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    • 3. 发明授权
    • Borderless contact
    • 无边界联络
    • US6083824A
    • 2000-07-04
    • US114132
    • 1998-07-13
    • Chao-Chieh TsaiChin-Hsiung HoYuan-Chen Sun
    • Chao-Chieh TsaiChin-Hsiung HoYuan-Chen Sun
    • H01L21/311H01L21/768H01L21/4763
    • H01L21/76811H01L21/31144H01L21/76877
    • A method of forming borderless contacts and vias is disclosed. Borders which are conventionally provided in aligning contacts and vias to device and/or metal regions in a semiconductor device take up too much valuable real estate on semiconductor substrates, and hence reduce productivity of the products. By employing a hard-mask of this invention, and a specific sequence of process steps, alignment can be achieved without the need for borders. First, a thin nitride layer is deposited on an insulating layer formed over a substructure of a substrate having device and/or metal regions. The hard-mask is patterned with metal line openings, and a photoresist layer is formed with contact or via pattern over the already patterned hard-mask. The contact/via openings are etched into the dielectric layer until the substructure is reached. The hole openings are filled plug metal and then partially etched back, leaving a plug in the hole opening. The line trench is etched further into the dielectric layer until metal plug is reached. The trench is then filled with metal, such as aluminum-copper or copper and the excess is removed by chemical-mechanical polishing. Thus, a borderless and self-aligned interconnect comprising plug and metal line is formed.
    • 公开了一种形成无边界接触和通孔的方法。 通常设置在半导体器件中的器件和/或金属区域中的对齐触点和通孔的边界在半导体衬底上占据太多有价值的空间,因此降低了产品的生产率。 通过采用本发明的硬掩模和工艺步骤的特定顺序,可以实现对准而不需要边界。 首先,将薄的氮化物层沉积在形成在具有器件和/或金属区域的衬底的子结构之上的绝缘层上。 硬掩模用金属线开口图案化,并且在已经图案化的硬掩模上形成具有接触或通孔图案的光致抗蚀剂层。 将接触/通孔开口蚀刻到电介质层中,直到达到底层结构。 孔开口是填充塞子金属,然后部分地被回蚀,留下孔中的塞子。 将线沟槽进一步蚀刻到电介质层中,直到达到金属插塞。 然后用金属填充沟槽,例如铝 - 铜或铜,并且通过化学机械抛光除去多余的。 因此,形成包括插头和金属线的无边界和自对准互连。
    • 8. 发明授权
    • Dual damascene interconnect process with borderless contact
    • 双镶嵌互连工艺与无边界接触
    • US6020255A
    • 2000-02-01
    • US114131
    • 1998-07-13
    • Chao-Chieh TsaiChin-Hsiung HoYuan-Chen Sun
    • Chao-Chieh TsaiChin-Hsiung HoYuan-Chen Sun
    • H01L21/768H01L21/4763
    • H01L21/76807
    • A dual damascene process is disclosed for forming contact and via interconnects without borders. A nitride layer is first formed on a dielectric layer to function as a hard-mask. Metal line trench is first etched into the nitride layer and then into the dielectric layer. Then, a second photoresist layer is used to pattern contact or via hole over line trench opening and the dielectric layer is further etched through the line trench into the dielectric layer until the substructure of the substrate is reached. It is disclosed that by using the nitride layer as a hard-mask, the registration or alignment tolerance between the contact/via hole pattern and the metal line pattern can be relaxed substantially and not use a border as is conventionally practiced in order to assure proper registration between the patterns. The borderless interconnect is achieved by filling the composite line opening and the hole opening with metal and chemical mechanical polishing. The process enables cost reduction and productivity in the semiconductor manufacturing line.
    • 公开了用于形成无边界的接触和通孔互连的双镶嵌工艺。 首先在电介质层上形成氮化物层作为硬掩模。 首先将金属线沟槽蚀刻到氮化物层中,然后进入电介质层。 然后,使用第二光致抗蚀剂层来在线沟槽开口上形成接触或通孔,并且通过线沟槽进一步将电介质层蚀刻到电介质层中,直到达到基底的子结构。 公开了通过使用氮化物层作为硬掩模,可以基本上松弛接触/通孔图案和金属线图案之间的配准或对准公差,而不像以往那样使用边界,以确保正确 注册之间的模式。 无缝互连通过用金属和化学机械抛光填充复合线开口和孔开口来实现。 该方法可以在半导体生产线上降低成本和提高生产效率。