Method of fabricating self-aligned contact pad using chemical mechanical polishing process
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a self-aligned contact pad (SAC) includes forming stacks of a conductive line and a capping layer on a semiconductor substrate, spacers covering sidewalls of the stacks, and an insulation layer filling gaps between the stacks and exposing the top of the capping layer, etching the capping layer to form damascene grooves, forming a plurality of first etching masks with a material different from that of the capping layer to fill the damascene grooves without covering the top of the insulation layer, and forming a second etching mask having an opening region that exposes some of the first etching masks and a portion of the insulation layer located between the first etching masks. The method further includes etching the portion of the insulation layer exposed by the opening region using the first and second etching masks to form a plurality of opening holes, removing the second etching mask, forming a conductive layer filling the opening holes to cover the remaining first etching masks and performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process on the conductive layer using the capping layer as a polishing end point to remove the first etching masks such that a plurality of SAC pads separated from each other are formed that fill the opening holes.
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H 电学
H01 基本电气元件
H01L 半导体器件;其他类目中不包括的电固体器件(使用半导体器件的测量入G01;一般电阻器入H01C;磁体、电感器、变压器入H01F;一般电容器入H01G;电解型器件入H01G9/00;电池组、蓄电池入H01M;波导管、谐振器或波导型线路入H01P;线路连接器、汇流器入H01R;受激发射器件入H01S;机电谐振器入H03H;扬声器、送话器、留声机拾音器或类似的声机电传感器入H04R;一般电光源入H05B;印刷电路、混合电路、电设备的外壳或结构零部件、电气元件的组件的制造入H05K;在具有特殊应用的电路中使用的半导体器件见应用相关的小类)
H01L21/00 专门适用于制造或处理半导体或固体器件或其部件的方法或设备
H01L21/02 .半导体器件或其部件的制造或处理
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H01L21/461 .....改变半导体材料的表面物理特性或形状的,例如腐蚀、抛光、切割
H01L21/4763 ......非绝缘层的沉积,例如绝缘层上的导电层、电阻层;这些层的后处理(电极的制造入H01L21/28)
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