IP Library Granted Patent US 9,105,590
Granted Patent B2
US 9,105,590 · App. 13/206,523 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Semiconductor structure having material layers which are level with each other and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,105,590
App. No.
13/206,523
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor structure is provided in the present invention. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first material layer and a second material layer. A trench region is defined on the substrate. The trench region includes two separated first regions and a second region, wherein the second region is adjacent to and between the two first regions. The first material layer is disposed on the substrate outside the trench region. The second material layer is disposed in the second region and is level with the first material layer.

Claims (33)

1. A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a substrate having at least a trench region, wherein from top view of the substrate, the trench region includes two separated first regions, and a second region between and adjacent to the two first regions;

a first material layer disposed on the substrate outside the trench region;

a second material layer disposed in the second region; and

a third material layer only disposed in the first regions, wherein a top surface of the third material layer is level with a top surface of the first material layer and a top surface of the second material layer, and a bottom surface of the third material layer is level with a bottom surface of the first material layer and a bottom surface of the second material layer.

2. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first material layer and the second material layer comprise different dielectric materials.

3. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second region comprises a set of parallel sides.

4. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second material layer is disposed only in the second region.

5. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second material layer is further disposed in the region outside the trench region and extends to a second region of another trench region.

6. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the two first regions include a substantially trapezoidal shape.

7. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the trench region includes a substantially rectangular shape.

8. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first material layer and the third material layer include different dielectric materials and the second material layer includes silicon.

9. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first material layer and the second material layer include different dielectric materials and the third material layer includes conductive material.

10. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising:

providing a substrate having a trench region, wherein from top view of the substrate, the trench region includes two separated first regions, and a second region adjacent to and between the two first regions;

forming a first material layer on the substrate and then removing the first material layer in the trench region to form a first patterned material layer;

forming a second patterned material layer in the second region on the substrate;

forming a third material layer only in the first regions,

wherein after forming the first patterned material layer, the second patterned material layer and the third material layer, a top surface of the third material layer is level with a top surface of the first patterned material layer and a top surface of the second patterned material layer, and a bottom surface of the third material layer is level with a bottom surface of the first material layer and a bottom surface of the second patterned material layer.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the second region comprises a set of parallel sides.

12. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the first patterned material layer comprises an etching selectivity with respect to the second patterned material layer.

13. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the first patterned material layer is formed before the second patterned material layer.

14. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the first patterned material layer is formed after the second patterned material layer.

15. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the third material layer is formed after the first patterned material layer and the second patterned material layer.

16. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 15 , wherein the first material layer and the second patterned material layer include different dielectric materials and the third material layer includes conductive material.

17. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the third material layer is formed after the first patterned material layer and before the second patterned material layer.

18. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 17 , wherein the first material layer and the third material layer include different dielectric materials and the second patterned material layer includes silicon.

19. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein forming the first patterned material layer comprises using a first mask pattern and forming the second patterned material layer comprises using a second mask pattern, wherein the first mask pattern is substantially perpendicular to the second mask pattern.

20. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising:

providing a substrate having a trench region, wherein the trench region includes two separated first regions, and a second region adjacent to and between the two first regions;

forming a first material layer on the substrate and then removing the first material layer in the trench region to form a first patterned material layer

forming a second patterned material layer in the second region on the substrate, wherein the second patterned material layer is level with the first patterned material layer; and

after forming the first patterned material layer and the second patterned material layer, performing an etching process by using the first patterned material layer and the second patterned material layer as a mask to etch the substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2011
From: CHEN, TONG-YU
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 026724/0001 →