摘要:
A DRAM array in an SOI wafer having a uniform BOX layer extending throughout the array eliminates the collar oxide step in processing; connects the buried plates with an implant that, in turn, is connected to a conductive plug extending through the device layer and the box that is biased at ground; while the pass transistors are planar NFETs having floating bodies that have a leakage discharge path to ground through a grounded bitline.
摘要:
A semiconductor device with openings of differing depths in a substrate or layer is described, as are related methods for its manufacture. Through selective deposition of a single mask layer, whereby low aspect ratio openings are substantially coated while high aspect ratio are at most partially coated, subsequent etching of the substrate or layer is restricted to uncoated portions of the high aspect ratio openings. The result is a substrate or layer with openings of more than one depth using a single mask layer. In a second embodiment, the selective deposition of a single mask layer is utilized to etch a layer while protecting underlying structures from etching. In a third embodiment, the selective deposition of a single mask layer is utilized to etch an opening into a layer wherein the opening has a sub-lithographic diameter, i.e., the diameter of the opening is smaller than can be achieved with the particular lithographic technique employed.
摘要:
A plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process for producing a fluorinated silicon nitride film on a substrate is disclosed. The process utilizes a mixture of silane, perfluorosilane and nitrogen to produce films of high conformality and stability. The silane and perfluorosilane in the mixture are in a ratio of 0.05 to 1 on a volume basis. The preferred silane is SiH.sub.4 and the preferred perfluorosilane is SiF.sub.4. Films prepared by the process are disclosed and their properties are described.
摘要:
A plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process for producing a fluorinated silicon nitride film on a substrate is disclosed. The process utilizes a mixture of silane, perfluorosilane and nitrogen to produce films of high conformality and stability. The silane and perfluorosilane in the mixture are in a ratio of 0.05 to 1 on a volume basis. The preferred silane is SiH.sub.4 and the preferred perfluorosilane is SiF.sub.4. Films prepared by the process are disclosed and their properties are described.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device and a design structure including the semiconductor memory device embodied in a machine readable medium is provided. In particular the present invention includes a semiconductor memory device in which a vertical trench semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (SONOS) memory cell is created in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is provided that allows for the integration of dense non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) cells in SOI-based complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The trench is processed using conventional trench processing and it is processed near the beginning of the inventive method that allows for the fabrication of the memory cell to be fully separated from SOI logic processing.
摘要:
Methods for forming or etching silicon trench isolation (STI) in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) region and a bulk silicon region, and a semiconductor device so formed, are disclosed. The STI can be etched simultaneously in the SOI and bulk silicon regions by etching to an uppermost silicon layer using an STI mask, conducting a timed etch that etches to a desired depth in the bulk silicon region and stops on a buried insulator of the SOI region, and etching through the buried insulator of the SOI region. The buried insulator etch for this process can be done with little complexity as part of a hardmask removal step. Further, by choosing the same depth for both the bulk and SOI regions, problems with a subsequent CMP process are avoided. The invention also cleans up the boundary between the SOI and bulk regions where silicon nitride residuals may exist.
摘要:
A method for forming high-density self-aligned contacts and interconnect structures in a semiconductor device. A dielectric layer thick enough to contain both interconnect and contact structures is formed on a substrate. A patterned hardmask is formed on the dielectric layer to define both the interconnect and contact structures. The openings for interconnect features are first formed by partially etching the dielectric layer selective to the hardmask. A second mask (e.g., a resist) is used to define the contact openings, and the dielectric layer is etched through the second mask, also selective to the hardmask, to expose the diffusion regions to be contacted. The patterned hardmask is used to help define the contact openings. Conductive material is then deposited in the openings which results in contacts and interconnects that are self-aligned. By first forming the openings for both interconnect and contacts, savings in processing steps may be obtained.
摘要:
In a method of forming a contact, a liner reactive ion etch is affected on a substrate to remove silicon nitride and silicon oxide. An oxygen plasma ex-situ clean, a Huang AB clean, and a dilute hydrofluric acid (DHF) clean are affected. Amorphous silicon is deposited and an anneal is performed to regrow and recrystallize amorphous silicon.
摘要:
A structure and method for an insulator layer having carbon-graded layers above a substrate is disclosed, wherein the concentration of carbon increases in each successive carbon-graded layer above the substrate. The insulator comprises a low-k dielectric having a dielectric constant less than 3.3. The carbon-graded layer increases adhesion between the substrate and the insulator and between the insulator and the conductor layer. The structure may also include stabilization interfaces between the carbon-graded layers. More specifically, the carbon-graded layers include a first layer adjacent the substrate having a carbon content between about 5% and 20%, a second layer above the first layer having a carbon content between about 10% and 30%, and a third layer above the second layer having a carbon content between about 20% and 40%.
摘要:
The stresses commonly induced in the dielectrics of integrated circuits manufactured using metal patterning methods, such as reactive ion etching (RIE) and damascene techniques, can be reduced by rounding the lower corners associated with the features which are formed as part of the integrated circuit (e.g., the interconnects) before applying the outer (i.e., passivation) layer. In connection with the formation of metal lines patterned by a metal RIE process, such corner rounding can be achieved using a two-step metal etching process including a first step which produces a vertical sidewall and a second step which tapers lower portions of the vertical sidewall or which produces a tapered spacer along the lower portions of the vertical sidewall. This results in a rounded bottom corner which improves the step coverage of the overlying dielectric, in turn eliminating the potential for cracks. For metal lines patterned by damascene, such corner rounding can be achieved using a two-step trench etching process including a first step which produces a vertical sidewall, and a second step which produces a tapered sidewall along lower portions of the vertical sidewall.