摘要:
A method and system for modifying a gate dielectric stack by exposure to a plasma. The method includes providing the gate dielectric stack having a high-k layer formed on a substrate, generating a plasma from a process gas containing an inert gas and one of an oxygen-containing gas or a nitrogen-containing gas, where the process gas pressure is selected to control the amount of neutral radicals relative to the amount of ionic radicals in the plasma, and modifying the gate dielectric stack by exposing the stack to the plasma.
摘要:
CMOS gate dielectric made of high-k metal silicates by passivating a silicon surface with nitrogen compounds prior to high-k dielectric deposition. Optionally, a silicon dioxide monolayer may be preserved at the interface.
摘要:
A method of forming a first and second transistors with differing work function gates by differing metals with a second metal selectively implanted or diffused into a first metal.
摘要:
A ferroelectric device fabrication process is described in which ferroelectric device contaminant substances (e.g., Pb, Zr, Ti, and Ir) that are incompatible with standard CMOS fabrication processes are tightly controlled. In particular, specific etch chemistries have been developed to remove incompatible substances from the backside and edge surfaces of the substrate after a ferroelectric device has been formed. In addition, a sacrificial layer may be disposed over the bottom and edge surfaces (and, in some embodiments, the frontside edge exclusion zone surface) of the substrate to assist in the removal of difficult-to-etch contaminants (e.g., Ir). In this way, the ferroelectric device fabrication process may be integrated with a standard semiconductor fabrication process, whereby ferroelectric devices may be formed together with semiconductor integrated circuits without substantial risk of cross-contamination through shared equipment (e.g., steppers, metrology tools, and the like).
摘要:
An embodiment of the instant invention is a ferroelectric capacitor formed over a semiconductor substrate, the ferroelectric capacitor comprising: a bottom electrode formed over the semiconductor substrate, the bottom electrode comprised of a bottom electrode material (304 of FIG. 4a); a top electrode formed over the bottom electrode and comprised of a first electrode material (306and 308 of FIG. 4a); a ferroelectric material (306 of FIG. 4a) situated between the top electrode and the bottom electrode; and a hardmask formed on the top electrode and comprising a bottom hardmask layer (402 of FIG. 4a) and a top hardmask layer (408 of FIG. 4a) formed on the bottom hardmask layer, the top hardmask layer able to with stand etchants used to etch the bottom electrode, the top electrode, and the ferroelectric material to leave the bottom hardmask layer substantially unremoved during the etch and the bottom hardmask layer being comprised of a conductive material which substantially acts as a hydrogen diffusion barrier.
摘要:
An adherent hardmask structure and method of etching a bottom electrode in memory device capacitor structures that dispenses with the need for any adhesion promoter during the etching of the bottom electrode. By using silicon nitride as a hardmask 220, the processing is simplified and a more robust capacitor structure can be produced. Silicon nitride 220 has been shown to yield significantly enhanced adhesion to platinum 210, as compared to silicon oxide formed by any method. Since silicon nitride 220 is oxidation resistant, it advantageously resists any oxygen plasma that might be used in the etch chemistry. This etching process can be used during processing of high-k capacitor structures in DRAMs in the ≧256 Mbit generations.
摘要:
A high-k dielectric capacitor structure and fabrication method that incorporates an adhesion promoting etch stop layer 200 to promote adhesion of the bottom electrode 220 to the interlevel dielectric layer 210 and to provide a well controlled, repeatable and uniform recess prior to the dielectric 230 deposition. By using a sacrificial layer 200, for example silicon nitride (Si3N4), this layer can act as an etch stop during the recess etch to eliminate parasitic capacitance between adjacent capacitor cells A and B and can promote adhesion of the bottom electrode material 220 to the substrate 210.
摘要翻译:高k电介质电容器结构和制造方法,其包含粘附促进蚀刻停止层200以促进底部电极220粘附到层间电介质层210,并且在电介质230沉积之前提供良好控制的,可重复的和均匀的凹部 。 通过使用牺牲层200(例如氮化硅(Si 3 N 4)),该层可以在凹陷蚀刻期间用作蚀刻停止以消除相邻的电容器电池A和B之间的寄生电容,并且可以促进底部电极材料220与 衬底210。
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An article of manufacture includes a semiconductor die (110) having an integrated circuit (105) on a first side of the die (110), a diffusion barrier (125) on a second side of the die (110) opposite the first side, a mat of carbon nanotubes (112) rooted to the diffusion barrier (125), a die attach adhesive (115) forming an integral mass with the mat (112) of the carbon nanotubes, and a die pad (120) adhering to the die attach adhesive and (115) and the mat (112) of carbon nanotubes for at least some thermal transfer between the die (110) and the die pad (120) via the carbon nanotubes (112). Other articles, integrated circuit devices, structures, and processes of manufacture, and assembly processes are also disclosed.
摘要:
A method of setting a work function of a filly silicided semiconductor device, and related device. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising forming a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate (the gate stack comprising a dielectric layer, a suicide layer on the dielectric layer that defines a metal-dielectric layer interface, and a polysilicon layer on the suicide layer), depositing a metal layer over the gate stack, annealing to induce a reaction between the polysilicon layer and the metal layer, and delivering a work function-setting dopant to the metal-dielectric layer interface by way of the reaction.
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A method and semiconductor device for forming a uniformly thin dielectric layer on graphene. A metal or semiconductor layer is deposited on graphene which is located on the surface of a dielectric layer or on the surface of a substrate. The metal or semiconductor layer may act as a nucleation layer for graphene. The metal or semiconductor layer may be subjected to an oxidation process. A thin dielectric layer may then be formed on the graphene layer after the metal or semiconductor layer is oxidized. As a result of synthesizing a metal-oxide layer on graphene, which acts as a nucleation layer for the gate dielectric and buffer to graphene, a uniformly thin dielectric layer may be established on graphene without affecting the underlying characteristics of graphene.