US20110117743A1 - Multiple deposition for integration of spacers in pitch multiplication process - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to integrated circuit fabrication and, more particularly, to masking techniques.
- integrated circuits are continuously being reduced in size.
- the sizes of the constituent features that form the integrated circuits e.g., electrical devices and interconnect lines, are also constantly being decreased to facilitate this size reduction.
- DRAM dynamic random access memories
- SRAM static random access memories
- FE ferroelectric
- DRAM typically comprises millions of identical circuit elements, known as memory cells.
- a memory cell typically consists of two electrical devices: a storage capacitor and an access field effect transistor. Each memory cell is an addressable location that can store one bit (binary digit) of data. A bit can be written to a cell through the transistor and can be read by sensing charge in the capacitor.
- Pitch is defined as the distance between an identical point in two neighboring features. These features are typically defined by spaces between adjacent features, which spaces are typically filled by a material, such as an insulator. As a result, pitch can be viewed as the sum of the width of a feature and of the width of the space on one side of the feature separating that feature from a neighboring feature.
- photolithography techniques each have a resolution limit that results in a minimum pitch below which a particular photolithographic technique cannot reliably form features.
- the minimum pitch of a photolithographic technique is an obstacle to continued feature size reduction.
- Pitch doubling” or “pitch multiplication” is one proposed method for extending the capabilities of photolithographic techniques beyond their minimum pitch.
- a pitch multiplication method is illustrated in FIGS. 1A-1F and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,810, issued to Lowrey et al., the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- a pattern of lines 10 is photolithographically formed in a photoresist layer, which overlies a layer 20 of an expendable material, which in turn overlies a substrate 30 . As shown in FIG.
- the pattern is then transferred using an etch (preferably an anisotropic etch) to the layer 20 , thereby forming placeholders, or mandrels, 40 .
- the photoresist lines 10 can be stripped and the mandrels 40 can be isotropically etched to increase the distance between neighboring mandrels 40 , as shown in FIG. 1C .
- a layer 50 of spacer material is subsequently deposited over the mandrels 40 , as shown in FIG. 1D .
- Spacers 60 i.e., the material extending or originally formed extending from sidewalls of another material, are then formed on the sides of the mandrels 40 .
- the spacer formation is accomplished by preferentially etching the spacer material from the horizontal surfaces 70 and 80 in a directional spacer etch, as shown in FIG. 1E .
- the remaining mandrels 40 are then removed, leaving behind only the spacers 60 , which together act as a mask for patterning, as shown in FIG. 1F .
- the same width now includes two features and two spaces, with the spaces defined by, e.g., the spacers 60 .
- the smallest feature size possible with a photolithographic technique is effectively decreased.
- pitch doubling this reduction in pitch is conventionally referred to as pitch “doubling,” or, more generally, pitch “multiplication.”
- pitch “multiplication” of pitch by a certain factor actually involves reducing the pitch by that factor.
- the conventional terminology is retained herein.
- the separation between the spacers 60 is partly dependent upon the width of the mandrels 40 .
- any deformation of the mandrels 40 can change the desired position of the spacers 60 .
- the mandrels 40 can be deformed during processing steps that occur after they are formed.
- a process for semiconductor processing.
- the process comprises providing a plurality of mandrels over a substrate in a reaction chamber.
- a first layer of spacer material is deposited on the mandrels using a first set of reactive species.
- a second layer of spacer material is then deposited over the mandrels using a second set of reactive species.
- the first and second layers of spacer material are etched to form spacers.
- a method for semiconductor processing.
- the method comprises defining a pattern in a photoresist layer over a substrate.
- the pattern is transferred from the photoresist layer to an underlying layer of temporary material. Transferring the pattern from the photoresist layer forms a plurality of temporary placeholders in the layer of temporary material.
- a first layer of spacer material is deposited on the plurality of features by a first deposition process.
- a second layer of spacer material is then deposited on the first layer by a second deposition process.
- Spacer material of the first and second layers are removed from horizontal surfaces to form a plurality of vertically extending silicon oxide features on sidewalls of the temporary placeholders.
- the plurality of vertically extending silicon oxide features comprise spacer material of the first and second layers.
- the temporary placeholders are removed.
- the substrate is processed through a mask pattern defined by the plurality of vertically extending silicon oxide features.
- a method for semiconductor processing.
- the method comprises providing a plurality of mandrels over a substrate.
- a chemical reaction barrier is formed on the mandrels.
- a layer of spacer material is formed on the chemical reaction barrier. The mandrel is preferentially removed relative to the spacer material.
- a method for forming an integrated circuit.
- the method comprises forming a mandrel over a substrate.
- a first spacer layer is deposited over the mandrel by a first deposition process.
- a second spacer layer which is more conformal than the first layer, is deposited on the first spacer layer and over the mandrel by a second deposition process.
- the mandrels are subsequently removed.
- a process for forming an integrated circuit.
- the process comprises depositing a first layer of spacer material over a mandrel.
- a second layer of spacer material is subsequently deposited over the mandrel.
- the mandrel is selectively removed relative to the spacer material of the first and second layers.
- the first layer is denser than the second layer.
- FIGS. 1A-1F are schematic, cross-sectional side views of a sequence of masking patterns for forming conductive lines, in accordance with a prior art pitch doubling method
- FIG. 2A is a micrograph, as viewed through a scanning electron microscope, of a perspective side view of a partially formed integrated circuit with mandrels, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 2B is a micrograph, as viewed through a scanning electron microscope, of a perspective side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 2A after depositing spacer material using reactants highly reactive with the mandrels;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of a partially formed integrated circuit, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 3 after forming lines in a photoresist layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 4 after widening spaces between lines in the photoresist layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 6 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 5 after etching through a hard mask layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 7 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 6 after transferring a pattern from the hard mask layer to a temporary layer to form a pattern of mandrels in the temporary layer, on a first level, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention;
- FIG. 8 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 7 after a hard mask layer removal, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 8 after depositing a first layer of a spacer material, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 10A is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 9 after depositing a second layer of the spacer material onto the first layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention;
- FIG. 10B is another schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 10A , in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIGS. 10A and 10B , in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 11 after selectively removing mandrels, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 12 after transferring a pattern formed by the spacers to a hard mask layer underlying the spacers, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention;
- FIG. 14 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 13 after transferring the spacer pattern to an underlying substrate, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of a partially formed integrated circuit having hard mask and additional masking layers disposed between spacers and the substrate, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit of FIG. 15 after transferring the spacer pattern into the additional masking layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 17 is a micrograph, as viewed through a scanning electron microscope, of a side cross section of a mandrel with overlying spacer material formed in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 2A shows mandrels before depositing spacer material.
- the mandrels are formed of amorphous carbon
- silicon oxide can be used as a spacer material, among other materials possibilities.
- the spacer material is preferably deposited using a process that deposits highly conformal layers, e.g., processes such as thermal chemical vapor deposition of silicon oxide using O 3 and TEOS.
- O 3 is a strong oxidizer and has been found to shrink and otherwise deform the amorphous carbon mandrels, as shown in FIG. 2B .
- spacers formed on the deformed mandrels may no longer be at their expected and desired positions and/or spacings from one another.
- the predictability and uniformity of spacer location and spacing can be adversely affected by mandrel deformation.
- a layer of material is deposited as a reaction barrier layer, i.e., a layer that prevents or reduces reactions between the mandrels and chemical species from a subsequent deposition of spacer material, including reactants and by-products of the subsequent deposition or chemical species deposited by the subsequent deposition.
- the material forming the reaction barrier layer can be different from the spacer material, but preferably is the same material as the spacer material.
- the reaction barrier layer is preferably deposited using a process and/or reactants having relatively less reactivity with the mandrels than the process and/or reactants used in the subsequent spacer material deposition.
- reaction barrier layer is preferably deposited to a thickness sufficiently thick to act as a diffusion barrier that prevents reactants in the subsequent spacer material deposition from reacting with the mandrels under conditions prevalent during the second deposition.
- multiple layers of material which may the same or different materials, may be deposited to form the reaction barrier layer.
- the mandrels are formed of amorphous carbon and the spacer material and the material used in the reaction barrier layer is silicon oxide.
- the reaction barrier layer constitutes a first layer of spacer material and is formed using a process and reactants having low reactivity with the amorphous carbon.
- the reaction barrier layer can be formed using O 2 and TEOS in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).
- this PECVD process does not result in a film as conformal as, e.g., a film formed using O 3 and TEOS, this relative non-conformality can be minimized by depositing a layer only about as thick as necessary to reduce and, preferably, minimize reaction of the mandrels with a chemical species from a subsequent deposition of spacer material.
- a second layer of spacer material can be deposited in the subsequent spacer material deposition.
