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7625816 Method of fabricating passivation  
Embodiments relate to a passivation fabricating method. In the passivation fabricating method according to embodiments, a first oxide film may be formed by repeating deposition and etching of an...
7611985 Formation of holes in substrates using dewetting coatings  
Methods and systems for forming holes in a substrate using dewetting coating are described herein.
7582556 Circuitry component and method for forming the same  
A circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second metallic posts over the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate and covering the first...
7579271 Method for forming low dielectric constant fluorine-doped layers  
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with a surface region. The surface region includes one or more...
7575997 Method for forming contact hole of semiconductor device  
A method for forming a contact hole of a semiconductor is provided. Conductive patterns are formed over a substrate. An insulation layer is formed over the substrate to bury the conductive...
7575995 Method of forming fine metal pattern and method of forming metal line using the same  
There are provided a method of forming a fine metal pattern and a method of forming a metal line using the same. In the method of forming a fine metal pattern, a substrate is prepared where a first...
7560375 Gas dielectric structure forming methods  
Methods of forming a gas dielectric structure for a semiconductor structure by using a sacrificial layer. In particular, one embodiment of the invention includes forming an opening for...
7550310 Techniques and systems for analyte detection  
Techniques are used to detect and identify analytes. Techniques are used to fabricate and manufacture sensors to detect analytes. An analyte ( 810 ) is sensed by sensors ( 820 ) that output...
7544606 Method to implement stress free polishing  
A method of forming a metal feature in a low-k dielectric layer is provided. The method includes forming an opening in a low-k dielectric layer, forming a metal layer having a substantially planar...
7534719 Method for reduction in metal dishing after CMP  
A protective barrier layer, formed of a material such as titanium or titanium nitride for which removal by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is primarily mechanical rather than primarily...
7528066 Structure and method for metal integration  
An interconnect structure including a gouging feature at the bottom of one of the via openings and a method of forming the same are provided. In accordance with the present invention, the method of...
7528064 Interconnect structures with bond-pads and methods of forming bump sites on bond-pads  
Microelectronic workpieces that have bump sites over bond-pads and methods of fabricating such bump sites. One embodiment of such a workpiece, for example, includes a substrate having a plurality...
7524757 Method for manufacturing multi-level transistor comprising forming selective epitaxial growth layer  
A method for manufacturing a multi-level transistor on a substrate. The method includes forming a first transistor on a first active region, forming a first selective epitaxial growth (SEG) layer...
7524697 Method for manufactuing a semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A burn-in process for a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first process of positioning bump electrodes of the semiconductor integrated circuit device with respect to pads of a...
7510972 Method of processing substrate, post-chemical mechanical polishing cleaning method, and method of and program for manufacturing electronic device  
A method of processing a substrate which enables a surface damaged layer and polishing remnants on the surface of an insulating film to be removed, and enable the amount removed of the surface...
7510959 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having damascene structures with air gaps  
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having damascene structures with air gaps is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of depositing and patterning a disposable...
7507647 Method of manufacturing a high voltage semiconductor device including a deep well and a gate oxide layer simultaneously  
A method of manufacturing a high voltage semiconductor device including forming a P-type region implanted with P-type impurities and an N-type region implanted with N-type impurities in a silicon...
7504287 Methods for fabricating an integrated circuit  
A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor device which includes a first contact point and a second contact point located above the first contact point. A first material layer is...
7488637 CMOS image sensor and method for forming the same  
A CMOS image sensor and a method for forming the same are provided. According to the method, a gate insulating layer and a doped polysilicon layer which are sequentially stacked on a substrate are...
7470619 Interconnect with high aspect ratio plugged vias  
Described is a method for forming a stackable interconnect. The interconnect is formed by depositing a first contact on a substrate; depositing a seed layer (SL) on the substrate; depositing a...
7446033 Method of forming a metal interconnection of a semiconductor device, and metal interconnection formed by such method  
A metal interconnection of a semiconductor device, formed using a damascene process, has large grains and yet a smooth surface. First, a barrier layer and a metal layer are sequentially formed in...
7425501 Semiconductor structure implementing sacrificial material and methods for making and implementing the same  
A method for making a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming transistor structures on a substrate and forming interconnect metallization structures in a plurality of levels...
7416985 Semiconductor device having a multilayer interconnection structure and fabrication method thereof  
A multilayer interconnection structure includes a first interlayer insulation film, a second interlayer insulation film formed over the first interlayer insulation film, an interconnection trench...
7407879 Chemical planarization performance for copper/low-k interconnect structures  
An electrical interconnect structure on a substrate, which includes: a first low-k dielectric layer; a spin-on low k CMP protective layer that is covalently bonded to the first low-k dielectric...
7405154 Structure and method of forming electrodeposited contacts  
A contact metallurgy structure comprising a patterned dielectric layer having cavities on a substrate; a silicide or germanide layer such as of cobalt and/or nickel located at the bottom of...
7405152 Reducing wire erosion during damascene processing  
A damascene process incorporating a GCIB step is provided. The GCIB step can replace one or more CMP steps in the traditional damascene process. The GCIB step allows for selectable removal of...
