United Microelectronics Corp.

Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Lam Research Corporation

Chiu-Hsien Yeh

Chin-Cheng Chien

Chan-Lon Yang

Chun-Yuan Wu

Zhen Wu

Po-Wen Su

Shin-Chi Chen

Yeng-Peng Wang

Yu-Ren Wang

Chun-Hsien Lin

Li-Wei Feng

Jiunn-Hsiung Liao

Chieh-Te Chen

Shui-Yen Lu

Ling-Chun Chou

Hsiao-Pang Chou

I-Chang Wang

Po-Chun Chen

Shin-Chuan Huang

Chun-Ling Lin

Chih-Hsun Lin

Guang-Yaw Hwang

Kuei-Hsuan Yu

Szu-Hao Lai

Kai-Ping Chen

Te-Lin Sun

Jian-Wei Chen

Pau-Chung Lin

Che-Nan Tsai

Lien-Fa Hung

Yun-Cheng Kao

Chien-Ting Lin

Ssu-I Fu

Shih-Hung Tsai

Chih-Wei Chen

Shih-Chieh Hsu

Zhi-Cheng Lee

Che-Hua Hsu

Yu-Wen Wang

Cheng-Guo Chen

Wen-Tai Chiang

Shao-Wei Wang

Jie-Ning Yang

Chi-Horn Pai

Chien-Cheng Tsai

Ying-Tsung Chen

Shao-Hua Hsu

Ted Ming-Lang Guo

Yao-Chang Wang

Kuan-Ying Lai

Yu-Ting Tseng

Chi-Sheng Tseng

Kun-Szu Tseng

Hui-Ling Chuang

Ying-Hung Chou

Chih-Chi Cheng

Zhi-Jian Wang

Kai-Ping Wang

Wan-Chi Wu

Hung-Jung Yan

Yen-Cheng Chang

A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A substrate is provided. A trench is formed in the substrate and a conductive material is formed filling the trench. A portion of the conductive material filling an upper portion of the trench is removed to expose an upper surface of the substrate and an upper corner and an upper sidewall of the trench. A doping process is performed to form a doped region in the substrate along the exposed upper surface of the substrate and the exposed upper corner and upper sidewall of the trench. The doped region has an upside-down L shape.

Semiconductor device and method of forming the same

A method for forming patterns of semiconductor device is provided in the present invention, with steps of filling up first self-assembly material in first openings in a dielectric layer, phase-separating the first self-assembly material to form a first portion and a second portion surrounding the first portion, removing the first portion and performing a first etch process to form a first mask pattern in a mask layer, forming a second dielectric layer and repeating the above steps to form a second mask pattern in the mask layer, wherein the second mask pattern is aligned with the first mask pattern to form a common mask pattern.

Method for forming patterns of semiconductor device

A manufacturing method of an epitaxial contact structure in a semiconductor memory device includes the following steps. A recess is formed in a semiconductor substrate by an etching process. An etching defect is formed in the recess by the etching process. An oxidation process is performed after the etching process. An oxide layer is formed in the recess by the oxidation process, and the etching defect is encompassed by the oxide layer. A cleaning process is performed after the oxidation process. The oxide layer and the etching defect encompassed by the oxide layer are removed by the cleaning process. An epitaxial growth process is performed to form an epitaxial contact structure in the recess after the cleaning process.

Manufacturing method of epitaxial contact structure in semiconductor memory device

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A substrate is provided, and the substrate has a first region. A barrier layer is then formed on the first region of the substrate. A first work function layer is formed on the barrier layer. An upper half portion of the first work function layer is converted into a non-volatile material layer. The non-volatile material layer is removed and a lower half portion of the first work function layer is kept.

Method of forming semiconductor device

A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first organic layer on the substrate; patterning the first organic layer to form an opening; forming a second organic layer in the opening; and removing the first organic layer to form a patterned second organic layer on the substrate.

