公开(公告)号：US08293451B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-23

申请号：US12543003

申请日：2009-08-18

申请人： Martin Glodde ,  Dario L. Goldfarb ,  Wu-Song Huang ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Sen Liu ,  Pushkara R. Varanasi ,  Libor Vyklicky

发明人： Martin Glodde ,  Dario L. Goldfarb ,  Wu-Song Huang ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Sen Liu ,  Pushkara R. Varanasi ,  Libor Vyklicky

IPC分类号： G03F7/00 ,  G03F7/004 ,  G03F7/028

CPC分类号： G03F7/091 ,  G03F9/7026

摘要： A curable liquid formulation containing at least (i) one or more near-infrared absorbing triphenylamine-based dyes, and (ii) one or more casting solvents. The invention is also directed to solid near-infrared absorbing films composed of crosslinked forms of the curable liquid formulation. The invention is also directed to a microelectronic substrate containing a coating of the solid near-infrared absorbing film as well as a method for patterning a photoresist layer coated on a microelectronic substrate in the case where the near-infrared absorbing film is between the microelectronic substrate and a photoresist film.

摘要翻译： 包含至少（i）一种或多种近红外吸收性三苯胺类染料的可固化液体制剂，和（ii）一种或多种浇铸溶剂。 本发明还涉及由可固化液体制剂的交联形式组成的固体近红外吸收膜。 本发明还涉及一种含有固体近红外线吸收膜的涂层的微电子衬底，以及在近红外吸收膜位于微电子衬底之间的情况下，用于图案化涂覆在微电子衬底上的光刻胶层的方法 和光刻胶膜。

公开(公告)号：US09046788B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US12122929

申请日：2008-05-19

申请人： Allen H. Gabor ,  Wai-Kin Li

发明人： Allen H. Gabor ,  Wai-Kin Li

IPC分类号： G03B27/52 ,  G03B27/68 ,  G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/70333 ,  G03F7/70508 ,  G03F7/70641

摘要： A method and apparatus are provided for improving the focusing of a substrate such as a wafer during the photolithography imaging procedure of a semiconductor manufacturing process. The invention is particularly useful for step-and-scan system and the CD of two features in each exposure field are measured in fields exposed at varying focus to form at least two Bossung curves. Exposure focus instructions are calculated based on the intersection point of the curves and the wafer is then scanned and imaged based on the calculated exposure focus instructions. In another aspect of the invention, when multiple wafers are being processed operational variances may cause a drift in the focus. The focus drift can be easily corrected by measuring the critical dimension of each of the features and comparing the difference to determine if any focus offset is needed to return the focus to the original calculated focus value.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在半导体制造工艺的光刻成像过程期间改善诸如晶片之类的衬底的聚焦的方法和装置。 本发明对于步进扫描系统特别有用，并且每个曝光场中的两个特征的CD在以不同焦点曝光的场中测量以形成至少两个Bossung曲线。 基于曲线的交点，然后基于计算出的曝光聚焦指令对晶片进行扫描和成像，计算曝光对焦指令。 在本发明的另一方面，当正在处理多个晶片时，操作方差可能导致焦点漂移。 可以通过测量每个特征的临界尺寸并比较差异来确定是否需要任何聚焦偏移以将焦点返回到原始计算的聚焦值，从而容易地校正聚焦漂移。

公开(公告)号：US08513769B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US12765275

申请日：2010-04-22

申请人： Charles T. Black ,  Matthew E. Colburn ,  Timothy J. Dalton ,  Daniel C. Edelstein ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Anthony K. Stamper ,  Haining S. Yang

发明人： Charles T. Black ,  Matthew E. Colburn ,  Timothy J. Dalton ,  Daniel C. Edelstein ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Anthony K. Stamper ,  Haining S. Yang

IPC分类号： H01L23/5256 ,  H01L23/5329 ,  H01L21/7682

CPC分类号： H01L23/5256 ,  H01L21/0337 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L21/32139 ,  H01L21/76816 ,  H01L23/5226 ,  H01L23/5228 ,  H01L27/101 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/12044 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Electrical fuses and resistors having a sublithographic lateral or vertical dimension are provided. A conductive structure comprising a conductor or a semiconductor is formed on a semiconductor substrate. At least one insulator layer is formed on the conductive structure. A recessed area is formed in the at least one insulator layer. Self-assembling block copolymers are applied into the recessed area and annealed to form a fist set of polymer blocks and a second set of polymer blocks. The first set of polymer blocks are etched selective to the second set and the at least one insulator layer. Features having sublithographic dimensions are formed in the at least one insulator layer and/or the conductive structure. Various semiconductor structures having sublithographic dimensions are formed including electrical fuses and resistors.

摘要翻译： 提供具有亚光刻横向或垂直尺寸的电熔丝和电阻器。 包括导体或半导体的导电结构形成在半导体衬底上。 在导电结构上形成至少一个绝缘体层。 在所述至少一个绝缘体层中形成凹陷区域。 将自组装嵌段共聚物施加到凹陷区域中并退火以形成第一组聚合物嵌段和第二组聚合物嵌段。 第一组聚合物嵌段被选择性蚀刻到第二组和至少一个绝缘体层。 具有亚光刻尺寸的特征形成在至少一个绝缘体层和/或导电结构中。 形成具有亚光刻尺寸的各种半导体结构，其包括电熔丝和电阻器。

公开(公告)号：US08398868B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-19

申请号：US12468391

申请日：2009-05-19

申请人： Joy Cheng ,  Kafai Lai ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Young-Hye Na ,  Charles Rettner ,  Daniel P. Sanders

发明人： Joy Cheng ,  Kafai Lai ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Young-Hye Na ,  Charles Rettner ,  Daniel P. Sanders

IPC分类号： B44C1/22 ,  H01L21/302 ,  H01L21/312

CPC分类号： B81C1/00031 ,  B81C1/00404 ,  B81C2201/0149 ,  H01L21/0337 ,  H01L21/31144

摘要： An opening in a substrate is formed, e.g., using optical lithography, with the opening having sidewalls whose cross section is given by segments that are contoured and convex. The cross section of the opening may be given by overlapping circular regions, for example. The sidewalls adjoin at various points, where they define protrusions. A layer of polymer including a block copolymer is applied over the opening and the substrate, and allowed to self-assemble. Discrete, segregated domains form in the opening, which are removed to form holes, which can be transferred into the underlying substrate. The positions of these domains and their corresponding holes are directed to predetermined positions by the sidewalls and their associated protrusions. The distances separating these holes may be greater or less than what they would be if the block copolymer (and any additives) were to self-assemble in the absence of any sidewalls.

摘要翻译： 例如使用光刻法形成衬底中的开口，其中开口具有侧壁，其横截面由轮廓和凸形的部分给出。 例如，开口的横截面可以由重叠的圆形区域给出。 侧壁在各个点处相邻，在那里它们限定突起。 将包含嵌段共聚物的聚合物层施加在开口和基底上，并允许自组装。 在开口中形成离散的，分离的畴，其被去除以形成孔，其可以转移到下面的基底中。 这些区域及其对应的孔的位置通过侧壁及其相关联的突起被引导到预定位置。 分离这些孔的距离可以大于或小于如果嵌段共聚物（和任何添加剂）在没有任何侧壁的情况下自组装就会发生。

公开(公告)号：US20110156282A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-30

申请号：US13010009

申请日：2011-01-20

申请人： Wai-Kin Li ,  Haining Yang

发明人： Wai-Kin Li ,  Haining Yang

IPC分类号： H01L29/423

CPC分类号： H01L21/76841 ,  H01L21/823842 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L22/12 ,  H01L23/58 ,  H01L29/42376 ,  H01L29/4238 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A gate conductor structure is provided having a barrier region between a N-type device and a P-type device, wherein the barrier region minimizes or eliminates cross-diffusion of dopant species across the barrier region. The barrier region comprises at least one sublithographic gap in the gate conductor structure. The sublithographic gap is formed by using self-assembling copolymers to form a sublithographic patterned mask over the gate conductor structure. According to one embodiment, at least one sublithographic gap is a slit or line that traverses the width of the gate conductor structure. The sublithographic gap is sufficiently deep to minimize or prevent cross-diffusion of the implanted dopant from the upper portion of the gate conductor. According to another embodiment, the sublithographic gaps are of sufficient density that cross-diffusion of dopants is reduced or eliminated during an activation anneal such that changes in Vt are minimized.

