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7622381 Semiconductor structure and the forming method thereof  
The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and the forming method thereof. The structure includes a substrate having a plurality of stacks; a conformal layer on the substrate and a...
7619310 Semiconductor interconnect and method of making same  
An integrated circuit interconnect structure includes a conductive line, a first barrier layer disposed on a bottom surface of conductive line, a second barrier layer disposed on the top surface of...
RE40983 Method to plate C4 to copper stud  
A method for plating a second metal directly to a first metal without utilizing a mask. A semiconductor substrate is provided including at least one metal feature and at least one insulating layer...
7605072 Interconnect structure with a barrier-redundancy feature  
An interconnect structure that includes a barrier-redundancy feature which is capable of avoiding a sudden open circuit after an electromigration (EM) failure as well as a method of forming the...
7601636 Implementation of a metal barrier in an integrated electronic circuit  
A metal barrier is realized on top of a metal portion of a semiconductor product, by forming a metal layer on the surface of the metal portion, with this metal layer comprising a cobalt-based metal...
7601633 Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same  
A semiconductor device and fabricating method thereof are provided. A carbon interconnection line can be formed on an interlayer insulating layer such that the carbon interconnection line is...
7601624 Device comprising an ohmic via contact, and method of fabricating thereof  
Device comprising an ohmic via contact, and method of fabricating thereof. A preferred embodiment comprises forming a metal layer over a substrate, forming a conductive barrier layer over the metal...
7601607 Protruded contact and insertion of inter-layer-dielectric material to match damascene hardmask to improve undercut for low-k interconnects  
An embodiment of the invention shows a process to form a damascene opening preferably without hardmask overhang or dielectric layer undercut/void. The low-k dielectric material can be sandwiched in...
7598557 Semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semicondutor device including first and second hydrogen diffusion preventing films  
The semiconductor device comprises a first insulation film 26 formed over a semiconductor substrate 10, first conductor plug 32 buried in a first contact hole 28 a formed down to a...
7595269 Semiconductor device comprising a copper alloy as a barrier layer in a copper metallization layer  
By forming a tin and nickel-containing copper alloy on an exposed copper surface, which is treated to have a copper oxide thereon, a reliable and highly efficient capping layer may be provided. The...
7592471 Tantalum compound, method for producing same, tantalum-containing thin film and method for forming same  
A novel tantalum compound, a method for producing the novel tantalum compound, and a method for stably forming a tantalum-containing thin film which contains the desired element. The tantalum...
7592251 Hafnium tantalum titanium oxide films  
Embodiments of a dielectric layer containing a hafnium tantalum titanium oxide film structured as one or more monolayers include the dielectric layer disposed in an integrated circuit. Embodiments...
7585758 Interconnect layers without electromigration  
A structure and a method for forming the same. The structure includes (a) an interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer; (b) a first electrically conductive line and a second electrically conductive line...
7582557 Process for low resistance metal cap  
An exemplary method includes: providing a substrate with exposed metal and dielectric surfaces, performing a reducing process on the metal and dielectric surfaces, and transferring the substrate in...
7579272 Methods of forming low-k dielectric layers containing carbon nanostructures  
Methods of forming low-k dielectric layers for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices and fabricating semiconductor structures using the low-k dielectric material. The low-k dielectric...
7575998 Semiconductor device and metal line fabrication method of the same  
Embodiments relate to a method for forming a wiring in a semiconductor device, that may include laminating a conductive layer for wiring formation on a semiconductor substrate, forming a...
7566654 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including interconnections having a smaller width  
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming an interconnection layer including a top tungsten layer, forming a mask pattern on the tungsten layer, nitriding a...
7566653 Interconnect structure with grain growth promotion layer and method for forming the same  
In general, the present invention provides an interconnect structure and method for forming the same. This present invention discloses an interconnect structure includes a Cu seeding layer embedded...
7566585 Semiconductor component and method for production of a semiconductor component  
A semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor chip and a semiconductor component with areas composed of a stressed monocrystalline material, and a method for production of a semiconductor component is...
7563718 Method for forming tungsten layer of semiconductor device and method for forming tungsten wiring layer using the same  
A semiconductor substrate is loaded into a reaction chamber to form a tungsten layer. A source gas including tungsten (W) is introduced into the reaction chamber to grow a crystal nucleus of the...
7563705 Manufacturing method of semiconductor device  
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including a step of forming a via hole in an insulation layer including an organic low dielectric film, such as MSQ, SiC, and SiCN, and then...
7544609 Method for integrating liner formation in back end of line processing  
A method for integrating cap liner formation in back-end-of-line (BEOL) processing of a semiconductor device includes forming a trench structure within an insulating layer of the semiconductor...
7541282 Methods of forming metal-nitride layers in contact holes  
A metal layer can be formed in an integrated circuit by forming a metal-nitride layer in a recess including a first concentration of nitrogen in the metal-nitride layer at a bottom of the recess...
