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The document compares the processes for making 2D and 3D chips. For 2D chips, patterns of UV light are focused on a silicon wafer coated with photoresist, exposed areas are etched away, and ions are showered on to dope silicon and make transistors. The process is repeated 4+ times to add metal interconnects and insulators. For 3D chips, the same equipment and materials are used, but additional steps stack polysilicon transistors vertically by repeating photolithography and etching to create active polysilicon regions and adding new layers like polysilicon, tungsten, and antifuse material. The 3D process is repeated 9 times to stack 8 memory cells.
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Silicon is a hard, brittle metalloid that is the base material for computer chips. It is formed into pure silicon crystals and sliced into wafers. The wafers are etched with circuit designs using photolithography. This creates the transistors and layers that make up integrated circuits. The chips are then tested before being added to devices. Silicon is commonly used because it is inexpensive and facilitates tight control of electricity flow needed for complex chip circuits.
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- 1. GOING 3-D: SAME EQUIPMENT, DIFFERENT STEPS HOW 2-D CHIPS ARE MADE 1 2 3 4 5 Patterns of ultraviolet Exposed photoresist Ions are showered onto The wafer is coated Chemical-mechanical light are focused onto is removed, and the wafer, doping areas with insulating polishing flattens the a silicon wafer coated unprotected areas are of exposed silicon to dielectric or wafer’s surface with with photoresist etched away by gases make transistors conducting metal 50-nanometer precision PROCESS IS REPEATED FOUR OR MORE TIMES TO ADD METAL INTERCONNECTIONS AND INSULATING OXIDES HOW 3-D CHIPS ARE MADE Additional steps using the same equipment and materials create 3-D microcircuits with many polysilicon transistors stacked vertically 1 2 RETICLE (MASK) LENS Photolithography Photoresist and etching proceed Silicon just as for 2-D chips, dioxide above Silicon nitride Silicon substrate 3 PREPARED SILICON WAFER Ion implantation dopes the silicon to create transistors 4 5 6 7 8 Three new layers are Photolithography is Memory cells and Chemical-mechanical A layer of “antifuse” added: polysilicon, repeated to create metal interconnections polishing knocks down material is added; burning tungsten metal and active regions of are etched; insulation any high spots out an antifuse will store then more polysilicon polysilicon is added a bit in the memory PROCESS IS REPEATED NINE TIMES TO STACK EIGHT MEMORY CELLS ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER