Methods are disclosed, such as those involving increasing the density of
isolated features in an integrated circuit. Also disclosed are structures
associated with the methods. In one or more embodiments, contacts are
formed on pitch with other structures, such as conductive interconnects.
The interconnects may be formed by pitch multiplication. To form the
contacts, in some embodiments, a pattern corresponding to some of the
contacts is formed in a selectively definable material such as
photoresist. The features in the selectively definable material are
trimmed to desired dimensions. Spacer material is blanket deposited over
the features in the selectively definable material and the deposited
material is then etched to leave spacers on sides of the features. The
selectively definable material is removed to leave a mask defined by the
spacer material. The pattern defined by the spacer material may be
transferred to a substrate, to form on pitch contacts. In some
embodiments, the on pitch contacts may be used to electrically contact
conductive interconnects in the substrate.