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Abstract
본 발명은 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 관한 것으로, 보다 자세하게는 라이너 산화막 형성후 표면을 세정하고 이어 급속 열처리 공정과 산소를 이용한 어닐링 공정을 실시함으로써 후속 공정 진행시 유발 할 수 있는 보이드 발생을 최소화 할 수 있는 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a method of forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to clean the surface after forming a liner oxide film and then performing a rapid heat treatment process and an annealing process using oxygen to minimize the generation of voids that can be caused during the subsequent process A device isolation film forming method of a semiconductor device can be achieved.
본 발명의 상기 목적은 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 있어서, 반도체 기판의 상부에 산화막과 질화막을 형성하고 패터닝하여 트렌치를 형성하는 단계; 상기 트렌치의 내벽에 라이너 산화막을 형성하고 세정하는 단계; 상기 기판을 열처리하여 기판에 잔류하는 수분을 제거하는 단계; 상기 기판에 절연막을 형성하고 평탄화하여 소자분리막을 형성하는 단계; 및 상기 질화막을 제거하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 의해 달성된다.The object of the present invention is a method for forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a trench by forming an oxide film and a nitride film on the semiconductor substrate; Forming and cleaning a liner oxide on an inner wall of the trench; Heat treating the substrate to remove moisture remaining on the substrate; Forming an isolation layer on the substrate to form an isolation layer; And it is achieved by the device isolation film forming method of a semiconductor device comprising the step of removing the nitride film.
따라서, 본 발명의 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법은 라이너 산화막 형성 후 표면을 세정하고 이어 급속 열처리 공정과 산소를 이용한 어닐링 공정을 실시함으로써 후속 공정 진행시 유발 할 수 있는 보이드 발생을 최소화 할 수 있는 효과가 있다.Therefore, in the method of forming a device isolation film of the semiconductor device of the present invention, the surface is cleaned after the liner oxide film is formed, and then the rapid heat treatment process and the annealing process using oxygen are performed to minimize the generation of voids that may be caused during the subsequent process. There is.
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본 발명은 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 관한 것으로, 보다 자세하게는 라이너 산화막 형성후 표면을 세정하고 이어 급속 열처리 공정과 산소를 이용한 어닐링 공정을 실시함으로써 후속 공정 진행시 유발 될 수 있는 보이드 발생을 최소화할 수 있는 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a method of forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to clean the surface after forming a liner oxide film and then performing a rapid heat treatment process and an annealing process using oxygen to minimize the generation of voids that may occur during the subsequent process A device isolation film forming method of a semiconductor device can be achieved.
반도체 장치에서는 통상적으로 반도체 기판 상부에 형성된 트랜지스터, 다이오드 및 저항 등의 여러 가지 소자영역들을 전기적으로 분리하기 위해 소자분리막을 형성한다. 이러한 소자분리막 형성공정은 모든 반도체 제조 공정 단계에 있어서 초기 단계의 공정으로서, 액티브 영역의 사이즈 및 후속 제조 공정에서의 공정 마진을 좌우하게 된다.In a semiconductor device, an isolation layer is typically formed to electrically isolate various device regions such as transistors, diodes, and resistors formed on a semiconductor substrate. The device isolation film forming process is an initial step in all semiconductor manufacturing process steps, and depends on the size of the active region and the process margin in the subsequent manufacturing process.
이러한 소자분리를 형성하기 위한 방법으로는 실리콘 부분 산화법(LOCal Oxidation of Silicon; 이하 'LOCOS'라 한다)이 가장 많이 사용되고 있다. 상기 LOCOS 소자분리는 반도체 기판 상에 패드 산화막 및 질화막을 차례로 형성하는 단계, 상기 질화막을 패터닝하는 단계 및 반도체 기판을 선택적으로 산화시켜 필드 산화막을 형성하는 단계로 이루어진다. 그러나, 상기 LOCOS 소자분리에 의하면, 반도체 기판의 선택적 산화시 마스크로 사용되는 질화막 하부에서 패드 산화막의 측면으로 산소가 침투하면서 필드 산화막의 끝부분에 버즈 비크(bird's beak)가 발생하게 된다. 이러한 버즈 비크에 의해 필드 산화막이 버즈 비크의 길이만큼 액티브 영역으로 확장되기 때문에, 채널 길이가 짧아져서 문턱전압(threshold voltage)이 증가하는 소위 '협채널 효과(narrow channel effect)'가 유발되어 트랜지스터의 전기적 특성을 악화시킨다.As a method of forming such device isolation, a LOCal Oxidation of Silicon (LOCOS) is most commonly used. The LOCOS device isolation is performed by sequentially forming a pad oxide film and a nitride film on a semiconductor substrate, patterning the nitride film, and selectively oxidizing the semiconductor substrate to form a field oxide film. However, according to the LOCOS device isolation, as the oxygen penetrates into the side of the pad oxide film under the nitride film used as the mask for the selective oxidation of the semiconductor substrate, a bird's beak is generated at the end of the field oxide film. Since the field oxide film is extended to the active region by the length of the buzz beak by such a buzz beak, a so-called 'narrow channel effect' which causes the channel length to shorten and increases the threshold voltage is induced, thereby Worsen the electrical properties.
