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6319806 Integrated circuit wiring and fabricating method thereof  
The present invention relates to an integrated circuit wiring capable of reducing the contact resistance between lines and a fabricating method thereof. The wiring in accordance with the present...
6316311 Method of forming borderless contact  
A method of forming borderless contacts is provided. A substrate is provided. The substrate has at least a logic region and a memory region. A MOS transistor and a STI structure are formed on the...
6316353 Method of forming conductive connections  
A method of forming a conductive connection between a first region and a second region includes forming a first titanium comprising layer over and in electrical connection with the first region....
6316345 High-temperature fluorinated chemistry removal of contact BARC layer  
An anti-reflective coating layer which is used to provide better control over the photolithographic process during the contact masking step is removed using high-temperature fluorine containing...
6313023 Method of fabricating deflection aperture array for electron beam exposure apparatus, wet etching method and apparatus for fabricating the aperture array, and electron beam exposure apparatus having the aperture array  
A method of fabricating a deflection aperture array used in an electron beam exposure apparatus and a wet etching method and apparatus for fabricating the deflection aperture array are disclosed....
6306750 Bonding pad structure to prevent inter-metal dielectric cracking and to improve bondability  
A process of forming a bond pad structure, with a roughened top surface topography, used to improve the bondability of a gold wire bond, to the underlying bond pad structure, has been developed....
6300245 Inductively coupled plasma powder vaporization for fabricating integrated circuits  
An apparatus and method for performing material deposition on semiconductor devices. The apparatus provides an enclosure for defining a chamber. The chamber includes a metallic portion such as a...
6297138 Method of depositing a metal film onto MOS sensors  
A method for depositing a metal film onto the semiconductor substrate and insulator of a MOS sensor is provided. The method utilizes a laser ablation technique to deposit metal films having a...
6297139 Method of forming a contact hole in a semiconductor wafer  
The present invention provides a method of forming a contact hole of a DRAM on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer comprises a substrate, a conductive layer positioned in a predetermined...
6294449 Self-aligned contact for closely spaced transistors  
A pair of transistors sharing a common electrodes e.g. a bitline in a DRAM array, has a self-aligned contact to the bitline in which the transistor gate stack has only a poly layer with a nitride...
6294451 Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same  
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same prevent the spread of a tungsten film out of an opening portion of a contact hole when the tungsten is grown in the contact hole and avoid...
6294457 Optimized IMD scheme for using organic low-k material as IMD layer  
A method of metallization wherein particle issues are avoided during pre-metal cleaning by the use of a unique IMD scheme is described. A semiconductor substrate is provided which may include...
6291334 Etch stop layer for dual damascene process  
The present invention provides a carbon based etch stop, such as a diamond like amorphous carbon, having a low dielectric constant and a method of forming a dual damascene structure. The low k etch...
6281143 Method of forming borderless contact  
A method for forming borderless contact is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate with active areas and a trench isolation region in which the active areas are silcide. Then, the...
6274471 Method for making high-aspect-ratio contacts on integrated circuits using a borderless pre-opened hard-mask technique  
A method for fabricating high-aspect-ratio contacts on integrated circuits, such as embedded DRAMs, using a borderless pre-opened hard-mask technique is achieved. After forming gate electrodes for...
6274468 Method of manufacturing borderless contact  
A method of manufacturing borderless contact can compensate for misalignment that occurs during formation of the contacts. First, a substrate with a gate structure on it is provided. The substrate...
6271107 Semiconductor with polymeric layer  
Bumped semiconductor substrates and methods for forming bumped semiconductor substrates are disclosed. The bumped semiconductor substrates have a polymeric layer, which can serve as a passivation...
6271111 High density pluggable connector array and process thereof  
The present invention relates generally to high density pluggable connector array and process thereof. More particularly, the invention encompasses a structure comprising high density pluggable...
6271131 Methods for forming rhodium-containing layers such as platinum-rhodium barrier layers  
A method of forming a rhodium-containing layer on a substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer, using complexes of the formula L y RhY z is provided. Also provided is a chemical vapor co-deposited...
6271114 System for adjusting the size of conductive lines based upon the contact size  
The present invention is directed to a method of forming conductive interconnections in an integrated circuit device to optimize or at least maintain the speed at which signals propagate throughout...
6271108 Method of forming a contact in semiconductor device  
The present invention relates to a method of forming a contact in semiconductor device, more particularly, to a method of forming a borderless contact in semiconductor device which minimizes loss...
6268274 Low temperature process for forming inter-metal gap-filling insulating layers in silicon wafer integrated circuitry  
This invention provides an in situ low temperature, two step deposition HDP-CVD process separated by a cooldown period, for forming an inter-metal dielectric passivation layer for an integrated...
6265298 Method for forming inter-metal dielectrics  
An improved method for forming inter-metal dielectrics (IMD) over a semiconductor substrate is provided, wherein a conductive line is formed thereon. A first dielectric layer is formed over the...
6265296 Method for forming self-aligned contacts using a hard mask  
A method for making self-aligned contacts on a semiconductor substrate using a hard mask. After the transistor is formed, a blanket insulating layer is formed on said semiconductor substrate. A...
6261965 Effective removal of undesirably formed silicon carbide during the manufacture of semiconductor device  
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device removes a silicon carbide layer, which is undesirably formed on a surface or the like of a contact hole by dry etching, by plasma treatment using a...
