Abstract:
An insulating film between stacked electrically conducting layers through which interconnections of integrated circuits are realized, is composed of an aerogel of an inorganic oxide on which organic monomers have been grafted under inert ion bombardment and successively further incorporated in the aerogel to fill at least partially the porosities of the inorganic aerogel. The composite dielectric material is thermally stable and has a satisfactory thermal budget. The method of forming an aerogel film includes the spinning of a precursor compound solution onto the wafer followed by supercritical solvent extraction carried out in the spinning chamber.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for realising a multispacer structure (1) comprising an array (3) of spacers (2) having same height, comprising the steps of: a) realising, on a substrate (A), a sacrificial layer (4) of a predetermined first material; b) realising, on the sacrificial layer (4), a sequence of mask spacers (5, 6) obtained by means of S n PT, which are alternatively obtained in at least two different materials; c) chemically etching one of the two different materials with selective removal of the mask spacers of this etched material and partial exposure of the sacrificial layer (4); d) chemically and/or anisotropically etching the predetermined first material with selective removal of the exposed portions of the sacrificial layer (4); e) chemically etching the other one of the two different materials with selective removal of the mask spacers of this etched material and obtainment of the multispacer structure (1).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for realising an electric connection in a semiconductor electronic device between a nanometric circuit architecture and standard electronic components, comprising the steps of: a) providing, above a semiconductor substrate (A), a seed (6) having at least a notched wall (7) substantially perpendicular to the substrate (A), which is crossed by n recesses placed at a distance bo from one another and having depth a n ≥(n-1)t sp +a 0 and width b n =2t si +2(n-1)t sp ; b) realising, from the seed (6) by means of S n PT, n conductive nanowires (2) of thickness t si alternated with insulating nanowires (3) of thickness (t sp -t si ) wherein t sp is the width of a pair of consecutive conductive (2) and insulating (3) nanowires, so as to obtain, at each realisation of a conductive nanowire (2) of a given order, the filling or the completion of the filling of a recess (8) of the same order by means of a respective elbow-like portion (2a) of the conductive nanowire (2), and the partial filling together with the conductive (2) and insulating (3) nanowires of lower order already realised, of the recesses (8) of greater order by means of respective portions with notched profile (2b; 3b) and formation of the nanometric circuit architecture. c) realising, above the nanometric circuit architecture, an insulating layer (9); d) opening, on the insulating layer, n windows (10), each window (10) being open essentially in correspondence with a respective recess (8), with exposure of at least part of an elbow-like portion (2a) of a conductive nanowire (2) present in said recess (8). e) realising, above the insulating layer (9), n conductive dies (4) addressed towards the standard electronic components, each die (4) overlapping in correspondence with a respective window (10) to a respective exposed part of the elbow-like portion (2a) of a conductive nanowire (2) with obtainment of n contacts (5) realising the electric connection.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a MOS transistor with a controllable and modulatable conduction path through a dielectric gate oxide is disclosed, wherein the transistor structure comprises a dielectric oxide layer (3) formed between two silicon plates (1,2), and wherein the silicon plates (1,2) overhang the oxide layer (3) all around to define an undercut (5) having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape. The method comprises the steps of:
chemically altering the surfaces of the silicon plates (1,2) to have different functional groups (6,7) provided in the undercut (5) from those in the remainder of the surfaces; and selectively reacting the functional groups (6,7) provided in the undercut (5) with an organic molecule (8) having a reversibly reducible center and a molecular length substantially equal to the width of the undercut (5), thereby to establish a covalent bond to each end of the organic molecule (8).