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Method of producing a semiconductor device using a reticle having a polygonal shaped hole
Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd
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Filing: 1995-01-05
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Granted: 1996-06-11
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Expires: 2015-01-05
Abstract
Abstract A method of producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of (a) preparing a substrate having a semiconductor element formed in a predetermined region of a surface of the substrate, (b) forming a first layer on the substrate, where the first layer is made of silicon oxide including at least one of boron and phosphor, (c) forming a second layer on a surface of the first layer, where the second layer is made of a material selected from a group consisting of silicon nitride and silicon oxide nitride, (d) coating a resist layer on the entire surface of the substrate, (e) exposing and developing a predetermined region of the resist layer using a reticle having a first opening so as to form a second opening in the resist layer, where the first opening has a polygonal shape having n corners respectively having obtuse angles and n is a natural number satisfying n≧5, and (f) etching the second and first layers via the second opening.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinichiro Ikemasu
- 👤 Taiji Ema
- 👤 Masaya Katayama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 17:05
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/01; H10D1/041; H10D1/042; H10B; H10B12/00; H10B12/01; H10B12/02; H10B12/03; H10B12/033; H10B12/30; H10B12/31; H10B12/318; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/692; H10D1/711; H10D1/714; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/071; H10W20/081; H10W20/089; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/106; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/942; Y10S438/948
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a substrate having a semiconductor element formed in a region of a surface of the substrate; (b) forming a first layer on the substrate, said first layer being made of silicon oxide including at least one of boron and phosphorus; (c) forming a second layer on a surface of the first layer, said second layer being made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride and silicon oxide nitride; (d) coating a resist layer on the entire surface of the substrate; (e) disposing on said resist a reticle, having a first opening, having a polygonal shape having n corners, respectively having obtuse angles, where n is a natural number satisfying n≧5, through which a portion of said resist is exposed; (e-1) developing said portion of said resist layer exposed through said first opening so as to form a second opening in the resist layer whereby exposing a portion of said second layer; and (f) etching the second and first layers via the second opening.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a substrate having a semiconductor element formed in a region of a surface of the substrate; (b) forming a first layer on the substrate, said first layer being made of silicon oxide including at least one of boron and phosphorus; (c) forming a second layer on a surface of the first layer, said second layer being made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride and silicon oxide nitride; (d) coating a resist layer on the entire surface of the substrate; (e) disposing on said resist a reticle, having a first opening, having a polygonal shape having n corners, respectively having obtuse angles, where n is a natural number satisfying n≧5, through which a portion of said resist is exposed; (e-1) developing said portion of said resist layer exposed through said first opening so as to form a second opening in the resist layer whereby exposing a portion of said second layer; and (f) etching the second and first layers via the second opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises, after said step (c) and prior to said step (d), the step of: (g) forming a third layer on the second layer, said third layer having an etching resistance different from that of the second layer, and also etching the third layer via the second opening during said step (f).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said step (a) prepares a substrate having a test pattern region formed in a portion of the substrate, and said step (e-1) forms the second opening in the test pattern region on the surface of the substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
146 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3, wherein: said step (e-1) forms at least a third opening simultaneously as the forming of second opening, said step (f) etches the third, second and first layers via the third opening to form a contact hole, and further comprising the steps of: (h) after said step (f), forming a first conductor layer on an entire surface of the semiconductor device including an inner surface of the contact hole, said first conductor layer having an etching resistance different from that of the third layer; (i) patterning the first conductor layer so that the first conductor layer remains on the inner surface of the contact hole and in a region in a vicinity of an opening of the contact hole; and (j) etching the third layer to expose a bottom surface of the first conductor layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
146 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4, which further comprises, after said step (g) and prior to said step (d), the steps of: (k) alternately stacking a second conductor layer and a fourth layer on the third layer to form a stacked structure having at least two layers, said second conductor layer having an etching resistance different from that of the third layer, said fourth layer having an etching resistance that is approximately the same as that of the third layer, said step (f) forming the contact hole that penetrates the stacked structure; and (1) after said step (i), patterning the stacked structure to a shape that is approximately the same as that of the first conductor layer, said step (j) etching the fourth layer simultaneously as the third layer and exposing bottom surfaces of the first and second conductor layers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said third and fourth layers are respectively made of silicon oxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4, which further comprises, after said step (j), the steps of: (k) forming a dielectric layer on exposed surfaces of the first and second conductor layers; and (1) forming a third conductor layer on the entire surface of the semiconductor device including a surface of the dielectric layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7, wherein: said semiconductor element is made up of a MOSFET having an insulated gate electrode and source and drain regions formed on both sides of the insulated gate electrode, and said step (f) forms the contact hole so as to expose a surface of one of the source and drain regions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said step (e) uses a reticle having a fourth opening having a rectangular shape for forming the third opening.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2, which further comprises, after said step (f), the step of: (h) etching the third layer under conditions which will not completely remove said second layer, wherein, prior to said step (h), said second layer has a thickness greater than the amount of the thickness of the second layer etched in said step (h) but less than 30 nm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
105 words
The method of producing the semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4, wherein: said step (i) patterns the first conductor layer to a parallelogram shape having the opening of the contact hole at approximately a center of the parallelogram, said step (j) etches the third layer by an amount corresponding to a length of a perpendicular drawn from the center of the parallelogram to a longer side of the parallelogram, and said step (c) forms the second layer to a thickness greater than the amount of the thickness of the second layer removed by said etching in said step (j) but less than 30 nm.
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