CN100563041C - A kind of device unit construction of Memister and manufacture method - Google Patents

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CN100563041C
CN100563041C CNB2007100408294A CN200710040829A CN100563041C CN 100563041 C CN100563041 C CN 100563041C CN B2007100408294 A CNB2007100408294 A CN B2007100408294A CN 200710040829 A CN200710040829 A CN 200710040829A CN 100563041 C CN100563041 C CN 100563041C
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The present invention relates to a kind of device unit construction and manufacture method of Memister, it is characterized in that described device unit construction is by top electrode, storage medium layer, hearth electrode contact, hearth electrode, dielectric film, metal conducting layer and substrate are formed, and wherein: the hearth electrode contact that 1. is produced on the dielectric film is to adopt hollow or solid tubular structure; 2. there is TiN thin film passivation layer to do the barrier layer between hearth electrode contact and storage medium; 3. top electrode links to each other with storage medium by the top electrode fairlead on the passivation layer; 4. hearth electrode links to each other by metal conducting layer with the bottom of adopting hearth electrode hollow or solid tubulose to contact; 5. metallic conduction is deposited upon on the substrate.The present invention is directed to the current situation of present RRAM,, improve reliable Memister device unit construction to reduce the long-pending power consumption that reduces of electrode contact surface.

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A kind of device unit construction of Memister and manufacture method
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of device unit construction and manufacture method that is used for Memister.Belong to material and devices field in the microelectronics.
Background technology
Current, it is low that exploitation has a cost, and speed is fast, and the storage density height is made simple and is subjected to worldwide extensive concern with the good novel memory technology of current CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) ic process compatibility.Memory techniques based on the resistive random access memory (RRAM) of the metal oxide with resistance switch characteristic is the emphasis that at present how tame device manufacturer is developed, because this technology can provide more high density, non-volatile Nonvolatile memory more low-cost and more low power consumption.In addition, RRAM has performances such as anti-irradiation, high-low temperature resistant, against violent vibration are moving, anti-electronic jamming, in national defence and aerospace field important application prospects is arranged.As with many other new technologies, the potential flash memory that replace in future of RRAM.The memory cell of RRAM resistance value after applying pulse voltage can produce great changes, and this resistance value still can be kept down behind deenergization.Can also reach cell size that is equivalent to NAND type flash memory and the high speed performance that is equivalent to SRAM when realizing many-valuedization.Therefore in recent years, a lot of in the world electronics and semiconductor company all is ready to cast a large amount of financial resources and manpower is being devoted to the development of RRAM.There are Sharp, Sony, Samsung Electronics, LSI Logic, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Winbond Electronics etc. in the company that is being engaged at present exploitation RRAM technology.The semiconductor manufacturing facility supplier Tegal that has tame general headquarters to be located at California Petaluma in addition specially provides relevant RRAM equipment.Sharp and University of Shizuoka cooperate, and have developed the raw product of a high speed RRAM, and test result shows that this internal memory can allow the read-write of data carry out with thousand times of speed to the NAND internal memory.
At the present situation of present RRAM fast development, long-pending in order to reduce electrode contact surface, reduce power consumption, improve reliability etc., the present invention intends proposing a kind of device unit construction and manufacture method of the Memister based on the resistance switch characteristic.
Summary of the invention
As mentioned above, the objective of the invention is to propose device unit construction and the manufacture method of a kind of RRAM of being used for.Described device unit construction is made up of top electrode, storage medium, hearth electrode contact (BEC), hearth electrode, substrate, dielectric, passivation layer etc., and the hearth electrode contact that wherein is produced on the dielectric film is to adopt hollow or solid tubular structure; There is the conductive film passivation layer to do the barrier layer between electrode contact and storage medium; Top electrode links to each other with storage medium by the top electrode fairlead on the passivation layer; Hearth electrode links to each other by metal conducting layer with the bottom of adopting hearth electrode hollow or solid tubes to contact; Metallic conduction is deposited upon on the substrate.
Main technique step of the present invention is as follows:
A) utilize high vacuum magnetically controlled sputter method depositing metal conductive layer on substrate, deposit one deck insulating medium layer again on metal conducting layer, described insulating medium layer is grown by in-situ sputtering, and thickness is that 200nm-500nm is thick, and described insulating medium layer is SiO 2, SiN x, Al 2O 3Or ZrO 2In any one;
B) on above-mentioned dielectric layer, utilize electron beam exposure and reactive ion etching technology or current sub-micron CMOS prepared nano aperture, hole be shaped as hollow tubular or solid tubulose, hole diameter is 50nm-500nm, hole passes insulating medium layer, the hole bottom links to each other with metal conducting layer
C) utilize the sidewall of the aperture that magnetron sputtering or physical gas-phase deposite method prepare in step (b) to fill metal W or TiN;
D) after the hole sidewall is filled W or TiN, adopt chemico-mechanical polishing (CMP) technology, W or TiN that aperture is outer remove, and obtain hollow edged electrode, form the hearth electrode contact;
E) storage medium that deposit has the resistance switch effect on above-mentioned hollow edged electrode is by peeling off or lithographic method formation Memister storage medium unit;
F) deposit passivation layer on the storage medium unit is by peeling off or the method for etching forms the top electrode fairlead;
G) deposit metal electrodes material forms top electrode and hearth electrode by dry etching or wet etching method.
