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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009

Filed:

May. 01, 2007
Applicants:

Kai Frohberg, Niederau, DE;

Volker Grimm, Langebrueck, DE;

Sven Mueller, Wiednitz, DE;

Matthias Lehr, Dresden, DE;

Ralf Richter, Dresden, DE;

Jochen Klais, Radebeul, DE;

Martin Mazur, Dresden, DE;

Heike Salz, Radebeul, DE;

Joerg Hohage, Dresden, DE;

Matthias Schaller, Dresden, DE;

Inventors:

Kai Frohberg, Niederau, DE;

Volker Grimm, Langebrueck, DE;

Sven Mueller, Wiednitz, DE;

Matthias Lehr, Dresden, DE;

Ralf Richter, Dresden, DE;

Jochen Klais, Radebeul, DE;

Martin Mazur, Dresden, DE;

Heike Salz, Radebeul, DE;

Joerg Hohage, Dresden, DE;

Matthias Schaller, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/461 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

By performing a plasma treatment for efficiently sealing the surface of a stressed dielectric layer containing silicon nitride, an enhanced performance during the patterning of contact openings may be achieved, since nitrogen-induced resist poisoning may be significantly reduced during the selective patterning of stressed layers of different types of intrinsic stress.

Published as:
US2008081480A1; DE102006046374A1; US7550396B2; DE102006046374B4;

Find Patent Forward Citations

Frohberg, Kai. (2009). Method for reducing resist poisoning during patterning of silicon nitride layers in a semiconductor device (U.S. Patent No. 7550396). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7550396

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