KR20030049610A - Method for preventing hardmask loss of semicondctor device - Google Patents
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본 발명은 비트라인 패턴을 형성한 후 스페이서 증착시 스텝 커버리지가 양호한 제 1 스페이서와 스텝 커버리지가 불량한 제 2 커버리지의 이중 구조로 형성함으로써 스페이서 식각시 하드 마스크 두께의 감소를 방지할 수 있도록 하는 반도체 소자의 하드마스크 손실 방지 방법에 관한 것이다.According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device may be formed to have a double structure of a first spacer having good step coverage and a second coverage having poor step coverage when forming a spacer after forming a bit line pattern, thereby preventing a reduction of a hard mask thickness during spacer etching. To prevent hard mask loss.
반도체 소자의 제조 공정이 복잡해지고 집적도가 증가함에 따라서 기판 상에 형성되는 개별 반도체 소자들이 더욱 미세한 패턴으로 형성되어야 한다. 노광기술의 한계로 인하여 포토레지스트의 높이를 낮추어야 이러한 미세 패턴을 형성할 수 있다. 그러나, 반도체소자의 집적도가 증가할수록 매우 작은 선폭을 유지하면서도 높은 종횡비를 가지는 콘택 또는 자기정렬콘택 등을 형성해야 하는데, 산화막 대 포토레지스트막의 식각선택비는 한정적이므로 높은 종횡비의 콘택 식각을 위하여는 두꺼운 포토레지스트막을 필요로 하므로 원하는 선폭을 유지할 수 없게 되는 결과를 초래한다. 따라서 이러한 포토레지스트막은 집적도가 높은 반도체 소자의 제조시 식각 장벽층 역할을 수행하는 데 한계가 있게 된다.As the manufacturing process of semiconductor devices becomes complicated and the degree of integration increases, individual semiconductor devices formed on a substrate must be formed in a finer pattern. Due to the limitation of the exposure technique, the height of the photoresist must be lowered to form such a fine pattern. However, as the degree of integration of semiconductor devices increases, it is necessary to form contacts having high aspect ratios or self-aligned contacts while maintaining very small line widths. Since a photoresist film is required, the result is that the desired line width cannot be maintained. Therefore, such a photoresist film has a limitation in performing the role of an etch barrier layer in the fabrication of high integration semiconductor devices.
산화막을 이러한 미세패턴으로 식각하기 위한 식각 장벽층으로 산화막에 대한 선택비가 높은 하드 마스크(hard mask)를 사용하는 방법이 제안되며 이때 하드마스크의 두께가 중요한 문제로 대두되고 있다.A method of using a hard mask having a high selectivity to the oxide film as an etch barrier layer for etching the oxide film into such a fine pattern is proposed, and the thickness of the hard mask is an important problem.
이때, 식각 장벽층으로 사용되는 하드마스크는 전도라인 상부에 존재하고 있으며 특시 상부쪽에 남아있는 하드마스크는 전도라인의 형성과 스페이서 형성 공정을 진행한 후에도 상당량의 두께가 남아 자기 정렬 콘택 형성시 식각 장벽층 역할을 할 수 있다.At this time, the hard mask used as an etch barrier layer is present in the upper part of the conductive line, and the hard mask remaining on the upper part of the special part remains a considerable thickness even after the conductive line is formed and the spacer forming process is performed. Can serve as a layer.
그러나, 전도라인의 상부 쪽에 존재하게 되는 하드마스크의 두께는 식각 과정에서 두께가 감소하게 되는데, 특히 스페이서 물질을 하드마스크와 동일한 물성을 갖는 물질을 사용할 경우 스페이서 식각 과정에서 전도라인 상부의 하드 마스크의 두께도 감소하게 되어 이로 인해 하드마스크의 두께를 계속 증가시켜야 하는 문제점이 있었다.However, the thickness of the hard mask existing on the upper side of the conductive line decreases during the etching process. In particular, when the spacer material is formed of a material having the same physical properties as that of the hard mask, the hard mask on the upper conductive line during spacer etching is used. Since the thickness is also reduced, there is a problem in that the thickness of the hard mask must be continuously increased.
