摘要:
An integrated circuit structure comprises a plurality of islands of semiconductor material (16-1 through 16-5) each island being separated from adjacent islands by a groove formed in annular shape around said island to laterally define the dimensions of each such island, an oxide (12, 14) formed over the surface of said grooves (13-1 through 13-6) and said islands and a selected glass (15) deposited on said oxide (14) in the grooves and over the top surface of said device, said glass having the property that it flows at a temperature beneath the temperature at which dopants in the islands of semiconductor material substantially redistribute, said selected glass (15) having a substantially flat top surface thereby to give said structure a substantially flat top surface.
摘要:
A method of introducing a controlled flow of vapor from a high pressure sublimation chamber into a low pressure vapor deposition reactor, said vapor being derived from solid source material preferably, but not necessarily, having a vapor pressure above about one (1) Torr at a temperature not exceeding about 350.degree. C. The method comprises controllably heating the source material to a temperature sufficient to produce vapor therefrom at a desired pressure, and then controllably transferring the vapor through vapor transmission means to the vapor deposition reactor. During such transfer, the transmission means is maintained at a temperature sufficient to prevent condensation of the vapor therein during transfer. The vapor is delivered to the reactor in a pure state and is not mixed with any carrier medium.
摘要:
A method for forming a predetermined configuration of a film material comprises the steps of forming a layer of a first material on a surface, forming a layer of a second material on the first material wherein the first material has an etch rate greater than that of the second material when the first material and the second material are exposed to a common etchant, etching portions of the second material and underlying portions of the first material to expose portions of the surface, forming a layer of film material on the exposed portions of the surface, forming a layer of film material on the exposed portions of the surface and on the remaining portions of the second material, and removing the remaining portions of the first material such that the overlying second material and the film material thereon is also removed.
摘要:
A photomask for use in manufacturing integrated circuits is fabricated by coating a thin film of organic material, generally a solution of a thermally decomposable hydrocarbon, onto a glass plate and heating it in a reducing atmosphere to convert it into carbon. The carbon layer is masked and etched; for example, in an oxygen plasma, to produce the mask.
摘要:
There is disclosed herein a stress relieved intermediate insulating layer consisting of one or more layers of spun-on glass lying over a metalization pattern. The spun-on layers are allowed to crack from thermal stress imposed upon the structure. The cracks in the spun-on layers are then filled with a glass layer deposited by CVD or LPCVD.
摘要:
An integrated circuit structure comprises a plurality of islands of semiconductor material (16-1 through 16-5) each island being separated from adjacent islands by a groove formed in annular shape around said island to laterally define the dimensions of each such island, an oxide (12, 14) formed over the surface of said grooves (13-1 through 13-6) and said islands and a selected glass (15) deposited on said oxide (14) in the grooves and over the top surface of said device, said glass having the property that it flows at a temperature beneath the temperature at which dopants in the islands of semiconductor material substantially redistribute, said selected glass (15) having a substantially flat top surface thereby to give said structure a substantially flat top surface.
摘要:
A low temperature insulating glass for use in semiconductor devices comprises a mixture of germanium, silicon, oxygen and phosphorus. In the preferred embodiment, the glass comprises a mixture of about 40% to 55% silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2), about 55% to 40% of germanium dioxide (GeO.sub.2) and from 1% to about 5% of phosphorus pentoxide (P.sub.2 O.sub.5), by mole percent.
摘要翻译:用于半导体器件的低温绝缘玻璃包括锗,硅,氧和磷的混合物。 在优选的实施方案中,玻璃包含约40%至55%的二氧化硅(SiO 2),约55%至40%的二氧化锗(GeO 2)和1%至约5%的五氧化二磷(P 2 O 5)的混合物, 按摩尔%计。
摘要:
A method for forming a substantially planar inorganic dielectric layer over a predetermined pattern of electrical interconnects comprises the steps of reacting phosphoric acid and a trivalent metallic halide compound with an aliphatic solvent to form a coating fluid. The coating fluid is then spun onto the semiconductor device to form a layer over the electrical interconnect. The resultant device is then baked at a first temperature to drive off the solvent and then baked at a second, higher temperature, in order to promote the glass forming reaction. This process is repeated as required to form a coating layer having a thickness which exhibits levelling characteristics of such high quality that fine topography can be carried out on succeeding layers of metal in order to form additional interconnect layers with precision.
摘要:
In a semiconductor device, laser energy is used to selectively heat various SiO.sub.2 and/or GeO.sub.2 based materials to elevated temperatures while maintaining the active device region and electrical interconnects at relatively low temperatures, to for example, induce densification and/or flow of the SiO.sub.2 and/or GeO.sub.2 based material to round off sharp edges and stops, without damaging or affecting the active region and electrical interconnects.
摘要:
A novel process is disclosed for the selective etching of a protective layer over a substrate according to a predetermined pattern, which does not involve the use of chemical vapor deposition or vacuum techniques. The process incorporates the techniques of electroless metal deposition after first applying a mask which is positive with respect to the predetermined pattern. In alternative embodiments, the application to the masked protective layer of an agent catalytic to the reception of electroless metal deposition is followed by either immersion in an electroless plating bath and subsequent mask removal, or by mask removal and subsequent immersion in the electroless plating bath. In either embodiment, the protective layer is effectively masked and patterned for plasma etching. The process is useful in forming openings in the protective layer to permit selective doping of the underlying substrate.