摘要:
A fuse structure includes within an aperture within a dielectric layer located over a substrate that exposes a conductor contact layer within the substrate a seed layer interposed between the conductor contact layer and another conductor layer. The seed layer includes a doped copper material that includes a dopant immobilized predominantly within the seed layer. The fuse structure may be severed while not severing a conductor interconnect structure also located over the substrate that exposes a second conductor contact layer within a second aperture. In contrast with the fuse structure that includes the doped seed layer having the immobilized dopant, the interconnect structure includes a doped seed layer having a mobile dopant.
摘要:
An electronic anti-fuse structure, the structure including an Mx level comprising a first Mx metal and a second Mx metal, a dielectric layer located above the Mx level, an Mx+1 level located above the dielectric layer; and a metallic element in the dielectric layer and positioned between the first Mx metal and the second Mx metal, wherein the metallic element is insulated from both the first Mx metal and the second Mx metal.
摘要:
A fuse structure includes within an aperture within a dielectric layer located over a substrate that exposes a conductor contact layer within the substrate a seed layer interposed between the conductor contact layer and another conductor layer. The seed layer includes a doped copper material that includes a dopant immobilized predominantly within the seed layer. The fuse structure may be severed while not severing a conductor interconnect structure also located over the substrate that exposes a second conductor contact layer within a second aperture. In contrast with the fuse structure that includes the doped seed layer having the immobilized dopant, the interconnect structure includes a doped seed layer having a mobile dopant.
摘要:
In the invention an electrically isolated copper interconnect structural interface is provided involving a single, about 50-300 A thick, alloy capping layer, that controls diffusion and electromigration of the interconnection components and reduces the overall effective dielectric constant of the interconnect; the capping layer being surrounded by a material referred to in the art as hard mask material that can provide a resist for subsequent reactive ion etching operations, and there is also provided the interdependent process steps involving electroless deposition in the fabrication of the structural interface. The single layer alloy metal barrier in the invention is an alloy of the general type A—X—Y, where A is a metal taken from the group of cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni), X is a member taken from the group of tungsten (W), tin (Sn), and silicon (Si), and Y is a member taken from the group of phosphorous (P) and boron (B); having a thickness in the range of 50 to 300 Angstroms.
摘要:
In-line thickness measurement of a dielectric film layer on a surface of a workpiece subsequent to a polishing on a chemical-mechanical polishing machine in a polishing slurry is disclosed. The workpiece includes a given level of back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure including junctions. The measurement apparatus includes a platen and an electrode embedded within the platen. A positioning mechanism positions the workpiece above the electrode with the dielectric layer facing in a direction of the electrode. A slurry dam is used for maintaining a prescribed level of a conductive polishing slurry above the electrode, the prescribed level to ensure a desired slurry coverage of the workpiece. A capacitance sensor senses a system capacitance C in accordance with an RC equivalent circuit model, wherein the RC equivalent circuit includes a resistance R representative of the slurry and workpiece resistances and the system capacitance C representative of the dielectric material and junction capacitances. Lastly, a capacitance-to-thickness converter converts the sensed capacitance to a dielectric thickness in accordance with a prescribed system capacitance/optical thickness calibration, wherein the prescribed calibration corresponds to the given level of BEOL structure of the workpiece.
摘要:
An electronic anti-fuse structure, the structure including an Mx level comprising a first Mx metal and a second Mx metal, a dielectric layer located above the Mx level, an Mx+1 level located above the dielectric layer; and a metallic element in the dielectric layer and positioned between the first Mx metal and the second Mx metal, wherein the metallic element is insulated from both the first Mx metal and the second Mx metal.
摘要:
A method of forming a dual-damascene wire. The method includes forming a via opening in a dielectric layer, filling the via opening with a polymeric formation including at least about 6% by weight of solids of thermal acid generator; heating the polymeric underlayer to a temperature greater than room temperature but less than about 180° C.; lithographically forming a trench in the dielectric layer and filling the via opening and the trench with an electrical conductor, a top surface of the electrical conductor substantially co-planer with the top surface of the second dielectric capping layer.
摘要:
A method of forming an interconnect structure in an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) material, the method include the steps of creating one or more via openings in the ILD material; forming a first liner covering at least one of the one or more via openings; creating one or more trench openings on top of at least one of the one or more via openings covered by the first liner; and forming a second liner covering the trenching openings and at least part of the first liner. An interconnect structure formed by the method is also provided.
摘要:
A method of forming a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor structure in a substrate having a bulk semiconductor layer, a buried oxide (BOX) layer and an SOI layer. During the formation of a trench in the structure, the BOX layer is undercut. The method includes forming a dielectric material on the upper wall of the trench adjacent to the undercutting of the BOX layer and then etching the dielectric material to form a spacer. The spacer fixes the BOX layer undercut and protects it during subsequent steps of forming a bottle-shaped portion of the trench, forming a buried plate in the deep trench; and then forming a trench capacitor. There is also a semiconductor structure, preferably an SOI eDRAM structure, having a spacer which fixes the undercutting in the BOX layer.
摘要:
A method of forming a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor structure in a substrate having a bulk semiconductor layer, a buried oxide (BOX) layer and an SOI layer. During the formation of a trench in the structure, the BOX layer is undercut. The method includes forming a dielectric material on the upper wall of the trench adjacent to the undercutting of the BOX layer and then etching the dielectric material to form a spacer. The spacer fixes the BOX layer undercut and protects it during subsequent steps of forming a bottle-shaped portion of the trench, forming a buried plate in the deep trench; and then forming a trench capacitor. There is also a semiconductor structure, preferably an SOI eDRAM structure, having a spacer which fixes the undercutting in the BOX layer.