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公开(公告)号:US20210151377A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-20
申请号:US16685192
申请日:2019-11-15
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Chi-Chun Liu , John C. Arnold , Dominik Metzler , Nelson Felix , Ashim Dutta
IPC: H01L23/538 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/3213 , H01L21/033 , H01L21/762
Abstract: A method of forming a self-aligned top via is provided. The method includes forming a metallization layer on a substrate, and forming a hardmask layer on the metallization layer. The method further includes forming a pair of adjacent parallel mandrels on the hardmask layer with sidewall spacers on opposite sides of each mandrel. The method further includes forming a planarization layer on the exposed portions of the hardmask layer, mandrels, and sidewall spacers, and forming an opening in the planarization layer aligned between the adjacent parallel mandrels. The method further includes forming a spacer layer in the opening, and removing portions of the spacer layer to form a pair of spacer plugs between sections of the sidewall spacers.
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公开(公告)号:US11004737B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16433721
申请日:2019-06-06
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Kangguo Cheng , Chi-Chun Liu , Peng Xu
IPC: H01L23/535 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/532 , H01L29/417
Abstract: A method of forming source/drain contacts with reduced capacitance and resistance, including, forming a source/drain and a channel region on an active region of a substrate, forming a dielectric fill on the source/drain, forming a trench in the dielectric fill, forming a source/drain contact in the trench, forming an inner contact mask section on a portion of an exposed top surface of the source/drain contact, removing a portion of the source/drain contact to form a channel between a sidewall of the dielectric fill and a remaining portion of the source/drain contact, where a surface area of the remaining portion of the source/drain contact is greater than the surface area of the exposed top surface of the source/drain contact, and forming a source/drain electrode fill on the remaining portion of the source/drain contact.
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公开(公告)号:US20200343342A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16397541
申请日:2019-04-29
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Ruilong Xie , Chi-Chun Liu , Cheng Chi , Kangguo Cheng
Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming spacers on respective sidewalls above a stack of alternating channel layers and sacrificial layers, leaving an opening between the spacers. The stack is etched, between the spacers, to form a central opening in the stack that separates the channel layers into respective pairs of channel structures. The sacrificial material is etched away to expose top and bottom surfaces of the channel structures. A gate stack is formed on, between, and around the channel structures, including in the central opening between pairs of channel structures.
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公开(公告)号:US20200286992A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16291443
申请日:2019-03-04
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Yi Song , Zhenxing Bi , Kangguo Cheng , Chi-Chun Liu
IPC: H01L29/08 , H01L29/06 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/8234 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/324 , H01L21/764 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/10
Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a nanosheet stack over a substrate, the nanosheet stack including alternating sacrificial and channel layers, the channel layers providing nanosheet channels for nanosheet field-effect transistors. The method also includes forming vertical fins in the nanosheet stack and a portion of the substrate, and forming indents in sidewalls of the sacrificial layers at sidewalls of the vertical fins. The method further includes forming nanosheet extension regions in portions of the channel layers which extend from the indented sidewalls of the sacrificial layers to the sidewalls of the vertical fins, the nanosheet extension regions increasing in thickness from the indented sidewalls of the sacrificial layers to the sidewalls of the vertical fins. The method further includes forming inner spacers using a conformal deposition process that forms air gaps in spaces between the nanosheet extension regions and the indented sidewalls of the sacrificial layers.
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公开(公告)号:US10755976B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US16433627
申请日:2019-06-06
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Kangguo Cheng , Chi-Chun Liu , Peng Xu
IPC: H01L21/76 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/532 , H01L23/535 , H01L29/417
Abstract: A method of forming source/drain contacts with reduced capacitance and resistance, including, forming a source/drain and a channel region on an active region of a substrate, forming a dielectric fill on the source/drain, forming a trench in the dielectric fill, forming a source/drain contact in the trench, forming an inner contact mask section on a portion of an exposed top surface of the source/drain contact, removing a portion of the source/drain contact to form a channel between a sidewall of the dielectric fill and a remaining portion of the source/drain contact, where a surface area of the remaining portion of the source/drain contact is greater than the surface area of the exposed top surface of the source/drain contact, and forming a source/drain electrode fill on the remaining portion of the source/drain contact.
