Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming semiconductor devices having wafer back-side capacitors.SOLUTION: A method includes the following steps of: preparing an SOI substrate having a buried insulating layer inserted between a front-side active silicon layer and a back-side bulk silicon layer; forming on the front side of the SOI substrate an integrated circuit including a buried contact plug extending from the front side of the SOI substrate while penetrating through the buried insulating layer; performing back-side etching process to form a trench in the bulk silicon layer and expose an end part of the buried contact plug to the back side surface of the buried insulating layer; and forming in a trench a capacitor including a first capacitor plate, a second capacitor plate, and a capacitor dielectric layer inserted between the first and second capacitor plates. The first capacitor plate is formed to contact with the exposed end part of the buried contact plug.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device containing a diffusion barrier layer is provided. The semiconductor device includes at least a semiconductor substrate containing conductive metal elements; and, a diffusion barrier layer applied to at least a portion of the substrate in contact with the conductive metal elements, the diffusion barrier layer having an upper surface and a lower surface and a central portion, and being formed from silicon, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen with the nitrogen being non-uniformly distributed throughout the diffusion barrier layer. Thus, the nitrogen is more concentrated near the lower and upper surfaces of the diffusion barrier layer as compared to the central portion of the diffusion barrier layer. Methods for making the semiconductor devices are also provided.
Abstract:
A method for forming a porous dielectric material layer in an electronic structure and the structure formed are disclosed. In the method, a porous dielectric layer in a semiconductor device can be formed by first forming a non-porous dielectric layer, then partially curing, patterning by reactive ion etching, and final curing the non-porous dielectric layer at a higher temperature than the partial curing temperature to transform the non-porous dielectric material into a porous dielectric material, thus forming a dielectric material that has a low dielectric constant, i.e. smaller than 2.6. The non-porous dielectric material may be formed by embedding a thermally stable dielectric material such as methyl silsesquioxane, hydrogen silsesquioxane, benzocyclobutene or aromatic thermoset polymers with a second phase polymeric material therein such that, at the higher curing temperature, the second phase polymeric material substantially volatilizes to leave voids behind forming a void-filled dielectric material.