Abstract:
A semiconductor device is composed of: an interconnect made of a first conductive film and a second conductive film that are stacked in sequence from the interconnect underside on an insulating film formed on a substrate; and a capacitor composed of a lower capacitor electrode made of the first conductive film, a dielectric film formed on the lower capacitor electrode, and an upper capacitor electrode made of the second conductive film and formed on the dielectric film.
Abstract:
After distributing a nonmetal element in a region in the vicinity of a surface portion of a semiconductor layer, a metal film is deposited on the semiconductor layer. Next, a semiconductor-metal compound layer is epitaxially grown in the surface portion of the semiconductor layer by causing a reaction between an element included in the semiconductor layer and a metal included in the metal film through annealing carried out on the metal film.
Abstract:
A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
Abstract:
A retainer board, holding a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of integrated circuit terminals for testing a semiconductor chip, is provided in confronting relation to a probe sheet having a plurality of probe terminals electrically connected to their corresponding integrated circuit terminals. An insulating substrate, having wiring electrically connected to the plural probe terminals, is provided on the probe sheet in opposed relation to the retainer board. An elastic member is interposed between the probe sheet and the insulating substrate. The retainer board and the probe sheet are brought into so closer relationship that each integrated circuit terminal of the semiconductor wafer held by the retainer board is electrically connected to its corresponding probe terminal of the probe sheet.
Abstract:
A contact hole and a wiring groove are formed in an insulating layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. A silver layer is formed inside of the contact hole and the wiring groove and on the insulating layer with the use of an electroless plating bath comprising: silver nitrate containing silver ions; tartaric acid serving as a reducing agent of the silver ions; ethylenediamine serving as a complexing agent of the silver ions; and metallic ions of tetramethylammoniumhydroxide serving as a pH control agent. Then, the silver layer on the insulating layer is removed by a chemical and mechanical polishing method such that an embedded wiring is formed in each of the contact hole and the wiring groove.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of producing a semiconductor memory device. An interlayer insulation film is formed on a semiconductor substrate including a switching transistor. Then, a memory node pattern reaching an active region of the switching transistor is formed. A cell plate electrode pattern is formed through an insulation film formed on the memory node in such a manner that a value obtained by subtracting a thickness of a polycrystalline silicon film for a cell plate electrode from an overlapping dimension of a memory node pattern and the cell plate electrode pattern is not less than two times larger and not more than ten times larger than a thickness of deposition of a BPSG film. Then, the BPSG film is deposited on an entire surface, and then is caused to viscously flow by a heat treatment. Then, an aluminum wiring is formed on the BPSG film. With this construction, a step of the aluminum wiring in a boundary region between a memory cell array portion and a peripheral circuit portion, or in a word line-backing contact forming region, is decreased, thereby preventing the lowering of the yield of the aluminum wiring which is caused by the cutting of the aluminum wiring and the remaining of a residue of etching for a contact-forming electrode (for example, tungsten).
Abstract:
A gallium nitride based semiconductor device is provided which includes a gallium nitride based semiconductor film with a flat c-plane surface provided on a gallium oxide wafer. A light emitting diode LED includes a gallium oxide support base 32 having a primary surface 32a of monoclinic gallium oxide, and a laminate structure 33 of Group III nitride. A semiconductor mesa of the laminate structure 33 includes a low-temperature GaN buffer layer 35, an n-type GaN layer 37, an active layer 39 of a quantum well structure, and a p-type gallium nitride based semiconductor layer 37. The p-type gallium nitride based semiconductor layer 37 includes, for example, a p-type AlGaN electron block layer and a p-type GaN contact layer. The primary surface 32a of the gallium oxide support base 32 is inclined at an angle of not less than 2 degrees and not more than 4 degrees relative to a (100) plane of monoclinic gallium oxide. Owing to this inclination, the gallium nitride based semiconductor epitaxially grown on the primary surface 32a of the gallium oxide support base has a flat surface.
Abstract translation:提供了一种氮化镓基半导体器件,其包括在氧化镓晶片上设置有平坦c面的氮化镓基半导体膜。 发光二极管LED包括具有单斜氧化镓的主表面32a的氧化镓载体基底32和III族氮化物的叠层结构33。 层压结构33的半导体台面包括低温GaN缓冲层35,n型GaN层37,量子阱结构的有源层39和p型氮化镓基半导体层37. p 型氮化镓系半导体层37例如包括p型AlGaN电子阻挡层和p型GaN接触层。 氧化镓载体基体32的主表面32a相对于单斜晶系氧化镓的(100)面倾斜2度以上4度以下。 由于该倾斜,在氧化镓载体基体的主表面32a上外延生长的氮化镓基半导体具有平坦的表面。
Abstract:
A production method for a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate having semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on a surface thereof; forming a first mask so as to cover a predetermined region of the semiconductor layer; (c) forming a well region of a second conductivity type by implanting impurity ions of the second conductivity type into the semiconductor layer having the first mask formed thereon; reducing the thickness of the first mask by removing a portion of the first mask; forming a second mask covering a portion of the well region by using photolithography; and forming a source region of the first conductivity type by implanting impurity ions of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor layer having the first mask with the reduced thickness and the second mask formed thereon.
Abstract:
A production method for a semiconductor device includes the steps of: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor layer 2 of a first conductivity type formed on a surface thereof; (b) forming a first mask 30 so as to cover a predetermined region of the semiconductor layer 2; (c) forming a well region 6 of a second conductivity type by implanting impurity ions of the second conductivity type into the semiconductor layer 2 having the first mask 30 formed thereon; (d) reducing the thickness t1 of the first mask 30 by removing a portion of the first mask 30; (e) forming a second mask 34 covering a portion of the well region 6 by using photolithography; and (f) forming a source region 8 of the first conductivity type by implanting impurity ions of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor layer 2 having the first mask 30′ with the reduced thickness and the second mask 34 formed thereon.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprises a first insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a first metal pattern formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first metal pattern, a second metal pattern formed on the second insulating film, and a third metal pattern formed in the second insulating film and connecting between the first metal pattern and the second metal pattern. The third metal pattern is a single continuous structure, and the principal orientation axes of crystals of a metal constituting the third metal pattern are parallel to the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate.