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Simplifying conductive plate/via isolation

US6271078A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 1999
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B12/312
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dry etch using CFx in an O2-rich environment will clean the contact/via at the same time it retracts a layer of TiN enclosed in the dielectric layer, such as the plate layer in a Capacitor-Under-Bitline DRAM cell.

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