Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

International Business Machines Corporation

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd (Corporation)

Hyung-rae Lee

Yool Kang

Jin Su Park

Thomas W Dyer

Henry K Utomo

Dong-won Kim

Dong-jun Lee

Hyun-woo Kim

Keita Kato

Jin-Ping Han

Tae-hoon Kim

Cha-Won Koh

Jong-Soo Kim

Chung Woh Lai

Jae-ho Kim

Atsushi Nakamura

Ju-Young Kim

So-Ra Han

Jong Ho Yang

Si-Young Lee

Hyoung-hee Kim

Tae-Hoi Park

Seong-Ji Kwon

Suk-Koo Hong

Kyung-hwan Yoon

Hye-ji Kim

Su-min Park

Provided are a method of forming patterns and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device. In the method of forming patterns, a photoresist pattern having a first opening exposing a first region of a target layer is formed. A capping layer is formed at sidewalls of the photoresist pattern defining the first opening. An insoluble region is formed around the first opening by diffusing acid from the capping layer to the inside of the photoresist pattern. A second opening exposing a second region of the target layer is formed by removing a soluble region spaced apart from the first opening, with the insoluble region being interposed therebetween. The target layer is etched using the insoluble region as an etch mask.

Method of forming patterns and method of manufacturing integrated circuit device

The present inventive concept provides methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming an inner mask layer on an etching target film, the inner mask layer including a polymer; forming a porous film on the etching target film, the porous film covering the inner mask layer; supplying an acid source to an outer surface area of the inner mask layer through the porous film; inducing a chemical reaction of the polymer included in the inner mask layer in the outer surface area by using the acid source; forming inner mask patterns by removing a chemically reacted portion of the inner mask layer; and etching the etching target film by using at least a portion of the porous film and the inner mask patterns as an etching mask.

Methods of manufacturing semiconductor device

A method of forming a pattern of a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, forming a photoresist layer by coating a resist composition including an acid generator and a first resin, the first resin having an acid-labile group, exposing the photoresist layer, forming a photoresist pattern by negatively developing the photoresist layer using a developing solution including an organic solvent, coating a capping composition including a second resin and the organic solvent on the substrate having the photoresist pattern formed thereon, and attaching a capping layer on upper and side surfaces of the photoresist pattern, by baking the capping composition and developing the capping composition using the developing solution including the organic solvent.

Method of forming pattern of semiconductor device

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region and a plurality of gate electrodes which are formed on the first and second regions of the substrate; forming a mask film to expose the first region of the substrate while covering the second region of the substrate, such that the mask film has a negative lateral profile at a boundary between the first and second regions of the substrate; forming sigma trenches in the first region of the substrate by etching the first region of the substrate using the mask film and the gate electrodes as a mask; and forming an epitaxial layer in each of the sigma trenches.

Method of fabricating semiconductor device

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a resist pattern on a first region on a substrate, bringing a descum solution including an acid source into contact with the resist pattern and with a second region of the substrate, decomposing resist residues remaining on the second region of the substrate by using acid obtained from the acid source in the descum solution and removing the decomposed resist residues and the descum solution from the substrate.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device using acid diffusion

Methods of forming p-channel MOSFETs use halo-implant steps that are performed relatively early in the fabrication process. These methods include forming a gate electrode having first sidewall spacers thereon, on a semiconductor substrate, and then forming a sacrificial sidewall spacer layer on the gate electrode. A mask layer then patterned on the gate electrode. The sacrificial sidewall spacer layer is selectively etched to define sacrificial sidewall spacers on the first sidewall spacers, using the patterned mask layer as an etching mask. A PFET halo-implant of dopants is then performed into portions of the semiconductor substrate that extend adjacent the gate electrode, using the sacrificial sidewall spacers as an implant mask. Following this implant step, source and drain region trenches are etched into the semiconductor substrate, on opposite sides of the gate electrode. These source and drain region trenches are then filled by epitaxially growing SiGe source and drain regions therein.

Methods of forming p-channel field effect transistors having SiGe source/drain regions

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