10nm local interconnect challenge with iso-dense loading and improvement with ALD spacer process
2016
10nm M1 local interconnect is using three-color litho-etch-litho-etch-litho-etch (LELELE) integration to enable technology scaling. This paper discusses the challenges to balance the three-color density in critical standard cell scaling, illustrates the limited process margin resulting from iso-dense loading during dry etch CD shrink, and proposes a novel ALD spacer-shrink process which improves iso-dense CD difference by 50%.
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