6258720 Method of formation of conductive lines on integrated circuits  
The present invention relates to a method of formation of a conductive line on integrated circuits including the steps of etching a first insulator layer to create therein openings of predetermined...
6258727 Method of forming metal lands at the M0 level with a non selective chemistry  
The starting structure consists of a silicon substrate having diffused regions formed therein and gate conductor stacks formed thereupon that is passivated by a TEOS layer as standard. At a further...
6255207 Composite planarizing dielectric layer employing high density plasma chemical vapor deposited (HDP-CVD) underlayer  
A method for forming upon a substrate employed within a microelectronics fabrication a composite dielectric layer having etched via contact holes in which via poisoning is attenuated. There is...
6248654 Method for forming self-aligned contact  
A method of forming a self-aligned contact in a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and a gate line. The method comprises the steps of forming a conductive layer on an overall...
6248655 Method of fabricating a surface shape recognition sensor  
A surface shape recognition sensor of this invention includes at least a plurality of capacitance detection elements having sensor electrodes arranged in the same plane on an interlevel dielectric...
6245654 Method for preventing tungsten contact/via plug loss after a backside pressure fault  
A method for preventing tungsten contact/via plug loss after a backside pressure fault defect in a deposition chamber is provided. In the method, first deposited by a silane soak step and a...
6245658 Method of forming low dielectric semiconductor device with rigid, metal silicide lined interconnection system  
Multi-level semiconductor devices are formed with reduced parasitic capacitance without sacrificing structural integrity or electromigration performance by removing the inter-layer dielectrics and...
6245653 Method of filling an opening in an insulating layer  
The present invention is about a method for filling an opening in an insulating layer in a fast and highly reliable way and can be used to fill openings such as trenches and via holes...
6239015 Semiconductor device having polysilicon interconnections and method of making same  
A doped polysilicon layer is used to form interconnections in a semiconductor device through contact holes. The doped polysilicon layer reaches through contact holes formed in an interlayer...
6239356 Process for stampable photoelectric generator  
Manufacture of a photoelectric converter by a photolithographic or stamping process prior to coating with a photoelectrically emissive material is described. This gives an economic and simple means...
6232220 Method for fabricating a semiconductor component having a low contact resistance with respect to heavily doped zones  
A method for fabricating a semiconductor component having a low contact resistance with respect to heavily doped or siliconized zones in a semiconductor body. Fluorine ions are implanted into the...
6228731 Re-etched spacer process for a self-aligned structure  
A process for forming a self-aligned contact, (SAC), structure, on an active device region in a semiconductor substrate, exposed at the bottom of a SAC opening in an insulator layer, has been...
6225204 Method for preventing poisoned vias and trenches  
A method for preventing the occurrence of poisoned trenches and vias in a dual damascene process that includes performing a densification process, such as an implantation process, on the surface of...
6221747 Method of fabricating a conductive plug with a low junction resistance in an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit (IC) fabrication method is provided for fabricating a conductive plug, such as a contact plug or a via plug, with a low junction resistance in an integrated circuit. This...
6218277 Method for filling a via opening or contact opening in an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit includes a substrate (12) having a conductive region (18), and includes a dielectric layer (19) disposed over the substrate. An upwardly tapering frustoconical opening (22) is...
6218278 Method of forming a conducting structure  
The method of forming a conducting structure consists in applying to a substrate a 2 to 20 nm thick layer of a material transformable into conducting one under the effect of radiation, and...
6214715 Method for fabricating a self aligned contact which eliminates the key hole problem using a two step spacer deposition  
This invention provides a method for forming a self aligned contact without key holes using a two step sidewall spacer deposition. The process begins by providing a semiconductor structure having a...
6214742 Post-via tin removal for via resistance improvement  
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having metal structures formed on a first layer of interlayer dielectric, wherein the metal structures have a layer of TiN formed on the surface of...
6211051 Reduction of plasma damage at contact etch in MOS integrated circuits  
A method of fabricating contacts to device elements of an integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate that includes: (a) using a plasma process to form a first hole in the material above a...
6211050 Fill pattern in kerf areas to prevent localized non-uniformities of insulating layers at die corners on semiconductor substrates  
A method for making a planar spin-on-glass (SOG) layer over integrated circuits at the corners of the chip (die) areas is achieved. This method allows more reliable integrated circuits to be made,...
6207545 Method for forming a T-shaped plug having increased contact area  
A method for forming a T-shaped contact plug is disclosed. A first insulating layer is formed atop of a substrate. A second insulating layer is then formed atop of the first insulating layer. The...
6207483 Method for smoothing polysilicon gate structures in CMOS devices  
There is provided a method for smoothing the surface of undoped polysilicon regions of a CMOS structure, primarily gate regions. A direct HPD-CVD argon sputter is used improve the surface roughness...
6200888 Method of producing semiconductor device comprising insulation layer having improved resistance and semiconductor device produced thereby  
A semiconductor device comprising an insulation film covering a semiconductor chip so as to expose electrodes or pads fabricated in the chip and wiring lines located on the insulation film and...
6197675 Manufacturing method for semiconductor device having contact holes of different structure  
A semiconductor memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first conducting layer formed above the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second conducting layer formed above the...
6197674 CVD-Ti film forming method  
A method of forming a CVD-Ti film includes the steps of loading a Si wafer into a chamber, setting an interior of the chamber at a predetermined reduced-pressure atmosphere, introducing TiCl 4 ...