WO2006035503A1 - 半導体装置および半導体装置の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, and more particularly to a semiconductor device that stores data by accumulating charges in a gate insulating film and a method for manufacturing the same.
- nonvolatile memories which are semiconductor devices capable of rewriting data
- technological development is underway to increase the amount of bits per unit area and reduce the cost per unit bit.
- NOR-type array-type floating gate flash memory has the feature that random access is possible, but on the other hand, it is necessary to provide a bit line contact for each cell. There is a problem that density is difficult.
- NAND-type floating gate type flash memory allows cells to be connected in series to reduce the number of bitline contacts, enabling high-density arrangement of cells, but not random access. There is a problem.
- a floating gate type flash memory is generally not easy to form a thin film of a tunnel insulating film, and this is a technical obstacle when a large capacity memory is used.
- Such a buried bit line type SONOS type memory has a simple structure compared to a floating gate type cell, can be randomly accessed, and has an array structure that is contactless. In addition, it can store 2 bits of information at a high density and can store high-density information (the cell area can be reduced to about 1Z2), making it an extremely useful device in the industry.
- the embedded bit line structure means that a bit line 'contact window is formed in each transistor even though it is a NOR type memory by forming a source / drain diffusion layer below the word line to be a bit line of a SONOS type memory.
- the array structure eliminates the need to provide
- FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional manufacturing process for forming a SONOS structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure, in which 100 is a semiconductor substrate, 101 is an insulating film such as a nitride film. Films, 102 and 103 are well regions, 110 is a trench groove for element isolation, 111 is an insulating film for element isolation, 112 is a resist pattern for element isolation formation, 121 is a tunnel insulating film, 122 is a nitride film for storage, 123 is ONO structure upper oxide film, 124 is bit line diffusion layer, 131 and 132 are gate oxide film, 151 is gate electrode, 161 is contact hole And 162 is wiring.
- 100 is a semiconductor substrate
- 101 is an insulating film such as a nitride film. Films, 102 and 103 are well regions
- 110 is a trench groove for element isolation
- 111 is an insulating film for element isolation
- 112 is a resist pattern for element isolation
- a single 'trench' isolation is used for element isolation of peripheral circuits.
- the memory cell array portion has a planar structure, while the peripheral circuit portion has a CMOS structure, and the core portion and the peripheral circuit portion have different structures.
- an insulating film 101 is formed on the main surface of a semiconductor substrate 100, and a resist pattern 112 is formed on the insulating film 101 by a photolithography technique and an etching technique.
- An isolation trench groove 110 is provided.
- a semiconductor substrate 100 is a p-type semiconductor substrate, and a SiN film is grown as an insulating film 101 by lOOnm, and a resist is applied to form a pattern.
- the Si N film and the semiconductor substrate at a predetermined location are etched to form an element isolation trench having a depth of about 350 nm.
- the element isolation formation resist pattern 112 is removed, a buried insulating film is grown on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate 100, and polishing is performed by CMP until the insulating film 101 is exposed.
- the isolation insulating film 111 is formed by leaving the embedded insulating film only inside 110.
- the insulating film 101 is removed (FIG. 1B).
- an HDP (high density plasma) oxide film with a thickness of 550 nm is used as the buried insulating film, and the removal of the SiN film as the insulating film 101 is performed by etching with phosphoric acid.
- the well regions 102 and 103 are formed in the peripheral circuit portion by ion implantation (FIG. 1 (c)).
- This step is performed, for example, by applying a resist, patterning it, and implanting phosphorus ions using this resist pattern as a mask. It is also possible to carry out boron ion implantation following the powerful phosphorus ion implantation so that the well region 103 has a triple-well structure.
- an ONO structure is formed by sequentially laminating a tunnel insulating film 121, a storage nitride film 122, and an upper oxide film 123, and bit line diffusion is performed at a predetermined position of the laminated film by photolithography technology.
- An opening for forming the layer 124 is provided.
- ions are implanted from these openings to form a bit line diffusion layer 124 (FIG. 1 (d)).
- the main surface of the semiconductor substrate 100 from which the insulating film of the core portion and the peripheral circuit portion has been removed by HF treatment is thermally oxidized to form a tunnel oxide film having a thickness of 7 nm.
- Acid capsule A CVD nitride film with a thickness of 10 nm is deposited on the surface, and the surface of the CVD nitride film is thermally oxidized to form an upper oxide film with a thickness of lOnm to obtain an ONO structure.
- bit line diffusion layer 124 is formed by ion-implanting arsenic with a dose of 1. OX 10 15 cm- 2 at an opening force acceleration voltage of 50 KeV for forming the bit line diffusion layer.
- the above ONO structure is not only applied to the core part but also to the peripheral circuit part. Since this ONO structure is not required for the peripheral circuit part, the ONO structure of the peripheral circuit part can be improved by resist patterning technology. Remove ( Figure 1 ()).
- peripheral circuit gate insulating films 131 and 132 having different film thicknesses are formed by thermal oxidation (FIG. 1 (f)).
- These gate insulating films 131 and 132 are formed, for example, by first forming an 8 nm gate insulating film by heat treatment at 900 ° C., performing resist patterning and HF treatment, and then thermally oxidizing again at 900 ° C.
