摘要:
A method is provided for manufacturing semiconductor structures having dielectrically isolated silicon regions on one side of a silicon body. This is accomplished by forming in the silicon body a set of buried regions and a set of surface regions having characteristics which make them anodically etch slower than the remaining portion of the silicon body. These two sets of regions define portions in the silicon body which are anodically etched to form porous silicon regions which are oxidized to form an isolation structure that isolates the silicon surface regions from each other and the remaining portion of the silicon body. Typically in a P-type silicon body the buried and surface regions are N-type regions formed through ion implantation. Using these N-type regions to control the exposure of the P-type material to the anodic etching solution and the formation of the porous silicon regions, a structure is obtained wherein surface monocrystalline silicon regions are isolated from the rest of the silicon body by a uniform layer of silicon dioxide having a predetermined thickness.
摘要:
A process for making a CMOS dual-well semiconductor structure with field isolation doping, wherein only a single lithographic masking step is required for providing self-alignment both of the wells to each other and also of the field isolation doping regions to the wells. The lithographic masking step forms a well mask and defines an oxidation barrier which acts as: an implant mask (absorber) during the ion-implantation of a field dopant of one type; an oxidation barrier over one well during the oxidation of the opposite-type well to form over the one well a sacrificial oxide layer which forms the alignment marks for subsequent formation of the field-doping regions; and a dopant-transmitter during the ion-implantation of an opposite-type field dopant which is simultaneously absorbed by the sacrificial oxide. As a result, there are formed field-doped oxide layers self-aligned to the wells so that, with a subsequent masking step, oxide field isolations are defined over the doped oxide layers. A heat cycle is then used to drive the field dopants into the corresponding field-doping regions.
摘要:
A method of forming a thin silicon layer upon which semiconductor devices may be constructed. An epitaxial layer is grown on a silicon substrate, and oxygen or nitrogen ions are implanted into the epitaxial layer in order to form a buried etch-stop layer therein. An oxide layer is grown on the epitaxial layer, and is used to form a bond to a mechanical support wafer. The silicon substrate is removed using grinding and/or HNA, the upper portions of the epitaxy are removed using EDP, EPP or KOH, and the etch-stop is removed using a non-selective etch. The remaining portions of the epitaxy forms the thin silicon layer. Due to the uniformity of the implanted ions, the thin silicon layer has a very uniform thickness.
摘要:
Sublithographic contact apertures through a dielectric are formed in a stack of dielectric, hardmask and oxide-containing seed layer. An initial aperture through the seed layer receives a deposition of oxide by liquid phase deposition, which adheres selectively to the exposed vertical walls of the aperture in the seed layer. The sublithographic aperture, reduced in size by the thickness of the added material, defines a reduced aperture in the hardmask. The reduced hardmask then defines the sublithographic aperture through the dielectric.
摘要:
A method of forming interlevel studs of at least two different materials in an insulating layer on a semiconductor wafer. After forming an insulating layer of BPSG on a Front End of the Line (FEOL) structure, the BPSG layer is chem-mech polished. Vias are formed through the BPSG layer in array areas. A thin doped poly layer is deposited on the surface of the BPSG layer. The structure is annealed and vias are formed in support areas. Dopants are implanted into support areas through the vias. After annealing to diffuse implanted dopant, a metal layer is formed on the poly layer. Then, the structure is chem-mech polished back to the poly layer. A final chem-mech polish step removes the poly layer, leaving metal studs in the support areas and poly-lined metal cored studs in the array areas.
摘要:
A method for forming transistors with mutually-aligned double gates. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a wrap-around-gate transistor structure, wherein the wrap-around-gate transistor structure includes (i) semiconductor region, and (ii) a gate electrode region wrapping around the semiconductor region, wherein the gate electrode region is electrically insulated from the semiconductor region by a gate dielectric film; and (b) removing first and second portions of the wrap-around-gate transistor structure so as to form top and bottom gate electrodes from the gate electrode region, wherein the top and bottom gate electrodes are electrically disconnected from each other.
摘要:
A bitline contact and method of forming bitline contact for a vertical DRAM array using a bitline contact mask. In the method, gate conductor lines are formed. An oxide layer is deposited over the gate conductor lines, and a bitline contact mask is formed over portions of the oxide layer. The bitline contact mask is etched, and a silicon layer is deposited on the substrate. A bitline layer is deposited on the silicon layer. A masking and etching operation is performed on the bitline layer. A M0 metal is deposited over the silicon layer and on sides of non etched portions of the bitline (M0) layer to form left and right bitlines.
摘要:
A method of forming relatively thin uniform insulating collar in the storage trench of a storage trench DRAM cell. A DRAM trench is first formed in a silicon substrate. Then, a nitride liner is deposited on the silicon trench walls. The nitride liner may be deposited directly on the silicon walls or on an underlying oxide layer. A layer of amorphous silicon is then deposited over the nitride liner. A silicon nitride layer is deposited on the oxidized surface of the amorphous silicon. A resist is formed in the lower portion of the trench, and the exposed silicon nitride layer on top of the amorphous silicon is removed, leaving the upper portion of the amorphous silicon layer exposed. The upper portion of the layer of amorphous silicon is then oxidized so as to form a relatively thin, uniform collar along the entire circumference of the trench. The nitride liner underlying the amorphous silicon layer enhances the thickness uniformity of the amorphous silicon layer and thereby the uniformity of the resulting oxide collar. The nitride liner also acts to limit lateral oxidation of the silicon trench walls during oxidation of the amorphous silicon layer. The nitride liner underlying the collar is also effective in cell operation to control the cell charge at the collar-substrate interface.
摘要:
The invention relates generally to a method for fabricating oxygen-implanted semiconductors, and more particularly to a method for fabricating oxygen-implanted silicon-on-insulation (“SOI”) type semiconductors by cutting-up regions into device-sized pieces prior to the SOI-oxidation process. The process sequence to make SOI is modified so that the implant dose may be reduced and relatively long and high temperature annealing process steps may be shortened or eliminated. This simplification may be achieved if, after oxygen implant, the wafer structure is sent to pad formation, and masking and etching. After the etching, annealing or oxidation process steps may be performed to create the SOI wafer.
摘要:
A process for forming a semiconductor device having an oxide beanie structure (an oxide cap overhanging an underlying portion of the device). An oxide layer is first provided covering that portion, with the layer having a top surface and a side surface. The top and side surfaces are then exposed to an oxide deposition bath, thereby causing deposition of oxide on those surfaces. Deposition of oxide on the top surface causes growth of the cap layer in a vertical direction and deposition of oxide on the side surface causes growth of the cap layer in a horizontal direction, thereby forming the beanie structure.