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US 10,096,479 B2Granted
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeunghan Yoo
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Abstract
Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. In the method, a double patterning technology is used to form various patterns with different widths.
Claims6
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:
- sequentially forming a lower layer and an upper layer on a substrate;
- forming, on the upper layer, a first set of sacrificial patterns at a first region of the substrate and a second set of sacrificial patterns at a second region of the substrate;
- forming first spacers on sidewalls of the first set of sacrificial patterns and second spacers on sidewalls of the second set of sacrificial patterns;
- selectively removing the first set of sacrificial patterns and the second set of sacrificial patterns;
- etching the upper layer exposed by the first and second spacers to form a first set of upper patterns and a second set of upper patterns under the respective first spacers and second spacers;
- removing the first spacers and second spacers to expose top surfaces of the first and second sets of upper patterns;
- forming third spacers on sidewalls of the second set of upper patterns, wherein each pattern of the first set of upper patterns has a first width, and each pattern of the second set of upper patterns and its corresponding third spacers has a second width greater than the first width;
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- etching the lower layer to form a first set of lower patterns at the first region and a second set of lower patterns at the second region,
- wherein each pattern of the first set of lower patterns has the first width, and each pattern of the second set of lower patterns has the second width.
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A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:
- sequentially forming a lower layer and an upper layer on a substrate;
- forming, on the upper layer, a first set of sacrificial patterns at a first region of the substrate and a second set of sacrificial patterns at a second region of the substrate;
- forming first spacers on opposite sidewalls of each sacrificial pattern of the first set of sacrificial patterns and second spacers on opposite sidewalls of each sacrificial pattern of the second set of sacrificial patterns;
- selectively removing the first set of sacrificial patterns and the second set of sacrificial patterns without removing the first or second spacers, thereby exposing part of the upper layer;
- etching the upper layer exposed by the first and second spacers to form a first set of upper patterns and a second set of upper patterns under the respective first spacers and second spacers;
- removing the first spacers and second spacers to expose top surfaces of the first and second sets of upper patterns;
- forming third spacers on opposite sidewalls of each upper pattern of the first set of upper patterns, wherein each pattern of the first set of upper patterns has a first width, and each pattern of the second set of upper patterns and its corresponding third spacers has a second width greater than the first width;
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- etching the lower layer using the first set of upper patterns, and the second set of upper patterns and corresponding third spacers to form first fins of the first region on the substrate, the first fins having the first width, and to form second fins of the second region on the substrate, the second fins having the second width.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.