- the film thickness can be made different, such as lOnm and 13 nm.
- a conductive film for a gate electrode is grown on the ONO structure and the gate insulating film, and resist patterning and etching are performed on the conductive film for the gate electrode and the peripheral circuit.
- a gate electrode 151 is formed (FIG. 1 (g)).
- the conductive film for the gate electrode is, for example, a polysilicon film having a thickness of 180 nm grown by a thermal CVD method.
- source pattern and drain region are formed in the peripheral circuit by resist patterning and ion implantation, and silicide formation, interlayer insulating film growth, contact hole 161, and wiring 162 are formed as necessary (FIG. 1 ( h)).
- Such a single-sided 1-bit cell-transistor having a conventional SONOS structure operates as follows. That is, in the vicinity of the drain, channel hot electrons are generated during the write operation, and hot holes are generated by band-to-band tunneling during the erase operation, but these electrons and holes are trapped in the gate insulating film. On the other hand, during the read operation, the source and drain are inverted to detect the difference in threshold due to the difference in the amount of trapped charge.
- the above-mentioned embedded bit line is used in the array, and this bit line serves as both a drain for write / erase operations and a source for read operations. ing.
- the ONO film described above is used. As a result, the bit line diffusion layer and the word line are separated.
- Figure 2 shows a conceptual plan view of a SONOS structure cell with embedded bit lines (Figure 2 (a)) and cross sections along A—A ', BB C C', and D in Figure 2 (a). It is a diagram (Fig. 2 (b)).
- reference numeral 201 is a word line WL
- reference numeral 202 is a bit line BL
- reference numeral 203 is a bit line
- contact is a gate insulating film.
- this SONOS structure cell is a NOR type cell
- one bit line contact 203 is usually arranged for each of a plurality of word lines (WL: 201). This is an advantage that the bit line (diffusion layer) 202 is formed under the word line 201 via the gate insulating film 204.
- bit line diffusion layer 202 becomes narrower as the cell is miniaturized, and it is necessary to reduce the dose of implanted ions in order to prevent short channel defects,
- the resistance of the bit line diffusion layer 202 becomes high, and as a result, the number of contacts must be increased. This is because when the resistance of the bit line diffusion layer 202 increases, the word line located immediately beside the bit line contact 203 is affected by the voltage effect due to the current flowing through the bit line during operation (for example, during programming). Since the effective voltage applied to each cell is different from each other, the bit line 'contact 203 is provided between the cells. This is because a characteristic difference depending on the distance from is generated.
- the layout is changed from providing the bit line contact 203 for every 16 word lines to the layout providing the bit line 'contact 203 for every 8 word lines. Is required.
- a layout detracts from the technical feature of small cell area, which is an advantage of embedded bitline SONOS structure cells.
- the present invention has been made in view of a serious problem, and an object of the present invention is to form a bit line diffusion layer in a shallow trench so that a stable electric current can be obtained without increasing the cell area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a buried bit line SONOS structure cell having a configuration capable of obtaining thermal characteristics.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method suitable for miniaturization of an embedded bit line type non-volatile memory, and to provide a structure in which a short circuit between bit lines due to contact misalignment is difficult to occur. There is to do.
- the object is to provide a technology capable of suppressing the lateral expansion due to the diffusion of impurities in the bit line and reducing the bit line resistance.
- the semiconductor device of the present invention has a buried bit line structure, and includes a conductive layer on the inner surface of a groove in which the bit line is buried.
- the conductive layer is an impurity diffusion layer.
- the impurity diffusion layer is formed by ion implantation.
- the groove may be a trench groove provided in the main surface of the substrate.
- the impurity concentration in the impurity diffusion layer formed on the sidewall of the groove is lower than the impurity concentration in the impurity diffusion layer formed on the bottom surface of the groove.
- an insulating film is provided on the surface of the impurity diffusion layer formed on the side wall of the groove.
- a refractory metal silicide film formed on the bottom surface of the impurity diffusion layer is provided on the inner surface of the groove.
- the refractory metal is, for example, Ti or Co.
- a first method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first step of defining a buried bit line formation region by element isolation on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, and the defined buried bit.
- a structure comprising: a second step of forming a groove in the line forming region; a third step of forming a conductive layer on the inner surface of the groove; and a fourth step of embedding a conductor film in the groove.
- the groove formed by the second step is a trench groove formed by etching.
- the conductive layer formed by the third step is an impurity diffusion layer formed by ion implantation.
- the ion implantation in the third step includes first and second ion implantation steps, and the first ion implantation implants ions into the side wall of the groove by the first ion implantation.
- a fourth sub-step of forming a refractory metal silicide film on the surface of the impurity diffusion layer at the bottom of the groove may be provided.
- the conductive film is embedded in the groove in the fourth step by performing CMP treatment on the uniformly formed conductive film to leave the conductive film in the groove.
- the third step includes a step of previously providing a side wall of silicon nitride on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and in this step, the region to be ion-implanted is separated by the sidewall. Lined.
- a second method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first step of forming an electrode extending in a column direction on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a silicon nitride side electrode on the side wall of the electrode.
- a fifth step in which the word line is provided and a part of the electrode extending in the column direction of the region is removed and separated into a plurality of electrodes. It is the composition which is provided.
