摘要:
A transistor comprises a substrate, a pair of spacers on the substrate, a gate dielectric layer on the substrate and between the pair of spacers, a gate electrode layer on the gate dielectric layer and between the pair of spacers, an insulating cap layer on the gate electrode layer and between the pair of spacers, and a pair of diffusion regions adjacent to the pair of spacers. The insulating cap layer forms an etch stop structure that is self aligned to the gate and prevents the contact etch from exposing the gate electrode, thereby preventing a short between the gate and contact. The insulator-cap layer enables self-aligned contacts, allowing initial patterning of wider contacts that are more robust to patterning limitations.
摘要:
A capacitor-over-bitline structure includes a bottom electrode that has an open vessel form factor. The bottom-electrode form factor includes a floor, rectilinear sidewalls, and a rim that defines the topmost feature. A capacitor dielectric film contacts and covers the floor, the sidewalls, and the rim. A top electrode has a convex form factor that complements the concave bottom-electrode form factor. A process of forming the capacitor-over-bitline structure by spinning on a reflowable sacrificial material such as an oxide that covers both logic and memory portions of a semiconductive device, followed by a polish-back process and a recessing etch of the bottom electrode.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a channel region, and a gate formed in association with the channel region. In one exemplary embodiment, the gate comprises a first material that is formed void free on an interior surface of a gate trench of the gate. A width of the gate trench comprises between about 8 nm and about 65 nm. The gate comprises a transition metal alloyed with carbon, aluminum or nitrogen, or combinations thereof, to form a carbide, a nitride, or a carbo-nitride, or combinations thereof, of the transition metal. In another exemplary embodiment, the gate further comprises a second material formed void free on an interior surface of the first material and comprises a transition metal alloyed with carbon, aluminum or nitrogen, or combinations thereof, to form a carbide, a nitride, or a carbo-nitride, or combinations thereof, of the transition metal.
摘要:
An exemplary embodiment of a method for forming a gate for a planar-type or a finFET-type transistor comprises forming a gate trench that includes an interior surface. A first work-function metal is formed on the interior surface of the gate trench, and a low-resistivity material is deposited on the first work-function metal using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique, or an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique, or combinations thereof. Another exemplary embodiment provides that a second work-function metal is formed on the first work-function metal, and then the low-resistivity material is deposited on the first work-function metal using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique, or an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique, or combinations thereof.
摘要:
An electropolish process may remove a conductive film from a semiconductor wafer. An electropolish apparatus having a pad over a platen may make surface-to-surface electrical contact with the conductive film of the wafer across the entire surface of the pad and the conductive film on the wafer. An electric field may be applied through openings in the pad and electrodes which receive potential by feedthroughs that extend through the platen to those electrodes. The electrodes in the feedthroughs may be electrically isolated from the pad and the platen. As a result, more uniform application of electrical potential across the surface to be polished may be achieved in some embodiments.
摘要:
The present invention describes a method of forming an interconnect structure. An insulating layer is formed, and then an opening is formed in the insulating layer. Next, a conductive layer is formed over the insulating layer and in the opening. A polishing stop layer is then formed over the conductive layer. The polishing stop layer and the conductive layer are then polished; however, the polishing stop layer is polished at a slower rate than the conductive layer.
摘要:
A system for performing chemical mechanical planarization for a semiconductor wafer includes a chemical mechanical polishing system including a chemical mechanical polishing slurry. The system also includes a device for measuring the electrochemical potential of the slurry during processing which is electrically connected to the slurry, and a device for detecting the end point of the process, based upon the electrochemical potential of the slurry, which is responsive to the electrochemical potential measuring device. Accurate in situ control of a chemical mechanical polishing process is thereby provided.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe multi-threshold voltage devices and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, a channel body disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first gate electrode having a first thickness coupled with the channel body and a second gate electrode having a second thickness coupled with the channel body, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
摘要:
An embodiment integrates memory, such as spin-torque transfer magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) within a logic chip. The STT-MRAM includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) with an upper MTJ layer, lower MTJ layer, and tunnel barrier directly contacting the upper MTJ layer and the lower MTJ layer; wherein the upper MTJ layer includes an upper MTJ layer sidewall and the lower MTJ layer includes a lower MTJ sidewall horizontally offset from the upper MTJ layer. Another embodiment includes a memory area, comprising a MTJ, and a logic area located on a substrate; wherein a horizontal plane intersects the MTJ, a first Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) material adjacent the MTJ, and a second ILD material included in the logic area, the first and second ILD materials being unequal to one another. In an embodiment the first and second ILDs directly contact one another. Other embodiments are described herein.
摘要:
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of TaAlC for capacitor integration is generally described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of semiconductor devices disposed in or above a substrate. One or more dielectric layers are disposed above the plurality of semiconductor devices. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is disposed in at least one of the dielectric layers, the MIM capacitor includes an electrode having a conformal layer of TaAlC and the MIM capacitor is electrically coupled to one or more of the semiconductor devices. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.