公开(公告)号：US11127700B1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16886721

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Purakh Raj Verma ,  Kuo-Yuh Yang ,  Chia-Huei Lin ,  Chu-Chun Chang

IPC: H01L23/66 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/532

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate and an integrated circuit area on the substrate. The integrated circuit area includes a dielectric stack. A cap layer is disposed on the dielectric stack. A seal ring is disposed in the dielectric stack and around a periphery of the integrated circuit area. A trench is formed around the seal ring to expose a sidewall of the dielectric stack. A MIM capacitor including a CTM layer and a CBM layer is disposed on the dielectric stack. A moisture blocking layer continuously covers the integrated circuit area and the MIM capacitor. The cap layer is interposed between the CTM layer and the CBM layer of the MIM capacitor and functions as a capacitor dielectric layer of the MIM capacitor. The moisture blocking layer extends to the sidewall of the dielectric stack, thereby sealing a boundary between two adjacent dielectric films in the dielectric stack.

公开(公告)号：US20210242110A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US16835349

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Ching-Pin Hsu ,  Chih-Jung Wang ,  Chu-Chun Chang ,  Kuo-Yuh Yang ,  Chia-Huei Lin ,  Purakh Raj Verma

IPC: H01L23/482 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L21/762

Abstract: A semiconductor structure with an air gap includes a dielectric stack having a first dielectric layer on a substrate, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer. A first conductive layer and a second conductive layer are disposed in the dielectric stack. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are coplanar. A cross-like-shaped air gap is disposed in the dielectric stack between the first and second conductive layers. An oxide layer is disposed on a sidewall of the second dielectric layer within the cross-like-shaped air gap.