公开(公告)号：US20190081134A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：US16114217

申请日：2018-08-28

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. ,  Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Feng-Yi Chang ,  Fu-Che Lee ,  Chieh-Te Chen

IPC: H01L49/02 ,  H01L27/08 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L21/3213

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a memory capacitor. A substrate is provided with a plurality of storage node contacts. A patterned supporting structure is formed on the substrate, following by forming a bottom electrode conformally on surface of plural openings in the patterned supporting structure, thereby contacting the storage node contacts. A sacrificial layer is formed in the opening. A soft etching process is performed to remove the bottom electrode on top and partial sidewall of the patterned supporting structure, wherein the soft etching process includes using a fluoride containing compound, a nitrogen and hydrogen containing compound and an oxygen containing compound. The sacrificial layer is completely removed away. A capacitor dielectric layer and a top electrode are formed on the bottom electrode layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190043865A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US15947856

申请日：2018-04-08

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. ,  Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Feng-Yi Chang ,  Fu-Che Lee ,  Chieh-Te Chen ,  Yi-Ching Chang

IPC: H01L27/108

Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor structure with capacitor landing pad and a method for fabricating a capacitor landing pad. The semiconductor structure with capacitor landing pad includes a substrate having a plurality of contact structures, a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate and the contact structures, and a plurality of capacitor landing pads, each of the capacitor landing pads being located in the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the contact structure, wherein the capacitor landing pads presents a shape of a wide top and a narrow bottom and a top surface of the capacitor landing pads have a concave shape.

公开(公告)号：US20190035631A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16003058

申请日：2018-06-07

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. ,  Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Feng-Yi Chang ,  Fu-Che Lee ,  Chieh-Te Chen

IPC: H01L21/033 ,  H01L27/108

Abstract: A patterning method is disclosed. A substrate having a hard mask layer and a first material layer formed thereon is provided. The first material layer is patterned into first array patterns and first peripheral patterns. The first array patterns are further transferred into first spacer patterns. Subsequently, a planarization layer and a second material layer are successively formed on the substrate. The second material layer is patterned into second array patterns and second peripheral patterns. The second array patterns are further transferred into second spacer patterns. The second spacer patterns partially overlap the first spacer patterns. The second peripheral patterns do not overlap the first peripheral pattern. The first spacer patterns not overlapped by the second spacer patterns are removed to obtain third array patterns. The hard mask layer is then etched using the third array patterns, the second peripheral patterns and the first peripheral patterns as an etching mask.

公开(公告)号：US10186513B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15884415

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. ,  Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Feng-Yi Chang ,  Fu-Che Lee ,  Chieh-Te Chen

IPC: H01L27/108 ,  H01L21/768

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes bit lines, a transistor, a dielectric layer, plugs and a capping layer. The bit lines are disposed on a substrate within a cell region thereof, and the transistor is disposed on the substrate within a periphery region. The plugs are disposed in the dielectric layer, within the cell region and the periphery region respectively. The capping layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, and the capping layer disposed within the periphery region is between those plugs. That is, a portion of the dielectric layer is therefore between the capping layer and the transistor.

公开(公告)号：US10043809B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US15632394

申请日：2017-06-26

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. ,  Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yi-Ching Chang ,  Feng-Yi Chang ,  Fu-Che Lee ,  Chieh-Te Chen

IPC: H01L27/108 ,  H01L21/768

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region; forming a bit line structure on the cell region and a gate structure on the peripheral region; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the bit line structure and the gate structure; forming a conductive layer on the bit line structure; performing a first photo-etching process to remove part of the conductive layer for forming storage contacts adjacent two sides of the bit line structure and contact plugs adjacent to two sides of the gate structure; forming a first cap layer on the cell region and the peripheral region to cover the bit line structure and the gate structure; and performing a second photo-etching process to remove part of the first cap layer on the cell region.

公开(公告)号：US20180108563A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15384940

申请日：2016-12-20

Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp. ,  Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Chieh-Te Chen ,  Hsien-Shih Chu ,  Ming-Feng Kuo ,  Fu-Che Lee ,  Chien-Ting Ho ,  Chiung-Lin Hsu ,  Feng-Yi Chang ,  Yi-Wang Zhan ,  Li-Chiang Chen ,  Chien-Cheng Tsai ,  Chin-Hsin Chiu

IPC: H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/308

CPC classification number: H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/3081 ,  H01L21/762

Abstract: A method of fabricating an isolation structure is provided. A first oxide layer and a first, second, and third hard mask layers are formed on a substrate. A patterned third hard mask layer is formed. Second oxide layers are formed on sidewalls of the patterned third hard mask layer and a fourth hard mask layer is formed between the second oxide layers. The second oxide layers and the second hard mask layer are removed using the patterned third hard mask layer and the fourth hard mask layer as a mask, to form a patterned second hard mask layer. The patterned third hard mask layer and the fourth hard mask layer are removed. A portion of the patterned second hard mask layer is removed to form trench patterns. A patterned first hard mask layer and first oxide layer, and trenches located in the substrate are defined. An isolation material is formed.

