CN100550394C - Semiconductor device and manufacture method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The TFT that provides a kind of its performance to compare with the MOSFET performance.Form the active layer of semiconductor device with the crystal silicon film of the metallic element crystallization that promotes crystallization, and heat treatment in halogen-containing atmosphere, remove metallic element.Constitute active layer after this processing with the set of numerous kinds of shapes or pillar-shaped crystal.The semiconductor device made from this crystalline texture has high performance.

Description

Semiconductor device and manufacture method thereof

The application is to be that October 15, application number in 1997 are 99124856.2 and denomination of invention dividing an application for the application of " semiconductor device and manufacture method thereof " applying date.

Technical field

The present invention relates to have the semiconductor device in that the semiconductive thin film active layer that forms on the substrate of insulating surface is arranged, particularly active layer wherein is by the thin-film transistor of crystal silicon film.

Background technology

In recent years, being used in its thickness of semiconductive thin film that forms on the substrate with insulating surface is to several thousand dusts at the hundreds of dust) technology that constitutes thin-film transistor has been subjected to people's attention.Thin-film transistor is widely used for electronic device, as IC (integrated circuit) or electro-optical device, particularly, has had very big development as the conversion element that is used for image display device.

For example, in liquid crystal indicator, attempt is used for any circuit to TFT, as be used in particular for controlling pixel matrix circuit by the pixel region of cells arranged in matrix, be used to control the drive circuit of image element circuit, be used to handle the logical circuit (processor circuit, memory circuitry etc.) of external data signal.

Under the present circumstances,, also require the circuit of high speed operation performance,, require TFT with crystal silicon film (polysilicon film) as drive circuit and logical circuit although the TFT that makes active layer with amorphous silicon film enters the practical stage.

As the technology that forms crystal silicon film on the substrate, the Japan's special permission by the present patent application people discloses flat 6-232059 peace 6-244103 disclosure and becomes known technology.The technology that discloses in these open files can be with metal (being nickel specifically) that promotes the silicon crystallization and heat treatment 4 hours and constitute the silicon metal of excellent percent crystallization in massecuite in 500 ℃ to 600 ℃ temperature.

Japan discloses flat 7-321339 especially and has disclosed with the technology of above-mentioned technology by the direction grown crystal that is parallel to substrate.The crystallization region that the present invention it is called formation is special vitellarium, limit (or lateral growth region).

But, promptly use this TFT to constitute drive circuit, drive circuit still is in the state that can not satisfy desired characteristic fully.Under the present circumstances, can not have excellent high performance high speed logic circuit with conventional TFT formation especially, to realize simultaneously and can have voltage endurance again by high-speed cruising.

As mentioned above, in order to have obtained more high performance electro-optical device, must make TFT have can with the MOS-FET that constitutes with the monocrystalline silicon wafer can be comparable performance.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is, provide to have very high performance, as the thin-film semiconductor device of high breakdown performance, having made more high performance electro-optical device, and manufacture method.

The reason that can not obtain above-mentioned high performance TFT with conventional method thinks that crystal boundary has been captured charge carrier (electronics or hole), therefore, has hindered the field-effect mobility of improving as one of TFT characterisitic parameter.

For example, many azygous silicon atom keys (dangling bonds) and defect level are arranged in crystal boundary.Therefore, the charge carrier that each intragranular moves near or when contacting with crystal boundary, by the dangling bonds in the crystal boundary, defect level is captured easily.And think have the crystal boundary of " harmful crystal boundary " function to stop charge carrier to move.

For realizing that by semiconductor device of the present invention requisite providing becomes the technology of " to charge carrier " harmless grain boundary structure to this " harmful crystal boundary " structure.That is, importantly form the low crystal boundary of carrier capture rate, promptly form the low crystal boundary of prevention carrier mobility.

Therefore, the method, semi-conductor device manufacturing method with semiconductive thin film active layer that invention disclosed provides in this specification comprises following processing step: form amorphous silicon film having on the substrate of insulating surface, selectively form mask insulating film on the amorphous silicon film, make amorphous silicon film selectively have the metallic element that promotes crystallization, make at least a portion amorphous silicon film be transformed into crystal silicon film with the 1st heat treatment, remove mask insulating film, form the active layer that only constitutes with crystal silicon film with the composition method, form gate insulating film on the active layer, in halogen-containing atmosphere, carry out the 2nd heat treatment, remove metallic element in the active layer with the method for cooling down, form heat oxide film between active layer and the gate insulating film, in nitrogen containing atmosphere, carry out the 3rd heat treatment, improve the quality of the gate insulating film that comprises heat oxide film and interfacial state, wherein, active layer is the crystalline texture body, crystal boundary is wherein pressed a direction substantially and is aimed at, and it is made of numerous aciculiforms substantially parallel with substrate or pillar-shaped crystal aggregation.

If form crystal silicon film, can obtain the film of external appearance characteristic shown in Figure 9 by above-mentioned manufacture method.Fig. 9 is the film microphoto enlarged drawing that the technology that makes the amorphous silicon film crystallization that discloses with the open 7-321339 of Japan special permission and implementing obtains when of the present invention, and to show length be tens to 100 dusts and tens microns.

The feature of lateral growth region 901 is, because almost perpendicular to being added with the metallic element that promotes crystallization in the aciculiform in district 902 or the pillar-shaped crystal growth, and be that substantially parallel crystallization direction is difficult accurate mutually.903 indicated parts are because of adding the big crystal boundary that district's 902 aciculiforms of stretching out and pillar-shaped crystal collision forms from relative, and it is different with the crystal boundary between needle-shaped crystals and the pillar-shaped crystal.

Figure 10 is the TEM photo, has wherein further amplified the trickle district in the crystal grain, so that can see the inside of lateral growth region shown in Figure 9.

That is, although crystal silicon film of the present invention seemingly is made of big lateral growth region 901 macroscopic views, as shown in Figure 9, during to lateral growth region 901 microscopic observations, lateral growth region is the crystallization structure body that is made of numerous aciculiforms or pillar-shaped crystal 1001, as shown in figure 10.

Among Figure 10, the crystal boundary of boundary between reference number 1002 indication expression aciculiforms or the pillar-shaped crystal confirms the growth that is parallel to each other basically of aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal 1001 from the propagation direction of crystal boundary 1002.And except as otherwise noted, the crystal boundary in this specification is meant the boundary of aciculiform or cylindricality intergranule.

In the semiconductor device of the present invention, being used in to heat-treat in the halogen-containing atmosphere through getter and removing the metallic element that promotes crystallization, mainly is nickel, and its residual concentration remains on and is not less than 1 * 10 ¹⁸Atom/cm ², drop to and be not more than 1 * 10 ¹⁸Atom/cm ³, representative value is 1 * 10 ¹⁴-5 * 10 ¹⁷Atom/cm ³, in active layer, preferably be not more than spin coating density.

Certainly, other metallic element (as Cu, Al etc.) of sneaking into because of pollution (deliberately not adding) also can be removed with getter.

At this moment, can expect in the heat treatment that the dangling bonds of silicon atom combines and constitutes oxide with oxygen is silica.As a result, in " harmful crystal boundary " district, form silica, and think that silica gone up the crystal boundary effect substantially.

And infer that the crystal boundary 1002 that forms by this method is not comprise the lattice defect state in the interface between silica and the silicon metal that is in, therefore mate admirably.This is because form the technology of oxidation end and promote the synergy between the technology of chemical combination again of silicon atom itself or silicon atom and oxygen with the catalytic action of nickel and consumed silicon atom between the lattice that causes defective with thermal oxidation.

That is, among Figure 10, think that crystal boundary 1002 almost do not capture the defective of charge carrier, therefore, it has " the useful crystal boundary " that only charge carrier that moves in aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal is played the effect of energy level potential barrier.

Handle owing in this crystal boundary, preferentially carry out thermal oxidative reaction, in crystal boundary rather than in other zone, form thicker heat oxide film.Therefore, think that being added near the gate voltage of crystal boundary obviously diminishes, it also can become the energy level barrier.

And, owing to carrying out this heat treatment above under the higher temperature of 700 ℃ (representative temperature is 800-1100 ℃), thereby the defective such as dislocation and stacking fault that exists in aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal has nearly all disappeared.And, with containing halogen family in hydrogenation or the film the residual dangling bonds of silicon atom is stopped.

