Patents Assigned to Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
  • Patent number: 11967520
    Abstract: A method for making a high-voltage thick gate oxide, which includes depositing a pad silicon oxide on a silicon substrate and depositing a pad silicon nitride on the pad silicon oxide; performing shallow trench isolation photolithography, etching, silicon oxide filling and chemical mechanical polishing; sequentially depositing a mask silicon nitride and a mask silicon oxide on a silicon wafer; removing the mask silicon oxide and the mask silicon nitride in a high-voltage thick gate oxide region, and remaining the pad silicon nitride between two shallow trench isolations in the high-voltage thick gate oxide region; performing first thermal oxidation growth; removing the pad silicon nitride between the two shallow trench isolations in the high-voltage thick gate oxide region; performing second thermal oxidation growth to produce a high-voltage thick gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventor: Junwen Liu
  • Patent number: 11728369
    Abstract: A method for forming contacts applied to a CMOS image sensor includes: forming a transmission gate structure; performing source and drain ion implantation processes to form source and drain; forming auxiliary sidewalls on the outer sides of the gate sidewalls, the material of the auxiliary sidewalls being the same as the material of the adjacent gate sidewalls; sequentially forming a silicide block layer, a contact etch stop layer and an interlayer dielectric layer; defining source and drain contact regions; performing etching processes to remove the interlayer dielectric layer and the contact etch stop layer corresponding to the source and drain contact regions sequentially; etching the silicide block layer by adopting a predetermined etching selection ratio to form source and drain contacts, wherein the etching rate of the silicide block layer is higher than the etching rate of the auxiliary sidewalls in the process of etching the silicide block layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR (WUXI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Dong Zhang, Peng Huang
  • Patent number: 11670538
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing logic device isolation in an embedded storage process, removing the pad silicon nitride and floating gate polysilicon layer in a shallow trench isolation area and retaining the floating gate oxide layer; depositing acid etching silicon nitride; removing the acid etching silicon nitride at the bottom of the shallow trench isolation and a portion of the silicon substrate adjacent to and under the shallow trench isolation, to form a trench and retain the acid etching silicon nitride on a side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation; remove the acid etching silicon nitride on the side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventor: Junwen Liu
  • Patent number: 11569093
    Abstract: A method for making a MOSFET includes forming a gate oxide layer on a substrate; depositing and forming a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer; removing the polysilicon layer and the gate oxide layer in a target area by means of dry etching. The remaining gate oxide layer forms a gate oxide of the MOSFET. The remaining polysilicon layer forms a gate of the MOSFET. The method further includes performing LDD implantation on the substrate at both sides of the gate, to form a first LDD area and a second LDD area respectively; and performing SD implantation to form a source and a drain in the substrate at both sides of the gate respectively. Before one of the steps after the depositing and forming a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer, fluorine ion implantation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Mingxu Fang, Yu Chen, Hualun Chen
  • Patent number: 11563103
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an IGBT device includes: forming a source of the IGBT device in a substrate, wherein the substrate is an MCZ substrate; performing annealing processing on the substrate, wherein a layer of oxide is formed on the surface of the source during an annealing process; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, wherein the interlayer dielectric layer is comprised of a silicon nitride layer, a first type oxide layer, and a second type oxide layer, and a material used to form the first type oxide layer is different from a material used to form the second type oxide layer; and performing nitrogen annealing processing on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited, Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Chao Feng, Zhengrong Chen, Jia Pan, Tinghui Yao, Yu Jin
  • Publication number: 20220320171
    Abstract: A CMOS image sensor, a first dielectric layer is formed on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of lower microlenses having a bottom surface in the shape of an arc concave structure and located directly above the corresponding photodiode are formed in the first dielectric layer. A plurality of upper microlenses having a top surface in the shape of an arc convex structure and located directly above the corresponding lower microlens are formed on the top surface of the first dielectric layer. The refractive index of the material of the upper microlens is greater than or equal to the refractive index of the material of the lower microlens, and the refractive index of the material of the lower microlens is greater than the refractive index of the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Liusuo CHENG, Guanglong CHEN, Han WANG, Jiliang ZHANG, Jiangyong QIAN
  • Patent number: 11428722
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a resistance test method using a Kelvin structure, which includes the following steps: step 1: providing a Kelvin test structure including a tested resistor, a first parasitic resistor, and a second parasitic resistor connected in series; step 2: applying first current to the two current test terminals and simultaneously testing first voltage in the two voltage test terminals; step 3: applying second current in a direction opposite to the direction of the first current to the two current test terminals and simultaneously testing second voltage in the two voltage test terminals; step 4: dividing a difference value obtained by subtracting the second voltage from the first voltage by a difference value between the first current and the second current to obtain the final test value of the tested resistor. The disclosure can reduce the resistance test error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Bin Han, Xudong Li, Qiyi Yang
