Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for fabricating a trench capacitor having an insulation collar (10; 10a, 10b) in a substrate (1), which is electrically connected to the substrate (1) on one side via a buried contact (15a, 15b), in particular for a semiconductor memory cell having a planar select transistor which is provided in the substrate (1) and is connected via the buried contact (15a, 15b), comprising the steps of: providing a trench (5) in the substrate (1) using a hard mask (2, 3) with a corresponding mask opening; providing a capacitor dielectric (30) in the lower and middle regions of the trench, the insulation collar (10) in the middle and upper regions of the trench and an electrically conductive filling (20) at least up to the top side of the insulation collar (10); completely filling the trench (5) with a filling material (50; 50′; 50″; 20); carrying out an STI trench production process; removing the filling material (50; 50′; 50″; 20) and lowering the electrically conductive filling (20) to below the top side of the insulation collar (10); forming an insulation region (IS; IS1, IS2) on one side with respect to the substrate (1) above the insulation collar (10); uncovering a connection region (KS; KS1, KS2) on the other side with respect to the substrate (1) above the insulation collar (10); and forming the buried contact (15a, 15b) by depositing and etching back a C filling (70; 70′; 70″; 70′″).
Abstract:
In a method for producing a microelectronic electrode structure a first wiring plane is prepared, an insulating region on the first wiring plane is provided, a through-hole in the insulating region is formed, a ring electrode in the through-hole is formed, and a second wiring plane is formed on the insulating region. The ring electrode comprises a first side and a second side, the ring electrode is electrically connected on the first side to the first wiring plane, and the second wiring plane is electrically connected to the second side of the ring electrode.
Abstract:
Fabrication method for a trench capacitor having an insulation collar which on one side is electrically connected to a substrate via a buried contact, in particular for a semiconductor memory cell, and corresponding trench capacitor The present invention provides a fabrication method for a trench capacitor having an insulation collar (10; 10a, 10b) in a substrate (1), which on one side is electrically connected to the substrate (1) via a buried contact (15a, 15b), comprising the steps of: providing a trench (5) in the substrate (1) using a hard mask (2, 3) with a corresponding mask opening; providing a capacitor dielectric (30) in the lower and middle trench regions, the insulation collar (10) in the middle and upper trench regions and an electrically conductive filling (20) at least as far as the top side of the insulation collar (10), with the top side of the insulation collar (10) being at a distance from the top side (OS) of the substrate (1); causing the electrically conductive filling (20) to recede to below the top side of the insulation collar (10); on one side, forming an insulation region (IS; IS1, IS2) with respect to the substrate (1) above the insulation collar (10); on the other side, forming a terminal region (KS; KS1, KS2) with respect to the substrate (1) above the insulation collar (10); providing an interface layer (100) of a transition metal nitride on the terminal region (KS; KS1, KS2); and forming the buried contact (15a, 15b) by depositing and etching back a conductive filling (70). The invention also provides a corresponding trench capacitor.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for producing a gate element for a transistor, in which a substrate (101) is provided, an insulation layer (104) and a sacrificial layer (105) are deposited on the substrate (101), the sacrificial layer (105) is patterned and a spacing layer (107) is deposited on the sacrificial layer, the spaces in the patterned sacrificial layer (105) are filled with a filling layer (108), the sacrificial layer structure (105a, 105b) and regions of the insulation layer (104) which are located beneath the sacrificial layer structure (105a, 105b) are removed. Finally, recesses (110) are etched into the substrate (101), the spacing layer (107) and those regions of the insulation layer which are not covered by the filling layer (108) are removed, a gate oxide layer (111) of the gate element is deposited and a gate electrode layer (112) of the gate element is deposited in the recesses (110). After the filling layer (108) has been removed, the result is a gate element for a field effect transistor with a low leakage current which can advantageously be used as a select transistor for a memory cell of a memory cell array.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a fabrication method for a semiconductor structure having integrated capacitors and a corresponding semiconductor structure. The fabrication method has the following steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate (1; 1′, 60, 1″) having a front side (VS) and a rear side (RS); providing trenches (5) in the semiconductor substrate (1; 1′, 60, 1″) proceeding from the front side (VS) of the semiconductor substrate (1; 1′, 60, 1″); providing a respective inner capacitor electrode (6) in the trenches (5); uncovering the inner capacitor electrodes (6) proceeding from the rear side (RS) of the semiconductor substrate (1; 1′, 60, 1″); providing a capacitor dielectric (40) on the uncovered inner capacitor electrodes (6); and providing outer capacitor electrodes (50) on the capacitor dielectric (40) on the inner capacitor electrodes (6).
Abstract:
In a method for forming patterned ceramic layers, a ceramic material is deposited on a substrate and is subsequently densified by heat treatment, for example. In this case, the initially amorphous material is converted into a crystalline or polycrystalline form. In order that the now crystalline material can be removed again from the substrate, imperfections are produced in the ceramic material, for example by ion implantation. As a result, the etching medium can more easily attack the ceramic material, so that the latter can be removed with a higher etching rate. Through inclined implantation, the method can be performed in a self-aligning manner and the ceramic material can be removed on one side, by way of example, in trenches or deep trench capacitors.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for fabricating a memory cell for storing electric charge, which has a substrate (101), which forms a first electrode, a trench-like recess (102) etched into the substrate (101), conductive material, which is provided as a projection in a central region of the trench-like recess (102) and spaced apart from the side walls (107) of the trench-like recess (102) and is in electrical contact with the substrate at the base (104) of the trench-like recess (102), a dielectric layer (108), which has been deposited on the side walls (107) of the trench-like recess (102), the base (104) of the trench-like recess (102) and the surfaces of the conductive material (105), and an electrode layer (110), which has been deposited on the dielectric layer (108) and forms a second electrode.
Abstract:
A chip includes a dielectric layer and a fill structure in the dielectric layer, wherein the fill structure extends along a dicing edge of the chip, with the fill structure abutting the dicing edge.
Abstract:
The present disclosures relates to a method for producing ultrathin chip stacks and chip stacks. Generally, a plurality of first semiconductor chips is formed in a wafer. A second semiconductor chip is applied to each of the plurality of first semiconductor chips via a connection layer and a stabilization layer is applied to fill in the interspace between each of the second semiconductor chips. The wafer, semiconductor chip, and stabilization layer are thinned and the wafer is sawed to produce a plurality of singulated chip stacks.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a vertical interconnect structure, a memory device and an associated production method, in which case, after the formation of a contact region in a carrier substrate a catalyst is produced on the contact region and a free-standing electrically conductive nanoelement is subsequently formed between the catalyst and the contact region and embedded in a dielectric layer.