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6245631 Method of forming buried bit line memory circuitry and semiconductor processing method of forming a conductive line  
The invention includes methods of forming buried bit line memory circuitry and semiconductor processing methods of forming conductive lines. In but one implementation, a semiconductor processing...
6245672 Method of forming diffusion barriers for copper metallization in integrated cirucits  
An integrated circuit structure including copper metallization (20, 32, 42), and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The structure includes a doped region (7) of a silicon substrate...
6245671 Semiconductor processing method of forming an electrically conductive contact plug  
A semiconductor processing method of forming an electrically conductive contact plug relative to a wafer includes, a) providing a substrate to which electrical connection is to be made; b)...
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...
6242345 Batch process for forming metal plugs in a dielectric layer of a semiconductor wafer  
A batch process for the high-pressure forming of metal plugs in the dielectric layers of semiconductor wafers. After holes are etched in the dielectric layer of each wafer, and a layer of a metal...
6239027 Method using a photoresist residue  
An improved method for photoresist residue is described. The method is used for preventing a material layer from being damaged by the photoresist residue. A semiconductor substrate is provided. An...
6235632 Tungsten plug formation  
In a preferred embodiment, there is disclosed a method of forming a tungsten plug at the via level. A metal line is formed in a top portion of a first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is...
6232221 Borderless vias  
Borderless vias are formed by depositing a hard dielectric mask layer on the upper surface of a lower metal feature and forming sidewall spacers on the side surfaces of the metal feature and mask...
6228759 Method of forming an alloy precipitate to surround interconnect to minimize electromigration  
An alloy precipitate is formed to surround a conductive fill within an interconnect opening, including especially a top surface of the conductive fill, to prevent drift of material from the...
6225213 Manufacturing method for contact hole  
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming an insulating film on a silicon substrate; removing a predetermined portion of the insulating film and forming a...
6224942 Method of forming an aluminum comprising line having a titanium nitride comprising layer thereon  
The invention includes methods of forming aluminum containing lines having titanium nitride containing layers thereon, and preferably by physical vapor deposition. In one aspect, a first layer...
6221757 Method of making a microelectronic structure  
A microelectronic structure is formed on a first layer or a substrate. The first layer or substrate is formed with grooves and contact openings. A metal nitride layer of TiN or WN covers the first...
6221770 Low temperature plasma-enhanced formation of integrated circuits  
Using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, various layers can be deposited on semiconductor substrates at low temperatures in the same reactor. When a titanium nitride film is required, a...
6221765 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device  
Inside a groove are sequentially formed a barrier-metal film 3, a seed-metal film 4 and the first plating film 6. The thickness of the first plating film 6 is about 0.1 to 0.5 the width of the...
6221766 Method and apparatus for processing refractory metals on semiconductor substrates  
The method and apparatus for heat treating and etching refractory metal and silicides of the refractory metal include integrated multi-chamber, multi-processing of substrates to react refractory...
6221758 Effective diffusion barrier process and device manufactured thereby  
In forming a semiconductor device in which an electrically conductive substrate is covered with a dielectric layer by the following steps, form a trench with a trench line on top and a contact hole...
6221754 Method of fabricating a plug  
A method of fabricating a plug etches back the first plug material layer to form a dished surface on the first plug material layer and then performs a second coverage step. A second plug material...
6218287 Method of fabricating a semiconductor structure  
On a substrate is provided a layered structure of a lower insulating layer, a lower etch stop layer, an upper insulating layer and an upper etch stop layer. A via hole is formed in a location above...
6218302 Method for forming a semiconductor device  
An interconnect (60) is formed overlying a substrate (10). In one embodiment, an adhesion/barrier layer (81), a copper-alloy seed layer (42), and a copper film (43) are deposited overlying the...
6217721 Filling narrow apertures and forming interconnects with a metal utilizing a crystallographically oriented liner layer  
An aluminum sputtering process, particularly useful for filling vias and contacts of high aspect ratios formed through a dielectric layer and also usefull for forming interconnects that are highly...
6211072 CVD Tin Barrier process with improved contact resistance  
Methods of fabricating ohmic contacts and adhesion layers therefore are provided. In one aspect, a method of fabricating an ohmic contact in an opening of an insulating layer is provided....
6211079 Method for fabricating interconnects of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM)  
A method for fabricating interconnects of a DRAM, in which the contact windows are formed segment by segment and the contact windows are filled segment by segment to form interconnects. Also,...
6211083 Use of a novel capped anneal procedure to improve salicide formation  
A process for forming a low resistance, titanium disilicide layer, on regions of a MOSFET device, has been developed. The process features the deposition of a capping, silicon oxide layer, on first...
6211032 Method for forming silicon carbide chrome thin-film resistor  
A method for forming a thin-film resistor, which is composed of silicon, carbon, and chromium, is disclosed. The resistivity of the thin-film resistor, and therefore the resistance and temperature...
6207222 Dual damascene metallization  
The present invention generally provides a metallization process for forming a highly integrated interconnect. More particularly, the present invention provides a dual damascene interconnect module...
6207568 Ionized metal plasma (IMP) method for forming (111) oriented aluminum containing conductor layer  
A method for forming an aluminum containing conductor layer. There is first provided a substrate. There is then formed over the substrate a titanium layer employing an ionized metal plasma bias...