  • Publication number: 20220246658
    Abstract: An image sensor including an isolation structure and a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a photosensitive area. The isolation structure isolates the plurality of the photodiodes from each other to form an array structure, and a closed air cavity structure is formed in the isolation structure between two adjacent photodiodes. A method for manufacturing an image sensor includes: providing a base layer; selectively etching the base layer to form a deep trench in a photosensitive area of the base layer; the deep trench extending from the first surface to the second surface of the base layer in a longitudinal direction to divide the base layer into device units arranged in an array; and gradually growing an epitaxial layer on the surface of the deep trench by means of an epitaxial growth process, so that the space in the deep trench tapers to form a closed air cavity structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Xiao FAN, Guanglong CHEN, Han WANG
  • Publication number: 20220230909
    Abstract: A method for making a deep trench isolation of a CIS device includes: growing a first epitaxial layer on a substrate; forming a hard mask layer on the first epitaxial layer; performing photolithography and etching processes to form deep trenches arranged longitudinally and transversely in the first epitaxial layer; forming a second epitaxial layer in the deep trenches; performing a thermal oxidation process to form a first oxide layer on the surface of the second epitaxial layer; completely filling the deep trenches with polysilicon; performing a back-etching process to expose sidewalls of the first oxide layer in the deep trenches; forming a second oxide layer on the top of the polysilicon; removing the hard mask layer and the first oxide layer above the second oxide layer; rapidly growing a third epitaxial layer; and performing a CMP process to form a deep trench isolation on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited, Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Jialong LI, Peng HUANG, Xiao FAN, Wensheng QIAN
  • Publication number: 20220199659
    Abstract: A method for making an isolation region of a CIS device includes: forming a block layer on a substrate, below the block layer being an oxide layer, below the oxide layer being a silicon nitride layer, and a shallow trench isolation being formed in the substrate; forming a hard mask layer on the surface of the block layer, the material of the hard mask layer is oxide; performing a photolithography process and an etching process to form an isolation region pattern in the hard mask layer; performing an ion implantation process to form an isolation region in the substrate corresponding to the isolation region pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR (WUXI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuanyuan QUI, Zhenqiang GUO, Peng HUANG, Xiao FAN
  • Publication number: 20220189819
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing logic device isolation in an embedded storage process, removing the pad silicon nitride and floating gate polysilicon layer in a shallow trench isolation area and retaining the floating gate oxide layer; depositing acid etching silicon nitride; removing the acid etching silicon nitride at the bottom of the shallow trench isolation and a portion of the silicon substrate adjacent to and under the shallow trench isolation, to form a trench and retain the acid etching silicon nitride on a side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation; remove the acid etching silicon nitride on the side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventor: Junwen LIU
  • Publication number: 20220189820
    Abstract: A method for making a high-voltage thick gate oxide, which includes depositing a pad silicon oxide on a silicon substrate and depositing a pad silicon nitride on the pad silicon oxide; performing shallow trench isolation photolithography, etching, silicon oxide filling and chemical mechanical polishing; sequentially depositing a mask silicon nitride and a mask silicon oxide on a silicon wafer; removing the mask silicon oxide and the mask silicon nitride in a high-voltage thick gate oxide region, and remaining the pad silicon nitride between two shallow trench isolations in the high-voltage thick gate oxide region; performing first thermal oxidation growth; removing the pad silicon nitride between the two shallow trench isolations in the high-voltage thick gate oxide region; performing second thermal oxidation growth to produce a high-voltage thick gate oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventor: Junwen LIU
  • Patent number: 11355579
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing, in particular to a device integrated with a three-dimensional MIM capacitor and a method for manufacturing the same. The device comprising: a first dielectric layer, a first conductive metal structure being formed in the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer, plurality of MIM capacitors being formed in the second dielectric layer, the bottom of each of the MIM capacitors being connected to the first conductive metal structure, and the plurality of three-dimensional MIM capacitors being arranged as array in a two-dimensional plane presented by the second dielectric layer; wherein each of the three-dimensional MIM capacitors sequentially comprises an upper electrode, a dielectric layer covering the bottom sides of the upper electrode, and a lower electrode layer covering an outer surface of the dielectric layer; the lower electrode layer is connected to the first conductive metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventor: Junwen Liu
  • Publication number: 20220149185
