摘要:
A semiconductor surface measurement system (100) is disclosed. In this system, a plurality of wafers (106), each having an exposed surface, are held by a wafer positioning system (104), which sequentially moves the wafers into a measurement zone. A wafer position detection system (124) detects the position of a selected wafer, and generates an output signal indicating the position of the selected wafer. A surface measurement apparatus (114 through 121, 130 through 142) measures a property of the exposed surface of the selected wafer (106) in response to the output signal of the wafer position detection system (124) when the selected wafer is in the measurement zone. The disclosed surface measurement system (100)may be used to gather real-time data concerning surface properties such as composition, roughness and epilayer thickness during multi-wafer semiconductor processing.
摘要:
A dual damascene process for low-k or ultra low-k dielectric such as organo-silicate glass (OSG). After the via (112) etch, a trench (121) is etched in the OSG layer (108) using a less-polymerizing fluorocarbon added to an etch chemistry comprising a fluorocarbon and low N2/Ar ratio. The low N2/Ar ratio controls ridge formation during the trench etch. The combination of a less-polymerizing fluorocarbon with a higher-polymerizing fluorocarbon achieves a high etch rate and defect-free conditions.
摘要:
Molecular beam epitaxy (202) with growing layer thickness and doping control (206) by feedback of sensor signals such as spectrosceopic ellipsometer signals based on a process model. Examples include III-V compound structures with multiple AlAs, InGaAs, and InAs layers as used in resonant tunneling diodes and hetrojunction bipolar transistors with doped and undoped GaAs layers, AlGaAs and InGaAs.
摘要:
Molecular beam epitaxy (202) with growing layer thickness control (206) by feedback of integrated mass spectormeter (204) signals. Examples include III-V compound structures with multiple AlAs, InGaAs, and InAs layers as used in resonant tunneling diodes.
摘要:
Preferred embodiments mask select regions of a circuit surface (141) prior to abrading the surface with diamond particles to form nucleation sites (200). The mask (150) is then removed prior to forming a diamond layer (160). Diamond layer (160) grows on the surface except in those regions wherein the mask (150) prevented the formation of nucleation sites (200).
摘要:
A method and system for etching a substrate control selectivity of the etch process by modulating the gas specie of the reactants. The gas specie selectively form and etch a buffer layer that protects underlying etch stop materials thereby providing highly selective etch processes.
摘要:
A method of photolithographically patterning an organic semiconductor device, comprising the steps of protecting the organic layer of the device by depositing a metal layer thereon, depositing and patterning a photoresist layer on said metal layer, and selectively etching the exposed areas to pattern said metal layer and said organic layer. Specifically, the disclosed method provides the photolithographic fabrication of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic lasers diodes (OLDs).
摘要:
A method of determining the thickness of a thickness of a first layer of material in a semiconductor device using a reflectometer, the first layer of material being disposed outwardly from a second layer of material, the first and second layer of material both including silicon. The method includes generating at least one predicted behavior curve associated with a depth profile of an interface between the first and second layer of material, the predicted behavior curve including at least one expected optical measurement, the depth profile associated with the interface being present at a particular theoretical depth. The method also includes emitting light onto a surface of the semiconductor device. The method further includes collecting at least one optical measurement from portions of the emitted light that are reflected by the semiconductor device. The method additionally includes comparing the at least one optical measurement to the predicted behavior curve and determining the approximate actual depth of the interface in response to the compared optical measurement.
摘要:
Molecular beam epitaxy (202) with growing layer thickness control (206) by feedback of mass spectrometer (204) signals based on a process model. Examples include III-V compound structures with multiple AlAs, InGaAs, and InAs layers as used in resonant tunneling diodes.
摘要:
Molecular beam epitaxy (202) with growing layer thickness control (206) by feedback of mass spectrometer (204) signals based on a process model. Examples include III-V compound structures with multiple AlAs, InGaAs, and InAs layers as used in resonant tunneling diodes.