7399699 On-die reflectance arrangements  
Improved semiconductor reflectance arrangements (e.g., semiconductor devices, systems including semiconductor devices, methods, etc.).
7399696 Method for high performance inductor fabrication using a triple damascene process with copper BEOL  
A method of forming a high performance inductor comprises providing a substrate; forming a plurality of wiring levels over the substrate, wherein each of the wiring levels comprise a dielectric...
7399671 Disposable pillars for contact formation  
Sacrificial plugs for forming contacts in integrated circuits, as well as methods of forming connections in integrated circuit arrays are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can...
7399649 Semiconductor light-emitting device and fabrication method thereof  
An underlying layer ALY of GaN is formed on a sapphire substrate SSB; a transfer layer TLY of GaN with a bump and dip shaped surface is formed on the underlying layer ALY; a light absorption layer...
7396768 Copper damascene chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) for thin film head writer fabrication  
In one method and embodiment of the present invention, at least one coil layer is formed in a write head, using a two-slurry step of copper damascene chemical mechanical polishing method with a...
7387963 Semiconductor wafer and process for producing a semiconductor wafer  
A semiconductor wafer has an edge region with no defects larger than or equal to 0.3 μm. The wafers are produced by a process, comprising (a) providing a semiconductor wafer having a rounded and...
7384865 Semiconductor device with a metal line and method of forming the same  
A method of forming a metal line in a semiconductor device includes: forming a lower insulation layer for insulation from the lower substrate; forming a first metal line at a certain region on the...
7382054 Method for forming self-aligned contacts and local interconnects simultaneously  
The present invention relates generally to semiconductors, and more specifically to semiconductor memory device structures and an improved fabrication process for making the same. The improved...
7381638 Fabrication technique using sputter etch and vacuum transfer  
First material ( 106 ) is situated on the surface of a substructure ( 100 and 102 ) and in an opening ( 104 ), such as a Wench, that extends partway through the substructure. Second material (...
7375023 Method and apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor substrates  
Methods and apparatus for processing substrates to improve polishing uniformity, improve planarization, remove residual material and minimize defect formation are provided. In one aspect, a method...
7348272 Method of fabricating interconnect  
A method of fabricating interconnect is described. A first dielectric layer having an opening is formed over a substrate. A metal layer is filled into the opening. A material layer is formed over...
7338907 Selective etching processes of silicon nitride and indium oxide thin films for FeRAM device applications  
A dry etch process is described for selectively etching silicon nitride from conductive oxide material for use in a semiconductor fabrication process. Adding an oxidant in the etch gas mixture...
7317253 Cobalt tungsten phosphate used to fill voids arising in a copper metallization process  
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one layer of functional devices formed on the substrate, a first dielectric layer formed over the functional device layer and a first...
7316971 Wire bond pads  
A wire bond pad and method of fabricating the wire bond pad. The method including: providing a substrate; forming an electrically conductive layer on a top surface of the substrate; patterning the...
7273775 Reliable and scalable virtual ground memory array formed with reduced thermal cycle  
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of fabricating a virtual ground memory array includes forming a number of polysilicon segments on a gate dielectric layer, where the gate dielectric...
7255772 High pressure processing chamber for semiconductor substrate  
A high pressure chamber comprises a chamber housing, a platen, and a mechanical drive mechanism. The chamber housing comprises a first sealing surface. The platen comprises a region for holding the...
7247256 CMP slurry for forming aluminum film, CMP method using the slurry, and method for forming aluminum wiring using the CMP method  
A first chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry includes a polishing agent, an oxidant, a pH control additive, and an oxide film removal retarder which reduces a removal rate of the silicon...
7241668 Planar magnetic tunnel junction substrate having recessed alignment marks  
A method for forming an alignment mark structure for a semiconductor device includes forming an alignment recess at a selected level of the semiconductor device substrate. A first metal layer is...
7238606 Semiconductor devices and method for fabricating the same  
Methods for fabricating a copper interconnect of a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example method for fabricating a copper interconnect of a semiconductor device deposits a first insulating...
7226856 Nano-electrode-array for integrated circuit interconnects  
An integrated circuit and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit is provided including providing an integrated circuit having a trench and via provided in a dielectric layer. A...
7223685 Damascene fabrication with electrochemical layer removal  
The present application discloses process comprising providing a wafer, the wafer comprising an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) having a feature therein, an under-layer deposited on the ILD, and a...
7217649 System and method for stress free conductor removal  
A system and method for forming a semiconductor in a dual damascene structure including receiving a patterned semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate having a first conductive...
7214603 Method for fabricating interconnect structures with reduced plasma damage  
Methods to form interconnect structures utilizing sacrificial filling material layers are described herein. Utilizing the sacrificial filling material makes it possible to reduce damage to...
7208406 Method for forming gate in semiconductor device  
Disclosed is a method for forming a gate in a semiconductor device. The method includes the steps of: sequentially forming a gate insulation layer and an inter-layer insulation layer on a...