EP1234333A2 - Dreitransistor-dram-zelle und dazugehöriges herstellungsverfahren - Google Patents
Dreitransistor-dram-zelle und dazugehöriges herstellungsverfahrenInfo
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- H10B—ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
- H10B12/00—Dynamic random access memory [DRAM] devices
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- the present invention relates to a three-transistor DRAM cell and an associated production method, and in particular to a three-transistor DRAM cell, which has a longer hold time and less rigidity with a reduced area requirement.
- FIG. 1 shows a simplified representation of an equivalent circuit diagram for a three-transistor DRAM cell according to the prior art, as is used in a multitude of dynamic 5 memory devices.
- the conventional three-transistor DRAM cell shown in FIG. 1 essentially consists of a memory transistor T1 for dynamically storing and evaluating information on its gate capacitance, a write transistor T2 for writing information m the memory transistor T1 and a read transistor T3 for reading out information from the memory transistor T1.
- a memory transistor T1 for dynamically storing and evaluating information on its gate capacitance
- a write transistor T2 for writing information m the memory transistor T1
- a read transistor T3 for reading out information from the memory transistor T1.
- data is applied to a bit write line BW (bit w ⁇ te) and via an address write line AW
- the read transistor T3 is controlled according to FIG. 1 via an address read line AR (address read) and the switching state of the memory transistor T1 according to its on the Gate capacitance stored charges are output to the bit read line BR (bit read).
- RAM dynamic RAM cell
- a polygonal structuring of a gate of the memory transistor T1 is known from JP 11017025.
- FIG. 2 shows a simplified illustration of the layout of the memory transistor T1 of such a three-transistor DRAM cell with a reduced area requirement.
- an active region AA for realizing a drain region D and a source region S is formed in a semiconductor substrate.
- a polysilicon layer 3 for forming a polygonal gate G m in the overlapping regions with the active region AA is located above the active region AA and is spaced apart by an insulating layer.
- the shape of the polysilicon layer 3 or of the gate G is determined in such a way that both a short channel section A and a long channel section are formed between the source region S and the drain region D. In this way, a three-transistor DRAM cell is obtained with a reduced space requirement and improved memory capacity or dynamic holding time.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a three-transistor DRAM cell and an associated production method which have improved interference immunity and Ladungshaltefahtechnik with minimum space requirements on ⁇ has.
- a DRAM cell with increased capacitance and thus charge holding time is obtained .
- the charges deposited on the gate capacitances of the respective memory transistors can therefore be refreshed at larger intervals.
- a shielding layer is formed, which reliably shields storage pulses from metallization lines and / or RF radiation above it, which in turn improves the charge holding times of the memory transistor.
- FIG. 1 shows a simplified representation of an equivalent circuit diagram of a three-transistor DRAM cell according to the prior art
- Figure 2 is a simplified representation of a layout of a memory transistor according to the prior art
- Figure 3 is a schematic sectional view of a memory transistor according to the present invention.
- Figure 4 is a simplified representation of an equivalent circuit diagram of the memory transistor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of a storage transistor T1 in the three-transistor DFAM cell according to the invention.
- a source region S and a drain region D are formed on the surface in a semiconductor substrate or a substrate region 1 in an active region (not shown).
- the substrate region 1 can, for example, represent a doped well region or directly the semiconductor substrate (eg silicon).
- Kanalge- is located above a see be- source region S and drain region D
- the first insulating layer 2 of SiO ⁇ , but also gate insulating films can be used.
- the gate layer 3 forming a gate G preferably consists of polysilicon, which is heavily doped, wherein any further conductive layer can also be used as the gate layer 3.
- a second insulating layer 4 and an additional conductive layer are now essential for the present invention
- Layer 5 which are formed immediately above the gate layer 3 and on the one hand improve the interference immunity of the three-transistor DRAM cell and also the charge holding time in the memory transistor T1. More specifically, a charge-holding capacitance, which is essentially formed from a capacitance C G sub between the gate layer 3 and the underlying substrate region 1, is tat C CSH i e i d best herd of de gate layer 3, the second Iso ⁇ lier für 4 and the conductive layer 5 enlarges considerably ⁇ ver.
- FIG. 4 shows a simplified representation of an equivalent circuit diagram for the memory transistor T1.
- the (parasistar) gate capacitance C GSUD is formed between the gate connection or the gate layer 3 and the substrate or substrate region 1.
- the additional shielding capacitance C G sh ⁇ e..d is formed by the second insulating layer 4 and the conductive layer 5 formed directly above the gate layer 3, which significantly improves the charge holding properties in the memory transistor Tl.
- the conductive layer 5 is connected to a potential Vi and the substrate region 1 to a potential V 0 . Both potentials are essentially constant to one another during operation, whereby the following applies:
- the conductive layer 5 essentially corresponds to structuring the underlying gate layer 3, which is why, especially when using the polygonal gate layer structure shown in FIG. may result in the three-transistor DRAM cell with improved charge holding properties.
- the transistor properties of the memory transistor T1 are essentially determined by the short channel section A (switching transistor), while the charge holding properties are determined by the special one
- a good insulating dielectric is preferably used for the second insulating layer 4, as can be realized, for example, by SiO or S1 3 N 4 .
- the dielectric for the second insulating layer 4 can also consist of SiOxNy or of a multilayer dielectric.
- An ONO layer sequence (Ox ⁇ d / N ⁇ tr_ ⁇ _d / Ox ⁇ d) can be used, for example, as such multilayer dielectrics.
- a special increase in capacitance is obtained when using so-called high ⁇ dielectrics, which have an extraordinarily high relative dielectric constant ⁇ r .
- Such dielectrics are, for example, T ⁇ O > or WO ⁇ .
- the same layer thickness is preferably used as for the first insulating layer 2, whereby a gate capacitance is doubled, for example, with the same materials. In this way, the charge holding properties can be determined relatively easily.
- a major advantage of the present invention lies, however, in the fact that the conductive layer 5 does not only act as an additional discrete capacitance, so to speak
- the surface of the gate layer 3 is freed of dirt by means of HF dip cleaning and, for example, a dielectric is deposited with a high relative dielectric constant ⁇ r .
- a dielectric is deposited with a high relative dielectric constant ⁇ r .
- conventional dielectrics can also be deposited, such as e.g. B. SiO ⁇ and / or SijN using an LPCVD process (low pressure chemical vapor deposition).
- polysilicon is preferably deposited with subsequent ion implantation, as a result of which a highly doped polysilicon layer is used as the conductive layer
- the highly doped polysilicon layer is structured by means of photolithography and dry etching, the dielectric of the second insulating layer 4 being used as an etch stop layer.
- the subsequent steps for passivation and metallization of the respective transistors or memory cells take place in a CMOS standard process with intermediate oxide deposition and subsequent metallization, which is not described in more detail below.
- a polysilicon layer with a silicide layer can be formed, as a result of which the immunity to interference is further improved due to the higher conductivity of the silicide.
- the invention has been described above using n-channel transistors. However, it is not limited to that Rather, it also includes p-channel transistors, a combination of p- and n-channel transistors and all other field effect transistor types.
- a polysilicon layer is preferably used for the gate layer 3 and the conductive layer 5.
- the invention is not restricted to this and rather comprises all further conductive layers and in particular metallic layers for the conductive layer 5 and the gate layer 3.
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| PCT/DE2000/004221 WO2001041186A2 (de) | 1999-11-30 | 2000-11-28 | Dreitransistor-dram-zelle und dazugehöriges herstellungsverfahren |
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