Inventors:
Ebrahim Andideh - Portland OR
Robert J. Patterson - Beaverton OR
Assignee:
Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
H01L 21465
Abstract:
A process for filling submicron, high aspect ratio gaps, that may have reentrant angles, with a high quality ILD. A first ILD layer is deposited using PECVD to partially fill the gap. Medium-pressure sputter etching is then used to remove the bread-loaf edges and redeposit the etched material in the gaps, thereby allowing small gaps with high aspect ratios and reentrant angles to be completely filled. Finally, a second ILD layer that completely fills the gap is deposited using PECVD.