IP Library Granted Patent US 8,415,723
Granted Patent B2
US 8,415,723 · App. 13/490,482 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Spacer structure wherein carbon-containing oxide film formed within

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Patent No.
US 8,415,723
App. No.
13/490,482
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spacer structure contains a carbon-containing oxide film positioned on a gate sidewall and a nitride film covering the carbon-containing oxide film. The carbon-containing oxide film has low etch rate so that the spacer structure can have a good profile during etching the carbon-containing oxide film.

Claims (32)

1. A spacer structure comprising:

a nitride film positioned on a gate sidewall;

a first carbon-containing oxide film disposed between the gate sidewall and the nitride film; and

a second carbon-containing oxide film covering the nitride film, and the nitride film being disposed between the first carbon-containing oxide film and the second carbon-containing oxide film.

2. The spacer structure of claim 1 , wherein the first carbon-containing oxide film and the nitride film together compose an L-shaped structure.

3. The spacer structure of claim 1 , wherein the nitride film is a carbon-containing nitride film.

4. The spacer structure of claim 1 , wherein the spacer structure further comprises an offset spacer positioned between the gate sidewall and the first carbon-containing oxide film.

5. The spacer structure of claim 4 , wherein the offset spacer comprises an oxide film.

6. The spacer structure of claim 5 , wherein the oxide film of the offset spacer is a third carbon-containing oxide film.

7. The spacer structure of claim 5 , wherein the offset spacer further comprises a nitride film between the oxide film of the offset spacer and the first carbon-containing oxide film.

8. The spacer structure of claim 7 , wherein the nitride film is a carbon-containing nitride film.

9. The spacer structure of claim 1 , wherein the first carbon-containing oxide film and the nitride film respectively have an L-shaped profile.

10. The spacer structure of claim 1 , wherein the nitride film directly contacts and directly covers a surface of the first carbon-containing oxide film, and the surface of the first carbon-containing oxide film is in parallel with the gate sidewall.

11. A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor structure comprising:

a gate electrode positioned on a substrate;

a source and drain positioned in the substrate near two sides of the gate electrode;

a gate insulation film positioned between the gate electrode and the silicon substrate; and

a spacer structure positioned on the sidewall of the gate electrode, the spacer structure comprising:

an offset spacer positioned on the sidewall of the gate electrode; and

an L-shaped structure covering the offset spacer comprising:

a nitride film covering the surface of the offset spacer;

a first carbon-containing oxide film disposed between the surface of the offset spacer and the nitride film; and

a second carbon-containing oxide film covering the nitride film, and the nitride film being disposed between the first carbon-containing oxide film and the second carbon-containing oxide film.

12. The MOS transistor structure of claim 11 , wherein the nitride film is a carbon-containing nitride film.

13. The MOS transistor structure of claim 11 , wherein the offset spacer comprises an oxide film.

14. The MOS transistor structure of claim 13 , wherein the oxide film of the offset spacer is a third carbon-containing oxide film.

15. The MOS transistor structure of claim 13 , wherein the oxide film of the offset spacer covers the sidewall of the gate electrode.

16. The MOS transistor structure of claim 13 , wherein the offset spacer further comprises a nitride film between the oxide film of the offset spacer and the first carbon-containing oxide film.

17. The MOS transistor structure of claim 16 , wherein the nitride film is a carbon-containing nitride film.

18. The MOS transistor structure of claim 11 , wherein each of the first carbon-containing oxide film and the nitride film has an L-shaped profile.

19. The MOS transistor structure of claim 11 , wherein the nitride film directly contacts and directly covers a surface of the first carbon-containing oxide film, and the surface of the first carbon-containing oxide film is in parallel with the sidewall of the gate electrode.

20. The MOS transistor structure of claim 11 , wherein the nitride film is disposed on the two sides of the gate electrode without covering a top surface of the gate electrode.

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 Jun 7, 2012
From: CHENG, PO-LUN; LIU, CHE-HUNG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 028332/0110 →