Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of forming semiconductor device using etch stop layer
- Patent Title (中): 使用蚀刻停止层形成半导体器件的方法
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Application No.: US14162796Application Date: 2014-01-24
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Publication No.: US09564357B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Fang-I Chih , Yen-Chang Chao
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group, LLC
- Main IPC: H01L21/76
- IPC: H01L21/76 ; H01L21/768 ; H01L29/78 ; H01L21/3105 ; H01L21/311 ; H01L21/3115

Abstract:
A semiconductor device and method of formation are provided. A semiconductor device includes a first material comprising STI adjacent a fin. The STI is substantially uniform, such that a top surface of the STI has few to no defects and little to no concavity. To form the STI, the first material is implanted with a dopant, which forms an etch stop layer, such that the first material height is reduced by etching rather than CMP. Etching results in a better uniformity of the first material than CMP. STI that is substantially uniform comprises a better current barrier between adjacent fins than a device that comprises STI that is not substantially uniform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150214071A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FORMATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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