United Microelectronics Corp.

Te-Lin Sun

Yu-Ren Wang

Chien-Liang Lin

Ying-Wei Yen

Chiu-Hsien Yeh

Po-Chun Chen

Chun-Ling Lin

Chih-Hsun Lin

Szu-Hao Lai

Che-Nan Tsai

Chun-Hsien Lin

Shih-Hung Tsai

Shao-Wei Wang

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

The present invention provides a method of forming an isolation structure. A substrate is provided, and a trench is formed in the substrate. Next, a semiconductor layer is formed on a surface of the trench. A nitridation is carried out to form a nitridation layer in the semiconductor layer. Lastly, an insulation layer is filled into the trench.

Method of forming isolation structure

A semiconductor process includes the following steps. A substrate having a recess is provided. A decoupled plasma nitridation process is performed to nitride the surface of the recess for forming a nitrogen containing liner on the surface of the recess. A nitrogen containing annealing process is then performed on the nitrogen containing liner.

Semiconductor process

A process for fabricating a semiconductor device is described. A silicon oxide layer is formed. A nitridation process including at least two steps is performed to nitridate the silicon oxide layer into a silicon oxynitride (SiON) layer. The nitridation process comprises a first nitridation step and a second nitridation step in sequence, wherein the first nitridation step and the second nitridation step are different in the setting of at least one parameter.

Process for fabricating semiconductor device and method of fabricating metal oxide semiconductor device

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 semiconductor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. At least a fin-shaped structure is formed on the substrate and an oxide layer is formed on the substrate without the fin-shaped structure forming thereon. A thermal treatment process is performed to form a melting layer on at least a part of the sidewall of the fin-shaped structure.

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