Film stack having under layer for preventing pinhole defects
    71.
    发明授权
    Film stack having under layer for preventing pinhole defects 有权
    薄膜叠层具有防止针孔缺陷的底层

    公开(公告)号:US07267863B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-11

    申请号:US10880818

    申请日:2004-06-30

    IPC分类号: B32B18/00 B32B27/08 B32B27/30

    摘要: A film stack and method of forming a film stack are provided in which a first film is disposed on a substrate and a second film has an inner surface disposed on the first film. The second film has a thickness smaller than a reference thickness at which the second film would begin to dewet from the substrate if the second film were disposed directly on the substrate. However, the second film is substantially free of dewetting defects because it is disposed overlying the first film which has a first Hamaker constant having a negative value with respect to the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种薄膜叠层和形成薄膜叠层的方法,其中第一薄膜设置在基底上,第二薄膜具有设置在第一薄膜上的内表面。 如果第二膜直接设置在基板上,则第二膜的厚度小于第二膜从基板开始露出的基准厚度。 然而,第二膜基本上没有脱湿缺陷,因为它被布置在第一膜上,该第一膜具有相对于基底具有负值的第一Hamaker常数。

    Apparatus and method to improve resist line roughness in semiconductor wafer processing
    72.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method to improve resist line roughness in semiconductor wafer processing 审中-公开
    改善半导体晶片处理中抗蚀剂线粗糙度的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060110685A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-25

    申请号:US11329991

    申请日:2006-01-10

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: A process for prohibiting amino group transport from the top surface of a layered semiconductor wafer to a photoresist layer introduces a thin film oxynitride over the silicon nitride layer using a high temperature step of nitrous oxide (N2O) plus oxygen (O2) at approximately 300° C. for about 50 to 120 seconds. By oxidizing the silicon nitride layer, the roughness resulting from the adverse affects of amino group transport eliminated. Moreover, this high temperature step, non-plasma process can be used with the more advanced 193 nanometer technology, and is not limited to the 248 nanometer technology. A second method for exposing the silicon nitride layer to an oxidizing ambient, prior to the application of antireflective coating, introduces a mixture of N2H2 and oxygen (O2) ash at a temperature greater than or equal to 250° C. for approximately six minutes. This is followed by an O2 plasma clean and/or an Ozone clean, and then the subsequent layering of the ARC and photoresist.

    摘要翻译: 用于禁止从层状半导体晶片的顶表面到光致抗蚀剂层的氨基转移的方法使用一氧化二氮(N 2 O 2 O)的高温步骤在氮化硅层上引入薄膜氧氮化物, 在约300℃下加氧气(O 2 H 2)约50至120秒。 通过氧化氮化硅层,消除了由氨基转移的不利影响产生的粗糙度。 此外,这种高温步骤,非等离子体工艺可以采用更先进的193纳米技术,并不限于248纳米技术。 在施加抗反射涂层之前,将氮化硅层暴露于氧化环境的第二种方法是引入N 2 H 2 O 2和氧的混合物(O 2℃)灰分,温度大于或等于250℃约6分钟。 之后是等离子体清洁和/或臭氧清洁,然后再分层ARC和光致抗蚀剂。

    Method of patterning damascene structure in integrated circuit design

    公开(公告)号:US06949459B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-27

    申请号:US10704022

    申请日:2003-11-07

    摘要: Disclosed is a method that deposits an aqueous material having a pH between approximately 10 and 11 in a first opening and on an oxide hard mask, deposits an organic material on the aqueous material, and patterns a photoresist over the organic material. The invention then etches the organic material and the aqueous material through the photoresist to form a second opening above the first opening and forms a polymer along sidewalls of the second opening. The invention can then perform a wet cleaning process using an alkali solution having a pH between approximately 10 and 11 to remove the aqueous material from the first opening. By utilizing an alkali aqueous (water-based) material having a pH of approximately 10-11, the invention can use a fairly low pH wet etch (pH of approximately 10-11) to completely remove the aqueous solution from the via, thereby eliminating the conventional problem of having residual organic material left within the via.

