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The compounds TiSi.sub.2 and TaSi.sub.2 have been found to be suitable substitutes for polysilicon layers in semiconductor integrated circuits. Suitable conducting properties of the compounds are ensured by providing a relatively thin substrate of polysilicon.
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The compounds TiSi.sub.2 and TaSi.sub.2 have been found to be suitable substitutes for polysilicon layers in semiconductor integrated circuits. Suitable conducting properties of the compounds are ensured by providing a relatively thin substrate of polysilicon.
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In order to form MOSFET structures, a cobalt layer (16) is deposited and sintered, at about 400.degree. C. to 500.degree. C., on a patterned semiconductor wafer having exposed polycrystalline (14) or monocrystalline (11) silicon portions, as well as exposed oxide (15 or 25) portions. The cobalt reacts with exposed surfaces of the silicon portions and forms thereat such compounds as cobalt monosilicide (CoSi) or di-cobalt silicide (C0.sub.2 Si), or a mixture of both. The unreacted cobalt is selectively removed, as by selective etching in a suitable acid bath. A heat treatment at about 700.degree. C. or more, preferably in an oxidizing ambient which contains typically about 2 percent oxygen, converts the cobalt compound(s) into relatively stable cobalt disilicide (CoSi.sub.2). Subsequently, deposition of an in situ doped layer (33) of polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) on the cobalt disilicide contacting the monocrystalline silicon portions--followed by gettering, deposition of a layer (34) of aluminum, and standard etch-patterning of the aluminum and polysilicon layers--completes the metallization of the desired MOSFET structures on the silicon wafer.
摘要:
The compounds TiSi.sub.2 and TaSi.sub.2 have been found to be suitable substitutes for polysilicon layers in semiconductor integrated circuits. Suitable conducting properties of the compounds are ensured by providing a relatively thin substrate of polysilicon.
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An improved radio frequency (rf) powered radial flow cylindrical reactor utilizes a gas shield which substantially limits the glow plasma discharge reaction to a section of the reactor over the semiconductor substrates which are to be coated. The gas shield permits the use of higher rf input power which contributes to the formation of protective films that have desirable physical and electrical characteristics.
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Insulation between first and second levels of aluminum metallization in semiconductor integrated circuit structures comprises a plasma planarized, deposited silicon dioxide layer and another silicon dioxide layer deposited upon said plasma planarized layer.
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The discovery that boron nitride and boron carbide films can be made in tension allows nondistorting radiation windows or masks to be realized. Both low and high pressure techniques for making the tensile films lead to related mask structures utilizing such films. The resulting structures are sufficiently distortion free to be useful for x-ray lithography.
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Variations in threshold voltage of Metal-Oxide-Silicon (MOS) structures are attenuated by the inclusion in the fabrication process of a hydrogen anneal step using a temperature range of 650 degrees C.ltoreq.T.ltoreq.950 degrees C. This anneal step is designed to be the last step in the fabrication process which is performed at temperatures above 600 degrees C.
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Methods are provided for depositing an oxygen-doped dielectric layer. The oxygen-doped dielectric layer may be used for a barrier layer or a hardmask. In one aspect, a method is provided for processing a substrate including positioning the substrate in a processing chamber, introducing a processing gas comprising an oxygen-containing organosilicon compound, carbon dioxide, or combinations thereof, and an oxygen-free organosilicon compound to the processing chamber, and reacting the processing gas to deposit an oxygen-doped dielectric material on the substrate, wherein the dielectric material has an oxygen content of about 15 atomic percent or less. The oxygen-doped dielectric material may be used as a barrier layer in damascene or dual damascene applications.
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A substrate processing apparatus has a chamber having a substrate support, gas distributor, gas energizer, and gas exhaust port. A process monitor is provided to monitor features in a first region of the substrate and generate a corresponding first signal, and to monitor features in a second region of the substrate and generate a second signal. A chamber controller receives and evaluates the first and second signals, and operates the chamber in relation to the signals. For example, the chamber controller can select a process recipe depending upon the signal values. The chamber controller can also set a process parameter at a first level in a first processing sector and at a second level in a second processing sector. The apparatus provides a closed control loop to independently monitor and control processing of features at different regions of the substrate.