摘要翻译： 提供了具有在N型器件和P型器件之间的势垒区域的栅极导体结构，其中所述势垒区域最小化或消除了所述阻挡区域上的掺杂剂物质的交叉扩散。 阻挡区域包括栅极导体结构中的至少一个亚光刻间隙。 通过使用自组装共聚物在栅极导体结构上形成亚光刻图案掩模来形成亚光刻间隙。 根据一个实施例，至少一个亚光刻间隙是穿过栅极导体结构的宽度的狭缝或线。 亚光刻间隙足够深以使注入的掺杂剂从栅极导体的上部最小化或防止交叉扩散。 根据另一个实施例，亚光刻间隙具有足够的密度，使得在激活退火期间掺杂剂的交叉扩散减少或消除，使得Vt的变化最小化。

公开(公告)号：US07960036B2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-14

申请号：US11831005

申请日：2007-07-31

申请人： Wai-Kin Li ,  Yi-Hsiung Lin ,  Gerald Matusiewicz

发明人： Wai-Kin Li ,  Yi-Hsiung Lin ,  Gerald Matusiewicz

IPC分类号： B32B9/00 ,  B32B19/00 ,  B32B15/04

CPC分类号： H01L23/5226 ,  H01L21/76808 ,  H01L23/5283 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/12044 ,  Y10T428/31678 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure, and more particularly to a semiconductor structure having reduced metal line resistance and a method of manufacturing the same in back end of line (BEOL) processes. The method includes forming a first trench extending to a lower metal layer Mx+1 and forming a second trench remote from the first trench. The method further includes filling the first trench and the second trench with conductive material. The conductive material in the second trench forms a vertical wiring line extending orthogonally and in electrical contact with an upper wiring layer and electrically isolated from lower metal layers including the lower metal layer Mx+1. The vertical wiring line decreases a resistance of a structure.

摘要翻译： 半导体结构和半导体结构的制造方法，更具体地说，涉及具有降低的金属线电阻的半导体结构及其后端（BEOL）工艺的制造方法。 该方法包括形成延伸到下金属层Mx + 1并形成远离第一沟槽的第二沟槽的第一沟槽。 该方法还包括用导电材料填充第一沟槽和第二沟槽。 第二沟槽中的导电材料形成垂直布线，其垂直布线并与上布线层电接触并与包括下金属层Mx + 1的下金属层电隔离。 垂直布线减小了结构的电阻。

公开(公告)号：US20090045484A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-19

申请号：US11839716

申请日：2007-08-16

申请人： Kaushik Chanda ,  Lynne M. Gignac ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Ping-Chuan Wang

发明人： Kaushik Chanda ,  Lynne M. Gignac ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Ping-Chuan Wang

IPC分类号： H01L23/52 ,  H01H37/76 ,  H01L23/525 ,  H01L21/44 ,  H01L29/00

CPC分类号： G11C17/16 ,  H01L21/7682 ,  H01L23/5256 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： An electrically reprogrammable fuse comprising an interconnect disposed in a dielectric material, a sensing wire disposed at a first end of the interconnect, a first programming wire disposed at a second end of the interconnect, and a second programming wire disposed at a second end of the interconnect, wherein the fuse is operative to form a surface void at the interface between the interconnect and the sensing wire when a first directional electron current is applied from the first programming wire through the interconnect to the second programming wire, and wherein, the fuse is further operative to heal the surface void between the interconnect and the sensing wire when a second directional electron current is applied from the second programming wire through the interconnect to the first programming wire.

摘要翻译： 一种电可重新编程的保险丝，其包括设置在电介质材料中的互连，布置在所述互连的第一端的感测线，布置在所述互连的第二端的第一编程线，以及设置在所述互连的第二端的第二编程线 其中当从所述第一编程线通过所述互连件施加第一定向电子线到所述第二编程线时，所述保险丝可操作以在所述互连和感测线之间的界面处形成表面空隙，并且其中，所述保险丝是 当从所述第二编程线通过所述互连件施加第二编程线到所述第一编程线时，还可操作以治愈所述互连和所述感测线之间的表面空隙。

公开(公告)号：US07485567B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-03

申请号：US11670524

申请日：2007-02-02

申请人： Lawrence A. Clevenger ,  Matthew E. Colburn ,  Louis C. Hsu ,  Wai-Kin Li

发明人： Lawrence A. Clevenger ,  Matthew E. Colburn ,  Louis C. Hsu ,  Wai-Kin Li

IPC分类号： H01L21/4763

CPC分类号： H01L21/7682 ,  H01L21/76808 ,  H01L21/76835 ,  H01L23/5222 ,  H01L23/5329 ,  H01L23/53295 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A method for manufacturing a microelectronic circuit includes the steps of providing a first wiring level comprising first wiring level conductors separated by a first wiring level dielectric material; forming a plurality of alternating layers of layer dielectric material and sacrificial material over the first wiring level; and forming a plurality of interconnect openings and a plurality of gap openings in the alternating layers of layer dielectric material and sacrificial material. The interconnect openings are formed over the first wiring level conductors. The method further includes forming (i) metallic conductors comprising second wiring level conductors, and (ii) interconnects, at the interconnect openings; and removing the layers of the sacrificial material through the gap openings.

