Abstract:
One or more embodiments relate to a memory device, comprising: a substrate; a gate stack disposed over the substrate, the gate stack comprising a control gate disposed over a charge storage layer; and a spacer select gate disposed over the substrate and laterally disposed from the gate stack, the select gate comprising a carbon allotrope.
Abstract:
One or more embodiments relate to a memory device, comprising: a substrate; a charge storage layer disposed over the substrate; and a control gate disposed over the charge storage layer, wherein the charge storage layer or the control gate layer comprises a carbon allotrope.
Abstract:
A layer structure and process for providing sublithographic structures are provided. A first auxiliary layer is formed over a surface of a carrier layer. A lithographically patterned second auxiliary layer structure is formed on a surface of the first auxiliary layer. The first auxiliary layer is anisotropically etched using the patterned second auxiliary layer structure as mask to form an anisotropically patterned first auxiliary layer structure. The anisotropically patterned first auxiliary layer structure is isotropically etched back using the patterned second auxiliary layer structure to remove subsections below the second auxiliary layer structure and to form an isotropically patterned first auxiliary layer structure. A mask layer is formed over the carrier layer including the subsections beneath the second auxiliary layer structure and is anisotropically etched down to the carrier layer to form the sublithographic structures. The first and second auxiliary layer structures are removed to uncover the sublithographic structures
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing at least one phase change memory cell. The method at least fabricating at least one first lamellar spacer of conductive material, which is electrically coupled to the PCM material of the memory cell; fabricating at least one second lamellar spacer on top of the first lamellar spacer, wherein the second lamellar spacer crosses the first lamellar spacer in the area of the PCM material; partially removing the first lamellar spacer, wherein the second lamellar spacer serves as a hardmask for partially removing the first lamellar spacer, so that the first lamellar spacer forms at least one electrode contacting an area of PCM material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a vertical interconnect structure, a memory device and an associated production method, in which case, after the formation of a contact region in a carrier substrate a catalyst is produced on the contact region and a free-standing electrically conductive nanoelement is subsequently formed between the catalyst and the contact region and embedded in a dielectric layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for etching a trench in a semiconductor substrate. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for etching deep trenches such as those having aspect ratios of 30 and higher. According to embodiments of the invention, a method for etching a trench in a semiconductor substrate includes a first etch cycle wherein the trench is etched to a first depth. Thereafter, a protective liner is deposited on at least the upper part of the trench's sidewalls. The protective liner includes inorganic material. During at least one second etch cycle, the trench is etched to its final depth.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for fabricating a stacked capacitor array (1), which comprises a regular arrangement of a plurality of stacked capacitors (2), with a stacked capacitor (2) being at a shorter distance from the respective adjacent stacked capacitor (2) in certain first directions (3) than in certain second directions (4), comprising the following method steps: provision of an auxiliary layer stack (5) having first auxiliary layers (6) with a predetermined etching rate and at least one second auxiliary layer (7) with a higher etching rate on a substrate (8); etching of in each case one hollow cylinder (9) for each stacked capacitor (2) through the auxiliary layer stack (5) in accordance with the regular arrangement, with the auxiliary layer stack (5) being left in place in intermediate regions (10) between the hollow cylinders (9); isotropic etching of the second auxiliary layers (7) to form widened portions (11) of the hollow cylinders (9), without any second auxiliary layer (7) being left in place between in each case two hollow cylinders (9) which adjoin one another in the first direction (3) and with a second residual auxiliary layer (7a) being left in place between in each case two hollow cylinders (9) which adjoin one another in the second direction (4); conformal deposition of an insulator layer (12) in order to completely fill the widened portions (11); deposition of a first electrode layer (13) in the hollow cylinders (9) in order to form the stacked capacitors (2); filling of the hollow cylinders (9) with a first filling (14); removal of the first auxiliary layers (6), the second residual auxiliary layers (7a) and the first filling (14) and completion of the stacked capacitor array (1).
Abstract:
A method for fabricating patterned ceramic layers on areas of a relief structure, wherein the layers may be arranged essentially perpendicular to a top side of a substrate. In exemplary embodiments, a patterned ceramic layer forms an oxide collar for a trench capacitor. The oxide collar is produced by a trench firstly being filled with a resist in its lower section, and an oxide layer subsequently being produced on the uncovered areas of the substrate with the aid of a low temperature ALD method. By means of anisotropic etching, only those portions of the ceramic layer which are arranged at the perpendicular walls of the trench remain. The resist filling may subsequently be removed, for example, by means of an oxygen plasma.
Abstract:
A semiconductor module is described which is essentially constructed from a silicon material and has an insulation layer for example in the form of a gate insulation layer or a MOS transistor or in the form of an insulation layer of a memory cell for a dynamic memory module. The insulation layer preferably comprises a dielectric material whose band gap is greater than the band gap of SiO2. To construct the insulation layer, use is made of materials which have a metal-fluorine compound, such as e.g. lithium fluoride. Particularly thin insulation layers are provided by the material described.
Abstract:
Memory cells having trench capacitors, the trench capacitor being at least partially filled with a material which could not withstand high-temperature processes used during the fabrication of a memory chip without impairment of its electrical parameters. What is essential to the invention is that the material of the trench capacitor is introduced into the trench after the high-temperature processes. The method according to the invention makes it possible to use dielectric layers having large dielectric constants and electrode layers made of metallic material. The electrical properties of the trench capacitor are thus improved in comparison with known trench capacitors.