Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming a second device of a transistor, for example, on first device of a trench, for example, in the manufacture of a dynamic random access memory using a three-dimensional trench capacitor. SOLUTION: A layer having an uppermost face of a single crystal is formed on a first device, and a layer 2 is used as a base for forming an active region of a second device. In this case, a substrate 305 having a single-crystal structure and the flat substrate surface is prepared, and a trench capacitor 315 is manufacture in the substrate. A polysilicon layer in the capacitor 315 is bored in the part lower than the substrate surface to form a recessed part, and an intermediate layer is formed in the recessed part to a height larger than the surface of a pad. This intermediate layer has the uppermost face of the single crystal. The surface of the intermediate layer and the pad are planarized in such a way that the uppermost surface of the intermediate layer substantially becomes flat to the substrate surface and a transistor 370 is manufactured on the uppermost face of the single crystal.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: A device layout has a device structure including a first device and a second device formed thereon, and an active region of the second region is located inside the upper surface so as to facilitate a three-dimensional device layout. SOLUTION: For example, a highly doped N polylayer is next formed on the surface. This polylayer is planarized up to an upper surface of a gate 895 to form a bit-line contact area 110. An MO dielectric layer is layed to expose the contact area 110. A metal layer 150 is next deposited so as to fill an contact opening 120. This metal layer 150 is etched for forming a bit-line conductor. The capacity of spatially positioning a device on a trench allows a more effective three-dimensional layout. As a result, the density of a device for a prescribed area can be increased.
Abstract:
Method for forming three-dimensional device structures such as a trench capacitor DRAM cell comprising a second device (370) formed over a first device (315) is disclosed. A layer (350,355) having a single crystalline top surface (350) is formed above the first device (315) to provide the base for forming the active area of the second device.
Abstract:
In a method for making an electrical connection between a trench storage capacitor and an access transistor in a DRAM cell, the electrical connection (90) is formed through the selectively controlled outdiffusion of either N-type or P-type dopants present in the trench through a single crystalline semiconducting material (60) which is grown by epitaxy (epi) from the trench sidewall. This epitaxially grown single crystalline layer acts as a barrier to excessive dopant outdiffusion which can occur in the processing of conventional DRAMs.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique far forming a sub-GR gate conductor and a mutual connection conductor line at a deep trench DRAM cell by realizing decoupling of channel doping and joint part doping which have not been attained. SOLUTION: On a semiconductor substrate, multiple layers including a sacrifice spacer, a liner, a masking layer and a resist layer are deposited, removed, and selectively etched. In that case, the sacrifice spacer is deposited on the semiconductor substrate, and a recessed part is etched at a selected part of the sacrifice spacer. In addition, the recessed part is filled with a insulation material, so that a pillar-like structure with facing surfaces is formed, and a remaining part of the sacrifice spacer is removed. A trench is etched along each surface of the pillar-like structure of insulation substance, and the trench is filled with conductive substance for forming a pair of trench gates.
Abstract:
A memory cell, which includes a transistor and a capacitor, for use in a DRAM uses a silicon-filled vertical trench as the capacitor and a vertical transistor superposed over the vertical trench in a silicon chip. An epitaxial layer is formed at the top of the fill in the trench to impart seed information to the primarily polysilicon silicon fill in the trench. A polysilicon layer is deposited over the top surface of the chip, is apertured over the top of the trench, and has its sidewalls oxidized. The opening is then refilled with epitaxial silicon in which there is created in operation an inversion layer that serves as the channel of the transistor, and the deposited polysilicon layer serves as the word line. Another silicon layer is deposited over the epitaxial layer to serve as the bit line. The source/drain regions of the transistor are formed at the merger of the deposited layer with the fill in the trench and the merger with the polysilicon layer that serves as the bit line.
Abstract:
In a method for making an electrical connection between a trench storage capacitor and an access transistor in a DRAM cell, the electrical connection (90) is formed through the selectively controlled outdiffusion of either N-type or P-type dopants present in the trench through a single crystalline semiconducting material (60) which is grown by epitaxy (epi) from the trench sidewall. This epitaxially grown single crystalline layer acts as a barrier to excessive dopant outdiffusion which can occur in the processing of conventional DRAMs.
Abstract:
In a method for making an electrical connection between a trench storage capacitor and an access transistor in a DRAM cell, the electrical connection (90) is formed through the selectively controlled outdiffusion of either N-type or P-type dopants present in the trench through a single crystalline semiconducting material (60) which is grown by epitaxy (epi) from the trench sidewall. This epitaxially grown single crystalline layer acts as a barrier to excessive dopant outdiffusion which can occur in the processing of conventional DRAMs.