Method for functionalising a substrate

    公开(公告)号:US11415881B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16469897

    申请日:2017-12-07

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: A method for functionalising a substrate intended for the self-assembly of a block copolymer, includes depositing on the surface of a substrate a layer of a first polymer material, the first polymer having a first chemical affinity with respect to the block copolymer; grafting one part only of the first polymer material layer onto the surface of the substrate; printing, using a mould, patterns in a sacrificial layer arranged above the grafted part of the first polymer material layer; transferring the patterns of the sacrificial layer into the grafted part of the first polymer material layer, until the substrate is reached; and removing at least one part of the sacrificial layer by wet etching, so as to uncover the grafted part of the first polymer material layer.

    Method to increase strain in a semiconductor region for forming a channel of the transistor

    公开(公告)号:US10347721B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15711549

    申请日:2017-09-21

    摘要: There is provided a method for making a device including at least a strained semiconductor structure configured to form at least a transistor channel, including: forming, on a semiconductor layer, a sacrificial gate block and source and drain blocks on either side of the block, the semiconductor layer being a strained surface semiconductor layer disposed on an underlying insulating layer, with the underlying layer being disposed on an etch-stop layer; removing the block to form a cavity revealing a region of the strained surface layer configured to form the transistor channel; and etching, in the cavity, one or more portions of the region to define one or more semiconductor blocks and holes on either side, respectively, of the one or more blocks, the etching of holes extending into the underlying layer to form one or more galleries therein, etching of the galleries being stopped by the etch-stop layer.

    Method for forming a functionalised guide pattern for a graphoepitaxy method

    公开(公告)号:US10795257B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-06

    申请号:US16304933

    申请日:2017-05-23

    摘要: A method for forming a functionalised guide pattern for the self-assembly of a block copolymer by graphoepitaxy, includes forming a guide pattern made of a first material having a first chemical affinity for the block copolymer, the guide pattern having a cavity with a bottom and side walls; grafting a functionalisation layer made of a second polymeric material having a second chemical affinity for the block copolymer, the functionalisation layer having a first portion grafted onto the bottom of the cavity and a second portion grafted onto the side walls of the cavity; selectively etching the second portion of the functionalisation layer relative to the first portion of the functionalisation layer, the etching including a step of exposure to an ion beam following a direction that intersects the second portion of the functionalisation layer, such that the ion beam does not reach the first portion of the functionalisation layer.