    Surface modification using an atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma source

    公开(公告)号:US06502588B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-01-07

    申请号:US09732424

    申请日:2000-12-07

    IPC分类号: C25F100

    摘要: A method for producing stable atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasmas using RF excitation and the use of said plasmas for modifying the surface layer of materials. The plasma generated by this process and its surface modification capability depend on the type of gases used and their chemical reactivity. These plasmas can be used for a variety of applications, including etching of organic material from the surface layer of inorganic substrates, as an environmentally benign alternative to industrial cleaning operations which currently employ solvents and degreasers, as a method of stripping paint from surfaces, for the surface modification of composites prior to adhesive bonding operations, for use as a localized etcher of electronic boards and assemblies and in microelectronic fabrication, and for the sterilization of tools used in medical applications.

    Forming sub-lithographic patterns using double exposure
    79.
    发明授权
    Forming sub-lithographic patterns using double exposure 失效
    使用双重曝光形成亚光刻图案

    公开(公告)号:US08609327B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-17

    申请号:US12170722

    申请日:2008-07-10

    CPC分类号: G03F7/2024

    摘要: Methods are presented of forming sub-lithographic patterns using double exposure. One method may include providing a photoresist layer over a layer to be patterned; exposing the photoresist layer using a first mask having a first opening; developing the photoresist layer to transfer the first opening into the photoresist layer, forming a boundary in the photoresist layer about the transferred first opening that is hardened; exposing the photoresist layer using a second mask having a second opening that overlaps the boundary; and developing the photoresist layer to transfer the second opening into the photoresist layer, leaving the boundary, wherein the boundary has a sub-lithographic dimension.

    摘要翻译: 提出了使用双重曝光形成亚光刻图案的方法。 一种方法可以包括在待图案化的层上提供光致抗蚀剂层; 使用具有第一开口的第一掩模曝光光致抗蚀剂层; 显影所述光致抗蚀剂层以将所述第一开口转移到所述光致抗蚀剂层中,在所述光致抗蚀剂层周围形成围绕被硬化的转移的第一开口的边界 使用具有与边界重叠的第二开口的第二掩模曝光光致抗蚀剂层; 并且显影所述光致抗蚀剂层以将所述第二开口转移到所述光致抗蚀剂层中,留下所述边界,其中所述边界具有亚光刻尺寸。

    Method of forming a pattern of an array of shapes including a blocked region
    80.
    发明授权
    Method of forming a pattern of an array of shapes including a blocked region 有权
    形成包括阻挡区域的形状阵列的图案的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08492079B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-23

    申请号:US12430919

    申请日:2009-04-28

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A second photoresist having a second photosensitivity is formed on a substrate. A first photoresist having a first photosensitivity, which is greater than second photosensitivity, is formed on the second photoresist. Preferably, the first photoresist is a gray resist that becomes transparent upon exposure. At least one portion of the first photoresist is lithographically exposed employing a first reticle having a first pattern to form at least one transparent lithographically exposed resist portion, while the second photoresist remains intact. The second photoresist is lithographically exposed employing a second reticle including a second pattern to form a plurality of lithographically exposed shapes in the second photoresist. The plurality of lithographically exposed shapes have a composite pattern which is the derived from the second pattern by limiting the second pattern only within the area of the at least one transparent lithographically exposed resist pattern.

    摘要翻译: 在基板上形成具有第二光敏性的第二光致抗蚀剂。 在第二光致抗蚀剂上形成具有大于第二光敏性的第一光敏性的第一光致抗蚀剂。 优选地,第一光致抗蚀剂是在曝光时变得透明的灰色抗蚀剂。 使用具有第一图案的第一掩模版将第一光致抗蚀剂的至少一部分光刻曝光以形成至少一个透明的光刻曝光的抗蚀剂部分,而第二光致抗蚀剂保持完整。 使用包括第二图案的第二掩模版将第二光致抗蚀剂光刻曝光,以在第二光致抗蚀剂中形成多个光刻曝光的形状。 多个光刻曝光的形状具有通过仅在至少一个透明光刻曝光的抗蚀剂图案的区域内限制第二图案而从第二图案导出的复合图案。