CN107731751A - Semiconductor structure and forming method thereof - Google Patents

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CN107731751A
CN107731751A CN201610662867.2A CN201610662867A CN107731751A CN 107731751 A CN107731751 A CN 107731751A CN 201610662867 A CN201610662867 A CN 201610662867A CN 107731751 A CN107731751 A CN 107731751A
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Abstract

A kind of semiconductor structure and forming method thereof, wherein forming method includes:Substrate is provided, the multiple fins formed on substrate;Isolated material is filled between adjacent fin;Remove the second fin and the second separation layer forms opening;Barrier layer is formed in the side wall of opening, the density on barrier layer is more than the density of the first separation layer;Isolation structure is formed in the opening.The present invention forms barrier layer after the second fin and the second separation layer formation opening is removed, in the side wall of opening, and the density on barrier layer is more than the density of the first separation layer.Because the density on barrier layer is larger, diffusion of the oxygen atom in the first separation layer can effectively be stopped, so as to reduce contact of the oxygen atom with the first fin, the oxidized possibility of the first fin is reduced, so as to effectively improve the uniformity of fin in formed semiconductor structure.

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Semiconductor structure and forming method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of semiconductor manufacture, more particularly to a kind of semiconductor structure and forming method thereof.
Background technology
As integrated circuit is to super large-scale integration development, the current densities of IC interior are increasing, institute Comprising component number it is also more and more, the size of component also reduces therewith.With the reduction of MOS device size, MOS devices The raceway groove of part shortens therewith.Due to channel shortening, the gradual channel approximation of MOS device is no longer set up, and highlight it is various unfavorable Physical effect (particularly short-channel effect), this causes device performance and reliability to degenerate, and limits device size Further reduce.
In order to further reduce the size of MOS device, people have developed multiaspect grid field effect transistor structure, to improve The control ability of MOS device grid, suppress short-channel effect.Wherein fin formula field effect transistor is exactly a kind of common multiaspect grid Structure transistor.
Fin formula field effect transistor is stereochemical structure, including substrate, formed with one or more protrusion on the substrate Fin, it is provided between fin and is dielectrically separated from part;Grid is across on fin and the top of the covering fin and side wall.Due to this vertical The transistor of body structure and conventional planar structure has larger difference, if some processes misoperation may be to forming device Electric property makes a big impact.
Source region, drain region and the raceway groove of fin formula field effect transistor are respectively positioned in fin, and the formation process of fin directly affects The performance of formed transistor.But the semiconductor structure formed in the prior art, the problem of fin uniformity deficiency be present.
The content of the invention
The present invention is solved the problems, such as to be to provide a kind of semiconductor structure and forming method thereof, to improve the fin uniformity, changed The kind performance for forming semiconductor structure.
To solve the above problems, the present invention provides a kind of forming method of semiconductor structure, including:
Substrate is provided, the substrate includes multiple first areas and the second area between adjacent first regions; The multiple fins formed on the substrate, the fin on the first area substrate is the first fin, positioned at described Fin on second area substrate is the second fin;Isolated material is filled between adjacent fin, separation layer is formed, positioned at first Separation layer on area substrate is the first separation layer, and the separation layer on second area substrate is the second separation layer;Remove institute State the second fin and second separation layer forms opening, the side wall of the opening exposes first separation layer and bottom is exposed The substrate of the second area;Form barrier layer in the side wall of the opening, the density on the barrier layer be more than described first every The density of absciss layer;Isolation structure is formed in said opening.
Optionally, include the step of the opening sidewalls form barrier layer:The mode of using plasma processing is formed The barrier layer.
Optionally, in the step of mode of using plasma processing forms the barrier layer, the corona treatment Using nitrogenous gas.
Optionally, the nitrogenous gas includes nitric oxide, nitrous oxide or ammonia.
Optionally, using nitrogenous gas in the step of side wall of the opening forms barrier layer, technological parameter includes:Work Skill gas pressure intensity is in the range of 1mTorr to 500mTorr, and process gas flow is in the range of 10sccm to 1000sccm, technique Temperature is in the range of 20 DEG C to 300 DEG C, and the process time is in the range of 2s to 500s.
Optionally, in the step of forming separation layer, the material of the separation layer is silica;The step of forming barrier layer In, the barrier layer is nitrogenous barrier layer.