- the main surface of the semiconductor substrate is preliminarily provided with an oxide film nitride film, an oxide film film (ONO film), and the first step is covered with the electrode, A step of removing at least the nitride film in the ONO film in the region is provided.
- the second step includes a step of forming a core pocket by ion implantation in a region near the surface of the semiconductor substrate at a lower end portion of the side wall of the electrode.
- the ion implantation in the third step is performed in an offset region separated from the lower end of the electrode by a predetermined interval.
- the third step includes a sub-step of silicidizing at least the exposed surface of the bit line.
- bit line diffusion is performed in a shallow trench groove in which a conductor film is embedded. Since a SONOS structure cell can be provided by providing a layer, the resistance of the bit line diffusion layer can be reduced without increasing the area of the bit line diffusion layer on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor memory device having stable electrical characteristics can be obtained without increase.
- a bit can be formed by providing Si N sidewalls and performing ion implantation.
- the memory cell can be miniaturized.
- the embedded SONOS structure with bit lines formed into self-aligned lines can achieve stable electrical characteristics without increasing the cell area and miniaturize memory cells at the same time. It becomes.
- FIG. 1] (a) and (h) are diagrams for explaining a conventional manufacturing process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure.
- FIG. 2 A conceptual plan view of a SONOS structure cell having a buried bit line (a) and A—A B-B C and D cross-sectional views (b) in FIG.
- FIG. 3 (a) and (h) are diagrams for explaining a manufacturing process of this embodiment for forming a SONOS structure multivalued cell having a buried bit line structure of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 (a) and (e) are diagrams for explaining a second fabrication process for forming a multi-value cell of a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure according to a third embodiment, and is a schematic top view of a single die region.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a SONOS-structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure of Example 3, and FIG. 6 (a) shows the core force of the die reaching the peripheral circuit portion.
- Fig. (B) is a schematic cross-sectional view after the ONO film is formed following Fig. (A).
- Fig. (C) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following Fig. (B).
- (d) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. (a).
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, and is a schematic top view of the die in the state of FIG. 6 (d).
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, and FIG. 8 (a) is a diagram after a step following FIG. 6 (d).
- Figure (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part
- Figure (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the process following Figure 6 (d) when the ion implantation angle into the core pocket is 0 degree.
- b) Following the second ion implantation to form the bit line BL, a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part, and FIG. (d) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. is there.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a SONOS structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, and is a schematic top view of the die after the step following FIG. 8 (a). It is.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a SONOS-structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, and FIG. 10 (a) is a diagram after the salicide process following FIG. 8 (d).
- Figure (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the process following Figure (a)
- Figure (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the process following Figure (b)
- Figure (b) (d) is a schematic sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. (c)
- FIG. (e) is a schematic sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. (d).
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, and FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) are shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion corresponding to a word line and a portion corresponding to a peripheral wiring on the word line and a portion corresponding to a peripheral wiring of a portion not on the word line after the process subsequent to FIG.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, and the peripheral wiring shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b).
- 1 is a schematic top view of a die having
- FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure according to Embodiment 3, and FIGS. )
- FIG. 11 (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure according to Embodiment 3, and FIGS. )
- FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 13 (b).
- FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure according to a third embodiment, and is a schematic top view of a die.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a SONOS-structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, in which a contact hole provided in the core portion has a misalignment.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a SONOS-structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure in Example 3, in which a contact hole provided in the core portion has a misalignment.
- FIG. 17 corresponds to the process described in FIG. 10 (a) in the cell fabrication process in Example 3.
- FIG. 18 (a) -1 (e) is a diagram illustrating a process for forming the structure shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the present embodiment for forming a SONOS structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure according to the present invention, in which 300 is a semiconductor substrate, 301 is Insulating films such as nitride films, 302 and 303 are well regions, 304 is a bit line forming mask, 305 is a shallow trench groove for forming a bit line, 310 is a trench groove for element isolation, and 311 is an insulating film for element isolation.
- 321 is a tunnel insulating film
- 322 is a storage nitride film
- 323 is an upper oxide film having an ONO structure
- 324 is a bit line diffusion layer in a trench groove
- 320 is a conductor film embedded in a bit line trench
- 331 and 332 are gate oxide films
- 351 is a gate electrode
- 361 is a contact hole
- 362 is a wiring.
- an insulating film 301 is formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate 300, and a resist pattern is formed on the insulating film 301 by photolithography technology and etching technology for element isolation.
- a trench groove 310 is provided, an embedding insulating film is grown on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate 300, polished until the insulating film 301 is exposed by CMP, and the embedding insulating film is formed only inside the element isolation trench 310. Is left as element isolation insulating film 311
- the semiconductor substrate 300 is a p-type semiconductor substrate, and the insulating film 301 is a SiN film of 100 ⁇ . Then, the resist pattern is used as a mask for device isolation formation, and the Si N film and the semiconductor substrate at a predetermined location are etched to obtain a depth.
- An element isolation trench 310 having a thickness of about 350 nm is formed. Then, an HDP (high density plasma) oxide film having a thickness of, for example, 550 nm is grown as a buried insulating film, and the HDP oxide film is left only in the element isolation trench 310 by CMP. Note that the removal of the SiN film as the insulating film 301 is performed by etching with phosphoric acid.
