公开(公告)号：US06613642B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-02

申请号：US10016075

申请日：2001-12-13

申请人： Stephen Rahn ,  Irene McStay ,  Helmut Horst Tews ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Rajarao Jammy

发明人： Stephen Rahn ,  Irene McStay ,  Helmut Horst Tews ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Rajarao Jammy

IPC分类号： H01L2120

CPC分类号： H01L27/1087 ,  H01L28/84 ,  H01L28/90

摘要： A method for increasing the surface area of an original surface in a semiconductor device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the method includes forming a layered mask upon the original surface, the layered mask including a masking layer thereatop having a varying thickness. An isotropic etch is then applied to the layered mask, which isotropic etch further removes exposed portions of the original surface as the layered mask is removed. Thereby, the isotropic etch enhances the non-uniformity of the masking layer and creates a non-uniformity in planarity of the original surface.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于增加半导体器件中原始表面的表面积的方法。 在本发明的示例性实施例中，该方法包括在原始表面上形成分层掩模，该分层掩模包括具有变化厚度的掩模层。 然后将各向同性蚀刻施加到分层掩模，其中各向同性蚀刻在去除层状掩模时进一步去除原始表面的暴露部分。 因此，各向同性蚀刻增强了掩模层的不均匀性并且产生了原始表面的平坦度的不均匀性。

公开(公告)号：US06559002B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-06

申请号：US10032041

申请日：2001-12-31

申请人： Stephan Kudelka ,  Helmut Horst Tews ,  Stephen Rahn ,  Irene McStay ,  Uwe Schroeder

发明人： Stephan Kudelka ,  Helmut Horst Tews ,  Stephen Rahn ,  Irene McStay ,  Uwe Schroeder

IPC分类号： H01L218242

CPC分类号： H01L27/1087 ,  H01L21/0337 ,  H01L21/3086 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L21/32139 ,  H01L28/84 ,  Y10S438/964

摘要： In a process for making a DT DRAM structure, the improvement of providing a surface area enhanced DT below the collar region and node capacitance that does not shrink with decreasing groundrule/cell size, comprising: a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a collar region and an adjacent region below the collar region, the collar region having SiO deposited thereon; b) depositing a SiN liner on said collar region and on the region below the collar; c) depositing a layer of a-Si on the SiN liner to form a micromask; d) subjecting the structure from step c) to an anneal/oxidation step under a wet environment at a sufficient temperature to form a plurality of oxide dot hardmasks; e) subjecting the SiN liner to an etch selective to SiO; f) subjecting the structure from step e) to a Si transfer etch using a chemical dry etch (CDE) selective to SiO to create rough Si surface; g) stripping SiO and the SiN; and forming a node and collar deposition.

摘要翻译： 在制造DT DRAM结构的过程中，提高在轴环区域之下提供的表面积增强的DT和不随着降低的底层/单元尺寸而缩小的节点电容，包括：a）提供具有轴环区域和 在轴环区域下方的相邻区域，其上沉积有SiO的轴环区域; b）在所述轴环区域和轴环下方的区域上沉积SiN衬垫; c）在SiN衬套上沉积a-Si层以形成 微型掩模; d）使所述步骤c）的结构在潮湿环境下在足够的温度下进行退火/氧化步骤，以形成多个氧化物点硬掩模; e）使所述SiN衬底对SiO选择性蚀刻; f） 使用对SiO选择性的化学干蚀刻（CDE）来产生粗糙的Si表面的步骤e）到Si转移蚀刻的结构; g）剥离SiO和SiN; 并形成一个节点和项圈沉积。

公开(公告)号：US06620724B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-16

申请号：US10142518

申请日：2002-05-09

申请人： Uwe Schroeder ,  Helmut Horst Tews ,  Irene McStay ,  Manfred Hauf ,  Matthias Goldbach ,  Bernhard Sell ,  Harald Seidl ,  Dirk Schumann ,  Rajarao Jammy ,  Joseph F. Shepard, Jr. ,  Jean-Marc Rousseau

发明人： Uwe Schroeder ,  Helmut Horst Tews ,  Irene McStay ,  Manfred Hauf ,  Matthias Goldbach ,  Bernhard Sell ,  Harald Seidl ,  Dirk Schumann ,  Rajarao Jammy ,  Joseph F. Shepard, Jr. ,  Jean-Marc Rousseau

IPC分类号： H01L214763

CPC分类号： H01L28/60 ,  H01L27/10861

摘要： Semiconductor devices having deep trenches with fill material therein having low resistivity are provided along with methods of fabricating such semiconductor devices.

