Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for removing residues containing a polymer resist and a metal oxide from a metal structure on a semiconductor substrate, in the semiconductor substrate on which metal wiring is formed. SOLUTION: The method includes a heating step (a) of heating the substrate having the metal structure under the presence of nitrogen (N 2 ), a stabilizing step (b) of stabilizing under the presence of pure nitrogen (N 2 ), a passivating step (c) of passivating by using a plasma containing at least one of water, nitrogen and oxygen, and an exfoliating step (d) using oxygen to remove the residue containing the resist. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
The method involves applying a mask to a fourth layer, and etching the non-masked regions of the fourth layer in a first plasma (P1), mainly comprising halogen-containing gas. The third layer is etched in a second plasma (P2), mainly comprising halogen-containing and nitrogen-containing gases. The second layer is etched in a third plasm (P1), which is preferably the same as the first plasma.
Abstract:
The capacitor element has a carrier substrate (300) with a dielectric layer (310) arranged on the surface (300a) of the carrier substrate or arranged in the carrier substrate and capacitor electrodes (314,316) arranged next to each other in the dielectric layer and relative to the surface of the substrate so that the capacitance of the capacitor element is formed between the electrodes. AN Independent claim is also included for a method of generating a condenser element.
Abstract:
Component comprises an active structure (814) arranged on a substrate (800) and having side walls (818), and an auxiliary structure (100) arranged next to the active structure on the substrate and having side edges (102). The side edges of the active structure lie opposite the side edges of the auxiliary structure by a distance. The auxiliary structure-active structure distance is dimensioned so that one shape of the active structure side edges or one shape of the substrate next to the active structure side edges are different from the shape of the component in which the auxiliary structure is not present. An independent claim is also included for a process for the production of a component.
Abstract:
Production of conducting pathways, especially aluminum pathways comprises applying an aluminum conducting layer (13) onto a substrate (11); applying a titanium nitride layer; applying a lacquer mask; structuring the titanium nitride layer to a hard mask (19) using the lacquer mask; and structuring the conducting layer to form the conducting pathways using the hard mask. Preferred Features: The titanium nitride layer is 60-200 nm thick. The aluminum conducting layer contains copper and/or silicon as additives. A titanium layer (12) is applied to the conducting layer before the titanium nitride layer is applied. The conducting pathways have an aspect ratio of more than 2 and have a height of more than 350 nm and a width of less than 180 nm.
Abstract:
Component comprises an active structure (814) arranged on a substrate (800) and having side walls (818), and an auxiliary structure (100) arranged next to the active structure on the substrate and having side edges (102). The side edges of the active structure lie opposite the side edges of the auxiliary structure by a distance. The auxiliary structure-active structure distance is dimensioned so that one shape of the active structure side edges or one shape of the substrate next to the active structure side edges are different from the shape of the component in which the auxiliary structure is not present. An independent claim is also included for a process for the production of a component.
Abstract:
To make the capacitor arrangement (110) a stack (124b) of the following layers is produced: a base electrode layer (14), a base dielectric layer (16), at least one central electrode layer (18), a dielectric layer covering (20) and an electrode layer covering (22). This layer (22) and the central electrode layer (18) are structured in the first lithographic process. The electrode layer covering (22a) and the base electrode layer (14) are structured using a second lithographic process. An independent claim is included for the corresponding integrated capacitor arrangement.
Abstract:
Etching of metal layer systems comprises providing a semiconductor wafer with at least two aluminum-containing layers consisting of an upper aluminum-containing layer (3) separated from a lower aluminum-containing layer (2) by an intermediate layer (5), and etching of the upper aluminum- containing layer with a first etching angle followed by etching of the lower aluminum- containing layer with a second etching angle different to the first etching angle. A switch is made between the first and the second etching steps as soon as an end point determination identifies that the intermediate layer has been reached. Preferred Features: The first etching step is carried out at a higher etching rate than the second etching step. The etching gas is a mixture of BCl3 and Cl2. During the second etching step the mixture contains a greater quantity of BCl3 and a smaller quantity of Cl2 than the mixture used for the first etching step. The etching gas also contains CH4 and N2. The intermediate layer is a titanium or TiN layer.