The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of performing an etch process. The method is performed by forming a first plurality of openings defined by first sidewalls of a mask disposed over a substrate. A cut layer is between two of the first plurality of openings. A spacer is formed onto the first sidewalls of the mask and a second plurality of openings are formed. The second plurality of openings are defined by second sidewalls of the mask and are separated by the spacer. The substrate is etched according to the mask and the spacer.

A method includes forming a transistor having source and drain regions. The following are formed on the source/drain region: a first via, a first metal layer extending along a first direction on the first via, a second via overlapping the first via on the first metal layer, and a second metal extending along a second direction different from the first direction on the second via; and the following are formed on the drain/source region: a third via, a third metal layer on the third via, a fourth via overlapping the third via over the third metal layer, and a controlled device at a same height level as the second metal layer on the third metal layer.

A method of depositing a material on one of two, but not both, sidewalls of a raised structure formed on a substrate includes tilting a normal of the substrate away from a source of the deposition material or tilting the source of the deposition material away from the normal of the substrate. The method may be implemented by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a scaled gate contact and source/drain cap and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure comprising an active region; source and drain contacts adjacent to the gate structure; a capping material over the source and drain contacts; a gate contact formed directly above the active region of the gate structure and over the capping material; a U-shape dielectric material around the gate contact, above the source and drain contacts; and a contact in direct electrical contact to the source and drain contacts.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: arranging a first and a second gate strip separating in a first distance, wherein each of the first and the second gate strip is a gate terminal of a transistor; depositing a first contact via on the first gate strip; forming a first conductive strip on the first contact via, wherein the first conductive strip and the first gate strip are crisscrossed from top view; arranging a second and a third conductive strip, above the first conductive strip, separating in a second distance, wherein each of the second and the third conductive strip is free from connecting to the first conductive strip, the first and the second conductive strip are crisscrossed from top view. The first distance is twice as the second distance. A length of the first conductive strip is smaller than two and a half times as the first distance.

Disclosed are DRAM devices and methods of forming DRAM devices. One method may include forming a plurality of trenches and angled structures, each angled structure including a first sidewall opposite a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall extends over an adjacent trench. The method may include forming a spacer along a bottom surface of the trench, along the second sidewall, and along the first sidewall, wherein the spacer has an opening at a bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include forming a drain in each of the angled structures by performing an ion implant, which impacts the first sidewall through the opening at the bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include removing the spacer from the first sidewall, forming a bitline over the spacer along the bottom surface of each of the trenches, and forming a series of wordlines along the angled structures.

A manufacturing method of a package structure of an electronic device, including the following steps, is provided. A first seed layer is formed on a carrier plate. A first metal layer is formed on the first seed layer. A first insulating layer is formed on the first metal layer, wherein the first insulating layer exposes a portion of the first metal layer. A first plasma treatment is performed on the first insulating layer and the exposed portion of the first metal layer. After performing the first plasma treatment, the carrier plate formed with the first seed layer, the first metal layer, and the first insulating layer is placed in a microenvironment controlling box. After taking the carrier plate out of the microenvironment controlling box, a second seed layer is formed on the first insulating layer and the exposed portion of the first metal layer.

A package structure, a packaging method and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor functional structure, an interconnecting layer disposed on a surface of the semiconductor functional structure; forming an isolation layer exposing part of the interconnecting layer, the exposed part of the interconnecting layer acting as a first pad, and the first pad used for performing a first type test; after completing the first type test, forming a redistribution layer on the first pad and the isolation layer, the redistribution layer and the interconnecting layer electrically connected; and forming a first insulating layer exposing parts of the redistribution layer, the exposed parts of the redistribution layer acting as a second pad and a third pad, the second pad used for performing a second type test, and the third pad used for executing a functional interaction corresponding to contents of the second type test.

A pick-up structure for a memory device and method for manufacturing memory device are provided. The pick-up structure includes a substrate and a plurality of pick-up electrode strips. The substrate has a memory cell region and a peripheral pick-up region adjacent thereto. The pick-up electrode strips are parallel to a first direction and arranged on the substrate in a second direction. The second direction is different from the first direction. Each pick-up electrode strip includes a main part in the peripheral pick-up region and an extension part extending from the main part to the memory cell region. The main part is defined by fork-shaped patterns of a first mask layer. The extension part has a width less than that of the main part, and the extension part has a side wall surface aligned with a side wall surface of the main part.

The embodiments of the present application disclose a contact structure forming method, a contact structure, and a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of isolation regions therein, the isolation regions isolating an active region on the substrate into several portions; etching the active regions and the isolation regions simultaneously by the first etching processing, to form a first contact hole, a protruding active region being formed at the active region in the bottom of the first contact hole; depositing a first dielectric layer to cover the sidewall and bottom of the first contact hole; and etching the bottom of the first contact hole by the second etching processing, to form a contact structure having a target depth.