Strained isolation regions
    51.
    发明授权
    Strained isolation regions 有权
    应变隔离区

    公开(公告)号:US08736016B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-27

    申请号:US11759791

    申请日:2007-06-07

    IPC分类号: H01L29/78

    摘要: An isolation trench having localized stressors is provided. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a trench is formed in a substrate and partially filled with a dielectric material. In an embodiment, the trench is filled with a dielectric layer and a planarization step is performed to planarize the surface with the surface of the substrate. The dielectric material is then recessed below the surface of the substrate. In the recessed portion of the trench, the dielectric material may remain along the sidewalls or the dielectric material may be removed along the sidewalls. A stress film, either tensile or compressive, may then be formed over the dielectric material within the recessed portion. The stress film may also extend over a transistor or other semiconductor structure.

    摘要翻译: 提供了具有局部应力源的隔离沟槽。 根据本发明的实施例,在衬底中形成沟槽并且部分地填充有电介质材料。 在一个实施例中,沟槽被填充有电介质层,并且执行平面化步骤以使其与衬底的表面平坦化。 然后将电介质材料凹入到衬底的表面下方。 在沟槽的凹陷部分中,电介质材料可以沿着侧壁保留,或者电介质材料可以沿侧壁去除。 然后可以在凹陷部分内的电介质材料上形成拉伸或压缩的应力膜。 应力膜也可以在晶体管或其它半导体结构上延伸。

    Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication
    52.
    发明授权
    Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication 有权
    半导体集成电路制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US08691655B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-08

    申请号:US13471649

    申请日:2012-05-15

    IPC分类号: H01L21/02

    摘要: A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a semiconductor device, patterning a first hard mask to form a first recess in a high-resistor (Hi-R) stack, removing the first hard mask, forming a second recess in the Hi-R stack, forming a second hard mask in the second recess in the Hi-R stack. A HR can then be formed in the semiconductor substrate by the second hard mask and a gate trench etch.

    摘要翻译: 公开了制造半导体集成电路(IC)的方法。 该方法包括接收半导体器件,图案化第一硬掩模以在高电阻(Hi-R)堆叠中形成第一凹槽,去除第一硬掩模,在Hi-R堆叠中形成第二凹槽,形成第二 硬掩模在Hi-R堆叠的第二个凹槽中。 然后可以通过第二硬掩模和栅沟​​槽蚀刻在半导体衬底中形成HR。

    METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION
    53.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION 有权
    半导体集成电路制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130330906A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-12

    申请号:US13490635

    申请日:2012-06-07

    IPC分类号: H01L21/762

    CPC分类号: H01L21/76224 H01L29/66795

    摘要: A method of fabricating a semiconductor IC is disclosed. The method includes receiving a device. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of fins and trenches between fins in the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes filling the trenches with a dielectric material to form shallow trench isolations (STI), applying a low-thermal-budget annealing to the dielectric material, and applying a wet-treatment to the dielectric material.

    摘要翻译: 公开了制造半导体IC的方法。 该方法包括接收设备。 该器件包括半导体衬底,半导体衬底中的翅片之间的多个散热片和沟槽。 该方法还包括用介电材料填充沟槽以形成浅沟槽隔离(STI),对介电材料施加低热预算退火,以及对电介质材料进行湿法处理。

    SILICON NITRIDE ETCHING IN A SINGLE WAFER APPARATUS
    55.
    发明申请
    SILICON NITRIDE ETCHING IN A SINGLE WAFER APPARATUS 有权
    硅酸盐蚀刻在一个单一的WAFER装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130078809A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-28

    申请号:US13244337

    申请日:2011-09-24

    IPC分类号: H01L21/306

    CPC分类号: H01L21/6708 H01L21/31111

    摘要: A single wafer etching apparatus and various methods implemented in the single wafer etching apparatus are disclosed. In an example, etching a silicon nitride layer in a single wafer etching apparatus includes: heating a phosphoric acid to a first temperature; heating a sulfuric acid to a second temperature; mixing the heated phosphoric acid and the heated sulfuric acid; heating the phosphoric acid/sulfuric acid mixture to a third temperature; and etching the silicon nitride layer with the heated phosphoric acid/sulfuric acid mixture.

    摘要翻译: 公开了在单晶片蚀刻装置中实现的单晶片蚀刻装置和各种方法。 在一个实施例中,在单晶片蚀刻装置中蚀刻氮化硅层包括:将磷酸加热到第一温度; 将硫酸加热至第二温度; 混合加热的磷酸和加热的硫酸; 将磷酸/硫酸混合物加热至第三温度; 并用加热的磷酸/硫酸混合物蚀刻氮化硅层。

    Sealing layer of a field effect transistor
    56.
    发明授权
    Sealing layer of a field effect transistor 有权
    场效应晶体管的密封层

    公开(公告)号:US08258588B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-04

    申请号:US12757241

    申请日:2010-04-09

    CPC分类号: H01L29/4983 H01L29/6656

    摘要: An exemplary structure for a gate structure of a field effect transistor comprises a gate electrode; a gate insulator under the gate electrode having footing regions on opposing sides of the gate electrode; and a sealing layer on sidewalls of the gate structure, wherein a thickness of lower portion of the sealing layer overlying the footing regions is less than a thickness of upper portion of the sealing layer on sidewalls of the gate electrode, whereby the field effect transistor made has almost no recess in the substrate surface.

