摘要:
An improved hoop support for semiconductor wafers reduces contamination of the wafer during edge beveling operations through the use of support pins that make only line contact with the wafer. The support pins are spaced around the periphery of the hoop and possess a triangular cross section. Two intersecting sides of the pins form an edge that defines the line contact with the wafer. These intersecting sides are preferably inclined relative to the wafer at an angle of between 60 and 80 degrees.
摘要:
An apparatus and a method for removing coating layers from the top of alignment marks on a wafer are described. The apparatus includes a cleaning chamber that is a cavity and a lid member suspended in the cavity, a wafer chuck that is rotatably mounted in the lid member for holding a wafer in an upside down position such that the alignment marks are facing downwardly, and at least two solvent dispensing arms mounted in an outer peripheral area of the lid member that are immediately adjacent to the chuck for dispensing a flow of solvent upwardly toward the active surface of the wafer when the wafer is held in a stationary position, each of the at least two solvent dispensing arms are positioned corresponding to a position of one of the alignment marks.
摘要:
A process for preparing a surface of a lower level metal structure, exposed at the bottom of a sub-micron diameter opening, to allow a low resistance interface to be obtained when overlaid with an upper level metal structure, has been developed. A disposable, capping insulator layer is first deposited on the composite insulator layer in which the sub-micron diameter opening will be defined in, to protect underlying components of the composite insulator from a subsequent metal pre-metal procedure. After anisotropically defining the sub-micron diameter opening in the capping insulator, and composite insulator layers, and after removal of the defining photoresist shape, an argon sputtering procedure is used to remove native oxide from the surface of the lower level metal structure. In addition to native oxide removal the argon sputtering procedure, featuring a negative DC bias applied to the substrate, also removes the capping insulator layer from the top surface of the composite insulator layer. An in situ metal deposition then allows a clean interface to result between the overlying metal layer, and the underlying plasma treated, metal surface.
摘要:
A method for preventing the formation of voids and contaminants in vias during the fabrication of a metal interconnect structure such as a dual damascene structure is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; providing a dielectric layer having trench openings and via openings on the substrate, wherein the ratio of the sum of the areas of the trench openings to the sum of the areas of the via openings is between 1 and 300; wherein the via opening bottom has a width of less than about 25 μm; and electroplating a metal in the trench openings and via openings. An interconnect structure having at least one void-free via is further disclosed.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having two different topography areas adjacent to each other. A step-forming material (SFM) is deposited over the substrate. A patterned SFM is formed in the low topography area of the two areas. The formation of the patterned SFM provides a fairly planar surface across over the substrate.
摘要:
A current-leveling electrode for improving electroplating and electrochemical polishing uniformity in the electrochemical plating or electropolishing of metals on a substrate is disclosed. The current-leveling electrode includes a base electrode and at least one sub-electrode carried by the base electrode. The at least one sub-electrode has a width which is less than a width of the base electrode to impart a generally tapered, stepped or convex configuration to the current-leveling electrode.
摘要:
A chip sorting apparatus comprising a chip holder comprising a first surface and an second surface opposite to the first surface; a wafer comprising a first chip disposed on a first position of the first surface; a first chip receiver comprising a third surface and an fourth surface opposite to the third surface, wherein the third surface is opposite to the first surface; a pressurization device making the first chip and the third surface of the first chip receiver adhered to each other through pressuring the second surface at where corresponding to the first position; and a separator decreasing the adhesion between the first chip and the first surface.
摘要:
A current-leveling electrode for improving electroplating and electrochemical polishing uniformity in the electrochemical plating or electropolishing of metals on a substrate is disclosed. The current-leveling electrode includes a base electrode and at least one sub-electrode carried by the base electrode. The at least one sub-electrode has a width which is less than a width of the base electrode to impart a generally tapered, stepped or convex configuration to the current-leveling electrode.
摘要:
An illumination apparatus is disclosed in the invention. The illumination apparatus includes a cavity with a diffusion surface, a light source, a light-spreading device, and at least one optically-conditioning surface with a wave-like array formed thereon. The light-spreading device and the optically-conditioning surface spread the light generated by the light source. The light-spreading device includes a wing-shaped protrusion part, a light incident surface, a recess located away from the light incident surface, and an optically-conditioning surface including a wave-like array, wherein the wave-like array has a wavefront direction.
摘要:
Some embodiments relate to a method for processing a workpiece. In the method, an anti-reflective coating layer is provided over the workpiece. A first patterned photoresist layer, which has a first photoresist tone, is provided over the anti-reflective coating layer. A second patterned photoresist layer, which has a second photoresist tone opposite the first photoresist tone, is provided over the first patterned photoresist layer. An opening extends through the first and second patterned photoresist layers to allow a treatment to be applied to the workpiece through the opening. Other embodiments are also disclosed.