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公开(公告)号:US11888034B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-30
申请号:US16435358
申请日:2019-06-07
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Abhishek A. Sharma , Ashish Agarwal , Urusa Alaan , Christopher Jezewski , Kevin Lin , Carl Naylor
IPC: H01L29/26 , H01L29/51 , H01L29/16 , H01L27/092
CPC classification number: H01L29/26 , H01L27/092 , H01L29/16 , H01L29/517
Abstract: Transistor structures employing metal chalcogenide channel materials may be formed where a chalcogen is introduced into at least a portion of a precursor material that comprises reactive metal(s). The precursor material may be substantially metallic, or may be a metallic oxide (e.g., an oxide semiconductor). The metal(s) may be transition, Group II, Group III, Group V elements, or alloys thereof. An oxide of one or more such metals (e.g., IGZO) may be converted into a chalcogenide (e.g., IGZSx or IGZSex) having semiconducting properties. The chalcogenide formed in this manner may be only a few monolayers in thickness (and may be more thermally stable than many oxide semiconductors. Where not all of the precursor material is converted, a transistor structure may retain the precursor material, for example as part of a transistor channel or a gate dielectric. Backend transistors including metal chalcogenide channel materials may be fabricated over silicon CMOS circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US11710636B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US16013842
申请日:2018-06-20
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin , Charles Wallace
IPC: H01L21/033 , H01L21/3213 , H01L21/285 , H01L21/768
CPC classification number: H01L21/0338 , H01L21/0332 , H01L21/0337 , H01L21/28556 , H01L21/32133 , H01L21/768
Abstract: Metal spacer-based approaches for fabricating conductive lines/interconnects are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a substrate. A first spacer pattern is on the substrate, the first spacer pattern comprising a first plurality of dielectric spacers and a first plurality of metal spacers formed along sidewalls of the first plurality of dielectric spacers, wherein the first plurality of dielectric spacers have a first width (W1). A second spacer pattern is on the substrate, where the second spacer pattern interleaved with the first spacer pattern, the second spacer pattern comprising a second plurality of dielectric spacers having a second width (W2) formed on exposed sidewalls of the first plurality of metal spacers, and a second plurality of metal spacers formed on exposed sidewalls of the second plurality of dielectric spacers.
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公开(公告)号:US11705395B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US16017962
申请日:2018-06-25
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/00 , H01L23/31 , H01L23/495 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/532
CPC classification number: H01L23/528 , H01L21/76802 , H01L21/76831 , H01L21/76843 , H01L21/76877 , H01L23/5226 , H01L23/53228
Abstract: An integrated circuit structure comprises a first and second conductive structures formed in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) of a metallization stack over a substrate. The first conductive structure comprises a first conductive line, and first dummy structures located adjacent to one or more sides of the first conductive line, wherein the first dummy structures comprise respective arrays of dielectric core segments having a Young's modulus larger than the Young's modulus of the ILD, the dielectric core segments being approximately 1-3 microns in width and spaced apart by approximately 1-3 microns. The second conductive structure formed in the ILD comprises a conductive surface and second dummy structures formed in the conductive surface, where the second dummy structures comprising an array of conductive pillars.
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公开(公告)号:US11469189B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US16024675
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin
IPC: H01L23/66 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/532 , H01L23/522 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/311 , H01L49/02
Abstract: An integrated circuit structure comprises one or more sets of first and second conductive lines along a same direction in an interlayer dielectric (ILD), the first and second conductive lines having a width greater than 2 μm. An air gap is in the ILD between the first and second conductive lines, the air gap extending across the ILD to sidewalls of the first and second conductive lines.
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公开(公告)号:US11276581B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-15
申请号:US16435240
申请日:2019-06-07
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin , Robert Lindsey Bristol , Alan M. Myers
IPC: H01L21/32 , H01L21/3213 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/033 , H01L23/522
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods of forming a textile patterned hardmask. In an embodiment, a first hardmask and a second hardmask are formed over a top surface of an interconnect layer in an alternating pattern. A sacrificial cross-grating may then be formed over the first and second hardmasks. In an embodiment, portions of the first hardmask that are not covered by the sacrificial cross-grating are removed to form first openings and a third hardmask is disposed into the first openings. Embodiments may then include etching through portions of the second hardmask that are not covered by the sacrificial cross-grating to form second openings. The second openings may be filled with a fourth hardmask. According to an embodiment, the first, second, third, and fourth hardmasks are etch selective to each other. In an embodiment the sacrificial cross-grating may then be removed.
