摘要:
An improved method for the fabrication of an ohmic, low resistance contact to heavily doped silicon is described using a CVD deposited tungsten plug provided with Ti/TiN barrier metallurgy. The method provides for surface planarizatiion by depositing first a layer of silicon oxide followed by a layer of borophosphosilicate glass onto a silicon wafer containing integrated circuit devices. After the glass is thermally flowed to planarize its surface, it is etched back to a suitable thickness and a second layer of silicon oxide is deposited over the now-planar surface. Contact holes are patterned in the composite silicon oxide-glass-silicon oxide structure and the exposed silicon device contacts are ion-implanted. The implant is then activated by rapid-thermal-annealing. The presence of the second silicon oxide layer prevents the upper corners of the contact openings from flowing and encroaching into the opening as would occur in its absence. Not only does this provide for void-free filling of the contact openings by the tungsten contact deposition but it also permits the use of higher temperatures for the implant anneal.
摘要:
An method for the fabrication of an ohmic, low resistance contact to heavily doped silicon is described using a CVD deposited tungsten plug provided with Ti/TiN barrier metallurgy. The method provides for surface planarization using a borophosphosilicate glass insulator deposited on the silicon. After the glass is flowed to planarize its surface, contact holes are patterned in the glass and the exposed silicon substrate contacts are implanted. Instead of activating the implant with a rapid-thermal-anneal at this point the Ti/TiN barrier metallurgy is applied first followed by the anneal. This provides support for the glass at the upper corners of the contact opening during the anneal and thus prevents them from deforming and encroaching into the contact hole opening. By using the Ti/TiN metallurgy to support the glass, higher annealing temperatures are permitted, providing not only for adequate dopant activation but also for a lower contact resistance and improved bonding of the metallurgy to the silicate glass.
摘要:
A method for forming an SRAM cell, on a semiconductor substrate, comprised of MOSFET devices, and polysilicon load resistors, has been developed. The process for forming the SRAM cell features the use of two, self-aligned contact, (SAC), structures, a polycide SAC structure, used for contact to a source region of a MOSFET pull down transistor, and a tungsten SAC structure, used for contact to a source region of a MOSFET pass gate transistor. A buried contact region is also featured in this SRAM design and fabrication procedure, used to connect underlying active device regions, of MOSFET pull down transistors, and MOSFET pass gate transistors.
摘要:
A method is achieved for forming buried contacts with diffused contact regions on semiconductor integrated circuits having low sheet resistance between the buried contacts and the field effect transistors. The method also allows for greater misalignment tolerances that prevent trenching or electrical opens from occurring in the diffused contact regions when etching the polycide interconnecting lines over the contacts. The method utilizes the etch back of an opening in the photoresist contact mask and a subsequent angular implant to extend the diffused contact regions to reduce the sheet resistance between the buried contacts and the FETs. The method is especially useful for electrically connecting the drain of the pass transistor to the gate of the pull-down transistor on static RAM devices.
摘要:
A method for improving the surface topology silicon wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits is described. Regions of silicon oxide isolation, incorporated into the silicon surface by thermal oxidation, frequently present an undesirable surface topology consisting of raised regions around their perimeter. These protrusions undermine the integrity of metallization lines subsequently deposited over them. Specifically, the metal lines tend to be thinner over the surface protrusions and consequently incur high failure rates. After the isolation regions are incorporated, a silicon oxide layer is deposited which is then etched back using a unidirectional anisotropic etching step which leaves behind portions of the layer in the regions of the steepest surface gradients. This results in smoothing out the irregularities and consequently provides for more uniform and reliable metallization lines.
摘要:
A method for filling a trench within a substrate. First a substrate is provided having a trench formed therein. The trench has a bottom surface and opposing side walls. An undoped silicon glass liner is then thermally grown to coat the bottom surface and side walls of the trench. An undoped silicon oxide layer is then deposited over the undoped silicon glass liner. A boron doped silicon oxide layer is then deposited over the undoped silicon oxide layer, filling the trench. The boron doped silicon oxide layer is then heated to reflow the boron doped silicon oxide to fill any void initially formed within the boron doped silicon oxide layer within the trench, thereby eliminating any void so formed.
摘要:
A method to form, in a NMOS area, a shallow trench isolation (STI) having B doped sidewalls regions 44 to reduce the NMOS reverse narrow width effect in narrow active areas 12N (e.g., narrow channel regions
摘要:
A self-aligned structure and method of etching contact holes in the self-aligned structure are described. The dielectric materials, etching methods, and etchants are chosen to provide high selectivity etching. The structure comprises an electrode with a silicon oxy-nitride cap and silicon oxy-nitride spacers on the sidewalls of the electrode and the cap. An etch stop layer of silicon nitride is deposited over the substrate covering the spacers and cap. A layer of silicon oxide is deposited over the etch stop layer. Etching methods and etchants are used which provide a ratio of the etching rate of silicon oxide to the etching rate of silicon nitride or silicon oxy-nitride of at least eight and a ratio of the etching rate of silicon nitride to the etching rate of silicon oxy-nitride of at least two.
摘要:
This is a method of forming an SRAM transistor cell on a well in a doped semiconductor substrate. Form a gate oxide layer and a split gate layer with buried contact regions in the well and openings through the split gate layer and the gate oxide layer to the well. Form an intermediate conductor layer and a hard silicon oxide mask layer and define gate conductors. Form lightly doped source/drain regions, form spacers and source/drain regions in the well. Form a first inter-conductor dielectric layer on the cell. Define a self-aligned contact region in the cell above source/drain regions. Form a second conductor layer over the cell and patterning the second conductor layer to form a via in the self-aligned contact region. Form a second inter-conductor dielectric layer on the cell, a third conductor layer over the cell and patterning the third conductor layer to form a first resistor connected to the self-aligned contact region.
摘要:
A self-aligned structure and method of etching contact holes in the self-aligned structure are described. The dielectric materials, etching methods, and etchants are chosen to provide high selectivity etching. The structure comprises an electrode with a silicon oxy-nitride cap and silicon oxy-nitride spacers on the sidewalls of the electrode and the cap. An etch stop layer of silicon nitride is deposited over the substrate covering the spacers and cap. A layer of silicon oxide is deposited over the etch stop layer. Etching methods and etchants are used which provide a ratio of the etching rate of silicon oxide to the etching rate of silicon nitride or silicon oxy-nitride of at least eight and a ratio of the etching rate of silicon nitride to the etching rate of silicon oxy-nitride of at least two.