Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor structures and methods of manufacture
- Patent Title (中): 半导体结构及制造方法
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Application No.: US12856212Application Date: 2010-08-13
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Publication No.: US08497203B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: Fen Chen , Zhong-Xiang He , Anthony K. Stamper
- Applicant: Fen Chen , Zhong-Xiang He , Anthony K. Stamper
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C.
- Agent Anthony Canale
- Main IPC: H01L21/4703
- IPC: H01L21/4703

Abstract:
Semiconductor structures with airgaps and/or metal linings and methods of manufacture are provided. The method of forming an airgap in a wiring level includes forming adjacent wires in a dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a masking layer coincident with the adjacent wire and forming a first layer on the masking layer to reduce a size of an opening formed in the masking layer between the adjacent wires. The method further includes removing exposed portions of the first layer and the dielectric layer to form trenches between the adjacent wires. The method further includes forming an interlevel dielectric layer upon the dielectric layer, where the interlevel dielectric layer is pinched off from filling the trenches so that an airgap is formed between the adjacent wires. A metal liner can also be formed in the trenches, prior to the formation of the airgap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120038037A1 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2012-02-16
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