US Patent:
20200235104, Jul 23, 2020
Inventors:
- Santa Clara CA, US
Jianxin Lei - Fremont CA, US
Wenting Hou - San Jose CA, US
Mihaela Balseanu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ning Li - San Jose CA, US
Sanjay Natarajan - Portland OR, US
Gill Yong Lee - San Jose CA, US
In Seok Hwang - Pleasanton CA, US
Nobuyuki Sasaki - Cupertino CA, US
Sung-Kwan Kang - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc. - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
H01L 27/108
H01L 21/3213
H01L 21/033
Abstract:
Memory devices and methods of forming memory devices are described. The memory devices comprise a substrate with at least one film stack. The film stack comprises a polysilicon layer on the substrate; a bit line metal layer on the polysilicon layer; a cap layer on the bit line metal layer; and a hardmask on the cap layer. The memory device of some embodiments includes an optional barrier metal layer on the polysilicon layer and the bit line metal layer is on the barrier metal layer. Methods of forming electronic devices are described where one or more patterns are transferred through the films of the film stack to provide the bit line of a memory device.