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Digital CMOS VLSI Design
Instructor: Prof. Saraju Mohanty
Lecture 5: Manufacturing
NOTE: The figures, text etc included in slides are borrowed
from various books, websites, authors pages, and other
sources for academic purpose only. The instructor does
not claim any originality.
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Lecture Outline
CMOS Fabrication: High-Level
CMOS Fabrication: Inverter Example
Packaging
Testing
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Introduction
Integrated circuits: many transistors on one
chip.
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI): very
many
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Fast, cheap, low power transistors
How to build your own simple CMOS chip
CMOS transistors
Building logic gates from transistors
Transistor layout and fabrication
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MOSFET: 3D Perspective
Polysilicon Aluminum
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A Modern CMOS Process
p-well n-well
p+
p-epi
SiO2
AlCu
poly
n+
SiO2
p+
gate-oxide
Tungsten
TiSi2
Dual-Well Trench-Isolated CMOS Process
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Circuit Under Design and Its
Layout
VDD VDD
VinVout
M1
M2
M3
M4
Vout2
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CMOS Fabrication
CMOS transistors are fabricated on siliconwafer.
Lithography process similar to printing pressis used for the fabrication.
On each step, different materials aredeposited or etched.
Easiest to understand by viewing both topand cross-section of wafer in a simplifiedmanufacturing process.
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Photo-Lithographic Process
oxidation
opticalmask
processstep
photoresist coatingphotoresistremoval (ashing)
spin, rinse, dryacid etch
photoresist
stepper exposure
development
Typical operations in a single
photolithographic cycle (from [Fullman]).
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CMOS Process at a Glance
Define active areas
Etch and fill trenches
Implant well regions
Deposit and patternpolysilicon layer
Implant source and drainregions and substrate contacts
Create contact and via windowsDeposit and pattern metal layers
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Lithography: Key Idea
Source: A level set method for an
inverse problem arising in
photolithography. Doctoral
Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Lithography: Wafer Preparation
Source: A level set method for an inverse problem arising in photolithography. Doctoral
Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Lithography: Light Projection
Source: A level set method for an inverse problem arising in photolithography.
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Lithography: Exposing Photoresist
Source: A level set method for an inverse problem arising in photolithography.
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Lithography: Etching the Exposed Area
Source: A level set method for an inverse problem arising in photolithography.
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Lithography: Implanting/Depositing
Source: A level set method for an inverse problem arising in photolithography.
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Lithography: End Metallization
Source: A level set method for an inverse problem arising in photolithography.
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation, 2009, 97 pages.
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Inverter Cross-section
Typically use p-type substrate fornMOS transistors.
Requires n-well for body ofpMOS transistors.
VDD
A Y
GND
n+
p substrate
p+
n well
A
YGND V
DD
n+ p+
SiO2
n+ diffusion
p+ diffusion
polysilicon
metal1
nMOS transistor pMOS transistor
1
2
3
4
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Well and Substrate Taps
Substrate must is tied to GND and n-well to
VDD
Metal to lightly-doped semiconductor forms
poor connection called Shottky Diode
Heavily doped well and substrate contacts or
taps form good ohmic contacts.
n+
p substrate
p+
n well
A
YGND V
DD
n+p+
substrate tap well tap
n+ p+
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Inverter Mask Set
Transistors and wires are defined by masks
Cross-section taken along dashed line
GND VDD
Y
A
substrate tap well tap
nMOS transistor pMOS transistor
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Detailed Mask Views
Six masks
n-well
Polysilicon
n+ diffusion
p+ diffusion
Contact
Metal
Metal
Polysilicon
Contact
n+ Diffusion
p+ Diffusion
n well
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n-well
Objective is to build inverter from the bottom up
First step will be to form the n-well
Cover wafer with protective layer of SiO2 (oxide)
Remove layer where n-well should be built
Implant or diffuse n dopants into exposed wafer
Strip off SiO2
n-well : Start with blank p-type silicon wafer
p substrate
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n-well
n-well: Grow SiO2 on top of Si wafer
900 – 1200 C with H2O or O2 in oxidation furnace
The oxide is patterned to define n-well.
p substrate
SiO2
Photoresist
p substrate
SiO2
n-well: Spin on photoresist
– Photoresist is a light-sensitive organic polymer
– Softens where exposed to light
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n-well
n-well: Expose photoresist through n-well
mask
Allows light to pass through only where the n-
well need to be created.
