Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mask formation by selectively removing portions of a layer that have not been implanted
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Application No.: US16665139Application Date: 2019-10-28
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Publication No.: US10714344B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Tien-Shun Chang , Chun-Feng Nieh , Huicheng Chang
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H01L21/033
- IPC: H01L21/033 ; H01L21/768 ; H01L21/311 ; H01L21/3215 ; H01L21/266 ; H01L21/308 ; H01L21/426

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein relate generally to methods for forming a mask for patterning a feature in semiconductor processing. In an embodiment, a dielectric layer is formed over a substrate. A mask is formed over the dielectric layer. Forming the mask includes depositing a first layer over the dielectric layer; implanting in a first implant process a dopant species through a patterned material and into the first layer at a first energy; after implanting in the first implant process, implanting in a second implant process the dopant species through the patterned material and into the first layer at a second energy greater than the first energy; and forming mask portions of the mask comprising selectively removing portions of the first layer that are not implanted with the dopant species.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200058505A1 Mask Formation by Selectively Removing Portions of a Layer That Have Not Been Implanted Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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