And the inventor determines that in the state shown in Figure 10 with this method acquisition, the zone in numerous aciculiforms or the pillar-shaped crystal is " charge carrier is thought it is single-crystal region basically ".

The feature of " charge carrier being thought it is single-crystal region basically " does not stop the potential barrier that it moves when being meant that charge carrier moves.In other words, do not have lattice defect, do not have crystal boundary, or do not have potential barrier as the energy level barrier.

The invention provides and have the high performance semiconductor device that can constitute drive circuit or logical circuit, constituting with TFT with the crystal silicon film with said structure is the active layer of the semiconductor device of representative.

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Figure 1A to 1D is a diagrammatic sketch of showing the process for fabrication of semiconductor device step;

Fig. 2 A to 2D is a diagrammatic sketch of showing the process for fabrication of semiconductor device step;

Fig. 3 is that active layer is provided with structural representation;

Fig. 4 A and 4B are the semiconductor device characteristic curve charts;

Fig. 5 A to 5D is a schematic diagram of showing the process for fabrication of semiconductor device step;

Fig. 6 A to 6C is a schematic diagram of showing the process for fabrication of semiconductor device step;

Fig. 7 A and 7B are the photos of circuit structure;

Fig. 8 A to 8C is the active layer structural representation;

Fig. 9 is the photo on crystal silicon film surface;

Figure 10 is the photo of crystal structure;

Figure 11 is the photo of crystal structure;

Figure 12 is the photo of crystal structure;

Figure 13 A and 13B are DRAM and SRAM structural representation;

Figure 14 A to 14D shows process for fabrication of semiconductor device step schematic diagram;

Figure 15 A to 15D shows process for fabrication of semiconductor device step schematic diagram;

Figure 16 A to 16F shows semiconductor device application illustration intention;

Below will be that the basis describes the present invention in detail with the preferred embodiment.

Embodiment

[the 1st embodiment]

In the present embodiment, illustrate that the crystal silicon film that forms by manufacture method of the present invention is used as the example of the active layer of thin-film transistor (TFT).Figure 1A to 1D has showed the part of TFT manufacturing technology steps.

And the method for using in the present embodiment the amorphous silicon film crystallization is that Japan's special permission discloses the technology that discloses among the flat 7-321339, but just it is summarily illustrated in this example, asks for an interview detailed open file.

At first, preparation has the substrate 101 of insulating surface, in this example, forms the silicon oxide film 102 of thick 2000 dusts as bottom on quartz substrate.The method that forms silicon oxide film 102 comprises low pressure pad CVD method, plasma CVD method and sputtering method etc.

By the inventor's research, when amorphous silicon film is made bottom fine and close later on by crystallization, the percent crystallization in massecuite excellence of the crystal silicon film that discovery is obtained.Film preferably contains 5 * 10 ¹⁷To 2 * 10 ¹⁹Atom/cm ³Oxygen.Oxygen contained in the film plays an important role in the elimination technology that promotes crystallization with metallic element subsequently.

Subsequently, forming thickness with low pressure hot CVD method is that 200 to 1000 dusts (are in this example ) amorphous silicon film 103.Can in order to silane the gas (SiH of base ₄, Si ₂H ₆, Si ₃H ₈Deng) make film and form gas.The amorphous silicon film that forms with low pressure hot CVD method has a small amount of natural nucleus to introduce in crystallization is subsequently handled.Therefore the mutual jamming rate (stopping because of collision makes growth) that this has reduced each crystal, can enlarge the cross growth width.

Certainly, plasma CVD method, sputtering method etc. also can be used to form amorphous silicon film 103.

Afterwards, form the silicon oxide film 104 of thick 500 to 1200 dusts, afterwards, select to remove with etch and introduced the silicon oxide film part that promotes the metallic element of crystallization with plasma CVD method or sputtering method.That is, for nickel is selectively introduced in the amorphous silicon film 103, this silicon oxide film 104 plays the effect of mask insulating film.

The zone 105 that oxidized silicon fiml 104 exposes constitutes flute profile, and its length direction is perpendicular to paper surface (Figure 1A).

Afterwards, amorphous oxygen is advanced in irradiation UV light (ultraviolet ray) radiation in oxygen atmosphere, forms oxide-film (not having picture) as thin as a wafer exposing on 105 amorphous film 103 surfaces.When introducing the metallic element that promotes crystallization, this oxide-film is used to improve the wettability of solution when adding the solution step.

Promote that the metallic element of crystallization is to be selected from Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, one or more of Cu and Au.The example of using Ni in this example below will be described.

Afterwards, splash into the nickel nitrate solution or the nickel acetate solution that contain predetermined concentration (in the present embodiment, being 100ppm weight), form nickeliferous thin moisture film 106 with spin-coating method.Add in the solution step, regulate nickel salt solution concentration, can easily control the nickel concentration that adds in the amorphous silicon film.See Figure 1B.

Afterwards, after 450 ℃ of hydrogen through getting rid of in the inert gas in 1 hour, at 500 ℃ to 700 ℃, 550 ℃ to 600 ℃ of allusion quotation shape temperature make amorphous silicon film 103 crystallizations through heat treatment (the 1st heat treatment) in 4 to 8 hours.Obtain crystal silicon film 107 with this method, see Fig. 1 C.

At this moment, the crystal continued growth makes aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal extend by the direction that is arranged essentially parallel to substrate.In the present embodiment, zone 105 is from here being groove longitudinally to the back side direction of figure, and what crystal was indicated by arrow 108 mainly is a direction continued growth.At this moment, crystal growth can surpass the above length of hundreds of micron.

What numeral 109 indication nickel content were higher than nickel content in the lateral growth region 107 adds the nickel district.Crystal continued growth crystallization is not very good under the extremely close condition of nucleus owing to add in the nickel district 109.Therefore, active area is made of the zone except that adding nickel district 109 subsequently.

Afterwards, after the crystallization heat treatment, be removed with the mask insulating film silicon oxide film of selecting to add nickel 104.Be easy to carry out this step with buffered hydrofluoric acid etc.

Carrying out giving before or after the heat treatment subsequently crystal silicon film 107 to add excimer laser in halogen-containing atmosphere carries out laser annealing and handles.Although but and laser irradiation improve the degree of crystallinity of crystal silicon film, constitute suitable roughness at the silicon fiml surface energy, therefore must carefully be engaged in for a short time.

Afterwards, to crystal silicon film 107 compositions of such acquisition, constitute the active layer 110 that TFT active layer function is arranged subsequently.Among the present invention, it is very important that active layer is set, and this can illustrate below.

Form after the active layer 110, constituting thickness on the active layer 110 is the film formed gate insulating film 111 of usefulness silica of 200 to 1500 dusts (present embodiment is 300 dusts).The formation method of gate insulating film 111 comprises such as plasma CVD method, the vapor phase method of hot CVD method and sputtering method.

The stack membrane of available silicon nitride film, nitrogen-oxygen-silicon film or these dielectric films replaces silicon oxide film.

In halogen-containing atmosphere, heat-treat afterwards (the 2nd heat treatment).This heat treated main purpose is with halogen the gettering action of metallic element to be removed metallic element (specifically being Ni) in the active layer 110, sees Fig. 1 D.

This is cooled down, heat-treat and realize that gettering action is very important in the temperature more than 700 ℃.If be lower than this temperature,, probably can not obtain enough gettering actions because gate insulating film 111 becomes the barrier layer.

Should heat-treat under the temperature more than 700 ℃, be preferably in 800 ℃ to 1000 ℃ (representative temperature is 950 ℃) and carried out 0.1 to 6 hour, typical case's time is 0.5 to 1.0 hour.

In the present embodiment, with respect to O ₂Atmosphere contains in 0.5 to 10vol%HCl the atmosphere carries out heat treatment in 30 minutes at 950 ℃.If HCl concentration is higher than above-mentioned concentration, on the film surface of crystal silicon film, form the roughness that can compare with thickness, not preferred therefore.

In the present embodiment, although HCl gas is halogen-containing typical compound, also can be with being selected from HF, NF ₃, HBr, Cl ₂, ClF ₃, BCl ₃, F ₂And Br ₂One or more halogen contained compounds.Usually, also can use the hydroxide or the organic material (hydrocarbon) of halogen.

In this step, think, the nickel that separates from the crystal boundary of aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal is cooled down here, make nickel become nickel chloride and be distributed in the air and remove because of the effect of halogen (being chlorine).

Without the nickel concentration maximum in the active layer of handling 110 of cooling down is 1 * 10 ¹⁸Atom/cm ³, minimum value is 5 * 10 ¹⁷Atom/cm ³, this result records with SIMS, confirms from sims analysis, can make the concentration of Ni in the active area 110 be reduced to 1 * 10 at last with cooling down in the present embodiment ¹⁸Atom/cm ³Below, further be reduced to 5 * 10 ¹⁷Atom/cm ³Below.

Although the detection lower limit of SIMS is 1 * 10 ¹⁶Atom/cm ³,, think the spin coating density 1 * 10 of nickel concentration less than active layer 110 by the characteristic of the following TFT that will illustrate of present embodiment ¹⁵To 1 * 10 ¹⁶/ cm ^-3, and be decreased to 1 * 10 ¹⁴Atom/cm ³

That is, with the processing of cooling down, the concentration of Ni is reduced to 1 * 10 in the active layer 110 ¹⁸Atom/cm ³Below, representative value is not influence device property, preferably is lower than the spin coating density of active layer, promptly 1 * 10 ¹⁴To 5 * 10 ¹⁷Atom/cm ³

By the inventor's discovery, think to be used for promoting that the nickel of crystallization mainly is dispersed in the crystal boundary of aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal, be not included in aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal inside basically.

But by this sims analysis, owing to detected crystals and crystal boundary two parts, the Ni concentration in this specification is the mean concentration of contained Ni in crystals and the crystal boundary strictly speaking.

When cooling down step, remaining in being used in the crystal silicon film halogen concentration of handling of cooling down is 1 * 10 ¹⁵To 1 * 10 ²⁰Atom/cm ³At this moment, the high concentration of halogen is tended to be distributed between crystal silicon film and the oxide-film.

Think that in crystallization process, nickel is pushed to the crystal boundary of aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal, and separate, so nickel exists with nickel silicide.Nickel changes into nickel chloride and dispersion when cooling down, and cuts off the key of being with nickel and the dangling bonds that obtains silicon, the increase crystal boundary.

But owing to carry out above-mentioned steps in oxidizing atmosphere under higher temperature, the dangling bonds of formation forms oxide with oxygen consumption company easily, is the silica of representative with SiOx.That is the inventor thinks, crystal silicon film has become the crystalline texture body that silica wherein plays the crystal boundary effect in above-mentioned several heat treatment steps.Give active layer 110 hydrogenation or make wherein halogen-containing residual dangling bonds is stopped, or residual dangling bonds is compensated with the compound of silicon atom itself.And, with again in conjunction with or reset the Si atomic energy and roughly eliminate lattice defect as dislocation or stacking fault.Therefore, think the crystallinity that significantly to improve aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal inside.

In halogen atmosphere, heat-treat the Ni that can fully eliminate in the active layer 10, make Ni content not damage device property, thereby significantly improve the aciculiform of formation active layer 110 or the crystallinity of pillar-shaped crystal.Therefore, active layer is that the crystalline texture body of crystal region constitutes by comprising charge carrier basically.

Use above-mentioned heat treatment, thermal oxidative reaction is proceeded at interface between active layer 110 and gate insulating film 111, make the Si film oxidation of about 100 dusts, and form the thick heat oxide film of about 200 dusts, that is, the gross thickness of gate insulating film 111 is 500 dusts, and this is the thickness sum that forms with the thickness of CVD method formation and thermal oxidation.

And, above-mentioned in halogen, heat-treat after, in blanket of nitrogen, carry out heat treatment in 1 hour at 950 ℃, improve the quality of gate insulating film 111 thus, to obtain interface excellent between semiconductor and the dielectric film.

Form active layer 110 with the dry corrosion method, and form mediumly at active layer, cause the leakage current of TFT from probably damaging residue in the active layer edge.In the present embodiment, because the edge of thermal oxidation active layer, heat treatment also is used to remove plasma and damages.

Finish by this method to form the aluminium film (not having picture) of the formation gate electrode of thick 2500 dusts with sputtering method after the formation of gate insulating film 111 (heat oxide film).In order to prevent to produce hillock and whisker makes the scandium (Sc) that contains 0.2wt% in the aluminium film.

Form material (comprising grating routing) although make gate electrode with the material that mainly contains aluminium, other material such as tungsten, tantalum, or molybdenum also can be used.The crystal silicon film of conduction also can be used as gate electrode.

Afterwards, shown in Fig. 2 A,, form the island figure 112 of aluminium film, as the gate electrode original shape to aluminium film composition.This moment, used photoresist mask still kept.Shown in Fig. 2 A.

Use aluminium film pattern 112 to do the anodic oxidation of anode afterwards.This method is with known anode oxidation method, and for example to disclose flat 7-135718 described for Japan's special permission.At first, form the anode oxide film 113 of porous at the side surface of figure 112 with the anodic oxidation step.In the present embodiment, the thickness of anode oxide film 113 is made for 0.7 μ m.

Form after the porous anodic oxide film 113 shown in Fig. 2 B, remove the photoresist mask that does not draw.Afterwards, carry out anodic oxidation again, form fine and close anode oxide film 114.The thickness of dense anodic oxide film 114 is 900 dusts.

Constituted grid 115 through above-mentioned processing step.Fine and close anodic oxidation 114 is used for the surface of grill-protected electrode 115 in processing step subsequently, suppresses to occur hillock and whisker.

Afterwards, form after the fine and close anode oxide film 114, inject the foreign ion in formation source/drain region by this state.If constitute N channel-type TFT, should inject P (phosphorus) ion, if constitute P channel-type TFF, should inject B (boron) ion.

In this processing step, form the source region 116 and the drain region 117 that wherein are added with high concentration impurities.

Afterwards, selectively remove after the porous anodized film 113 with acetic acid, phosphoric acid and nitric acid mixed acid, the P ion reinjects.Under the condition of the impurity dose of impurity dose during, carry out this ion and inject, see Fig. 2 C less than formation source/drain region.

Afterwards, form the low concentration impurity district 118 and 119 that impurities concentration is lower than the impurity concentration content in source region 116 and drain region 117.Just the zone 120 that is in below the gate electrode 115 becomes channel formation region by autoregistration.

The low concentration impurity district 119 that is between raceway groove formation face 120 and the drain region 117 specifically is called LDD (lightly doped drain region), and it has the high effect of electric field that reduces formation between channel formation region 120 and the drain region 117.

Constitute channel formation region 120 (strictly being in aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal inside) with Intrinsical or basic Intrinsical district.Intrinsical or basic Intrinsical district are meant that active level is 1/2 (fermi level position at the center, forbidden band), and impurity concentration is less than spin density, or meaning does not add the non-doping level of P or B impurity.

And, after the above-mentioned foreign ion doping step, the regional annealing with laser infrared ray or ultraviolet radiation to crossing through ion doping.Make the ion-activated of adding and make the active layer recovery that sustains damage when ion injects carrying out through this processing.

Very effective at 300 ℃ to 350 ℃ in hydrogen through hydrotreatment in 0.5 to 1 hour.In this step, hydrogen separates and the dangling bonds that produces is stopped once more by hydrogen in the active layer.When carrying out this step, adding hydrogen concentration is 1 * 10 ²¹Atom/cm ³Below, preferably 1 * 10 ¹⁵To 1 * 10 ²¹Atom/cm ³

After state shown in this method acquisition Fig. 2 C, form interlayer dielectric 121.Use silicon oxide film, silicon nitride film, silicon oxynitride film, organic resin film, or the base layer formation interlayer dielectric 121 of these films are seen Fig. 2 D.

If use the organic resin film polyimides, because relative dielectric constant is little, the parasitic capacity between the wiring reduces up and down.And, owing to can form polyimide film, easily thickness is done thickly with spin-coating method, therefore can improve output.

Afterwards, in interlayer dielectric 121, form contact hole, and form source electrode 122 and drain electrode 123, in nitrogen atmosphere, heat-treat, give the entire device hydrogenation, make TFT shown in Fig. 2 D at 350 ℃.

Although TFT shown in Fig. 2 D explains it is simple structure, carries out some changes in the manufacturing step of this enforcement and/or adds the TFT that some steps just can easily be made desired structure.

Here, will be referring to Fig. 3 explanation setting of active layer 110 important reasons very why when it is made.

