Self-aligned contact set
View Patent ↗A self-aligned contact includes a lower contact disposed in a dielectric layer of a substrate and an upper contact disposed in the dielectric layer and directly on the lower contact, and electrically connected to the lower contact. The profile of the upper contact and the lower contact is zigzag.
1. A self-aligned contact set, comprising:
a self-aligned gate contact; and
a self-aligned source/drain contact;
wherein each of the self-aligned gate contact and the self-aligned source/drain contact comprises:
a lower contact, disposed in a dielectric layer on a substrate; and
an upper contact, disposed in the dielectric layer and on the lower contact, and directly connected to the lower contact, wherein the lower contact and the upper contact are monolithically formed, and the profile of the upper contact and the lower contact is zigzag, and a top end of the lower contact of the self-aligned gate contact is higher than a top end of the lower contact of the self-aligned source/drain contact.
2. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower contact has a wide top end and a narrow bottom end.
3. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upper contact has a wide top end and a narrow bottom end.
4. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a size of a top end of the upper contact of the self-aligned gate contact is larger than a size of the top end of the lower contact of the self-aligned gate contact, and a size of a top end of the upper contact of the self-aligned source/drain contact is larger than a size of the top end of the lower contact of the self-aligned source/drain contact.
5. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, the lower contact is disposed in the first dielectric layer, and the upper contact is disposed in the second dielectric layer.
6. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first dielectric layer is a stress layer.
7. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the material of the first dielectric layer is selected from a group consisting of silicon oxide deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD, silicon oxide deposited by high density plasma vapor deposition, phosphosilicate glass, borophosphosilicate glass, fluorine-doped silicon glass, and a combination thereof.
8. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first dielectric layer is conformally disposed on the substrate.
9. The self-aligned contact set as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the top end of the lower contact of each of the self-aligned gate contact and the self-aligned source/drain contact is substantially level with a top surface of the first dielectric layer.