Abstract:
A hard mask layer stack for patterning a layer to be patterned includes a carbon layer disposed on top of the layer to be patterned, a first layer of a material selected from the group of SiO2 and SiON disposed on top of the carbon layer and a silicon layer disposed on top of the first layer. A method of patterning a layer to be patterned includes providing the above described hard mask layer stack on the layer to be patterned and patterning the silicon hard mask layer in accordance with a pattern to be formed in the layer that has to be patterned.
Abstract:
A DRAM memory cell is provided with a selection transistor, which is arranged horizontally at a semiconductor substrate surface and has a first source/drain electrode, a second source/drain electrode, a channel layer arranged between the first and the second source/drain electrode in the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode, which is arranged along the channel layer and is electrically insulated from the channel layer, a storage capacitor, which has a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, insulated from the first capacitor electrode, one of the capacitor electrodes of the storage capacitor being electrically conductively connected to one of the source/drain electrodes of the selection transistor, and a semiconductor substrate electrode on the rear side, the gate electrode enclosing the channel layer at at least two opposite sides.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit including a gate electrode is disclosed. One embodiment provides a transistor including a first source/drain electrode and a second source/drain electrode. A channel is arranged between the first and the second source/drain electrode in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is arranged adjacent the channel layer and is electrically insulated from the channel layer. A semiconductor substrate electrode is provided on a rear side. The gate electrode encloses the channel layer at at least two opposite sides.
Abstract:
In a method for fabricating a capacitor that includes an electrode structure (80), an auxiliary layer (40) is formed over a substrate (10). A recess (60), which determines the shape of the electrode structure (80), is etched into the auxiliary layer (40), and the electrode structure of the capacitor is formed in the recess. As an example, the auxiliary layer can be a semiconductor layer (40).
Abstract:
A method is proposed for locally heating a region that is disposed in a substrate. A substrate is provided and at least one region is produced in the substrate with a lower specific resistance than the surrounding substrate. The region is then locally heated by inducing eddy currents by irradiation with electromagnetic energy.
Abstract:
A transistor fin of a fin field-effect transistor is arranged between two contact structures. A gate electrode encapsulating the transistor fin on three sides is caused to recede by means of a nonlithographic process from contact trenches, which define the contact structures, before the formation of the contact structures. A distance a between the gate electrode and the contact structures is not subject to any tolerances due to the overlay of two independent lithographic masks. For a given extent of the gate electrode along the transistor fin, it is possible to minimize a distance A between the contact structures and thereby significantly increase the packing density of a plurality of fin field-effect transistors on a substrate compared with conventional devices.
Abstract:
In semiconductor memories having a surrounding gate configuration, webs, i.e. vertical rectangular pillars made of substrate material, are formed at the surface of a semiconductor substrate and are surrounded by the gate electrodes in a lower region. Conventionally, it is not possible for word lines to make contact with the gate electrodes in the lower region of the webs without at the same time electrically influencing substrate regions at a higher level in the webs or short-circuiting bit lines from their sidewalls, unless complicated methods requiring additional lithography steps are used. A method for the self-aligning, selective contact-connection of the peripheral gate electrodes is performed with the aid of an insulation layer having a smaller layer thickness than the peripheral gate electrodes.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit including a gate electrode is disclosed. One embodiment provides a transistor including a first source/drain electrode and a second source/drain electrode. A channel is arranged between the first and the second source/drain electrode in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is arranged adjacent the channel layer and is electrically insulated from the channel layer. A semiconductor substrate electrode is provided on a rear side. The gate electrode encloses the channel layer at least two opposite sides.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of fabricating an integrated circuit, including the steps of providing at least one layer; performing a first implantation step, wherein particles are implanted into the layer under a first direction of incidence; performing a second implantation step, wherein particles are implanted into the layer under a second direction of incidence which is different from the first direction of incidence; performing a removal step, wherein the layer is partially removed depending on the local implant dose generated by the first and the second implantation step.
Abstract:
In one aspect, a method of forming a structure on a substrate is disclosed. For example, the method includes forming a first mask layer and a second mask layer, modifying a material property in regions of the first and second mask layers, and forming the structure based on the modified regions.