본 발명은 상기와 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위해 창작된 것으로서, 본 발명의 목적은 비트라인 패턴을 형성한 후 스페이서 증착시 스텝 커버리지가 양호한 제 1 스페이서와 스텝 커버리지가 불량한 제 2 커버리지의 이중 구조로 형성함으로써 스페이서 식각시 하드 마스크 두께의 감소를 방지할 수 있도록 하는 반도체 소자의 하드마스크 손실 방지 방법을 제공하는 것이다.The present invention was created to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to form a double line structure of a first spacer having a good step coverage and a second coverage having a poor step coverage when forming a spacer after forming a bit line pattern. As a result, a method of preventing hard mask loss of a semiconductor device capable of preventing a decrease in a thickness of a hard mask during spacer etching is provided.
도1a 내지 도1d는 본 발명에 의한 반도체 소자의 하드마스크의 손실 방지 방법을 나타낸 단면도들이다.1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method for preventing loss of a hard mask of a semiconductor device according to the present invention.
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10 : 기판 11 : 전도층10 substrate 11 conductive layer
12 : 하드마스크 13 : 제 1 스페이서12 hard mask 13 first spacer
14 : 제 2 스페이서 15 : 제 2 스페이서14 second spacer 15 second spacer
상기와 같은 목적을 실현하기 위한 본 발명은 소정의 하부 구조가 형성된 기판의 상부에 전도층 및 하드마스크를 증착한 후 식각 공정을 통해 패터닝하는 단계와, 상기 결과물 상에 스텝 커버리지가 좋은 제 1 스페이서와 스텝 커버리지가 불량한 제 2 스페이서의 이중구조의 스페이서를 형성하는 단계와, 상기 스페이서를 식각 하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 반도체 소자의 하드마스크 손실 방지 방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention for achieving the above object is a step of depositing a conductive layer and a hard mask on top of a substrate on which a predetermined lower structure is formed and patterning through an etching process, the first spacer having good step coverage on the resultant And forming a spacer having a double structure of the second spacer having poor step coverage, and etching the spacer.
이때, 상기 제 1 스페이서는 스텝 커버리지가 80% 이상이 되도록하고, 제 2 스페이서는 스텝 커버리지가 30% 이하가 되도록 형성하고, 상기 스페이서의 증착순서를 제 2 스페이서 증착후 제 1 스페이서를 증착하는 단계로 할 수 있다.In this case, the first spacer is formed so that the step coverage is 80% or more, the second spacer is formed so that the step coverage is 30% or less, and depositing the first spacer after deposition of the second spacer in the deposition order of the spacer You can do
또한, 상기 제 2 스페이서는 PECVD 방식을 이용하여 USG막으로 형성하는 것을 특징으로 하고, 상기 하드마스크는 LPCVD 또는 PECVD 방식을 이용하여 질화막으로 형성하는 것을 특징으로 한다.The second spacer may be formed of a USG film using PECVD, and the hard mask may be formed of a nitride film using LPCVD or PECVD.
또한, 상기 제 1 스페이스서는 LPCVD 방식을 이용하여 질화막으로 형성하는 것을 특징으로 하고, 상기 스페이서 식각시 제 1 스페이서와 제 2 스페이서는 1:1~1:1.5의 식각 선택비를 갖도록 하며, 상기 제 2 스페이서는 RF PECVD 방식의 장비를 이용하여 증착하는 것을 특징으로 한다.The first spacer may be formed of a nitride film by using an LPCVD method, and the first spacer and the second spacer may have an etching selectivity of 1: 1 to 1: 1.5 when the spacer is etched. The two spacers are characterized in that the deposition using the RF PECVD method equipment.
그리고, 상기 제 1 스페이서와 제 2 스페이서의 식각은 동일 인시튜 또는 익시튜로 진행하고, 상기 스페이서 식각은 플라즈마 타입 또는 MERIE 타입의 식각 장비를 이용하는 것을 특징으로 한다.The etching of the first spacer and the second spacer may be performed in the same in situ or exsitu, and the spacer etching may be performed using an etching apparatus of plasma type or MERIE type.
