Embodiment
Below, by the specific embodiment shown in accompanying drawing, the present invention is described.But should be appreciated that, these describe just exemplary, and do not really want to limit the scope of the invention.In addition, in the following description, the description to known features and technology is eliminated, to avoid unnecessarily obscuring concept of the present invention.
Rotating fields schematic diagram according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings.These figure not draw in proportion, wherein for purposes of clarity, are exaggerated some details, and may eliminate some details.The shape of the various regions shown in figure, layer and the relative size between them, position relationship are only exemplary, in reality may due to manufacturing tolerance or technical limitations deviation to some extent, and those skilled in the art can design the regions/layers with difformity, size, relative position in addition needed for actual.
Fig. 1 ~ 10 show in detail the sectional view manufacturing the device architecture that each step obtains in semiconductor device flow process according to the embodiment of the present invention.Below, with reference to these accompanying drawings, each step according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail.
First, as shown in Figure 1, Semiconductor substrate 1000 is provided.Substrate 1000 can comprise any applicable semiconductor substrate materials, can be specifically but be not limited to silicon, germanium, SiGe, SOI (semiconductor-on-insulator), carborundum, GaAs or any III/V compound semiconductor etc.In addition, Semiconductor substrate 1000 can comprise epitaxial loayer alternatively, can by stress changes to strengthen the property.
Semiconductor substrate 1000 can be formed with isolation structure 1026, preferably adopt carrying out local oxide isolation (Local Oxidation of Silicon, LOCOS).Also can adopt other isolation structures in an embodiment of the present invention, isolation structure and purport of the present invention have nothing to do, and repeat no more here.
Then, Semiconductor substrate 1000 forms grid stacking.
For this reason, such as shown in Figure 2, Semiconductor substrate 1000 forms high-k gate dielectric layer 1002.Particularly, Semiconductor substrate 1000 can be cleaned, such as, adopt HF+IPA+H
2o removes natural oxidizing layer.Then, preferably, can adopt rapid thermal anneal process substrate surface formed 5 to
siO
2(this layer is very thin, therefore this SiO is not clearly shown in figure for boundary layer
2boundary layer), and adopt magnetron sputtering technique at SiO
2deposit high-k gate dielectric on boundary layer.Such as, for nMOSFET, can deposit HfSiON high-k gate dielectric; For pMOSFET, can deposit HfSiAlON high-k gate dielectric.Then, carry out quick thermal annealing process to high-k gate dielectric, annealing temperature is 700 DEG C to 900 DEG C, thus forms high-k gate dielectric layer 1002.
Then, high-k gate dielectric layer 1002 forming sacrificial gate dielectric layer 1004, such as, can be polysilicon layer.Particularly, LPCVD (Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition, low-pressure chemical vapor phase deposition) mode can be adopted to form sacrifice polysilicon layer, the thickness of sacrificing polysilicon layer can be 150nm to 190nm.
Then, sacrificial gate dielectric layer 1004 continuing form hard mask layer 1006, such as, can be SiO
2layer.Particularly, LTO (Low-temperature oxidation, low-temperature oxidation) mode can be adopted to form SiO
2hard mask layer, SiO
2hard mask layer thickness can be 40-70nm.At this, the selection of thickness is determined according to the etching of polysilicon gate and side wall below, requires after the etching through grid heap superimposition side wall, SiO
2hard mask layer thickness needs to remain 10-20nm, forms silicide to prevent sacrificing polysilicon layer top.
Then, as shown in Figure 3, patterning etching is carried out to grid structure.Particularly, anti-etching dose of spin coating, antagonism etching agent carries out patterning, is shelter etching SiO with anti-etching dose
2hard mask layer 1006, then removes anti-etching dose, with SiO
2hard mask layer is shelter etching polysilicon layer 1004 and high-k gate dielectric layer 1002, thus it is stacking to form grid.