摘要翻译： 提供其具有低电阻率的具有低填充材料的深沟槽的半导体器件以及制造这种半导体器件的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06605860B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-12

申请号：US09597442

申请日：2000-06-20

申请人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Raj Jammy ,  Ulrike Gruening

发明人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Raj Jammy ,  Ulrike Gruening

IPC分类号： H01L2906

CPC分类号： H01L21/28202 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/0217 ,  H01L21/0223 ,  H01L21/02238 ,  H01L21/02247 ,  H01L21/02255 ,  H01L21/2822 ,  H01L21/3144 ,  H01L21/31658 ,  H01L27/10864 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/42368 ,  H01L29/512 ,  H01L29/513 ,  H01L29/518 ,  H01L29/66666 ,  H01L29/7827 ,  Y10S257/905

摘要： A method for forming substantially uniformly thick, thermally grown, silicon dioxide material on a silicon body independent of bon axis. A trench is formed in a surface of the silicon body, such trench having sidewalls disposed in different crystallographic planes, one of such planes being the crystallographic plane and another one of such planes being the plane. A substantially uniform layer of silicon nitride is formed on the sidewalls. The trench, with the with substantially uniform layer of silicon nitride, is subjected to a silicon oxidation environment with sidewalls in the plane being oxidized at a higher rate than sidewalls in the plane producing silicon dioxide on the silicon nitride layer having thickness over the plane greater than over the plane. The silicon dioxide is subjected to an etch to selectively remove silicon dioxide while leaving substantially un-etched silicon nitride to thereby remove portions of the silicon dioxide over the plane and to thereby expose underlying portions of the silicon nitride material while leaving portions of the silicon dioxide over the plane on underlying portions of the silicon nitride material. Exposed portions of the silicon nitride material are selectively removed to expose underlying portions of the sidewalls of the trench disposed in the plane while leaving substantially un-etched portions of the silicon nitride material disposed on sidewalls of the trench disposed in the plane. The structure is then subjected to an silicon oxidation environment to produce the substantially uniform silicon dioxide layer on the sidewalls of the trench.

摘要翻译： 一种在硅主体上形成基本上均匀的厚的热生长二氧化硅材料的方法，其独立于凸轮轴。 沟槽形成在硅体的表面中，这样的沟槽具有设置在不同结晶平面中的侧壁，这些平面中的一个是100晶体平面，另外一个这样的平面是“10”平面。 在侧壁上形成基本均匀的氮化硅层。 具有基本上均匀的氮化硅层的沟槽经受硅氧化环境，其中<110>面中的侧壁以比在100平面中的侧壁更高的速率被氧化，在氮化硅层上产生二氧化硅 具有比<110>平面上的厚度大于超过<100>平面的厚度。 对二氧化硅进行蚀刻以选择性地去除二氧化硅，同时留下基本未蚀刻的氮化硅，从而在<100>平面上除去二氧化硅的一部分，从而暴露氮化硅材料的下面部分，同时留下部分 在氮化硅材料的下面部分上的<110>面上的二氧化硅。 选择性地去除氮化硅材料的暴露部分以暴露设置在<100>平面中的沟槽的侧壁的下面部分，同时留下设置在设置在<110>平面中的沟槽的侧壁上的氮化硅材料的基本上未蚀刻的部分 >飞机。 然后将该结构进行硅氧化环境以在沟槽的侧壁上产生基本均匀的二氧化硅层。

