Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for measuring thickness variations in a layer of a multilayer semiconductor structure, characterized in that it comprises: acquiring, via an image acquisition system, at least one image of the surface of the structure, the image being obtained by reflecting an almost monochromatic light flux from the surface of the structure; and processing the at least one acquired image in order to determine, from variations in the intensity of the light reflected from the surface, variations in the thickness of the layer to be measured, and in that the wavelength of the almost monochromatic light flux is chosen to correspond to a minimum of the sensitivity of the reflectivity of a layer of the structure other than the layer the thickness variations of which must be measured, the sensitivity of the reflectivity of a layer being equal to the ratio of: the difference between the reflectivities of two multilayer structures for which the layer in question has a given thickness difference; to the given thickness difference, the thicknesses of the other layers being for their part identical in the two multilayer structures. The invention also relates to a measuring system implementing the method.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a method of fabricating an interconnection structure of an integrated circuit, comprising the steps of: forming a first conductive element within a first dielectric layer; depositing a first etch stop layer above the first conductive element and the first dielectric layer; forming an opening in the first etch stop layer above the first conductive element, to form a first connection area; depositing a second dielectric layer above the etch stop layer and above the first conductive element in the connection area; etching the second dielectric layer to form at least one hole which is at least partially aligned with the connection area; and filling the hole with a conductive material to form a second conductive element in electrical contact with the first conductive element.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an insulating trench including the successive steps of: a) forming, on a semiconductor substrate, a first masking structure including a layer of a first selectively-etchable material and etching a trench into the substrate; b) forming an insulating coating on the trench walls and filling the trench with doped polysilicon; c) forming a silicon oxide plug penetrating into the trench substantially all the way to the upper surface of the substrate and protruding above the upper surface of the substrate; and d) removing the layer of the first material.
Abstract:
A structure of insulation between photodiodes formed in a doped semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type extending on a doped semiconductor substrate of the second conductivity type, the insulating structure including a trench crossing the semiconductor layer, the trench walls being coated with an insulating layer, the trench being filled with a conductive material and being surrounded with a P-doped area, more heavily doped than the semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
A device includes a chip assembled on an interposer. An electrically-insulating layer coats an upper surface of the interposer around the chip. First metal lines run on the upper surface of the interposer and are arranged between conductive elements of connection to the chip. An end of each first metal line is arranged to extend beyond a projection of the chip on the interposer. A thermally-conductive via connects the end of the first metal line to a heat sink supported at an upper surface of the device.
Abstract:
A multi-mode interference device may include a body having an optical axis and configured to generate a stationary optical interference pattern from an incoming optical wave. The body may include ribs being parallel to the optical axis and being spaced apart to define a pitch and cause an optical coupling between the ribs.
Abstract:
A MOS transistor including, above a gate insulator, a conductive gate stack having a height, a length, and a width, this stack having a lower portion close to the gate insulator and an upper portion, wherein the stack has a first length in its lower portion, and a second length shorter than the first length in its upper portion.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an image sensor, including the successive steps of: forming columns of a semiconductor material; forming one or several pixels at a first end of each of the columns; and deforming the structure so that the second ends of each of the columns come closer to each other or draw away from each other to form a surface in the shape of a polyhedral cap.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an image sensor, including the steps of: forming elementary structures of an image sensor on the first surface of a semiconductor substrate; installing a layer on the first surface; defining trenches in the layer, the trenches forming a pattern in the layer; and installing, on a hollow curved substrate, the obtained device on the free surface side of the layer, the pattern being selected according to the shape of the support surface.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an integrated circuit comprising a semi-conducting substrate and first and second cells. Each cell comprises first and second transistors of nMOS and pMOS type including first and second gate stacks including a gate metal. There are first and second ground planes under the first and second transistors and an oxide layer extending between the transistors and the ground planes. The gate metals of the nMOS and of a pMOS exhibit a first work function and the gate metal of the other pMOS exhibiting a second work function greater than the first work function. The difference between the work functions is between 55 and 85 meV and the first work function Wf1 satisfies the relation Wfmg−0.04−0.005*Xge