When implementing present embodiment, the growth that is parallel to each other basically of aciculiform or cylindrulite body, present embodiment has the feature of crystal boundary by a direction aligning.And, if optionally add the metallic element that promotes crystallization, can control the aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal direction of growth arbitrarily.This has very important meaning.

Here, form the example of active layer on showing at the bottom of the village with insulating surface among Fig. 3.When making active matrix shape liquid crystal indicator, as shown in Figure 3, the rectangular active layer is set on substrate 301.

Dotted line 302 indication zones are zones that the nickel selectively introduced exists.303 indication zones are that the lateral growth region that exists is collided and the big crystal boundary area of formation.After the active layer that with dashed lines indicates formed, these districts can not be proved.

When carrying out the crystallization processing with the method for present embodiment, pin type or pillar-shaped crystal are by being substantially perpendicular to direction (arrow direction indication among the figure) growth that adds nickel district 302.

And, if island district 304 shown in Figure 3 is set, the crystal boundary of channel direction and aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal is aimed at, they are overlapped.And, be designed to extend to end if add nickel district 302 with 301 end at the bottom of the village, can on entire substrate, realize said structure.

When this structure was provided, channel direction and aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal overlapped.That is, when crystal is used as the active layer of TFT, stop that the energy level potential barrier that charge carrier moves in the channel formation region is very little.Further improved operating rate.

In other words, more than explanation is meant the directivity of may command aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal, and it has the special angle with respect to channel direction, 0 ° of the special angle in the example shown in Figure 3.

That is,, can consider that active layer presses the situation of 90 ° of rotations from the viewpoint different with Fig. 3.In this case, although reduced the mobility of charge carrier rate, might obtain low off-state current characteristics and high-breakdown-voltage characteristic.

Fig. 4 is the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device of being made by the inventor by present embodiment shown in Fig. 2 D.Fig. 4 A is the electrical characteristics (I of N channel TFT _d-V _gCharacteristic), Fig. 4 B is the electrical characteristics of P channel TFT.Show I _d-V _gIn the curve of characteristic, the test result of 5 points put together illustrate.

V on the abscissa _GExpression gate voltage value, the I on the ordinate _DThe current value that flows through between expression source and the leakage.Drain voltage V _DDuring=1V, with 401 and 403 indication I _d-V _gCharacteristic (I _d-V _gCurve).Drain voltage V _DDuring=5V, with 402 and 404 indication I _d-V _gCharacteristic.Work as V _DDuring=1V, 405 and 406 indication leakage currents.

Because almost whole leakage current I of (be not more than among Fig. 4 A-the 1V district, be not less than among Fig. 4 B-the 1V district) in the off-state district _OffLeakage current I in value and conducting state and the off-state district _GBe not more than 1 * 10 ^-13A (test lower limit), they can mix with noise.

Table 1 and the 2 typical characteristics parameters of showing by TFT of the present invention, they obtain from electrical characteristics shown in Fig. 4 A and the 4B.

Table 1 is electrical characteristics result's (test values of any 20 points) of N channel-type TFT, and table 2 is characterization results of P channel-type TFT, (test results of any 20 points).

The point that will pay special attention in the table 1 and 2 is, the characteristic (S-value) that is lower than threshold value is so little, is so high in 60 to 100mV/dec (decimal system) mobility (μ FE), as 150 to 300cm ²/ Vs.Mobility is meant field-effect mobility described in this specification.

Can not obtain these test datas with conventional TFT, and proof, comparing with the MOSFET that makes on the monocrystalline, TFT of the present invention has very high performance.

Simultaneously, the accelerated aging test through test repeatedly confirms that TFT of the present invention has high ageing resistance.Evidence, TFT has the defective of easy damage when high speed operation.But, in contrast, can not degenerate, and high voltage endurance is arranged by TFT of the present invention.

Mean value listed by table 1 and 2 and standard error (σ value) is for reference.Standard error is used to represent the dispersion range (excursion) with mean value.Usually, suppose that test result (sum) is by normal distribution (Gaussian Profile), 68.3% of known sum is being in center ± σ value scope with mean value, and 95.4% in ± 2 σ scopes, and 99.7% in ± 3 σ scopes.

For the TFT characteristic of setting up present embodiment more accurately distributes, the inventor has tested 540 TFT, and obtains mean value and standard error with measured result.The mean value of S-value is 80.5mV/dec (n-ditch) and 80.6mV/dec (P-ditch) as a result, and standard error is 5.8 (n-ditches) and 11.5 (P-ditches).Mobility (maximum) mean value is 194.0cm ²/ Vs (n-ditch) and 131.8cm ²/ Vs (P-ditch), standard error is 38.5 (n-ditches) and 10.2 (P-ditches).

That is, can obtain following TFT characteristic with N channel-type TFT of the present invention.

(1) the σ value of S value is at 10mV/dec, 5mV/dec preferably.

(2) the S value in 80 ± 30mV/dec, 80 ± 15mV/dec preferably.

(3) the σ value of μ FE is at 40cm ²/ Vs, preferably 35cm ²/ Vs.

And, can obtain following TFT characteristic with P channel-type TFT of the present invention.

(1) the σ value of S value is at 15mV/dec, preferably 10mV/dec.

(2) the S value is at 80 ± 45mV/dec, preferably 80 ± 30mV/dec.

(3) the σ value of μ FE is 15cm ²/ Vs, preferably 10cm ²/ Vs.

As above-mentioned, by TFT of the present invention fabulous electrical characteristics are arranged, TFT can constitute the logical circuit of high speed operation, as only form the SRAM circuit or the DRAM circuit of the complexity of MOSFET on monocrystalline commonly used.

Although only disclose the manufacturing technology steps of single grid structure in the present embodiment, the present invention also can be used to comprise the double-gate structure of a plurality of gate electrodes or the TFT of multi-gate structure.

The degree of crystallinity that increases active layer can realize the present invention, and, regardless of the structure of TFT,, all can implement as long as have the anti-property put forward.

[knowledge of the crystal structure that obtains with the present invention]

Disclosing the crystal silicon film that obtains with the present invention is the crystal structure that aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal set form, as shown in figure 10.Here, relatively by crystal structure body of the present invention and the crystal structure body that obtains with other method.

Photo shown in Figure 11 be the sample in the crystallization of the amorphous silicon film made with the manufacturing process of the 1st embodiment the TEM photo promptly, accompanying drawing is showed and is haunted through the crystal structure of halogen-containing heat treated crystal silicon film.

Confirm that from Figure 11 just having finished in the crystallization processing back pin formation pillar-shaped crystal has many dislocation defects, promptly with 1101 annulus of indicating.But in the TEM photo of Figure 10, proving does not have these dislocation defects in the crystal, learns thus to have obtained good crystal structure.

This proof is heat-treated in halogen-containing atmosphere and is gone far towards to improve crystallinity.

Figure 12 shows and is different from method of the present invention and makes crystal structure body under the amorphous silicon film crystallization state.Specifically, in blanket of nitrogen 600 ℃ through heat treatment in 48 hours, make the amorphous silicon film crystallization, and carry out thermal oxidation at 900 to 1100 ℃.

The crystal silicon film of Gou Chenging is in each crystal grain state big and that separated by the crystal boundary of irregular distribution in a manner described.

Among Figure 12, crystal grain 1201 is surrounded by irregular crystal boundary 1202.Therefore, the actual active layer of crystalline texture body shown in Figure 12 as TFT, the energy level potential barrier that is produced by irregular crystal boundary 1202 stops charge carrier to move.

On the other hand, crystalline texture body shown in Figure 10 is in crystal boundary 1002 states that are provided with by to a certain degree rule.Therefore, think and do not stop the energy level potential barrier that charge carrier moves in aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal.

From the inventor state that is provided with of aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal is amplified 10,000 to 50,000 times wide visual field observed result and confirm that aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal are according to the growth of saw shape.The reason that causes this phenomenon is that crystal growth is tending towards proceeding to the stable direction of energy level, thinks thus, has constituted the kind of crystal boundary in crystallographic direction change portion.

But the inventor thinks that the crystal boundary that produces in aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal is similar to the sluggish twin crystal boundary of energy level.That is, the inventor thinks that although crystallographic direction differs from one another, they are a plurality of crystal boundaries that are coupled continuously by good alignment.And they are to become the crystal boundary (not thinking crystal boundary basically) that stops the energy level potential barrier that charge carrier moves.

