacer sidewall mask, the method comprising: providing a substrate in a process chamber, the substrate having a carbon mandrel pattern and an underlying layer, the underlying layer comprising an amorphous silicon layer above a silicon nitride layer; performing a breakthrough etch process including growth of a conformal native silicon oxide layer, creating an ALD patterned structure; performing a spacer sidewall sculpting process on the ALD patterned structure; performing an amorphous silicon main etch (ME) process on the ALD patterned structure, the ME process causing a spacer oxide open and carbon mandrel removal; and performing an amorphous silicon ME over etch (OE) process on the ALD spacer oxide pattern, the ME OE process transferring the ALD spacer oxide pattern into the amorphous silicon layer, generating a first sculpted pattern comprising a first sculpted sub-structure with a trapezoidal shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180187308A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCULPTING SPACER SIDEWALL MASK Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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