The material of described hearth electrode contact (BEC) is unrestricted, can or have material TaN, TiN, the IrO of certain conductive capability with metal material such as W, Pt, Al, Cu, Ni, Co, Mo, Au, Ru, Ir, Ag, Pd 2, RuO 2Deng.
The preparation method of described hearth electrode contact (BEC) is unrestricted, can have the good preparation method of the hole ability of filling for CVD, ald (ALD), magnetron sputtering, PLD, electron beam evaporation, thermal evaporation etc.
The kind of described storage medium is unrestricted, and the material component of storage medium is unrestricted, and for any resistance has the material of switching effect, the also material that promptly can switch between high-impedance state and low resistance state under outer field action is as TiO 2, NiO, ZrO 2, HfO 2, CeO 2, RuO x, CuO x, SrZrO 3Or (Pr, Ca) MnO 3Deng.And the version of storage medium is unrestricted, can be individual layer, two-layer or two-layer above multi-layer film structure.
Described backing material is unrestricted, can be semi-conducting materials such as the monocrystalline silicon piece of using always, or Ge, InP and GaAs, also can be quartz glass, dielectric material or metal materials such as ceramic substrate.
Described top electrode and hearth electrode are unrestricted, can be precious metal materials such as Pt, Au, Ag, also can be conductor materials commonly used such as Al, Cu, W, Mo, and its thickness is 200-500nm.
The material of described passivation layer diaphragm is SiO commonly used 2, SiN x, Al 2O 3, ZrO 2, HfO 2And Ta 2O 5Deng material, thickness 50nm-400nm.
Described hearth electrode can obtain with methods such as micro-nano process technology such as electron beam exposure and reactive ion etching or current sub-micron CMOS standard technologies, and diameter is generally 50nm-500nm.
Described lithographic method is to prepare resistance material and upper electrode material on the substrate of hollow edged electrode in succession having, utilize reactive ion etching or other lithographic method to remove hollow edged electrode upper electrode material and resistance material in addition then, form the Memister device cell.
One of feature of the present invention is that the solid or hollow tubulose BEC of employing reduces the contact area between electrode and the storage medium, reduces power consumption;
Another feature of the present invention is to adopt the class such as TiN to have the material of certain resistivity and conductive capability as stopping (buffer) layer, diffusion and reaction between minimizing storage medium and the electrode, raising reliability;
In sum, the invention provides a kind of low-power consumption, highly reliable Memister device unit construction and preparation method thereof.
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Growth layer of metal conductive layer on Fig. 1 substrate
Fig. 2 is deposit one deck insulating medium layer on metal conducting layer
Fig. 3 prepares the tubulose hole and form the hollow tubular electrode behind hole sidewall filled conductive material in dielectric layer, contact as hearth electrode
Fig. 4 is deposit storage medium film and etching or lift off (peeling off) formation storage medium unit on hollow edged electrode
Fig. 5 deposit one deck passivation layer diaphragm and prepare the top electrode fairlead on storage medium
Fig. 6 deposition of electrode material film, and make upper and lower electrode
The Memister device cell of the solid hollow edged electrode of Fig. 7
Among the figure: 1. substrate; 2. metal conducting layer; 3. insulating medium layer; 4. hollow or solid tubulose hearth electrode contact; 5. hearth electrode fairlead; 6. storage medium; 7. passivation layer diaphragm; 8. top electrode fairlead; 9. top electrode; 10. hearth electrode
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Below by specific embodiment, further illustrate substantive distinguishing features of the present invention and obvious improvement, but the present invention only is confined to described embodiment by no means.
