摘要:
The invention provides an integrated circuit fabricated on a semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit comprises a first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor. The first field effect transistor comprises a first polysilicon gate positioned above a first channel region of the substrate and isolated from the first channel region by a first dielectric layer extending the entire length of the first polysilicon gate. The first dielectric layer comprises a first dielectric material with a first dielectric constant. The second field effect transistor comprises a second polysilicon gate positioned above a second channel region on the substrate and isolated from the second channel region by a second dielectric layer extending the entire length of the second polysilicon gate. The second dielectric layer comprises a second dielectric material with a second dielectric constant. The first dielectric constant and the second dielectric constant may be different and both may be greater than the dielectric constant of silicon dioxide.
摘要:
The invention provides a method of selecting an anti reflective layer thickness for patterning a thin film silicon gate layer over a high K dielectric layer. The method comprises selecting a trial anti reflective layer thickness. A first coherent illumination intensity reflected from an interface between the photoresist layer and the anti reflective layer is calculated at the lithography wavelength. A second coherent illumination intensity reflected from an interface between the anti reflective layer and the polysilicon layer is calculated at the lithography wavelength. And, a third coherent illumination intensity reflected from an interface between the polysilicon layer and the high K dielectric layer is calculated at the lithography wavelength. A total coherent illumination intensity that comprises the sum of the first coherent illumination intensity, the second coherent illumination intensity, and the third coherent illumination intensity is calculated and compared to a predetermined threshold. If below the threshold, the trail anti reflective layer thickness is selected as the anti reflective layer thickness.
摘要:
A semiconductor device formed on a semiconductor substrate having an active region and a method of making the same is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer interposed between a gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate. Further, the semiconductor device includes graded dielectric constant spacers formed on sidewalls of the dielectric layer, sidewalls of the gate electrode and portions of an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric constant of the graded dielectric constant spacers decreases in a direction away from the sidewalls of the dielectric layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor device and a process for fabricating the device, including, in one embodiment, a silicon substrate; a first interfacial barrier layer on the silicon substrate, in which the first interfacial barrier layer may include aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or a mixture thereof; and a layer of a high-K dielectric material. The device may further include a second interfacial barrier layer on the high-K dielectric material layer, and may further include a polysilicon or polysilicon-germanium gate electrode formed on the second interfacial barrier layer.
摘要:
Methods and arrangements are provided to increase the process control during the formation of spacers within a semiconductor device. The methods and arrangements include the use of non-functional or dummy lines, regions and/or patterns to create a topology that causes the subsequently formed spacers to be more predictable and uniform in shape and size.
摘要:
During damascene formation of local interconnects in a semiconductor wafer, a punch-through region can be formed into the substrate as a result of exposing the oxide spacers that are adjacent to a transistor gate to one or more etching plasmas that are used to etch one or more overlying dielectric layers. A punch-through region can damage the transistor circuit. Improved, multipurpose spacers are provided to reduce the chances of over-etching. The multipurpose spacers are made of silicon oxime. The etching plasmas that are used to etch one or more overlying dielectric layers tend to have a higher selectivity ratio to the multipurpose spacers than to the conventional oxide spacers. Additionally, the multipurpose spacers do not tend to degrade the hot carrier injection (HCI) properties as would a typical nitride spacer.
摘要:
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for pre-treating and etching a dielectric layer in a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: (A) pre-treating one or more exposed portions of a dielectric layer with a plasma in a plasma etching tool to increase removal rate of the one or more exposed portions upon etching; and (B) removing the one or more exposed portions of the dielectric layer in the same plasma etching tool of step (A) via plasma etching.
摘要:
A manufacturing method for a MirrorBit® Flash memory includes providing a semiconductor substrate and depositing a charge-trapping dielectric material. First and second bitlines are implanted and a wordline material is deposited. A hard mask material is deposited over the wordline material. The hard mask material is of a material having the characteristic of being deposited rather than grown. A photoresist material is deposited over the wordline material and is patterned to form a patterned hard mask. The patterned photoresist material is removed. The wordline material is processed using the patterned hard mask to form a wordline. The patterned hard mask material is removed.
摘要:
A method of making a semiconductor device including a metal gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate with a silicon oxynitride spacer formed on a surface of the metal gate electrode, wherein an interface of the silicon oxynitride spacer and the metal gate electrode is substantially free of metal silicide. The process includes steps of forming a metal gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate; forming by PECVD on a surface of the metal gate electrode a silicon oxynitride spacer, wherein the silicon oxynitride spacer is formed under initially silicon-starved conditions in which a first quantity of at least one silicon-containing material is provided to a PECVD apparatus which is reduced relative to an amount of at least one other reactant, as a result of which substantially no silicide is formed.
摘要:
A manufacturing method for a dual bit flash memory includes providing a semiconductor substrate and depositing a charge-trapping dielectric layer with the depositing performed without using ammonia at an ultra-slow deposition rate. First and second bitlines are implanted and a wordline layer is deposited. A hard mask layer is deposited over the wordline layer. A photoresist is deposited over the wordline layer and used to form a hard mask. The photoresist is removed. The wordline layer is processed using the hard mask to form a wordline and the hard mask is removed. A reduced hydrogen, high-density data retention liner to reduce charge loss, covers the wordline and the charge-trapping dielectric layer. An interlayer dielectric layer is deposited over the data retention liner.