IP Library Granted Patent US 8,685,861
Granted Patent B2
US 8,685,861 · App. 11/462,036 · Granted Apr 1, 2014

Integrated circuit system with contact distribution film

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Patent No.
US 8,685,861
App. No.
11/462,036
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A integrated circuit system including providing an integrated circuit device, forming an undoped insulating layer over the integrated circuit device, forming a thin insulating layer over the undoped insulating layer, forming a doped insulating layer over the thin insulating layer, and forming a contact in the undoped insulating layer, thin insulating layer and the doped insulating layer.

Claims (20)

1. A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system comprising:

providing an integrated circuit device;

forming an undoped insulating layer over the integrated circuit device;

forming a thin insulating layer over the undoped insulating layer having a dopant level within a range of dopant levels for preventing lateral etch by depositing the thin insulating layer with a flow of dopant between about thirty percent to about fifty percent of a bulk flow of the dopant;

forming a doped insulating layer over the thin insulating layer by depositing the doped insulating layer with the bulk flow of the dopant;

forming a recess by etching only the undoped insulating layer, the thin insulating layer and the doped insulating layer, the thin insulating layer including a thin insulating layer sidewall sloped less than a sidewall of the undoped insulating layer and a sidewall of the doped insulating layer; and

forming a contact in the recess.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the thin insulating layer comprises forming a lightly doped thin insulating layer between the undoped insulating layer and the doped insulating layer.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the doped insulating layer comprises depositing a doped TEOS layer.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the contact comprises forming a tungsten contact.

5. A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system with contact film comprising:

forming an integrated circuit device having a semiconductor layer on a substrate;

depositing an undoped insulating layer over the substrate;

depositing a thin insulating layer on the undoped insulating layer having a dopant level within a range of dopant levels for preventing lateral etch by depositing the thin insulating layer with a flow of dopant between about thirty percent to about fifty percent of a bulk flow of the dopant;

depositing a doped insulating layer on the thin insulating layer by depositing the doped insulating layer with the bulk flow of the dopant;

forming a recess by etching only the undoped insulating layer, the thin insulating layer and the doped insulating layer, the thin insulating layer including a thin insulating layer sidewall sloped less than a sidewall of the undoped insulating layer and a sidewall of the doped insulating layer; and

depositing a contact in the recess.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 wherein depositing the thin insulating layer comprises depositing a lightly doped thin insulating layer having dopants combined with the dielectric by a deposition system.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 wherein depositing the contact comprises forming a graduated profile.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising depositing an interconnect layer over the contact interconnecting the integrated circuit device.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054481/0673 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 047660/0203 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2006
From: YONG, CHIH PING; CHEW, PETER; YEAP, CHUIN BOON; YAP, HOON LIAN; SINGH, RANBIR; ROSSI, NACE; LIM, JOVIN
To: CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD.
Reel/Frame 018043/0862 →