Directed self-assembly

• Main Authors: Liu, Chi-Chun, Pitera, Jed W, Cheng, Joy, Guillorn, Michael A, Tsai, Hsinyu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.09.2018
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FILLING PASTES; HOLOGRAPHY; INKS; MATERIALS THEREFOR; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; POLISHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

The disclosure provides methods for directed self-assembly (DSA) of a block co-polymer (BCP). In one embodiment, a method includes: forming an oxide spacer along each of a first sidewall and a second sidewall of a cavity in a semiconductor substrate; forming a neutral layer between the oxide spacers and along a bottom of the cavity; and removing the oxide spacers to expose the first and second sidewalls and a portion of the bottom of the cavity adjacent the first and second sidewalls.