As above-mentioned, crystalline texture shown in Figure 12 is arranged with the crystal silicon film of common process crystallization.Owing to be distributed with the irregular crystal boundary that stops charge carrier to move, thereby can not reach high mobility.

But crystal silicon film of the present invention has crystalline texture shown in Figure 10, and crystal boundary is aimed at by a direction basically.Think the crystal boundary that is not mainly energy level potential barrier in aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal.That is, charge carrier can reach high mobility moving with hindering in crystal.

Specifically, the aciculiform that the present invention obtains or the significant point of pillar-shaped crystal be, crystal can be grown continuously, distance surpasses tens to the hundreds of micron, and can avoid the distortion (crystallographic direction change) that causes because of coarse stress etc. simultaneously.

If judgement of the present invention is correct, crystal silicon film of the present invention is the very new crystalline texture body that is formed by the special crystal set that does not form the crystal boundary that can capture charge carrier in the crystal growth.

[the 2nd embodiment]

In the present embodiment, constitute cmos circuit with TFT shown in the 1st embodiment.Cmos circuit is with having the 1st example structure N-channel-type TFT and P-channel-type TFT complementary combinations thing to constitute.

The manufacturing technology steps of the cmos circuit of present embodiments will be described referring to Fig. 5 and 6.The crystal silicon film that constitutes by the present invention has wide range of application.The method that constitutes cmos circuit is not limited to present embodiment.

At first, by the manufacture method of the 1st embodiment, on quartz substrate 501, form silicon oxide film 502, and form crystal silicon film (not having picture) thereon.Give the crystal silicon film needle drawing, form the active layer 503 of N-channel-type TFT and the active layer 504 of P-channel-type TFT.

Form after the active layer 503 and 504, form gate insulating film 505, and in halogen-containing atmosphere, heat-treat.In the present embodiment, it is identical with the 1st embodiment to locate the part condition.By this method, active layer 503 and 504 becomes crystalline texture body of the present invention, and is formed with the gate insulating film 505 of film quality excellence.

Afterwards, form the aluminium film (not having picture) that constitutes the grid original shape subsequently, and composition, aluminium film pattern 506 and 507 (the photoresist mask that composition is used, and still reservation after figure forms) formed.

By this method, obtain state shown in Fig. 5 A.Form after aluminium film pattern 506 and 507, by the condition identical with the 1st embodiment, the side in aluminium film pattern 506 and 507 forms porous anodic oxide film 508 and 509.In the present embodiment, porous anodic oxide film 508 and 509 thickness are 0.5 μ m.

And, by the condition identical, form fine and close and firm anode oxide film 510 and 511 with the 1st embodiment.But, in the present embodiment, regulate last voltage, make thickness reach 700 dusts.In this step, clear and definite gate electrode 512 and 513.By this method, obtain state shown in Fig. 5 B.

Behind the state, corrode gate insulating film 505 shown in acquisition Fig. 5 B with the dry corrosion method.In this corrosion step, with gate electrode 512 and 513 and porous anodic oxide film 508 and 509 make mask, only keep the gate insulating film that is under it, corrosion is removed after porous anodic oxide film 508 and 509, obtains state shown in Fig. 5 C.

Afterwards, constitute photoresist mask 514, cover P-channel-type TFT, the doping impurity that provides N type conduction with P (phosphorus) ion is that 50kev, impurity dose are 0.1 to 5 * 10 at accelerating voltage ¹³Atom/cm ², preferably 0.5 to 2 * 10 ¹³Atom/cm ²Condition under carry out this doping.

Because accelerating voltage is higher in this doping step, the P ion passes the gate insulating film that exposes and injects active layer 503.As a result, the P ion adds district 515 and 516, sees Fig. 5 C.

Afterwards, shown in Fig. 5 D, the P ion that reinjects, at low accelerating voltage 5kev, dosage is 0.1 to 1 * 10 ¹⁵Atom/cm ², preferably 2 to 5 * 10 ¹⁴Atom/cm ²Condition under carry out the result that current P ion injects this step and added high concentration P ion, formed zone 517 and 518.

When having finished step shown in Fig. 5 D, finished the active layer of N-channel-type TFT simultaneously.That is, determined the source region 517 of N channel-type TFT, drain region 518, low concentration impurity district (or LDD district) 519 and 520 and channel formation region 521.

Afterwards, as shown in Figure 6A, form the photoresist mask 522 that covers left side N channel-type TFT.In the state, carry out shown in Fig. 6 A as B (boron) ion doping that provides P-type conduction impurity.Two steps by the P ion doping are carried out the B ion doping.

At accelerating voltage is 30kev, and dosage is 0.1 to 5 * 10 ¹⁴Atom/cm ², preferably 0.5 to 2 * 10 ¹⁴Atom/cm ²Condition under carry out the 1B ion doping.By this step, the B ion adds in the district 523 and 524, sees Fig. 6 A.

At accelerating voltage is 5kev, and dosage is 0.1 to 1 * 10 ¹⁵Atom/cm ², preferably 2 to 5 * 10 ¹⁴Atom/cm ²Carry out the 2B ion doping under the condition.Form the zone 525 and 526 that is added with high concentration B ion with this step, see Fig. 6 B.

Use above-mentioned steps, determine the source region 525 of P road type TFT, drain region 526.Low concentration impurity district (or LDD district) 527 and 528 and channel formation region 529.

Afterwards, finished shown in Fig. 6 B after the step, removed photoresist mask 522, used such as laser the whole surface of the high light irradiation substrate of infrared light or ultraviolet light.Use this step, the damage that activates added foreign ion and recover to make because of implanting impurity ion.

Afterwards, forming thickness is the interlayer dielectric 530 of 4000 dusts.Available silicon oxide film, silicon oxynitride film, multilayer film any or that they constitute constitutes interlayer dielectric 530 in silicon nitride film and the organic resin film.The formation method of these dielectric films comprises plasma CVD, heat plasma CVD method or spin-coating method etc.

Afterwards, form contact hole, and form the source electrode 531 of N-channel TFT and the source electrode 532 of P-channel-type TFT.N-channel-type TFT and P-channel-type TFT data drain electrode 533 constitute cmos circuit thus, see Fig. 6 C.

Through above-mentioned steps, the cmos circuit of structure shown in the energy pie graph 6C.Cmos circuit is the simplest inverter circuit of structure.The closed circuit that connects odd number CMOS inverter circuit formation with series system is called ring oscillator.Be used to assess the operating rate of semiconductor device.

Here, the photo of Fig. 7 A top is the ring oscillator circuit of combination by a plurality of cmos circuits formations of present embodiment formation.In fact the inventor has constituted active array type LCD with the present invention, and has confirmed the service behaviour of its drive circuit with ring oscillator.

The grid widths of the cmos circuit of looping oscillator shown in Fig. 7 A etc. are about 0.6 μ m, and channel formation region are accomplished very little, make it can produce common short channel ditch effect.

Fig. 7 B is the photo with drift resistance device for referencial use.The circuit of drift resistance device shown in Fig. 7 B is an important circuit that constitutes typical peripheral drive circuit, is the logical circuit of determining that the pixel region address is used.When drift resistance device circuit (circuit that source is used) that horizontal sweep is used requires to work actually with the high frequency drives of a few MHz to tens MHz.

With 9, the frequency of oscillation of the ring oscillator test ring shape oscillator that 19 and 51 cmos circuits connect into.As a result, obtain in 9 grades of ring oscillators of the power source voltage of 3V to 5V, the frequency of oscillation of some oscillator is greater than 300MHz, or surpasses 500Mhz.Therefore, find that operating frequency is high.

These value representation operating frequencies are than about 20 times of the operating frequency height of the ring oscillator that forms with conventional manufacturing step.Even power source voltage changes in 1 to 5V scope and also can reach tens frequencies of oscillation to hundreds of Mhz.

As mentioned above, can high speed operation with cmos circuit of the present invention, and, even when considering circuit design and have a mind to force to add and also do not have any problem under the state of some added values, and the performance that makes whole logical circuits satisfied is arranged.

And although channel length is the value as thin as a wafer of 0.6 μ m, the cmos circuit in the present embodiment has high voltage endurance, can in other words, not disturbed by short-channel effect by TFT of the present invention with flank speed work, and high reliability is arranged.

[conclusion that draws by structure of the present invention]

Shown in the 1st and the 2nd embodiment, the TFT that forms by the present invention has high contact, that is, and and high speed operation characteristic, high voltage endurance.Although it has the high speed operation characteristic by TFT of the present invention, according to experience, the high anti-deterioration characteristic of TFT is a kind of phenomenon.Why TFT of the present invention has so high anti-damage capability and theory, and the cause description that the inventor thinks is as follows.

The inventor thinks that the withstand voltage high reason of TFT of the present invention the most important thing is the crystal boundary effect of aciculiform or pillar-shaped crystal.That is, the inventor thinks, in the channel formation region the local crystal boundary (may be zoneofoxidation) that exists eliminated effectively be added between source region and the drain region from electric field, the high electric field between channel formation region and drain region particularly.

Specifically, the inventor thinks, electric field that crystal boundary has suppressed to be formed by depletion layer especially and that stretch out from the drain region, and, even the state that uprises at drain voltage, promptly under the state that leakage-side depletion layer charge increases, they are not used for the disintegration voltage of change source one side.

In a word, when crystal silicon film of the present invention is used as active layer, requires raceway groove to form reaction and have following structure.

＜1〉the charge carrier turnover zone in aciculiform or the pillar-shaped crystal is intrinsic (for charge carrier) district basically.

＜2〉there is the inhibition charge carrier to move or eliminate the energy level potential barrier of the electric field that adds by channel direction.

And, have above-mentioned two kinds of structures and just can make TFT by excellent specific property of the present invention.In other words, structure being had charge carrier is the channel formation region and the local energy level potential barrier that forms of Intrinsical basically.

Although added some hypothesis, drawn said structure from the inventor's experimental data.Afterwards, inventor's design if artificially constitute these structures, also can obtain same effect.

As a result, the inventor has proposed to suppress the resulting structure of short-channel effect.Here will summarize.But following opinion is the conclusion under the As-Is.

The so-called threshold voltage of short-channel effect reduces, and the withstand voltage damage of punch through is arranged, and is lower than threshold property damage etc.Debatable especially punch through is the phenomenon that the depletion layer of leakage one side extends to the source region.Therefore, the disintegration voltage that floats a side reduces, and electric current passes between source and the leakage and flows through.

Afterwards, the inventor notices crystal boundary effect of the present invention, and thinks, its ditch length be among the short channel TFT of 0.01 to 2 μ m artificial constitute locally enter the impurity range of channel formation region and can obtain to be suppressed at the Lou effect of the depletion layer of a side.

Think with there being the active layer of structure shown in Figure 8 can obtain this structure.Among Fig. 8 A, the 801st, source region, the 802nd, drain region, the 803rd, channel formation region.Artificial formation impurity range 804 in channel formation region 803.What the district 805 different with impurity range 804 was that charge carrier can move therein in the channel formation region 803 is the floor of intrinsic basically.

Here, the importance of structure shown in Fig. 8 A is that structure is identical with crystalline texture body of the present invention shown in Figure 10.That is, 1001 indicated crystal boundaries are equivalent to the impurity range 804 among Fig. 8 A among Figure 10, and aciculiform shown in Figure 10 or pillar-shaped crystal are equivalent to charge carrier turnover zone 805 shown in Fig. 8 A.

And think that the ditch mark forms impurity range 804 local formation that are provided with in the district 803 and produces high potential (also being the energy level barrier) district.In the channel formation region, with the energy level potential barrier effectively suppress to leak the side depletion layer extension.

Fig. 8 B is the profile along A-A ' among Fig. 8 A; The 806th, the substrate of insulating surface is arranged.Fig. 8 C is the profile along the B-B ' of Fig. 8 A.

Among Fig. 8 C, Wpi, n are the width of impurity range 804, and Wpa, m refer to charge carrier turnover zone width.Here, n is that m is meant that in channel formation region 803, Wpi, n are the width of n impurity, and Wpa, m are the width of m charge carrier turnover zone.

And, effective channel width Wpa (is obtained the actual field effect mobility of TFT of the present invention in the theoretical formula below 1 to m Wpa.m total value 1 substitution.

μFE＝1/Cox(ΔId/ΔVg)·1/Vd·L/W

Cox is the capacitance of gate oxidation films in the formula, and Δ Id and Δ Vg are respectively the variable quantity of leakage current Id and the variable of gate voltage Vg, and Vd is a drain voltage, and L and W are respectively channel length and width.

But because actual impossible effective channel width Wpa that measures, the design load W of use road width replaces, and obtains the field-effect mobility in this specification.That is, think that obtainable value is less than the actual migration rate.

Estimate that the impurity range of arranging shown in Fig. 8 A is set can improve mobility greatly, its cause description is as follows.

Determine mobility (μ FE) with the dispersion of charge carrier in semiconductor film (being example with the Si film) here, the dispersion in the Si film roughly is divided into the lattice dispersion and impurity disperses.Their the gross migration μ that is combined to form represents with following formula

μ＝(1/μ ₁+1/μ _i) ^-1 (1)

(1) gross migration μ disperses mobility [mu] under the situation of influence with there being lattice in the formula ₁(1 is meant lattice) is reciprocal and exist impurity to disperse to influence mobility [mu] under the situation _iThe sum reciprocal of (i is meant impurity) is inversely proportional to.Lattice disperses and impurity disperses to represent with following formula respectively.

μ ₁∝(m ^*) ^-5/2T-3/2 (2)

μ _i∝(m ^*) ^-1/2Ni-1T ^3/2(3)

By these formula, impurity evenly adds under the state in the whole channel formation region, because the influence that impurity disperses, and can not improve mobility.But in structure shown in Figure 12, because the local impurity range that forms, impurity is not added to charge carrier and moves matter, is Intrinsical basically for these zones of charge carrier therefore.

That is, because in theory, be tending towards 0 to the impurity concentration Ni indefinite of formula (3) intermediate ionization; Mobility [mu] _iAd infinitum be tending towards infinitely great.That is, because impurity reduces 1/ μ in the formula (1) _iCan ignore, think, gross migration ad infinitum is tending towards mobility [mu] ₁

And among Fig. 8 A, importantly impurity range 804 is by the direction setting that is arranged essentially parallel to raceway groove.This set is equivalent to the situation that the bearing of trend of aciculiform shown in Figure 10 or pillar-shaped crystal overlaps with channel direction.

In this set,, think the zone as the track of regulating the charge carrier moving direction, and do not capture charge carrier owing to wish impurity range 804 as " useful crystal boundary ".To the dispersion influence that reduces to produce because of carrier impact, this is very important structure.

And, by said structure is provided.Hope can reduce threshold voltage, thereby can suppress short-channel effect.Becoming the judgement that can produce narrow-channel effect when extremely narrow between impurity range artificially at channel region is the basis of this hope.

As mentioned above, can think, extend, can suppress punch through by the depletion layer that suppresses raceway groove one side.By suppressing punch through, can not only improve withstand voltagely, can also improve the characteristic (S-value) that is lower than threshold value.

Below explanation is lower than the improved properties of threshold value.Its conclusion is can reduce to leak the shared space of a side depletion layer with the present invention.

When structure shown in Fig. 8 A is provided,, should be able to farthest reduce to leak the space that a side depletion layer accounts for if can suppress the extension of depletion layer effectively.And, owing to can make the total electrical charge of depletion layer little, therefore, think to make the depletion-layer capacitance amount do for a short time.Here, represent to derive the formula of S-value with following formula

In the formula (4), k is a Boltzmann's constant, and T is an absolute temperature, and the q quantity of electric charge, Cd are the depletion-layer capacitance amounts, and Cit is the grade capacitance of interface energy level, and Cox is the capacitance of gate oxidation films.And, in this structure,, just can make the perfect condition that realizes Cd=Cit=0 in the semiconductor device if can make the capacitance Ca of depletion layer and the equivalent electric capacity Cit of interface energy level be tending towards 0 as much as possible.Realize that in other words the S value equals 60mV/decade.

But formula (4) is for deriving the approximate expression of S value, when TFT, obtains to be not more than the test value of 60mV/decade without approximate expression.

In the structure that obtains by the present invention, when impurity range equivalence crystal boundary of the present invention, can be without oxygen with nitrogen or carbon.Because the purpose of this structure is at channel formation region the energy level potential barrier to be set artificially.

