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公开(公告)号:US10714376B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-14
申请号:US16016910
申请日:2018-06-25
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Chih-Chiang Chang , Haifeng Sheng , Jiehui Shu , Haigou Huang , Pei Liu , Jinping Liu , Haiting Wang , Daniel J. Jaeger
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L29/78 , H01L21/762 , H01L27/088 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/768
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for forming fill materials in trenches having different widths and related structures. A method may include: forming a first fill material in a first and second trench where the second trench has a greater width than the first trench; removing a portion of the first fill material from each trench and forming a second fill material over the first fill material; removing a portion of the first and second fill material within the second trench; and forming a third fill material in the second trench. The structure may include a first fill material in trenches having different widths wherein the upper surfaces of the first fill material in each trench are substantially co-planar. The structure may also include a second fill material on the first fill material in each trench, the second fill material having a substantially equal thickness in each trench.
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公开(公告)号:US10510613B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US15878081
申请日:2018-01-23
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Jiehui Shu , Xusheng Wu , Haigou Huang , John H. Zhang , Pei Liu , Laertis Economikos
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/8234 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/49 , H01L23/535 , H01L21/28
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a contact over an active gate structure and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an active gate structure composed of conductive material located between sidewall material; an upper sidewall material above the sidewall material, the upper sidewall material being different material than the sidewall material; and a contact structure in electrical contact with the conductive material of the active gate structure. The contact structure is located between the sidewall material and between the upper sidewall material.
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公开(公告)号:US20190229019A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-25
申请号:US15878081
申请日:2018-01-23
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Jiehui Shu , Xusheng Wu , Haigou Huang , John H. Zhang , Pei Liu , Laertis Economikos
IPC: H01L21/8234 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/49 , H01L23/535 , H01L21/768
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a contact over an active gate structure and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an active gate structure composed of conductive material located between sidewall material; an upper sidewall material above the sidewall material, the upper sidewall material being different material than the sidewall material; and a contact structure in electrical contact with the conductive material of the active gate structure. The contact structure is located between the sidewall material and between the upper sidewall material.
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公开(公告)号:US10347541B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-09
申请号:US15962808
申请日:2018-04-25
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Inventor: Jiehui Shu , David Paul Brunco , Pei Liu , Shariq Siddiqui , Jinping Liu
IPC: H01L27/088 , H01L21/8234 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/08
Abstract: A method of forming contacts over active gates is provided. Embodiments include forming first and second gate structures over a portion of a fin; forming a first and second RSD in a portion of the fin between the first gate structures and between the first and the second gate structure, respectively; forming TS structures over the first and second RSD; forming a first cap layer over the first and second gate structures or over the TS structures; forming a metal oxide liner over the substrate, trenches formed; filling the trenches with a second cap layer; forming an ILD layer over the substrate; forming a CA through a first portion of the ILD and metal oxide layer down to the TS structures over the second RSD; and forming a CB through a second portion of the ILD and metal oxide layer down to the first gate structures.
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公开(公告)号:US10090402B1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-02
申请号:US15658835
申请日:2017-07-25
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Chanro Park , Chang Ho Maeng , Pei Liu , Junsic Hong , Laertis Economikos , Ruilong Xie
Abstract: The method includes steps for improving gate cut isolation region critical dimension (CD) control. Prior to replacement metal gate (RMG) formation, a first sacrificial gate adjacent to first and second channel regions and made of a first sacrificial material (e.g., polysilicon or amorphous silicon) is replaced with a second sacrificial gate made of a second sacrificial material (e.g., amorphous carbon) that is more selectively and anisotropically etchable. A cut is made, dividing the second sacrificial gate into first and second sections, and the cut is then filled with a dielectric to form the gate cut isolation region. The second sacrificial material ensures that, when an opening in a mask pattern used to form the cut extends over a gate sidewall spacer and interlayer dielectric (ILD) material, recesses are not form within the spacer or ILD. Thus, the CD of the isolation region can be controlled.
