摘要:
An anchored conductive damascene buried in a multi-density dielectric layer and method for forming the same, the anchored conductive damascene including a dielectric layer with an opening extending through a thickness of the dielectric layer; wherein the dielectric layer comprises at least one relatively higher density portion and a relatively lower density portion, the relatively lower density portion forming a contiguous major portion of the dielectric layer; and, wherein the opening in the relatively lower density portion has a lateral dimension relatively larger compared to the relatively higher density portion to form anchoring steps.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a patterned dielectric layer having a plurality of first openings. The method includes forming a conductive liner layer over the patterned dielectric layer, the conductive liner layer partially filling the first openings. The method includes forming a trench mask layer over portions of the conductive liner layer outside the first openings, thereby forming a plurality of second openings, a subset of which are formed over the first openings. The method includes depositing a conductive material in the first openings to form a plurality of vias and in the second openings to form a plurality of metal lines. The method includes removing the trench mask layer.
摘要:
A method of forming an integrated circuit structure, the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate; forming an opening in the dielectric layer; forming a seed layer in the opening; forming a copper line on the seed layer, wherein at least one of the seed layer and the copper line includes an alloying material; and forming an etch stop layer on the copper line.
摘要:
A cap layer for a copper interconnect structure formed in a first dielectric layer is provided. In an embodiment, the cap layer may be formed by an in-situ deposition process in which a process gas comprising germanium, arsenic, tungsten, or gallium is introduced, thereby forming a copper-metal cap layer. In another embodiment, a copper-metal silicide cap is provided. In this embodiment, silane is introduced before, during, or after a process gas is introduced, the process gas comprising germanium, arsenic, tungsten, or gallium. Thereafter, an optional etch stop layer may be formed, and a second dielectric layer may be formed over the etch stop layer or the first dielectric layer.
摘要:
An interconnect structure with improved reliability is provided. The interconnect structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate; a metallic wiring in the dielectric layer; a pre-layer over the metallic wiring, wherein the pre-layer contains boron; and a metal cap over the pre-layer, wherein the metal cap contains tungsten, and wherein the pre-layer and the metal cap are formed of different materials.
摘要:
After trench line pattern openings and via pattern openings are formed in a inter-metal dielectric insulation layer of a semiconductor wafer using trench-first dual damascene process, the wafer is wet cleaned in a single step wet clean process using a novel wet clean solvent composition. The wet clean solvent effectively cleans the dry etch residue from the plasma etching of the dual damascene openings, etches back the TiN hard mask layer along the dual damascene openings and forms a recessed surface at the conductor metal from layer below exposed at the bottom of the via openings of the dual damascene openings.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a metal gate on the substrate, the metal gate having a first gate resistance, removing a portion of the metal gate thereby forming a trench; and forming a conductive structure within the trench such that a second gate resistance of the conductive structure and remaining portion of the metal gate is lower than the first gate resistance.
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:
A method for forming a strained channel in a semiconductor device is provided, comprises providing of a transistor comprising a gate stack exposed with a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate, a pair of source/drain regions in the substrate on opposite sides of the gate stack and a pair of spacers on opposing sidewalls of the gate stack. A passivation layer is formed to cover the gate electrode and spacers of the transistor. A passivation layer is formed to cover the gate electrode and the spacers. A recess region is formed in each of the source/drain regions, wherein an edge of the recess region aligns to an outer edge of the spacers. The recess regions are filled with a strain-exerting material, thereby forming a strained channel region in the semiconductor substrate between the source/drain regions.
摘要:
A method for processing a semiconductor structure includes the steps of capping a top surface of the semiconductor structure that defines the metallization layer with a thin stop layer, forming a dielectric layer over the thin stop layer, wherein the dielectric layer defines at least one area where the thin stop layer is exposed, and removing the exposed thin stop layer to expose a top surface of the metallization layer using etchant gases substantially free from oxygen, so that the metallization layer is substantially free of damage.