| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080237748 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRESS FILM AND STRAINED-SILICON TRANSISTORS - A method for fabricating strained silicon transistors is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, in which the semiconductor substrate includes a gate, at least a spacer, and a source/drain region formed thereon. Next, a precursor, silane, and ammonia are injected, in which the precursor is reacted with silane and ammonia to form a high compressive stress film on the surface of the gate, the spacer, and the source/drain region. Preferably, the high compressive stress film can be utilized in the fabrication of a poly stressor, a contact etch stop layer, and dual contact etch stop layers. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090274852 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRESS FILM AND STRAINED-SILICON TRANSISTORS - A method for fabricating strained silicon transistors is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, in which the semiconductor substrate includes a gate, at least a spacer, and a source/drain region formed thereon. Next, a precursor, silane, and ammonia are injected, in which the precursor is reacted with silane and ammonia to form a high compressive stress film on the surface of the gate, the spacer, and the source/drain region. Preferably, the high compressive stress film can be utilized in the fabrication of a poly stressor, a contact etch stop layer, and dual contact etch stop layers. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100001317 | CMOS TRANSISTOR AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A CMOS transistor and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A semiconductor substrate having at least a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor is provided. The source/drain of the PMOS transistor comprises SiGe epitaxial layer. A carbon implantation process is performed to form a carbon-doped layer in the top portion of the source/drain of the PMOS transistor. A silicide layer is formed on the source/drain. A CESL is formed on the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor. The formation of the carbon-doped layer is capable of preventing Ge out-diffusion. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100035401 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING MOS TRANSISTORS - A method for fabricating metal-oxide transistors is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate having a gate structure is provided, in which the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate. A source/drain region is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and a cleaning step is performed to fully remove native oxides from the surface of the semiconductor substrate. An oxidation process is conducted to form an oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate and the oxide layer is then treated with fluorine-containing plasma to form a fluorine-containing layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A metal layer is deposited on the semiconductor substrate thereafter and a thermal treatment is performed to transform the metal layer into a silicide layer. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100304042 | METHOD FOR FORMING SUPERHIGH STRESS LAYER - A method for forming super high stress layer is provided. First, a substrate is provided. Second, an ammonia-related pretreatment is performed on the substrate. The flow rate of ammonia is not less than s.c.c.m. and the high-frequency source power is set to be not less than 800 W. Later, the super high stress layer is formed on the substrate having undergone the ammonia-related pretreatment. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110065245 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING MOS TRANSISTOR - A method for fabricating a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate structure on the semiconductor substrate and a source/drain region in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to two sides of the gate structure; covering a stress layer on the gate structure and the source/drain region; etching away the stress layer to form a plurality of openings with larger top and smaller bottom to expose surface of the gate structure and the source/drain region; forming a metal layer in the openings; and using the stress layer as a salicide block to react the metal layer with the gate structure and the source/drain region for forming a plurality of silicide layers. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110169095 | STRAINED-SILICON TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A structure of a strained-silicon transistor includes a PMOS disposed on a substrate, a silicon nitride layer positioned on the PMOS, and a compressive stress film disposed on the silicon nitride layer, wherein the silicon nitride has a stress between −0.1 Gpa and −3.2 Gpa, and the stress of the silicon nitride is smaller than the stress of the compressive stress layer. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110189855 | METHOD FOR CLEANING SURFACE CONTAINING Cu - A method for cleaning a surface is disclosed. First, a substrate including Cu and a barrier layer is provided. Second, a first chemical mechanical polishing procedure is performed on the substrate. Then, a second chemical mechanical polishing procedure is performed on the barrier layer. The second chemical mechanical polishing procedure includes performing a main chemical mechanical polishing procedure to partially remove the barrier layer and performing a chemical buffing procedure on the substrate using a chemical solution which has a pH value of about 6 to about 8 to remove residues on the substrate after the main chemical mechanical polishing procedure. Later, a water rinsing procedure is performed on the substrate. Afterwards, a post clean procedure is performed on the substrate after the second chemical mechanical polishing procedure. | 08-04-2011 |