따라서 상기 LOCOS 소자분리방법의 단점을 보완시킨 또 다른 소자분리막 제조 방법으로서, 질화막 하부에 산화 완충막(oxidation buffer layer)으로서 기능하는 폴리실리콘을 형성하는 변형된 LOCOS 소자분리법인 PBL(Polysilicon Buffered LOCOS)공정 또는 PSL(Poly Spacer LOCOS)공정을 도입하였다. 상기한 PBL 공정이나 PSL 공정에서는 LOCOS 소자분리방법에 의해 형성된 소자분리막에 비해 버즈 비크의 발생은 다소 감소되는 이점은 얻을 수 있으나, 반도체 기판과의 단차가 심해져 후속의 공정에서 불량을 유발시키는 단점이 있다.Therefore, as another method of fabricating a device isolation layer to compensate for the shortcomings of the LOCOS device isolation method, PBL (Polysilicon Buffered LOCOS), which is a modified LOCOS device isolation method that forms polysilicon that functions as an oxidation buffer layer under the nitride film Process or PSL (Poly Spacer LOCOS) process was introduced. In the above PBL process or PSL process, the occurrence of the buzz beak is slightly reduced compared to the device isolation film formed by the LOCOS device isolation method. However, the disadvantage is that the step difference between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate is increased, causing defects in subsequent processes. have.
그러므로, 0.25μm 이하의 디자인-룰로 제조되어지는 반도체 장치에서는 반도체 기판 자체에 얕은 트렌치를 형성한 뒤, 절연물을 매립하는 얕은 트렌치 소자분리(Shallow Trench Isolation:이하 'STI'라 함) 방법이 가장 이상적인 소자분리막 제조 방법으로서 이용되고 있다.Therefore, in semiconductor devices manufactured with a design rule of 0.25 μm or less, a shallow trench isolation method (hereinafter, referred to as “STI”) that forms shallow trenches in the semiconductor substrate itself and then embeds an insulator is ideal. It is used as a device isolation film manufacturing method.
도 1a 내지 도 1b는 종래기술에 따른 반도체 장치의 소자격리영역의 형성방법을 도시하는 공정도이다.1A to 1B are process diagrams showing a method for forming an isolation region of a semiconductor device according to the prior art.
도 1a에서와 같이, 반도체 기판(10)상에 버퍼산화막(12), 패드질화막(14)을 형성한후 포토공정으로 반도체 기판(10)의 소정영역에 트렌치(T1)를 형성한다.As shown in FIG. 1A, after the buffer oxide film 12 and the pad nitride film 14 are formed on the semiconductor substrate 10, a trench T1 is formed in a predetermined region of the semiconductor substrate 10 by a photo process.
다음, 도 1b에서와 같이, 트렌치(T1) 내부를 열산화하여 라이너 산화막(16)을 형성한다. 이어 상기 라이너 산화막(16)을 포함한 트렌치(T1) 내부를 채우도록 반도체 기판(10) 전면에 옥사이드를 증착하여 한후 화학적기계적 연마(chemical mechanical polishing)을 진행하여 평탄화한 후 패드질화막(14), 버퍼산화막(12)을 순차적으로 제거하여 소자격리영역(18)을 형성한다.Next, as shown in FIG. 1B, the inside of the trench T1 is thermally oxidized to form a liner oxide layer 16. Subsequently, an oxide is deposited on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 10 to fill the trench T1 including the liner oxide layer 16, followed by chemical mechanical polishing to planarize the pad nitride layer 14, and a buffer. The oxide film 12 is sequentially removed to form the device isolation region 18.
그러나 상기와 같은 종래의 기술에서는 라이너 산화막을 형성 후 잔존하는 불순물을 제거하기 위하여 순수(Deionised water; DIW)를 이용한 스크러버(scrubber) 공정을 진행하였는데, 이때 잔존하는 수분으로 인하여 후속 공정 진행시 두꺼운 산화막을 증착할 때 막질의 균일도가 떨어져 막질의 불안정을 가져와 트렌치 내부에 보이드(Void)가 발생하는 문제점이 있다.However, in the prior art as described above, a scrubber process using deionised water (DIW) was performed to remove impurities remaining after the liner oxide film was formed. When depositing the film quality uniformity is reduced, the film quality is unstable, there is a problem that voids (Void) occurs in the trench.
