Abstract:
A method of forming a deep contact by forming a dielectric layer 20 over a semiconductor structure 10. A main point is that the hard mask 30 is removed after the plug 52 is formed. A hard mask layer 30 is formed over the dielectric layer 20. A contact photoresist layer 36 is formed over the hard mask layer 30. The hard mask layer 30 is etched through the contact photoresist opening 39 to form a contact hard mask opening 41 exposing the dielectric layer 20. The dielectric layer 20 is etched using a high density plasma etch process using the contact photoresist layer 36 and the hard mask layer 30 as an etch mask forming a contact hole 40 in the dielectric layer 20. The contact photoresist layer 36 is removed. A metal layer 50 is formed filling the contact hole 40 and covering over the hard mask layer 30. The metal layer 50 is etched back forming a plug 52 filling the contact hole 40. Now, the hard mask layer 30 is removed. The removal of the hard mask 30 after the metal layer 50 deposition: (a) prevents the contact hole 40 from being contaminated from photoresist and other contamination formed during the hard mask 30 removal steps; and (b) creates a plug 52 that does not have a recess.
Abstract:
A new method of forming a buried contact junction in a process involving shallow trench isolation is described. A first silicon oxide layer is deposited over a pad oxide layer on the surface of a semiconductor substrate. An opening is etched in the first silicon nitride and pad oxide layers where they are not covered by a mask. The substrate underlying the opening is etched into to form a shallow trench. An oxide material is deposited over the surface of the first silicon nitride layer and within the shallow trench and planarized to the surface of the first silicon nitride layer wherein the oxide material forms a STI region. The first silicon nitride layer is removed whereby the STI protrudes above the pad oxide layer. The pad oxide layer is removed whereby the corners of the STI above the substrate are also removed. A second silicon nitride layer is deposited overlying a sacrificial oxide layer and etched away to leave silicon nitride spacers filling in and rounding the corners of the STI. The sacrificial oxide layer is removed. A gate electrode and source/drain regions are formed in and on the substrate wherein a source/drain is adjacent to the STI. The gate electrode and STI are covered with an insulating layer. An opening is etched through the insulating layer to the source/drain region wherein the silicon nitride spacer at the corner of the STI prevents etching of the STI. The opening is filled with a conducting layer to complete formation of a contact.
Abstract:
A contact between a conductor and a substrate region in a MOSFET SRAM device is formed by a dielectric layer on the surface of a partially completed SRAM device with pass transistors and latch transistors with the dielectric layer being formed above those pass and latch transistors. A thin film transistor gate electrode and an interconnection line are formed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer. A gate oxide layer covers the gate electrode and the interconnection line. A polysilicon conductive layer which covers the gate oxide layer includes a channel region between a source region and a drain region which are formed on opposite sides of the channel region. There is a channel mask formed self-aligned with the channel region formed above the channel region as well as being above the gate electrode. The polysilicon conductive layer is doped aside from the channel mask thereby providing a source region and a drain region on opposite sides of the channel region. A doped interconnect line is also formed in the polysilicon conductive layer. There is a contact which extends through the gate oxide layer between the interconnection line and the polysilicon conductive layer.
Abstract:
A contact process interconnects poly-crystal silicon layer, and more particularly, this process dramatically decreases the voltage drop within a poly-crystal silicon layer. The advantages of the process include not only improvement in the interface quality of Poly-Si/SiO2 to decrease the junction damage but also do not increase its process complexity and its mask number during the fabrication of poly-crystal silicon thin-film SRAM to meet high integration requirement in VLSI.
Abstract:
A method for increasing the surface area, and thus the capacitance of a DRAM, stacked capacitor structure, has been developed. A storage node electrode, incorporating branches of polysilicon, is created via use of multiple polysilicon and insulator depositions, as well as via the use of dry anisotropic, and wet isotropic, etching procedures. The use of polysilicon spacers, created on the sides of silicon oxide mesas, adds a vertical component to the polysilicon branches. Removal of a portion of insulator layer from between polysilicon branches, results in exposure of the increased storage node electrode surface area. Unetched portions of the insulator layers, between polysilicon branches, supply structural support for the storage node electrode, comprised of polysilicon branches.
Abstract:
An improved transmission mechanism assembly for knitting machines having a shaft structure and gear combination mounted at the lower end of the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism incorporates an electronically controlled magnetic relay. When the base and mouth of knitted bags require high density knitting in order to form reinforced belts, cessation of fabric takeup during knitting processes can be performed on the knitted bag in order to form reinforced belts. As a result, rigid PP or PE knitted bags can be easily and conveniently made.
Abstract:
An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell.
Abstract:
A hand-held device includes a first body, a second body, a sliding module, and a guiding module. The sliding module is disposed between the first body and the second body, so that the second body is able to be slid on a two-dimensional plane relative to the first body. The guiding module includes a first guiding part and a second guiding part. The first guiding part is fixed to the first body. The second guiding part is fixed to the second body and coupled to the first guiding part. Besides, the second guiding part is able to be moved along a guiding path relative to the first guiding part, so that the second body is able to be slid along the guiding path on the two-dimensional plane relative to the first body.
Abstract:
A CMOS image sensor having increased capacitance that allows a photo-diode to generate a larger current is provided. The increased capacitance reduces noise and the dark signal. The image sensor utilizes a transistor having nitride spacers formed on a buffer oxide layer. Additional capacitance may be provided by various capacitor structures, such as a stacked capacitor, a planar capacitor, a trench capacitor, a MOS capacitor, a MIM/PIP capacitor, or the like. Embodiments of the present invention may be utilized in a 4-transistor pixel or a 3-transistor pixel configuration.
Abstract:
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following steps. A substrate having a first contact is provided. A layered structure is formed on the substrate. A recess is formed into the layered structure to expose at least a portion of the first contact. A glue layer is formed on the layered structure and the at least a portion of the first contact. The glue layer is removed from the at least a portion of the first contact. A second contact is formed contacting the first contact and the glue layer.