公开(公告)号：US06426253B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-30

申请号：US09576465

申请日：2000-05-23

申请人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Brian S. Lee ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Stephan Kudelka

发明人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Brian S. Lee ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Stephan Kudelka

IPC分类号： H01L218242

CPC分类号： H01L27/10864 ,  H01L21/76237 ,  H01L21/823487 ,  H01L27/10841 ,  H01L27/10867

摘要： A system and method of forming an electrical connection (142) to the interior of a deep trench (104) in an integrated circuit utilizing a low-angle dopant implantation (114) to create a self-aligned mask over the trench. The electrical connection preferably connects the interior plate (110) of a trench capacitor to a terminal of a vertical trench transistor. The low-angle implantation process, in combination with a low-aspect ratio mask structure, generally enables the doping of only a portion of a material overlying or in the trench. The material may then be subjected to a process step, such as oxidation, with selectivity between the doped and undoped regions. Another process step, such as an etch process, may then be used to remove a portion of the material (120) overlying or in the trench, leaving a self-aligned mask (122) covering a portion of the trench, and the remainder of the trench exposed for further processing. Alternatively, an etch process alone, with selectivity between the doped and undoped regions, may be used to create the mask. The self-aligned mask then allows for the removal of selective portions of the materials in the trench so that a vertical trench transistor and a buried strap may be formed on only one side of the trench.

摘要翻译： 使用低角度掺杂剂注入（114）在集成电路中形成到深沟槽（104）的内部的电连接（142）的系统和方法，以在沟槽上产生自对准掩模。 电连接优选地将沟槽电容器的内板（110）连接到垂直沟槽晶体管的端子。 低角度注入工艺与低纵横比掩模结构相结合，通常能够仅掺杂覆盖或在沟槽中的材料的一部分。 然后可以在掺杂区域和未掺杂区域之间选择性地对材料进行处理步骤，例如氧化。 然后可以使用诸如蚀刻工艺的另一工艺步骤来去除覆盖在沟槽中或在沟槽中的部分材料（120），留下覆盖沟槽的一部分的自对准掩模（122），并且其余部分 沟槽暴露进一步加工。 或者，可以使用仅在掺杂区域和未掺杂区域之间具有选择性的蚀刻工艺来产生掩模。 自对准掩模然后允许去除沟槽中的材料的选择性部分，使得可以仅在沟槽的一侧上形成垂直沟槽晶体管和掩埋带。

公开(公告)号：US06335247B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-01

申请号：US09597389

申请日：2000-06-19

申请人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Brian S. Lee

发明人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Brian S. Lee

IPC分类号： H01L21336

CPC分类号： H01L27/10864 ,  H01L27/10876

摘要： A method of forming a vertically-oriented device in an integrated circuit using a selective wet etch to remove only a part of the sidewalls in a deep trench, and the device formed therefrom. While a portion of the trench perimeter (e.g., isolation collar 304) is protected by a mask (e.g., polysilicon 318), the exposed portion is selectively wet etched to remove selected crystal planes from the exposed portion of the trench, leaving a flat substrate sidewall (324) with a single crystal plane. A single side vertical trench transistor may be formed on the flat sidewall. A vertical gate oxide (e.g. silicon dioxide 330) of the transistor formed on the single crystal plane is substantially uniform across the transistor channel, providing reduced chance of leakage and consistent threshold voltages from device to device. In addition, trench widening is substantially reduced, increasing the device to device isolation distance in a single sided buried strap junction device layout.

摘要翻译： 一种使用选择性湿蚀刻在集成电路中形成垂直取向器件的方法，以仅去除深沟槽中的一部分侧壁，以及由此形成的器件。 虽然沟槽周边的一部分（例如，隔离环304）被掩模（例如，多晶硅318）保护，但是暴露部分被选择性地湿蚀刻以从沟槽的暴露部分移除所选择的晶面，留下平坦的衬底 侧壁（324）与单晶面。 单侧垂直沟槽晶体管可以形成在平坦侧壁上。 形成在单晶平面上的晶体管的垂直栅极氧化物（例如二氧化硅330）在晶体管沟道上基本上是均匀的，从而降低了泄漏的机会和从器件到器件的一致的阈值电压。 此外，沟槽加宽大大降低，从而在单面掩埋带接合器件布局中将器件增加到器件隔离距离。

公开(公告)号：US06740555B1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-25

申请号：US09408248

申请日：1999-09-29

申请人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Raj Jammy ,  Ulrike Gruening

发明人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Raj Jammy ,  Ulrike Gruening

IPC分类号： H01L218242

CPC分类号： H01L21/28202 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/0217 ,  H01L21/0223 ,  H01L21/02238 ,  H01L21/02247 ,  H01L21/02255 ,  H01L21/2822 ,  H01L21/3144 ,  H01L21/31658 ,  H01L27/10864 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/42368 ,  H01L29/512 ,  H01L29/513 ,  H01L29/518 ,  H01L29/66666 ,  H01L29/7827 ,  Y10S257/905

摘要： A method for forming substantially uniformly thick, thermally grown, silicon dioxide material on a silicon body independent of axis. A trench is formed in a surface of the silicon body, such trench having sidewalls disposed in different crystallographic planes, one of such planes being the crystallographic plane and another one of such planes being the plane. A substantially uniform layer of silicon nitride is formed on the sidewalls. The trench, with the substantially uniform layer of silicon nitride, is subjected to a silicon oxidation environment with sidewalls in the plane being oxidized at a higher rate than sidewalls in the plane producing silicon dioxide on the silicon nitride layer having thickness over the plane greater than over the plane. The silicon dioxide is subjected to an etch to selectively remove silicon dioxide while leaving substantially un-etched silicon nitride to thereby remove portions of the silicon dioxide over the plane and to thereby expose underlying portions of the silicon nitride material while leaving portions of the silicon dioxide over the plane on underlying portions of the silicon nitride material. Exposed portions of the silicon nitride material are selectively removed to expose underlying portions of the sidewalls of the trench disposed in the plane while leaving substantially un-etched portions of the silicon nitride material disposed on sidewalls of the trench disposed in the plane. The structure is then subjected to an silicon oxidation environment to produce the substantially uniform silicon dioxide layer on the sidewalls of the trench.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在独立于轴的硅体上形成基本上均匀的厚的，热生长的二氧化硅材料的方法。 沟槽形成在硅体的表面中，这种沟槽具有设置在不同结晶平面内的侧壁，其中一个这样的平面是<100>结晶平面，另外一个这样的平面是<110>平面。 在侧壁上形成基本均匀的氮化硅层。 具有基本上均匀的氮化硅层的沟槽经受硅氧化环境，其中<110>面中的侧壁以比在100平面中的侧壁更高的速率被氧化，在氮化硅层上产生二氧化硅， 厚度大于<100>平面上的厚度。 对二氧化硅进行蚀刻以选择性地去除二氧化硅，同时留下基本未蚀刻的氮化硅，从而在<100>平面上除去二氧化硅的一部分，从而暴露氮化硅材料的下面部分，同时留下部分 在氮化硅材料的下面部分上的<110>面上的二氧化硅。 选择性地去除氮化硅材料的暴露部分以暴露设置在<100>平面中的沟槽的侧壁的下面部分，同时留下设置在设置在<110>平面中的沟槽的侧壁上的氮化硅材料的基本上未蚀刻的部分 >飞机。 然后将该结构进行硅氧化环境以在沟槽的侧壁上产生基本均匀的二氧化硅层。

公开(公告)号：US06486024B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-26

申请号：US09577102

申请日：2000-05-24

申请人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Ulrike Gruening

发明人： Helmut Horst Tews ,  Alexander Michaelis ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Ulrike Gruening

IPC分类号： H01L218242

CPC分类号： H01L27/10861

摘要： A method of using at least two insulative layers to form the isolation collar of a trench device, and the device formed therefrom. The first layer is preferably an oxide (e.g., silicon dioxide 116) formed on the trench substrate sidewalls, and is formed through a TEOS, LOCOS, or combined TEOS/LOCOS process. Preferably, both the TEOS process and the LOCOS process are used to form the first layer. The second layer is preferably a silicon nitride layer (114) formed on the oxide layer. The multiple layers function as an isolation collar stack for the trench. The dopant penetration barrier properties of the second layer permit the dielectric collar stack to be used as a self aligned mask for subsequent buried plate (120) doping.