- This deposition preferably results in a highly conformal layer of spacer material and can be accomplished using a process and reactants having high reactivity with the mandrels.
- the spacer material can be deposited by, e.g., using non-radical reactants such as O 3 and TEOS in a thermal CVD.
- the second layer of spacer material can preferably be deposited more conformally than the first layer, the second layer is preferably thicker than the first layer, so that a majority of the spacer material can be deposited by the more conformal deposition.
- a spacer layer that is an aggregate of the first and second layers can be deposited with good conformality by depositing a majority of the spacer layer during the second deposition.
- the above-noted reaction of the O 3 , or ozone, with the mandrels is minimized by the presence of the reaction barrier layer which blocks the mandrels from the O 3 .
- the reaction barrier layer which blocks the mandrels from the O 3 .
- a sequence of layers of materials is formed to allow formation of the spacers over a substrate.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional side view of a partially formed integrated circuit 100 . While the preferred embodiments can be used to form any integrated circuit, they are particularly advantageously applied to form devices having arrays of electrical devices, including memory cell arrays for volatile and non-volatile memory devices such as DRAM, ROM or flash memory, including NAND flash memory. Consequently, the integrated circuit 100 can preferably be a memory chip or a logic or processor with embedded memory or a gate array.
- various masking layers 120 - 150 are preferably provided above a substrate 110 .
- the layers 120 - 150 will be etched to form a mask for patterning the substrate 110 , as discussed below.
- the materials for the layers 120 - 150 overlying the substrate 110 are preferably chosen based upon consideration of the chemistry and process conditions for the various pattern forming and pattern transferring steps discussed herein. Because the layers between a topmost selectively definable layer 120 and the substrate 110 preferably function to transfer a pattern derived from the selectively definable layer 120 to the substrate 110 , the layers 130 - 150 between the selectively definable layer 120 and the substrate 110 are preferably chosen so that they can be selectively etched relative to other exposed materials.
- a material is considered selectively, or preferentially, etched when the etch rate for that material is at least about 5 times greater, preferably at least about 10 times greater, more preferably at least about 20 times greater and, most preferably, at least about 40 times greater than that for surrounding materials.
- a goal of the layers 120 - 150 overlying the substrate 110 is to allow well-defined patterns to be formed in that substrate 110 .
- one or more of the layers 120 - 150 can be omitted or substituted if suitable other materials, chemistries and/or process conditions are used.
- the layer 130 can be omitted in some embodiments where the resolution enhancement properties of that layer, as discussed below, are not desired.
- additional masking layers can be added between the layer 150 and the substrate 110 to form a mask having improved etch selectivity relative to the substrate 110 .
- Exemplary materials for the various layers discussed herein include silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon, amorphous carbon, dielectric antireflective coatings (DARC, silicon rich silicon oxynitride), and organic bottom antireflective coatings (BARC), each of which can be selectively etched relative to at least 2 or 3 of the other materials, depending upon the application.
- the thicknesses of the layers 120 - 150 are preferably chosen depending upon compatibility with the etch chemistries and process conditions described herein. For example, when transferring a pattern from an overlying layer to an underlying layer by selectively etching the underlying layer, materials from both layers are removed to some degree.
- the upper layer is thick enough so that it is not worn away over the course of the pattern transfer.
- the selectively definable layer 120 overlies a first hard mask, or etch stop, layer 130 , which overlies a temporary layer 140 , which overlies a second hard mask, or etch stop, layer 150 , which overlies the substrate 110 to be processed (e.g., etched) through a mask.
- the selectively definable layer 120 is preferably photodefinable, e.g., formed of a photoresist, including any photoresist known in the art.
- the photoresist can be any photoresist compatible with 157 nm, 193 nm, 248 nm or 365 nm wavelength systems, 193 nm wavelength immersion systems, extreme ultraviolet systems (including 13.7 nm systems) or electron beam lithographic systems.
- preferred photoresist materials include argon fluoride (ArF) sensitive photoresist, i.e., photoresist suitable for use with an ArF light source, and krypton fluoride (KrF) sensitive photoresist, i.e., photoresist suitable for use with a KrF light source.
- ArF argon fluoride
- KrF krypton fluoride
- ArF photoresists are preferably used with photolithography systems utilizing relatively short wavelength light, e.g., 193 nm.
- KrF photoresists are preferably used with longer wavelength photolithography systems, such as 248 nm systems.
- the layer 120 and any subsequent resist layers can be formed of a resist that can be patterned by nano-imprint lithography, e.g., by using a mold or mechanical force to pattern the resist.
- the material for the first hard mask layer 130 preferably comprises an inorganic material.
- Exemplary materials include silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), silicon or a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC), such as a silicon-rich silicon oxynitride.
- the first hard mask layer 130 is a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC).
- DARCs for the first hard mask layer 130 can be particularly advantageous for forming patterns having pitches near the resolution limits of a photolithographic technique. The DARCs can enhance resolution by minimizing light reflections, thus increasing the precision with which photolithography can define the edges of a pattern.
- the temporary layer 140 is preferably formed of amorphous carbon, which, as noted above, offers very high etch selectivity relative to the preferred hard mask materials. More preferably, the amorphous carbon is a form of amorphous carbon that is highly transparent to light and that offers further improvements for photo alignment by being transparent to the wavelengths of light used for such alignment. Deposition techniques for forming such transparent carbon can be found in A. Helmbold, D. Meissner, Thin Solid Films, 283 (1996) 196-203, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the material for the second hard mask layer 150 is preferably chosen based upon the material used for the spacers and for the underlying substrate 110 .
- the second hard mask layer 150 preferably comprises a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC) (e.g., a silicon oxynitride), silicon or aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ).
- DARC dielectric anti-reflective coating
- BARC bottom anti-reflective coating
- the second hard mask layer 150 comprises aluminum oxide.
- the various layers discussed herein can be formed by various methods known in the art. For example, spin-on-coating processes can be used to form photodefinable layers, BARC, and spin-on dielectric oxide layers. Various vapor deposition processes, such as chemical vapor deposition, can be used to form hard mask layers.
- a pattern of spacers is next formed by pitch multiplication.
- a pattern comprising spaces or trenches 122 , which are delimited by photodefinable material features 124 , is formed in the photodefinable layer 120 .
- the trenches 122 can be formed by, e.g., photolithography with 248 nm or 193 nm light, in which the layer 120 is exposed to radiation through a reticle and then developed. After being developed, the remaining photodefined material forms mask features such as the illustrated lines 124 (shown in cross-section only).
- the photoresist lines 124 can be etched using an isotropic etch to “shrink” those features to adjust their widths.
- the extent of the etch is preferably selected so that the widths of the modified lines 124 a are substantially equal to the desired spacing between the later-formed spacers 175 ( FIG. 11 ), as will be appreciated from the discussion below.
- Suitable etches include etches using an oxygen-containing plasma, e.g., a SO 2 /O 2 /N 2 /Ar plasma, a Cl 2 /O 2 /He plasma or a HBr/O 2 /N 2 plasma.
- the width of the lines 124 can be reduced from about 80-120 nm to about 40-70 nm.
- the width-reducing etch allows the lines 124 a to be narrower than would otherwise be possible using the photolithographic technique used to pattern the photodefinable layer 120 .
- the etch can smooth the edges of the lines 124 a , thus improving the uniformity of those lines. While the critical dimensions of the lines 124 a can be etched below the resolution limits of the photolithographic technique, it will be appreciated that this etch does not alter the pitch of the spaces 122 a and lines 124 a , since the distance between identical points in these features remains the same.
- the pattern in the (modified) photodefinable layer 120 a is transferred to the hard mask layer 130 .
- This transfer is preferably accomplished using an anisotropic etch, such as an etch using a fluorocarbon plasma, although a wet (isotropic) etch may also be suitable if the hard mask layer 130 is thin.
- Preferred fluorocarbon plasma etch chemistries include CFH 3 , CF 2 H 2 and CF 3 H.
- the pattern in the photodefinable layer 120 a and the hard mask layer 130 is transferred to the temporary layer 140 to form mandrels 145 .
- Layers 170 a and 170 b of spacer material ( FIGS. 9-10 ) will later be deposited on the mandrels 145 .
- the temperatures used for spacer material deposition (which is preferably conformal, such that processes such as chemical vapor deposition are preferred) are typically too high for photoresist to withstand.
- the pattern is preferably transferred from the photodefinable layer 120 a to the temporary layer 140 , which is formed of a material that can withstand the process conditions for spacer material deposition and etching, discussed below.
- the material forming the temporary layer 140 is preferably selected such that it can be selectively removed relative to the material for the spacers 175 ( FIG. 11 ) and the underlying etch stop layer 150 .
- the layer 140 is preferably formed of amorphous carbon and, more preferably, transparent carbon.
- the pattern in the modified photodefinable layer 120 a is preferably transferred to the temporary layer 140 using a reactive ion etch (RIE) employing an oxygen-containing plasma, e.g., a plasma containing SO 2 , O 2 and Ar.
- RIE reactive ion etch
- Other suitable etch chemistries include a Cl 2 /O 2 /SiCl 4 , SiCl 4 /O 2 /N 2 , or HBr/O 2 /N 2 /SiCl 4 -containing plasma.
- the SO 2 -containing plasma is used as it can etch carbon of the preferred temporary layer 140 at a rate greater than 20 times and, more preferably, greater than 40 times the rate that the hard mask layer 130 is etched.
- a suitable SO 2 -containing plasma is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/931,772 to Abatchev et al., filed Aug. 31, 2004, the entire disclosure of which is incorporate herein by reference. It will be appreciated that the SO 2 -containing plasma can simultaneously etch the temporary layer 140 and also remove the photoresist layer 120 a .
- the resulting lines 124 b separated by spaces 122 b , constitute the placeholders or mandrels along which a pattern of spacers 175 ( FIG. 11 ) will be formed.
- the hard mask layer 130 can be selectively removed to facilitate later spacer formation by leaving the mandrels 145 exposed for subsequent etching ( FIG. 12 ).
- the hard mask layer 130 can be removed using a buffered oxide etch (BOE), which is a wet etch comprising HF and NH 4 F.
- BOE buffered oxide etch
- a reaction barrier layer 170 a is blanket deposited over exposed surfaces, including the hard mask layer 150 and the tops and sidewalls of the mandrels 145 .
- the material forming the layer 170 a is preferably similar to the material used for the spacers, e.g., both materials can be forms of silicon oxide, or the layer 170 a can be formed of a material for which an etch selectivity similar to that of the spacer material is available.
- the deposition process conditions and/or reactants are chosen such that the deposition process results in minimal deformation of the mandrels.
- the layer 170 a preferably has a composition and thickness that minimizes diffusion of reactants in a subsequent deposition through the layer 170 a on to the mandrels 145 .
- the layer 170 a is preferably a layer of a first spacer material which can be deposited using a first deposition process using a first set of precursors having minimal reactivity with the mandrels.
- the first spacer material can be any material that can act as a mask for transferring a pattern to the underlying hard mask layer 150 .
- the spacer material preferably: 1) can be deposited with good step coverage; 2) can be deposited at a temperature compatible with the mandrels 145 ; and 3) can be selectively etched relative to the mandrels 145 and underlying hard mask layer 150 .
- Preferred materials include silicon, silicon oxides and silicon nitrides.
- the first spacer material is silicon oxide, which provides particular advantages in combination with other selected materials of the masking stack.
- the silicon oxide is preferably deposited by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using oxygen gas (O 2 ) and TEOS as precursors.
- the reactants in this process advantageously have a low reactivity with mandrel materials, such as amorphous carbon, in comparison to other oxygen precursors such as O 3 .
- An example of a suitable reactor system is the Applied Materials' ProducerTM system, which can remotely generate excited reactive species, such as an oxygen plasma.
- O 2 is preferably remotely activated and flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 300-1000 sccm and, more preferably, about 400-600 sccm.
- TEOS is flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 200-800 mgm and, more preferably, about 400-600 mgm and a carrier gas, e.g., He, is flowed flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 2000-3000 sccm and, more preferably, about 2500 sccm.
- the RF power is preferably about 300-800 watts and, more preferably, about 500-600 watts.
- the pressure within the reactor is preferably maintained at about 5-10 ton and, more preferably, about 6-8 torr.
- the reactor is preferably maintained at a temperature sufficiently low to prevent chemical or physical disruption of the amorphous carbon layer.
- the deposition temperature is preferably about 350-400° C. and, more preferably, about 375° C.
- the layer of the first spacer material 170 a is preferably deposited to a thickness of about 100-300 ⁇ and, more preferably, about 150-250 ⁇ . This thickness has been found to adequately protect the mandrels 145 from reactions with subsequent reactants, such O 3 which can oxidize the mandrels 145 .
- films deposited by the PEVCD process may not be as conformal as films deposited by thermal CVD processes, this relatively thin layer 170 a minimizes the affect of uniformities of the PECVD process on the ultimately deposited spacer layer 170 ( FIG. 10B ).
- the conformality of a layer is related to its step coverage.
- a highly conformal layer has high step coverage.
- the step coverage (the ratio of the thickness of the deposited layer at a midpoint up the height of the mandrel relative to the thickness of the deposited layer at a top of the mandrel in percentage terms) is about 50% or greater, more preferably, about 75% or greater and, most preferably, about 95% or greater.
- a layer of the second spacer material 170 b is deposited on the layer of the first spacer material 170 a .
- the second layer 170 b is preferably deposited by a process which can deposit a highly conformal film.
- the deposition temperature is preferably sufficiently low to prevent chemical or physical disruption of the amorphous carbon layer.
- the second layer 170 b is deposited by a thermal chemical vapor deposition using ozone (O 3 ) and TEOS as precursors at a deposition temperature of about 350-450° C. and, more preferably, about 375° C.
- the step coverage of the layer 170 b is about 75% or greater, more preferably, about 85% or greater and, most preferably, about 95% or greater.
- the same reactor used for depositing the layer 170 a may also be used for this thermal CVD.
- the Applied Materials' ProducerTM system can be used for both this thermal CVD and the above-described PECVD.
- the flow rate of O 3 into the reactor is about 4000-10000 sccm and, more preferably, about 6000 sccm.
- the flow rate of TEOS into the reactor is about 2000-3000 mgm and, more preferably, about 2400 mgm and a carrier gas, e.g., He or N 2 , is flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 4000-10000 sccm and, more preferably, about 6000 sccm.
- the reaction chamber pressure is preferably maintained at about 40-400 torr and, more preferably, about 100 torr.
- first and second layers 170 a and 170 b are both formed of a similar spacer material
- the layers 170 a and 170 b are shown as separate layers for ease of explanation and illustration. Where these layers 170 a and 170 b are formed of the same material, however, they may be viewed as forming a single layer 170 of spacer material, as illustrated in FIG. 10B .
- the layer 170 a and 170 b can cause small structural and chemical variations in those layers.
- the layer 170 a when formed with O 2 and TEOS in a PECVD, can have a higher density than the layer 170 b , when formed with O 3 and TEOS in a thermal CVD.
- the use of these different reactants can result in slightly different ratios of oxygen to silicon, and also the possible presence of different impurities, in the deposited layers 170 a and 170 b .
- the layers can have slightly different properties. For example, the rate that the layers are etched by a given etchant can be slightly different.
- the ability of the layers to act as diffusion barriers can be different, e.g., the layer 170 a can be a better diffusion barrier than the layer 170 b , which may be more porous than the layer 170 a.
- the combined thickness of the layers 170 a and 170 b correspond approximately to the width of the spacers 175 ( FIG. 11 ).
- the thickness of the layer 170 is preferably determined based upon the desired width of the spacers 175 .
- the layer 170 b is preferably formed so that the aggregate thickness of the layers 170 a and 170 b is about the desired width of the spacers 175 .
- the spacer layer 170 a and 170 b are then subjected to an anisotropic etch to remove spacer material from horizontal surfaces 180 of the partially formed integrated circuit 100 .
- a directional etch also known as a spacer etch
- a fluorocarbon plasma e.g., a CF 4 /CHF 3 , C 4 F 8 /CH 2 F 2 or CHF 3 /Ar plasma.
- the spacers 175 can have a smaller width than the mandrels 145 .
- a pattern of free standing spacers 175 is formed by removing the mandrels 145 .
- the mandrels 145 are selectively removed using an organic strip process.
- Preferred etch chemistries include a sulfur-containing plasma etch, such as an etch using SO 2 .
- the pitch of the spacers 175 is roughly half that of the photoresist lines 124 and spaces 122 ( FIG. 4 ) originally formed by photolithography. Where the photoresist lines 124 had a pitch of about 200 nm, spacers 175 having a pitch of about 100 nm or less can be formed.
- the hard mask layer 150 can be used as a mask to etch the substrate 110 .
- the pattern formed by the spacers 175 can be transferred to the hard mask layer 150 using an anisotropic etch, e.g., a BCl 3 /Cl 2 plasma etch, to selectively etch the layer 150 through that pattern formed by the spacers 175 .
- the spacers 175 can be removed to reduce the aspect ratio of mask features before etching the substrate 110 .
- the spacer removal can be accomplished using a wet or dry etch, e.g., a wet buffered oxide etch or a dry etch using a CH 2 F 2 /C 4 F 8 /Ar/O 2 plasma.
