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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Ming-hsing Liu, Tainan, TW;
Chia-hsiun Yu, Tainan, TW;
Ming-Hsing Liu, Tainan, TW;
Chia-Hsiun Yu, Tainan, TW;
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides a fabrication method of an opening. The method includes providing a substrate having a conductive region therein. Thereafter, a dielectric layer is formed over the substrate and then a stacked layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The stacked layer includes a patterned metal hard mask layer, a patterned silicon oxynitride layer and a patterned silicon oxide layer on the dielectric layer in sequence. Afterward, a first portion of the dielectric layer is removed using the stacked layer as a first mask to form a first opening that exposes a surface of the conductive region.