And, consider the energy level potential barrier, can think has the effect of the conduction type of impurity range and the conductivity type opposite of being inverted layer.That is, N channel-type semiconductor device by using B ion is formed impurity range, P channel-type semiconductor device by using P ion is formed impurity range.

Form under the situation of impurity range with P or B ion, the available concentration that adds foreign ion is directly controlled threshold value.

As above-mentioned, this structure be with this specification invention disclosed structure and test situation serve as the basis from the inventor the technology that draws of judgement.With this structure can be suppressed at effectively the degree of depth be the channel length of sub-micrometer range extremely short partly lead the short-channel effect that becomes problem in this device.

[the 3rd embodiment]

Present embodiment shows the manufacturing technology steps that is different from the 1st embodiment, specifically, forms before the active layer, in halogen-containing atmosphere crystallization Si film is heat-treated, and removes nickel with getter.

The processing step of present embodiment can more effectively reduce the Ni concentration in the active layer in conjunction with the manufacturing step of the 1st embodiment.

Heat-treat in the temperature more than 700 ℃, to reduce the thickness of crystal silicon film, therefore, the present invention has the effect that makes the active layer attenuation.If the thickness attenuation can be wished to improve mobility and be reduced the off-state electric current.

[the 4th embodiment]

Present embodiment has provided other manufacturing technology steps that are different from the 1st embodiment.Specifically, save the formation step of gate insulating film 111 among the 1st embodiment, in halogen-containing atmosphere, heat-treat immediately behind the formation active layer.

At this moment, if as the 1st embodiment, in blanket of nitrogen,, then can improve film quality to formed gesture oxide-film annealing.At this moment, can only form gate insulating film with this heat oxide film.By regulating heat-treat condition, can be in 100 to 1500 dust scopes the heat oxide film thickness adjusted, typical thickness is 500 to 1000 dusts.

If only form gate insulating film with heat oxide film, but can obtain the semiconductor device of high speed operation, the film that can simplify gate insulating film forms step.But it often is difficult to make uniform thickness.

Also can form gate insulating film with these stack membranes with vapor phase method deposit dielectric film on the heat oxide film that forms with above-mentioned steps.In this case, although it is withstand voltage to have improved grid, be epochmaking with the interface between vapor phase method cleaning heat oxide film and the film.

Above-mentioned steps also can suppose it is the step of removing metallic element, particularly Ni, therefore removes the heat oxide film that above-mentioned steps forms, and forms heat oxide film again, to constitute gate insulating film.And, also can after removing heat oxide film, on active layer, form gate insulating film with vapor phase method.At this moment, although just reduce the impurity concentration of the surplus that exists in the interface between active layer and the gate insulating film, must careful cleaning active layer surface.

[the 5th embodiment]

Present embodiment has provided the TFT that makes with the present invention and has been applied to the DRAM (example of dynamic random access memory and SRAM (static RAM).Figure 13 is used to illustrate this example.

DRAM is as the class memory of charge storage in capacitor the information that will remember.With with the TFT of capacitors in series control as the electric charge input and output of information in capacitor.Figure 13 A constitutes the TFT of a memory cell of DRAM and the circuit of capacitor.

When word line 1301 provides gate signal, the TFT1303 conducting.Electric charge is transferred to capacitor 1304 from bit line 1,302 one sides under this state, writing information, or from charging capacitor, take out electric charge, with sense information.That is, write and read the electric charge that is stored in the capacitor through TFT, circuit has the function of memory cell.

Owing to only constitute a memory cell with TFT and capacitor, therefore, DRAM has the little feature of component data that constitutes a memory cell.Therefore, be suitable for constituting the large scale memory of high density of integration.And, owing to can make low cost of manufacture.Therefore, a large amount of at present DRAM that use.

And, the feature that the DRAM unit that constitutes with TFT has the memory capacity I under low pressure to work.

Figure 13 B shows the SRAM circuit of making the passive load element with high resistance.Also can make TFT execution and passive load element identical functions in the SRAM structure.

SRAM is a memory of making memory cell with bistable circuit, and storage is equivalent to the binary information value 0 or 1 of the OFF-ON (ending-conducting) of two stable states of ON-OFF (enablement and disablement) or bistable circuit.Its advantage is that the length of memory time is the same long with the power time adding.

1305 refer to word line, and 1306 refer to bit line.1307 refer to the load elements that electric high resistance constitutes, and constitute SRAM with two pairs of driving transistorss 1308 and two pairs of access transistors 1309.

The SRAM of said structure has can high speed operation, high reliability and be assembled into the feature of system easily.

[the 6th embodiment]

Present embodiment has provided active square type electro-optical device, and wherein, with the semiconductor device of the 1st embodiment and the cmos circuit of the 2nd embodiment, integrated PEL (picture element) matrix circuit and logical circuit on same substrate, electro-optical device comprises liquid crystal indicator EL device etc.

Logical circuit comprises the integrated circuit that drives electro-optical device, as, peripheral drive circuit or control circuit.In the active array type electro-optical device, consider the restriction and the integration problem of service behaviour, logical circuit has the IC that externally installs usually.But, can be integrated in whole elements on the same substrate with TFT of the present invention.

Control circuit comprises the required whole circuit of driving electro-optical device, as processor circuit, and memory circuitry, clock generating circuit and A/D, (D/A) change-over circuit.Certainly, memory circuitry comprises SRAM and the DRAM circuit that the 5th and the 6th embodiment provides.

If the present invention is used for these structures, then can constitute logical circuit with the TFT that its performance can be compared with the performance of the MOSFET that forms on the monocrystalline.

[the 7th embodiment]

Present embodiment provides the manufacturing example of the TFT different with the 1st example structure.To illustrate with Figure 14.

At first, obtain state shown in Fig. 2 B through the processing step identical with the 1st embodiment.Obtain shown in Fig. 2 B after the state, remove the photoresist mask that aluminium film composition is used that does not have picture, afterwards, carry out anodic oxidation in tartaric acid, obtain the dense anodic oxide film of thick 1000 dusts, Figure 14 illustrates this state.

Among Figure 14 A, 101 refer to quartz substrate, and 102 refer to counterdie, and 106 refer to active layer, and 107 refer to play subsequently the heat oxide film of gate insulating film effect.1401 fingers mainly contain the gate electrode of the material formation of aluminium, and 1402 refer to the dense anodic oxide film that anodic oxidation gate electrodes 1401 obtain.

Afterwards, under this state, the foreign ion that produces a kind of conductivity injects active layer 106.This ion implantation step forms impurity range 1403 and 1404.

Finish after the impurity notes, form the silicon nitride film 1405 of thick 0.5 to 1.0 μ m.Low pressure hot CVD method, any can be used as the film growth method among plasma CVD method and the sputtering method.Available silicon oxide film replaces silicon nitride film.

By this mode, obtain state shown in Figure 14 B.Obtain shown in Figure 14 B behind the state, with being coated with etch corroding silicon nitride film 1405, and only keep the silicon nitride film of gate electrode 1401 side-walls.The silicon nitride film that stays like this plays sidewall 1406.

At this moment, remove heat oxide film 107, only stay gate electrode area, make heat oxide film keep state shown in Figure 14 C as mask.

In the state, foreign ion reinjects shown in Figure 14 C.Impurity dose when at this moment, impurity dose is higher than aforementioned ion and injects.After this ion was annotated, owing to be not positioned at the zone 1407 under the sidewall 1406 and the ion injection of 1408 districts 1407 and 1408, therefore, concentration impurity ion was constant.But the foreign ion of higher concentration injects and exposes district 1409 and 1410.

In this way, inject through secondary ion, form source region 1409, drain region 1410 and impurity concentration are lower than the low concentration impurity district (LDD district) 1407 and 1408 of the impurity concentration in source/drain region.Be positioned at zone under the gate electrode 1401 and be not doped region, and become channel formation region 1411.

Behind state shown in above-mentioned steps acquisition Figure 14 C, form the titanium film of thick 300 dusts that do not draw.And titanium film and silicon (silicon metal) film are reacted to each other.After removing titanium film,, on the surface in source region 1409 and drain region 1410, form Titanium silicide 1412 and 1413, see Figure 14 D with the lamp heat treatment of annealing.

Available tantalum film, tungsten film, molybdenum film etc. replace the titanium film in the above-mentioned steps.

