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公开(公告)号:US20220254886A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-11
申请号:US17169916
申请日:2021-02-08
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Ashish Pal , El Mehdi Bazizi , Siddarth Krishnan , Xing Chen , Lan Yu , Tyler Sherwood
IPC: H01L29/36 , H01L29/872 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/265 , H01L21/285 , H01L21/3065 , H01L29/66
Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming a doped silicon layer on a semiconductor substrate. A level of doping may be increased at an increasing distance from the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include etching the doped silicon layer to define a trench extending to the semiconductor substrate. The doped silicon layer may define a sloping sidewall of the trench. The trench may be characterized by a depth of greater than or about 30 μm. The methods may include lining the trench with a first oxide material. The methods may include depositing a second oxide material within the trench. The methods may include forming a contact to produce a power device.
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公开(公告)号:US20220165610A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US16953567
申请日:2020-11-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lan Yu , Tyler Sherwood , Michael Chudzik , Siddarth Krishnan
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/762 , H01L29/06
Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a semiconductor device may include etching a trench from a first surface of a semiconductor substrate to a first depth within the semiconductor substrate. The trench may be characterized by a first width through the first depth. The methods may include forming a liner along sidewalls of the trench. The methods may include etching the trench to a second depth at least ten times greater than the first depth. The trench may be characterized by a second width through the second depth. The methods may include filling the trench with a dielectric material. A seam formed in the dielectric material may be maintained below the first depth.
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公开(公告)号:US20220163846A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US17100422
申请日:2020-11-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lan Yu , Benjamin D. Briggs , Tyler Sherwood , Raghav Sreenivasan
IPC: G02F1/1335 , H01L21/768 , G02F1/1362 , H01L23/522
Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to forming a pixel material in a semiconductor structure. The methods may include forming a sacrificial hardmask overlying an uppermost layer of an optical stack of the semiconductor structure, the uppermost layer having a thickness. The methods may include forming a via through the sacrificial hardmask in the optical stack by a first etch process unselective to a metal layer of the semiconductor structure. The methods may include filling the via with a fill material, wherein a portion of the fill material extends over the sacrificial hardmask and contacts the metal layer. The methods may include removing a portion of the fill material external to the via by a removal process selective to the fill material. The methods may also include removing the sacrificial hardmask by a second etch process selective to the sacrificial hardmask while maintaining the thickness of the uppermost layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11908678B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17149399
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lan Yu , Benjamin D. Briggs , Tyler Sherwood , Raghav Sreenivasan , Joseph Salfelder
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/4757
CPC classification number: H01L21/02024 , H01L21/02019 , H01L21/47573
Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to form a filled contact hole in a mirror layer of a semiconductor substrate. The method may include forming a contact hole through a mirror layer of the semiconductor substrate by an etch process. The method may include filling the contact hole with a fill material. A portion of the fill material may overlie the mirror layer. The method may also include removing a portion of the fill material external to the contact hole by chemical mechanical polishing landing on the mirror layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11605741B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-14
申请号:US17102148
申请日:2020-11-23
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Joshua S. Holt , Lan Yu , Tyler Sherwood , Archana Kumar , Nicolas Louis Gabriel Breil , Siddarth Krishnan
IPC: H01L29/872 , H01L21/28 , H01L29/45 , H01L29/861 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/47
Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming a layer of metal on a semiconductor substrate. The layer of metal may extend along a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may be or include silicon. The methods may include performing an anneal to produce a metal silicide. The methods may include implanting ions in the metal silicide to increase a barrier height over 0.65 V.
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公开(公告)号:US11586067B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US17100407
申请日:2020-11-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lan Yu , Benjamin D. Briggs , Tyler Sherwood , Raghav Sreenivasan
IPC: G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1362
Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via.
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公开(公告)号:US20220310531A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-29
申请号:US17214411
申请日:2021-03-26
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Amirhasan Nourbakhsh , Lan Yu , Joseph F. Salfelder , Ki Cheol Ahn , Tyler Sherwood , Siddarth Krishnan , Michael Jason Fronckowiak , Xing Chen
IPC: H01L23/00 , H01L21/311 , H01L21/308 , H01L21/304
Abstract: Exemplary methods of processing a semiconductor substrate may include forming a layer of dielectric material on the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include performing an edge exclusion removal of the layer of dielectric material. The methods may include forming a mask material on the semiconductor substrate. The mask material may contact the dielectric material at an edge region of the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include patterning an opening in the mask material overlying a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include etching one or more trenches through the semiconductor substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20220223402A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17149399
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lan Yu , Benjamin D. Briggs , Tyler Sherwood , Raghav Sreenivasan , Joseph Salfelder
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/4757
Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to form a filled contact hole in a mirror layer of a semiconductor substrate. The method may include forming a contact hole through a mirror layer of the semiconductor substrate by an etch process. The method may include filling the contact hole with a fill material. A portion of the fill material may overlie the mirror layer. The method may also include removing a portion of the fill material external to the contact hole by chemical mechanical polishing landing on the mirror layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20220165574A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US17102148
申请日:2020-11-23
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Joshua S. Holt , Lan Yu , Tyler Sherwood , Archana Kumar , Nicolas Louis Gabriel Breil , Siddarth Krishnan
IPC: H01L21/28 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/861 , H01L29/45
Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming a layer of metal on a semiconductor substrate. The layer of metal may extend along a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may be or include silicon. The methods may include performing an anneal to produce a metal silicide. The methods may include implanting ions in the metal silicide to increase a barrier height over 0.65 V.
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公开(公告)号:US20220163845A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US17100407
申请日:2020-11-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Lan Yu , Benjamin D. Briggs , Tyler Sherwood , Raghav Sreenivasan
IPC: G02F1/1335 , H01L21/768 , G02F1/1362
Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via.
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