- the hard mask layer 150 and/or the spacers 175 can be used as a mask through which the substrate 110 is processed.
- the pattern in the hard mask 150 can be transferred to the substrate 110 by selectively etching the substrate 110 , using an etch chemistry appropriate for the material(s) of the substrate 110 , as known in the art.
- intervening layers of masking material can be formed between the hard mask layer 150 and the substrate 110 .
- additional layers 155 and 160 can be provided, as discussed in co-pending U.S. Patent Provisional Application No. 60/662,323 to Tran et al., filed Mar. 15, 2005, entitled Pitch Reduced Patterns Relative to Photolithography Features, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the layer 150 preferably comprises a material that has good etch selectively relative to the spacers 175 and the layer 155 .
- Exemplary materials for the layers 150 and 155 include amorphous silicon and silicon oxide, respectively.
- the layer 155 advantageously allows for a pattern-cleaning step (e.g., with O 2 plasma) to remove any polymerized organic residue that may be present as the result of previous etch processes, such as the removal of mandrels 145 . After the cleaning step, a well-defined pattern can be transferred to the layer 160 .
- the layer 160 is preferably formed of amorphous carbon, which is advantageously resistant to many etch chemistries for removing silicon materials in the substrate 110 . As shown in FIG.
- the pattern defined by the spacers 175 can be transferred to the layer 160 , which then serves as the primary mask for patterning the substrate 110 .
- a patterned hard mask layer 150 can be used after removal of spacers to transfer the pattern with lower and more uniform aspect ratio features to the primary masking layer 160 .
- spacers offers numerous advantages. By minimizing reactions of mandrels with precursors for spacers, deformation of the mandrels can also be minimized.
- a silicon oxide spacer layer formed by a PECVD with O 2 and TEOS and then a thermal CVD with O 3 and TEOS is shown in FIG. 17 .
- shrinkage and deformation of the mandrels is advantageously reduced.
- the spacers can be more reliably formed at their desired and expected positions.
- the spacer layer has excellent conformality, as can be seen in FIG. 17 .
- the spacers formed from the spacer layer can better approximate their desired dimensions and positions.
- the preferred embodiments allow improved control of the dimensions of features in a mask pattern.
- any other materials that may be used offer the appropriate etch selectivity relative to the materials that are used, as discussed above.
- two layers 170 a and 170 b are illustrated, more than two layers, deposited by one or two or more different processes, can be deposited to form the spacer layer 170 ( FIG. 10A ). While preferably formed of the same material, these layers can be formed of different materials. For example, one layer can be formed of silicon oxide, while the other is formed of silicon nitride. In another example, one layer is formed of aluminum oxide and the other is formed of silicon oxide.
- the materials are preferably chosen so that suitable etch chemistries are available to perform a complete spacer etch and subsequent transfer of the spacer pattern to underlying layers.
- the material for the first layer can be chosen to have benefits for direct contact and process exposure to the mandrels, while the material for the second layer can be chosen to have benefits for completing the spacer layer (e.g., increased deposition rates, conformality, etc.).
- ALD atomic layer deposition
- silicon oxide reaction barrier layer using a self-limitingly deposited silicon precursor and an oxygen precursor, e.g., water, to form silicon oxide.
- an O 3 -based process e.g., a thermal CVD with O 3 and TEOS, could be used to form the silicon oxide layer to a desired thickness.
- the same deposition processes e.g., thermal CVD, ALD or PECVD
- the reactants are chosen based upon reactivity with mandrel materials.
- the reactants used can be different for each process, or some reactants can be kept constant.
- the silicon reactants can be varied for each process and the oxidizer can be the same or different for each process.
- the masks discussed herein can be used to form various integrated circuit features, including, without limitation, interconnect lines, landing pads and parts of various electrical devices, such as capacitors and transistors, particularly for memory and logic arrays in which dense repeating patterns are desirable.
- the masks can have features with variable spacing and variable dimensions.
- the spacers can be trimmed and/or masked and etched to formed features with desired dimensions.
- the spacers 175 can be more than pitch doubled.
- An exemplary method for further pitch multiplication is discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,810 to Lowrey et al. with reference to FIGS. 19-23 of that patent.
- spacers can be formed on multiple vertical levels and consolidated on a single level to form a mask pattern.
- the substrate 110 can comprise different materials, e.g., layers of different materials, or different materials in different lateral regions of the substrate.
- the primary masking layer 160 is preferably used for superior etch selectivity.
- a succession of different chemistries preferably dry-etch chemistries, can be used to successively etch through these different materials, if a single chemistry is not sufficient to etch all the different materials.
- the spacers 175 and the hard mask layer 150 may be etched.
- the primary mask layer 160 advantageously offers excellent resistance to conventional etch chemistries, especially those used for etching silicon-containing materials.
- the primary mask layer 160 can effectively be used as a mask for etching through a plurality of substrate layers, or for forming high aspect ratio trenches.
- the preferred embodiments can also be employed multiple times throughout an integrated circuit fabrication process to form features in a plurality vertical levels, which may be vertically contiguous or non-contiguous and vertically separated. In such cases, each of the individual levels to be patterned would constitute a substrate 110 .
- some of the preferred embodiments can be combined with other of the preferred embodiments, or with other masking methods known in the art, to form features on different areas of the same substrate 110 or on different vertical levels.
Abstract
Pitch multiplication is performed using a two step process to deposit spacer material on mandrels. The precursors of the first step react minimally with the mandrels, forming a barrier layer against chemical reactions for the deposition process of the second step, which uses precursors more reactive with the mandrels. Where the mandrels are formed of amorphous carbon and the spacer material is silicon oxide, the silicon oxide is first deposited by a plasma enhanced deposition process and then by a thermal chemical vapor deposition process. Oxygen gas and plasma-enhanced tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) are used as reactants in the plasma enhanced process, while ozone and TEOS are used as reactants in the thermal chemical vapor deposition process. The oxygen gas is less reactive with the amorphous carbon than ozone, thereby minimizing deformation of the mandrels caused by oxidation of the amorphous carbon.
Description
- This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/625,165, filed on Jan. 19, 2007, which application is a divisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/213,486, filed on Aug. 25, 2005, which issued on Jun. 24, 2008 as U.S. Pat. No. 7,390,746, which application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/662,323, filed on Mar. 15, 2005, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/934,778, filed on Sep. 2, 2004 and issued on Oct. 3, 2006 as U.S. Pat. No. 7,115,525.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention relates generally to integrated circuit fabrication and, more particularly, to masking techniques.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- As a consequence of many factors, including demand for increased portability, computing power, memory capacity and energy efficiency, integrated circuits are continuously being reduced in size. The sizes of the constituent features that form the integrated circuits, e.g., electrical devices and interconnect lines, are also constantly being decreased to facilitate this size reduction.
- The trend of decreasing feature size is evident, for example, in memory circuits or devices such as dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), flash memory, static random access memories (SRAMs), ferroelectric (FE) memories, etc. To take one example, DRAM typically comprises millions of identical circuit elements, known as memory cells. In its most general form, a memory cell typically consists of two electrical devices: a storage capacitor and an access field effect transistor. Each memory cell is an addressable location that can store one bit (binary digit) of data. A bit can be written to a cell through the transistor and can be read by sensing charge in the capacitor. By decreasing the sizes of the electrical devices that constitute a memory cell and the sizes of the conducting lines that access the memory cells, the memory devices can be made smaller. Storage capacities and speeds can be increased by fitting more memory cells on a given area in the memory devices.
- The continual reduction in feature sizes places ever greater demands on the techniques used to form the features. For example, photolithography is commonly used to pattern features, such as conductive lines. The concept of pitch can be used to describe the sizes of these features. Pitch is defined as the distance between an identical point in two neighboring features. These features are typically defined by spaces between adjacent features, which spaces are typically filled by a material, such as an insulator. As a result, pitch can be viewed as the sum of the width of a feature and of the width of the space on one side of the feature separating that feature from a neighboring feature. However, due to factors such as optics and light or radiation wavelength, photolithography techniques each have a resolution limit that results in a minimum pitch below which a particular photolithographic technique cannot reliably form features. Thus, the minimum pitch of a photolithographic technique is an obstacle to continued feature size reduction.