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公开(公告)号:US10014180B1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-03
申请号:US15681654
申请日:2017-08-21
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Inventor: Neal A. Makela , Vimal K. Kamineni , Pei Liu , Chih-Chiang Chang
IPC: H01L21/285 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/3105 , H01L29/423
CPC classification number: H01L21/28568 , H01L21/0217 , H01L21/28079 , H01L21/28088 , H01L21/28556 , H01L21/31055 , H01L29/42364 , H01L29/42376 , H01L29/4238 , H01L29/4966 , H01L29/66545 , H01L29/66568 , H01L2029/42388
Abstract: A structure and method for forming a tungsten region for a replacement metal gate (RMG). The method for forming the tungsten region may include, among other things, forming a first tungsten region i.e., tungsten seed layer, on a liner in a trench of a dielectric layer; removing a portion of the liner and the tungsten seed layer to expose an uppermost surface of a work function metal (WFM) layer wherein an uppermost surface of the liner and tungsten seed layer is positioned below an uppermost surface of the dielectric layer; and forming a second tungsten region from the tungsten seed layer. The tungsten region may be formed to contact the uppermost surface liner, the uppermost surface of WFM layer, and/or the sidewalls of the trench. The tungsten region may include a single crystallographic orientation. The tungsten region may also include an uppermost surface with a substantially arcuate cross-sectional geometry.
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公开(公告)号:US20200052106A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-13
申请号:US16101162
申请日:2018-08-10
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Laertis Economikos , Hui Zang , Ruilong Xie , Neal Makela , Pei Liu , Jiehui Shu , Chih-chiang Chang
IPC: H01L29/78 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/49 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/28
Abstract: At least one method, apparatus, and system providing semiconductor devices comprising a first gate having a first width and comprising a first work function metal (WFM); a first liner disposed over the first WFM; a first gate metal having a first height; and a first pinch-off spacer over the first WFM, the first liner, and the first gate metal to above the first height; and a second gate having a second width greater than the first width, and comprising a second WFM; a second liner disposed over the second WFM; a second gate metal having substantially the first height; and a first conformal spacer over the second WFM and the second liner.
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公开(公告)号:US20190393077A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-26
申请号:US16016910
申请日:2018-06-25
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Chih-Chiang Chang , Haifeng` Sheng , Jiehui Shu , Haigou Huang , Pei Liu , Jinping Liu , Haiting Wang , Daniel J. Jaeger
IPC: H01L21/762 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/768 , H01L29/78 , H01L21/8234 , H01L27/088
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for forming fill materials in trenches having different widths and related structures. A method may include: forming a first fill material in a first and second trench where the second trench has a greater width than the first trench; removing a portion of the first fill material from each trench and forming a second fill material over the first fill material; removing a portion of the first and second fill material within the second trench; and forming a third fill material in the second trench. The structure may include a first fill material in trenches having different widths wherein the upper surfaces of the first fill material in each trench are substantially co-planar. The structure may also include a second fill material on the first fill material in each trench, the second fill material having a substantially equal thickness in each trench.
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公开(公告)号:US10354928B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-16
申请号:US16038977
申请日:2018-07-18
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Inventor: Suraj Kumar Patil , Katsunori Onishi , Pei Liu , Chih-Chiang Chang
IPC: H01L21/82 , H01L21/8238 , H01L21/28 , H01L27/092 , H01L29/49
Abstract: A method of controlling NFET and PFET gate heights across different gate widths with chamfering and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming an ILD over a fin; forming cavities in the ILD, each with similar or different widths; forming a high-K dielectric layer over the ILD and in each cavity; forming a pWF metal layer over the dielectric layer in one cavity; recessing the pWF metal layer to a height above the fin; forming an nWF metal layer in the cavities over the dielectric and pWF metal layers; recessing the nWF metal layer to a height above the pWF metal layer; forming a barrier layer over the dielectric and nWF metal layers; filling the cavities with a low-resistive metal; and recessing the barrier and dielectric layers to a height above the nWF metal layer; and concurrently etching the low-resistive metal.
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公开(公告)号:US10340142B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-02
申请号:US15919119
申请日:2018-03-12
Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Inventor: Jinsheng Gao , Daniel Jaeger , Michael Aquilino , Patrick Carpenter , Jiehui Shu , Pei Liu , Jinping Liu
IPC: H01L21/033 , H01L21/311 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/3213
Abstract: At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed herein involves forming semiconductor devices comprising vertically aligned gates, metal hard masks, and nitride regions. The semiconductor device may contain a semiconductor substrate; a gate disposed on the semiconductor substrate; a metal hard mask vertically aligned with the gate; a nitride region vertically aligned with the gate and the metal hard mask; and source/drain (S/D) regions disposed in proximity to the gate.
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