7538435 Wafer structure and bumping process  
A wafer structure including a semiconductor substrate, elastic elements, under bump metallurgic (UBM) layers and bumps is provided. The semiconductor substrate has an active surface, and it...
7534712 Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same  
The semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate 10 having a device region 11 , a transistor including a gate electrode 20 formed in the device region 11 with the gate insulation film ...
7531902 Multi-layered metal line of semiconductor device having excellent diffusion barrier and method for forming the same  
A multi-layered metal line of a semiconductor device has a lower metal line and an upper metal line. The upper metal line includes a diffusion barrier, which is made of a stack of a first WN x ...
7531901 Metal interconnection of semiconductor device and method for forming the same  
A metal interconnection of a semiconductor device and a method for forming the same include a diffusion barrier having favorable EM (electro migration) and SM (stress induced migration) properties,...
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...
7524755 Entire encapsulation of Cu interconnects using self-aligned CuSiN film  
A method of forming a barrier layer and cap comprised of CuSiN for an interconnect. We provide an interconnect opening in a dielectric layer over a semiconductor structure. We form a CuSiN barrier...
7517793 Method of forming metal wire in semiconductor device  
A method of forming a metal wire in a semiconductor device includes performing a first etching process on an insulating layer formed on a semiconductor substrate to form a trench and an insulating...
7517782 Method of forming a metal layer over a patterned dielectric by wet chemical deposition including an electroless and a powered phase  
By performing an electroless deposition and an electro deposition process in situ, highly reliable metallizations may be provided, wherein limitations with respect to contaminations and device...
7514358 Sequential deposition of tantalum nitride using a tantalum-containing precursor and a nitrogen-containing precursor  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for forming tantalum nitride materials on a substrate by employing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The method includes heating a tantalum...
7510961 Utilization of energy absorbing layer to improve metal flow and fill in a novel interconnect structure  
A method for manufacturing an interconnect structure situated on a semiconductor wafer having a substrate assembly thereon. The interconnect structure is formed in a recess such as a trench, a...
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...
7507666 Manufacture method for semiconductor device having concave portions filled with conductor containing Cu as its main composition  
An insulating film having a concave portion is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The inner surface of the concave portion and the upper surface of the insulating film are covered with an...
7507659 Fabrication process of a semiconductor device  
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device has forming an opening defined by an inner wall surface in an insulation film, covering said inner wall surface with a Cu—Mn alloy layer,...
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...
7494921 Aluminum metal line of a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same  
A method of forming an aluminum line of a semiconductor device where first A metal thin layer, a first aluminum layer, and a first B metal thin layer are sequentially applied on an interlayer...
7494916 Design structures incorporating interconnect structures with liner repair layers  
Design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design. The design structure includes an interconnect structure with a liner formed on roughened...
7491643 Method and structure for reducing contact resistance between silicide contact and overlying metallization  
A semiconductor structure in which the contact resistance in the contact opening is reduced as well as a method of forming the same are provided. This is achieved in the present invention by...
7488681 Method for fabricating Al metal line  
Disclosed is a method for fabricating an Al metal line. The method includes forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a Ti layer, a bottom TiN layer, an Al layer and a top...
7485516 Method of ion implantation of nitrogen into semiconductor substrate prior to oxidation for offset spacer formation  
A method of formation of integrated circuit devices includes forming a gate electrode stack over a portion of a semiconductor. The stack includes a gate dielectric layer with a gate electrode...
7476615 Deposition process for iodine-doped ruthenium barrier layers  
An iodine-doped ruthenium barrier layer for use with copper interconnects within integrated circuits is formed using novel, iodine-containing ruthenium precursors in an ALD or CVD process....
7473638 Plasma-enhanced cyclic layer deposition process for barrier layers  
In one embodiment, a method for forming a metal-containing material on a substrate is provided which includes forming a metal containing barrier layer on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced cyclical...
7473637 ALD formed titanium nitride films  
The use of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form a conductive titanium nitride layer produces a reliable structure for use in a variety of electronic devices. The structure is formed by depositing...
7470617 Treating a liner layer to reduce surface oxides  
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for depositing a barrier layer on a substrate having a trench, depositing a liner layer on the barrier layer that includes a surface...
7468318 Method for manufacturing mold type semiconductor device  
A method for manufacturing a mold type semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor part and a metallic member connecting to the chip via a...
7465659 Low dielectric (low k) barrier films with oxygen doping by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)  
Methods are provided for depositing a silicon carbide layer having significantly reduced current leakage. The silicon carbide layer may be a barrier layer or part of a barrier bilayer that also...
7459394 Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices  
Methods of manufacturing semiconductors are disclosed. One example method includes forming a trench through a dual damascene process, depositing a barrier metal layer on the overall surface, and...
7459392 Noble metal barrier and seed layer for semiconductors  
A barrier and seed layer for a semiconductor damascene process is described. The seed layer is formed from a noble metal with an intermediate region between the barrier and noble metal layers to...