- “Pitch doubling” or “pitch multiplication” is one proposed method for extending the capabilities of photolithographic techniques beyond their minimum pitch. A pitch multiplication method is illustrated in
FIGS. 1A-1F and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,810, issued to Lowrey et al., the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. With reference toFIG. 1A , a pattern oflines 10 is photolithographically formed in a photoresist layer, which overlies alayer 20 of an expendable material, which in turn overlies asubstrate 30. As shown inFIG. 1B , the pattern is then transferred using an etch (preferably an anisotropic etch) to thelayer 20, thereby forming placeholders, or mandrels, 40. Thephotoresist lines 10 can be stripped and themandrels 40 can be isotropically etched to increase the distance between neighboringmandrels 40, as shown inFIG. 1C . Alayer 50 of spacer material is subsequently deposited over themandrels 40, as shown inFIG. 1D .Spacers 60, i.e., the material extending or originally formed extending from sidewalls of another material, are then formed on the sides of themandrels 40. The spacer formation is accomplished by preferentially etching the spacer material from thehorizontal surfaces FIG. 1E . Theremaining mandrels 40 are then removed, leaving behind only thespacers 60, which together act as a mask for patterning, as shown inFIG. 1F . Thus, where a given pitch previously included a pattern defining one feature and one space, the same width now includes two features and two spaces, with the spaces defined by, e.g., thespacers 60. As a result, the smallest feature size possible with a photolithographic technique is effectively decreased. - While the pitch is actually halved in the example above, this reduction in pitch is conventionally referred to as pitch “doubling,” or, more generally, pitch “multiplication.” Thus, conventionally, “multiplication” of pitch by a certain factor actually involves reducing the pitch by that factor. The conventional terminology is retained herein.
- As can be seen in
FIGS. 1E and 1F , the separation between thespacers 60 is partly dependent upon the width of themandrels 40. As a result, any deformation of themandrels 40 can change the desired position of thespacers 60. For example, themandrels 40 can be deformed during processing steps that occur after they are formed. - Accordingly, there is a need for methods of ensuring the physical integrity of the mandrels used in pitch multiplication.
- According to one aspect of the invention, a process is provided for semiconductor processing. The process comprises providing a plurality of mandrels over a substrate in a reaction chamber. A first layer of spacer material is deposited on the mandrels using a first set of reactive species. A second layer of spacer material is then deposited over the mandrels using a second set of reactive species. The first and second layers of spacer material are etched to form spacers.
- According to another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for semiconductor processing. The method comprises defining a pattern in a photoresist layer over a substrate. The pattern is transferred from the photoresist layer to an underlying layer of temporary material. Transferring the pattern from the photoresist layer forms a plurality of temporary placeholders in the layer of temporary material. A first layer of spacer material is deposited on the plurality of features by a first deposition process. A second layer of spacer material is then deposited on the first layer by a second deposition process. Spacer material of the first and second layers are removed from horizontal surfaces to form a plurality of vertically extending silicon oxide features on sidewalls of the temporary placeholders. The plurality of vertically extending silicon oxide features comprise spacer material of the first and second layers. The temporary placeholders are removed. The substrate is processed through a mask pattern defined by the plurality of vertically extending silicon oxide features.
- According to yet another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for semiconductor processing. The method comprises providing a plurality of mandrels over a substrate. A chemical reaction barrier is formed on the mandrels. A layer of spacer material is formed on the chemical reaction barrier. The mandrel is preferentially removed relative to the spacer material.
- According to yet another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for forming an integrated circuit. The method comprises forming a mandrel over a substrate. A first spacer layer is deposited over the mandrel by a first deposition process. A second spacer layer, which is more conformal than the first layer, is deposited on the first spacer layer and over the mandrel by a second deposition process. The mandrels are subsequently removed.
- According to yet another aspect of the invention, a process is provided for forming an integrated circuit. The process comprises depositing a first layer of spacer material over a mandrel. A second layer of spacer material is subsequently deposited over the mandrel. The mandrel is selectively removed relative to the spacer material of the first and second layers. The first layer is denser than the second layer.
- The invention will be better understood from the Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments and from the appended drawings, which are meant to illustrate and not to limit the invention, and wherein:
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FIGS. 1A-1F are schematic, cross-sectional side views of a sequence of masking patterns for forming conductive lines, in accordance with a prior art pitch doubling method; -
FIG. 2A is a micrograph, as viewed through a scanning electron microscope, of a perspective side view of a partially formed integrated circuit with mandrels, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 2B is a micrograph, as viewed through a scanning electron microscope, of a perspective side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 2A after depositing spacer material using reactants highly reactive with the mandrels; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of a partially formed integrated circuit, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 3 after forming lines in a photoresist layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 4 after widening spaces between lines in the photoresist layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 6 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 5 after etching through a hard mask layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 7 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 6 after transferring a pattern from the hard mask layer to a temporary layer to form a pattern of mandrels in the temporary layer, on a first level, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 8 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 7 after a hard mask layer removal, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 8 after depositing a first layer of a spacer material, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 10A is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 9 after depositing a second layer of the spacer material onto the first layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 10B is another schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 10A , in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 11 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIGS. 10A and 10B , in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 12 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 11 after selectively removing mandrels, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 13 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 12 after transferring a pattern formed by the spacers to a hard mask layer underlying the spacers, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 14 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 13 after transferring the spacer pattern to an underlying substrate, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 15 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of a partially formed integrated circuit having hard mask and additional masking layers disposed between spacers and the substrate, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; -
FIG. 16 is a schematic, cross-sectional side view of the partially formed integrated circuit ofFIG. 15 after transferring the spacer pattern into the additional masking layer, in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention; and -
FIG. 17 is a micrograph, as viewed through a scanning electron microscope, of a side cross section of a mandrel with overlying spacer material formed in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention. - It has been found that mandrels can be deformed during the deposition of spacer material.
FIG. 2A shows mandrels before depositing spacer material. Where the mandrels are formed of amorphous carbon, silicon oxide can be used as a spacer material, among other materials possibilities. The spacer material is preferably deposited using a process that deposits highly conformal layers, e.g., processes such as thermal chemical vapor deposition of silicon oxide using O3 and TEOS. O3, however, is a strong oxidizer and has been found to shrink and otherwise deform the amorphous carbon mandrels, as shown inFIG. 2B . Consequently, spacers formed on the deformed mandrels may no longer be at their expected and desired positions and/or spacings from one another. As a result, the predictability and uniformity of spacer location and spacing can be adversely affected by mandrel deformation. - In preferred embodiments of the invention, in a process for minimizing mandrel deformation, a layer of material is deposited as a reaction barrier layer, i.e., a layer that prevents or reduces reactions between the mandrels and chemical species from a subsequent deposition of spacer material, including reactants and by-products of the subsequent deposition or chemical species deposited by the subsequent deposition. The material forming the reaction barrier layer can be different from the spacer material, but preferably is the same material as the spacer material. The reaction barrier layer is preferably deposited using a process and/or reactants having relatively less reactivity with the mandrels than the process and/or reactants used in the subsequent spacer material deposition. In addition, the reaction barrier layer is preferably deposited to a thickness sufficiently thick to act as a diffusion barrier that prevents reactants in the subsequent spacer material deposition from reacting with the mandrels under conditions prevalent during the second deposition. Optionally, multiple layers of material, which may the same or different materials, may be deposited to form the reaction barrier layer.
- In accordance some preferred embodiments, the mandrels are formed of amorphous carbon and the spacer material and the material used in the reaction barrier layer is silicon oxide. Thus, the reaction barrier layer constitutes a first layer of spacer material and is formed using a process and reactants having low reactivity with the amorphous carbon. For example, the reaction barrier layer can be formed using O2 and TEOS in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). While this PECVD process does not result in a film as conformal as, e.g., a film formed using O3 and TEOS, this relative non-conformality can be minimized by depositing a layer only about as thick as necessary to reduce and, preferably, minimize reaction of the mandrels with a chemical species from a subsequent deposition of spacer material.
- A second layer of spacer material can be deposited in the subsequent spacer material deposition. This deposition preferably results in a highly conformal layer of spacer material and can be accomplished using a process and reactants having high reactivity with the mandrels. The spacer material can be deposited by, e.g., using non-radical reactants such as O3 and TEOS in a thermal CVD. Because the second layer of spacer material can preferably be deposited more conformally than the first layer, the second layer is preferably thicker than the first layer, so that a majority of the spacer material can be deposited by the more conformal deposition. Thus, a spacer layer that is an aggregate of the first and second layers can be deposited with good conformality by depositing a majority of the spacer layer during the second deposition.
- Advantageously, the above-noted reaction of the O3, or ozone, with the mandrels is minimized by the presence of the reaction barrier layer which blocks the mandrels from the O3. Thus, deformation of the mandrels caused by reactions with reactants or deposited chemical species from spacer depositions can be minimized. As a result, spacers can be more reliably formed with desired spacings and positions.
- Reference will now be made to the Figures, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout. It will be appreciated that the Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
- Initially, a sequence of layers of materials is formed to allow formation of the spacers over a substrate.
