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公开(公告)号:US11380579B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
申请号:US16864472
申请日:2020-05-01
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Hirokazu Aizawa , Kaoru Maekawa , Akiteru Ko
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L23/532
Abstract: A self-aligned multiple patterning (SAMP) multi-color spacer patterning process is disclosed for formation of structures on substrates. Trenches and vias may be formed in the process. A trench memorization layer and a via memorization layer may be formed on the substrate. In one embodiment, the trench memorization layer and the via memorization layer are formed between the multi-color spacer patterning structures and a low-k interlayer dielectric layer. The use of the trench memorization layer and the via memorization layer allows the formation of trenches and vias in the low-k interlayer dielectric layer without causing damage to the low-k properties of the low-k interlayer dielectric layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11315789B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-26
申请号:US16573775
申请日:2019-09-17
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Kiyotaka Imai , Hirokazu Aizawa , Hiroshi Maeda , Kaoru Maekawa , Yuji Mimura , Harunobu Suenaga
Abstract: Described herein is a method of bonding and/or debonding substrates. In one embodiment, at least one of the surfaces of the substrates to be bonded is comprised of an oxide. In one embodiment, the surfaces of both substrates comprise an oxide. A wet etch may then be utilized to debond the substrates by etching away the layers that have been bonded. In one embodiment, a fusion bonding process is utilized to bond two substrates, at least one substrate having a silicon oxide surface. In one exemplary etch, a dilute hydrofluoric (DHF) etch is utilized to etch the bonded silicon oxide surface, allowing for two bonded substrates to be debonded. In another embodiment, the silicon oxide may be a low density silicon oxide. In one embodiment, both substrates may have a surface layer of the low density silicon oxide which may be fusion bonded together.
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公开(公告)号:US20200303253A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16356434
申请日:2019-03-18
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Hirokazu Aizawa , Kaoru Maekawa
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/321
Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for semiconductor back end of line (BEOL) interconnect using multiple materials in a fully self-aligned via (FSAV) process. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a substrate with a patterned structure formed on a surface of the substrate. A method may also include depositing a first interconnect material in a first region of the patterned structure. Such methods may also include depositing a second interconnect material in a second region of the patterned structure, wherein the first interconnect material is different from the second interconnect material, and wherein the first region and the second region include a common layer of the patterned structures.
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公开(公告)号:US10217670B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-26
申请号:US15697249
申请日:2017-09-06
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Kandabara N. Tapily , Satoru Nakamura , Soo Doo Chae , Akiteru Ko , Kaoru Maekawa , Gerrit J. Leusink
IPC: H01L21/8234 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/311 , H01L21/3213 , H01L29/417 , H01L29/66 , H01L27/12
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a wrap-around contact integration scheme that includes sidewall protection during contact formation. According to one embodiment, a substrate processing method includes providing a substrate containing raised contacts in a first dielectric film and a second dielectric film above the first dielectric film, depositing a metal-containing film on the second dielectric film, and forming a patterned metal-containing film by etching mask openings in the metal-containing film. The method further includes anisotropically etching recessed features in the second dielectric film above the raised contacts using the patterned metal-containing film as a mask, where the anisotropically etching forms a metal-containing sidewall protection film by redeposition of a portion of the patterned metal-containing film on sidewalls of the recessed features.
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公开(公告)号:US10008564B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-26
申请号:US15342968
申请日:2016-11-03
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Kandabara N. Tapily , Ying Trickett , Chihiro Tamura , Cory Wajda , Gerrit J. Leusink , Kaoru Maekawa
CPC classification number: H01L29/0673 , H01J37/32192 , H01L21/02236 , H01L21/02238 , H01L21/02252 , H01L21/3065 , H01L21/31116 , H01L29/16 , H01L29/775
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a method of corner rounding and trimming of nanowires used in semiconductor devices. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing in a process chamber a plurality of nanowires separated from each other by a void, where the plurality of nanowires have a height and at least substantially right angle corners, forming an oxidized surface layer on the plurality of nanowires using an oxidizing microwave plasma, removing the oxidized surface layer to trim the height and round the corners of the plurality of nanowires, and repeating the forming and removing at least once until the plurality of nanowires have a desired trimmed height and rounded corners.