    Abstract: A method for making an LDMOS device including forming a first ion doped region in an epitaxial layer of a first region and removing a first oxide layer of the first region, the first oxide layer being formed on the epitaxial layer; forming a second oxide layer on the epitaxial layer and the remaining first oxide layer; forming a second ion doped region in the epitaxial layer of a second region, the first region and the second region having no overlapped region; and forming a polysilicon layer on the second oxide layer; removing the polysilicon layer, the first oxide layer and the second oxide layer of a third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Mingxu FANG, Yu CHEN, Hualun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220130889
    Abstract: A method for forming contacts applied to a CMOS image sensor includes: forming a transmission gate structure; performing source and drain ion implantation processes to form source and drain; forming auxiliary sidewalls on the outer sides of the gate sidewalls, the material of the auxiliary sidewalls being the same as the material of the adjacent gate sidewalls; sequentially forming a silicide block layer, a contact etch stop layer and an interlayer dielectric layer; defining source and drain contact regions; performing etching processes to remove the interlayer dielectric layer and the contact etch stop layer corresponding to the source and drain contact regions sequentially; etching the silicide block layer by adopting a predetermined etching selection ratio to form source and drain contacts, wherein the etching rate of the silicide block layer is higher than the etching rate of the auxiliary sidewalls in the process of etching the silicide block layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Dong ZHANG, Peng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220102524
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing, and in particular to a chip and a method for self-aligned etching of contacts of the chip. The chip includes a substrate layer, a salicide block layer and a dielectric layer; the salicide block layer covers the device layer; the salicide block layer comprises a first block layer and a second block layer sequentially stacked from the device layer; an etching selection ratio of the second block layer to the first block layer is high; The method includes: defining a contact pattern; performing first etching to remove the dielectric layer and the second block layer located at the position of the contact pattern, making a stop surface of the first etching be located in the first block layer; performing second etching to remove the first block layer located at the position of the contact pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR (WUXI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shaojun SUN, Dong ZHANG, Peng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220069105
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an IGBT device includes: forming a source of the IGBT device in a substrate, wherein the substrate is an MCZ substrate; performing annealing processing on the substrate, wherein a layer of oxide is formed on the surface of the source during an annealing process; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, wherein the interlayer dielectric layer is comprised of a silicon nitride layer, a first type oxide layer, and a second type oxide layer, and a material used to form the first type oxide layer is different from a material used to form the second type oxide layer; and performing nitrogen annealing processing on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited, SHANGHAI HUAHONG GRACE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao FENG, Zhengrong CHEN, Jia PAN, Tinghui YAO, Yu JIN
  • Publication number: 20220059354
    Abstract: A method for making a MOSFET includes forming a gate oxide layer on a substrate; depositing and forming a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer; removing the polysilicon layer and the gate oxide layer in a target area by means of dry etching. The remaining gate oxide layer forms a gate oxide of the MOSFET. The remaining polysilicon layer forms a gate of the MOSFET. The method further includes performing LDD implantation on the substrate at both sides of the gate, to form a first LDD area and a second LDD area respectively; and performing SD implantation to form a source and a drain in the substrate at both sides of the gate respectively. Before one of the steps after the depositing and forming a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer, fluorine ion implantation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR (WUXI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxu FANG, Yu CHEN, Hualun CHEN
  • Patent number: 11239153
    Abstract: The present application has disclosed an MIM capacitor of an embedded structure, wherein an interlayer film is formed between a first metal wire layer and a second metal wire layer; the MIM capacitor is formed on the surface of the interlayer film; a capacitor lower electrode is connected to the first metal wire layer by means of a bottom first via, the first metal wire layer is connected, by means of a second via outside the capacitor lower electrode, to a lower electrode lead-out structure formed by the second metal wire layer; and an upper electrode lead-out structure formed by the second metal wire layer covers the surface of the capacitor upper electrode of the MIM capacitor. The present application has further disclosed a method for manufacturing an MIM capacitor of an embedded structure. In the present application, the performance and stability of the capacitor can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventor: Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20220028984
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of semiconductor forming technologies, in particular to an interlayer dielectric layer structure for a power MOS device and a method for making the same. The interlayer dielectric layer structure for a power MOS device comprises a silicon-rich oxide SiOx film layer deposited on the surface of the power MOS device, wherein a silicon dioxide film layer is deposited on the silicon-rich oxide SiOx film layer. The method for forming an interlayer dielectric layer structure for a power MOS device comprises the following steps: depositing a silicon-rich oxide SiOx film layer on the surface of the power MOS device; and depositing a silicon dioxide film layer on the silicon-rich oxide SiOx film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
    Inventors: Xiuyong LIU, Zhengrong CHEN, Changming WU, Jiliang ZHANG, Lipei JIN