公开(公告)号：US09799550B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14845294

申请日：2015-09-04

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Wei-Hao Huang ,  Chia-Lin Lu ,  Chun-Lung Chen ,  Kun-Yuan Liao ,  Feng-Yi Chang ,  Chieh-Te Chen ,  Shang-Yuan Tsai

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/441 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/033 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/0332 ,  H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/31116 ,  H01L21/31138 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L21/32134 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L2029/7858

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming an opening, including: first, a hard mask material layer is formed on a target layer, next, a tri-layer hard mask is formed on the hard mask material layer, where the tri-layer hard mask includes an bottom organic layer (ODL), a middle silicon-containing hard mask bottom anti-reflection coating (SHB) layer and a top photoresist layer, and an etching process is then performed, to remove parts of the tri-layer hard mask, parts of the hard mask material layer and parts of the target layer in sequence, so as to form at least one opening in the target layer, where during the step for removing parts of the hard mask material layer, a lateral etching rate of the hard mask material layer is smaller than a lateral etching rate of the ODL.

公开(公告)号：US09728455B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-08

申请号：US15404163

申请日：2017-01-11

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chia-Lin Lu ,  Chun-Lung Chen ,  Kun-Yuan Liao ,  Feng-Yi Chang ,  Chieh-Te Chen

IPC: H01L21/20 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L23/532

CPC classification number: H01L21/76895 ,  H01L21/76805 ,  H01L21/76885 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/53295 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a gate structure thereon and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer surrounding the gate structure; forming a sacrificial layer on the gate structure; forming a first contact plug in the sacrificial layer and the ILD layer; removing the sacrificial layer; and forming a first dielectric layer on the gate structure and the first contact plug.

公开(公告)号：US09281367B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-08

申请号：US14697615

申请日：2015-04-27

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Ching-Wen Hung ,  Chih-Sen Huang ,  Po-Chao Tsao ,  Chieh-Te Chen

IPC: H01L29/772 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/283 ,  H01L21/321 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L29/165

CPC classification number: H01L21/76897 ,  H01L21/283 ,  H01L21/32115 ,  H01L21/76816 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/53209 ,  H01L23/53223 ,  H01L23/53238 ,  H01L23/53266 ,  H01L23/53295 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/41725 ,  H01L29/41758 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66575 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/7843 ,  H01L29/7845 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a transistor, a first ILD layer, a second ILD layer, a first contact plug, second contact plug and a third contact plug. The transistor is disposed on the substrate and includes a gate and a source/drain region. The first ILD layer is disposed on the transistor. The first contact plug is disposed in the first ILD layer and a top surface of the first contact plug is higher than a top surface of the gate. The second ILD layer is disposed on the first ILD layer. The second contact plug is disposed in the second ILD layer and electrically connected to the first contact plug. The third contact plug is disposed in the first ILD layer and the second ILD layer and electrically connected to the gate. The present invention further provides a method of making the same.

公开(公告)号：US09263294B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-16

申请号：US14273283

申请日：2014-05-08

Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.

Inventor： Chia-Lin Lu ,  Chun-Lung Chen ,  Kun-Yuan Liao ,  Feng-Yi Chang ,  Chieh-Te Chen ,  Cheng-Hsing Chuang

IPC: H01L21/4763 ,  H01L21/311

CPC classification number: H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/31133 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L21/76816 ,  H01L21/76897

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. A material layer, a first flowing material layer and a first mask layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. A first etching process is performed by using the first mask layer as a mask, so as to form a first opening in the material layer. The first mask layer and the first flowing material layer are removed. A filler layer is formed in the first opening. A second flowing material layer is formed on the material layer and the filler layer. A second mask layer is formed on the second flowing material layer. A second etching process is performed by using the second mask layer as a mask, so as to form a second opening in the material layer.

Abstract translation: 提供一种形成半导体器件的方法。 在基板上依次形成材料层，第一流动材料层和第一掩模层。 通过使用第一掩模层作为掩模来进行第一蚀刻工艺，以在材料层中形成第一开口。 去除第一掩模层和第一流动材料层。 在第一开口中形成填充层。 在材料层和填料层上形成第二流动材料层。 在第二流动材料层上形成第二掩模层。 通过使用第二掩模层作为掩模来进行第二蚀刻处理，以在材料层中形成第二开口。