摘要翻译： 一种制造微电子电路的方法包括以下步骤：提供包括由第一布线层介电材料隔开的第一布线层导体的第一布线层; 在所述第一布线层上形成层状介电材料和牺牲材料的多个交替层; 以及在层介电材料和牺牲材料的交替层中形成多个互连开口和多个间隙开口。 互连开口形成在第一布线层导体上。 该方法还包括形成（i）包括第二布线层导体的金属导体，和（ii）互连开口处的互连; 并且通过间隙开口去除牺牲材料的层。

公开(公告)号：US07482270B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-27

申请号：US11566848

申请日：2006-12-05

申请人： Wai-Kin Li ,  Haining Yang

发明人： Wai-Kin Li ,  Haining Yang

IPC分类号： H01L21/44

CPC分类号： H01L29/42316 ,  H01L21/28097 ,  H01L21/28518 ,  H01L29/4975 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/78 ,  Y10S977/892

摘要： Fully and uniformly silicided gate conductors are produced by deeply “perforating” silicide gate conductors with sub-lithographic, sub-critical dimension, nanometer-scale openings. A silicide-forming metal (e.g. cobalt, tungsten, etc.) is then deposited, polysilicon gates, covering them and filling the perforations. An anneal step converts the polysilicon to silicide. Because of the deep perforations, the surface area of polysilicon in contact with the silicide-forming metal is greatly increased over conventional silicidation techniques, causing the polysilicon gate to be fully converted to a uniform silicide composition. A self-assembling diblock copolymer is used to form a regular sub-lithographic nanometer-scale pattern that is used as an etching “template” for forming the perforations.

摘要翻译： 通过用亚光刻，亚临界尺寸，纳米级开口深度“穿孔”硅化物栅极导体，产生完全均匀的硅化栅极导体。 然后沉积硅化物形成金属（例如钴，钨等），覆盖它们并填充穿孔的多晶硅栅极。 退火步骤将多晶硅转化为硅化物。 由于深的穿孔，与硅化物形成金属接触的多晶硅的表面积比常规硅化技术大大增加，导致多晶硅栅极被完全转变成均匀的硅化物组成。 使用自组装二嵌段共聚物来形成用作形成穿孔的蚀刻“模板”的规则的亚光刻纳米尺度图案。

公开(公告)号：US20080303164A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-11

申请号：US11758206

申请日：2007-06-05

申请人： Kaushik Chandra ,  Ronald G. Filippi ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Ping-Chuan Wang ,  Chih-Chao Yang

发明人： Kaushik Chandra ,  Ronald G. Filippi ,  Wai-Kin Li ,  Ping-Chuan Wang ,  Chih-Chao Yang

IPC分类号： H01L23/52 ,  H01L21/44

CPC分类号： H01L23/528 ,  H01L21/7682 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L23/5329 ,  H01L23/53295 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A structure for reducing electromigration cracking and extrusion effects in semiconductor devices includes a first metal line formed in a first dielectric layer; a cap layer formed over the first metal line and first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer formed over the cap layer; and a void formed in the second dielectric layer, stopping on the cap layer, wherein the void is located in a manner so as to isolate structural damage due to electromigration effects of the first metal line, the effects including one or more of extrusions of metal material from the first metal line and cracks from delamination of the cap layer with respect to the first dielectric layer.

摘要翻译： 用于减少半导体器件中的电迁移破裂和挤出效应的结构包括形成在第一介电层中的第一金属线; 形成在第一金属线和第一介电层上的盖层; 形成在所述盖层上的第二电介质层; 以及形成在第二介电层中的空隙，停止在盖层上，其中，空隙以如下方式定位，以便隔离由于第一金属线的电迁移效应引起的结构损坏，包括一种或多种金属挤压的效果 来自第一金属线的材料和帽层相对于第一介电层分层的裂纹。