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公开(公告)号:US10606980B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-31
申请号:US16037039
申请日:2018-07-17
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Michael A. Guillorn , Kafai Lai , Chi-Chun Liu , Ananthan Raghunathan , Hsinyu Tsai
Abstract: A method for reducing chemo-epitaxy directed-self assembly (DSA) defects of a layout of a guiding pattern, the method comprising: inserting a first external dummy along an external edge of the guiding pattern in a vertical direction; and inserting a second external dummy at a fixed distance from a second edge of the first external dummy, wherein the second external dummy includes a two-dimensional shape such that at least two edges of the second external dummy are parallel to the second edge of the first external dummy.
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公开(公告)号:US20200070150A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-05
申请号:US16419684
申请日:2019-05-22
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Chi-Chun Liu , Yann Mignot , Joshua T. Smith , Bassem M. Hamieh , Nelson Felix , Robert L. Bruce
Abstract: A microfluidic chip with high volumetric flow rate is provided that includes at least two vertically stacked microfluidic channel layers, each microfluidic channel layer including an array of spaced apart pillars. Each microfluidic channel layer is interconnected by an inlet/outlet opening that extends through the microfluidic chip. The microfluidic chip is created without wafer to wafer bonding thus circumventing the cost and yield issues associated with microfluidic chips that are created by wafer bonding.
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公开(公告)号:US10559542B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-11
申请号:US15920562
申请日:2018-03-14
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Kangguo Cheng , Shawn P. Fetterolf , Chi-Chun Liu
IPC: H01L23/00 , H01L23/532 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/522 , H01L21/768 , B81C1/00 , H01L21/033 , B82Y30/00
Abstract: Various methods and structures for fabricating a semiconductor chip structure comprising a chip identification “fingerprint” layer. A semiconductor chip structure includes a substrate and a chip identification layer disposed on the substrate, the chip identification layer comprising random patterns of electrically conductive material in trenches formed in a semiconductor layer. The chip identification layer is sandwiched between two layers of electrodes that have a crossbar structure. A first crossbar in the crossbar structure is located on a first side of the chip identification layer and includes a first set of electrical contacts in a first grid pattern contacting the first side of the chip identification layer. A second crossbar in the crossbar structure is located on a second side of the chip identification layer and includes a second set of electrical contacts in a second grid pattern contacting the second side of the chip identification layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10475660B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-12
申请号:US15363607
申请日:2016-11-29
Inventor: Cheng Chi , Fee Li Lie , Chi-Chun Liu , Ruilong Xie
IPC: H01L21/30 , H01L21/31 , H01L21/82 , H01L21/762 , H01L29/06 , H01L21/308 , H01L21/311 , H01L21/8234 , H01L27/088 , H01L21/027 , H01L21/033
Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes disposing a first hard mask (HM), amorphous silicon, and second HM on a substrate; disposing oxide and neutral layers on the second HM; removing a portion of the oxide and neutral layers to expose a portion of the second HM; forming a guiding pattern by selectively backfilling with a polymer; forming a self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) on the guiding pattern; removing a portion of the BCP to form an etch template; transferring the pattern from said template into the substrate and forming uniform silicon fin arrays with two types of HM stacks with different materials and heights; gap-filling with oxide followed by planarization; selectively removing and replacing the taller HM stack with a third HM material; planarizing the surface and exposing both HM stacks; and selectively removing the shorter HM stack and the silicon fins underneath.
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公开(公告)号:US20190311949A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-10
申请号:US16433627
申请日:2019-06-06
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Kangguo Cheng , Chi-Chun Liu , Peng Xu
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L23/535 , H01L23/532 , H01L29/417
Abstract: A method of forming source/drain contacts with reduced capacitance and resistance, including, forming a source/drain and a channel region on an active region of a substrate, forming a dielectric fill on the source/drain, forming a trench in the dielectric fill, forming a source/drain contact in the trench, forming an inner contact mask section on a portion of an exposed top surface of the source/drain contact, removing a portion of the source/drain contact to form a channel between a sidewall of the dielectric fill and a remaining portion of the source/drain contact, where a surface area of the remaining portion of the source/drain contact is greater than the surface area of the exposed top surface of the source/drain contact, and forming a source/drain electrode fill on the remaining portion of the source/drain contact.
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