公开(公告)号：US10211045B1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15878502

申请日：2018-01-24

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Rishikesh Krishnan ,  Joseph K. Kassim ,  Bharat V. Krishnan ,  Joseph F. Shepard, Jr. ,  Rinus Tek Po Lee ,  Yiheng Xu

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L27/088

Abstract: An insulator is formed by flowable chemical vapor deposition (FCVD) process. The insulator is cured by exposing the insulator to ultraviolet light while flowing ozone over the insulator to produce a cured insulator. The curing process forms nitrogen, hydrogen, nitrogen monohydride, or hydroxyl-rich atomic clusters in the insulator. Following the curing process, these methods select wavelengths of microwave radiation (that will be subsequently used during annealing) so that such wavelengths excite the nitrogen, hydrogen, nitrogen monohydride, or hydroxyl-rich atomic clusters. Then, these methods anneal the cured insulator by exposing the cured insulator to microwave radiation in an inert (e.g., non-oxidizing) ambient atmosphere, at a temperature below 500° C., so as to increase the density of the cured insulator.

公开(公告)号：US09362230B1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-07

申请号：US14722302

申请日：2015-05-27

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Lawrence A. Clevenger ,  Vincent J. McGahay ,  Joyeeta Nag ,  Yiheng Xu

IPC: H01L21/265 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/528

CPC classification number: H01L21/76892 ,  H01L21/28556 ,  H01L21/28562 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L21/76825 ,  H01L21/76885 ,  H01L23/5256 ,  H01L28/24 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: Electrically conductive structures and methods of making electrically conductive structures. The methods include providing a dielectric layer of a material having a top surface and a dielectric constant of less than 3; rastering a gas cluster ion beam to form a patterned modified surface region of the top surface of the dielectric layer; and selectively forming an electrically conductive thin film on the patterned modified surface region using atomic layer deposition.

Abstract translation: 导电结构和制造导电结构的方法。 所述方法包括提供具有上表面和介电常数小于3的材料的电介质层; 清理气体簇离子束以形成电介质层的顶表面的图案化的改性表面区域; 并使用原子层沉积在图案化的改性表面区域上选择性地形成导电薄膜。

公开(公告)号：US10832965B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US15868229

申请日：2018-01-11

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yiheng Xu ,  Haiting Wang ,  Qun Gao ,  Scott Beasor ,  Kyung Bum Koo ,  Ankur Arya

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/3105

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices include trenches in a material layer that divide the material layer into fins. With such devices, an insulator partially fills the trenches and contacts the material layer. The top surface of the insulator (e.g., the surface opposite where the insulator contacts the material layer) has a convex dome shape between at least two of the fins. The dome shape has a first thickness from (from the bottom of the trench) where the insulator contacts the fins, and a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness where the insulator is between the fins. Further, there is a maximum thickness difference between the first and second thicknesses at the midpoint between the fins (e.g., the highest point of the dome shape is at the midpoint between the fins). Also, the top surface of the first insulator has concave divots where the first insulator contacts the fins.

公开(公告)号：US10361289B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15933032

申请日：2018-03-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhao ,  Shahab Siddiqui ,  Haiting Wang ,  Ting-Hsiang Hung ,  Yiheng Xu ,  Beth Baumert ,  Jinping Liu ,  Scott Beasor ,  Yue Zhong ,  Shesh Mani Pandey

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L29/78

Abstract: A method of thermally oxidizing a Si fin to form an oxide layer over the Si fin and then forming an ALD oxide layer over the oxide layer and resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a plurality of Si fins on a Si substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the plurality of Si fins and the Si substrate; recessing the dielectric layer, exposing a top portion of the plurality of Si fins; thermally oxidizing surface of the top portion of the plurality of Si fins, an oxide layer formed; and forming an ALD oxide layer over the oxide layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190214308A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US15868229

申请日：2018-01-11

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yiheng Xu ,  Haiting Wang ,  Qun Gao ,  Scott Beasor ,  Kyung Bum Koo ,  Ankur Arya

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/3105

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices include trenches in a material layer that divide the material layer into fins. With such devices, an insulator partially fills the trenches and contacts the material layer. The top surface of the insulator (e.g., the surface opposite where the insulator contacts the material layer) has a convex dome shape between at least two of the fins. The dome shape has a first thickness from (from the bottom of the trench) where the insulator contacts the fins, and a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness where the insulator is between the fins. Further, there is a maximum thickness difference between the first and second thicknesses at the midpoint between the fins (e.g., the highest point of the dome shape is at the midpoint between the fins). Also, the top surface of the first insulator has concave divots where the first insulator contacts the fins.

公开(公告)号：US10790198B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-29

申请号：US16058494

申请日：2018-08-08

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Fuad H. Al-Amoody ,  Yiheng Xu ,  Rishikesh Krishnan

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to fin structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a plurality of fin structures formed of substrate material; a semiconductor material located between selected fin structures of the plurality of fin structures; and isolation regions within spaces between the plurality of fin structures.

公开(公告)号：US20190027556A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US15656574

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Jiehui Shu ,  Rishikesh Krishnan ,  Jinping Liu ,  Yiheng Xu ,  Joseph F. Shepard, JR.

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/3105

Abstract: A method of forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) for an integrated circuit (IC) structure to mitigate fin bending disclosed. The method may include forming a first insulator layer in a first portion of an opening in a substrate by a bottom-up atomic layer deposition (ALD) process; and forming a second insulator layer on the first insulator layer in a second portion of the opening. The opening may be position between a set of fins in the substrate. The method may further include forming an oxide liner in the opening before the forming the first insulator layer. The second insulator layer may be formed by deposition using a flowable chemical vapor deposition (FCVD) process, high aspect ratio process (HARP), high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDP CVD) process, or any other conventional insulator material deposition process.

公开(公告)号：US09984933B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15723416

申请日：2017-10-03

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yiheng Xu ,  Haiting Wang ,  Wei Zhao ,  Todd B. Abrams ,  Jiehui Shu ,  Jinping Liu ,  Scott Beasor

IPC: H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/28

CPC classification number: H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/28123 ,  H01L21/30625 ,  H01L21/823481 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: A hardmask is patterned on a first material to leave hardmask elements. The first material is patterned into fins through the hardmask. A layer of silicon is formed on the hardmask elements and the fins in processing that forms the layer of silicon thicker on the hardmask elements relative to the fins. An isolation material is formed on the layer of silicon to leave the isolation material filling spaces between the fins. The isolation material and the layer of silicon are annealed to consume relatively thinner portions of the layer of silicon and leave the layer of silicon on the hardmask elements as silicon elements. A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is performed on the isolation material to make the isolation material planar with the silicon elements. A first etching agent removes the silicon elements on the hardmask elements, and a second chemical agent removes the hardmask elements.