Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively eliminate polymer and via residues from a substrate or a conductive material by setting etching agent composition to solution containing sulfuric acid of specific wt.%, hydrogen peroxide of specific wt.% or ozone of specific ppm, and hydrofluoric acid of specific ppm. SOLUTION: Etching agent composition is set to solution containing sulfuric acid of approximately 0.01-approximately 15 wt.%, hydrogen peroxide of approximately 0.01approximately 20 wt.%, hydrofluoric acid of approximately 0.1-approximately 100 ppm or ozone of approximately 1-approximately 30 ppm, and residues being substantially equal to water. The etching agent composition is made by mixing sulfuric acid solution such as solution of 98 wt.%, hydrogen peroxide solution such as solution of 30 wt.%, and hydrofluoric acid solution such as solution of 49 wt.% together, and by adding water where the sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrofluoric acid of desired percents are given.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clean and dry a semiconductor wafer by utilizing Marangoni effect, in which a liquid flow goes away from the wafer. SOLUTION: A housing 12, made up of upper and lower parts stores at least one wafer (W) during cleaning and drying. In a cleaning and drying apparatus, a movable supporting member 16 in the housing 12, a feeding means 40 for feeding organic vapor to the housing 12, and a feeding means 30 for feeding a wafer cleaning solution 60 to the housing 12 are provided. The wafer cleaning solution 60 is cooled sufficiently below an atmospheric temperature.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject composition capable of reducing the dishing on the surface of a wide patterned buried metal in a conductor, when an article having the patterned metal in the conductor is subjected to chemical and mechanical polishing treatments by adding a viscosity-increasing agent to a slurry containing a polishing agent in stead of a part of deionized water in the slurry. SOLUTION: A viscosity-improving agent is added in stead of a part of deionized water in a slurry containing a polishing material. The viscosity- improving agent is preferably glycerol and is replaced with 0.1-50 vol.% of the deionized water. The polishing material is preferably alumina. The composition preferably has a viscosity of 3.4-12 cps. When a conductor to be processed is treated, it is preferable that the surface of the conductor is exposed to the composition.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid temporal coupling of reactive ion etching(RIE) and wet cleaning, and use of wet chemical cleaning, for anisotropic reactive ion etching processing, in RIE processing technique in which a via hole is formed so as to penetrate an intermediate dielectric layer(ILD). SOLUTION: In a method of removing a sidewall polymer rail from an Al/Cu metal wire on a semiconductor or a microelectronic composite structure by post-reactive ion etching, a mixture of an etching gas and an acid neutralizing gas is supplied into a vacuum chamber in which the composite structure is supported to form a water-soluble matter of the sidewall polymer rail left behind on the Al/Cu metal wire by RIE processing, removing the water-soluble matter with deionized water, and removing photoresist from the composite structure by a plasma processing only by means of water or a chemical down stream plasma etching.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for removing post reactive ion etch sidewall polymer rails on an Al/Cu metal line of a semiconductor or microelectronic composite structure. SOLUTION: A mixture of an etching gas and an acid neutralizing gas is supplied to a vacuum chamger wherein a composite structure is supported to form a water soluble material of sidewall polymer rails left behind on an Al/Cu metal line from an anisotropic RIE(reactive ion etching) process. Then, the water soluble material is removed with deionized water and photo resist is removed from the composite structure by either a water-only plasma process or a chemical down stream etching method. Or, a water-only plasma process is formed to strip the photo resist layer of a semiconductor or microelectronic composite structure previously subjected to a RIE proccess. Then, a mixture of an etching gas and an acid neutralizing gas is supplied into a vacuum chamber on which the structure is supported to form a water soluble material of sidewall polymer rails and then the water soluble material is removed with deionized water.
Abstract:
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a semiconductor substrate 12 having a plurality of gate stacks 14' located on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. Each gate stack includes, from bottom to top, a high k gate dielectric layer 42, a work function metal layer 44 and a conductive metal 46. A spacer 22 is located on sidewalls of each gate stack and a self- aligned dielectric liner 30 is present on an upper surface of each spacer. A bottom surface of each self-aligned dielectric liner 30 is present on an upper surface of a semiconductor metal alloy 28. A contact metal 34 is located between neighboring gate stacks and is separated from each gate stack by the self-aligned dielectric liner 30. The structure also includes another contact metal 60 having a portion that is located on and in direct contact with an upper surface of the contact metal and another portion that is located on and in direct contact with the conductive metal of one of the gate stacks. Methods of forming the semiconductor structure using a replacement gate and a non-replacement gate scheme are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An aqueous etchant composition containing about 0.01 to about 15 percent by weight of sulphuric acid and about .01 to about 20 percent by weight of hydrogen peroxide or about 1 to 30 ppm of ozone, and about 0.01 to 100 ppm of hydrofluoric acid is effective in removing polymer and via residue from a substrate or conductive material, and especially from an integrated circuit chip having aluminum lines thereon.
Abstract:
An aqueous etchant composition containing about 0.01 to about 15 percent by weight of sulphuric acid and about .01 to about 20 percent by weight of hydrogen peroxide or about 1 to 30 ppm of ozone, and about 0.01 to 100 ppm of hydrofluoric acid is effective in removing polymer and via residue from a substrate or conductive material, and especially from an integrated circuit chip having aluminum lines thereon.