이하, 본 발명의 바람직한 실시예를 첨부된 도면을 참조하여 설명한다. 또한 본 실시예는 본 발명의 권리범위를 한정하는 것은 아니고, 단지 예시로 제시된 것이며 종래 구성과 동일한 부분은 동일한 부호 및 명칭을 사용한다.Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the present embodiment is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but is presented by way of example only and the same parts as in the conventional configuration using the same reference numerals and names.
도1a 내지 도1d는 본 발명에 의한 반도체 소자의 하드마스크의 손실 방지 방법을 나타낸 단면도들이다.1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method for preventing loss of a hard mask of a semiconductor device according to the present invention.
먼저 도1a에 도시된 바와 같이 소정의 하부 구조가 형성된 기판(10)의 상부에 전도층(11) 및 하드마스크(12)를 증착한 후 식각 공정을 통해 패터닝한 다음 도1b에 도시된 바와 같이 스텝 커버리지가 좋은 제 1 스페이서(13)를 증착한다.First, as shown in FIG. 1A, a conductive layer 11 and a hard mask 12 are deposited on the substrate 10 having a predetermined lower structure, and then patterned through an etching process, as shown in FIG. 1B. The first spacer 13 having good step coverage is deposited.
이때, 상기 하드마스크(12)는 LPCVD 또는 PECVD 방식을 이용해서 질화막으로 형성하며, 제 1 스페이서(13) 물질로 하드마스크(12)와 동일한 물성을 갖는 물질로 증착하는데 여기서는 LPCVD 방식으로 질화막으로 형성한다.In this case, the hard mask 12 is formed of a nitride film using LPCVD or PECVD, and is deposited with a material having the same physical properties as that of the hard mask 12 with the material of the first spacer 13. Here, the hard mask 12 is formed of a nitride film using LPCVD. do.
또한, 상기 제 1 스페이서(13)는 스텝커버리지가 80% 이상이 되는 물질로 형성한다,In addition, the first spacer 13 is formed of a material having a step coverage of 80% or more.
이어서, 도1c에 도시된 바와 같이 제 1 스페이서(13) 상부에 스텝 커버리지가 불량한 제 2 스페이서(14)를 증착해서 스페이서(15)를 형성한 후 도1d에 도시된 바와 같이 스페이서를 식각한다.Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 1C, the second spacer 14 having poor step coverage is deposited on the first spacer 13 to form the spacer 15, and the spacer is etched as shown in FIG. 1D.
이때, 제 2 스페이서(14)는 스텝커버리지가 30% 이하인 물질로 형성하고 주로 하드마스크(12) 상부에 증착되도록 하며 비트라인의 측벽이나 비트라인 사이에는 거의 증착되지 않도록 하며 상기 제 2 스페이서(14)는 PECVD 방식을 이용하여 USG막으로 형성한다.In this case, the second spacer 14 is formed of a material having a step coverage of 30% or less, and is mainly deposited on the hard mask 12, so that the second spacer 14 is hardly deposited between the sidewalls of the bit lines or the bit lines. ) Is formed of a USG film using PECVD.
또한, 상기 스페이서(15) 식각은 제 1 스페이서(13)와 제 2 스페이서(14)를 1:1~1:1.5의 식각 선택비를 갖도록 해서 식각 하며, 동일 인시튜 또는 익시튜에서 플라즈마 타입 또는 MERIE 타입의 식각 장비를 이용한다.In addition, the etching of the spacer 15 is performed by etching the first spacer 13 and the second spacer 14 to have an etching selectivity of 1: 1 to 1: 1.5, and in the same in situ or exsitu, the plasma type or Use MERIE type etching equipment.
상기한 바와 같이 본 발명은 비트라인 패턴을 형성한 후 스페이서 증착시 스텝 커버리지가 양호한 제 1 스페이서와 스텝 커버리지가 불량한 제 2 커버리지의 이중 구조로 형성함으로써 스페이서 식각시 하드 마스크 두께의 감소를 방지함으로써SAC 공정 진행시 SAC 페일을 방지하여 반도체 소자의 신뢰성을 확보할 수 있는 이점이 있다.As described above, the present invention forms a double layer of a first spacer having good step coverage and a second coverage having poor step coverage during spacer deposition after forming the bit line pattern, thereby preventing the reduction of the hard mask thickness during spacer etching. There is an advantage in that the reliability of the semiconductor device can be secured by preventing SAC failing during the process.
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