Then, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, in the stacking both sides of grid around the stacking formation sidewall structure of grid.According to embodiments of the invention, double layer side wall construction or three layers of sidewall structure can be formed.
Such as, first as shown in Figure 4, in the stacking both sides of grid such as, around grid stacking formation first side wall 1008, Si
3n
4side wall.Particularly, PECVD (Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, plasma-reinforced chemical vapor deposition) mode can be adopted to form one deck Si
3n
4layer, thickness can be 50-90nm, then adopts dry etch process, such as, be RIE (Reactive-Ion Etching, the reactive ion etching) Si to deposit
3n
4layer etches, and only retains it and is positioned at part on the stacking sidewall of grid, to form Si
3n
4side wall.After formation first side wall 1008, ion implantation can be adopted to form source/drain extension area 1009.Such as, for nMOSFET, As or Sb can be injected; For pMOSFET, BF can be injected
2or In.
Then, as shown in Figure 5, the second side wall 1010, such as SiO is formed at the first side wall 1008 outer ring around the first side wall 1008
2side wall.Particularly, LTO mode can be adopted to form one deck SiO
2layer, thickness can be 80-120nm, then adopts dry etch process to the SiO formed
2layer etches, and only retains it and is positioned at part on the first side wall 1008 sidewall, to form SiO
2side wall.After formation second side wall 1010, ion implantation can be adopted to form source-drain area 1012.Such as, for nMOSFET, As or Sb can be injected; For pMOSFET, BF can be injected
2or In.
According to other embodiments of the invention, can also at the outer formation further of the second side wall 1010 the 3rd side wall, the material of the 3rd side wall preferably includes Si
3n
4.3rd side wall is not shown in figure.
Then, silicide 1014 can be formed on source-drain area.According to embodiments of the invention, silicide can select Ni silicide.
Then, as shown in Figure 6, the Semiconductor substrate being formed with device architecture shown in Fig. 5 forms dielectric layer 1016, such as SiO
2.According to embodiments of the invention, LTO mode can be adopted to form SiO
2dielectric layer, SiO
2thickness of dielectric layers is at 600 to 800nm.
Then, spin coating spin on glass (SOG) 1018.Liquid state SOG can fill the sunk part of wafer surface, reaches the object of device surface planarization.Then to SOG annealing solidification, after making the solvent evaporates in SOG, SiO can be formed
2layer.
Then, as shown in Figure 7, to SiO
2dielectric layer 1016 and SOG layer 1018 carry out further planarization, to expose altered sacrificial gate electrode, to carry out alternative gate process subsequently.Particularly, dry etch process such as can be adopted to etch SOG 1018 to SOG and SiO
2dielectric layer 1016 interface.Then, according to SOG and SiO
2etch rate ratio is 1: 1.2 to 1: 2 dry etching SOG and SiO
2dielectric layer exposes to altered sacrificial gate electrode, now, at source-drain area residue SiO
2thickness of dielectric layers is 50nm to 150nm.
Then, as shown in Figure 8, sacrifice polygate electrodes is removed.Such as, diluted hydrofluoric acid (volume ratio HF: H can be adopted
2o=1: 50 ~ 1: 10) solution corrosion sacrifices the residual oxide layer at polygate electrodes top; Then, adopt tetramethyl aqua ammonia (Tetramethy ammoniumhydroxide, TMAH) solution corrosion to sacrifice polygate electrodes, in side wall, form opening.Preferably, the concentration of TMAH solution is 5%-20% (volume ratio), and temperature is 50-80 DEG C.
Then, as shown in Figure 9, in side wall opening, metal gate is formed.Particularly, high-k gate dielectric 1002 forms workfunction metal gate electrode layer 1022.Such as, for nMOSFET, it can be TaN metal gate electrode layer; For pMOSFET, can be AlN
xmetal gate electrode layer.Depositing metal grid conductor layer 1024 on workfunction metal gate electrode layer 1022.Such as, for nMOSFET, it can be W metal gate conductor layer; For pMOSFET, it can be Mo metal gate conductor layer.