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FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional side view of a partially formedintegrated circuit 100. While the preferred embodiments can be used to form any integrated circuit, they are particularly advantageously applied to form devices having arrays of electrical devices, including memory cell arrays for volatile and non-volatile memory devices such as DRAM, ROM or flash memory, including NAND flash memory. Consequently, theintegrated circuit 100 can preferably be a memory chip or a logic or processor with embedded memory or a gate array. - With continued reference to
FIG. 3 , various masking layers 120-150 are preferably provided above asubstrate 110. The layers 120-150 will be etched to form a mask for patterning thesubstrate 110, as discussed below. The materials for the layers 120-150 overlying thesubstrate 110 are preferably chosen based upon consideration of the chemistry and process conditions for the various pattern forming and pattern transferring steps discussed herein. Because the layers between a topmost selectivelydefinable layer 120 and thesubstrate 110 preferably function to transfer a pattern derived from the selectivelydefinable layer 120 to thesubstrate 110, the layers 130-150 between the selectivelydefinable layer 120 and thesubstrate 110 are preferably chosen so that they can be selectively etched relative to other exposed materials. It will be appreciated that a material is considered selectively, or preferentially, etched when the etch rate for that material is at least about 5 times greater, preferably at least about 10 times greater, more preferably at least about 20 times greater and, most preferably, at least about 40 times greater than that for surrounding materials. Because a goal of the layers 120-150 overlying thesubstrate 110 is to allow well-defined patterns to be formed in thatsubstrate 110, it will be appreciated that one or more of the layers 120-150 can be omitted or substituted if suitable other materials, chemistries and/or process conditions are used. For example, thelayer 130 can be omitted in some embodiments where the resolution enhancement properties of that layer, as discussed below, are not desired. In other embodiments, discussed further below, additional masking layers can be added between thelayer 150 and thesubstrate 110 to form a mask having improved etch selectivity relative to thesubstrate 110. Exemplary materials for the various layers discussed herein include silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon, amorphous carbon, dielectric antireflective coatings (DARC, silicon rich silicon oxynitride), and organic bottom antireflective coatings (BARC), each of which can be selectively etched relative to at least 2 or 3 of the other materials, depending upon the application. - In addition to selecting appropriate materials for the various layers, the thicknesses of the layers 120-150 are preferably chosen depending upon compatibility with the etch chemistries and process conditions described herein. For example, when transferring a pattern from an overlying layer to an underlying layer by selectively etching the underlying layer, materials from both layers are removed to some degree. Preferably, the upper layer is thick enough so that it is not worn away over the course of the pattern transfer.
- The selectively
definable layer 120 overlies a first hard mask, or etch stop,layer 130, which overlies atemporary layer 140, which overlies a second hard mask, or etch stop,layer 150, which overlies thesubstrate 110 to be processed (e.g., etched) through a mask. The selectivelydefinable layer 120 is preferably photodefinable, e.g., formed of a photoresist, including any photoresist known in the art. For example, the photoresist can be any photoresist compatible with 157 nm, 193 nm, 248 nm or 365 nm wavelength systems, 193 nm wavelength immersion systems, extreme ultraviolet systems (including 13.7 nm systems) or electron beam lithographic systems. Examples of preferred photoresist materials include argon fluoride (ArF) sensitive photoresist, i.e., photoresist suitable for use with an ArF light source, and krypton fluoride (KrF) sensitive photoresist, i.e., photoresist suitable for use with a KrF light source. ArF photoresists are preferably used with photolithography systems utilizing relatively short wavelength light, e.g., 193 nm. KrF photoresists are preferably used with longer wavelength photolithography systems, such as 248 nm systems. In other embodiments, thelayer 120 and any subsequent resist layers can be formed of a resist that can be patterned by nano-imprint lithography, e.g., by using a mold or mechanical force to pattern the resist. - The material for the first
hard mask layer 130 preferably comprises an inorganic material. Exemplary materials include silicon oxide (SiO2), silicon or a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC), such as a silicon-rich silicon oxynitride. Preferably, the firsthard mask layer 130 is a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC). Using DARCs for the firsthard mask layer 130 can be particularly advantageous for forming patterns having pitches near the resolution limits of a photolithographic technique. The DARCs can enhance resolution by minimizing light reflections, thus increasing the precision with which photolithography can define the edges of a pattern. - The
temporary layer 140 is preferably formed of amorphous carbon, which, as noted above, offers very high etch selectivity relative to the preferred hard mask materials. More preferably, the amorphous carbon is a form of amorphous carbon that is highly transparent to light and that offers further improvements for photo alignment by being transparent to the wavelengths of light used for such alignment. Deposition techniques for forming such transparent carbon can be found in A. Helmbold, D. Meissner, Thin Solid Films, 283 (1996) 196-203, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. - The material for the second
hard mask layer 150 is preferably chosen based upon the material used for the spacers and for theunderlying substrate 110. Where the spacer material is an oxide, the secondhard mask layer 150 preferably comprises a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC) (e.g., a silicon oxynitride), silicon or aluminum oxide (Al2O3). In addition, a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) (not shown) can optionally be used to control light reflections. In the illustrated embodiment, the secondhard mask layer 150 comprises aluminum oxide. - The various layers discussed herein can be formed by various methods known in the art. For example, spin-on-coating processes can be used to form photodefinable layers, BARC, and spin-on dielectric oxide layers. Various vapor deposition processes, such as chemical vapor deposition, can be used to form hard mask layers.
- Having formed a desired stack of layers, a pattern of spacers is next formed by pitch multiplication.
- With reference to
FIG. 4 , a pattern comprising spaces ortrenches 122, which are delimited by photodefinable material features 124, is formed in thephotodefinable layer 120. Thetrenches 122 can be formed by, e.g., photolithography with 248 nm or 193 nm light, in which thelayer 120 is exposed to radiation through a reticle and then developed. After being developed, the remaining photodefined material forms mask features such as the illustrated lines 124 (shown in cross-section only). - As shown in
FIG. 5 , thephotoresist lines 124 can be etched using an isotropic etch to “shrink” those features to adjust their widths. The extent of the etch is preferably selected so that the widths of the modified lines 124 a are substantially equal to the desired spacing between the later-formed spacers 175 (FIG. 11 ), as will be appreciated from the discussion below. Suitable etches include etches using an oxygen-containing plasma, e.g., a SO2/O2/N2/Ar plasma, a Cl2/O2/He plasma or a HBr/O2/N2 plasma. For example, the width of thelines 124 can be reduced from about 80-120 nm to about 40-70 nm. Advantageously, the width-reducing etch allows the lines 124 a to be narrower than would otherwise be possible using the photolithographic technique used to pattern thephotodefinable layer 120. In addition, the etch can smooth the edges of the lines 124 a, thus improving the uniformity of those lines. While the critical dimensions of the lines 124 a can be etched below the resolution limits of the photolithographic technique, it will be appreciated that this etch does not alter the pitch of thespaces 122 a and lines 124 a, since the distance between identical points in these features remains the same. - With reference to
FIG. 6 , the pattern in the (modified) photodefinable layer 120 a is transferred to thehard mask layer 130. This transfer is preferably accomplished using an anisotropic etch, such as an etch using a fluorocarbon plasma, although a wet (isotropic) etch may also be suitable if thehard mask layer 130 is thin. Preferred fluorocarbon plasma etch chemistries include CFH3, CF2H2 and CF3H. - With reference to
FIG. 7 , the pattern in the photodefinable layer 120 a and thehard mask layer 130 is transferred to thetemporary layer 140 to formmandrels 145.Layers FIGS. 9-10 ) will later be deposited on themandrels 145. It has been found that the temperatures used for spacer material deposition (which is preferably conformal, such that processes such as chemical vapor deposition are preferred) are typically too high for photoresist to withstand. Thus, the pattern is preferably transferred from the photodefinable layer 120 a to thetemporary layer 140, which is formed of a material that can withstand the process conditions for spacer material deposition and etching, discussed below. In addition to having higher heat resistance than photoresist, the material forming thetemporary layer 140 is preferably selected such that it can be selectively removed relative to the material for the spacers 175 (FIG. 11 ) and the underlyingetch stop layer 150. As noted above, thelayer 140 is preferably formed of amorphous carbon and, more preferably, transparent carbon. - The pattern in the modified photodefinable layer 120 a is preferably transferred to the
temporary layer 140 using a reactive ion etch (RIE) employing an oxygen-containing plasma, e.g., a plasma containing SO2, O2 and Ar. Other suitable etch chemistries include a Cl2/O2/SiCl4, SiCl4/O2/N2, or HBr/O2/N2/SiCl4-containing plasma. Advantageously, the SO2-containing plasma is used as it can etch carbon of the preferredtemporary layer 140 at a rate greater than 20 times and, more preferably, greater than 40 times the rate that thehard mask layer 130 is etched. A suitable SO2-containing plasma is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/931,772 to Abatchev et al., filed Aug. 31, 2004, the entire disclosure of which is incorporate herein by reference. It will be appreciated that the SO2-containing plasma can simultaneously etch thetemporary layer 140 and also remove the photoresist layer 120 a. The resultinglines 124 b, separated byspaces 122 b, constitute the placeholders or mandrels along which a pattern of spacers 175 (FIG. 11 ) will be formed. - With reference to
FIG. 8 , thehard mask layer 130 can be selectively removed to facilitate later spacer formation by leaving themandrels 145 exposed for subsequent etching (FIG. 12 ). Thehard mask layer 130 can be removed using a buffered oxide etch (BOE), which is a wet etch comprising HF and NH4F. - Next, as shown in
FIG. 9 , areaction barrier layer 170 a is blanket deposited over exposed surfaces, including thehard mask layer 150 and the tops and sidewalls of themandrels 145. The material forming thelayer 170 a is preferably similar to the material used for the spacers, e.g., both materials can be forms of silicon oxide, or thelayer 170 a can be formed of a material for which an etch selectivity similar to that of the spacer material is available. The deposition process conditions and/or reactants, however, are chosen such that the deposition process results in minimal deformation of the mandrels. In addition, thelayer 170 a preferably has a composition and thickness that minimizes diffusion of reactants in a subsequent deposition through thelayer 170 a on to themandrels 145. Thelayer 170 a is preferably a layer of a first spacer material which can be deposited using a first deposition process using a first set of precursors having minimal reactivity with the mandrels. - It will be appreciated that the first spacer material can be any material that can act as a mask for transferring a pattern to the underlying
hard mask layer 150. The spacer material preferably: 1) can be deposited with good step coverage; 2) can be deposited at a temperature compatible with themandrels 145; and 3) can be selectively etched relative to themandrels 145 and underlyinghard mask layer 150. Preferred materials include silicon, silicon oxides and silicon nitrides. In the illustrated embodiment, the first spacer material is silicon oxide, which provides particular advantages in combination with other selected materials of the masking stack. - As noted above, the silicon oxide is preferably deposited by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using oxygen gas (O2) and TEOS as precursors. The reactants in this process advantageously have a low reactivity with mandrel materials, such as amorphous carbon, in comparison to other oxygen precursors such as O3.
