Iodine-containing fluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon compounds for etching semiconductor structures

F Marchegiani - US Patent 11,798,811, 2023 - Google Patents
Disclosed are methods for etching a silicon-containing film to form a patterned structure,
methods for reinforcing and/or strengthening and/or minimizing damage of a patterned mask …

Process integration techniques using a carbon layer to form self-aligned structures

A Mosden, K Kumar - US Patent 10,600,687, 2020 - Google Patents
Process integration techniques are disclosed that use a carbon fill layer during formation of
self-aligned structures. A carbon layer may be placed over an etch stop layer. A cap layer …

Field-effect transistors with self-aligned and non-self-aligned contact openings

M Aquilino, D Jaeger, N Siddiqui, J Dechene… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of form ing a field-effect transistor. A
sidewall spacer is arranged adjacent to a sidewall of a gate electrode, a source/drain region …

Selective deposition of metal barrier in damascene processes

CP Kuo, YL Lee, CY Shen - US Patent 12,068,194, 2024 - Google Patents
A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes forming an etch stop layer over a
conductive feature, forming a dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, forming an opening in …

Contact Openings in Semiconductor Devices

B Messer, A Metz - US Patent App. 17/321,041, 2021 - Google Patents
In certain embodiments, a method for processing a semiconductor substrate includes
receiving a semiconductor substrate that includes a nitride etch stop layer aligned to a gate …

Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication

MF Shieh, HC Hsieh, WH Tseng - US Patent 11,735,477, 2023 - Google Patents
US11735477B2 - Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication - Google Patents
US11735477B2 - Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication - Google Patents Method …