- bit line forming mask 304 is formed by resist patterning, and a bit line forming shallow trench groove 305 is formed by etching (FIG. 3B). In this etching, the Si N film is etched from the opening of the bit line forming mask 304.
- the semiconductor substrate 300 is etched by about lOOnm, for example. Thereafter, the bit line formation mask 304 is removed, and a bit line diffusion layer 324 in the trench is formed by ion implantation (FIG. 3 (c)).
- the ion implantation conditions at this time are, for example, an acceleration voltage of 35 KeV, an arsenic dose of 2 X 10 15 cm- 2, and a bi-directional implantation with a tilt angle of 30 degrees so that ions are also implanted into the side surface of the trench groove. However, it should be a four-way injection.
- the acceleration energy required to inject arsenic ions into the underlying semiconductor substrate 300 (Si substrate) through the nitride film having a thickness of lOOnm is greater than or equal to l lOKeV.
- Arsenic ions are not implanted into the semiconductor substrate 300 in the region other than the trench 305. That is, arsenic ions are implanted only into the bit line trench 305. It is also possible to perform ion implantation into the bit line trench groove 305 while leaving the bit line formation mask 304. In this case, ion implantation is performed at the height of the bit line formation mask 304. In consideration of the above, the tilt angle at the time of ion implantation is set.
- a conductor film is grown on the entire main surface of the semiconductor substrate 300, and this is subjected to a CMP process so that the conductor film 320 is embedded only in the bit line forming shallow trench groove 305 (see FIG. Figure 3 (d)).
- the conductive film 320 is provided on the inner surface of the shallow trench groove 305.
- the conductive film 320 for example, a polysilicon film having a phosphorus concentration of l X 10 2 G cm- 3 and a film thickness of 200 nm is formed, and this is subjected to CMP treatment to form a conductor into the shallow trench groove 305 for bit line formation.
- the film 320 is embedded.
- the insulating film 301 is removed, and the well regions 302 and 303 are formed in the peripheral circuit portion by ion implantation (FIG. 3 (e)).
- This process is for example This is performed by applying a resist, patterning it, and ion-implanting phosphorus using this resist pattern as a mask.
- further boron ion implantation is performed so that the well region 303 has a triple-well structure.
- an ONO structure is formed by sequentially stacking a tunnel insulating film 321, a storage nitride film 322, and an upper oxide film 323, and the ONO structure in the peripheral circuit portion is removed by photolithography, Peripheral circuit gate insulating films 331 and 332 having different thicknesses are formed by thermal oxidation (FIG. 3 (f)).
- FOG. 3 (f) thermal oxidation
- a CVD nitride film having a thickness of lOnm is deposited on the tunnel oxide film, and the upper oxide film having a thickness of lOnm is formed by thermally oxidizing the surface of the CVD nitride film to form an ONO structure.
- an 8 nm gate insulating film is first formed by heat treatment at 900 ° C., subjected to resist patterning and HF treatment, and then thermally oxidized again at 900 ° C.
- the thickness can be made to differ from lOnm to 13 nm.
- a conductive film for a gate electrode is grown on the ONO structure and the gate insulating film, and resist patterning and etching are performed on the conductive film for the gate electrode and the peripheral circuit.
- a gate electrode 351 is formed (FIG. 3 (g)).
- the conductive film for the gate electrode is, for example, a polysilicon film having a thickness of 180 nm grown by a thermal CVD method.
- source pattern and drain region are formed in the peripheral circuit part by resist patterning and ion implantation, and silicide formation, interlayer insulating film growth, contact hole 361, and wiring 362 are formed as necessary (FIG. 3 ( h)).
- bit line diffusion layer 324 is provided in the shallow trench groove 305 in which the conductor film 320 is embedded is obtained, and the bit line diffusion layer is formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate.
- the resistance of the bit line diffusion layer can be lowered without increasing the area.
- a semiconductor memory device having stable electrical characteristics can be obtained without increasing the cell area.
- Example 2 This embodiment relates to a cell manufacturing process when the resistance of the diffusion layer of the buried bit line is further reduced as compared with the resistance of the bit line diffusion layer in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a manufacturing process for forming a SONOS structure multi-value cell having a buried bit line structure according to the present embodiment.
- Reference numeral 312 in FIG. 4 denotes a bit line formation.
- a conductive or insulating film provided on the side wall of the shallow trench groove 305, and 325 and 326 are diffusion layers of the first and second bit lines. The same elements as those shown in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- the bit line forming mask 304 is formed by resist patterning. Then, a shallow trench 305 for bit line formation is formed by etching (FIG. 4A). In this etching, the opening force of the mask 304 for bit line formation is
- the semiconductor substrate 300 is further etched by, for example, about lOOnm.
- bit line forming mask 304 is removed, and a first trench trench bit line diffusion layer 325 is formed by ion implantation (I 2 ) (FIG. 4B).
- the ion implantation conditions at this time are smaller than the ion implantation for forming the second trench trench bit line diffusion layer described later.
- the acceleration voltage is 20 KeV and the arsenic dose is 5 X. 10 14 cm- 2, and two-way or four-way injection with a tilt angle of 30 degrees so that ions are also implanted into the side of the trench.
