Patents by Inventor Zhaoqin Zeng

Zhaoqin Zeng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12295153
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a metal gate of a PMOS, comprising: step 1, forming a P-type work function metal layer; step 2, depositing an N-type work function metal layer by means of a PVD process, wherein over a bottom surface of a gate trench, the N-type work function metal layer has a hill profile; step 3, forming a first top barrier metal sublayer by means of a conformal growth process, wherein the first top barrier metal sublayer completely fills a sharp corner area of the N-type work function metal layer at a corner of the gate trench; step 4, growing a second top barrier metal sublayer by means of a PVD bombardment process; step 5, forming a third top barrier metal sublayer and a fourth top barrier metal sublayer; and step 6, forming a metal conductive material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaoqin Zeng, Yu Zhang, Jingxun Fang, Yu Bao, Jianhua Xu
  • Publication number: 20250069949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for reducing a resistance of a contact, including: preparing a via in a device structure, and fabricating an adhesive layer that is in the via and attached to an inner wall of the via; fabricating a metal film that is in the via and attached to the adhesive layer; and filling the via with metal tungsten. In the present application, from the point of view of reducing high-resistance metals Ti and TiN and increasing low-resistance metal tungsten, a fluorine-free chemical is used to replace WF6 to participate in a reaction of a W film, forming a tungsten film which replaces a TiN film, increasing the volume of tungsten, and reducing a via resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaoqin ZENG, Yu ZHANG, Jingxun FANG, Yu BAO
  • Publication number: 20230132408
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a metal gate of a PMOS, comprising: step 1, forming a P-type work function metal layer; step 2, depositing an N-type work function metal layer by means of a PVD process, wherein over a bottom surface of a gate trench, the N-type work function metal layer has a hill profile; step 3, forming a first top barrier metal sublayer by means of a conformal growth process, wherein the first top barrier metal sublayer completely fills a sharp corner area of the N-type work function metal layer at a corner of the gate trench; step 4, growing a second top barrier metal sublayer by means of a PVD bombardment process; step 5, forming a third top barrier metal sublayer and a fourth top barrier metal sublayer; and step 6, forming a metal conductive material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaoqin Zeng, Yu Zhang, Jingxun Fang, Yu Bao, Jianhua Xu
  • Publication number: 20220130974
    Abstract: The present application discloses a contact, which comprises a contact opening, and a Ti layer, a glue layer and a tungsten layer which completely fill the contact opening; the Ti layer is subjected to annealing treatment; the tungsten layer comprises a tungsten seed layer and a tungsten body layer; the glue layer consists of a TiN layer which is divided into a plurality of TiN sub-layers, all or part of the TiN sub-layers are subjected to the annealing treatment, and the size of grains of the TiN sub-layer subjected to the annealing treatment is limited by the thickness of the corresponding TiN sub-layer. The present application further discloses a method for making a contact. The present application can prevent the annealing treatment of the TiSi layer from producing large lattice grains in the glue layer, thus can make the tungsten seed layer be a continuous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
    Inventors: Jianhua Xu, Zhaoqin Zeng
  • Publication number: 20220130770
    Abstract: The present application discloses a copper filled recess structure, which comprises a recess formed in a first dielectric layer; a block layer is formed on the bottom surface and side surfaces of the recess; a cobalt layer and a ruthenium layer are formed on the surface of the block layer; a copper layer completely fills the recess; a supportive nucleation film layer of the copper layer is formed by superposing the cobalt layer and the ruthenium layer. The present application further discloses a method for making a copper filled recess structure. Since the copper layer in the present application does not contain a copper seed layer and completely consists of the electrochemically-plated copper film, the ability of filling copper in the recess can be improved, and it is especially suitable for use as a copper connection and a via at a process node of less than 14 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaoqin Zeng, Yu Bao