Small footprint phase change memory cell
    31.
    发明授权
    Small footprint phase change memory cell 有权
    小尺寸相变存储单元

    公开(公告)号:US08728859B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-20

    申请号:US12855079

    申请日:2010-08-12

    IPC分类号: H01L21/00 H01L45/00

    摘要: An example embodiment disclosed is a method for fabricating a phase change memory cell. The method includes forming a non-sublithographic via within an insulating substrate. The insulating substrate is embedded on the same layer as a first metalization layer (Metal 1) of a semiconductor wafer, and includes a bottom and a sidewall. A sublithographic aperture is formed through the bottom of the non-sublithographic via and extends to a buried conductive material. The sublithographic aperture is filled with a conductive non-phase change material. Furthermore, phase change material is deposited within the non-sublithographic via.

    摘要翻译: 所公开的示例性实施例是用于制造相变存储单元的方法。 该方法包括在绝缘衬底内形成非亚光刻通孔。 绝缘基板被嵌入与半导体晶片的第一金属化层(金属1)相同的层上,并且包括底部和侧壁。 通过非亚光刻通孔的底部形成亚光刻孔,并延伸到掩埋的导电材料。 亚光刻孔填充有导电非相变材料。 此外,相变材料沉积在非亚光刻通孔内。

    Pore phase change material cell fabricated from recessed pillar
    32.
    发明授权
    Pore phase change material cell fabricated from recessed pillar 有权
    由凹柱制造的孔相变材料池

    公开(公告)号:US08686391B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-01

    申请号:US13612552

    申请日:2012-09-12

    IPC分类号: H01L47/00 H01L29/04

    摘要: A method of manufacturing an electrode is provided that includes providing a pillar of a first phase change material atop a conductive structure of a dielectric layer; or the inverted structure; forming an insulating material atop dielectric layer and adjacent the pillar, wherein an upper surface of the first insulating material is coplanar with an upper surface of the pillar; recessing the upper surface of the pillar below the upper surface of the insulating material to provide a recessed cavity; and forming a second phase change material atop the recessed cavity and the upper surface of the insulating material, wherein the second phase change material has a greater phase resistivity than the first phase change material.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种制造电极的方法,其包括在电介质层的导电结构的顶部设置第一相变材料的柱; 或倒置结构; 在电介质层的上方形成绝缘材料,并邻近所述柱,其中所述第一绝缘材料的上表面与所述柱的上表面共面; 将所述柱的上表面凹陷在所述绝缘材料的上表面下方以提供凹腔; 以及在所述凹腔和所述绝缘材料的上表面之上形成第二相变材料,其中所述第二相变材料具有比所述第一相变材料更大的相电阻率。

    HIGH ASPECT RATIO AND REDUCED UNDERCUT TRENCH ETCH PROCESS FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE
    33.
    发明申请
    HIGH ASPECT RATIO AND REDUCED UNDERCUT TRENCH ETCH PROCESS FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE 有权
    用于半导体衬底的高纵横比和降低的底切热蚀刻工艺

    公开(公告)号:US20130105947A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-02

    申请号:US13281715

    申请日:2011-10-26

    IPC分类号: H01L21/768 H01L23/00

    摘要: A hydrofluorocarbon gas is employed as a polymer deposition gas in an anisotropic etch process employing an alternation of an etchant gas and the polymer deposition gas to etch a deep trench in a semiconductor substrate. The hydrofluorocarbon gas can generate a thick carbon-rich and hydrogen-containing polymer on sidewalls of a trench at a thickness on par with the thickness of the polymer on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The thick carbon-rich and hydrogen-containing polymer protects sidewalls of a trench, thereby minimizing an undercut below a hard mask without degradation of the overall rate. In some embodiments, an improvement in the overall etch rate can be achieved.

    摘要翻译: 在各向异性蚀刻工艺中使用氢氟烃气体作为聚合物沉积气体,其使用蚀刻剂气体和聚合物沉积气体的交替来蚀刻半导体衬底中的深沟槽。 氢氟烃气体可以在半导体衬底的顶表面上与聚合物的厚度一致的厚度在沟槽的侧壁上产生厚的富碳和含氢聚合物。 厚的富碳和含氢聚合物保护沟槽的侧壁,从而使硬掩模下方的底切最小化,而不降低整体速率。 在一些实施例中,可以实现整体蚀刻速率的改进。

    Magnetic Spin Shift Register Memory
    34.
    发明申请
    Magnetic Spin Shift Register Memory 有权
    磁旋转移位寄存器

    公开(公告)号:US20130005053A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-03

    申请号:US13613313

    申请日:2012-09-13

    IPC分类号: H01L43/12

    摘要: A method for forming a memory device includes forming a cavity having an inner surface with an undulating profile in a substrate, depositing a ferromagnetic material in the cavity, forming a reading element on the substrate proximate to a portion of the ferromagnetic material, and forming a writing element on the substrate proximate to a second portion of the ferromagnetic material.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于形成存储器件的方法包括:形成具有在衬底中具有波状轮廓的内表面的空腔,在所述空腔中沉积铁磁材料,在所述衬底上形成接近所述铁磁材料的一部分的读取元件,以及形成 在基板上的写入元件靠近铁磁材料的第二部分。

    THERMALLY INSULATED PHASE MATERIAL CELLS
    36.
    发明申请
    THERMALLY INSULATED PHASE MATERIAL CELLS 有权
    热绝缘相材料

    公开(公告)号:US20120129313A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-24

    申请号:US13363549

    申请日:2012-02-01

    IPC分类号: H01L21/62

    摘要: A memory cell structure and method for forming the same. The method includes forming a pore within a dielectric layer. The pore is formed over the center of an electrically conducting bottom electrode. The method includes depositing a thermally insulating layer along at least one sidewall of the pore. The thermally insulating layer isolates heat from phase change current to the volume of the pore. In one embodiment phase change material is deposited within the pore and the volume of the thermally insulating layer. In another embodiment a pore electrode is formed within the pore and the volume of the thermally insulating layer, with the phase change material being deposited above the pore electrode. The method also includes forming an electrically conducting top electrode above the phase change material.

