摘要:
In accordance with the present invention, an amorphous layer is formed in a crystalline substrate (e.g., the channel region of a MOSFET transistor) by, for example, implanting ions of an inert specie such as germanium. A dopant is implanted so that it overlaps with the amorphous layer. Subsequently, low temperature recrystallization of the amorphous layer leads to an abrupt retrograded layer of active dopant in the channel region of the MOSFET. This retrograded dopant layer could be formed before or after the formation of the gate electrode.
摘要:
A shallow abrupt junction is formed in a single crystal substrate, for example, to form a pn junction in a diode or a source drain extension in a transistor. An amorphous layer is formed at the surface of the substrate by implanting an electrically inactive ion, such as germanium or silicon, into the substrate. The amorphous/crystalline interface between the amorphous layer and the base crystal substrate is located at the depth of the desired junction. A dopant species, such as boron, phosphorus or arsenic is implanted into the substrate so that peak concentration of the dopant is at least partially within the amorphous layer. The amorphous layer can be formed either before or after the implanting of the dopant species. A low temperature anneal is used to recrystallize the amorphous layer through solid phase epitaxy, which also activates the dopant within the amorphous layer. The dopant located beneath the original amorphous/crystalline interface remains inactive. Thus, an abrupt junction is formed at the depth of the original amorphous/crystalline interface. Formation of such a shallow abrupt junction is useful in devices such as diodes and transistors, including bipolar, MOSFET and CMOS, and may be used to form source drain extensions and halo regions. Subsequent processing of the substrate has a thermal budget that is approximately equal to or less than the temperature used for the low temperature anneal.
摘要:
A thin filmed fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) utilizes a local insulation structure. The local insulative structure includes a buried silicon dioxide region under the channel region. The MOSFET body thickness is very small and yet silicon available outside of the channel region and buried silicon dioxide region is available for sufficient depths of silicide in the source and drain regions. The buried silicon dioxide region can be formed by a trench isolation technique or a LOCOS technique.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit using damascene processes is provided in which planar surfaces of contacting conductive metal channels and vias are subjected to chemical-mechanical polishing under a pressure which avoids cold working and to two steps of chemical-mechanical polishing in which the first step is performed using a slurry with a first sized abrasive to expose a first dielectric layer in which the conductive metal channel is embedded and to provide a planar polished surface of the conductive material, and a second step is performed using a second slurry with a second sized abrasive larger than said first sized abrasive to provide a planar rough-polished surface of the conductive material. The second polishing also performed at a pressure which avoids cold working, which causes a highly polycrystalline structure and a high dislocation density, in the conductive material at its planar polished surface.
摘要:
A deep submicron MOS device having a self-aligned silicide gate structure and a method for forming the same is provided so as to overcome the problems of poly-Si depletion and boron penetration. A first Nickel silicide layer is formed between a gate oxide and a polycrystalline silicon gate electrode. Further, second Nickel silicide layers are formed over highly-doped source/drain regions. In this fashion, the reliability of the MOS device will be enhanced.
摘要:
A test structure used to measure metal bottom coverage in semiconductor integrated circuits. The metal is deposited in etched trenches, vias and/or contacts created during the integrated circuit manufacturing process. A predetermined pattern of probe contacts are disposed about the semiconductor wafer. Metal deposited in the etched areas is heated to partially react with the underlying and surrounding undoped material. The remaining unreacted metal layer is then removed, and an electrical current is applied to the probe contacts. The resistance of the reacted portion of metal and undoped material is measured to determine metal bottom coverage. Some undoped material may also be removed to measure metal sidewall coverage. The predetermined pattern of probe contacts is preferably arranged in a Kelvin or Vander Paaw structure.
摘要:
A method for implanting copper conductive layers in channel or via openings with alloying elements, such as magnesium, boron, tin, and zirconium. The implantation is performed after conductive layer chemical-mechanical-polishing (CMP) using a surface barrier layer as an implant barrier. With the surface barrier layer being removed by barrier layer CMP, this allows directed, heavy implantation of the conductive layer with the alloying elements.
摘要:
Ultra shallow, low resistance LDD junctions are achieved by forming an LDD implant generating an interstitial-rich section and forming a sub-surface, non-amorphous region generating a vacancy-rich region substantially overlapping the interstitial rich region generated when forming the LDD implant. Embodiments include ion implanting, Ge or Si to form surface amorphous and sub-surface, non-amorphous regions, and implanting B or BF.sub.2 to form the impurity region. Embodiments include forming the sub-surface, non-amorphous region before or after generating the surface amorphous region, and forming the impurity region before or after forming the sub-surface, non-amorphous region but after forming the surface amorphous region.
摘要:
A method is provided for forming tantalum adhesion/barrier layers on semiconductor channels or in vias in low dielectric constant, fluorinated dielectric layers. The dielectric layers are defluorinated using hydrogen, ammonia, methane, or silane plasma and a subsequent tantalum deposition forms a less fluorine reactive tantalum carbide or tantalum silicide. Tantalum or tantalum nitride is then deposited over the less reactive form of tantalum to form the adhesion/barrier for deposition of a subsequent seed layer and a conductive material to form the vias and channels.
摘要:
The application of a dissimilar anti-reflective coating on a conductive layer during photolithographic processing is avoided, as by modifying a portion of the upper surface of the conductive layer to exhibit anti-reflective properties. In an embodiment of the present invention, impurity ions are implanted into a portion of the upper surface of an aluminum or an aluminum-alloy conductive layer to render the upper portion substantially amorphous and, hence, decrease its reflectivity to perform an anti-reflective function.