摘要:
A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided where in one embodiment an STI fill is recessed below the pad nitride and pad oxide layers, to a level substantially coplanar with the top surface of the substrate. A thin (having a thickness in the range of about 10 Å-100 Å) wet etch resistant layer is formed in contact with and completely covering at least the top surface of the recessed STI fill material. The thin wet etch resistant layer is more resistant to a wet etch process than at least the pad oxide layer. The thin wet etch resistant layer may be a refractory dielectric material, or a dielectric such as HfOx, AlyOx, ZrOx, HfZrOx, and HfSiOx. The inventive wet etch resistant layer improves the wet etch budget of subsequent wet etch processing steps.
摘要翻译:提供一种形成半导体器件的方法,其中在一个实施例中,STI填充物在衬垫氮化物和衬垫氧化物层下方凹入到与衬底的顶表面基本上共面的水平。 至少形成凹入的STI填充材料的上表面,形成薄(具有在约10埃-120埃范围内的厚度)耐湿蚀刻层。 薄的耐湿蚀刻层比至少衬垫氧化物层更耐湿蚀刻工艺。 薄的耐湿蚀刻层可以是耐火电介质材料,或诸如HfO x,Al y O x,ZrO x,HfZrO x和HfSiO x的电介质。 本发明的耐湿蚀刻层提高了后续湿蚀刻处理步骤的湿法蚀刻预算。
摘要:
A method for fin field effect transistor (finFET) device formation includes forming a plurality of fins on a substrate; forming a gate region over the plurality of fins; and forming isolation areas for the finFET device after formation of the gate region, wherein forming the isolation areas for the finFET device comprises performing one of oxidation or removal of a subset of the plurality of fins.
摘要:
Semiconductor devices and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. One device includes a plurality of gates and a dielectric gap filling material with a pre-determined aspect ratio that is between the gates. The device further includes an etch resistant nitride layer that is configured to maintain the aspect ratio of the dielectric gap filling material during fabrication of the device and is disposed above the dielectric gap filling material and between the plurality of gates.
摘要:
After formation of a silicon nitride gate spacer and a silicon nitride liner overlying a disposable gate structure, a dielectric material layer is deposited, which includes a dielectric material that is not prone to material loss during subsequent exposure to wet or dry etch chemicals employed to remove disposable gate materials in the disposable gate structure. The dielectric material can be a spin-on dielectric material or can be a dielectric metal oxide material. The dielectric material layer and the silicon nitride liner are planarized to provide a planarized dielectric surface in which the disposable gate materials are physically exposed. Surfaces of the planarized dielectric layer is not recessed relative to surfaces of the silicon nitride layer during removal of the disposable gate materials and prior to formation of replacement gate structures, thereby preventing formation of metallic stringers.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a vehicle cross-member assembly includes: adding adhesive to an adhesive reservoir in an interconnecting member composed of a first material; overlapping a first rail composed of a second material with the interconnecting member; and welding the interconnecting member to a second rail in a position perpendicular with respect to the second rail. The second rail is composed of a different material than the first rail.
摘要:
Techniques are discloses to apply an external stress onto the source/drain semiconductor fin sidewall areas and latch the same onto the semiconductor fin before releasing the sidewalls for subsequent salicidation and contact formation. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods in which selected portions of a semiconductor are subjected to an amorphizing ion implantation which disorients the crystal structure of the selected portions of the semiconductor fins, relative to portions of the semiconductor fin that is beneath a gate stack and encapsulated with various liners. At least one stress liner is formed and then stress memorization occurs by performing a stress latching annealing. During this anneal, recrystallization of the disoriented crystal structure occurs. The at least one stress liner is removed and thereafter merging of the semiconductor fins in the source/drain regions is performed.
摘要:
A shallow trench isolation region is provided in which void formation is substantially or totally eliminated therefrom. The shallow trench isolation mitigates active shorts between two active regions of a semiconductor substrate. The shallow trench isolation region includes a bilayer liner which is present on sidewalls and a bottom wall of a trench that is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The bilayer liner of the present disclosure includes, from bottom to top, a shallow trench isolation liner, e.g., a semiconductor oxide and/or nitride, and a high k liner, e.g., a dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is greater than silicon oxide.
摘要:
A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided where in one embodiment an STI fill is recessed below the pad nitride and pad oxide layers, to a level substantially coplanar with the top surface of the substrate. A thin (having a thickness in the range of about 10 Å-100 Å) wet etch resistant layer is formed in contact with and completely covering at least the top surface of the recessed STI fill material. The thin wet etch resistant layer is more resistant to a wet etch process than at least the pad oxide layer. The thin wet etch resistant layer may be a refractory dielectric material, or a dielectric such as HfOx, AlyOx, ZrOx, HfZrOx, and HfSiOx. The inventive wet etch resistant layer improves the wet etch budget of subsequent wet etch processing steps.
摘要翻译:提供一种形成半导体器件的方法,其中在一个实施例中,STI填充物在衬垫氮化物和衬垫氧化物层下方凹入到与衬底的顶表面基本上共面的水平。 至少形成凹入的STI填充材料的上表面,形成薄(具有在约10埃-120埃范围内的厚度)耐湿蚀刻层。 薄的耐湿蚀刻层比至少衬垫氧化物层更耐湿蚀刻工艺。 薄的耐湿蚀刻层可以是耐火电介质材料,或诸如HfO x,Al y O x,ZrO x,HfZrO x和HfSiO x的电介质。 本发明的耐湿蚀刻层提高了后续湿蚀刻处理步骤的湿法蚀刻预算。
摘要:
The invention relates to a method includes etching at least one shallow trench in at least an SIO layer; forming a dielectric liner at an interface of the SIO layer and the SIO layer; forming a metal or metal alloy layer in the shallow trench on the dielectric liner; and filling the shallow trench with oxide material over the metal or metal alloy.
摘要:
Systems and methods are provided for predicting rare events, such as hospitalization events. Data related to health and/or healthcare may be compiled from a number of sources and used to construct a predictive model. The predictive model employ Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS). The data may be arranged in a timeline, and formatted in such a way as to provide discrete temporal “batches”. This arrangement may facilitate the PCA and PLS decomposition of the data into predictive models. These models may then be applied to an individual's data, to create a prediction of healthcare related events.