摘要:
A metal-oxide-metal capacitor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a plurality of first fingers and a plurality of second fingers. Each first finger and its corresponding second finger are in parallel and separated by a low k dielectric material. A guard ring is employed to enclose the metal-oxide-metal capacitor so as to prevent moisture from penetrating into the low k dielectric material.
摘要:
A semiconductor wafer has a die area and a scribe area. A first dummy pad is formed in a first test line area of the scribe area and filled with a first material as part of a first metal layer. A first interlayer dielectric is formed over the first metal layer. A first interconnect pattern is formed in the die area and above the first interlayer dielectric, and a first trench pattern is formed in the first test line area of the scribe area and above the interlayer dielectric. The first interconnect pattern and the first trench pattern are filled with a second metal layer, and the first trench pattern is aligned above the first dummy pad. An enhanced test line structure including the first trench pattern and the first dummy pad is formed and probed in a back end of line (BEOL) process.
摘要:
Semiconductor devices with self-heating structures, methods of manufacture thereof, and testing methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a workpiece, an active electrical structure disposed over the workpiece, and at least one self-heating structure disposed proximate the active electrical structure.
摘要:
A method includes retrieving first layouts of an integrated circuit from a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The first layouts include a via pattern in a via layer, and a metal line pattern in a metal layer immediately over the via layer. The metal line pattern has an enclosure to the via pattern. The enclosure is increased to a second enclosure to generate second layouts of the integrated circuit.
摘要:
A method is provided for the removal of liner oxide from the surface of a gate electrode during the creation of the gate electrode. A layer of gate oxide is formed over the surface of a substrate, a layer of gate electrode is deposited over the layer of gate oxide. The gate electrode is deposited, gate spacers are formed over the liner oxide, exposing surfaces of the liner oxide. The created structure is nitrided by a plasma stream containing N2/H2, reducing the etch rate of the exposed liner oxide. The liner oxide is then removed by applying a wet etch, contact regions to the gate electrode are salicided.
摘要翻译:提供了一种在栅极电极生成期间从栅电极的表面去除衬垫氧化物的方法。 在衬底的表面上形成栅极氧化物层,栅电极层沉积在栅极氧化物层上。 沉积栅电极,在衬垫氧化物上方形成栅极隔离物,暴露衬里氧化物的表面。 所产生的结构被含有N 2 / H 2 O 2的等离子体流渗氮,降低了暴露的衬垫氧化物的蚀刻速率。 然后通过施加湿蚀刻来除去衬里氧化物,对栅电极的接触区域进行浸蚀。
摘要:
A new method is provided for the creation of a hole through a layer of insulating material. The method provides for combining a feed-forward method with a feed backward method and a high-polymer based hole profile, in order to establish a hole of a constant Critical Dimension for the hole bottom, making the CD of the hole bottom independent of the CD of the opening created through the overlying developed layer of photoresist and independent of the thickness of the layer of insulator material after CMP has been applied to the surface of the insulation layer.
摘要:
A new method is provided for the removal of liner oxide from the surface of a gate electrode during the creation of the gate electrode. A layer of gate oxide is formed over the surface of a substrate, a layer of gate electrode such as polyimide is deposited over the layer of gate oxide. The gate electrode and the layer of gate oxide are patterned. A layer of liner oxide is deposited, gate spacers are formed over the liner oxide, exposing surfaces of the liner oxide. The created structure is nitrided by a plasma stream containing N2/H2, reducing the etch rate of the exposed liner oxide. The liner oxide is then removed by applying a wet etch, contact regions to the gate electrode are salicided.
摘要翻译:提供了一种新的方法,用于在栅电极生成期间从栅电极的表面去除衬垫氧化物。 在衬底的表面上形成栅极氧化物层,在栅极氧化物层上沉积诸如聚酰亚胺的栅电极层。 栅极电极和栅极氧化物层被图案化。 沉积一层衬垫氧化物,在衬垫氧化物上形成栅极间隔物,暴露衬里氧化物的表面。 所产生的结构被含有N 2 / H 2的等离子体流渗氮,降低了暴露的衬垫氧化物的蚀刻速率。 然后通过施加湿蚀刻来除去衬里氧化物,对栅电极的接触区域进行浸蚀。
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an erasable programmable memory is disclosed, and an enlargement of the coupling area between control and floating gates is employed to increase the capacitive-coupling ratio. Firstly, the isolation regions are formed on the substrate. A polysilicon layer is formed on a portion of the control region of the substrate to form an uneven silicon surface. An ion implantation is carried out to form the doped tunnel region and the control gate. A tunnel oxide layer and a non-tunnel oxide layer are formed on the doped tunnel region, and an inter-poly dielectric is formed on the control gate. A floating gate is now deposited on the doped tunnel region and the control gate. Then an inter-layer dielectric is formed and etched to provide the isolation and connect between control gate and interconnects.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing the bit lines of memory. The method includes the steps of forming a mask over a substrate, and then patterning the mask layer to form an opening that exposes a portion of the substrate. Thereafter, a portion of the exposed substrate is removed to form a trench in the substrate. Next, the mask layer is removed. Finally, conductive material is deposited into the trench to form a bit line.
摘要:
In this method for manufacturing a split-gate flash memory cell, a floating gate and a control gate are formed over a substrate, and then first spacers are formed on the sidewalls of the gate structure. Next, a polysilicon layer is deposited over the gate structure and the substrate, and second spacers are formed on the sidewalls of the polysilicon layer. A self-aligned ion implantation process is performed, using the second spacers as a mask, implanting ions into the semiconductor substrate to form a drain region. This maintains the channel length. After removing the second spacers, another ion implantation process is performed to create a source region in the semiconductor substrate. During the second implantation, the polysilicon layer offers some protection for the semiconductor substrate, maintaining the capacity for tunneling. Finally, a conductive layer is formed over the polysilicon layer, and the conductive layer combined with the polysilicon layer forms the select gate.