    摘要翻译: 一种存储单元结构及其形成方法。 该方法包括在电介质层内形成孔。 孔形成在导电底部电极的中心上方。 该方法包括沿孔的至少一个侧壁沉积绝热层。 绝热层将热量从相变电流隔离成孔的体积。 在一个实施例中,相变材料沉积在孔隙和隔热层的体积内。 在另一个实施方案中,孔隙电极形成在绝热层的孔隙和体积内,相变材料沉积在孔电极上方。 该方法还包括在相变材料上形成导电顶电极。

    PORE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL CELL FABRICATED FROM RECESSED PILLAR
    38.
    发明申请
    PORE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL CELL FABRICATED FROM RECESSED PILLAR 有权
    钻孔相变材料细胞从残留的支柱制成

    公开(公告)号:US20110186800A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-04

    申请号:US13084088

    申请日:2011-04-11

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: A method of manufacturing an electrode is provided that includes providing a pillar of a first phase change material atop a conductive structure of a dielectric layer; or the inverted structure; forming an insulating material atop dielectric layer and adjacent the pillar, wherein an upper surface of the first insulating material is coplanar with an upper surface of the pillar; recessing the upper surface of the pillar below the upper surface of the insulating material to provide a recessed cavity; and forming a second phase change material atop the recessed cavity and the upper surface of the insulating material, wherein the second phase change material has a greater phase resistivity than the first phase change material.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种制造电极的方法,其包括在电介质层的导电结构的顶部设置第一相变材料的柱; 或倒置结构; 在电介质层的上方形成绝缘材料,并邻近所述柱,其中所述第一绝缘材料的上表面与所述柱的上表面共面; 将所述柱的上表面凹陷在所述绝缘材料的上表面下方以提供凹腔; 以及在所述凹腔和所述绝缘材料的上表面之上形成第二相变材料,其中所述第二相变材料具有比所述第一相变材料更大的相电阻率。

    Etching of tungsten selective to titanium nitride
    39.
    发明授权
    Etching of tungsten selective to titanium nitride 有权
    钨选择性蚀刻氮化钛

    公开(公告)号:US07972966B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-05

    申请号:US12468297

    申请日:2009-05-19

    IPC分类号: H01L21/311

    摘要: The present invention in one embodiment provides an etch method that includes providing a structure including a tungsten (W) portion and a titanium nitride (TiN) portion; applying a first etch feed gas of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and oxygen (O2), in which the ratio of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) to oxygen (O2) ranges from 1:3.5 to 1:4.5; and applying a second etch feed gas of nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), helium (He) and chlorine (Cl2), in which the ratio of nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) to chlorine (Cl2) ranges from 1:5 to 2:5 and the ratio of helium (He) to nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and chlorine (Cl2) ranges from 1:3 to 1:1.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在一个实施例中提供了一种蚀刻方法,其包括提供包括钨(W)部分和氮化钛(TiN)部分的结构; 施加六氟化硫(SF 6)和氧(O 2)的第一蚀刻进料气体,其中六氟化硫(SF 6)与氧气(O 2)的比率为1:3.5至1:4.5; 并施加三氟化氮(NF3)与氯(Cl2)的比率为1:5〜2:5的三氟化氮(NF3),氦(He)和氯(Cl2)的第二蚀刻进料气体, 氦(He)与三氟化氮(NF 3)和氯(Cl 2)的比例为1:3-1:1。

    Phase change memory with tapered heater
    40.
    发明授权
    Phase change memory with tapered heater 有权
    带锥形加热器的相变存储器

    公开(公告)号:US07906368B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-15

    申请号:US11771501

    申请日:2007-06-29

    IPC分类号: H01L21/06

    摘要: An embodiment of the present invention includes a method of forming a nonvolatile phase change memory (PCM) cell. This method includes forming at least one bottom electrode; forming at least one phase change material layer on at least a portion of an upper surface of the bottom electrode; forming at least one heater layer on at least a portion of an upper surface of the phase change material layer; and shaping the heater layer into a tapered shape, such that an upper surface of the heater layer has a cross-sectional width that is longer than a cross-sectional width of a bottom surface of the heater layer contacting the phase change material layer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例包括形成非易失性相变存储器(PCM)单元的方法。 该方法包括形成至少一个底部电极; 在所述底部电极的上表面的至少一部分上形成至少一个相变材料层; 在所述相变材料层的上表面的至少一部分上形成至少一个加热层; 并且将加热器层成形为锥形,使得加热器层的上表面的横截面宽度大于与相变材料层接触的加热器层的底表面的横截面宽度。