- An example of a suitable reactor system is the Applied Materials' Producer™ system, which can remotely generate excited reactive species, such as an oxygen plasma. In one example of process conditions, O2 is preferably remotely activated and flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 300-1000 sccm and, more preferably, about 400-600 sccm. TEOS is flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 200-800 mgm and, more preferably, about 400-600 mgm and a carrier gas, e.g., He, is flowed flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 2000-3000 sccm and, more preferably, about 2500 sccm. The RF power is preferably about 300-800 watts and, more preferably, about 500-600 watts. The pressure within the reactor is preferably maintained at about 5-10 ton and, more preferably, about 6-8 torr.
- The reactor is preferably maintained at a temperature sufficiently low to prevent chemical or physical disruption of the amorphous carbon layer. In addition, it has been found that material deposited on amorphous carbon mandrels can peel off at high deposition temperatures. Consequently, the deposition temperature is preferably about 350-400° C. and, more preferably, about 375° C.
- The layer of the
first spacer material 170 a is preferably deposited to a thickness of about 100-300 Å and, more preferably, about 150-250 Å. This thickness has been found to adequately protect themandrels 145 from reactions with subsequent reactants, such O3 which can oxidize themandrels 145. In addition, because films deposited by the PEVCD process may not be as conformal as films deposited by thermal CVD processes, this relativelythin layer 170 a minimizes the affect of uniformities of the PECVD process on the ultimately deposited spacer layer 170 (FIG. 10B ). - It will be appreciated that the conformality of a layer is related to its step coverage. A highly conformal layer has high step coverage. Preferably, the step coverage (the ratio of the thickness of the deposited layer at a midpoint up the height of the mandrel relative to the thickness of the deposited layer at a top of the mandrel in percentage terms) is about 50% or greater, more preferably, about 75% or greater and, most preferably, about 95% or greater.
- With reference to
FIG. 10A , a layer of thesecond spacer material 170 b is deposited on the layer of thefirst spacer material 170 a. Thesecond layer 170 b is preferably deposited by a process which can deposit a highly conformal film. In addition, as above, the deposition temperature is preferably sufficiently low to prevent chemical or physical disruption of the amorphous carbon layer. Preferably, thesecond layer 170 b is deposited by a thermal chemical vapor deposition using ozone (O3) and TEOS as precursors at a deposition temperature of about 350-450° C. and, more preferably, about 375° C. Preferably, the step coverage of thelayer 170 b is about 75% or greater, more preferably, about 85% or greater and, most preferably, about 95% or greater. - Depending on the capabilities of the reactor, the same reactor used for depositing the
layer 170 a may also be used for this thermal CVD. For example, the Applied Materials' Producer™ system can be used for both this thermal CVD and the above-described PECVD. In one example of process conditions for the thermal CVD, the flow rate of O3 into the reactor is about 4000-10000 sccm and, more preferably, about 6000 sccm. The flow rate of TEOS into the reactor is about 2000-3000 mgm and, more preferably, about 2400 mgm and a carrier gas, e.g., He or N2, is flowed into the reactor at a rate of about 4000-10000 sccm and, more preferably, about 6000 sccm. The reaction chamber pressure is preferably maintained at about 40-400 torr and, more preferably, about 100 torr. - With continued reference to
FIG. 10A , it will be appreciated that where the first andsecond layers layers layers single layer 170 of spacer material, as illustrated inFIG. 10B . - While generally being considered to be the “same” material, e.g., silicon oxide, the skilled artisan will appreciate that the different deposition processes used to form the
layers layer 170 a, when formed with O2 and TEOS in a PECVD, can have a higher density than thelayer 170 b, when formed with O3 and TEOS in a thermal CVD. In addition, the use of these different reactants can result in slightly different ratios of oxygen to silicon, and also the possible presence of different impurities, in the depositedlayers layers layer 170 a can be a better diffusion barrier than thelayer 170 b, which may be more porous than thelayer 170 a. - It will be appreciated that the combined thickness of the
layers FIG. 11 ). Thus, the thickness of thelayer 170 is preferably determined based upon the desired width of thespacers 175. As a result, after preferably depositing thefirst layer 170 a to a thickness sufficiently thick to act as a reaction barrier, thelayer 170 b is preferably formed so that the aggregate thickness of thelayers spacers 175. - With reference to
FIG. 11 , thespacer layer horizontal surfaces 180 of the partially formedintegrated circuit 100. Such a directional etch, also known as a spacer etch, can be performed using a fluorocarbon plasma, e.g., a CF4/CHF3, C4F8/CH2F2 or CHF3/Ar plasma. It will be appreciated that while shown for ease of illustration having approximately the same width as themandrels 145, thespacers 175 can have a smaller width than themandrels 145. - With reference to
FIG. 12 , a pattern offree standing spacers 175 is formed by removing themandrels 145. Themandrels 145 are selectively removed using an organic strip process. Preferred etch chemistries include a sulfur-containing plasma etch, such as an etch using SO2. - Thus, a pitch multiplied pattern of
spacers 175 have been formed. In the illustrated embodiment, the pitch of thespacers 175 is roughly half that of thephotoresist lines 124 and spaces 122 (FIG. 4 ) originally formed by photolithography. Where thephotoresist lines 124 had a pitch of about 200 nm,spacers 175 having a pitch of about 100 nm or less can be formed. - In some embodiments, particularly where the
substrate 110 can be etched with good selectivity relative to thehard mask layer 150, thehard mask layer 150 can be used as a mask to etch thesubstrate 110. As shown inFIG. 13 , the pattern formed by thespacers 175 can be transferred to thehard mask layer 150 using an anisotropic etch, e.g., a BCl3/Cl2 plasma etch, to selectively etch thelayer 150 through that pattern formed by thespacers 175. - Optionally, the
spacers 175 can be removed to reduce the aspect ratio of mask features before etching thesubstrate 110. For example, where thespacers 175 comprise a silicon oxide, the spacer removal can be accomplished using a wet or dry etch, e.g., a wet buffered oxide etch or a dry etch using a CH2F2/C4F8/Ar/O2 plasma. - With reference to
FIG. 14 , thehard mask layer 150 and/or thespacers 175 can be used as a mask through which thesubstrate 110 is processed. For example, the pattern in thehard mask 150 can be transferred to thesubstrate 110 by selectively etching thesubstrate 110, using an etch chemistry appropriate for the material(s) of thesubstrate 110, as known in the art. - With reference to
FIG. 15 , in other embodiments, especially where thesubstrate 110 is difficult to etch, intervening layers of masking material can be formed between thehard mask layer 150 and thesubstrate 110. For example,additional layers - In such a case, the
layer 150 preferably comprises a material that has good etch selectively relative to thespacers 175 and thelayer 155. Exemplary materials for thelayers layer 155 advantageously allows for a pattern-cleaning step (e.g., with O2 plasma) to remove any polymerized organic residue that may be present as the result of previous etch processes, such as the removal ofmandrels 145. After the cleaning step, a well-defined pattern can be transferred to thelayer 160. Thelayer 160 is preferably formed of amorphous carbon, which is advantageously resistant to many etch chemistries for removing silicon materials in thesubstrate 110. As shown inFIG. 16 , the pattern defined by thespacers 175 can be transferred to thelayer 160, which then serves as the primary mask for patterning thesubstrate 110. Advantageously, due to the availability of extreme selectivity when etching amorphous carbon, a patternedhard mask layer 150 can be used after removal of spacers to transfer the pattern with lower and more uniform aspect ratio features to theprimary masking layer 160. - It will be appreciated that the formation of spacers according to the preferred embodiments offers numerous advantages. By minimizing reactions of mandrels with precursors for spacers, deformation of the mandrels can also be minimized. A silicon oxide spacer layer formed by a PECVD with O2 and TEOS and then a thermal CVD with O3 and TEOS is shown in
FIG. 17 . In comparison with the spacer layer shown inFIG. 2B , shrinkage and deformation of the mandrels is advantageously reduced. Thus, because the positions and sizes of the mandrels are not significantly altered by the spacer layer deposition, the spacers can be more reliably formed at their desired and expected positions. - Moreover, while PECVD using O2 and TEOS can have a relatively low conformality that discourages its use in spacer formation, the spacer layer has excellent conformality, as can be seen in
FIG. 17 . The spacers formed from the spacer layer can better approximate their desired dimensions and positions. Thus, the preferred embodiments allow improved control of the dimensions of features in a mask pattern. - It will be appreciated that while discussed with reference to particular materials for the various layers and parts discussed herein, other materials can also be used. Preferably, however, any other materials that may be used offer the appropriate etch selectivity relative to the materials that are used, as discussed above. Moreover, while two
