Invention Application
- Patent Title: VIA FORMATION USING SIDEWALL IMAGE TRANSFER PROCESS TO DEFINE LATERAL DIMENSION
- Patent Title (中): 通过使用边框图像转移过程来形成侧向尺寸
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Application No.: US14710894Application Date: 2015-05-13
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Publication No.: US20160336225A1Publication Date: 2016-11-17
- Inventor: Shyng-Tsong Chen , Cheng Chi , Chi-Chun Liu , Sylvie M. Mignot , Yann A. Mignot , Hosadurga K. Shobha , Terry A. Spooner , Wenhui Wang , Yongan Xu
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation , GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC. , STMicroelectronics, Inc.
- Main IPC: H01L21/768
- IPC: H01L21/768 ; H01L23/528 ; H01L23/535

Abstract:
A method of forming a via to an underlying layer of a semiconductor device is provided. The method may include forming a pillar over the underlying layer using a sidewall image transfer process. A dielectric layer is formed over the pillar and the underlying layer; and a via mask patterned over the dielectric layer, the via mask having a mask opening at least partially overlapping the pillar. A via opening is etched in the dielectric layer using the via mask, the mask opening defining a first lateral dimension of the via opening in a first direction and the pillar defining a second lateral dimension of the via opening in a second direction different than the first direction. The via opening is filled with a conductor to form the via. A semiconductor device and via structure are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US09490168B1 Via formation using sidewall image transfer process to define lateral dimension Public/Granted day:2016-11-08
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