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An integrated circuit device having reduced-height gate stack is fabricated by using a patterned oxide hard mask to pattern the underlying metal layer. The oxide mask is removed and the patterned metal is subsequently used as a mask to etch the polysilicon layer.
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Shallow junctions n- and p-channel field effect transistors are formed with a single ion implant into a conformal tungsten silicide layer. Although phosphorous and boron are implanted into the same silicide regions, the phosphorous prevents the boron from outdiffusing.
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A field effect transistor is fabricated with a window pad layer that is patterned using a patterned dielectric with sublithographic spacing as an etch mask. Desirable attributes of the transistor include small junction capacitance.
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A method for fabricating a multi-level integrated circuit is disclosed which utilizes a grid pattern from which portions corresponding to the metal layer are selectively removed to form a mask which is subsequently used to deposit dummy features in the open areas between metal lines, thereby to allow the deposition of a substantially planar dielectric surface over the metal layers and dummy features.
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A field effect transistor is fabricated with an ion implanted silicide layer and a conducting diffusion barrier pad layer that acts as a diffusion mask. The dopants from the silicide layer are diffused into the substrate to form shallow source/drain regions.
摘要:
An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate with semiconductor devices formed therein and thereon, a first wiring layer located over the substrate, a second wiring layer located on the first wiring layer, and a capacitor. The capacitor has metal-based charge-storage electrodes that extend through the second wiring layer and at least part of the first wiring layer. The wiring layers have interconnect wire embedded therein.
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A memory cell structure includes a substrate having a bottom electrode at least partially disposed within the substrate; a pad disposed at least partially over the substrate; a phase change element having a chalcogenide material, disposed at least partially over the substrate and adjacent to the pad, the phase change element being adjacent and operatively coupled to the bottom electrode; and a top electrode operatively coupled to the phase change element. Moreover, the pad is formed by a method including depositing a first material layer over the substrate, etching the first material layer to form a pad strip and to expose the bottom electrode, and etching the pad strip to from the pad.
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The invention provides a device containing a low .kappa., hydrogen-free a-C:F layer with good adhesion and thermal stability. It was found that the combination of desirable properties was attainable by a relatively easy process, as compared to processes that utilize gaseous sources, such as CVD. Specifically, the a-C:F layer is formed by sputter deposition, using only solid sources for the fluorine and carbon, and in the absence of any intentionally-added hydrogen-containing source. The sputtering is performed such that the layer contains 20 to 60 at. % fluorine, and also, advantageously, such that the a-C:F exhibits a bandgap of about 2.0 eV or greater. The a-C:F layer formed by the process of the invention exhibits a dielectric constant, at 1 MHz and room temperature, of 3.0 or less, advantageously 2.5 or less, and more advantageously 2.1 or less, along with being thermally stable up to at least 350.degree. C., advantageously 450.degree. C., and exhibiting a stress of about 100 MPa or less, in absolute value.
摘要:
In CMOS based integrated circuits, stricter design rules require source and drain junctions shallower than 2500 .ANG.. By using a specific device configuration, a shallow junction is obtainable while resistance to latch-up is improved and other electrical properties, e.g., low leakage current, are maintained. To achieve this result the p-channel device should have an activation energy of the junction reverse leakage current region less than 1.12 eV, with a junction dopant region shallower than 1200 .ANG. and a monotonically decreasing junction dopant profile.
摘要:
Contact structures having I shapes and L shapes, and methods of fabricating I-shaped and L-shaped contact structures, are employed in semiconductor devices and, in certain instances, phase-change nonvolatile memory devices. The I-shaped and L-shaped contact structures produced by these methods exhibit relatively small active areas. The methods that determine the contact structure dimensions employ conventional semiconductor deposit and etch processing steps that are capable of creating readily reproducible results.