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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method to form a three-dimensional electrical structure which brings two circuit elements separated in the horizontal and vertical directions into contact, regarding the formation of structures including a DRAM cell comprising a vertical transistor. SOLUTION: A temporary insulator layer is deposited, and a vertical spacer is formed on the trench walls above the temporary insulator, then the insulator is removed to expose the substrate walls. Next, dopant is diffused into the substrate walls to form a self-aligned extension of a buried strap, and a final gate insulator is deposited, then the upper portion of a DRAM cell is formed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mask design for a sidewall image transfer process that compensates disadvantages upon forming an integrated circuit by a photolithography mask. SOLUTION: An edge based image transfer process includes depositing an etch-masking medium, for example, a nitride on the sidewall of a mesa and removing the mesa so as to leave the sidewall structure. A method is provided for converting an integrated circuit design into a set of masks for fabrication of an integrated circuit that optimizes use of the edge base imaged transfer mask process. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a layer which is uniform in flatness and thickness on a semiconductor chip or on a semiconductor device provided with a trench. SOLUTION: An oxide thermal pad layer 104 is formed on a semiconductor substrate 102 through a thermal oxidation method, a nitride insulating layer 106, a buffer layer 108 of oxide or preferably TEOS(tetraethyl oxosilane), and a SiN mask layer 110 are formed thereon through a CVD(chemical vapor deposition) method, and a hard mask layer 112 containing BSG(borosilicate glass) or TEOS is formed on the mask layer 110. Then, a semiconductor device is manufactured, a trench is provided to the device, filler is filled, a polishing is carried out up to a pad stop, and an etching operation is carried out using the buffer layer as an etching stopper for removing the pad stop and the buffer layer, whereby a surface layer which is nearly flat and uniform in thickness can be obtained.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming semiconductor elements, which are electrically insulated from each other within a silicon base body, and a semiconductor structure manufactured by this method. SOLUTION: This method of forming semiconductor elements is executed by having trenches formed in the selected regions of a silicon base body 10 and depositing a barrier material on the sidewalls of the trenches. The barrier material is removed from the first sidewall parts 34 of the trenches, while the barrier material is left on the second sidewall parts 32 of the trenches and a barrier layer 26 is formed in each trench. A dielectric material 38 is deposited in the trenches and the dielectric material is deposited on each of the exposed first sidewall parts within the trenches and the barrier layers within the trenches. The dielectric material is annealed in an oxidizing atmosphere and is highly compacted, and the second sidewall parts of the trenches are prevented from being oxidized by the barrier layers. A plurality of the semiconductor elements are formed within the silicon base body, and the elements are electrically insulated from each other by the dielectric material.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the diffusion of the height of an embedded strap by making the depression extending below the surface of the substrate in a filling material, to determine the top surface of a buried strap and by making a recess extending below the top surface of the embedded strap in a collar to determine the bottom side surface. SOLUTION: A substrate includes a partially completed trench capacitor. A collar 110 is made on the upper portion of the trench capacitor. A trench 108 is filled with a filling material 112 and the inner sidewall of the collar is lined with the filling material 112. A recess having a predetermined depth is made in the filling material 112. The depth of the recess actually determines the top portion of an embedded strap. A hole is made in the collar to the depth of 120 below the top surface 118 of the filling material 112. A layer 122 is removed from the side of the trench 108 and the top surface of a semiconductor device 100, while a recessed region 124 filled with the material of the layer 122 is left.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure for a perpendicular-type DRAM capable of being integrated into a process flow, using a flat surface device. SOLUTION: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device comprises steps of etching a trench in a substrate; and forming DRAM cells which include a build-up capacitor 24 at a lower edge and a perpendicular-type MOSFET having a gate conductor 30 covering the build-up capacitor 24 and a boron doped channel. The method further comprises a step of forming a trench adjacent to the DRAM cells and a silicon acid nitriding isolation liner at either side of the DRAM cells. Next, an isolation region is formed in the trench at either side of the DRAM cells. Thereafter, the DRAM cells, including a boron-containing channel region are exposed to a high temperature caused by heat treatment to form a supporting device and so on. A nitride containing isolation liner reduces the isolation of boron in a channel region as compared with an oxide-containing isolation liner essentially without nitrogen. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure and manufacturing method of a notch gate field effect transistor which can cope with a problem of device (element) reliability. SOLUTION: A gate dielectric 14 (for example, gate oxide film) is preferably formed on a surface of an active field 10 on a semiconductor substrate defined by a separation trench area 12. Next, a polysilicon layer 16 is accumulated on the gate dielectric. After the above process, a silicon germanium (SiGe) layer 18 is accumulated. Next, a side wall of the polysilicon layer is selectively etched in the transverse direction against the SiGe layer, and a notch gate conductor structure having the SiGe layer wider than the polysilicon layer thereunder is formed. A side wall spacer 26 is formed preferably on the side wall of the SiGe layer and the polysilicon layer. In order to reduce the resistance of a gate conductor 24, preferably, a silicide layer 28 is formed as self-alignment silicide from the polysilicon layer accumulated on the SiGe layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A method, structure and alignment procedure, for forming a finFET. The method including, defining a first fin of the finFET with a first mask and defining a second fin of the finFET with a second mask. The structure including integral first and second fins of single-crystal semiconductor material and longitudinal axes of the first and second fins aligned in the same crystal direction but offset from each other. The alignment procedure including simultaneously aligning alignment marks on a gate mask to alignment targets formed separately by a first masked used to define the first fin and a second mask used to define the second fin.
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A new class of high-density, vertical Fin-FET devices that exhibit low contact resistance is described. These vertical Fin-FET devices have vertical silicon "fins" (12A) that act as the transistor body. Doped source and drain regions (26A, 28A) are formed at the bottoms and tops, respectively, of the fins (12A). Gates (24A, 24B) are formed along sidewalls of the fins. Current flows vertically through the fins (12A) between the source and drain regions (26A, 28A) when an appropriate bias is applied to the gates (24A, 24B). An integrated process for forming pFET, nFET, multi-fin, single-fin, multi-gate and double-gate vertical Fin-FETs simultaneously is described.
Abstract:
In a vertical-transistor DRAM cell, the problem of making a reliable electrical connection between the node of the deep trench capacitor and the lower electrode of the vertical transistor is solved by; depositing a temporary insulator layer, forming a vertical spacer on the trench walls above the temporary insulator, then stripping the insulator to expose the substrate walls; diffusing dopant into the substrate walls to form a self-aligned extension of the buried strap; depositing the final gate insulator; and then forming the upper portion of the DRAM cell.