따라서, 본 발명은 상기와 같은 종래 기술의 문제점을 해결하기 위한 것으로, 라이너 산화막 형성 후 표면을 세정하고 이어 급속 열처리 공정과 산소를 이용한 어닐링 공정을 실시함으로써 후속 공정 진행시 유발 될 수 있는 보이드 발생을 최소화할 수 있는 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법을 제공함에 본 발명의 목적이 있다. Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, by cleaning the surface after forming the liner oxide film and then performing a rapid heat treatment process and an annealing process using oxygen to generate voids that can be caused during the subsequent process progress It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device that can be minimized.
본 발명의 상기 목적은 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 있어서, 반도체 기판의 상부에 산화막과 질화막을 형성하고 패터닝하여 트렌치를 형성하는 단계; 상기 트렌치의 내벽에 라이너 산화막을 형성하고 세정하는 단계; 상기 기판을 열처리하여 기판에 잔류하는 수분을 제거하는 단계; 상기 기판에 절연막을 형성하고 평탄화하여 소자분리막을 형성하는 단계; 및 상기 질화막을 제거하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법에 의해 달성된다.The object of the present invention is a method for forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a trench by forming an oxide film and a nitride film on the semiconductor substrate; Forming and cleaning a liner oxide on an inner wall of the trench; Heat treating the substrate to remove moisture remaining on the substrate; Forming an isolation layer on the substrate to form an isolation layer; And it is achieved by the device isolation film forming method of a semiconductor device comprising the step of removing the nitride film.
본 발명의 상기 목적과 기술적 구성 및 그에 따른 작용효과에 관한 자세한 사항은 본 발명의 바람직한 실시예를 도시하고 있는 도면을 참조한 이하 상세한 설명에 의해 보다 명확하게 이해될 것이다.Details of the above object and technical configuration of the present invention and the effects thereof according to the present invention will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description with reference to the drawings showing preferred embodiments of the present invention.
도 2a 내지 도 2e는 본 발명에 따른 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법을 나타낸 공정단면도이다.2A to 2E are process cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming an isolation layer in a semiconductor device according to the present invention.
먼저, 도 2a는 반도체 기판의(21) 상부에 패드 산화막(22)과 질화막(23)을 형성한 도면이다. 반도체 기판 상부에 50 내지 200Å의 두께로 패드 산화막을 형성하고 상기 패드 산화막의 상부에 1000 내지 3000Å의 두께로 질화막을 순차적으로 형성한다.First, FIG. 2A is a view showing a pad oxide film 22 and a nitride film 23 formed on an upper portion of a semiconductor substrate 21. A pad oxide film is formed on the semiconductor substrate with a thickness of 50 to 200 GPa, and a nitride film is formed on the pad oxide film with a thickness of 1000 to 3000 GPa.
다음, 도 2b에 도시한 바와 같이, 트렌치(24)를 형성한다. 상기 질화막의 상부에 포토레지스트를 도포하고 레티클을 이용하여 노광 및 현상공정으로 상기 포토레지스트를 패터닝한다. 이후 상기 패터닝된 포토레지스트를 마스크로 반도체 소자가 형성될 액티브 영역(active region)과 반도체 소자 분리 영역이 형성될 필드 영역(field region)을 구분하기 위하여 상기 질화막과 패드 산화막을 식각하여 모트 패턴을 형성한 후, 상기 모트 패턴을 마스크로 드러난 기판을 식각하고 상기 포토레지스트를 제거하여 반도체 기판에 트렌치를 형성한다.Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, the trench 24 is formed. A photoresist is applied on the nitride film and the photoresist is patterned by an exposure and development process using a reticle. Thereafter, the nitride layer and the pad oxide layer are etched to form a mott pattern to distinguish an active region in which a semiconductor device is to be formed and a field region in which a semiconductor device isolation region is to be formed using the patterned photoresist as a mask. Thereafter, the substrate exposed by the moat pattern is etched and the photoresist is removed to form a trench in the semiconductor substrate.
다음, 도 2c에 도시한 바와 같이, 트렌치에 라이너 산화막을 형성한다. 트렌치가 형성된 기판을 열산화하여 트렌치의 내벽에 라이너 산화막(25)을 형성한다. 상기 라이너 산화막은 트렌치 형성시 식각에 의한 손상을 보상함과 동시에 후속 공정에서 증착되는 물질에 대한 글루(glue)층 역할을 한다. 상기 라이너 산화막은 소수성을 띠고 후속 공정에서 주로 증착되는 TEOS/O3를 이용한 소자분리막은 친수성을 가진다. 이러한 특징으로 소수성인 막질에 미량의 수분이 안착되어 있어서 친수성을 가진 TEOS/O3를 이용한 소자분리막을 증착하게 되면 SiO2 막질이 형성되는 과정에서 잔류된 미량의 수분과 혼합되어 절연막의 기능을 떨어뜨리게 된다.Next, as shown in FIG. 2C, a liner oxide film is formed in the trench. The substrate on which the trench is formed is thermally oxidized to form a liner oxide film 25 on the inner wall of the trench. The liner oxide layer serves as a glue layer for a material deposited in a subsequent process while compensating for damage due to etching during trench formation. The liner oxide film is hydrophobic and the device isolation film using TEOS / O 3 mainly deposited in a subsequent process is hydrophilic. As a result, when a small amount of moisture is deposited on the hydrophobic film, the device isolation film using TEOS / O 3 having hydrophilicity is deposited, and the amount of moisture remaining in the process of forming SiO 2 film degrades the function of the insulating film. Thrown away.
