Abstract: Methods of forming microelectronic structures are described. Embodiments of those methods may include forming an electrochemical capacitor device by forming pores in low purity silicon materials. Various embodiments described herein enable the fabrication of high capacitive devices using low cost techniques.
1. A method of making a charge storage structure, the method comprising:
forming pores (104) in a low-purity silicon substrate (100) to form a low purity
porous silicon structure (102) wherein the low purity silicon substrate has a purity of 99.9999 percent or less purity of silicon; and
forming an electrochemical capacitor (124) comprising one of (1) a first low purity porous silicon structure (110) and a second low purity porous silicon structure (120) separated by an electrical insulator (130) comprising a dielectric material or (2) a first low purity porous silicon section and a second low purity porous silicon section separated by an electrical insulator comprising a dielectric material (113).
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising wherein the pores comprise a depth of up to about 300 microns.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising forming an electrically conductive material within the pores, wherein the electrically conductive material lines the pores.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3 comprising wherein the electrically conductive material is formed by an atomic layer deposition process.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the electrically conductive material is formed using one of a roll to roll process and a batch process.
6. The method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the atomic layer deposition process flows through the low purity porous silicon structure.
7. The method as claimed in claim 3 comprising forming a dielectric material on the electrically conductive material.
8. The method as claimed in claim 3 comprising wherein the electrically conductive material comprises at least one of tungsten, aluminum, copper, nickel, iron, cobalt, carbon, palladium, ruthenium, tin, aluminum titanium nitride, titanium nitride,
tungsten nitride, tantalum nitride, tungsten titanium nitride, titanium silicon nitride, tungsten silicon nitride, titanium boron nitride, and molybdenum nitride.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising forming a dielectric material
within the pores.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9 comprising forming an electrically
conductive material on the dielectric material.
11. The method as claimed in claim 9 comprising wherein the dielectric material comprises a high k dielectric material.
12. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising wherein the charge storage structure comprises a portion of an electrochemical capacitor structure.
13. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising using an electrolyte to form an electrical double layer within a pore, and wherein the pore comprises a channel of the electrical double layer.
14. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising wherein the low purity substrate comprises one of metallurgical grade silicon and polysilicon, wherein the electrochemical capacitor structure comprises a microelectronic electrochemical capacitor.
15. The method as claimed in claim 1 comprising wherein the low purity porous silicon structure includes one of a p-type dopant and n-type dopant.
16. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pore comprises a tapered structure.
17. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pores are formed by one of electrochemical etching, anodization and stain etching.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the electrochemical etching comprises a batch electrochemical etching process.
19. A method comprising:
forming pores (104) in a low-purity silicon substrate (100) to form a low purity porous silicon structure (102), wherein the charge storage structure comprises a portion of an electrochemical capacitor (4030) structure, wherein the low purity silicon substrate has a purity of 99.9999 percent or less purity of silicon and the electrochemical capacitor structure comprises a first low purity porous silicon structure and a second low purity porous silicon structure separated by an electrical insulator comprising a dielectric material (113) .
20. The method as claimed in claim 19 comprising forming the electrochemical capacitor structure by forming the first low purity porous silicon structure and second low purity porous silicon structure separated by the electrical insulator.
21. The method as claimed in claim 19 wherein the electrical insulator is capable of ionic conduction.
22. The method as claimed in claim 21 comprising forming at least one of a refractory metal oxide, a refractory metal nitride, and a refractory metal carbide on one of the first low purity porous silicon structure and the second low purity porous silicon structure
23. The method as claimed in claim 22 wherein the electrochemical capacitor comprises a pseudo capacitor.
24. A method of making charge storage structure, the method comprising:
forming pores (104) in the low purity silicon particles to form low purity porous
silicon structure (110) wherein the low purity silicon substrate has a purity of 99.9999 percent or less purity; and
25. The method as claimed in claim 24 wherein the low purity substrate comprises
one of metallurgical grade silicon and polysilicon, and wherein the electrochemical
capacitor comprises a microelectronic electrochemical capacitor.
26. A method of making a charge storage structure, the method comprising,
forming pores (104) in a low purity silicon substrate to form a low purity porous
silicon structure, wherein the charge storage structure comprises a portion of an electrochemical capacitor structure (124), wherein the low purity silicon substrate has a purity of 99.9999 percent or less purity;
forming an electrochemical capacitor comprising a low purity porous silicon structure and an electrical insulator comprising a dielectric material (113), and
forming at least one of a refractory metal oxide, a refractory metal nitride and a refractory metal carbide on one of the low purity porous silicon structure.
27. The method as claimed in claim 26 wherein the low purity substrate comprises one of metallurgical grade silicon and polysilicon, and wherein the electrochemical capacitor comprises a microelectronic electrochemical capacitor.
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| 2 | FORM 2 for efiling INTL-433-IN.pdf | 2014-05-06 |
| 3 | 3385-CHENP-2014.pdf | 2014-05-09 |
| 4 | abstract3385-CHENP-2014.jpg | 2015-01-27 |
| 5 | 3385-CHENP-2014-FER.pdf | 2018-05-31 |
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| 8 | 3385-CHENP-2014-FORM-26 [17-09-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-09-17 |
| 9 | 3385-CHENP-2014-OTHERS [19-09-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-09-19 |
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| 12 | 3385-CHENP-2014-CLAIMS [19-09-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-09-19 |
| 13 | 3385-CHENP-2014-ABSTRACT [19-09-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-09-19 |
| 14 | Correspondence by Agent_Power of Attorney_24-09-2018.pdf | 2018-09-24 |
| 15 | Correspondence by Agent_Form 5_01-10-2018.pdf | 2018-10-01 |
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