FORMATION OF A TRENCH USING A POLYMERIZING RADICAL MATERIAL
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to forming a trench using a polymerizing radical material. An example method includes depositing a polymerizing radical material in a number of trenches formed over a substrate. The method further includes etching a portion of the deposited polymerizing radical material from the number of trenches. The example method further includes selectively etching into one of the number of trenches below the deposited polymerizing radical material. The one of the number of trenches is narrower than another of the number of trenches.
1 . A method, comprising:
depositing a polymerizing radical material in a number of trenches formed over a substrate;
etching a portion of the deposited polymerizing radical material from the number of trenches; and
selectively etching into one of the number of trenches below the deposited polymerizing radical material;
wherein the one of the number of trenches is narrower than another of the number of trenches.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the etching of the portion of the deposited polymerizing material comprises etching using reactive radicals with a high bias power of between 800 to 1600 volts to remove the deposited polymerizing radical material.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the another of the number of trenches is not selectively etched below the deposited polymerizing radical material.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymerizing radical material comprises one of CF 4 and CH 2 F 2 .
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymerizing radical material is deposited on a silicate material in the number of trenches.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the deposition of the polymerizing radical material comprises depositing a deeper layer of the polymerizing radical material in a first set of the number of trenches that are wider than a second set of the number of trenches.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the selective etching comprises selectively etching a silicate material that the polymerizing radical material is deposited on faster than the polymerizing radical material.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one of the number of trenches is an active word line trench.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the another of the number of trenches is a passing word line trench.
10 . A method comprising:
depositing a polymerizing radical material in a number of trenches formed over a substrate, wherein the polymerizing radical material is deposited at a higher rate in a first set of the number of trenches than a second set of the number of trenches, wherein each of the first set are wider than the second set;
etching:
a portion of the deposited polymerizing radical material from the first set of the number of trenches; and
the deposited polymerizing radical material from the second set of the number of trenches; and
selectively etching into a silicate material of the second set of the number of trenches that the polymerizing radical material was deposited on.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein a silicate material that the polymerizing radical material is deposited on is exposed in the other of the number of trenches prior to being exposed in the portion of the number of trenches.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the silicate material comprises one of a borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG) material and a TEOS material.
13 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising forming a column of capacitor material in the number of trenches.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the etching is performed using reactive radicals with a high bias power from 800 to 1600 volts to remove all of the deposited polymerizing radical material from the second set of the number of trenches.
15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the deposited polymerizing radical material has low bias power of between 100 to 200 volts.
16 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising subsequent to selectively etching, depositing additional polymerizing radical material in the number of trenches.
17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
etching the additional polymerizing radical material; and
selectively etching further into the silicate material of the second set of the number of trenches.
18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising repeating depositing, etching, and selectively etching until the second set of the number of trenches reach a particular threshold depth.
19 . An apparatus, comprising:
a first set of active word line trenches on a substrate; and
a second set of passing word line trenches on the substrate;
wherein the first set of active word line trenches are deeper toward the substrate than the second set of passing word line trenches.
20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the first set of active word line trenches are narrower than the second set of passing word line trenches.