- a conductive film or an insulating film is formed on the entire main surface of the semiconductor substrate 300, and anisotropic etching is performed so that the film 312 remains only on the side surfaces of the bit line forming shallow trench groove 305.
- This step can be performed in the same manner as forming a sidewall on the side wall of the transistor. Specifically, for example, an oxide film having a thickness of 50 nm is grown and anisotropically etched to leave the film 312 only on the side surface of the shallow trench groove 305.
- the film 312 may be a polysilicon film that is a conductive film. This insulating film 312 functions as a protective film.
- a second ion implantation (I 2 ) is performed using the insulating film 301 and the film 312 as a mask,
- the ion implantation conditions at this time are higher than the ion implantation for forming the bit line diffusion layer in the first trench groove.
- the acceleration voltage is 35 KeV and the arsenic dose is and 2 X 10 15 cm- 2, the tilt angle to be ion-implanted only into the bottom of the trench to 0 °.
- the tilt angle at which ions are implanted also into the side surface of the trench groove may be two-directional implantation or four-directional implantation.
- a silicide film made of a refractory metal (eg, Ti or Co) is formed on the bit line diffusion layer 326 in the trench groove following the step of FIG. You may make it.
- the Si surface is exposed only in the bit line diffusion layer 326 in the trench groove. Therefore, this bit line in the trench groove is formed by a known silicide film forming method. It is easy to form a silicide film only on the diffusion layer 326.
- a refractory metal is first grown, and only the refractory metal in contact with the Si surface is silicided by heat treatment. Then, the refractory metal not silicided is removed by a wet process, and the silicided refractory metal is subjected to a thermal treatment again to reduce the resistance.
- a conductor film is grown on the entire main surface of the semiconductor substrate 300, and this is subjected to CMP treatment so that the conductor film 320 is embedded only in the bit line forming shallow trench groove 305 (see FIG. Figure 4 (e)).
- this conductor film 320 for example, a polysilicon film having a phosphorous concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 2 ⁇ - 3 and a film thickness of 200 nm is formed, and this is subjected to CMP treatment to form a conductor film into the shallow trench 305 for bit line formation. 320 is embedded.
- the insulating film 301 is removed, and the well regions 302 and 303 are formed in the peripheral circuit portion by ion implantation.
- a resist is applied and patterned, and phosphorus is ion-implanted using the resist pattern as a mask.
- boron ion implantation may be performed following the powerful phosphorus ion implantation so that the wall region 303 has a triple-wall structure.
- a tunnel insulating film 321, a storage nitride film 322, and an upper oxide film 323 are sequentially stacked to form an ONO structure, and the peripheral circuit is formed by photolithography.
- the gate insulating film for peripheral circuits with different thicknesses is removed.
- And 332 are formed by thermal oxidation.
- the main surface of the semiconductor substrate 300 from which the insulating film in the core portion and the peripheral circuit portion has been removed by HF treatment is thermally oxidized to form a tunnel oxide film having a thickness of 7 nm.
- a CVD nitride film having a thickness of lOnm is deposited on the tunnel oxide film, and the surface of the CVD nitride film is thermally oxidized to form an upper oxide film having a thickness of lOnm.
- an ONO structure for the gate insulating films 331 and 332, for example, an 8 nm gate insulating film is first formed by thermal treatment at 900 ° C., and after resist patterning and HF treatment, it is thermally oxidized again at 900 ° C. By forming a thermal oxide film with a thickness of lOnm, the thickness can be made different from lOnm and 13nm.
- a conductive film for a gate electrode is grown on the ONO structure and the gate insulating film, and resist patterning and etching are performed on the conductive film for the gate electrode and the peripheral circuit.
- a gate electrode 351 is formed.
- the gate electrode conductive film is, for example, a polysilicon film having a thickness of 180 nm grown by a thermal CVD method.
- source and drain regions are formed in the peripheral circuit portion by resist patterning and ion implantation, and silicide formation, interlayer insulating film growth, contact holes 361, and wirings 362 are formed as necessary.
- a SONOS structure cell in which the first and second bit line diffusion layers 325 and 326 are provided in the shallow trench groove 305 in which the conductor film 320 is embedded is obtained.
- the bit line diffusion layer of this cell is composed of a first bit line diffusion layer 325 and a second bit line diffusion layer 326, and the resistance of the bit line diffusion layer can be made lower than that of the cell of Example 1. it can. As a result, a semiconductor memory device having more stable electrical characteristics can be obtained without increasing the cell area.
- Si N formed on the side wall of the gate electrode (lower part) provided in the core part is formed.
- ions can be implanted into a narrow area, and a bit line can be formed with a narrow line width. Also, because Si N is used as the sidewall, Allows self-line contact to the in.
- FIG. 5-14 is a diagram for explaining a process for forming a multi-value cell having a SONOS structure having a buried bit line structure according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of a single die region, where one die region 500 includes a core portion 501 and a peripheral circuit portion 502.
- An element isolation boundary 503, a first core-well boundary 504, and a second core-well boundary 505 are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the core section 501.
- a part of the peripheral circuit portion 50 2 is defined by element isolation boundaries 508a, 508b, and 508c in a region partitioned by the first peripheral wel boundary 506 and the second peripheral wel boundary 507.
- An area is provided.
- an array of memory cell transistors is formed in the core portion 501, and many peripheral transistors and other elements are formed in the peripheral circuit portion 502.
- FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of a cross section in which the core force of the die also reaches the peripheral circuit portion.
- First and second wells are formed in the semiconductor substrate 50, and the surface of the semiconductor substrate 50 in a region that later becomes an active region is covered with a sacrificial film 53.
- a shallow trench 54 is formed in the element isolation region for dividing the active region.
- the well structure shown in this figure is indispensable for embedded bit line type SONOS memory!
- a specific manufacturing process includes a silicon substrate as the semiconductor substrate 50, a silicon oxide film formed by thermal oxidation as the sacrificial film 53, a shallow trench 54 formed by a known method as an element isolation structure, a well 51, Using the photoresist patterned as 52 as a mask, the opening force is polone, phosphorus, and arsenic implanted by ion implantation at a predetermined depth in a predetermined region.
- FIG. 6 (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view after the ONO film is formed following FIG. 6 (a).
- a tunnel film 521, a storage film 522, and a top film 523 are sequentially stacked from the main surface side of the semiconductor substrate 50, and a thick gate insulating film is formed in the active region provided in the peripheral circuit portion 502. 531 and a thin gate insulating film 532 are formed.
- impurity implantation I 2 of each threshold adjustment - I 2 have been made.
- an impurity such as boron, phosphorus, or arsenic is implanted as a threshold adjustment, and the silicon oxide film as the sacrificial film 53 is formed with hydrofluoric acid (HF) as the tunnel film 521.
- HF hydrofluoric acid
- the storage film 522 is a silicon nitride film deposited by thermal CVD over the entire wafer surface on the semiconductor substrate 50, and the top film 523 is a thermal oxidation of the surface of the nitride film that is the storage film 522.
- a silicon oxide film formed or a silicon oxide film deposited on the nitride film by a thermal CVD method is used.
- the thick gate insulating film 531 is thickened as a result of a so-called "double gate process” in which thermal oxidation is performed twice.
- the photoresist is patterned to cover the core portion 501, and dry etching is performed.
- the top film 523 and the storage film 522 formed in the peripheral circuit portion 502 are removed, and the tunnel film 521 in the peripheral circuit portion 502 is further removed with hydrofluoric acid to form a silicon oxide film (thermal oxide film).
- the thin gate insulating film 532 after forming the thick gate insulating film 531, the resist is patterned, a predetermined position is opened, and the opening force is also etched with hydrofluoric acid, and the region is formed.
- a silicon oxide film formed by a thermal acid method is used. Note that the laminated film of the tunnel film (SiO 2) 521, the storage film (Si N) 522, and the top film (SiO 2) 523 is ONO.
- FIG. 6 (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 6 (b).
- the core portion 501 is formed by laminating a gate electrode film 55 and a cap film 56 on the ONO film, and the peripheral circuit portion 502 is formed with only the gate electrode film 55.
- the force described later in detail will enable the word line of the core portion 501 and the plug and wiring of the peripheral circuit portion 502 to be formed at the same time.
- the gate electrode film 55 is doped (or AND) amorphous silicon or doped (or AND) ⁇ polysilicon formed by a thermal CVD method.
- cap film 56 a silicon nitride film deposited by a thermal CVD method or a plasma CVD method is used, and only the cap film 56 of the peripheral circuit portion 502 is removed by dry etching using a patterned resist as a mask. .
- FIG. 6 (d) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 6 (a).
- a gate electrode 551 and a lightly doped drain (LDD) 57 are formed in the peripheral circuit portion 502 in a portion 551a which is a lower portion of the gate electrode 551.
- LDD lightly doped drain
- FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of the die in the state of FIG. 6 (d). It should be noted that not all of the gate electrode lower portion 551a remaining in the core portion 501 at this time remains in the final semiconductor device. That is, at this stage, the lower gate electrode 55 la is formed in a plurality of stripes extending in the bit line direction (column direction), and is separated into a plurality in the word line direction (row direction) in a later-described process.
- FIG. 8 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 6 (d).
- the top film 523 of the ONO film and the storage film 522 where the gate electrode lower part 551a of the core part 501 is not provided are removed.
- the storage film 522 can be structured so as not to overlap a bit line described later, and an improvement in rewriting resistance can be expected.
- a core pocket 58 is formed in the core portion 501 by performing ion implantation at a predetermined tilt angle (pocket structure). As a result, it is possible to suppress the short channel effect that is likely to occur when the bit line interval is narrowed.
- the bit line is formed by ion implantation using a resist mask as in the conventional method, it becomes difficult to form the bit line when the minimum line width is less than 130 nm, especially when the minimum line width is less than 90 nm. Is extremely difficult.
- the core pocket 58 is formed using the gate electrode lower portion 551a as a mask, so that the bit line can be miniaturized as compared with the conventional method using a resist mask.
- FIG. 8 (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 6 (d) when the ion implantation angle into the core pocket 58 is 0 degree.
- FIG. 8 (a) the force that forms the core pocket 58 in the lower end region of the lower gate electrode 551a by ion implantation at a predetermined tilt angle.
