Abstract:
A MIM capacitor includes a bottom plate (212), a capacitor dielectric (214) disposed over the bottom plate, and a top plate (216) disposed over the capacitor dielectric. An etch stop material (218) is disposed over the top plate, and the top plate has a width that is less than the width of the etch stop material width. The top plate edges may be pulled back during the removal of the resist (220) used to pattern the top plate, by the addition of chemistries in the resist etch that are adapted to pull-back or undercut the top plate edges (224) beneath the etch stop material.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an etching process using C 4 F 8 for silicon dioxide and CF 4 for titanium nitride. SOLUTION: The method for etching a dielectric layer and a cap layer over a conductor to expose the conductor includes using a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) etching agent containing octafluorocyclobutane (C 4 F 8 ), and a titanium nitride (TiN) etching agent containing tetrafluoromethane (CF 4 ). The method prevents etching rate from deteriorating, and exhibits reduced electrostatic discharge (ESD) defects. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT