CN114621769A - Etching composition and application thereof - Google Patents

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CN114621769A
CN114621769A CN202011443394.XA CN202011443394A CN114621769A CN 114621769 A CN114621769 A CN 114621769A CN 202011443394 A CN202011443394 A CN 202011443394A CN 114621769 A CN114621769 A CN 114621769A
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The invention provides an etching composition and application thereof. It includes: phosphoric acid, a silane compound, a silicon-based phosphate compound and deionized water. The etching composition can selectively etch silicon nitride and minimally etch silicon oxide, solves the problem of silicon oxide regrowth, avoids forming particles on a substrate, has a large operation window, and has a good application prospect in a semiconductor high-temperature etching process.

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Etching composition and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of compositions for etching semiconductor components, in particular to a composition for etching silicon nitride and an application method thereof.
Background
In a semiconductor manufacturing process, a nitride layer and an oxide layer have been used as an insulating layer of a stack structure of a 3D-NAND flash memory gate, of which a silicon nitride layer (SiN) is representativex) And a silicon oxide layer (SiO)2) The insulating layers may be formed independently or alternately stacked on each other. In addition, the silicon oxide layer and the silicon nitride layer may also be used as hard masks to form metalsAn interconnected conductive pattern.
A wet etch process may be used to remove the nitride layer, wherein the selectivity of the etchant is an important consideration. An ideal etchant needs to have a high selectivity for the etch rate of the layer being etched much greater than the etch rate of the other layers. In a wet etching process for removing a nitride film, a mixture of phosphoric acid and deionized water is generally used. The deionized water is used to prevent the decrease in the etching rate of the nitride film and the change in the etching selectivity of the nitride film with respect to the silicon oxide film. However, even if the amount of deionized water is finely changed, the nitride film etching process may still fail and the operating window is small. Further, phosphoric acid, which is one of strong acids, is corrosive, and thus it is difficult to perform subsequent treatment.
To overcome this drawback of conventional etching compositions, the prior art proposes to include a composition comprising hydrofluoric acid (HF) and nitric acid (HNO)3) Phosphoric acid (H) mixed with one of (1)3PO4) The etching composition of (1). However, this etching composition deteriorates the etching selectivity of the nitride layer and the oxide layer. In addition to this, another etching composition comprising phosphoric acid and one of silicate and silicic acid is proposed. However, silicates and silicic acid produce particles that can seriously affect the substrate material.
In order to solve the above problems, CN103160282B discloses an etching composition containing a silyl phosphate compound, which, although it can selectively etch a nitride film with respect to an oxide film without causing problems such as generation of particles, has low selectivity to LP-TEOS and may have a silicon oxide regrowth problem. US9368647B2 discloses an etching composition containing a silicon compound (containing at least one atom of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur bonded to silicon), but this composition requires the addition of an additional ammonium ion, which complicates the system and, at the same time, increases the etching rate of silicon nitride and silicon oxide, which may result in a decrease in the etching selectivity of silicon nitride to silicon oxide. CN105273718B discloses an etching composition containing a silane phosphate compound, which requires the synthesis of the silane phosphate compound first and has low selectivity to BPSG. CN109689838A discloses an etching composition containing a silane compound having an alkoxy group, but it is sensitive to the silicon concentration in the solution.
Disclosure of Invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide an etching composition that can be used for highly selective removal of silicon nitride, which can minimize the silicon oxide etching rate while highly selectively removing silicon nitride while avoiding silicon oxide regrowth and formation of substrate particles.
Specifically, the present invention provides an etching composition comprising: phosphoric acid, a silane compound, a silicon-based phosphate compound and deionized water.
Preferably, the silane compound has the general formula:
Figure BDA0002830764870000021
wherein R is1To R4Are respectively selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl and (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) Alkoxy group, (C)1-C10) Aminoalkyl radical, (C)1-C10) Aminoalkoxy, (C)1-C10) Carbonylalkyl, (C)1-C10) Isocyanatoalkyl, (C)1-C10) Ureidoalkyl, (C)1-C10) One or more of dithiocarbonate alkyl groups; r1To R4At least one of (A) is (C)1-C10) Isocyanatoalkyl, (C)1-C10) Ureidoalkyl, (C)1-C10) One of dithiocarbonate alkyl groups.
Preferably, the mass percentage concentration of the silane compound is 0.1-1%.
Preferably, the silicon-based phosphate compound has the general formula:
Figure BDA0002830764870000022
wherein i) R5To R7Are respectively selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl and (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) One or more of alkoxy groups;
ii)R8is selected from (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) One of alkoxy groups;
iii)R9is selected from (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) One of alkoxy groups;
iv)R10one selected from hydroxyl, ammonium oxy and benzyloxy.
Preferably, the mass percentage concentration of the silicon-based phosphate ester compound is 0.01-5%.
Preferably, the mass percentage concentration of the phosphoric acid is 80-99.8%.
Preferably, the mass percentage concentration of the deionized water is 0.01-19.89%.
Preferably, the etching composition further comprises one or more additives selected from the group consisting of surfactants, dispersants, and corrosion inhibitors; wherein the surfactant is selected from one or more of cationic surfactant, anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant.
In another aspect of the invention there is provided the use of an etching composition as described in any of the above for wet etching silicon nitride.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the positive improvement effects that:
the silane compound contained in the etching composition disclosed by the invention does not contain halogen, so that the silicon nitride film can be removed at high selectivity while the silicon oxide etching rate is minimized, and meanwhile, the problems of silicon oxide regrowth, particle formation on a substrate and the like are solved. The etching composition disclosed by the invention has a larger operation window and has a good application prospect in a semiconductor high-temperature etching process.
Detailed Description
The advantages of the invention are further illustrated below with reference to specific examples.
Etching compositions of examples 1 to 12 and comparative examples 1 to 6 were prepared according to the components and contents described in table 1. The reagents and raw materials used in the invention are commercially available, wherein the phosphoric acid is 85% phosphoric acid aqueous solution. The composition of the invention can be prepared by simply and uniformly mixing the components.
TABLE 1 Components and amounts of compositions of examples 1-12 and comparative examples 1-6
Figure BDA0002830764870000031
Figure BDA0002830764870000041
In order to investigate the etching rates of the composition on silicon oxide and silicon nitride and the etching selection ratio of the composition on the silicon oxide and the silicon nitride, the invention adopts the following technical means: the etching composition liquid was heated to 160 ℃ in a reactor, and then a silicon nitride film was placed in each composition to be etched for 10min, and then the change in thickness before and after etching was measured by an ellipsometer to calculate the etching rate. Each etching composition was heated to 160 ℃ in a reactor, and a silicon oxide film was placed therein and etched for 60min, and then the change in thickness before and after etching was measured by a non-metal film thickness tester to calculate the etching rate. The etch selectivity ratio of the etch rate of silicon nitride to the etch rate of silicon oxide was calculated. The etch rates and etch selectivity of the compositions for silicon nitride and silicon oxide are shown in table 2.
TABLE 2 etching rates and selectivity ratios of etching compositions of examples 1 to 12 and comparative examples 1 to 6
Figure BDA0002830764870000042
Figure BDA0002830764870000051
As can be seen from table 2: the etching combination liquid can selectively etch and remove silicon nitride, simultaneously, the etching rate of silicon oxide is minimized, and the operation window is larger.
As can be seen from the comparison of comparative example 1 with example 1, selective removal of silicon nitride was not achieved using pure phosphoric acid. As can be seen from comparison of comparative examples 3, 4, 5 and 6 with examples 4, 8 and 11, the addition of the silane compound or the silicon-based phosphate compound alone has no great effect on the etching of silicon nitride, but none of them can effectively suppress the etching of silicon oxide. Therefore, the etching selection ratio of the singly added silane compound or the silicon-based phosphate compound to silicon nitride and silicon oxide is lower than the effect of compounding the silane compound and the silicon-based phosphate compound.
To further determine the silicon content increasing loading of the etching composition of the present invention, a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film were separately dissolved in a part of the etching composition prepared as described above and the silicon concentration in the solution was increased. The specific technical means is as follows: the etching composition liquid of the present embodiment was placed in a reactor and heated to 160 c, and when the silicon concentration in the solution was 0ppm, 60ppm, 120ppm and 180ppm, respectively, a silicon nitride film was placed therein and etched for 10min, and then the change in thickness before and after etching was measured by an ellipsometer to calculate the etching rate. Under the same conditions and silicon concentration, a silicon oxide film was left to etch for 60min, and then the change in thickness before and after etching was measured by a non-metal film thickness tester to calculate the etching rate, and further the etching selectivity of the etching rate of silicon nitride to that of silicon oxide was calculated. The etching rates of the etching composition liquid of the present invention for silicon nitride and silicon oxide and the etching selectivity for both are shown in table 3.
Table 3 test results of example 4 and example 8
Figure BDA0002830764870000061
As can be seen from table 3, the etching composition of the present invention can etch silicon nitride with high selectivity at a silicon content of 120ppm and an etch selectivity of 2066.67 for silicon nitride and silicon oxide. Thus, the etching composition of the invention can have a silicon content increase loading of greater than 120 ppm.
In summary, the etching composition of the present invention provides an etching composition for selectively removing silicon nitride and minimizing the etching rate of silicon oxide, which solves the problem of silicon oxide regrowth, and simultaneously avoids forming particles on the substrate, and has a large operation window and good application prospect in the semiconductor high-temperature etching process.
It should be understood that% referred to in this invention are units of mass percent.
It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, and not by way of limitation, and that those skilled in the art can make modifications and variations of the embodiments described above without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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1. An etching composition characterized by containing, in an organic solvent,
the method comprises the following steps: phosphoric acid, a silane compound, a silicon-based phosphate compound and deionized water.
2. The etching composition of claim 1,
the silane compound has the general formula:
Figure FDA0002830764860000011
wherein R is1To R4Are respectively selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl and (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) Alkoxy group, (C)1-C10) Aminoalkyl radical, (C)1-C10) Aminoalkoxy, (C)1-C10) Carbonylalkyl, (C)1-C10) Isocyanatoalkyl, (C)1-C10) Ureidoalkyl, (C)1-C10) One or more dithiocarbonic acid alkyl groups;
R1to R4At least one of (A) is (C)1-C10) Isocyanatoalkyl, (C)1-C10) Ureidoalkyl, (C)1-C10) One of dithiocarbonate alkyl groups.
3. The etching composition of claim 1,
the mass percentage concentration of the silane compound is 0.1-1.0%.
4. The etching composition of claim 1,
the general formula of the silicon-based phosphate compound is as follows:
Figure FDA0002830764860000012
wherein i) R5To R7Are respectively selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl and (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) One or more of alkoxy groups;
ii)R8is selected from (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) One of alkoxy groups;
iii)R9is selected from (C)1-C10) Alkyl, (C)1-C10) One of alkoxy groups;
iv)R10one selected from hydroxyl, ammonium oxy and benzyloxy.
5. The etching composition of claim 1,
the mass percentage concentration of the silicon-based phosphate compound is 0.01-5.0%.
6. The etching composition of claim 1,
the phosphoric acid is 80-99.8% in mass percentage concentration.
7. The etching composition of claim 1,
the mass percentage concentration of the deionized water is 0.01-19.89%.
8. The etching composition of claim 1,
the etching composition further comprises one or more additives selected from the group consisting of surfactants, dispersants, and corrosion inhibitors;
wherein the surfactant is selected from one or more of cationic surfactant, anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant.
9. Use of an etching composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 for wet etching silicon nitride.
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