摘要:
A process and structure for depositing metal lines in a lift-off process is disclosed. The process comprises the deposition of a four-layer structure or lift-off stencil, comprising a first layer of a lift-off polymer etchable in oxygen plasma, a first barrier layer of hexamethyldisilizane (HMDS) resistant to an oxygen plasma, a second lift-off layer and a second barrier layer. Once these layers are deposited, a layer of photoresist is deposited and lithographically defined with the metal conductor pattern desired. The layers are then sequentially etched with oxygen and CF.sub.4, resulting in a dual overhang lift-off structure. Metal is then deposited by evaporation or sputtering through the lift-off structure. Following metal deposition, the stencil is lifted-off in a solvent such as N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).
摘要:
A process and structure for depositing metal lines in a lift-off process is disclosed. The process comprises the deposition of a four-layer structure or lift-off stencil, comprising a first layer of a lift-off polymer etchable in oxygen plasma, a first barrier layer of hexamethyldisilizane (HMDS) resistant to an oxygenplasma, a second lift-off layer and a second barrier layer. Once these layers are deposited, a layer of photoresist is deposited and lithographically defined with the metal conductor pattern desired. The layers are then sequentially etched with oxygen and CF.sub.4, resulting in a dual overhang lift-off structure. Metal is then deposited by evaporation or sputtering through the lift-off structure. Following metal deposition, the stencil is lifted-off in a solvent such as N-methylpyrroldone (NMP).
摘要:
A method of measuring the rate of etching of trenches on a substrate using interferometry is provided. The method comprises transmitting onto the substrate incident electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength above the wavelength at which the trenches act as waveguides for the radiation; collecting reflected electromagnetic radiation from the substrate; detecting a repetitive pattern of maximum intensities and minimum intensities of the reflected electromagnetic radiation during the etching; and determining the rate of etching based upon the wavelength of the incident electromagnetic radiation and the time period of the pattern.
摘要:
A method for precisely controlling the profile of an opening etched in a layer of material, for example, an insulating layer. In one embodiment, wherein a silicon dioxide layer is reactive ion etched through a photoresist mask, the concentration of a reactive species in an etchant gas is changed during the etching process to change the slope of the opening, the upper sidewall portion of the opening having a shallow slope and the lower sidewall portion of the opening having a steep slope. The final slope of the opening formed by this method is independent of the initial slopes of the images developed in the photoresist mask.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods of producing trench structures having substantially void-free filler material therein. The fillers may be grown from a liner material such as polysilicon formed along the sidewalls of the trench. Previously formed voids may be healed by exposing the voids and growing epitaxial silicon.
摘要:
A high pressure, high etch rate single wafer plasma reactor having a fluid cooled upper electrode including a plurality of small diameter holes or passages therethrough to provide uniform reactive gas distribution over the surface of a wafer to be etched. A fluid cooled lower electrode is spaced from the upper electrode to provide an aspect ratio (wafer diameter: spacing) greater than about 25, and includes an insulating ring at its upper surface. The insulating ring protrudes above the exposed surface of the lower electrode to control the electrode spacing and to provide a plasma confinement region whereby substantially all of the RF power is dissipated by the wafer. A plurality of spaced apart, radially extending passages through the insulating ring provide a means of uniformly exhausting the reactive gas from the plasma confinement region. Affixed to the upper electrode is a first housing which supplies reactive gas and cooling fluid, and a baffle affixed to the first housing intermediate the upper electrode and a gas inlet forms a plenum above the upper electrode and ensures uniform reactive gas distribution thereover. The first housing and upper electrode are contained within a second housing with an insulating housing therebetween. The upper and lower electrodes are electrically isolated from each other and from ground, so that either or both electrodes may be powered.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of etching a metallized substrate by excimer laser radiation. The substrate is exposed to a selected gas, e.g., a halogen gas, which spontaneously reacts with the metal forming a solid reaction product layer on the metal by a partial consumption of the metal. A beam of radiation from an excimer laser, e.g. XeF laser operating at a wavelength of 351 nm or XeCl laser at 308 nm or KrF laser at 248 nm or KrCl laser at 222 nm or ArF laser at 193 nm or F.sub.2 laser at 157 nm, is applied to the reaction product in a desired pattern to vaporize the reaction product and thereby selectively etch the metal with a high resolution.
摘要:
In a method of etching a wafer in a plasma etch reactor, the improvement of conducting etching to reduce or eliminate “black silicon” comprising: a) providing a plasma etch reactor comprising walls defining an etch chamber; b) providing a plasma source chamber remote from and in communication with the etch chamber to provide a plasma to the etch chamber, and a wafer chuck or pedestal disposed in the etch chamber to seat a wafer; c) providing a dielectric wall in proximity to and around a periphery of the wafer; d) providing a modification to a lower Rf electrode by interposing conductor means into an extension of Vdc flat sheath boundary relationship to the dielectric wall means and the wafer or in substitution for the dielectric wall; e) forming a plasma within the plasma source chamber and providing the plasma to the etch chamber; and f) supplying Rf energy to the wafer chuck to assist etching of the wafer by forming electric fields between the upper surface of the wafer and the walls of the etch chamber, to provide extension of a Vdc flat sheath boundary beyond and into a defocusing relationship to the wafer edge to reduce mask erosion and eliminate occurrence of “black silicon” formation.
摘要:
A sub-micron FET is disclosed made by a method using expendable self-aligned gate structure up to and including the step of annealing the source/drain regions. The source/drain regions are formed by ion implantation using the expendable structure (diamond-like-carbon) as a mask. After the expendable structure has performed its further purpose of protecting the gate dielectric from contamination during the annealing cycle, the structure is easily removed by O.sub.2 plasma and replaced by a conventional metal gate material.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of fabricating a multichip interposer comprising an insulating support with thin film fine line metallization on one side thereof. A layer of masking material is adhered to in other side and selective areas of the masking material are removed in a desired pattern to expose areas of the support. The exposed areas of the support are then etched until the metallization is reached to form via holes which are subsequently filled with interconnecting metallurgy. Contact pads are then formed around each filled via hole.