Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material – To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-15
2008-07-22
Ghyka, Alexander G (Department: 2812)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material
To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
C438S682000, C257SE21165
Reexamination Certificate
active
07402512
ABSTRACT:
A high aspect ratio contact structure formed over a junction region in a silicon substrate comprises a titanium interspersed with titanium silicide layer that is deposited in the contact opening and directly contacts an upper surface of the substrate. Silicon-doping of CVD titanium, from the addition of SiH4during deposition, reduces consumption of substrate silicon during the subsequent silicidation reaction in which the titanium reacts with silicon to form a titanium silicide layer that provides low resistance electrical contacts between the junction region and the silicon substrate. The contact structure further comprises a titanium nitride contact fill that is deposited in the contact opening and fills substantially the entire contact opening.
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Castrovillo Paul
Derraa Ammar
Sharan Sujit
Ghyka Alexander G
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
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