Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Chemical-mechanical planarization method and method for fabricating metal gate in gate-last process
The present invention provides a chemical-mechanical planarization method. The chemical-mechanical planarization method includes: providing a substrate including a gate and source/drain regions on the sides of the gate, the gate and the source/drain regions being overlay by an insulating layer, and the insulating layer including a protruding part above the gate and a recessed part above a surface of the substrate between gates; selectively doping the insulating layer such that only the protruding part is doped; and performing CMP on the substrate after doping, to remove the protruding part and planarize the surface of the substrate. By selectively doping the insulating layer, the method makes only the protruding part of the insulating layer doped, enhancing the corrosive attacks on the material of the protruding part by the slurry in the CMP, and increasing the removal rate of the material of the protruding part by the CMP.
Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Chao Dapeng Xiaobin Tao Jinbiao
Zhao Chen He Yang Liu