Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient pitch multiplication process
- Patent Title (中): 高效的音调乘法过程
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Application No.: US11521851Application Date: 2006-09-14
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Publication No.: US07666578B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Mark Fischer , Stephen Russell , H. Montgomery Manning
- Applicant: Mark Fischer , Stephen Russell , H. Montgomery Manning
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G03F7/26
- IPC: G03F7/26 ; G03F7/00

Abstract:
Pitch multiplied and non-pitch multiplied features of an integrated circuit, e.g., features in the array, interface and periphery areas of the integrated circuit, are formed by processing a substrate through a mask. The mask is formed by patterning a photoresist layer which simultaneously defines mask elements corresponding to features in the array, interface and periphery areas of the integrated circuit. The pattern is transferred to an amorphous carbon layer. Sidewall spacers are formed on the sidewalls of the patterned amorphous carbon layer. A layer of protective material is deposited and then patterned to expose mask elements in the array region and in selected parts of the interface or periphery areas. Amorphous carbon in the array region or other exposed parts is removed, thereby leaving a pattern including free-standing, pitch multiplied spacers in the array region. The protective material is removed, leaving a pattern of pitch multiplied spacers in the array region and non-pitch multiplied mask elements in the interface and periphery areas. The pattern is transferred to a hard mask layer, through which an underlying substrate is etched.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080070165A1 Efficient pitch multiplication process Public/Granted day:2008-03-20
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