Afterwards, formation interlayer dielectric 1414, thickness are the silicon oxide film of 5000 dusts, and form source electrode 1415 and drain electrode 1416.According to said method, make the TFT of structure shown in Figure 14 D.

Have among the TFT of present embodiment structure,, therefore can obtain fabulous ohmic contact because source/drain electrode is linked source/drain region through Titanium silicide 1412 and 1413.

[the 8th embodiment]

Present embodiment shows the manufacture method example of the TFT different with the 1st or the 7th example structure.To illustrate referring to Figure 15.

At first, obtain state shown in Fig. 2 B through the processing step identical with the 1st embodiment.But, in the present embodiment, making gate material with the conduction crystal silicon film, Figure 15 A illustrates this state.

Among Figure 15 A, 101 refer to quartz substrate.102 refer to counterdie, and 106 refer to active layer, and 107 refer to play subsequently the heat oxide film of gate insulating film effect.1501 refer to the gate electrode that crystal silicon film (polysilicon film) constitutes.

Afterwards, give the foreign ion that injects a kind of conductivity of generation in the active layer.This ion implantation step forms impurity range 1502 and 1503 and sees Figure 15 B.

After finishing the foreign ion injection, use the deep etch method identical to form sidewall 1504 with the 7th embodiment.

After forming sidewall 1504, foreign ion reinjects.Above-mentioned twice ion implanted region forms source region 1507, distinguishes 1508 with great concentration, low concentration impurity district (LDD district) 1505 and 1506 and channel formation region 1509.

Behind state shown in above-mentioned processing step acquisition Figure 15 C, form the tungsten film of thick 500 dusts that do not draw, tungsten film and silicon fiml are reacted to each other, afterwards, remove tungsten film, with the lamp heat treatment of annealing, at gate electrode 1501, form tungsten silicide 1510 to 1512 on the surface in source region 1507 and drain region 1508.See Figure 15 D.

Afterwards, form interlayer dielectric 1513, thickness is the silicon nitride film of 4000 dusts, and forms source electrode 1514 and drain electrode 1515.According to said method, make the TFT of structure shown in Figure 15 D.

Have among the TFT of present embodiment structure, gate electrode and source/drain electrode are linked extraction electrode through tungsten silicide 1510 to 1512, realize good Ohmic contact.

[the 9th embodiment]

In the present embodiment, explanation is comprised the example of electro-optical device (display unit) by semiconductor device of the present invention.Electro-optical device can be used as type directly perceived or porjection type as required.Because electro-optical device is to utilize arrangement of semiconductors, supposes that the electro-optical device in this specification is included in the scope of semiconductor device.

Use the product of semiconductor device of the present invention to comprise television camera, head carries display, automobile navigation apparatus, and projecting apparatus (preceding formula or back formula), video camera, personal computers etc. below will illustrate simple case in these application products referring to Figure 16.

Figure 16 A illustrates with main frame 2001, shooting part 2002, the television camera that display unit 2003 and console switch 2004 constitute.Display unit 2003 is as view finder.

Figure 16 B illustrates with main frame 2101, and the head that display unit 2102 and fixed band 2103 constitute carries display.Two parts that display unit 2102 usefulness sizes are less.

Figure 16 C illustrates with main frame 2201, display unit 2202, console switch 2203, the automobile navigation apparatus that antenna 2204 constitutes.Although display unit 2202 is as monitor, because display image is a main task, so resolution allowed band broad.

Figure 16 D illustrates with main frame 2301, audio output unit 2302, sound input component 2303, display unit 2304, the portable data assistance (being portable phone in this example) that action button 2305 and antenna 2306 constitute.Require display unit 2304 to show the mobile graphics of remote tv phone.

Figure 16 E illustrates with main frame 2401, display unit 2402, eyepiece parts 2403, the video camera that console switch 2404 and fixed band 2405 constitute.Because can watch the figure that shows on the display unit 2402 in real time by eyepiece parts 2403, the user can capture when seeing image.

Figure 16 F illustrates with main frame 2501, light source 2502, reflection display device 2503, the front projector that optical system (comprising beam splitter, polarizer etc.) 2504 and screen 2505 constitute.For the notice as corporations in meeting demonstration or the university, screen 2505 is large-screens, and requires display unit 2503 that high definition is arranged.

The electrooptical device of being showed in present embodiment, invention can also be used for the back projecting apparatus, and portable data assistance, as mobile computer, and portable terminal etc.As above-mentioned, range of application of the present invention is extremely wide, and the present invention can be used for the display media of all spectra.

And the TFT of invention is limited to electro-optical device, but for example can comprise in the integrated circuit of SRAM and DRAM form, can be as the drive circuit of application product shown in the present embodiment.

As above-mentioned, by the present invention, can constitute the TFT that its performance can be compared with the performance of the MOSFET that forms on the monocrystalline.The ring oscillator that constitutes with TFT of the present invention can be by than the high 20 times speed operation of ring oscillator with conventional TFT formation.Although TFT of the present invention has these high-performance, even it has high voltage endurance in channel length is not more than the zonule of 1 μ m, and its confirms to press down short-channel effect effectively.

If the integrated circuit that above-mentioned TFT is constituted is used for electro-optical device, can make electro-optical device that high-performance is arranged.And, can also use the application product of electro-optical device that high-performance and high added value are arranged.

Claims (8)

1. semiconductor device comprises:

Pixel matrix circuit is arranged on the substrate, and comprises thin-film transistor; With

Be arranged on the processor circuit on the described substrate, described processor circuit comprises P channel thin-film transistor and N channel thin-film transistor;

Each described P channel thin-film transistor and described N channel thin-film transistor comprise:

The active layer of crystal silicon film is formed on the described substrate;

Gate insulating film is formed on the described active layer; With

Grid on described gate insulating film;

Wherein, described active layer has contained the metallic element that promotes the crystallization effect, and the concentration of described metallic element is not more than 1 * 10 ¹⁸Atom/cubic centimetre; And

The S value of the expression electrical characteristics of described N channel thin-film transistor in 80 ± 30mV/dec and the S value of the expression electrical characteristics of described P channel thin-film transistor in 80 ± 45mV/dec,

Described active layer is to be parallel to the aciculiform of described substrate or the crystal structure body that pillar-shaped crystal constitutes by gathering; And

All described aciculiforms or pillar-shaped crystal are extended along a direction, and its direction is controlled so as to consistent with a channel direction.

2. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the heat oxide film that oxide-film that described gate insulating film is made by vapour phase processes and the described active layer of thermal oxidation are produced constitutes.

3. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it is 1 * 10 that described active layer contains at least a concentration that is selected from the group of being made up of Cl, F and Br ¹⁵To 1 * 10 ²⁰The element of atom/cubic centimetre.

4. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described plaing promotes that the metallic element of crystallization effect is at least a element that is selected from the group of being made up of Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, Cu and Au.

5. integrated circuit comprises:

Be arranged on the processor circuit on the substrate, described processor circuit comprises P channel thin-film transistor and N channel thin-film transistor;

Each described P channel thin-film transistor and described N channel thin-film transistor comprise:

The active layer of crystal silicon film is formed on the described substrate;

Gate insulating film is formed on the described active layer; With

Grid on described gate insulating film;

Wherein, described active layer has contained the metallic element that promotes the crystallization effect, and the concentration of described metallic element is not more than 1 * 10 ¹⁸Atom/cubic centimetre; And

The S value of the expression electrical characteristics of described N channel thin-film transistor in 80 ± 30mV/dec and the S value of the expression electrical characteristics of described P channel thin-film transistor in 80 ± 45mV/dec,

Described active layer is to be parallel to the aciculiform of described substrate or the crystal structure body that pillar-shaped crystal constitutes by gathering; And

All described aciculiforms or pillar-shaped crystal are extended along a direction, and its direction is controlled so as to consistent with a channel direction.

6. circuit as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, the heat oxide film that oxide-film that described gate insulating film is made by vapour phase processes and the described active layer of thermal oxidation are produced constitutes.

7. circuit as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, it is 1 * 10 that described active layer contains at least a concentration that is selected from the group of being made up of Cl, F and Br ¹⁵To 1 * 10 ²⁰The element of atom/cubic centimetre.

8. circuit as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described plaing promotes that the metallic element of crystallization effect is at least a element that is selected from the group of being made up of Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, Cu and Au.

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