Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and method of manufacture using a contact etch stop layer (CESL) breakthrough process
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Application No.: US16906615Application Date: 2020-06-19
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Publication No.: US11488857B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Yu-Shih Wang , Po-Nan Yeh , U-Ting Chiu , Chun-Neng Lin , Chia-Cheng Chen , Liang-Yin Chen , Ming-Hsi Yeh , Kuo-Bin Huang
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H01L21/768
- IPC: H01L21/768 ; H01L23/522 ; H01L23/532

Abstract:
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture are described herein. A method includes forming an opening through an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to expose a contact etch stop layer (CESL) disposed over a conductive feature in a metallization layer. The opening is formed using photo sensitive materials, lithographic techniques, and a dry etch process that stops on the CESL. Once the CESL is exposed, a CESL breakthrough process is performed to extend the opening through the CESL and expose the conductive feature. The CESL breakthrough process is a flexible process with a high selectivity of the CESL to ILD layer. Once the CESL breakthrough process has been performed, a conductive fill material may be deposited to fill or overfill the opening and is then planarized with the ILD layer to form a contact plug over the conductive feature in an intermediate step of forming a semiconductor device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210134660A1 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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