- the semiconductor between the lower gate electrode 551a is assumed to have an ion implantation angle of 0 degrees.
- a core pocket 58 is formed in the substrate 50 main surface region.
- FIG. 8 (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the corresponding part after the second ion implantation is performed following FIG. 8 (b) to form the bit line BL.
- Each of the structures shown in FIGS. 6 (d), 8 (a), 8 (b), and 8 (c) is specifically configured by patterning a resist to form the cap film 56 and
- the gate electrode film 55 is dry etched to form the gate electrode lower portion 551a of the core portion 501 and the gate electrode 551 of the peripheral circuit portion 502.
- the LDD 57 can be formed by ion implantation using a resist having a predetermined portion opened and the gate electrode 551 itself of the peripheral circuit portion 502 as a mask.
- the core pocket 58 and the bit line BL of the core part 501 can be formed by ion implantation using the resist having the core part 501 open and the gate electrode lower part 551a of the core part 501 as a mask.
- bit line implantation is performed at the time shown in FIG. 8C, oxidation of the side wall of the gate electrode 551 of the peripheral circuit portion 502 and the side wall of the gate electrode lower portion 551a of the core portion 501, Since the bit line can be implanted after the impurity activation of the LDD 57 and the impurity activation of the core pocket 58 of the core portion 501, impurity diffusion is suppressed compared to the bit line formed by the conventional method, and the fineness is reduced. It is advantageous to make.
- FIG. 8 (d) and FIG. 9 are a schematic cross-sectional view of a corresponding part after the step following FIG. 8 (a) and a schematic top view of the die.
- the gate electrode 551a of the core part 501 and the gate electrode 551 of the peripheral circuit part 502 have a sidewall 59 force.
- the active part exposed without being covered by the gate electrode 551 and the sidewall 59 has a core part 501.
- the bit line BL and the source / drain S / D of the peripheral circuit portion 502 are formed.
- the sidewall 59 is formed by anisotropically etching back a silicon nitride film formed on the entire wafer surface by a thermal CVD method.
- the bit line BL is formed by implanting arsenic using a resist mask having an opening only in the core part 501 and a gate electrode lower part 551a of the core part 501 and a side wall 59 on the side wall of this gate electrode lower part 551a as a mask. It is. Then, the source / drain SZD of the peripheral circuit portion 502 is doped with an impurity of arsenic, phosphorus, or boron by using a resist mask having an opening only in the peripheral circuit portion 502, the gate electrode 551, and the side wall 59 of the side wall of the gate electrode 551 as a mask. It can be formed by injection.
- bit line BL when the bit line BL is formed using the sidewall 59 as a mask, the bit line can be implanted into a thin region exceeding the limit of lithography. It is advantageous for miniaturization of the bit line.
- an offset OS is provided between the junction between the lower gate electrode 551a and the bit line BL, or Gate electrode lower part 551a It is possible to match the horizontal position of the die. As a result, the misalignment between the negative charge injected at the time of programming and the positive charge injected at the time of erasing can be suppressed, and the rewrite resistance is improved.
- FIG. 10 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the salicide process following FIG. 8 (d).
- the exposed gate electrode lower 551a side wall surface and the gate electrode 551 side wall surface of the peripheral circuit portion 502 are exposed to the side wall surface 55 and the upper surface exposed without being covered with the side wall 59.
- a conventional salicide process using cobalt can be applied to this step.
- FIG. 10 (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 10 (a).
- a gap fill film 560 is formed between the gates of the core portion 501 and on the wafer main surface of the peripheral circuit portion 502 to flatten the surface.
- a BPSG or TEOS as a gap fill film 560! /
- a silicon oxide film by a CVD method such as HDP is deposited, and a gate is provided on the core portion 501 by a CMP method.
- the above structure can be realized by polishing the cap film 56 as a pad film.
- FIG. 10 (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 10 (b).
- the cap film 56 on the upper surface of the gate electrode lower portion 551a provided in the core portion 501 is removed, and the surface of the gate electrode lower portion 551a is exposed.
- the cap film 56 on the gate electrode 551 of the peripheral circuit portion 502 has already been removed at the stage shown in FIG. Specifically, the nitride film as the cap film 56 is wet-etched by a phosphoric acid boil method to remove the cap film 56 on the upper surface of the lower gate electrode 551a.
- FIG. 10 (d) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 10 (c).
- a contact hole 563 is opened in the peripheral circuit portion 502 as necessary. In this figure, only the contact hole 563 on the source drain SZD is shown. A contact is also opened on the polysilicon extending directly from the electrode.
- the above structure can be realized by dry etching using a resist as a mask.
- FIG. 10 (e) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part after the step following FIG. 10 (d).
- a wiring material 564 and a cap film 565 thereon are deposited on the entire surface of the woofer.
- the wiring material 564 is buried above the gate electrode lower part 551a of the core part 501 and inside the contact hole 563 of the peripheral circuit part 502.
- tungsten or tungsten silicide is deposited as a wiring material 564 by a CVD method
- a silicon nitride film is deposited as a cap film 565 by a CVD method.
- FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b) show the part corresponding to the word line and the peripheral wiring above and the part not on the word line and the word line after the process following FIG. 10 (e). It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a portion corresponding to the peripheral wiring.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic top view of a die having the peripheral wiring shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). Focusing on the core portion 501, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), the cap film 565 and the wiring material 564 are formed in the vertical direction (row direction) with the word line WL force and the bit line BL. Also, as shown in FIG. 11 (b), the gate electrode material between adjacent word lines WL is removed to form a gap.
- the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride Since the storage film in the ONO film outside the film sidewall and the bit line can be used as an etch stop film, a short circuit between the core plug and the bit line outside the BL does not occur, and there is no problem in device characteristics. It is out.
- the wiring material 564 is embedded in the contact hole 563 to form the peripheral plug 566, and the peripheral wiring is formed by the patterning of the wiring material 564. 567 is formed. Specifically, by appropriately patterning the resist and performing dry etching, the word line WL of the core portion 501 and the wiring 567 of the peripheral circuit portion are formed. At this time, the cap film 565, the wiring material 564, and the gate electrode material are selectively etched.
- FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b) are respectively after the process following FIG. 11 (a) and FIG. 11 (b).
- FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a corresponding portion, and in each case, a gap fill film 568 is deposited on the entire surface of the wafer to flatten the surface.
- the above structure can be realized by depositing a silicon oxide film by CVD such as BPSG, TEOS or HDP as the gap fill film 568 and polishing by CMP.
- FIG. 14 (a) and FIG. 14 (b) are cross-sectional schematic views of the corresponding part after the process following FIG. 13 (a) and FIG. 13 (b), respectively, and FIG. 15 shows the die in this state.
- FIG. 15 shows the die in this state.
- FIG. As shown in these drawings, the core plug 569 and the core wiring 570 of the core section 501 and the second-layer peripheral wiring 571 of the peripheral circuit section 502 are formed.
- the silicon oxide film, the silicon nitride film sidewall, and the bit line outside can be used as an etch stop film, and no short circuit occurs between the core plug and the bit line BL.
- Such a structure can be realized by a very general method.
- a predetermined wiring and an interlayer insulating film are formed by a widely used method to complete a semiconductor device.
- Si N has been taken as an example of a memory cell with a buried bit line type SONOS structure
- bit line formation can also be applied to a buried bit line type floating gate type memory.
- the nitride film of the ONO film is used as an etch stop film to contact only the side opening. be able to. Therefore, a margin for contact displacement can be increased for the buried bit line type SONOS memory.
- at least ONO film formation, peripheral circuit gate insulation film formation and gate electrode sidewall oxidation, and in some cases, sidewall deposition and at least peripheral portion L DD and source / drain implantation ion activation are performed.
- a method of forming a bit line diffusion layer by ion implantation in the trench groove described in Embodiments 1 and 2, and a Si N sidewall described in Embodiment 3 are provided.
- a SONOS structure of a buried bit line structure in which a bit line is self-aligned by combining with a method of forming a bit line by ion implantation will be described.
- FIG. 17 corresponds to the step described in FIG. 10A in the cell manufacturing process in the third embodiment. That is, in this embodiment, following the process of FIG. 8 (a), instead of forming the bit line BL shown in FIG. Similarly, a trench groove is formed between the core pockets 58, a bit line injection layer 324 is formed on the inner surface of the groove, and a conductive film 320 such as polysilicon is embedded in the groove.
- reference numeral 60 denotes a buried bit line side wall, and reference numeral 61 denotes polysilicon buried in the bit line groove.
- the cell fabrication process in this example is basically the same as that in Example 3 except for this bit line formation process, and therefore only the bit line formation process will be described below. Description of this process shall be omitted.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a process for forming the structure shown in FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 18 (a), the gate electrode lower portion 55 having Si N sidewalls 59 on the sidewalls.
- bit line groove (shallow trench groove) 305 for forming a bit line between them, and the inside of this groove 305 is formed using Si N sidewall 59 as a mask.
- the first ion implantation for bit line formation is performed on the wall and bottom (Fig. 18 (b)).
- an SiO bit line side wall 60 is formed on the side wall surface of the bit line groove 324 (see FIG.
- bit line groove 32 using SiO bit lines and sidewalls 60 as masks.
- polysilicon 61 is deposited and etched (Fig. 18 (d)).
- Such polysilicon has the largest step in the core bit line. For this reason, the polysilicon in the peripheral circuit portion is removed entirely, remaining only in the bit line groove portion. Further, the core part is covered with a resist, and only the sidewalls of the peripheral circuit part are etched back to expose the tops of the gate electrodes and the source / drain surfaces of the peripheral circuit part.
- a method of forming a bit line diffusion layer in the trench groove by ion implantation, and a method of forming a bit line by ion implantation with Si N sidewalls provided.
- bit line diffusion layer is formed in the shallow trench to obtain stable electrical characteristics without increasing the cell area, and due to miniaturization of memory cells and contact misalignment. Thus, it is possible to simultaneously realize a structure that does not easily cause a short circuit between bit lines.
- the present invention provides a buried bit line SONOS structure cell having a configuration in which a bit line diffusion layer is formed in a shallow trench and stable electric characteristics can be obtained without increasing the cell area.
- the present invention provides a manufacturing method suitable for miniaturization of a buried bit line type non-volatile memory, and provides a structure in which a short between bit lines due to a displacement of a contact is not easily generated.
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