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公开(公告)号:US20180068899A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15697249
申请日:2017-09-06
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Kandabara N. Tapily , Satoru Nakamura , Soo Doo Chae , Akiteru Ko , Kaoru Maekawa , Gerrit J. Leusink
IPC: H01L21/8234 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/3213 , H01L21/311
CPC classification number: H01L21/823475 , H01L21/31144 , H01L21/32139 , H01L21/76892 , H01L27/1211 , H01L29/41791 , H01L29/66795
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a wrap-around contact integration scheme that includes sidewall protection during contact formation. According to one embodiment, a substrate processing method includes providing a substrate containing raised contacts in a first dielectric film and a second dielectric film above the first dielectric film, depositing a metal-containing film on the second dielectric film, and forming a patterned metal-containing film by etching mask openings in the metal-containing film. The method further includes anisotropically etching recessed features in the second dielectric film above the raised contacts using the patterned metal-containing film as a mask, where the anisotropically etching forms a metal-containing sidewall protection film by redeposition of a portion of the patterned metal-containing film on sidewalls of the recessed features.
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公开(公告)号:US12131914B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17521958
申请日:2021-11-09
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited , Université d'Orléans
Inventor: Du Zhang , Hojin Kim , Shigeru Tahara , Kaoru Maekawa , Mingmei Wang , Jacques Faguet , Remi Dussart , Thomas Tillocher , Philippe Lefaucheux , Gaëlle Antoun
IPC: H01L21/311 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L21/31116 , H01L21/0212 , H01L21/02274 , H01L21/0228
Abstract: A method for processing a substrate that includes: loading the substrate in a plasma processing chamber; performing a cyclic plasma etch process including a plurality of cycles, where each cycle of the plurality of cycles includes: generating a first plasma from a first gas mixture including a fluorosilane and oxygen; performing a deposition step by exposing the substrate to the first plasma to form a passivation film including silicon and fluorine; generating a second plasma from a second gas mixture including a noble gas; and performing an etch step by exposing the substrate to the second plasma.
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公开(公告)号:US10861739B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-08
申请号:US16440679
申请日:2019-06-13
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Yuki Kikuchi , Toshiharu Wada , Kaoru Maekawa , Akiteru Ko
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/311 , H01L21/324 , H01L21/02
Abstract: A process is provided in which low-k layers are protected from damage by the use of thermal decomposition materials. In one embodiment, the low-k layers may be low-k dielectric layers utilized in BEOL process steps. The thermal decomposition materials may be utilized to replace organic layers that typically require ashing processes to remove. By removing the need for certain ashing steps, the exposure of the low-k dielectric layer to ashing processes may be lessened. In another embodiment, the low-k layers may be protected by plugging openings in the low-k layer with the thermal decomposition material before a subsequent process step that may damage the low-k layer is performed. The thermal decomposition materials may be removed by a thermal anneal process step that does not damage the low-k layers.
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公开(公告)号:US10157784B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-18
申请号:US15428749
申请日:2017-02-09
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Kai-Hung Yu , Manabu Oie , Kaoru Maekawa , Cory Wajda , Gerrit J. Leusink , Yuuki Kikuchi , Hiroaki Kawasaki , Hiroyuki Nagai
IPC: H01L21/285 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/532
Abstract: Methods for integration of conformal barrier layers and Ru metal liners with Cu metallization in semiconductor manufacturing are described in several embodiments. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate containing a recessed feature, depositing a barrier layer in the recessed feature, depositing a Ru metal liner on the barrier layer, and exposing the substrate to an oxidation source gas to oxidize the barrier layer through the Ru metal liner. The method further includes filling the recessed feature with CuMn metal using an ionized physical vapor deposition (IPVD) process, heat-treating the substrate to diffuse Mn from the CuMn metal to the oxidized barrier layer, and reacting the diffused Mn with the oxidized barrier layer to form a Mn-containing diffusion barrier.
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公开(公告)号:US20170125517A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15342968
申请日:2016-11-03
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Kandabara N. Tapily , Ying Trickett , Chihiro Tamura , Cory Wajda , Gerrit J. Leusink , Kaoru Maekawa
IPC: H01L29/06 , H01L21/311 , H01L29/16 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L29/0673 , H01J37/32192 , H01L21/02236 , H01L21/02238 , H01L21/02252 , H01L21/3065 , H01L21/31116 , H01L29/16 , H01L29/775
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a method of corner rounding and trimming of nanowires used in semiconductor devices. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing in a process chamber a plurality of nanowires separated from each other by a void, where the plurality of nanowires have a height and at least substantially right angle corners, forming an oxidized surface layer on the plurality of nanowires using an oxidizing microwave plasma, removing the oxidized surface layer to trim the height and round the corners of the plurality of nanowires, and repeating the forming and removing at least once until the plurality of nanowires have a desired trimmed height and rounded corners.
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