United Microelectronics Corp.

Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd (corporation)

Bo Tao

Juan Boon Tan

Purakh Raj Verma

Liang Choo Hsia

Fan Zhang

Chim Seng Seet

Bei Chao Zhang

Li Wang

Ching-Yang Wen

Tong Qing Chen

Yong Chiang Ee

Dong Yin

Jian Xie

Zhibiao Zhou

Runshun Wang

Gang Ren

A method of fabricating an air gap includes receiving a first thickness information of an inter-metal dielectric layer formed on a substrate and receiving a second thickness information of an inter-layer dielectric layer formed on the substrate. Then, a first etching is performed, wherein the first etching includes etch the inter-metal dielectric layer based on a first etching control value corresponding to the first thickness information. After the first etching, a second etching is performed to etch the inter-layer dielectric layer based on a second etching control value corresponding to the second thickness information.

Method of fabricating an air gap

A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate, a first electrically conductive structure, and a second electrically conductive structure. The SOI substrate includes a base substrate, a buried insulation layer disposed on the base substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the buried insulation layer, and a trap rich layer disposed between the buried insulation layer and the base substrate. At least a part of the first electrically conductive structure and at least a part of the second electrically conductive structure are disposed in the trap rich layer. A part of the trap rich layer is disposed between the first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure. The first electrically conductive structure, the second electrically conductive structure, and the trap rich layer disposed between the first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure are at least a portion of an anti-fuse structure.

Semiconductor structure

A method for forming a semiconductor device is presented. The method includes providing a substrate prepared with a dielectric layer formed thereon. The dielectric layer having a conductive line disposed in an upper portion of the dielectric layer. The substrate is processed to produce a top surface of the dielectric layer that is not coplanar with a top surface of the conductive line to form a stepped topography.

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