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7622394 Method of fabricating semiconductor device including forming a protective layer and removing after etching a trench  
The method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes subjecting a semiconductor substrate to trench etching by alternately repeating an etching step and a deposition step. The etching step...
7615461 Method for forming shallow trench isolation of semiconductor device  
A method for forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) of a semiconductor device comprises forming a nitride film pattern over a semiconductor substrate having a defined lower structure, etching a...
7615494 Method for fabricating semiconductor device including plug  
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an insulation layer over a substrate, etching the insulation layer using a hard mask pattern to form a contact hole, filling the...
7605090 Process for producing sublithographic structures  
A layer structure and process for providing sublithographic structures are provided. A first auxiliary layer is formed over a surface of a carrier layer. A lithographically patterned second...
7592262 Method for manufacturing MOS transistors utilizing a hybrid hard mask  
A method for manufacturing MOS transistor with hybrid hard mask includes providing a substrate having a dielectric layer and a polysilicon layer thereon, forming a hybrid hard mask having a middle...
7592263 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. In this method, a concave portion is formed in one surface in the thickness direction of a primary base plate comprising a semiconductor substrate...
7576010 Method of forming pattern using fine pitch hard mask  
A method of forming a first hard mask pattern including a plurality of first line patterns formed on the etch target layer in a first direction and having a first pitch. A third layer is formed on...
7560387 Opening hard mask and SOI substrate in single process chamber  
Methods for opening a hard mask and a silicon-on-insulator substrate in a single process chamber are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes patterning a photoresist over a stack...
7544622 Passivation for cleaning a material  
A contact is defined by an opening etched into borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG) down to a silicon substrate. In a contact cleaning process designed to remove native oxide at the bottom of the...
7541286 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device using KrF light source  
A semiconductor device manufacturing method using a KrF light source is disclosed. Embodiments relate to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming an oxide film over a...
7541292 Plasma etch process with separately fed carbon-lean and carbon-rich polymerizing etch gases in independent inner and outer gas injection zones  
A plasma etch process for etching high aspect ratio openings in a dielectric film on a workpiece is carried out in a reactor having a ceiling electrode overlying the workpiece and an electrostatic...
7538377 Semiconductor memory device  
In a cell contact pad method, a consecutive dummy cell contact pad intersecting with a cell gate electrode is formed at an outer peripheral portion of the memory cell array. The dummy cell contact...
7531461 Process and system for etching doped silicon using SF6-based chemistry  
A process and system for anisoptropically dry etching through a doped silicon layer is described. The process chemistry comprises SF 6 and a fluorocarbon gas. For example, the fluorocarbon gas can...
7531460 Dry-etching method  
A dry-etching method using an apparatus where a wafer is placed on either of a pair of opposed electrodes provided in an etching chamber, and high-frequency power is supplied to both the opposed...
7517803 Silicon parts having reduced metallic impurity concentration for plasma reaction chambers  
Silicon parts of a semiconductor processing apparatus containing low levels of metal impurities that are highly mobile in silicon are provided. The silicon parts include, for example, rings,...
7514277 Etching method and apparatus  
An etching method capable of controlling the film thickness of a hard mask layer uniformly is provided. A plasma etching is performed on a native oxide film by using an etching gas containing, for...
7514282 Patterned silicon submicron tubes  
An array of submicron silicon (Si) tubes is provided with a method for patterning submicron Si tubes. The method provides a Si substrate, and forms a silicon dioxide film overlying the Si...
7498266 Method for structuring of silicon substrates for microsystem technological device elements and associated silicon substrate  
A method for structuring of silicon substrates for microsystem technological device elements, wherein the silicon substrate is covered with an etching mask and wherein the structures are furnished...
7494933 Method for achieving uniform etch depth using ion implantation and a timed etch  
A method of performing a timed etch of a material to a precise depth is provided. In this method, ion implantation of the material is performed before the timed etch. This ion implantation process...
7488689 Plasma etching method  
In a vacuum processing chamber, an etching is performed on an object to be processed having at least a mask layer formed in a predetermined pattern and a Ti layer, as a layer to be etched, formed...
7481943 Method suitable for etching hydrophillic trenches in a substrate  
A method suitable for etching hydrophilic trenches into a substrate, such as silicon, is provided. The method comprises etching and sidewall passivation processes for achieving anisotropy....
7468317 Method of forming metal line of semiconductor device  
A method of forming a metal line, in which a nitride layer is used instead of a metal barrier layer, enabling a metal line structure with a relatively low resistance and therefore realizing a high...
7468324 Microelectromechanical devices and their fabrication  
A method of fabricating microelectromechanical (MEMs) systems and in particular for producing silicon carbide (SiC) MEMs devices with improved mechanical properties. The method comprises reacting a...
7459399 Method for manufacturing probe structure of probe card  
A method for manufacturing a probe structure of a probe card is disclosed. In accordance with the method of the present invention, a dual etching process of a silicon substrate or an etching...
7459401 Method of dividing wafer  
A method of dividing and separating a wafer having a plurality of devices formed on its front surface, which are separated by streets. The method includes applying a resist film coating to a...