    摘要翻译: 场效应晶体管的栅极结构的示例性结构包括栅电极; 栅电极下方的栅极绝缘体,在栅电极的相对侧具有基极区域; 以及在所述栅极结构的侧壁上的密封层,其中覆盖所述基底区域的所述密封层的下部的厚度小于所述栅极电极的侧壁上的所述密封层的上部的厚度,由此所述场效应晶体管 在基板表面几乎没有凹陷。

    BOTTLE-NECK RECESS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    57.
    发明申请
    BOTTLE-NECK RECESS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE 有权
    半导体器件中的瓶颈记录

    公开(公告)号:US20110049567A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-03

    申请号:US12841763

    申请日:2010-07-22

    IPC分类号: H01L29/78 H01L21/336

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a silicon substrate, forming a gate stack over the silicon substrate, performing a biased dry etching process to the substrate to remove a portion of the silicon substrate, thereby forming a recess region in the silicon substrate, performing a non-biased etching process to the recess region in the silicon substrate, thereby forming a bottle-neck shaped recess region in the silicon substrate, and epi-growing a semiconductor material in the bottle-neck shaped recess region in the silicon substrate. An embodiment may include a biased dry etching process including adding HeO2 gas and HBr gas. An embodiment may include performing a first biased dry etching process including N2 gas and performing a second biased dry etching process not including N2 gas. An embodiment may include performing an oxidation process to the recess region in the silicon substrate by adding oxygen gas to form silicon oxide on a portion of the recess region in the silicon substrate. As such, these processes form polymer protection to help form the bottle-neck shaped recess.

    摘要翻译: 本公开提供了一种制造半导体器件的方法,其包括提供硅衬底,在硅衬底上形成栅极堆叠,对衬底执行偏置的干蚀刻工艺以去除硅衬底的一部分,从而形成凹陷区域 在硅衬底中,对硅衬底中的凹部进行无偏压蚀刻工艺,从而在硅衬底中形成瓶颈形凹部区域,并且在瓶颈形凹部区域中形成半导体材料 在硅衬底中。 一个实施例可以包括偏置的干蚀刻工艺,包括加入HeO2气体和HBr气体。 实施例可以包括执行包括N 2气体的第一偏压干法蚀刻工艺,并执行不包括N 2气体的第二偏压干式蚀刻工艺。 一个实施例可以包括通过在硅衬底中的一部分凹陷区域上添加氧气以形成氧化硅,来对硅衬底中的凹陷区域进行氧化处理。 因此,这些方法形成聚合物保护以帮助形成瓶颈形凹部。

    Dual damascene process flow for porous low-k materials
    58.
    发明授权
    Dual damascene process flow for porous low-k materials 有权
    用于多孔低k材料的双镶嵌工艺流程

    公开(公告)号:US07538025B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-26

    申请号:US10714304

    申请日:2003-11-14

    IPC分类号: H01L21/4763

    摘要: A method of forming a dual damascene opening comprising the following steps. A structure having an overlying exposed conductive layer formed thereover is provided. A dielectric layer is formed over the exposed conductive layer. An anti-reflective coating layer is formed over the dielectric layer. The anti-reflective layer and the dielectric layer are etched using a via opening process to form an initial via exposing a portion of the conductive layer. A protective film portion is formed over at least the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The anti-reflective coating layer and the dielectric layer are patterned to reduce the initial via to a reduced via and to form a trench opening substantially centered over the reduced via. The trench opening and the reduced via comprising the dual damascene opening.

    摘要翻译: 一种形成双镶嵌开口的方法,包括以下步骤。 提供一种其上形成有上覆的暴露的导电层的结构。 在暴露的导电层上形成电介质层。 在电介质层上形成抗反射涂层。 使用通孔打开工艺蚀刻抗反射层和电介质层,以形成暴露导电层的一部分的初始通孔。 至少在导电层的暴露部分上形成保护膜部分。 将抗反射涂层和电介质层图案化以将初始通孔减小到减小的通孔,并形成基本上位于经过还原通孔的中心的沟槽开口。 沟槽开口和通孔包括双镶嵌开口。

    Shallow Trench Isolation with Improved Structure and Method of Forming
    59.
    发明申请
    Shallow Trench Isolation with Improved Structure and Method of Forming 有权
    浅沟槽隔离与改进的结构和形成方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090045482A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-19

    申请号:US11838666

    申请日:2007-08-14

    IPC分类号: H01L29/00

    摘要: A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure has a top portion tapering in width from wide to narrow in a direction from a substrate surface, from a first width at a top of the first portion to a second width at a bottom of the first portion. The STI structure also includes a bottom portion below the top portion, which expands from the bottom of the top portion to a substantially widened lateral distance having a third width. The third width is, in general, substantially larger than the second width. The inventive STI structure can provide desired isolation characteristics with a significantly reduced aspect ratio, thus suitable for device isolations in advanced processing technology.

    摘要翻译: 浅沟槽隔离(STI)结构具有在从基板表面的方向上从宽到窄的宽度从第一部分的顶部处的第一宽度到第一部分的底部处的第二宽度的顶部部分。 STI结构还包括在顶部下方的底部,其从顶部的底部膨胀到具有第三宽度的基本上加宽的横向距离。 通常,第三宽度基本上大于第二宽度。 本发明的STI结构可以提供期望的隔离特性,具有显着减小的纵横比,因此适用于先进加工技术中的器件隔离。