摘要:
An improved method, structure and process flow for reducing line-line capacitance using low dielectric constant (K) materials is provided. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention form structures for semiconductor devices having a single level of interconnection as well as semiconductor devices having multiple levels of interconnection. In embodiments of the present invention, an initial dielectric structure is formed having a first low-K material overlaid with a standard-K material. In subsequent processing, conductive interconnects are formed and the standard-K material replaced with a second low-K material. In some embodiments of the present invention, the first and second low-K materials are the same material, in some embodiments the first and second low-K materials are different materials. Embodiments of the present invention having multiple levels of conductive interconnects are formed by employing methods and materials analogous to those used to form the first level of conductive interconnect and dielectric material disposed there between. Embodiments of the present invention employ low-K materials formed by spin-on processes as well as low-K materials formed by CVD processes.
摘要:
An improved method, structure and process flow for reducing line-line capacitance using low dielectric constant (K) materials is provided. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention form structures for semiconductor devices having a single level of interconnection as well as semiconductor devices having multiple levels of interconnection. In embodiments of the present invention, an initial dielectric structure is formed having a first low-K material overlaid with a standard-K material. In subsequent processing, conductive interconnects are formed and the standard-K material replaced with a second low-K material. In some embodiments of the present invention, the first and second low-K materials are the same material, in some embodiments the first and second low-K materials are different materials. Embodiments of the present invention having multiple levels of conductive interconnects are formed by employing methods and materials analogous to those used to form the first level of conductive interconnect and dielectric material disposed there between. Embodiments of the present invention employ low-K materials formed by spin-on processes as well as low-K materials formed by CVD processes.
摘要:
A structure to reduce line—line capacitance using low dielectric constant (K) materials is provided. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention are semiconductor devices having a single level of interconnection as well as semiconductor devices having multiple levels of interconnection. In embodiments of the present invention, an initial dielectric structure has a first low-K material overlaid with a standard-K material. In subsequent processing, conductive interconnects are formed and the standard-K material replaced with a second low-K material. In some embodiments of the present invention, the first and second low-K materials are the same material, in some embodiments the first and second low-K materials are different materials. Embodiments of the present invention having multiple levels of conductive interconnects are formed by essentially repeating the method employed to form the first level of conductive interconnect. Embodiments of the present invention employ low-K materials formed by spin-on processes as well as low-K materials formed by CVD processes.
摘要:
An improved method, structure and process flow for reducing line-line capacitance using low dielectric constant (K) materials is provided. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention form structures for semiconductor devices having a single level of interconnection as well as semiconductor devices having multiple levels of interconnection. In embodiments of the present invention, an initial dielectric structure is formed having a first low-K material overlaid with a standard-K material. In subsequent processing, conductive interconnects are formed and the standard-K material replaced with a second low-K material. In some embodiments of the present invention, the first and second low-K materials are the same material, in some embodiments the first and second low-K materials are different materials. Embodiments of the present invention having multiple levels of conductive interconnects are formed by employing methods and materials analogous to those used to form the first level of conductive interconnect and dielectric material disposed there between. Embodiments of the present invention employ low-K materials formed by spin-on processes as well as low-K materials formed by CVD processes.
摘要:
An improved method, structure and process flow for reducing line-line capacitance using low dielectric constant (K) materials is provided. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention form structures for semiconductor devices having a single level of interconnection as well as semiconductor devices having multiple levels of interconnection. In embodiments of the present invention, an initial dielectric structure is formed having a first low-K material overlaid with a standard-K material. In subsequent processing, conductive interconnects are formed and the standard-K material replaced with a second low-K material. In some embodiments of the present invention, the first and-second low-K materials are the same material, in some embodiments the first and second low-K materials are different materials. Embodiments of the present invention having multiple levels of conductive interconnects are formed by employing methods and materials analogous to those used to form the first level of conductive interconnect and dielectric material disposed there between. Embodiments of the present invention employ low-K materials formed by spin-on processes as well as low-K materials formed by CVD processes.
摘要:
An integrated circuit, such as a DRAM circuit, having a plurality of cells is formed in containers formed an isolation layer positioned on an first surface of a semiconductor substrate. The containers have a first region located proximal the first surface of the semiconductor substrate that has a first cross-sectional area and a second region located distal from the first surface of the semiconductor substrate that has a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area. Cells, such as capacitors, are formed in the containers and the isolation material positioned between adjacent cells is removed so that a generally horizontal surface is formed. The horizontal surface is located closer to the first surface of the substrate than the transition between the first region and the second region of the container so that substantially vertical surfaces are formed in the isolation region linking the cells to the horizontal surface of the isolation layer. The addition of the vertical surfaces on the isolation region increases the surface path upon which leakage current will flow between adjacent cells thereby decreasing the likelihood of leakage currents travelling from one cell to an adjacent cell.
摘要:
Embodiments include methods and systems of 3D structure fill. In one embodiment, a method of filling a trench in a wafer includes performing directional plasma treatment with an ion beam at an angle with respect to a sidewall of the trench to form a treated portion of the sidewall and an untreated bottom of the trench. A material is deposited in the trench. The deposition rate of the material on the treated portion of the sidewall is different than a second deposition rate on the untreated bottom of the trench. In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a material on the wafer, filling a bottom of the trench and forming a layer on a sidewall of the trench and a top surface adjacent to the trench. The method includes etching the layer with an ion beam at an angle with respect to the sidewall.
摘要:
Memory cells, and methods of forming such memory cells, are provided that include a steering element coupled to a carbon-based reversible resistivity switching material that has an increased resistivity, and a switching current that is less than a maximum current capability of the steering element used to control current flow through the carbon-based reversible resistivity switching material. In particular embodiments, methods and apparatus in accordance with this invention form a steering element, such as a diode, having a first width, coupled to a reversible resistivity switching material, such as aC, having a second width smaller than the first width.
摘要:
Some embodiments include methods in which insulative material is simultaneously deposited across both a front side of a semiconductor substrate, and across a back side of the substrate. Subsequently, openings may be etched through the insulative material across the front side, and the substrate may then be dipped within a plating bath to grow conductive contact regions within the openings. The insulative material across the back side may protect the back side from being plated during the growth of the conductive contact regions over the front side. In some embodiments, plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition may be utilized for the deposition, and may be conducted at a temperature suitable to anneal passivation materials so that such annealing occurs simultaneously with the plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition.
摘要:
In a first aspect, a vertical semiconductor diode is provided that includes (1) a first semiconductor layer formed above a substrate; (2) a second semiconductor layer formed above the first semiconductor layer; (3) a first native oxide layer formed above the first semiconductor layer; and (4) a third semiconductor layer formed above the first semiconductor layer, second semiconductor layer and first native oxide layer so as to form the vertical semiconductor diode that includes the first native oxide layer. Numerous other aspects are provided.