7456108 Manufacturing method for a semiconductor device  
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, includes: preparing a semiconductor wafer having an active surface and a rear surface; forming a plurality of semiconductor regions, each of which...
7439186 Method for structuring a silicon layer  
A method for structuring a silicon layer applies lacquer mask onto the silicon layer, and the silicon layer is selectively etched relative to the lacquer mask using an etching gas mixture...
7435354 Treatment method for surface of photoresist layer and method for forming patterned photoresist layer  
A treatment method for a surface of a photoresist layer is provided. After forming a patterned photoresist layer over a wafer, a surface treatment step is performed to the photoresist layer by...
7413992 Tungsten silicide etch process with reduced etch rate micro-loading  
The embodiments provides an improved tungsten silicide etching process with reduced etch rate micro-loading effect. In one embodiment, a method for etching a layer formed on a substrate is...
7410818 Thin film transistor, liquid crystal display using thin film transistor, and method of manufacturing thin film transistor  
A semiconductor film, which is located over a gate electrode for forming a channel region between a source electrode and a drain electrode, has a width greater than a width of the source electrode...
7405162 Etching method and computer-readable storage medium  
An etching method forms an opening with a substantially vertical profile extending to a stopper layer by performing an etching with a plasma of an etching gas acting on an object to be processed...
7399710 Method of controlling the pressure in a process chamber  
The present invention consists in a method of plasma treatment of a semiconductor substrate in a process chamber connected to a vacuum line via a valve, said treatment including a plurality of...
7396771 Plasma etching apparatus and plasma etching method  
A plasma etching apparatus includes a processing chamber in which a specimen is subjected to plasma processing, a specimen holder for holding the specimen, the specimen holder including a...
7390745 Pattern enhancement by crystallographic etching  
A method for producing predetermined shapes in a crystalline Si-containing material that have substantially uniform straight sides or edges and well-defined inside and outside corners is provided...
7390750 Method of patterning elements within a semiconductor topography  
A method is provided which includes forming a hardmask feature adjacent to a patterned sacrificial structure of a semiconductor topography, selectively removing the patterned sacrificial structure...
7390752 Self-aligning patterning method  
The present invention relates to a self-aligning patterning method which can be used to manufacture a plurality of multi-layer thin film transistors on a substrate. The method comprises firstly...
7358194 Sequential deposition process for forming Si-containing films  
A method is provided for forming a Si film in sequential deposition process. The method includes providing a substrate in a process chamber, forming a chlorinated Si film by exposing the substrate...
7344652 Plasma etching method  
An etching method for forming a recess ( 220 ) having an opening dimension (R) of millimeter order in an object ( 212 ) to be etched such as a semiconductor wafer. A mask ( 214 ) having an opening...
7341952 Multi-layer hard mask structure for etching deep trench in substrate  
A method for etching a deep trench in a substrate. A multi-layer hard mask structure is formed overlying the substrate, which includes a first hard mask layer and at least one second hard mask...
7338610 Etching method for manufacturing semiconductor device  
A wafer having a dielectric layer and an electrode partially protruding from the top surface of the dielectric layer is provided. The dielectric layer is etched with a chemical solution such as...
7323115 Substrate processing method and ink jet recording head substrate manufacturing method  
A substrate (wafer) processing method for producing an ink jet recording head substrate in which the reverse surface thereof, that is, the surface having the larger of the two openings of the ink...
RE40028 Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same  
The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a first photolithography process forming a gate electrode on a substrate; a second...
RE40007 In-situ strip process for polysilicon etching in deep sub-micron technology  
A new method of patterning the polysilicon layer in the manufacture of an integrated circuit device has been achieved. A polysilicon layer is provided overlying a semiconductor substrate. The...
7314574 Etching method and apparatus  
An etching apparatus comprises a workpiece holder ( 21 ) for holding a workpiece (X), a plasma generator ( 10, 20 ) for generating a plasma ( 30 ) in a vacuum chamber ( 3 ), an orifice electrode (...
7309641 Method for rounding bottom corners of trench and shallow trench isolation process  
A method for rounding the bottom corners of a trench is described. In the method, an etching process is performed using a fluorocarbon compound with at least two carbon atoms, He and O 2 as an...
7309655 Etching method in a semiconductor processing and etching system for performing the same  
Disclosed is an etching method for semiconductor processing by which a pattern loading phenomenon is reduced. First, plasma is generated while setting a bias power applied to a wafer to zero and...
7307012 Post vertical interconnects formed with silicide etch stop and method of making  
A method to form a vertical interconnect advantageous for high-density semiconductor devices. A conductive etch stop layer, preferably of cobalt silicide, is formed. The etch stop layer may be in...
7303999 Multi-step method for etching strain gate recesses  
Methods of performing controllable lateral etches into the silicon layer using a plasma-enhanced etch-deposit-etch sequence are disclosed. The first etch step etches into the silicon layer. The...
7279429 Method to improve ignition in plasma etching or plasma deposition steps  
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for increasing the ignition reliability of a plasma in a plasma reactor, the method comprising: supplying a source gas to the plasma...
7271102 Method of etching uniform silicon layer  
A method of etching a silicon layer to avoid non-uniformity. First, a patterned silicon layer is provided. Next, an etching buffer layer is conformally formed on the surface and the top layer of...