6207557 Method of forming multilayer titanium nitride film by multiple step chemical vapor deposition process and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same  
A method of forming a multilayer titanium nitride film hardly containing any Cl component by a multiple step chemical vapor deposition method, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device...
6207538 Method for forming n and p wells in a semiconductor substrate using a single masking step  
A method for forming both n and p wells in a semiconductor substrate using a single photolithography masking step, a non-conformal oxide layer and a chemical-mechanical polish step. A screen oxide...
6204167 Method of making a multi-level interconnect having a refractory metal wire and a degassed oxidized, TiN barrier layer  
A multi-level wiring structure having: a first wiring formed on an insulating surface, the first wiring containing refractory metal as a main composition thereof; an inter-level insulating film...
6200910 Selective titanium nitride strip  
A strip for TiN with selectivity to TiSi 2 consisting of a water solution of H 2 O 2 with possible small amounts of NH 4 OH.
6200895 Method of forming an electrical connection  
The present invention relates to high aspect-ratio electrical connections, wiring trenches, and methods of forming the same in semiconductor devices. In particular, the present invention relates to...
6197685 Method of producing multilayer wiring device with offset axises of upper and lower plugs  
A multilayer wiring structure of a semiconductor device having a stacked structure is arranged to restrain reliability degradation due to stress applied to the region of wiring between opposite...
6197668 Ferroelectric-enhanced tantalum pentoxide for dielectric material applications in CMOS devices  
In insulated-gate, field effect transistor (IGFET) devices fabricated in integrated circuits, the scaling down of the dimensions of the devices has resulted in structures with dimensions are so...
6191021 Method of forming a low-resistance contact on compound semiconductor  
Generally, and in one form of the invention, a method is disclosed for forming an ohmic contact on a GaAs surface 20 comprising the steps of depositing a layer of InGaAs 22 over the GaAs surface...
6187665 Process for deuterium passivation and hot carrier immunity  
A process sequence for forming a semiconductor device utilizes a passivation annealing process using deuterium which enhances immunity to hot carrier effects and extends device lifetime. The...
6184120 Method of forming a buried plug and an interconnection  
In a method of forming a buried plug and an interconnection over the same, a conductive film is deposited not only over a top surface of an insulation film extending over a semiconductor substrate...
6184118 Method for preventing the peeling of the tungsten metal after the metal-etching process  
The present invention is a method for preventing the peeling phenomena of the Tungsten metal in the integrated circuit after the metal-etching process. A semiconductor's substrate is provided. An...
6184129 Low resistivity poly-silicon gate produced by selective metal growth  
A method for fabricating a low resistivity polymetal silicide conductor/gate comprising, the steps of forming a polysilicon (66) over a gate oxide (64) followed by protection of the polysilicon...
6184130 Silicide glue layer for W-CVD plug application  
A new method of tungsten plug metallization using a silicide glue layer is described. Semiconductor device structures are provided in and on a semiconductor substrate. An insulating layer is...
6177341 Method for forming interconnections in semiconductor devices  
The present invention provides an effective rapid thermal annealing process to fill a narrow contact window and to interconnect two conductive layers in semiconductor devices. The present invention...
6174804 Dual damascene manufacturing process  
A dual damascene process for forming interconnects such as contact plugs or vias. A first metal line is formed on a substrate structure. A first metal line is formed on the substrate structure. At...
6174798 Process for forming metal interconnect stack for integrated circuit structure  
A method of making a metal interconnect stack for an integrated circuit structure is described comprising a main metal interconnect layer, an underlying TiN barrier layer and a titanium metal seed...
6174819 Low temperature photoresist removal for rework during metal mask formation  
A defective photoresist mask is removed from a metal layer prior to etching by low-temperature processing to minimize or substantially eliminate any resulting residue on the metal layer, thereby...
6175156 Semiconductor device with improved interconnection  
An improved semiconductor device which prevents a short circuit between a wiring layer and a semiconductor substrate, caused by the penetration of a contact hole, will be provided. A lower...
6174805 Titanium film forming method  
In a titanium film forming method of this invention, before a titanium film is formed, the temperature in a reaction chamber for forming the titanium film is set to a temperature or more at which...
6171954 Method of manufacturing self-aligned contact  
A method of forming self-aligned contact comprises the steps of forming a cap layer on top of a gate structure. Then, sidewall spacers are formed on each side of the gate structure, while a...
6169019 Semiconductor apparatus and manufacturing method therefor  
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a titanium silicide layer is formed on a region of a diffusion layer formed in a semiconductor substrate. A silicon nitride film functioning as...
6159851 Borderless vias with CVD barrier layer  
Borderless vias are filled by initially depositing a thin, conformal layer of titanium nitride by chemical vapor deposition to cover an undercut, etched side surface of a lower metal feature. A...
6156646 Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices  
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided in which a well patterned lead line structure is obtained. In one aspect of the invention, the method comprises steps of: depositing...
6156645 Method of forming a metal layer on a substrate, including formation of wetting layer at a high temperature  
A wetting layer is formed on a substrate at a relatively high process temperature (e.g., the temperature of the substrate and/or the temperature within a process chamber in which the wetting layer...