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公开(公告)号:US20220076995A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17530777
申请日:2021-11-19
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin , Christopher J. Jezewski
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/311 , H01L23/528
Abstract: Integrated circuit (IC) interconnect lines having line breaks and line bridges within one interconnect level that are based on a single lithographic mask pattern. Multi-patterning may be employed to define a grating structure of a desired pitch in a first mask layer. Breaks and bridges between the grating structures may be derived from a second mask layer through a process-based selective occlusion of openings defined in the second mask layer that are below a threshold minimum lateral width. Portions of the grating structure underlying openings defined in the second mask layer that exceed the threshold minimum lateral width are removed. Trenches in an underlayer may then be etched based on a union of the remainder of the grating structure and the occluded openings in the second mask layer. The trenches may then be backfilled to form the interconnect lines.
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公开(公告)号:US11158515B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-26
申请号:US16334324
申请日:2016-09-30
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin , Rahim Kasim , Manish Chandhok , Florian Gstrein
IPC: H01L21/3213 , H01L21/302 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/00
Abstract: Techniques for selectively removing a metal or conductive material during processing of a semiconductor die for high-voltage applications are provided. In some embodiments, the techniques treat a metallized semiconductor die to transfer a feature from a patterned photoresist layer deposited on the metallized semiconductor die. In addition, the patterned metallized semiconductor die can be subjected to an etch process to remove an amount of metal according to the feature in the pattern, resulting in a treated metallized semiconductor die that defines an opening adjacent to at least a pair of neighboring metal interconnects in the die. The treated metallized semiconductor die can be further treated to backfill the opening with a dielectric material, resulting in a metallized semiconductor die having a backfilled dielectric member. Such a metallized semiconductor die can be further processed according to a process of record until metallization, after which additional selective removal of another amount of metal can be implemented. Semiconductor dies having neighboring metal interconnects separated by backfilled dielectric regions also are provided.
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公开(公告)号:US11121691B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16348830
申请日:2016-12-29
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin , Kimin Jun , Edris Mohammed
Abstract: The RF filters used in conventional mobile devices often include resonator structures, which often require free-standing air-gap structure to prevent mechanical vibrations of the resonator from being damped by a bulk material. A method for fabricating a resonator structure comprises depositing a non-conformal thin-film to the resonator structure to seal air gap cavities in the resonator structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11018075B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-25
申请号:US16221815
申请日:2018-12-17
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Carl Naylor , Ashish Agrawal , Kevin Lin , Abhishek Sharma , Mauro Kobrinsky , Christopher Jezewski , Urusa Alaan
IPC: H01L27/12 , H01L23/40 , H01L21/822 , H01L23/532 , H01L21/70
Abstract: An example relates to an integrated circuit including a semiconductor substrate, and a wiring layer stack located on the semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit further includes a transistor embedded in the wiring layer stack. The transistor includes an embedded layer. The embedded layer has a thickness of less than 10 nm. The embedded layer includes at least one two-dimensional crystalline layer including more than 10% metal atoms. Further examples relate to methods for forming integrated circuits.
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公开(公告)号:US20200321246A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16651295
申请日:2017-12-27
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Kevin Lin , Christopher J. Jezewski
IPC: H01L21/768 , H01L21/311 , H01L23/528
Abstract: Integrated circuit (IC) interconnect lines having line breaks and line bridges within one interconnect level that are based on a single lithographic mask pattern. Multi-patterning may be employed to define a grating structure of a desired pitch in a first mask layer. Breaks and bridges between the grating structures may be derived from a second mask layer through a process-based selective occlusion of openings defined in the second mask layer that are below a threshold minimum lateral width. Portions of the grating structure underlying openings defined in the second mask layer that exceed the threshold minimum lateral width are removed. Trenches in an underlayer may then be etched based on a union of the remainder of the grating structure and the occluded openings in the second mask layer. The trenches may then be backfilled to form the interconnect lines.
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