이에 본 발명에서는 DIW를 이용하여 파티클을 제거한 후 급속 열처리 공정(rapid thermal process; RTP)을 진행한다. 상기 급속 열처리 공정은 1000℃ 이상 고온에서 O2를 주입하며 진행한다. 상기 O2를 주입하면 잔존하는 OH기가 보다 빨리 제거된다.Accordingly, in the present invention, after removing particles using DIW, a rapid thermal process (RTP) is performed. The rapid heat treatment process is performed by injecting O 2 at a high temperature of 1000 ℃ or more. When the O 2 is injected, the remaining OH group is removed more quickly.
다음, 도 2d에 도시한 바와 같이, 트렌치에 절연막을 채운다. 상기 기판의 상부에 절연막을 증착하여 트렌치를 채움으로써 액티브 영역과 필드 영역 간의 소자 분리를 완성한다. 상기 절연막은 APCVD(atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition) 방식 또는 SACVD(Sub-Atmospheric Chemical Vapour Deposition)으로 760Torr 공정 압력하에서 유기금속(organometallic) 액체 소스 화학 물질인 TEOS(tetraethylorthosilicate)와 오존(O3)의 열 화학 기상 증착에 의한 산화막이 바람직하다. 상기 절연막은 6000 내지 11000Å의 두께로 증착하는 것이 바람직하다.Next, as shown in Fig. 2D, the insulating film is filled in the trench. An insulating film is deposited on top of the substrate to fill the trenches to complete device isolation between the active and field regions. The insulating layer is thermochemical of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and ozone (O 3 ), which are organometallic liquid source chemicals, under 760 Torr process pressure by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) or sub-atmospheric chemical vapor deposition (SACVD). Oxide films by vapor deposition are preferred. The insulating film is preferably deposited to a thickness of 6000 to 11000 kPa.
다음, 도 2e에 도시한 바와 같이, 상기 절연막을 평탄화하고, 상기 질화막을 제거한다. 상기 절연물을 상기 질화막을 식각정지점으로 하여 상기 질화막이 드러날 때까지 CMP 공정을 이용하여 평탄화한다. 이어 상기 질화막을 인산을 이용한 습식식각으로 제거한다.Next, as shown in Fig. 2E, the insulating film is planarized and the nitride film is removed. The insulator is planarized using a CMP process until the nitride film is exposed with the nitride film as an etch stop point. The nitride film is then removed by wet etching using phosphoric acid.
상세히 설명된 본 발명에 의하여 본 발명의 특징부를 포함하는 변화들 및 변형들이 당해 기술 분야에서 숙련된 보통의 사람들에게 명백히 쉬워질 것임이 자명하다. 본 발명의 그러한 변형들의 범위는 본 발명의 특징부를 포함하는 당해 기술 분야에 숙련된 통상의 지식을 가진 자들의 범위 내에 있으며, 그러한 변형들은 본 발명의 청구항의 범위 내에 있는 것으로 간주된다.It will be apparent that changes and modifications incorporating features of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art by the invention described in detail. It is intended that the scope of such modifications of the invention be within the scope of those of ordinary skill in the art including the features of the invention, and such modifications are considered to be within the scope of the claims of the invention.
따라서, 본 발명의 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법은 라이너 산화막 형성 후 표면을 세정하고 이어 급속 열처리 공정과 산소를 이용한 어닐링 공정을 실시함으로써 후속 공정 진행시 유발 될 수 있는 보이드 발생을 최소화할 수 있는 효과가 있다.Therefore, the method of forming a device isolation film of the semiconductor device of the present invention has the effect of minimizing the generation of voids that may be caused during the subsequent process by cleaning the surface after forming the liner oxide film and then performing a rapid heat treatment process and an annealing process using oxygen There is.
도 1a 내지 도 1b는 종래기술에 따른 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법을 나타낸 공정단면도.1A to 1B are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device according to the prior art;
도 2a 내지 도 2e는 본 발명에 따른 반도체 소자의 소자분리막 형성방법을 나타낸 공정단면도.2A through 2E are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming an isolation layer in a semiconductor device according to the present invention.
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