Embodiment 1:
(1) the thick SiO of heat growth 100nm on Si substrate 1 2Or utilize PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) to prepare the thick SiN of 100nm xDeielectric-coating is then at SiO 2Or SiN xOn utilize the method for magnetron sputtering or evaporation to prepare the thick Al film of one deck 80nm metal conducting layer 2; (Fig. 1)
(2) utilize PECVD or sputtering method on metal conducting layer Al film 2, to prepare the thick SiO of 300nm-500nm 2Insulating medium layer 3; (Fig. 2)
(3) at insulating medium layer SiO 2On utilize electron beam exposure and reactive ion etching technology to prepare hole, hole bottom links to each other with metal conducting layer, the diameter of hole is in the 200nm-500nm scope; Utilize CVD or sputtering technology to fill the W material then at the hole sidewall; Utilize chemical Mechanical Polishing Technique (CMP) to throw at last and remove the W material of hole, obtain hollow tubular electrode 4, form hearth electrode contact (Fig. 3) with exterior domain;
(4) utilize magnetron sputtering, CVD or method of evaporating to prepare TiN or TiO successively 2 Film 6 forms TiO in the photoetching of hollow edged electrode upper area, etching then 2/ TiN cell block; Film thickness 20-200nm, base vacuum are 3 * 10 -6Torr, power 100-500W; (Fig. 4)
(5) utilize CVD, magnetron sputtering or method of evaporating to prepare SiO 2Film, photoetching then, etching form top electrode fairlead 8; Film thickness 20-500nm, base vacuum are 3 * 10 -6Torr, power 50-200W; (Fig. 5) form hearth electrode fairlead 5 with photoetching, lithographic method at the dielectric other end,
(6) utilize electron beam evaporation or thermal evaporation method, sputtering method deposit Al film, and photoetching, water-bath phosphoric acid corrosion formation top electrode 9 and hearth electrode 10.(Fig. 6)
Embodiment 2: the hollow tubular electrode in the 3rd step of embodiment 1 is filled up SiO 2Or SiN xDeng dielectric material, and then carry out CMP, thereby obtain solid hollow edged electrode.Other can obtain better result like this with embodiment 1, and reliability is further enhanced.(Fig. 7)
Embodiment 3: with the TiO among the embodiment 1 2The binary metal oxide film changes ternary metal oxide film SrZrO into 3, (Pr, Ca) MnO 3Deng, form the multilayer film cell block of ternary metal oxide film and TiN formation then in the photoetching of hollow edged electrode upper area, etching, as storage medium.Other is similar to Example 1, also can realize similar effects.
Embodiment 4: with the TiO among the embodiment 1 2The binary metal oxide film changes binary, ternary metal oxide stacks of thin films structure into, as SrZrO 3/ TiO 2/ TiN forms SrZrO in the photoetching of hollow edged electrode upper area, etching then 3/ TiO 2/ TiN multilayer film cell block is as storage medium.Other is similar to Example 1.

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1, a kind of device unit construction of Memister is characterized in that described device unit construction is made up of top electrode, storage medium layer, hearth electrode contact, hearth electrode, dielectric film, metal conducting layer and substrate, wherein:
1. the hearth electrode contact that is produced on the dielectric film is to adopt hollow or solid tubular structure;
2. the TiN film in the storage medium plays passivation as the TiO in hearth electrode contact and the storage medium 2Barrier layer between the film;
3. top electrode links to each other with storage medium by the top electrode fairlead on the passivation layer with fairlead;
4. hearth electrode links to each other by metal conducting layer with the bottom of adopting hearth electrode hollow or solid tubulose to contact;
5. metallic conduction is deposited upon on the substrate.
2,, it is characterized in that filling metal W or TiN in the hearth electrode contact in tubular construction by the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 1.
3,, it is characterized in that the material of described storage medium under outer field action, having the resistance switch effect by the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 1.
4, by the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 3, it is characterized in that described storage medium is TiO 2, NiO, ZrO 2, HfO 2, CeO 2, RuO x, CuO xOr SrZrO 3
5,, it is characterized in that described storage medium is two-layer or two-layer above membrane structure by the device unit construction of claim 1,3 or 4 described Memisters.
6, by the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 1, it is characterized in that described passivation layer as the barrier layer is SiO 2, SiN xOr Al 2O 3, ZrO 2, HfO 2And Ta 2O 5, its thickness 50nm-400nm.
7,, it is characterized in that the material conducting metal of described hearth electrode contact is a kind of among W, Pt, Al, Cu, Ni, Co, Mo, Au, Ru, Ir, Ag or the Pd by the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 1; Or be TaN, TiN, IrO 2, RuO 2In a kind of.
8, a kind of method of making the device unit construction of Memister is characterized in that:
(a) utilize high vacuum magnetically controlled sputter method depositing metal conductive layer on substrate, deposit one deck insulating medium layer again on metal conducting layer, the dielectric layer thickness is 200nm-500nm;
(b) on the insulating medium layer that step (a) is made, make nano aperture, hole be shaped as hollow tubular or solid tubulose, hole diameter is 50nm-500nm, hole passes insulating medium layer, the hole bottom links to each other with metal conducting layer,
(c) utilize magnetron sputtering or physical gas-phase deposite method in the aperture that step (b) is made, to fill metal W or TiN;
(d) after the sidewall of the described hole of step (c) is filled W or TiN, adopt cmp method, W or TiN that aperture is outer remove, and obtain hollow edged electrode, form the hearth electrode contact;
(e) deposit has the storage medium of switching effect on the hollow edged electrode that step (d) is made, by peeling off or lithographic method forms Memister storage medium unit;
(f) deposit has the passivation layer of fairlead on the storage medium unit that step (e) is made, by peeling off or the method for etching forms the top electrode fairlead;
(g) deposit metal electrodes material forms top electrode and hearth electrode by dry etching or wet etching method.
9, press the manufacture method of the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 8, it is characterized in that described insulating medium layer is SiO 2, SiN x, Al 2O 3Or ZrO 2
10, press the manufacture method of the device unit construction of the described Memister of claim 8, it is characterized in that top electrode and hearth electrode are Pt, Au, Ag, Al, Cu, W or Mo, thickness is 200-500nm.
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