Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making field effect device having pair of active regions... – Having insulated gate
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Fourson, George (Department: 2823)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making field effect device having pair of active regions...
Having insulated gate
C438S396000, C438S692000, C438S753000, C438S906000, C438S958000, C438S928000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06972227
ABSTRACT:
Semiconductor processing methods are described which can be used to reduce the chances of an inadvertent contamination during processing. In one implementation, a semiconductor wafer backside is mechanically scrubbed to remove an undesired material prior to forming a final passivation layer over an oppositely facing semiconductor wafer frontside. In another implementation, the wafer backside is treated to remove the undesired material while treatment of the wafer frontside is restricted. In another implementation, the mechanical scrubbing of the wafer backside is conducted in connection with a polishing solution which is effective to facilitate removal of undesired material from the wafer backside. In a preferred implementation, dynamic random access memory storage capacitors are formed and the undesired material constitutes remnant polysilicon which adheres to the wafer backside during formation of a frontside capacitor storage node. In accordance with this implementation, the wafer backside is mechanically scrubbed prior to formation of a storage capacitor dielectric layer, with such mechanical scrubbing taking place in connection with a polishing solution comprising tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH) having a desired concentration.
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