Optionally, in the step of forming barrier layer, the material on the barrier layer is silicon oxynitride.
Optionally, in the step of side wall of the opening forms barrier layer, the thickness on the barrier layer existsArrive In the range of.
Optionally, the step of forming isolation structure in said opening includes:Isolated material is filled into the opening;It is right The isolated material is made annealing treatment to form isolation structure.
Optionally, the step of being made annealing treatment to the isolated material includes:Institute is carried out by way of steam annealing State annealing.
Optionally, the step of forming separation layer and one or two step formed in isolation structure include:Pass through stream The mode of body chemical vapor phase growing fills isolated material.
Optionally, in the step of filling isolated material by way of fluid chemistry vapour deposition, the isolated material is The isolated material of fluid state;In the step of being made annealing treatment the isolated material to form isolation structure, the annealing Processing solidifies the isolated material of the fluid state.
Optionally, the isolated material is containing polymer one or more in Si -- H bond, Si -- H bond and Si-O keys.
Optionally, remove second fin and second separation layer forms the step of being open and included:Carved by dry method The mode of erosion removes second fin and second separation layer, expose the second area substrate and described first every The side wall of absciss layer, form the opening.
Optionally, there is provided in the step of substrate, the substrate of the first area is used to form the semiconductor device with fin Part, the substrate of the second area are used to form isolation structure.
Optionally, after the step of forming the isolation structure, the forming method also includes:Remove the isolation junction The segment thickness of structure, first separation layer and the barrier layer, expose the part table with side wall at the top of first fin Face..
Accordingly, the present invention also provides a kind of semiconductor structure, including:
Substrate, the substrate include multiple first areas and the second area between adjacent first regions;It is located at Multiple fins on the substrate of first area and the separation layer being filled between adjacent fin;On second area substrate every From structure;Barrier layer between the isolation structure and the separation layer, the density on the barrier layer are more than the isolation The density of layer.
Optionally, the barrier layer is nitrogenous barrier layer;The material of the separation layer is oxide.
Optionally, the material on the barrier layer is silicon oxynitride.
Optionally, the thickness on the barrier layer existsArriveIn the range of.
Compared with prior art, technical scheme has advantages below:
The present invention is after second fin and second separation layer formation opening is removed, in the side wall of the opening Barrier layer is formed, and the density on the barrier layer is more than the density of first separation layer.Due to the barrier layer density compared with Greatly, diffusion of the oxygen atom in first separation layer can effectively be stopped, so as to reduce contact of the oxygen atom with the first fin, The oxidized possibility of first fin is reduced, so as to effectively improve the uniformity of fin in formed semiconductor structure.
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Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 is diagrammatic cross-section corresponding to a kind of each step of method for forming semiconductor structure;
Fig. 4 to Figure 13 is that cross-section structure corresponding to each step of the embodiment of method for forming semiconductor structure one of the present invention is illustrated Figure;
Figure 14 is the cross-sectional view of the embodiment of semiconductor structure one of the present invention.
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From background technology, there is the problem of uniformity deficiency in the formation process of fin of the prior art.In conjunction with In the prior art the reason for the forming process analysis uniformity deficiency problem of fin:
Referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 3, diagrammatic cross-section corresponding to a kind of each step of method for forming semiconductor structure is shown.
As shown in figure 1, providing substrate 10 first, the surface of substrate 10 has multiple fins 11;In the adjacent fin Separation layer 12 is formed between 11.The substrate 10 include multiple first area 10a and between the 10a of adjacent first regions the Two region 10b, the first area 10a are used to form semiconductor devices, and the second area 10b is used to form isolation structure.
As shown in Fig. 2 remove positioned at the fin 11 on the surface of second area 10b substrates 10 and served as a contrast positioned at second area 10b The separation layer 12 on the surface of bottom 10, form the first opening 13.
With reference to figure 3, presoma is filled into the described first opening 13, and presoma is made annealing treatment, forms isolation Structure 14.
With the reduction of dimensions of semiconductor devices, the distance between adjacent described fin 11 is gradually reduced, and described first opens The size of mouth 13 is also gradually reduced.In order to improve the filling effect of the separation layer 12 and the isolation structure 14, cavity is reduced Appearance, often through fluid chemistry be vapor-deposited mode form the separation layer 12 and isolation structure 14.
Therefore the isolated material filled into the described first opening 13 is fluid state, by being carried out to the isolated material Make annealing treatment and the isolated material is formed by curing isolation structure 14.The annealing has been usually contained at steam annealing Reason, the consistency for the separation layer 12 that another aspect fluid chemistry vapour deposition mode is formed is relatively low, and barrier properties are poor.Cause This, in annealing process, oxygen atom is easy to through the separation layer 12 with being located at first area 10a close to described second Fin 11 (as shown in Fig. 3 centre circles 15) contact of region 10b adjacent edges, is oxidized the fin 11.Subsequently reduce every The height of absciss layer 12 and isolation structure 14, when exposing the top of the fin 11 and sidewall surfaces, the easy quilt of oxidized fin 11 Part removes, thus size can diminish, and so as to have impact on the dimensional homogeneity of formed fin 11, have impact on formed semiconductor The performance of device.
To solve the technical problem, the present invention provides a kind of forming method of semiconductor structure, including:
Substrate is provided, the substrate includes multiple first areas and the second area between adjacent first regions; The multiple fins formed on the substrate, the fin on the first area substrate is the first fin, positioned at described Fin on second area substrate is the second fin;Isolated material is filled between adjacent fin, separation layer is formed, positioned at first Separation layer on area substrate is the first separation layer, and the separation layer on second area substrate is the second separation layer;Remove institute State the second fin and second separation layer forms opening, the side wall of the opening exposes first separation layer and bottom is exposed The substrate of the second area;Form barrier layer in the side wall of the opening, the density on the barrier layer be more than described first every The density of absciss layer;Isolation structure is formed in said opening.
The present invention is after second fin and second separation layer formation opening is removed, in the side wall of the opening Barrier layer is formed, and the density on the barrier layer is more than the density of first separation layer.Due to the barrier layer density compared with Greatly, diffusion of the oxygen atom in first separation layer can effectively be stopped, so as to reduce contact of the oxygen atom with the first fin, The oxidized possibility of first fin is reduced, so as to effectively improve the uniformity of fin in formed semiconductor structure.
It is understandable to enable the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention to become apparent, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to the present invention Specific embodiment be described in detail.
With reference to figure 4 to Figure 13, show and cutd open corresponding to each step of the embodiment of method for forming semiconductor structure one of the present invention Face structural representation.
With reference to figure 4, there is provided substrate 100, the substrate 100 include multiple first area 100a and positioned at adjacent firstth areas Second area 100b between the 100a of domain.
The substrate 100 is the operating platform of Subsequent semiconductor technique;The substrate 100 of the first area 100a is used for shape Into the semiconductor devices with fin, the substrate 100 of the second area 100b is used to form isolation structure.
In the present embodiment, the substrate 100 includes being used to form the PMOS area of PMOS transistor and for forming NMOS The NMOS area of transistor and the isolated area for being used for realization electric isolution between PMOS area and NMOS area.
The PMOS area is used to form p-type fin formula field effect transistor, and the NMOS area is used to form N-type fin field Effect transistor, the isolated area are used to form the isolation structure realized and be electrically isolated between PMOS area and NMOS area.So The first area 100a includes the PMOS area and the NMOS area, and the second area 100b includes the isolation Area.
With reference to figure 5, the multiple fins 110 formed on the substrate 100, positioned at the first area 100a substrates Fin on 100 is the first fin 110a, and the fin on the second area 100b substrates 100 is the second fin 110b.
Because the second area 100b is used to form isolation structure, so the second fin 110b need to subsequently be gone Remove.Specifically, the second fin 110b quantity positioned at the surface of substrate 100 of the second area 100b is more than or equal to 1.
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the substrate 100 and the fin 110 are formed by etching substrate 's.So combine with reference to figure 4 and Fig. 5, there is provided the substrate 100 includes with the step of forming fin 110:Substrate is provided sub;The substrate sub is etched, forms the substrate 100 and multiple fins 110 positioned at the surface of substrate 100.
Specifically, with reference to figure 4, there is provided substrate sub.
The substrate sub is used to provide operating platform for subsequent technique, and etching forms fin 110.The substrate sub Material be selected from monocrystalline silicon, polysilicon or non-crystalline silicon;The substrate sub can also be selected from silicon, germanium, GaAs or SiGe chemical combination Thing;The substrate sub can also be other semi-conducting materials.In the present embodiment, the substrate sub materials are monocrystalline silicon, therefore The material of the substrate 100 and the fin 110 is monocrystalline silicon.
In other embodiments of the invention, the substrate is also selected from epitaxial layer or epitaxial layer silicon-on. Specifically, the substrate can include substrate and the semiconductor layer positioned at the substrate surface.The semiconductor layer can be adopted The substrate surface is formed at selective epitaxial depositing operation.The substrate can be silicon substrate, germanium silicon substrate, carborundum lining Bottom, silicon-on-insulator substrate, germanium substrate on insulator, glass substrate or III-V substrate, such as gallium nitride substrate Or gallium arsenide substrate etc.;The material of the semiconductor layer is silicon, germanium, carborundum or SiGe etc..The substrate and semiconductor layer Selection it is unrestricted, can choose suitable for process requirements or the substrate being easily integrated and the material for suitably forming fin. And the thickness of the semiconductor layer can be by the control to epitaxy technique, so as to accurately control the affiliated height for forming fin Degree.
Afterwards, with reference to reference to figure 5, the substrate sub is etched, forms the substrate 100 and positioned at the table of substrate 100 The fin 110 in face.
The substrate sub is etched to form substrate 100 and include positioned at the step of fin 110 on the surface of substrate 100:Institute State substrate sub surfaces and form patterned mask 102;It is mask with the patterned mask 102, etches the substrate sub, Form substrate 100 and the fin 110 positioned at the surface of substrate 100.
The patterned mask 102 is used for the positions and dimensions for defining the fin 110.Form patterned mask 102 the step of, includes:The first mask layer is formed on the substrate sub surfaces;In the first mask material layer surface shape Into patterned layer;Using the patterned layer as the first mask layer described in mask etching until exposing the substrate sub surfaces, Form the mask 102.Specifically, the material of the mask 102 is silicon nitride.
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, before the step of forming patterned mask 102, the formation Method is additionally included in the substrate sub surfaces and forms cushion 101, to reduce between the mask 102 and the substrate sub Lattice mismatch.Specifically, the material of cushion 101 described in the present embodiment is oxide.
The patterned layer can be patterned photoresist layer, be formed using coating process and photoetching process.In addition it is The characteristic size of the diminution fin, and the distance between adjacent fin, the patterned layer can also use multigraph Shape masking process is formed.The multiple graphical masking process includes:Self-alignment duplex pattern (Self-aligned Double Patterned, SaDP) triple graphical (the Self-aligned Triple Patterned) works of technique, autoregistration Skill or graphical (Self-aligned Double Double Patterned, the SaDDP) technique of autoregistration quadruple.
The technique for etching the substrate sub is anisotropic dry etch process.Therefore the fin 110 of the formation Side wall is vertical or tilt relative to the surface of the substrate 100, and when the side wall of the fin 110 is relative to the substrate 100 When surface tilts, the bottom size of the fin 110 is more than top dimension.
It should be noted that during fin 110 is formed, the semiconductor substrate surface being etched there may be damage Or it is small uneven, in order to the damage to the semiconductor substrate surface or it is uneven repair, the shape to improve Into the performance of semiconductor structure, in the present embodiment, after the step of forming fin 110, the forming method also includes:Institute The surface for stating substrate 100 and fin 110 forms reparation oxide layer (Liner oxide) (not shown).The reparation oxygen Changing layer can be with the round and smooth substrate 100 and the wedge angle on the surface of fin 110, and serves as the film layer subsequently formed and the lining Cushion between bottom 100 and fin 110, to reduce lattice mismatch.Specifically, chemical vapor deposition or hot oxygen can be passed through The mode of change forms the reparation oxide layer.But in other embodiments of the invention, the reparation oxygen can not also be formed Change layer, damage is repaired by being made annealing treatment to the substrate and the fin.
With reference to figure 6 and Fig. 7, isolated material is filled between adjacent fin 110, separation layer 120 is formed, positioned at first area Separation layer 120 on 100a substrates 100 is the first separation layer 120a, the separation layer 120 on second area 100b substrates 100 For the second separation layer 120b.
The separation layer 120 is used to realize the electric isolution between adjacent fin 110.In the present embodiment, first isolation Layer 120a is used to realize the electric isolution between the first fin 110a.The second separation layer 120b need to be subsequently removed.
The material of the separation layer 120 can be silica.Specifically, the step of forming separation layer 120 includes:Such as Shown in Fig. 6, isolated material is filled between the adjacent fin 110, the top surface of the isolated material is higher than the mask 102 top surface;As shown in fig. 7, planarization process is carried out to the isolated material untill the mask 102 is exposed.
In order that the separation layer 120 is sufficient filling with the gap between the adjacent fin 110, the separation layer is reduced The generation of 120 inside apertures, the step of filling separation layer 120, include:It is vapor-deposited (Flowable by fluid chemistry Chemical Vapor Deposition, FCVD) mode fill isolated material.
Specifically, in the step of filling isolated material by way of fluid chemistry vapour deposition, the isolated material is The isolated material of fluid state, and the surface of the isolated material is higher than the surface of the mask 102.So formed it is described every The step of absciss layer 120, also includes:The isolated material is made annealing treatment to form separation layer 120.
The isolated material is the condensate containing one or more polymer in Si -- H bond, Si-N keys and Si-O keys.Cause This makes the consistency of the formed separation layer 120 of the isolated material solidification of the fluid state relatively low by annealing process, stops Poor-performing.
It should be noted that as shown in fig. 7, in the present embodiment, after the separation layer 120 is formed, the formation side Method also includes:The separation layer 120 is planarized, makes the top surface of the separation layer 120 and the top surface of the mask 102 Flush.
With reference to figure 8, the second fin 110b (as shown in Figure 7) and the second separation layer 120b are removed (such as Fig. 7 institutes Show) opening 140 is formed, the side wall of the opening 140 exposes the first separation layer 120a and the second area is exposed in bottom 100b substrate 100.
Because the second area 100b is used to form isolation structure.Therefore the second fin 110b needs to be removed. In addition, therefore the second isolated area 120b positioned at the surface of second area 100b substrates 100 is also removed in the lump.
Specifically, the second fin 110b and second isolation can be removed by way of mask dry etching Layer 120b, exposes the surface of substrate 100 of the second area 100b and the side wall of the first separation layer 120a.
Because in the step of forming substrate 100, the quantity positioned at the second fin 110b is more than or equal to 1.Therefore In the step of removing the second fin 110b, the quantity for the second fin 110b being removed is more than or equal to 1.Specifically , in the present embodiment, removal is located at 2,100 surface of second area 100b substrates the second fin 110b.
In the present embodiment, isolated area is between PMOS area and NMOS area, that is to say, that second area 100b is located at Between two first area 100a.Therefore after the second fin 110b and the second separation layer 120b is removed, expose The first separation layer 120a side wall and the surface of second area 100b substrates 100 surround opening 140.
With reference to figure 9, barrier layer 150 is formed in the side wall of the opening 140, the density on the barrier layer 150 is more than described First separation layer 120a density.
The barrier layer 150 is used to stop diffusion of the oxonium ion in the first separation layer 120a in subsequent technique, So as to reduce the possibility that oxonium ion contacts with the first fin 110a, the oxidized probabilities of the first fin 110a are reduced, are improved The uniformity coefficient of fin in formed semiconductor structure.
The density on the barrier layer 150 is more than the density of the first separation layer 120a, therefore the resistance on the barrier layer 150 Gear ability is stronger, can effectively stop the diffusion of oxonium ion, reduces the oxidized possibility of the first fin 110a, improves institute's shape The uniformity coefficient of fin into semiconductor structure.
The step of forming barrier layer 150 includes:Side wall of the mode of using plasma processing in the opening 140 Form the barrier layer 150.In the present embodiment, in mode the step of forming barrier layer 150 of using plasma processing, The corona treatment is carried out using nitrogenous gas, so the barrier layer formed is nitrogenous barrier layer.Wherein, it is described nitrogenous Gas includes nitric oxide, nitrous oxide or ammonia
Specifically, using nitrogenous gas in the step of side wall of the opening forms barrier layer 150, technological parameter bag Include:Process gas pressure in the range of 1mTorr to 500mTorr, process gas flow in the range of 10sccm to 1000sccm, Technological temperature is in the range of 20 DEG C to 300 DEG C, and the process time is in the range of 2s to 500s.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the material of the separation layer 120 is silica, that is to say, that first separation layer 120a material is silica, and the material on the barrier layer 150 is silicon oxynitride.Fine and close silicon oxynitride barrier layer, Neng Gouyou Effect stops the diffusion of oxonium ion.
If it should be noted that the thickness on the barrier layer 150 is too small, the work(for stopping oxygen atom diffusion is difficult to Energy;If the thickness on the barrier layer 150 is too big, waste of material is easily caused, the problem of increasing technology difficulty.The present embodiment In, the thickness on the barrier layer 150 existsArriveIn the range of.
With reference to figures 10 to Figure 13, isolation structure 160 is formed in 140 (as shown in Figure 9) of the opening.
The isolation structure 160 is used for the electric isolution for realizing the semiconductor-on-insulator device of adjacent first regions 100a substrates 100.Tool Body, in the present embodiment, the isolation structure 160 is located at as between first area 100a PMOS areas and nmos area, therefore The isolation structure 160 is used to realize the electric isolution between two first area 100a (i.e. described PMOS areas and nmos area).
The material of the isolation structure 160 is silica, can be formed by way of chemical vapor deposition.In addition, it is The guarantee isolation structure 160 is sufficient filling with to the opening 140, and that reduces that the internal pore of isolation structure 160 formed can Can, the isolation structure 160 can be formed by way of fluid chemistry vapour deposition.
Specifically, the step of forming isolation structure 160 includes:
With reference to figure 10, the filling isolated material 160f into 140 (as shown in Figure 9) of the opening.
Specifically, in the step of filling the isolated material 160f, filled by way of fluid chemistry vapour deposition every From material 160f.So in the step of isolated material 160f is filled by way of being vapor-deposited fluid chemistry, the isolation Material 160f is the isolated material of fluid state.
The isolated material 160f is the polymerization containing one or more polymer in Si -- H bond, Si-N keys and Si-O keys Body.It is filled using the isolated material 160f of fluid state, the isolated material 160f can be effectively improved to the opening 140 filling extent, reduce the formation in space.
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, also there is mask 102 on the top surface of fin 110, thus it is described every Top surface from material 160f is higher than the top surface of the mask 102.
Then, with reference to reference to figure 11, the isolated material 160f is made annealing treatment to form isolation structure 160.
The annealing solidifies the isolation structure 160f of fluid state, forms the isolation structure 160.Specifically, In the present embodiment, the isolation structure 160 for being used for isolating PMOS and NMOS is formed by making annealing treatment.
Specifically, the step of being made annealing treatment to the isolated material 160f includes:Entered by way of steam annealing The row annealing.During being made annealing treatment, particularly during steam annealing is carried out, oxygen atom can be sent out Raw diffusion.
But because the first separation layer 120a side walls are formed with barrier layer 150, the barrier layer 150 is finer and close, energy Enough effective diffusions for suppressing oxygen atom in the first separation layer 120a, avoid the oxygen atom of diffusion and first fin 110a contact and aoxidize the first fin 110a, so as to effectively reduce the first fin 110a be oxidized can Can, and then effective raising forms the uniformity of fin in semiconductor structure.
With reference to figure 12 and Figure 13, in the present embodiment, the substrate 100 of the first area 100a is used to form fin field effect Transistor, therefore need to expose with the part surface of side wall at the top of the first fin 110a, so that the grid subsequently formed Structure can cover the side wall and top surface of the first fin 110a.So after the isolation structure 160 is formed, The forming method also includes:Remove the isolation structure 160, the first separation layer 120a and the barrier layer 150 Segment thickness, expose the part surface with side wall at the top of the first fin 110a.
Specifically, remove the part of the isolation structure 160, the first separation layer 120a and the barrier layer 150 The step of thickness, includes:
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the isolation structure 160 is also located at the first separation layer 120a and described First fin 110a top surface, cushion 101 and mask are also sequentially formed with the first fin 110a top surfaces 102.Therefore the isolation structure 160 also covers the top surface of the first separation layer 120a and the mask 102.
With reference first to Figure 12, planarization process is carried out to the isolation structure 160, removes the isolation structure of segment thickness 160。
In the present embodiment, planarization process is carried out to the isolation structure 160 by way of cmp.It is described Cmp stops when exposing the top surface of the mask 102, to remove the isolation structure on the top of fin 110 160 and mask 102 and cushion 101, expose the top surface of the fin 110.
With reference to reference to figure 13, then, return and carve isolation structure 160, the first separation layer 120a and the barrier layer 150, expose the surface with partial sidewall at the top of the first fin 110a.
Isolation structure 160, the first separation layer 120a and the anti oxidation layer 150 are removed by returning carving technology Segment thickness, expose at the top of the first fin 110a and the surface of partial sidewall.Return and carve the isolation structure 160 and described The concrete technology of separation layer 120 is same as the prior art, and the present invention will not be repeated here.
Accordingly, the present invention also provides a kind of semiconductor structure.
With reference to figure 14, the cross-sectional view of the embodiment of semiconductor structure one of the present invention is shown.
As shown in figure 14, the semiconductor structure includes:
Substrate 200, the substrate 200 include multiple first area 200a and between the 200a of adjacent first regions Second area 200b;Multiple fins 210 on first area 200a substrates 200 and it is filled between adjacent fin 210 Separation layer 220;Isolation structure 260 on second area 200b substrates 200;Positioned at the isolation structure 260 and described Barrier layer 250 between separation layer 220, the density on the barrier layer 250 are more than the density of the separation layer 220.
The substrate 200 is the operating platform of Subsequent semiconductor technique;The first area 200a is used to be formed with fin The semiconductor structure in portion, the second area 200b are used to form the semiconductor structure without fin.The fin 210 is used for Form fin formula field effect transistor.
In the present embodiment, the substrate 200 includes PMOS area, NMOS area and positioned at the PMOS area and NMOS Isolated area between region.Wherein, the PMOS area is used to form PMOS transistor, and the NMOS area is used to form NMOS Transistor, the isolated area are used to realize the electric isolution between the PMOS area and NMOS area.
The PMOS area is used to form p-type fin formula field effect transistor, and the NMOS area is used to form N-type fin field Effect transistor, the isolated area are used to form the isolation structure realized and be electrically isolated between PMOS area and NMOS area.So The first area 200a includes the PMOS area and the NMOS area, and the second area 200b includes the isolation Area.
The separation layer 220 and the isolation structure 260, which are used to realize, to be electrically isolated.Specifically, the separation layer 220 is used for Realize the electric isolution between adjacent fin 210;The isolation structure 260 is used to realize adjacent first regions 200a substrates 200 Electric isolution between semiconductor devices.
In the present embodiment, the second area 200b is isolated area, positioned at the PMOS areas as first area 200a and Between nmos area, therefore the isolation structure 260 on the surface of second area 200b substrates 200 is used to realize two first area 200a Electric isolution between (i.e. described PMOS areas and nmos area).Specifically, the material of the separation layer 220 and the isolation structure 260 Expect for silica.
The barrier layer 250 is used to prevent during the isolation structure 260 is formed oxygen atom to the separation layer 220 Interior diffusion, contact of the oxygen atom with the fin 210 is avoided, reduce the oxidized possibility of fin 210, improve the fin 210 uniformity.In the present embodiment, the barrier layer 250 is nitrogenous barrier layer.Specifically, the material on the barrier layer 250 is Silicon oxynitride.
If it should be noted that the thickness on the barrier layer 250 is too small, the work(for stopping oxygen atom diffusion is difficult to Energy;If the thickness on the barrier layer 250 is too big, waste of material is easily caused, the problem of increasing technology difficulty.The present embodiment In, the thickness on the barrier layer 250 existsArriveIn the range of.
To sum up, the present invention is after second fin and second separation layer formation opening is removed, in the opening Side wall formed barrier layer, and the density on the barrier layer be more than first separation layer density.Due to the barrier layer Density is larger, can effectively stop diffusion of the oxygen atom in first separation layer, so as to reduce oxygen atom and the first fin Contact, the oxidized possibility of first fin is reduced, so as to effectively improve fin in formed semiconductor structure Uniformity.
Although present disclosure is as above, the present invention is not limited to this.Any those skilled in the art, this is not being departed from In the spirit and scope of invention, it can make various changes or modifications, therefore protection scope of the present invention should be with claim institute The scope of restriction is defined.

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  1. A kind of 1. forming method of semiconductor structure, it is characterised in that including:
    Substrate is provided, the substrate includes multiple first areas and the second area between adjacent first regions;
    The multiple fins formed on the substrate, the fin on the first area substrate is the first fin, is located at Fin on the second area substrate is the second fin;
    Fill isolated material between adjacent fin, form separation layer, the separation layer on the substrate of first area for first every Absciss layer, the separation layer on second area substrate are the second separation layer;
    Remove second fin and second separation layer forms opening, the side wall of the opening exposes first separation layer And the substrate of the second area is exposed in bottom;
    Barrier layer is formed in the side wall of the opening, the density on the barrier layer is more than the density of first separation layer;
    Isolation structure is formed in said opening.
  2. 2. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that wrapped the step of the opening sidewalls form barrier layer Include:The mode of using plasma processing forms the barrier layer.
  3. 3. forming method as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that the mode of using plasma processing forms the stop In the step of layer, the corona treatment uses nitrogenous gas.
  4. 4. forming method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that the nitrogenous gas includes nitric oxide, an oxidation two Nitrogen or ammonia.
  5. 5. forming method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that resistance is formed using side wall of the nitrogenous gas in the opening In the step of barrier, technological parameter includes:In the range of 1mTorr to 500mTorr, process gas flow exists process gas pressure In the range of 10sccm to 1000sccm, technological temperature is in the range of 20 DEG C to 300 DEG C, and the process time is in the range of 2s to 500s.
  6. 6. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that in the step of forming separation layer, the material of the separation layer Expect for silica;
    In the step of forming barrier layer, the barrier layer is nitrogenous barrier layer.
  7. 7. forming method as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that in the step of forming barrier layer, the material on the barrier layer Expect for silicon oxynitride.
  8. 8. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the opening side wall formed barrier layer the step of In, the thickness on the barrier layer existsArriveIn the range of.
  9. 9. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the step of forming isolation structure in said opening is wrapped Include:
    Isolated material is filled into the opening;
    The isolated material is made annealing treatment to form isolation structure.
  10. 10. forming method as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that the step of being made annealing treatment to the isolated material Including:The annealing is carried out by way of steam annealing.
  11. 11. forming method as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that the step of forming separation layer and formation isolation structure In one or two step include:Isolated material is filled by way of fluid chemistry vapour deposition.
  12. 12. forming method as claimed in claim 11, it is characterised in that fluid chemistry vapour deposition by way of fill every From in the step of material, the isolated material is the isolated material of fluid state;
    In the step of being made annealing treatment the isolated material to form isolation structure, the annealing makes the flow-like The isolated material solidification of state.
  13. 13. forming method as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that the isolated material be containing Si -- H bond, Si -- H bond and One or more polymer in Si-O keys.
  14. 14. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that remove second fin and second separation layer The step of forming opening includes:Second fin and second separation layer are removed by way of dry etching, exposes institute The substrate of second area and the side wall of first separation layer are stated, forms the opening.
  15. 15. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that in the step of substrate is provided, the lining of the first area Bottom is used to form the semiconductor devices with fin, and the substrate of the second area is used to form isolation structure.
  16. 16. forming method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that after the step of forming the isolation structure, the shape Also include into method:The segment thickness of the isolation structure, first separation layer and the barrier layer is removed, is exposed described First fin top and the part surface of side wall.
  17. A kind of 17. semiconductor structure, it is characterised in that including:
    Substrate, the substrate include multiple first areas and the second area between adjacent first regions;
    Multiple fins on the substrate of first area and the separation layer being filled between adjacent fin;
    Isolation structure on second area substrate;
    Barrier layer between the isolation structure and the separation layer, the density on the barrier layer are more than the separation layer Density.
  18. 18. semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 17, it is characterised in that the barrier layer is nitrogenous barrier layer;It is described every The material of absciss layer is oxide.
  19. 19. semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 18, it is characterised in that the material on the barrier layer is silicon oxynitride.
  20. 20. semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 17, it is characterised in that the thickness on the barrier layer existsArriveModel In enclosing.
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