摘要:
There is provided a semiconductor device comprising a Cu film provided above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and used as a wiring, an intermediate layer formed at least on the Cu film, and an Al film formed on the intermediate layer and used as a pad, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a refractory metal nitride film and a refractory metal film formed on the refractory metal nitride film.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a process for depositing a thin-film layer of magnetic material onto an insulative dielectric layer of a semiconductor substrate such that the layer of magnetic material completely and permanently adheres to the insulative dielectric layer. A product within the scope of the present invention is prepared by taking a semiconductor substrate, such as a silicon wafer, and through a chemical-vapor deposition process depositing a layer of an insulative dielectric (such as the silicon dioxide or silicon nitride) on the layer, and subsequently depositing a layer of a magnetic material (such as a nickel-iron alloy or a manganese-bismuth alloy) through a sputtering process onto the insulative dielectric layer.
摘要:
Semiconductor structures and a method of producing the same comprising coating the surface of a semiconductor body with a first inorganic insulating layer; coating an electrical conductor path on the first insulating layer; coating an organic layer which includes a compatible compound therein which vaporizes at a relatively low temperature onto select points or portions of the conductor path; coating a second inorganic insulating layer on all exposed surfaces of the conductor path, the organic layer and the first insulating layer; and heating the resulting structure to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the compatible compound within the organic layer and remove areas of the second insulating layer which superimposed the organic layer so as to unmask the select portions of the conductor path for access to external electrical connection means.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, and, in particular, a technique of electrically isolating a semiconductor element formed on a semiconductor substrate. The method comprises the steps of depositing a silicon oxide layer on the surface of a silicon substrate, for its protection; forming a silicon nitride layer on the silicon oxide layer; selectively eliminating the silicon nitride layer; oxidizing the silicon substrate, with the retained silicon nitride layer being used as a mask, thereby providing an oxide layer; depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer on the oxide layer and the retained acid-resisting layer; oxidizing the polycrystalline silicon layer to provide an insulation layer; eliminating the insulation layer until the silicon nitride layer is exposed; and removing all the silicon nitride layer. The method is capable of enabling the formation of a thick semiconductor element-isolating oxide layer, with a high precision, in a narrow region from which the semiconductor element is to be isolated.
摘要:
A method for making a TFT comprises forming an amorphous silicon layer having a smooth upper surface. An insulating layer is then formed on the smooth surface at or below the critical temperature for the instantaneous crystallization of amorphous. This slowly converts the amorphous silicon to polycrystalline silicon while retaining the smooth surface. TFTs incorporating the invention have a relatively high field effect (surface) mobility.
摘要:
A semiconductor device is manufactured by forming a first insulating film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, and a first nonmonocrystalline silicon film is formed on the first insulating film. A second insulating film is deposited on the first nonmonocrystalline silicon film by CVD, sputtering or molecular beam method. An impurity is then ion-implanted in the first nonmonocrystalline silicon film through the second insulating film. The second insulating film is then removed to expose the surface of the first nonmonocrystalline silicon film doped with the impurity, and a thermal oxide film is formed on the exposed portion of the first nonmonocrystalline silicon film. Subsequently, a second nonmonocrystalline silicon film is formed on the thermal oxide film, and a third insulating film is formed on the second nonmonocrystalline silicon film.
摘要:
Disclosed is the use of metal silicide (e.g. Pt-Si) contacts in boron lightly doped P.sup.- type silicon between two contiguous but not adjacent N.sup.+ type regions instead of employing the usual P.sup.+ implanted or diffused channel stoppers. The invention finds a particularly interesting application in polyimide filled deep trench isolated integrated circuits.The trench sidewalls are coated with an insulating material which is removed from the trench bottom at the all contact etch step. The Pt-Si is formed at the bottom of the trenches at the same time that the device contacts are made.
摘要:
A process for growing field oxide regions in an MOS circuit. An initial thermally grown layer of silicon nitride seals the substrate surface and reduces lateral oxidation, or bird's beak formation along the substrate-nitride interface. Field oxidation takes place in two steps, with the first step being a dry oxidation in HCL and the second taking place in steam.
摘要:
A method is provided for eliminating uneven heating of substrate active areas during laser thermal annealing (LTA) due to variations in gate electrode density. Embodiments include adding dummy structures, formed simultaneously with the gate electrodes, to “fill in” the spaces between isolated gate electrodes, such that the spacing between the gate electrodes and the dummy structures is the same as the spacing between the densest array of device structures on the substrate surface. Since the surface features (i.e., the gate electrodes and the dummy structures) appear substantially uniform to the LTA laser, the laser radiation is uniformly absorbed by the substrate, and the substrate surface is evenly heated.
摘要:
A method of forming isolation structures in semiconductor substrates comprising exposing a region of the semiconductor simultaneously to a transforming agent and to a viscosity reducing agent so that the transforming agent transforms a portion of the substrate into an isolation structure and the viscosity reducing agent reduces the viscosity of the isolation structure during formation. In one embodiment, a silicon substrate is exposed to oxygen in the presence of fluorine so that a silicon oxide isolation region is formed. The fluorine reduces the viscosity of the silicon oxide isolation region during formation which results in less lateral, bird's beak encroachment under adjacent masking stacks and also results in lower internal stress in the isolation region during formation. The lower internal stress and the lessened lateral encroachment result in thicker and improved isolation regions.