Strip off exposed photoresist
p substrate
SiO2
Photoresist
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n-well
n-well: Etch oxide with hydrofluoric acid (HF)
Only attacks oxide where resist has been exposed
p substrate
SiO2
p substrate
SiO2
Photoresist
• n-well: Strip off remaining photoresist
– Use mixture of acids called piranah etch
– Necessary so resist doesn’t melt in next step
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n-well n-well: using diffusion or ion implantation
Diffusion: Place wafer in furnace with arsenic gasand heat until As atoms diffuse into exposed Si
Ion Implantation: Blast wafer with beam of As ions
n well
SiO2
• n-well: Strip off the remaining oxide using HF
– Back to bare wafer with n-well
– Subsequent steps involve similar series of steps
p substrate
n well
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of Gates Gate consists of polysilicon over thin layer of
silicon oxide.
Very thin layer of gate oxide is grown in furnace < 20 Å (6-7 atomic layers)
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) of silicon layerfor polysilicon deposition Place wafer in furnace with Silane gas (SiH4)
Forms many small crystals called polysilicon
Polysilicon is heavily doped to be a good conductor
Thin gate oxide
Polysilicon
p substraten well
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of Gates
Use same lithography process that used to
create n-well to pattern polysilicon using
photoresist and the polysilicon mask.
Polysilicon
p substrate
Thin gate oxide
Polysilicon
n well
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n+
Transistor active area and well contact are
n+.
N-diffusion forms nMOS source, drain, and
n-well contact
Use oxide and masking to expose where n+
dopants should be diffused or implanted
p substraten well
SiO2
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n+
Pattern oxide with the n-diffusion mask and form
n+ regions.
Self-aligned process where gate blocks diffusion.
Polysilicon is better than metal for self-aligned
gates because it doesn’t melt during later
processing.
p substraten well
n+ Diffusion
SiO2
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of n+
Historically dopants were diffused
Usually ion implantation today
But regions are still called diffusion
n wellp substrate
n+n+ n+
• Strip off oxide to complete patterning step
n wellp substrate
n+n+ n+
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of p+
Similar set of steps form p+ diffusion regions
for PMOS source and drain and substrate
contact.
Pattern oxide with the p-diffusion mask and
form p+ regions.
p+ Diffusion
p substraten well
n+n+ n+p+p+p+
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Fabrication Steps: Creation of Contacts
Now we need to wire together the devices
Cover chip with thick field oxide
Etch oxide where contact cuts are needed
using contact mask.
p substrate
Thick field oxide
n well
n+n+ n+p+p+p+
Contact
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Fabrication Steps: Metalization
Sputter on aluminum over whole wafer
Pattern to remove excess metal, leaving wires
Metal mask is used during this step.
p substrate
Metal
Thick field oxide
n well
n+n+ n+p+p+p+
Metal
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Advanced Metallization
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Advanced Metallization
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Bonding Techniques
Lead Frame
Substrate
Die
Pad
Wire Bonding
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Tape-Automated Bonding (TAB)
(a) Polymer Tape with imprinted
(b) Die attachment using solder bumps.
wiring pattern.
Substrate
Die
Solder BumpFilm + Pattern
Sprocket
hole
Polymer film
Lead
frame
Test
pads
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Flip-Chip Bonding
Solder bumps
Substrate
Die
Interconnect
layers
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Package-to-Board Interconnect
(a) Through-Hole Mounting (b) Surface Mount
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Packaging Tapeout final layout
Fabrication
6, 8, 12” wafers
Optimized for throughput, not latency (10 weeks!)
Cut into individual dice
Packaging
Bond gold wires from die I/O pads to package
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Packaging Requirements
Electrical: Low parasitics
Mechanical: Reliable and robust
Thermal: Efficient heat removal
Economical: Cheap
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Package Types
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Package Parameters
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Multi-Chip Modules
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Testing
Test that chip operates
Design errors
Manufacturing errors
A single dust particle or wafer defect kills a
die
Yields from 90% to < 10%
Depends on die size, maturity of process
Test each part before shipping to customer