摘要:
A method for increasing chip yield by reducing black silicon deposition in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of providing a silicon wafer suitable for fabricating semiconductor chips, depositing a first layer over an entire surface of the wafer, removing a portion of the first layer to expose a region suitable for forming semiconductor devices and etching the wafer such that a remaining portion of the first layer prevents redeposition of etched material on the wafer. A semiconductor assembly for reducing black silicon deposition thereon, includes a silicon wafer suitable for fabricating semiconductor chips, the wafer having a front surface for forming semiconductor devices, a back surface and edges. A deposited layer is formed on the wafer for covering the back surface and the edges such that redeposition of silicon on the back surface and edges of the wafer during etching is prevented.
摘要:
The present invention relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a structure and method for forming memory cells in a semiconductor device using a patterning layer and etch sequence. The method includes forming trenches in a layered semiconductor structure, each trench having an inner sidewall adjacent a section of the layered semiconductor structure between the trenches and an outer sidewall opposite the inner sidewall. The trenches are filled with polysilicon and the patterning layer is formed over the layered semiconductor structure. An opening is then patterned through the patterning layer, the opening exposing the section of the layered semiconductor structure between the trenches and only a vertical portion of the polysilicon along the inner sidewall of each trench. The layered semiconductor structure is then etched. The patterning layer prevents a second vertical portion of the polysilicon along the outer sidewall of each trench from being removed. By adding the patterning layer over the semiconductor structure during trench type memory cell fabrication, strap resistance and its variation can be reduced, resulting in better DRAM cell operation with less process dependence and improved strap overlay formation.
摘要:
Disclosed are embodiments of a hybrid-orientation technology (HOT) wafer and a method of forming the HOT wafer with improved shallow trench isolation (STI) structures for patterning devices in both silicon-on-insulator (SOI) regions, having a first crystallographic orientation, and bulk regions, having a second crystallographic orientation. The improved STI structures are formed using a non-selective etch process to ensure that all of the STI structures and, particularly, the STI structures at the SOI-bulk interfaces, each extend to the semiconductor substrate and have an essentially homogeneous (i.e., single material) and planar (i.e., divot-free) bottom surface that is approximately parallel to the top surface of the substrate. Optionally, an additional selective etch process can be used to extend the STI structures a predetermined depth into the substrate.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device in which a vertical trench semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (SONOS) memory cell is created in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is provided that allows for the integration of dense non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) cells in SOI-based complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The trench is processed using conventional trench processing and it is processed near the beginning of the inventive method that allows for the fabrication of the memory cell to be fully separated from SOI logic processing.
摘要:
An anisotropic etching process for a nitride layer of a substrate, the process comprising using an etchant gas which comprises a hydrogen-rich fluorohydrocarbon, an oxidant and a carbon source. The hydrogen-rich fluorohydrocarbon is preferably one of CH3F or CH2F2, the carbon source is preferably one of CO2 or CO, and the oxidant is preferably O2. The fluorohydrocarbon is preferably present in the gas at approximately 7%-35% by volume, the oxidant is preferably present in the gas at approximately 1%-35% by volume, and the carbon source is preferably present in the gas at approximately 30%-92%.
摘要:
A baffle plate for semiconductor processing apparatus. The baffle plate includes a plurality of slits. A plurality of fins are located between adjacent slits. The fins have varying heights and a supporting portion interconnects the fins.
摘要:
Silicon integrated circuits use a crystalline layer of silicon nitride (Si.sub.3 N.sub.4) in shallow trench isolation (STI) structures as an O.sub.2 -barrier film. The crystalline Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 lowers the density of electron traps as compared with as-deposited, amorphous Si.sub.3 N.sub.4. Further, a larger range of low-pressure chemical-vapor deposited (LPCVD) Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 films can be deposited, providing a larger processing window for thickness controllability. An LPCVD-Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 film is deposited at temperatures of 720.degree. C. to 780.degree. C. The deposited film is in an amorphous state. Subsequently, a high-temperatures rapid-thermal anneal in pure nitrogen or ammonia is conducted at 1050.degree. C. to 1100.degree. for 60 seconds.
摘要翻译:硅集成电路在浅沟槽隔离(STI)结构中使用氮化硅(Si 3 N 4)的结晶层作为O 2阻挡膜。 与沉积的非晶Si3N4相比,晶体Si3N4降低了电子阱的密度。 此外,可以沉积更大范围的低压化学气相沉积(LPCVD)Si 3 N 4膜,为厚度可控性提供更大的处理窗口。 在720℃至780℃的温度下沉积LPCVD-Si 3 N 4膜。沉积膜处于非晶状态。 随后,在1050℃至1100℃下进行纯氮或氨的高温快速热退火60秒。
摘要:
The subject invention provides a method of enhancing the etch rate of boron nitride which comprises doping a layer of boron nitride with an element from Group IVA of the Periodic Table of the Elements, such as silicon, carbon, or germanium. The doped boron nitride layer can be wet etched at a faster rate with hot phosphoric acid than was possible prior to doping the boron nitride.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device in which a vertical trench semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (SONOS) memory cell is created in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is provided that allows for the integration of dense non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) cells in SOI-based complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The trench is processed using conventional trench processing and it is processed near the beginning of the inventive method that allows for the fabrication of the memory cell to be fully separated from SOI logic processing.
摘要:
Methods for forming or etching silicon trench isolation (STI) in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) region and a bulk silicon region, and a semiconductor device so formed, are disclosed. The STI can be etched simultaneously in the SOI and bulk silicon regions by etching to an uppermost silicon layer using an STI mask, conducting a timed etch that etches to a desired depth in the bulk silicon region and stops on a buried insulator of the SOI region, and etching through the buried insulator of the SOI region. The buried insulator etch for this process can be done with little complexity as part of a hardmask removal step. Further, by choosing the same depth for both the bulk and SOI regions, problems with a subsequent CMP process are avoided. The invention also cleans up the boundary between the SOI and bulk regions where silicon nitride residuals may exist.