Abstract:
A process for providing an aqueous back-end-of-line (BEOL) clean with feed-back control to monitor the active component of HF in the clean, for a wiring/interconnect of a reactive ion etched semiconductor device, comprising: subjecting the reactive ion etched semiconductor device to a post metal RIE clean using an etchant composition comprising about 0.01 to about 15 percent by weight of sulfuric acid; about 0.1 to about 100 ppm of a fluoride containing compound; and a member selected from the group consisting of about 0.01 to about 20 percent by weight of hydrogen peroxide or about 1 to about 30 ppm of ozone, comprising: a) mixing water, sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide in a mixing tank; b) mixing HF directly into the mixing tank or adding HF into a separate vessel for wafer processing, either before, during or after the mixture water, sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide as a mixture is transported to the separate tank for wafer processing; c) taking a sample comprising HF from the mixing tank or HF from the wafer processing tank and sending the sample through a feedback loop; d) comparing the sample to a standard dilute solution of HF to obtain a value of HF concentration in the sample; e) inputting the value to a tank tool recipe control to cause any needed adjustment in concentration of HF to a predetermined range, either in the mixing tank or the wafer processing vessel; and f) subjecting the wiring/interconnect of the semiconductor device to etching by the etchant composition to remove sidewall polymer, polymer rails and via residue without etching conductive materials during removal of sidewall polymer, polymer rails, and via residue.
Abstract:
Methods forming a trench region of a trench capacitor structure having increase surface area are provided. One method includes the steps of forming a discontinuous polysilicon layer (43) on exposed walls of a lower trench region, the discontinuous polysilicon layer having gaps (44) therein which expose portions of said substrate; oxidizing the lower trench region such that the exposed portions of said substrate provided by the gaps in the discontinuous polysilicon layer are oxidized into oxide material which forms a smooth and wavy layer with the discontinuous polysilicon layer; and etching said oxide material so as to form smooth hemispherical grooves (46) on the walls of the trench region.
Abstract:
A process for fabricating a single-sided semiconductor deep trench structure filled with polysilicon trench fill material includes the following steps. Form a thin film, silicon nitride, barrier layer over the trench fill material. Deposit a thin film of an amorphous silicon masking layer over the barrier layer. Perform an angled implant into portions of the amorphous silicon masking layer which are not in the shadow of the deep trench. Strip the undoped portions of the amorphous silicon masking layer from the deep trench. Then strip the newly exposed portions of barrier layer exposing a part of the trench fill polysilicon surface and leaving the doped, remainder of the amorphous silicon masking layer exposed. Counterdope the exposed part of the trench fill material. Oxidize exposed portions of the polysilicon trench fill material, and then strip the remainder of the masking layer.
Abstract:
A process for fabricating a gate oxide of a vertical transistor. In a first step, a trench is formed in a substrate, the trench extending from a top surface of the substrate and having a trench bottom and a trench side wall. The trench side wall comprises a (100) crystal plane and a (110) crystal plane. Next, a sacrificial layer having a uniform thickness is formed on the trench side wall. Following formation of the sacrificial layer, nitrogen ions are implanted through the sacrificial layer such that the nitrogen ions are implanted into the (110) crystal plane of the trench side wall, but not into the (100) crystal plane of the trench side wall. The sacrificial layer is then removed and the trench side wall is oxidized to form the gate oxide.