摘要:
A semiconductor process and apparatus uses a predetermined sequence of patterning and etching steps to etch a gate stack (32) formed over a substrate (11), thereby forming an etched gate (92, 94) having a vertical sidewall profile by implanting the gate stack (32) with a nitrogen (42) and a dopant (52) and then heating the polysilicon gate stack (32) at a selected temperature using rapid thermal annealing (62) to anneal the nitrogen and dopant so that subsequent etching of the polysilicon gate stack (32) creates an etched gate (92, 94) having more idealized vertical gate sidewall profiles.
摘要:
A semiconductor process and apparatus uses a predetermined sequence of patterning and etching steps to etch an intrinsic polysilicon layer (26) formed over a substrate (11), thereby forming etched gates (62, 64) having vertical sidewall profiles (61, 63). While a blanket nitrogen implant (46) of the intrinsic polysilicon layer (26) may occur prior to gate etch, more idealized vertical gate sidewall profiles (61, 63) are obtained by fully doping the gates (80, 100) during the source/drain implantation steps (71, 77, 91, 97) and after the gate etch.
摘要:
A method for forming a semiconductor device (10) includes forming an organic anti-reflective coating (OARC) layer (18) over the semiconductor device (10). A tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate (TEOS) layer (20) is formed over the OARC layer (18). The TEOS layer (20) is exposed to oxygen-based plasma at a temperature of at most about 300 degrees Celsius. In an alternative embodiment, the TEOS layer (20) is first exposed to a nitrogen-based plasma before being exposed to the oxygen-based plasma. A photoresist layer (22) is formed over the TEOS layer (20) and patterned. By applying oxygen based plasma and nitrogen based plasma to the TEOS layer (20) before applying photoresist, pattern defects are reduced.
摘要:
A method for reducing line edge roughness (LER) in a layer of photoresist is provided. In accordance with the method, a layer of photoresist is applied to a substrate. The layer of photoresist is then patterned and annealed in an atmosphere comprising at least one gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitrogen and fluorine-containing materials. Preferably, the anneal is performed after patterning the photoresist, but either immediately after, or subsequent to, the trim.
摘要:
A semiconductor process and apparatus provide a T-shaped structure (96) formed from a polysilicon structure (10) and an epitaxially grown polysilicon layer (70) and having a narrower bottom critical dimension (e.g., at or below 40 nm) and a larger top critical dimension (e.g., at or above 40 nm) so that a silicide may be formed from a first material (such as CoSi2) in at least the upper region (90) of the T-shaped structure (96) without incurring the increased resistance caused by agglomeration and voiding that can occur with certain silicides at the smaller critical dimensions.
摘要翻译:半导体工艺和装置提供由多晶硅结构(10)和外延生长的多晶硅层(70)形成并且具有较窄的底部临界尺寸(例如,等于或低于40nm)形成的T形结构(96)和更大的 顶部临界尺寸(例如,40nm以上),使得硅化物可以至少在T形的上部区域(90)中由第一材料(例如CoSi 2 N 2)形成 结构(96),而不会导致由于在较小临界尺寸下某些硅化物可能发生的团聚和排空引起的增加的电阻。
摘要:
A semiconductor process and apparatus provide a T-shaped structure (84) formed from a polysilicon structure (10) and polysilicon spacers (80, 82) and having a narrower bottom dimension (e.g., at or below 40 nm) and a larger top critical dimension (e.g., at or above 40 nm) so that a silicide may be formed from a first material (such as CoSi2) in at least the upper region (100) of the T-shaped structure (84) without incurring the increased resistance caused by agglomeration and voiding that can occur with certain silicides at the smaller critical dimensions.
摘要翻译:半导体工艺和设备提供由多晶硅结构(10)和多晶硅间隔物(80,82)形成并且具有较窄的底部尺寸(例如,等于或低于40nm)的T形结构(84)和较大的顶部关键 尺寸(例如,在40nm以上),使得硅化物可以在至少T形结构的上部区域(100)中由第一材料(例如CoSi 2 N 2)形成( 84),而不会导致由于在较小临界尺寸下某些硅化物可能发生的附聚和空隙引起的增加的电阻。
摘要:
In a making a semiconductor device, a patterning stack above a conductive material that is to be etched has a patterned photoresist layer that is used to pattern an underlying a tetraethyl-ortho-silicate (TEOS) layer. The TEOS layer is deposited at a lower temperature than is conventional. The low temperature TEOS layer is over an organic anti-reflective coating (ARC) that is over the conductive layer. The low temperature TEOS layer provides adhesion between the organic ARC and the photoresist, has low defectivity, operates as a hard mask, and serves as a phase shift layer that helps, in combination with the organic ARC, to reduce undesired reflection.
摘要:
In a making a semiconductor device, a patterning stack above a conductive material that is to be etched has a patterned photoresist layer that is used to pattern an underlying a tetraethyl-ortho-silicate (TEOS) layer. The TEOS layer is deposited at a lower temperature than is conventional. The low temperature TEOS layer is over an organic anti-reflective coating (ARC) that is over the conductive layer. The low temperature TEOS layer provides adhesion between the organic ARC and the photoresist, has low defectivity, operates as a hard mask, and serves as a phase shift layer that helps, in combination with the organic ARC, to reduce undesired reflection.
摘要:
In a making a semiconductor device, a patterning stack above a conductive material that is to be etched has a patterned photoresist layer that is used to pattern an underlying a tetraethyl-ortho-silicate (TEOS) layer. The TEOS layer is deposited at a lower temperature than is conventional. The low temperature TEOS layer is over an organic anti-reflective coating (ARC) that is over the conductive layer. The low temperature TEOS layer provides adhesion between the organic ARC and the photoresist, has low defectivity, operates as a hard mask, and serves as a phase shift, layer that helps, in combination with the organic ARC, to reduce undesired reflection.
摘要:
An apparatus for distributing data using a short-range wireless interconnection protocol for electronic devices includes a processor communicatively connected, using a communication bus, to a number of originator antennas, each of the number of originator antennas communicating with an originating device, a plurality of device antennas, communicatively connected to the communication bus, each of the plurality of device antennas communicating with a number of client devices, and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium includes a receive module, a session identify module, and a send module. The receive module receives a data packet using one of the number of originator antennas. The session identify module identifies at least one communication session with at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas. The send module sends the data packet to the at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas.