United Microelectronics Corp.

Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Wei-Hsin Liu

Yi-Wei Chen

Chia-Lung Chang

Jui-Min Lee

Po-Chun Chen

Tzu-Chin Wu

Shih-Fang Tzou

Bin-Siang Tsai

Tsun-Min Cheng

Chih-Chieh Tsai

Kai-Jiun Chang

Ching-Hsiang Chang

Han-Yung Tsai

Pi-Hsuan Lai

Li-Wei Feng

Fu-Yu Tsai

Chien-Ting Ho

Ying-Chiao Wang

Mei-Ling Chen

Tsung-Ying Tsai

Kai-Ping Chen

Wen-Chieh Lu

Cheng-Hsu Huang

Yu-Cheng Tung

Feng-Yi Chang

Fu-Che Lee

Chan-Lon Yang

Pin-Hong Chen

Wei-Lun Hsu

Ying-Chih Lin

Tzu-Chieh Chen

Yi-An Huang

Gang-Yi Lin

Ta-Wei Chiu

Chun-Yao Yang

Chia-Chen Wu

Bor-Shyang Liao

Chang-Hung Kung

Ya-Hsueh Hsieh

Teng-Chun Hsuan

Hsuan-Tung Chu

Pong-Wey Huang

Han-Sheng Huang

Shang-Yi Yang

Hong-Yi Fang

A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a material layer having a recess formed therein. A first tungsten metal layer is formed at a first temperature and fills the recess. An anneal process at a second temperature is then performed, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.

Method of forming a semiconductor structure

A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) in the substrate; removing part of the STI to form a trench in a substrate; forming an amorphous silicon layer in the trench and on the STI; performing an oxidation process to transform the amorphous silicon layer into a silicon dioxide layer; and forming a barrier layer and a conductive layer in the trench.

Method for fabricating semiconductor device

A method of forming a dielectric layer includes the following steps. A substrate including a first area and a second area is provided. A plurality of patterns on the substrate of the first area and a blanket stacked structure on the substrate of the second area are formed. An organic dielectric layer covers the patterns, the blanket stacked structure and the substrate. The blanket stacked structure is patterned by serving the organic dielectric layer as a hard mask layer, thereby forming a plurality of stacked structures. The organic dielectric layer is removed. A dielectric layer blanketly covers the patterns, the stacked structures, and the substrate.

Method of forming stacked structure of memory

A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first support layer, a first electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a second electrode. The first support layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and penetrates the first support layer. The capacitor dielectric layer is disposed on the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and at least a part of the capacitor dielectric layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first support layer includes a carbon doped nitride layer, and a carbon concentration of a bottom portion of the first support layer is higher than a carbon concentration of a top portion of the first support layer.

Manufacturing method of semiconductor memory device

A method of forming an isolation structure includes the following steps. A substrate having a first trench, a second trench and a third trench is provided, wherein the opening of the third trench is larger than the opening of the second trench, and the opening of the second trench is larger than the opening of the first trench. A first oxide layer is formed to conformally cover the first trench, the second trench and the third trench by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. A second oxide layer fills up the first trench by an in-situ steam generation (ISSG) process.

Method of forming isolation structure

A method of changing a formation rate of silicon oxide includes providing a substrate, wherein two conductive lines are disposed on the substrate and a recess is between the conductive lines. Later, a cleaning process is performed to clean the substrate and the conductive lines using diluted hydrofluoric acid. After the cleaning process, a silicon oxide layer is formed to cover a sidewall and a bottom of the recess, wherein a formation rate of the silicon oxide layer at the bottom of the recess is greater than a formation rate of the silicon oxide layer at the sidewall of the recess.

Fabricating method of oxide layer within peripheral circuit region

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a cobalt silicide film is provided in the present invention. The method includes the steps of providing a silicon structure with an interlayer dielectric formed thereon, forming a contact hole in the interlayer dielectric to expose the silicon structure, depositing a cobalt film on the exposed silicon structure at a temperature between 300&#xb0; C.-400&#xb0; C., wherein a cobalt protecting film is in-situ formed on the surface of the cobalt film, performing a rapid thermal process to transform the cobalt film into a cobalt silicide film, and removing untransformed cobalt film.

Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a cobalt silicide film

A method of forming a semiconductor memory device includes following steps. First of all, a target layer is provided, and a mask structure is formed on the target layer, with the mask structure including a first mask layer a sacrificial layer and a second mask layer. The first mask layer and the second mask layer include the same material but in different containing ratio. Next, the second mask layer and the sacrificial layer are patterned, to form a plurality of mandrels. Then, a plurality of spacer patterns are formed to surround the mandrels, and then transferred into the first mask layer to form a plurality of opening not penetrating the first mask layer. Finally, the first mask layer is used as a mask to etch the target layer, to form a plurality of target patterns.

Method of forming semiconductor device

A method of forming an oxide layer includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A surface of the substrate is treated to form an oxygen ion-rich surface. A spin-on-dielectric layer is formed on the oxygen ion-rich surface of the substrate. The present invention also provides a method of forming an oxide layer including the following steps. A substrate is provided. A surface of the substrate is treated with a hydrogen peroxide (HO) solution or a surface of the substrate is treated with oxygen containing gas, to form an oxygen ion-rich surface. A spin-on-dielectric layer is formed on the oxygen ion-rich surface of the substrate.

Method of forming oxide layer

A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate and a patterned conductive structure. The patterned conductive structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The patterned conductive structure includes a first silicon conductive layer, a second silicon conductive layer, an interface layer, a barrier layer, and a metal conductive layer. The second silicon conductive layer is disposed on the first silicon conductive layer. The interface layer is disposed between the first silicon conductive layer and the second silicon conductive layer, and the interface layer includes oxygen. The barrier layer is disposed on the second silicon conductive layer. The metal conductive layer is disposed on the barrier layer.

Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention provides a method for forming an amorphous silicon multiple layer structure, the method comprises the flowing steps: first, a substrate material layer is provided, next, a first amorphous silicon layer is formed on the substrate material layer, wherein the first amorphous silicon layer includes a plurality of hydrogen atoms disposed therein, afterwards, an UV curing process is performed to the first amorphous silicon layer, so as to remove the hydrogen atoms from the first amorphous silicon layer, finally, a second amorphous silicon layer is formed on the first amorphous silicon layer.

Method for forming amorphous silicon multuple layer structure

The present invention provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising at least the steps of: providing a substrate in which a memory region and a peripheral region are defined, the memory region includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell includes at least a first transistor and a capacitor, the peripheral region compress a second transistor, a first insulating layer is formed within the memory region and the peripheral region by an atomic layer deposition process, covering the capacitor of the memory cells in the memory region and the second transistor in the peripheral region, and a second insulating layer is formed, overlying the first insulating layer and the peripheral region. Finally, a contact structure is formed within the second insulating layer, and electrically connecting the second transistor.

Method for forming semiconductor device

The present invention provides a semiconductor structure comprising a substrate, a cell region defined on the substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes of the capacitor structures located in the cell region, an top support structure, contacting a top region of the lower electrode structure, and at least one middle support structure located between the substrate and the top support structure, contacting a middle region of the lower electrode structure, wherein when viewed in a top view, the top support structure and the middle support structure do not completely overlapped with each other.

Semiconductor structure

A semiconductor device is provided, including: a substrate having a first area and a second area; several first gate structures formed at the first area, and at least one of the first gate structures including a first hardmask on a first gate, and the first gate structure having a first gate length; several second gate structures formed at the second area, and at least one of the second gate structures including a second hardmask on a second gate, and the second gate structure having a second gate length. The first gate length is smaller than the second gate length, and the first hardmask contains at least a portion of nitrogen (N)-based silicon nitride (SiN) which is free of OH concentration.

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device having gate structure with reduced threshold voltage

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Wei-Hsin Liu