Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce an interference action between a buried strap and an access transistor channel of a semiconductor memory, by making a distance between a gate and the side of a trench larger than the minimum feature size. SOLUTION: A trench 102 forms an angle A at 0 degree to 45 degrees to a word line 104, and the angled portion 108 of an active area 106 forms a herringbone pattern to effectively lay out components such as the trench 102 and a contact 116. A portion 110 of the active area 106 is elongated to a value larger than feature size F to increase an average distance to reduce a dopant interference between the buried strap of the trench 102 and the word line 104. Therefore, this realizes a longer distance between the trench 102 and the bit line contact 116.
Abstract:
A method for forming a transistor is formed where a gate electrode of the transistor is formed over a substrate defining a gate channel portion of the substrate. A mask is also formed over the substrate, a portion of the mask extending over a first portion of the substrate adjacent to the gate channel portion of the substrate. The mask defines a second portion of the substrate adjacent to the first portion of the substrate. An ion beam is directed toward the substrate to form a drain or a source region of said transistor adjacent to the gate channel portion of the substrate, the source or drain region including the first and second portions of the substrate. The ion beam implants the second portion of the substrate with a first implantation characteristic. The ion beam passes through the extended portion of the mask to reach the first portion to implant the first portion with a second implantation characteristic, such second implantation characteristic being different from the first implantation characteristic.
Abstract:
A method of minimizing RIE lag (i.e., the neutral and ion fluxes at the bottom of a deep trench (DT) created during the construction of the trench opening using a side wall film deposition)) in DRAMs having a large aspect ratio (i.e., > 30:1) is described. The method forms a passivation film to the extent necessary for preventing isotropic etching of the substrate, hence maintaining the required profile and the shape of the DT within the substrate. The RIE process described provides a partial DT etched into a substrate to achieve the predetermined depth. The passivation film is allowed to grow to a certain thickness still below the extent that it would close the opening of the deep trench. Alternatively, the passivation film is removed by a non-RIE etching process. The non-RIE process that removes the film can be wet etched with chemicals, such as hydrofluoric acid (buffered or non buffered) or, alternatively, using vapor phase and/or non-ionized chemicals, such as anhydrous hydrofluoric acid. The controlled thickness of the film allows achieving a predetermined DT depth for high aspect ratio structures
Abstract:
In a method of forming a microelectronic structure of a Pt/BSTO/Pt capacitor stack for use in a DRAM device, the improvement comprising substantially eliminating or preventing oxygen out-diffusion from the BSTO material layer, comprising: preparing a bottom Pt electrode formation; subjecting the bottom Pt electrode formation to an oxygen plasma treatment to form an oxygen enriched Pt layer on the bottom Pt electrode; depositing a BSTO layer on said oxygen enriched Pt layer; depositing an upper Pt electrode layer on the BSTO layer; subjecting the upper Pt electrode layer to an oxygen plasma treatment to form an oxygen incorporated Pt layer; and depositing a Pt layer on the oxygen incorporated Pt layer upper Pt elect.
Abstract:
In a process for etching poly Si gate stacks with raised STI structure where the thickness of poly Si gates at the AA and STI are different, the improvement comprising: (a) etching a gate silicide layer + a poly Si 2 layer; (b) forming a continuous poly Si passivation layer on sidewalls of the silicide and poly Si 2 layers and at the interface of the poly Si 2 layer and a poly Si 1 layer and affecting thermal oxidation to form an underlying thin Si oxide gate layer; (c) affecting a Si oxide breakthrough etch to clear the passivation layer at interface of the poly Si 2 and the poly Si 1 layers while leaving intact the passivation layer on the sidewalls of the silicide and the poly Si 2 layers; and (d) etching the poly Si 1 layer with an oxide selective process to preserve the underlying thin gate oxide and thin passivation layer at the sidewall to obtain vertical profiles of poly Si gate stacks both at the AA and the STI oxide.