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5874355 Method to prevent volcane effect in tungsten plug deposition  
A method to prevent volcano effect in tungsten plug deposition is described. The method is applied to both the contact plugs as well as the via plugs. For these purposes, the use of a nitrogen (N 2...
5874327 Fabricating a semiconductor device using precursor CMOS semiconductor substrate of a given configuration  
Methods of planarizing one or more layers having an irregular top surface topology in a semiconductor device based on an underlying MOS structure are disclosed. Methods of creating doped wells or...
5872028 Method of forming power semiconductor devices with controllable integrated buffer  
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and device in which a sacrificial N shelf layer is grown on a P+ semiconductor substrate to contain the out-diffusion of dopant from the substrate....
5872053 Method of forming an enlarged head on a plug to eliminate the enclosure requirement  
The contact opening through an insulating layer is formed having a straight sidewall portion and a bowl shaped sidewall portion. The bowl shaped sidewall portion is near the top of the insulation...
5851918 Methods of fabricating liquid crystal display elements and interconnects therefor  
Methods of fabricating a liquid crystal display element on a substrate includes forming a thin film transistor on the substrate, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode covered by a...
5851917 Method for manufacturing a multi-layer wiring structure of a semiconductor device  
A wiring structure of semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same which fills up a contact hole of below one half micron. An insulating layer is formed on a semiconductor...
5851912 Modified tungsten-plug contact process  
An method for the fabrication of an ohmic, low resistance contact to heavily doped silicon is described using a CVD deposited tungsten plug provided with Ti/TiN barrier metallurgy. The method...
5851913 Method for forming a multilevel interconnect structure of an integrated circuit by a single via etch and single fill process  
A multilevel interconnect structure is provided. The multilevel interconnect structure includes two, three or more levels of conductors formed according to at least two exemplary embodiments....
5846877 Method for fabricating an Al-Ge alloy wiring of semiconductor device  
A method for fabricating wiring of a semiconductor device, which includes a first step for depositing an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, and forming contact holes by selectively...
5843837 Method of contact hole burying  
A contact hole burying method is provided including the steps of: coating an oxide layer on a substrate and removing the oxide layer except for a portion thereof to form a contact hole extending...
5840625 Method of fabricating integrated circuit interconnection employing tungsten/aluminum layers  
An improved integrated circuit interconnection for interconnecting at least two conductive regions within an integrated circuit, and method for producing the same. The interconnection includes a...
5834369 Method of preventing diffusion between interconnect and plug  
There are provided the steps of: forming a connection hole in an interlayer insulating film overlying a lower metal interconnection; forming a W plug in the connection hole; forming a first metal...
5824597 Method of forming contact hole plug  
An improved contact hole plug and method are disclosed, the plug connecting a first conductive layer to a second conductive layer which is insulated from the first conductive layer. The contact...
5821168 Process for forming a semiconductor device  
A process for forming a semiconductor device (68) in which an insulating layer (52) is nitrided and then covered by a thin adhesion layer (58) before depositing a composite copper layer (62). This...
5814557 Method of forming an interconnect structure  
An interconnect structure (10) is formed by filling a dual damascene structure (12) with conductive material. A barrier layer (13) is formed to serve as a seed layer and to prevent the out...
5804501 Method for forming a wiring metal layer in a semiconductor device  
A method for forming a wiring layer for a semiconductor device is disclosed. During the formation of a VLSI-scale device having a contact hole with a large aspect ratio, metal layers are filled...
5801095 Production worthy interconnect process for deep sub-half micrometer back-end-of-line technology  
The present invention is directed to improving the throughput of the process for fabricating multilayer interconnects. Tungsten plugs, formed in contact/via openings etched in an interlayer...
5798300 Method for forming conductors in integrated circuits  
A method of forming electromigration resistant integrated circuit runners is disclosed. A collimated beam of particles is directed toward a substrate to form a metal nucleating layer. Then a...
5795819 Integrated pad and fuse structure for planar copper metallurgy  
A semiconductor interconnection consists of a corrosion resistant integrated fuse and Controlled, Collapse Chip Connection (C4) structure for the planar copper Back End of Line (BEOL). Non copper...
5789321 Method for forming a barrier metal layer made of titanium nitride on a silicon substrate  
A low pressure chloride chemical vapor deposition method for depositing a titanium nitride film within a contact hole formed in an insulation film overlying a silicon substrate is carried out by...
5783483 Method of fabricating a barrier against metal diffusion  
A method of forming a barrier layer for preventing the diffusion of a metal interconnect through an interlayer dielectric of an integrated circuit and to act as an etch stop. A thin metal layer is...
5776827 Wiring-forming method  
An insulating layer 6 is formed covering a lower level wiring layer 5. Contact hole 11 registered with the lower level wiring 5 is then formed in the insulating layer 6. An adhesion layer 12 is...
5770517 Semiconductor fabrication employing copper plug formation within a contact area  
An integrated circuit fabrication process is provided in which copper is used as the contact plug material for a via. The via is a hole etched through an interlevel dielectric which is disposed...
5759906 Planarization method for intermetal dielectrics between multilevel interconnections on integrated circuits  
An improved method for making a planar intermetal dielectric layer (IMD) for multilevel electrical interconnections on ULSI circuits is achieved. The method involves forming metal lines on which is...
5759915 Method of forming semiconductor device having an improved buried electrode formed by selective CVD  
The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an improved buried electrode formed by selective CVD. In this semiconductor device, a first insulation layer is formed on a...