layers FIG. 10A ). While preferably formed of the same material, these layers can be formed of different materials. For example, one layer can be formed of silicon oxide, while the other is formed of silicon nitride. In another example, one layer is formed of aluminum oxide and the other is formed of silicon oxide. Where the layers are formed of different materials, the materials are preferably chosen so that suitable etch chemistries are available to perform a complete spacer etch and subsequent transfer of the spacer pattern to underlying layers. Advantageously, the material for the first layer can be chosen to have benefits for direct contact and process exposure to the mandrels, while the material for the second layer can be chosen to have benefits for completing the spacer layer (e.g., increased deposition rates, conformality, etc.). - In addition to the CVD processes discussed above, various other processes can be used to deposit the various layers of material discussed herein. For example, atomic layer deposition (ALD) can be employed, for depositing one or both of the
layers - In other embodiments, the same deposition processes (e.g., thermal CVD, ALD or PECVD) can be used, while the reactants are chosen based upon reactivity with mandrel materials. Where different processes are employed, the reactants used can be different for each process, or some reactants can be kept constant. For example, when forming silicon oxide, the silicon reactants can be varied for each process and the oxidizer can be the same or different for each process.
- Also, the masks discussed herein can be used to form various integrated circuit features, including, without limitation, interconnect lines, landing pads and parts of various electrical devices, such as capacitors and transistors, particularly for memory and logic arrays in which dense repeating patterns are desirable. As such, while illustrated as lines with regular spacing and regular widths for ease of illustration, the masks can have features with variable spacing and variable dimensions. Optionally, the spacers can be trimmed and/or masked and etched to formed features with desired dimensions. Moreover, the
spacers 175 can be more than pitch doubled. An exemplary method for further pitch multiplication is discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,810 to Lowrey et al. with reference toFIGS. 19-23 of that patent. Also, while illustrated with spacers formed on a single level, in other embodiments, spacers can be formed on multiple vertical levels and consolidated on a single level to form a mask pattern. - It will also be appreciated that the
substrate 110 can comprise different materials, e.g., layers of different materials, or different materials in different lateral regions of the substrate. In such cases, theprimary masking layer 160 is preferably used for superior etch selectivity. To transfer the pattern defined by the spacers to such a substrate, a succession of different chemistries, preferably dry-etch chemistries, can be used to successively etch through these different materials, if a single chemistry is not sufficient to etch all the different materials. It will also be appreciated that, depending upon the chemistry or chemistries used, thespacers 175 and thehard mask layer 150 may be etched. Using amorphous carbon for theprimary mask layer 160, however, advantageously offers excellent resistance to conventional etch chemistries, especially those used for etching silicon-containing materials. Thus, theprimary mask layer 160 can effectively be used as a mask for etching through a plurality of substrate layers, or for forming high aspect ratio trenches. - The preferred embodiments can also be employed multiple times throughout an integrated circuit fabrication process to form features in a plurality vertical levels, which may be vertically contiguous or non-contiguous and vertically separated. In such cases, each of the individual levels to be patterned would constitute a
substrate 110. In addition, some of the preferred embodiments can be combined with other of the preferred embodiments, or with other masking methods known in the art, to form features on different areas of thesame substrate 110 or on different vertical levels. - Accordingly, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that these and various other omissions, additions and modifications may be made to the methods and structures described above without departing from the scope of the invention. All such modifications and changes are intended to fall within the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A process for forming an integrated circuit, comprising:
depositing a first layer of spacer material over a plurality of vertically-extending and spaced-apart mandrels;
subsequently depositing a second layer of spacer material over the mandrels, wherein the first layer reduces deformation of the mandrels relative to depositing the second spacer layer directly on the mandrels; and
selectively removing the mandrels relative to the spacer material of the first and second layers;
wherein the first layer is denser than the second layer.
2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the first and second layers comprise the same material.
3. The process of claim 1 , wherein depositing the first layer comprises performing a different deposition process than subsequently depositing the second layer.
4. The process of claim 3 , wherein depositing the first layer comprises exposing the mandrel to excited reactive species.
5. The process of claim 4 , wherein depositing the second layer comprises exposing the first layer to non-radical species.
6. The process of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel is formed of amorphous carbon and wherein depositing the first layer and subsequently depositing the second layer of spacer material comprise silicon oxide.
7. The process of claim 1 , further comprising subjecting the first and the second layers to an anisotropic etch to form spacers on sidewalls of the mandrels after subsequently depositing the second layer and before selectively removing the mandrels.
8. The process of claim 7 , wherein removing the mandrels forms a pattern of standalone spacers, further comprising successively transferring the pattern to a plurality of hard mask layers before transferring the pattern to an underlying substrate.
9. The process of claim 8 , wherein successively transferring the pattern to a plurality of hard mask layers comprises transferring the pattern to an amorphous carbon hard mask layer.
10. A method for defining patterns in a material, comprising:
providing a plurality of laterally separated sacrificial features over a substrate;
blanket depositing a spacer material on the sacrificial features, the spacer material deposited by performing a plurality of deposition processes, wherein later deposition processes have a higher propensity to deform the sacrificial features than earlier deposition processes;
preferentially etching the spacer material to expose a copy of the sacrificial features.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein blanket depositing comprises performing a chemical vapor depositing process.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the chemical vapor deposition process is a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition or a thermal chemical vapor deposition.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising etching the substrate through a mask comprising the spacers.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
transferring a pattern defined by the spacers to an underlying hard mask layer; and
removing the spacers before etching the substrate through the hard mask layer.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the spacer material is silicon oxide.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sacrificial features are formed of amorphous carbon.
17. A method for forming masks, comprising:
providing a plurality of mandrels, each mandrel having sidewalls;
blanket depositing a first layer of masking material on the sidewalls, the first layer extending continuously between neighboring mandrels;
blanket depositing a second layer of masking material on the first layer; and
using a single first etch chemistry to selectively remove a portion of the first and second layers relative to the mandrels, thereby exposing the mandrels.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising removing the mandrel to form a pattern defined by vertically-extending remnants of the first and second layers.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein removing the mandrel comprises using a single second etch chemistry to selectively etch the mandrels relative to the first and second layers.
20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising using a single third etch chemistry to selectively etch an underlying layer of hard mask material relative to the first and second layers.
21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first etch chemistry is an anisotropic etch chemistry.
22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first etch chemistry comprises a fluorocarbon etch.
23. The method of claim 17 , wherein the mandrel is disposed over a semiconductor substrate.
24. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first and the second layers are formed of a same material.
25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the first and the second layers are formed of silicon oxide.
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