摘要:
Semiconductor devices with orientation-free decoupling capacitors and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes at least one integrated circuit and at least one decoupling capacitor. The at least one decoupling capacitor is oriented in a different direction than the at least one integrated circuit is oriented.
摘要:
A new method to form DRAM cells in an integrated circuit device is achieved. The method comprises providing a substrate. A plurality of STI regions is formed in the substrate. The STI regions comprise trenches in the substrate. The trenches are filled with a first dielectric layer. All of the first dielectric layer is etched away from a first group of the STI regions to form open trenches while leaving the first dielectric layer in a second group of the STI regions. A second dielectric layer is formed overlying the substrate and lining the open trenches. A conductive layer is deposited overlying the second dielectric layer and completely filling the open trenches. The conductive layer is patterned to define DRAM transistor gates and to define DRAM capacitor top plates. Thereafter, ions are implanted into the substrate to form source and drain regions for the transistors.
摘要:
A process for forming a composite insulator spacer on the sides of a buried stack capacitor structure, wherein the buried stack capacitor structure is located overlying a portion of an insulator filled, shallow trench isolation (STI) region, has been developed. A thin silicon nitride spacer is first formed on the sides of the completed buried stack capacitor structure, followed by deposition of a silicon oxide layer. An anisotropic dry etch procedure is next employed removing a top portion of the silicon oxide layer, and resulting in a partially defined silicon oxide spacer. A critical wet etch procedure is next used to remove the bottom portion of the silicon oxide layer, defining the final silicon oxide spacer of the composite insulator spacer, now comprised of a silicon oxide spacer on an underlying silicon nitride spacer. The wet etch procedure allows a gradual slope to be created at the composite insulator spacer—STI region interface, reducing the risk of leaving, or forming polysilicon residuals or stringers on the underlying surface, which can occur during definition of a MOSFET gate structure. The elimination of the polysilicon stringers reduces the risk of leakage between SRAM cell elements, such as buried stack capacitor structures, and MOSFET devices.
摘要:
A process for fabricating a buried stack capacitor structure, to be used in a one transistor, RAM cell, has been developed. The process features formation of a self-aligned, ring shaped storage node opening, formed in a top portion of an silicon oxide filled, shallow trench shape, via a selective dry etch procedure. The selective dry etch procedure in combination with subsequent selective wet etch procedures, create bare portions of semiconductor substrate at the junction of the ring shaped storage node opening and the adjacent top surface of semiconductor, allowing a heavily doped region to be created in this region. The presence of the heavily doped region reduces the node to substrate resistance encountered when a storage node structure is formed in the ring shaped storage node structure, as well as on the overlying the heavily doped region.
摘要:
A method using a single masking step for making double-cylinder stacked capacitors for DRAMs which increases capacitance while eliminating erosion of an underlying oxide insulating layer when the masking step is misaligned is described. A planar silicon oxide (SiO2) first insulating layer is formed over device areas, and a first silicon nitride (Si3N4) etch-stop layer is deposited, and openings are etched for capacitor node contacts. A first polysilicon layer is deposited to a thickness sufficient to fill the openings and to form an essentially planar surface. A second insulating layer is deposited and patterned to form portions with vertical sidewalls over the node contacts. A conformal second Si3N4 layer is deposited and etched back to form spacers on the vertical sidewalls, and the first polysilicon layer is etched to the first Si3N4 layer. The second insulating layer is selectively removed using HF acid while the first polysilicon and first Si3N4 layers prevent etching of the underlying first SiO2 layer. A second polysilicon layer is deposited and etched back to form double-cylinder sidewalls for the capacitor bottom electrodes. The first and second Si3N4 layers are removed in hot phosphoric acid. The capacitors are completed by forming an interelectrode dielectric layer on the bottom electrodes, and depositing a third polysilicon layer for top electrodes.
摘要翻译:描述了一种使用单个掩模步骤来制造用于DRAM的双圆柱体堆叠电容器的方法,其在掩蔽步骤未对准时消除了下面的氧化物绝缘层的侵蚀,同时增加了电容。 在器件区域上形成平面氧化硅(SiO 2)第一绝缘层,并沉积第一氮化硅(Si 3 N 4)蚀刻停止层,并且蚀刻用于电容器节点接触的开口。 第一多晶硅层被沉积到足以填充开口并形成基本平坦的表面的厚度。 沉积和图案化第二绝缘层以在节点接触件上形成具有垂直侧壁的部分。 沉积保形第二Si 3 N 4层并回蚀刻以在垂直侧壁上形成间隔物,并且将第一多晶硅层蚀刻到第一Si 3 N 4层。 使用HF酸选择性地除去第二绝缘层,而第一多晶硅和第一Si 3 N 4层防止蚀刻下面的第一SiO 2层。 沉积第二多晶硅层并将其回蚀以形成用于电容器底部电极的双气缸侧壁。 在热磷酸中除去第一和第二Si 3 N 4层。 电容器通过在底部电极上形成电极间电介质层而形成,并且为顶部电极沉积第三多晶硅层。
摘要:
An improved etching procedure that uses three processing steps to vastly improve HAR opening profile and improved under-layer selectivity. A new three sequence etching process is provided during which a new three-gas plasma etch is to be used. This new etching sequence is preceded by a new main etch that uses three gasses and followed by a new over-etch procedure that uses the same three gasses and etching conditions as the new main etch.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for manufacturing metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors. The MIM capacitors may comprise an electrode, which may be a top or bottom electrode, which has a bottle neck. The MIM capacitors may comprise an electrode, which may be a top or bottom electrode, in contact with a sidewall of a via. The sidewall contact or the bottle neck of the electrode may burn out to form a high impedance path when the leakage current exceeds a specification, while the sidewall contact or the bottle neck of the electrode has no impact for normal MIM operations. The MIM capacitors may be used as decoupling capacitors.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate, a conductive layer disposed over the isolation structure, a capacitor disposed over the isolation structure, the capacitor including a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a dielectric disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, and a first contact electrically coupling the conductive layer and the bottom electrode, the bottom electrode substantially engaging the first contact on at least two faces.
摘要:
A new method of depositing PE-oxide or PE-TEOS. An HDP-oxide is provided over a pattern of polysilicon. An etch back is performed to the deposited HDP-oxide, a layer of plasma-enhanced SiN is deposited. This PE-SiN is etched back leaving SiN spacers on the sidewalls of the poly pattern, further leaving a deposition of HDP-oxide on the top surface of the poly pattern. The profile of the holes within the poly pattern in such that the final layer of PE-oxide or PE-TEOS is deposited without resulting in the formation of keyholes in this latter layer.
摘要:
A method for forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. A substrate including a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer sequentially formed thereon is provided. An offset spacer is formed on sidewalls of the gate dielectric layer and the gate electrode layer. A carbon spacer is formed on a sidewall of the offset spacer, and the carbon spacer is then removed. The substrate is implanted to form a lightly doped region using the gate electrode layer and the offset spacer as a mask. The method may also include providing a substrate having a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer sequentially formed thereon. A liner layer is formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode layer and on the substrate. A carbon spacer is formed on a portion of the liner layer adjacent the sidewall of the gate electrode layer. A main spacer is formed on a sidewall of the carbon spacer. The carbon spacer is removed to form an opening between the liner layer and the main spacer. The opening is sealed by a sealing layer to form an air gap.