5756396 Method of making a multi-layer wiring structure having conductive sidewall etch stoppers and a stacked plug interconnect  
The present invention provides a structure and a method of electrically connecting wiring layers by forming a stacked plug interconnect. The first wiring layer is formed over a dielectric layer and...
5753527 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device  
A first interlayer insulating film having a second contact hole is formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate 1 in a peripheral circuitry. A second plug electrode of the same material as...
5750438 Method for fabricating a local interconnection structure  
A local interconnection structure is disclosed. The local interconnection structure is formed on a silicon substrate in which a polysilicon gate and a number of diffusion regions exist. The...
5747361 Stabilization of the interface between aluminum and titanium nitride  
A semiconductor device comprises at least one metal interconnect layer, a titanium-based barrier layer in contact with the metal interconnect layer. The metal interconnect layer contains titanium...
5747379 Method of fabricating seamless tungsten plug employing tungsten redeposition and etch back  
A process has been developed in which seamless tungsten plugs are used to fill deep, narrow contact holes. The process features initially forming a tungsten plug in a contact hole, via tungsten...
5744376 Method of manufacturing copper interconnect with top barrier layer  
A structure and method for making copper interconnections in an integrated circuit are described. The structure is a damascene copper connector whose upper surface is coplanar with the upper...
5741720 Method of programming an improved metal-to-metal via-type antifuse  
A metal-to-metal antifuse disposed between two aluminum metallization layers in a CMOS integrated circuit or similar structure includes an antifuse material layer having an aluminum-free conductive...
5736458 Method for improved aluminium-copper deposition and robust via contact resistance  
A method for improving the electrical resistance of contacting surfaces in via holes in semiconductor substrates is disclosed. The via holes are formed and later filled with metal to interconnect...
5730834 Fluorine residue removal after tungsten etchback  
Forming tungsten plugs allows for a conformal step coverage into contacts in semiconductor wafer processing. By rinsing the wafers after the tungsten etchback but before the wafers have a chance to...
5728626 Spin-on conductor process for integrated circuits  
A method of planarizing a non-planar substrate, such as filling vias and contact holes, spreads a suspension of a conducting material suspended in a liquid on a substrate. The suspension includes...
5712207 Profile improvement of a metal interconnect structure on a tungsten plug  
A process for forming aluminum interconnect structures has been developed, that concentrates on alleviating the effects of the poor step coverage of the interconnect metallization, that develops in...
5712140 Method of manufacturing interconnection structure of a semiconductor device  
An aluminum interconnection film has a three layered structure of an aluminum alloy film, a tungsten film, and a titanium nitride film. An aluminum interconnection film and a second aluminum...
5710060 Method of forming wiring using sputtered insulating mask  
A semiconductor device includes an inter-level insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, wiring layers formed at positions having different depths inside the inter-level insulating film,...
5705426 Method of forming semiconductor device having planarized wiring with good thermal resistance  
A method of forming conductive wiring on a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of contact holes having different sizes are formed in an insulating film formed on the substrate. A first barrier...
5702981 Method for forming a via in a semiconductor device  
A method for forming vias in a semiconductor device improves the resistance and reliability of contacts formed by use of an etch stop layer during the via formation process. An etch stop layer...
5700726 Multi-layered tungsten depositions for contact hole filling  
A process for filling small diameter contact holes, with tungsten, has been developed. This process consists of using two consecutive tungsten depositions. A first tungsten layer, that will exhibit...
5688718 Method of CVD TiN barrier layer integration  
A method of forming a titanium nitride barrier layer is described. Semiconductor device structures are provided in and on a semiconductor substrate. An insulating layer is deposited overlying the...
5679605 Multilevel interconnect structure of an integrated circuit formed by a single via etch and dual fill process  
A multilevel interconnect structure is provided. The multilevel interconnect structure includes two, three or more levels of conductors formed according to at least two exemplary embodiments....
5674787 Selective electroless copper deposited interconnect plugs for ULSI applications  
A method or utilizing electroless copper deposition to selectively form encapsulated copper plugs to connect conductive regions on a semiconductor. A via opening in an inter-level dielectric (ILD)...
5658828 Method for forming an aluminum contact through an insulating layer  
A method for forming an aluminum contact through an insulating layer includes the formation of an opening. A barrier layer is formed, if necessary, over the insulating layer and in the opening. A...
5656545 Elimination of tungsten dimple for stacked contact or via application  
A method for forming planarized tungsten plugs, for small diameter contact holes, using a RIE etchback process, has been developed. An objective of reducing a seam, inherent when filling holes with...
5654216 Formation of a metal via structure from a composite metal layer  
A process for creating narrow, metal via structures, used to connect metallization levels, has been developed. The process features initially forming a narrow, metal via structure, and then an...
5652180 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with contact structure  
A semiconductor device with a contact structure includes a silicon substrate, a diffusion region formed in a surface of the silicon substrate, a silicide film of high melting point metal deposited...
5627105 Plasma etch process and TiSi.sub.x layers made using the process  
A method for making an improved metal silicide layer on a silicon substrate by plasma bombardment of the substrate with Ne ions to remove the native oxide without damage or significant implantation...
5627098 Method of forming an antifuse in an integrated circuit  
An antifuse structure in an integrated circuit including a first interconnection line, a second interconnection line formed over the first interconnection line, and a plurality of programming...