Method for fabricating semiconductor device

A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device include a substrate, and a first gate structure and a second gate structure disposed on the substrate. The first gate structure includes a barrier layer, a first work function layer, a second work function layer and a conductive layer stacked one over another on the substrate. The second gate structure includes the barrier layer, a portion of the first work function layer and the conductive layer stacked one over another on the substrate, wherein the portion of the first work function layer has a smaller thickness than a thickness of the first work function layer.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes following steps. First of all, a first work function layer is formed on a substrate. Next, a first patterned photoresist layer is formed on the first work function layer. Then, the first work function layer is partially removed by using the first patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form a patterned first work function layer. Subsequently, the first patterned photoresist layer is removed by providing radical oxygen.

A strained silicon substrate structure includes a first transistor and a second transistor disposed on a substrate. The first transistor includes a first gate structure and two first source/drain regions disposed at two sides of the first gate structure. A first source/drain to gate distance is between each first source/drain region and the first gate structure. The second transistor includes a second gate structure and two source/drain doped regions disposed at two side of the second gate structure. A second source/drain to gate distance is between each second source/drain region and the second gate structure. The first source/drain to gate distance is smaller than the second source/drain to gate distance.

Strained silicon structure

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a metal gate is provided. A substrate having a first conductive type transistor and a second conductive type transistor formed thereon is provided. The first conductive type transistor has a first trench and the second conductive type transistor has a second trench. A first work function layer is formed in the first trench. A hardening process is performed for the first work function layer. A softening process is performed for a portion of the first work function layer. A pull back step is performed to remove the portion of the first work function layer. A second work function layer is formed in the second trench. A low resistive metal layer is formed in the first trench and the second trench.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having metal gate

A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, an oxide layer, a metallic oxynitride layer and a metallic oxide layer. The oxide layer is located on the substrate. The metallic oxynitride layer is located on the oxide layer. The metallic oxide layer is located on the metallic oxynitride layer. In addition, the present invention also provides a semiconductor process for forming the semiconductor structure.

Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof

A semiconductor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. An ozone saturated deionized water process is performed to form an oxide layer on the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on the oxide layer. A post dielectric annealing (PDA) process is performed on the dielectric layer and the oxide layer.

Semiconductor process

A method for fabricating a metal gate transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first transistor region and a second transistor region; forming a first metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor on the first transistor region and a second MOS transistor on the second transistor region, in which the first MOS transistor includes a first dummy gate and the second MOS transistor comprises a second dummy gate; forming a patterned hard mask on the second MOS transistor, in which the hard mask includes at least one metal atom; and using the patterned hard mask to remove the first dummy gate of the first MOS transistor.

Metal gate transistor and method for fabricating the same

A method for forming a resistor integrated with a transistor having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a transistor region and a resistor region defined thereon, forming a transistor having a polysilicon dummy gate in the transistor region and a polysilicon main portion with two doped regions positioned at two opposite ends in the resistor region, performing an etching process to remove the polysilicon dummy gate to form a first trench and remove portions of the doped regions to form two second trenches, and forming a metal gate in the first trench to form a transistor having the metal gate and metal structures respectively in the second trenches to form a resistor.

Resistor and manufacturing method thereof

A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device having a metal gate includes providing a substrate having at least a first semiconductor device formed thereon, forming a first gate trench in the first semiconductor device, forming a first work function metal layer in the first gate trench, and performing a decoupled plasma oxidation to the first work function metal layer.

Manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate

A method for forming a metal gate is provided. First, a dummy material is formed to completely cover a substrate. Second, a dopant is selectively implanted into the dummy material. Then, some of the dummy material is removed to expose part of the substrate and to form a dummy gate including a dopant region disposed between a first region and a second region. Later an interlayer dielectric layer is formed to surround the dummy gate. Next, a selective etching step is carried out to remove the first region to form a recess without substantially removing the dopant region. Afterwards, the recess is filled with a material set to form a metal gate.

Method for forming metal gate

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