Integrated Circuit Devices Having Contact And Container Structures
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1. A method for forming contact structures and container structures, comprising:
- providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a first insulative layer formed over the substrate, a second insulative layer formed over the first insulative layer, the first insulative layer having a plurality of first contact structures formed therein, the first contact structures having a first conductivity type;
forming a third insulative layer over the second insulative layer;
prior to forming the third insulative layer, separately forming a second contact structure within the second insulative layer and the first insulative layer, the second contact structure having a second conductivity type, different than the first conductivity type; and
prior to forming the third insulative layer, separately forming a container structure overlying one of the plurality of first contact structures, the container structure electrically contacting the first contact structure.
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Abstract
Methods for forming contact structures and container structures, as well as integrated circuits that can be formed by employing those methods are provided. The integrated circuitry formed by the methods of the present invention provide capacitors in containers having sufficiently high storage capacitance for advanced integrated circuit devices. In addition the methods for forming such container capacitors facilitate the formation of contacts structures and provided for the formation of local interconnect structures and electrical contact to each of the structures formed.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for forming contact structures and container structures, comprising:
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providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a first insulative layer formed over the substrate, a second insulative layer formed over the first insulative layer, the first insulative layer having a plurality of first contact structures formed therein, the first contact structures having a first conductivity type;
forming a third insulative layer over the second insulative layer;
prior to forming the third insulative layer, separately forming a second contact structure within the second insulative layer and the first insulative layer, the second contact structure having a second conductivity type, different than the first conductivity type; and
prior to forming the third insulative layer, separately forming a container structure overlying one of the plurality of first contact structures, the container structure electrically contacting the first contact structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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23. A method of forming an integrated circuit comprising:
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providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a memory array region, an N-peripheral region and a P-peripheral region, a first insulative layer, having a first thickness, formed over such regions, said first insulative layer having a plurality of first contact structures formed therein, each first contact structure overlying either the memory array region or the P-peripheral region, the first contact structures comprising a conductive material of a first conductivity type;
forming a second insulative layer having a second thickness greater than the first thickness;
etching to form second opening through the second insulative layer and the first insulative layer, the second opening exposing a portion of the N-peripheral region; and
filling the second opening with a conductive material of a second conductivity type, opposite the first type.
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32. A DRAM comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate comprising a first insulative layer over the substrate and a second insulative layer over the first insulative layer, the first insulative layer having a plurality of first contact structures formed in their entirety therein, the first contact structures having a first conductivity type;
a plurality of second interconnect structures formed in their entirety within the second insulative layer;
a capacitor container structure, the container formed in its entirety with the second insulative layer;
a third contact structure formed in its entirety within the first insulative layer and the second insulative layer, the third contact structure having a second conductivity type opposite the first type;
a plurality of local interconnect structures overlying the second insulative layer; and
a third insulative layer overlying the second insulative layer and the plurality of local interconnects, the third insulative layer having a plurality of fourth contact structures formed in their entirety therein, each fourth contact structure contacting one of the local interconnect structures, one of the second interconnect structures or the third interconnect structure. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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