Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of contacts on a wafer, preferably with the aid of a lithographic process. The preferred embodiment provides a method which overcomes the disadvantages of the complex point/hole lithography process, and which avoids any increase in the process complexity. This method is achieved in that a strip structure extending over two layers is used to structure the contacts. The strip structure in the first layer is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the strip structure in the second layer, and the contacts are formed in the mutually overlapping areas of the strip structures in the two layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of contacts on a wafer, preferably with the aid of a lithographic process. The preferred embodiment provides a method which overcomes the disadvantages of the complex point/hole lithography process, and which avoids any increase in the process complexity. This method is achieved in that a strip structure extending over two layers is used to structure the contacts. The strip structure in the first layer is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the strip structure in the second layer, and the contacts are formed in the mutually overlapping areas of the strip structures in the two layers.

Abstract: A gate electrode layer is doped in a first section of a semiconductor substrate. By means of a patterning, encapsulated gate electrodes emerge from the gate electrode layer, which gate electrodes are arranged in a high packing density in a first section and are assigned to selection transistors of memory cells, and are arranged in a low packing density in a second section and are assigned to transistors of logic circuits. After a processing of the selection transistors, the encapsulated gate electrodes are uncovered in the second section and are subsequently doped in the same way in each case simultaneously with the respectively assigned source/drain regions. Together with a subsequent siliciding of the gate electrodes and of the source/drain regions, the performance of the transistors in the second section is significantly increased with little additional outlay.

Abstract: In a method for producing a semiconductor structure a semiconductor a substrate with a top surface is provided. A gate dielectric layer is provided on the top surface and on the gate dielectric layer is provided a memory cell array region with a first plurality of gate stacks and a peripheral element region with a second plurality of gate stacks. A dielectric layer is provided over the memory cell array region and the peripheral element region. A first source/drain implantation over the memory cell array region and the peripheral element region is carried out, a blocking mask over the memory cell array region is formed, the dielectric layer is removed using the blocking mask, and a second source/drain implantation over the memory cell array region and the peripheral element region is carried out, wherein the memory cell array region is protected by a mask.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a contract hole plane in a memory module with an arrangement of memory cells each having a selection transistor. The methods can be utilized during the production of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor trench structure includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate and filling it with a filler. A first thermal process having a first maximum temperature cures the filler. Removing the filler from an upper region of the trench as far as a boundary surface defines a collar region. In a second thermal process having a second maximum temperature that is not significantly higher than the first maximum temperature, a liner is deposited on the collar region and the boundary surface. The liner is removed from the boundary surface, thereby exposing the filler. The filler is then removed from a lower region of the trench.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a trench capacitor with an insulation collar in a substrate, which is electrically connected to the substrate on one side via a buried contact, using a hard mask with a corresponding mask opening.

Abstract: A gate electrode layer is doped in a first section of a semiconductor substrate. By means of a patterning, encapsulated gate electrodes emerge from the gate electrode layer, which gate electrodes are arranged in a high packing density in a first section and are assigned to selection transistors of memory cells, and are arranged in a low packing density in a second section and are assigned to transistors of logic circuits. After a processing of the selection transistors, the encapsulated gate electrodes are uncovered in the second section and are subsequently doped in the same way in each case simultaneosly with the respectively assigned source/drain regions. Together with a subsequent siliciding of the gate electrodes and of the source/drain regions, the performance of the transistors in the second section is significantly increased with little additional outlay.

Abstract: In order to fabricate a contact hole plane in a memory module with an arrangement of memory cells each having a selection transistor, on a semiconductor substrate with an arrangement of mutually adjacent gate electrode tracks on the semiconductor surface, an insulator layer is formed on the semiconductor surface and a sacrificial layer is subsequently formed on the insulator layer, then material plugs are produced on the sacrificial layer for the purpose of defining contact openings between the mutually adjacent gate electrode tracks, the sacrificial layer is etched to form material plugs with the underlying sacrificial layer blocks, after the production of the vitreous layer with uncovering of the sacrificial layer blocks above the contact openings between the mutually adjacent gate electrode tracks, an essentially planar surface being formed, then the sacrificial layer material is etched out from the vitreous layer and the uncovered insulator material is removed above the contact openings on the semiconduct

Abstract: A method for fabricating a trench capacitor with an insulation collar in a substrate, which is electrically connected to the substrate on one side via a buried contact, using a hard mask with a corresponding mask opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of contacts on a wafer, preferably with the aid of a lithographic process. The preferred embodiment provides a method which overcomes the disadvantages of the complex point/hole lithography process, and which avoids any increase in the process complexity. This method is achieved in that a strip structure extending over two layers is used to structure the contacts. The strip structure in the first layer is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the strip structure in the second layer, and the contacts are formed in the mutually overlapping areas of the strip structures in the two layers.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor trench structure includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate and filling it with a filler. A first thermal process having a first maximum temperature cures the filler. Removing the filler from an upper region of the trench as far as a boundary surface defines a collar region. In a second thermal process having a second maximum temperature that is not significantly higher than the first maximum temperature, a liner is deposited on the collar region and the boundary surface. The liner is removed from the boundary surface, thereby exposing the filler. The filler is then removed from a lower region of the trench.

Abstract: According to the disclosed method, there is provided a structure consisting of a silicon substrate coated with a bottom thin SiO2 layer, a doped polysilicon layer, a refractory metal layer and a top Si3N4 capping layer. Said refractory metal and doped polysilicon layers will form a polycide layer under subsequent thermal treatments. First, a sacrificial layer of a dielectric material such as oxynitride is deposited onto the structure. Oxynitride is impervious to UV radiation and has excellent conformal properties. Then, a layer of a photoresist material is deposited onto the structure and patterned to form a mask. Now the dielectric and top Si3N4 layers are anisotropically etched using the photoresist mask. The mask is stripped and the refractory metal and doped polysilicon layers are anisotropically dry etched down to the SiO2 layer using the patterned dielectric layer as an in-situ hard mask.