Then, as shown in Figure 10, patterning is carried out to metal gate conductor layer 1024 and workfunction metal gate electrode layer 1022, to form final grid structure.Particularly, such as anti-etching dose of spin coating on metal gate conductor layer 1024, antagonism etching agent carries out patterning, and then using plasma dry etching metal gate conductor layer 1024 and workfunction metal gate electrode layer 1022, to form metal-gate structures.At this, preferably anti-etching dose of patterning will cover side wall open outer side 0.5 to 4 μm, thus forms T-shaped metal-gate structures.
In addition, for completing whole device, the electrical contact with source/drain region is formed.Such as, photoetching source/drain through hole, fills Ti/TiN/Al interconnect metallization lines wherein, and patterned etching forms source and drain contact site (not shown).
In the above description, the ins and outs such as composition, etching for each layer are not described in detail.But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that and by various means of the prior art, the layer of required form, region etc. can be formed.In addition, in order to form same structure, those skilled in the art can also design the not identical method with method described above.
It is the electrology characteristic of the HfSiON/TaN/W high-k gate dielectric layer/work-function layer/metal gate conductor structure nMOSFET adopting the present invention to prepare shown in Figure 11 and 12.The threshold voltage of this example device is 0.24V, and saturation current is 1.17 × 10
-4a/ μm (| V
gS|=| V
dS|=1.5V).
The HfSiAlON/AlN adopting the present invention to prepare shown in Figure 13 and 14
xthe electrology characteristic of the pMOSFET of/Mo high-k gate dielectric layer/work-function layer/metal gate conductor structure.The threshold voltage of this example device is-1.29V, and saturation current is 1.38 × 10
-4a/ μm (| V
gS|=| V
dS|=2.5V).
The manufacture method of this semiconductor device provided by the invention adopts sacrifices polygate electrodes as false gate electrode, effectively avoids first grid technique high-temperature annealing process on the impact of high-k gate dielectric/metal-gate structures electrology characteristic.In concrete preparation technology, what can adopt in following multinomial technology is one or more to improve device performance, comprising:
-adopt double layer side wall construction (as Si
3n
4/ SiO
2) or three layers of sidewall structure (as Si
3n
4/ SiO
2/ Si
3n
4)
Such as, Si is being adopted near metal gate side
3n
4first side wall can effectively prevent high-k gate dielectric and metal gate oxidized, avoid the increase of high-k gate dielectric equivalent oxide thickness and the degeneration of metal gate characteristic.
-adopt SiO
2+ SOG flatening process
First, SiO is formed
2dielectric layer (such as, adopt LTO technique), can realize preliminary planarization, reduces the difference in height between the stacking and source/drain of grid; Then, SOG is adopted to carry out planarization further.Liquid SOG has good flattening effect, can effectively fill and reduce the difference in height between the stacking and source/drain of grid, reach desirable flattening effect.SiO can be formed after SOG annealing solidification
2dielectric layer, the SiO formed with LTO
2dielectric layer is mutually compatible, is conducive to later stage employing dry etch process and obtains desirable flattening effect.
-adopt TMAH wet corrosion technique to be conducive to improving sacrifice polysilicon gate to the Selection radio of high-k gate dielectric
Because TMAH has very high Selection radio for oxide layer and polysilicon, namely very thin oxide layer can stop TMAH to the corrosion of polysilicon, therefore, before TMAH wet corrosion technique, adopt hydrofluoric acid solution to remove sacrifice the residual oxide layer at polysilicon gate top or the oxide layer of self-assembling formation, to reduce the impact of oxide layer on TMAH wet corrosion technique.
With reference to embodiments of the invention, explanation is given to the present invention above.But these embodiments are only used to the object illustrated, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.Scope of the present invention is by claims and equivalents thereof.Do not depart from the scope of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make a variety of substitutions and modifications, and these substitutions and modifications all should fall within the scope of the present invention.