Abstract:
PURPOSE: Provided is a photoresist coating apparatus for the manufacture of a semiconductor, which simplifies constitutional elements and reduces processing steps to improve the work efficiency and to reduce the manufacturing cost. CONSTITUTION: The photoresist coating apparatus comprises: a coating unit(200) for carrying out coating of a photoresist on a wafer(70); a gathering tank(232) disposed inside of the coating unit(200) for gathering residual photoresist after the coating step; a drain line(220) connected to the gathering tank(232) at one end thereof for discharging the gathered photoresist; and storage tanks(242,244) connected to the other end of the drain line(220) for storing the photoresist discharged from the drain line(220). In the photoresist coating apparatus, a plurality of storage tanks(242,244) are provided to the number corresponding to the kinds of the photoresist used in the coating step. The drain line(220) is branched into each storage tank(242,244), wherein the branching point of the drain line is equipped with a changeover valve(260) for changing a path.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for manufacturing a capacitor having metal electrodes is provided to prevent the deformation of a photoresist pattern by forming an upper electrode using one or two-step wet etching process alone. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of lower metal lines(55a,55b) are formed on a semiconductor substrate(51). An insulating layer(57) is formed on the entire surface of the resultant structure. An upper metal electrode layer(59) and a buffer oxide layer(61) are sequentially formed on the insulating layer. A photoresist pattern(63) is formed on the buffer oxide layer. A buffer oxide pattern and an upper metal electrode are sequentially formed by carrying out a wet etching process on the resultant structure using the photoresist pattern as an etching mask.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for cleaning a semiconductor substrate is provided to prevent the generation of watermarks by using the hydrophilic solution to clean the semiconductor substrate having an exposed hydrophobic layer. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor substrate is loaded by a load station(S410). The semiconductor substrate is rinsed in the first station by using deionized solution and the residual particles are removed from the semiconductor substrate by using a brush(S420). The semiconductor substrate is cleaned in the second station by using the chemical solution(S430). The semiconductor substrate is cleaned in the third station by using the volatile solution(S440). The cleaned semiconductor substrate is unloaded to the next process(S450).
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A wafer cleaning equipment is provided to be capable of preventing the damage of patterns formed at the upper portion of the wafer by using high frequency acoustic energy. CONSTITUTION: A wafer cleaning equipment is provided with a cleaning material supply part for forming a cleaning material layer(300) on the surface of a wafer(100), an energy condensing alleviation part(200) installed at one side of the wafer for prolonging the cleaning material layer to the outside of the wafer, a bar type probe(400) located across the energy condensing alleviation part parallel with the upper surface of the wafer for supplying high frequency acoustic vibration energy, a vibrator(500) connected to the rear portion of the probe for generating acoustic vibration. Preferably, the wafer cleaning equipment further includes a rotating shaft for rotating the wafer.
Abstract:
A slurry for use in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a metal layer. The CMP slurry includes an abrasive, a plurality of oxidizing agents, a stabilizer including an organic acid having a carboxyl group, a corrosion inhibitor which suppresses corrosion of a metal, a fluorine compound which reduces a difference in removal rates of a metal layer and a barrier layer, and deionized water. The plurality of oxidizing agents include a second oxidizing agent which oxidizes the metal and a first oxidizing agent which restores an oxidizing ability of the second oxidizing agent.
Abstract:
식별성을 갖는 배관설비를 제공한다. 이 배관설비의 각 배관은 화학물질에 따라 고유의 색상으로 구별되어 있어 식별이 가능하다. 배관의 교체 및 수리작업 시 배관의 오염을 방지하기 위하여 각각의 배관은 체결구에 의해 결합되어 연장되되, 상기 체결구에 의해 결합되는 배관의 결합부에는 색상이 표시되지 않는다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for manufacturing a metal interconnection by using a plating process is provided to improve productivity and reliability of a semiconductor device, by reducing a polished quantity of a chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) process. CONSTITUTION: A recess region is formed on an insulating layer(20) formed on a substrate. A diffusion blocking layer is formed on the entire surface of the resultant structure having the recess region. A seed layer(24) for plating is formed only on the diffusion blocking layer in the recess region. A conductive plating layer is formed on the seed layer by a plating process.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided to minimize a defect caused by a step in a polishing process by forming a conductive layer as a gate electrode and by partially etching the conductive layer in a high-stepped cell region so that the height of the conductive layer is reduced. CONSTITUTION: A gate oxide layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region. Structures whose side surface has a vertical profile are formed on the cell region. A conductive layer is continuously formed on the sidewall and upper surface of the structures, the surface of the cell region and the peripheral region. The first nitride layer pattern(120) is selectively formed only in the peripheral region. The conductive layer formed in the cell region is partially and anisotropically etched to lower the height of the conductive layer in the cell region by using the first nitride layer pattern as a mask. The second nitride layer is continuously formed on the conductive layer in the cell region and on the first nitride layer pattern in the peripheral region. The resultant structure is polished to eliminate the conductive layer formed on the structures in the cell region. The nitride layer left in the cell region and the peripheral region is removed. The conductive layer in the cell region and the peripheral region is patterned to form a gate electrode on both sidewalls of the structures while a gate line is formed in the peripheral region.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided to reduce a dishing phenomenon generated from a CMP(Chemical Mechanical Polishing) process without forming a dummy pattern. CONSTITUTION: A conductive layer(22) is formed on a semiconductor substrate(20). The first stopper layer(24) is formed thereon. A plurality of conductive patterns are formed by etching the first stopper layer(24) and the conductive layer(22). An interlayer dielectric(26) is formed on a whole surface of the semiconductor substrate(20). The second stopper layer is formed on the interlayer dielectric(26). A photoresist layer is coated on the second stopper layer. The interlayer dielectric(26) of a cell region is removed and a part of the second stopper layer is polished by performing the first polishing process. The second stopper layer is removed from a peripheral region by performing the second polishing process.