摘要翻译： 一种使用至少两个绝缘层以形成沟槽器件的隔离套环的方法，以及由其形成的器件。 第一层优选是形成在沟槽衬底侧壁上的氧化物（例如，二氧化硅116），并且通过TEOS，LOCOS或组合的TEOS / LOCOS工艺形成。 优选地，TEOS工艺和LOCOS工艺都用于形成第一层。 第二层优选是形成在氧化物层上的氮化硅层（114）。 多层用作沟槽的隔离环叠层。 第二层的掺杂剂渗透阻挡性质允许电介质套管叠层用作后续掩埋板（120）掺杂的自对准掩模。

公开(公告)号：US06498061B2

公开(公告)日：2002-12-24

申请号：US09730674

申请日：2000-12-06

申请人： Rama Divakaruni ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Helmut Tews ,  Irene McStay ,  Kil-Ho Lee ,  Uwe Schroeder

发明人： Rama Divakaruni ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Helmut Tews ,  Irene McStay ,  Kil-Ho Lee ,  Uwe Schroeder

IPC分类号： H01L218242

CPC分类号： H01L27/10867

摘要： A process for fabricating a single-sided semiconductor deep trench structure filled with polysilicon trench fill material includes the following steps. Form a thin film, silicon nitride, barrier layer over the trench fill material. Deposit a thin film of an amorphous silicon masking layer over the barrier layer. Perform an angled implant into portions of the amorphous silicon masking layer which are not in the shadow of the deep trench. Strip the undoped portions of the amorphous silicon masking layer from the deep trench. Then strip the newly exposed portions of barrier layer exposing a part of the trench fill polysilicon surface and leaving the doped, remainder of the amorphous silicon masking layer exposed. Counterdope the exposed part of the trench fill material. Oxidize exposed portions of the polysilicon trench fill material, and then strip the remainder of the masking layer.

摘要翻译： 用于制造填充有多晶硅沟槽填充材料的单面半导体深沟槽结构的工艺包括以下步骤。 在沟槽填充材料上形成薄膜，氮化硅，阻挡层。 在阻挡层上沉积非晶硅掩模层的薄膜。 对非深度沟槽阴影的非晶硅掩模层的部分进行成角度的注入。 从深沟槽剥离非晶硅掩模层的未掺杂部分。 然后剥离暴露部分沟槽填充多晶硅表面的势垒层的新暴露部分，并且使非晶硅掩模层的掺杂剩余部分露出。 反映出暴露部分的沟槽填充材料。 氧化多晶硅沟槽填充材料的暴露部分，然后剥离掩模层的其余部分。

公开(公告)号：US06599798B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-29

申请号：US09910771

申请日：2001-07-24

申请人： Helmut Tews ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Rolf Weis

发明人： Helmut Tews ,  Stephan Kudelka ,  Uwe Schroeder ,  Rolf Weis

IPC分类号： H01L218242

CPC分类号： H01L27/1087 ,  H01L21/76205 ,  H01L21/76235 ,  H01L27/10867 ,  H01L29/945

摘要： The vertical DRAM capacitor with a buried LOCOS collar characterized by: a self-aligned bottle and gas phase doping; no consumption of silicon at the depth of the buried strap; no reduction of trench diameter; and a nitride layer to protect trench sidewalls during gas phase doping.

摘要翻译： 垂直DRAM电容器具有埋置的LOCOS环，其特征在于：自对准瓶和气相掺杂; 掩埋带深度不消耗硅; 没有减小沟槽直径; 以及在气相掺杂期间保护沟槽侧壁的氮化物层。