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도 1a 내지 도 1d는 본 발명의 일 실시예에 따른 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법을 설명하기 위해 도시한 단면도이다.1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a NAND flash memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
<도면의 주요부분에 대한 부호의 설명><Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>
100 : 반도체 기판 102 : 패드 산화막100
104 : 패드 질화막 106 : 소자분리막104: pad nitride film 106: device isolation film
108 : 터널 산화막 110 : 제1폴리실리콘막108
112 : 마스크 114 : 제2폴리실리콘막112
본 발명은 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법에 관한 것으로, 특히, 심 (seam)을 제거하기 위한 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a NAND flash memory device, and more particularly, to a method of manufacturing a NAND flash memory device for removing a seam.
현재 플래쉬 메모리 소자를 개발함에 있어 기존의 STI(Shallow Trench Isolation) 공정을 이용한 소자분리막 형성 공정은 이후 플로팅 게이트를 형성하기 위한 폴리실리콘막 증착 공정의 오버레이 마진(overlay margin)이 부족하여 사진 식각 공정이 어렵고, 폴리실리콘막 증착시 심 발생을 억제하기 위해 소자분리막간의 공간을 충분히 확보하면 소자의 축소화(shrink)가 이루어지지 않는다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하면서 동시에 사진 식각 장비의 원가 절감이 가능한 자기정렬 플로팅 게이트(Self Aligned Floating Gate; SAFG) 공정을 적용하였다.In developing flash memory devices, the device isolation film forming process using the conventional shallow trench isolation (STI) process has a lack of an overlay margin of the polysilicon film deposition process for forming a floating gate. It is difficult, and if the space between the device isolation film is sufficiently secured to suppress the generation of seam during polysilicon film deposition, the device does not shrink. In order to solve these problems, a Self Aligned Floating Gate (SAFG) process, which can reduce the cost of photolithography equipment, is applied.
이러한 자기정렬 플로팅 게이트 공정을 개략적으로 설명하면 다음과 같다.The self-aligning floating gate process will be described as follows.
반도체 기판 상부에 패드 산화막 및 패드 질화막을 증착한 후, 패드 질화막, 패드 산화막 및 반도체 기판을 식각하여 소정의 깊이를 갖는 트렌치를 형성한다. 트렌치 내를 매립하기 위해 반도체 기판 전면에 절연막을 증착한 후, CMP(Chemical Mechanical Polishing) 공정으로 패드 질화막이 노출될 때까지 평탄화 시킨다. 그런 다음, 패드 질화막을 제거하여 니플(nipple)을 갖는 소자분리막을 형성한 후, 반도체 기판 상부에 터널 산화막을 형성한다. 그리고 반도체 기판 상부에 폴리실리콘막을 형성한 후, 니플이 노출되도록 CMP 공정을 실시하여 플로팅 게이트를 형성한다.After depositing the pad oxide film and the pad nitride film on the semiconductor substrate, the pad nitride film, the pad oxide film and the semiconductor substrate are etched to form a trench having a predetermined depth. An insulating film is deposited on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate to fill the trench, and then planarized until the pad nitride film is exposed by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. Thereafter, the pad nitride film is removed to form a device isolation film having a nipple, and then a tunnel oxide film is formed on the semiconductor substrate. After the polysilicon layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate is formed by performing a CMP process to expose the nipple.
그러나, 종래기술과 같은 방법으로 플래쉬 메모리 소자를 형성하면, 폴리실리콘막을 증착하기 전에 소자분리막의 니플의 프로파일(profile)이 버티컬 (vertical)하게 형성되고, 소자분리막 사이의 폭이 좁고 깊이가 깊어 폴리실리콘막 증착 공정시 폴리실리콘막에 대한 스텝커버리지(stepcoverage)가 좋지 않게되어 심 이 발생하게된다. 이로 인해, 후속 공정 단계인 ONO 유전체막을 형성할 때, ONO의 첫번째 산화막이 심 부분에 매몰되어 첫번째 산화막의 두께가 얇아지게 되어 소자의 전체적인 특성을 열화시킨다.However, when the flash memory device is formed in the same manner as in the prior art, a profile of the nipple of the device isolation film is vertically formed before the polysilicon film is deposited, and the width between the device isolation films is narrow and the depth is deep. In the silicon film deposition process, the step coverage of the polysilicon film becomes poor and leads to seam. As a result, when the ONO dielectric film, which is a subsequent process step, is formed, the first oxide film of ONO is buried in the core portion and the thickness of the first oxide film is thinned, thereby degrading the overall characteristics of the device.
상술한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 안출된 본 발명의 목적은 폴리실리콘막에 발생한 심을 제거하고, 스텝커버리지를 향상시켜 소자의 특성을 향상 시킬 수 있는 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법을 제공하는데 있다.An object of the present invention devised to solve the above problems is to provide a method of manufacturing a NAND flash memory device that can remove the seam generated in the polysilicon film, improve step coverage and improve the characteristics of the device.
본 발명의 일 실시예에 따른 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법은, 반도체 기판 상부에 패드 산화막 및 패드 질화막을 증착하는 단계와, 상기 패드 질화막, 패드 산화막 및 반도체 기판을 식각하여 소정의 깊이를 갖는 트렌치를 형성하는 단계와, 상기 트렌치가 매립되도록 상기 반도체 기판 전면에 산화막을 증착하는 단계와, 화학적 기계적 연마 공정으로 상기 패드 질화막이 노출될 때까지 평탄화 시킨 후, 상기 패드 질화막을 제거하여 니플을 갖는 소자분리막을 형성하는 단계와, 상기 반도체 기판 전면에 제1폴리실리콘막을 형성한 후, 심이 발생한 부분을 제외한 나머지 부분에 마스크를 형성하는 단계와, 상기 마스크를 이용하여 상기 제1폴리실리콘막의 심을 제거하는 단계와, 심이 제거된 부분에 제2폴리실리콘막을 형성하는 단계를 포함하는 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법을 제공한다.A method of manufacturing a NAND flash memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes depositing a pad oxide film and a pad nitride film on a semiconductor substrate, and etching the pad nitride film, the pad oxide film, and the semiconductor substrate to have a predetermined depth. Forming an oxide film, depositing an oxide film on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate to fill the trench, and planarizing the pad nitride film by exposure to the pad nitride film by a chemical mechanical polishing process, and then removing the pad nitride film to obtain a device having a nipple. Forming a separator, forming a first polysilicon film on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate, and then forming a mask on the remaining portions except for the portion where the seam is generated, and removing the seam of the first polysilicon film by using the mask. And forming a second polysilicon film on the portion from which the shim has been removed. It provides a method for producing de flash memory device.
이하, 첨부된 도면을 참조하여 본 발명의 실시예를 상세히 설명하면 다음과 같다.Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
도 1a 내지 도 1d는 본 발명의 일 실시예에 따른 낸드 플래쉬 메모리 소자의 제조방법을 설명하기 위해 순차적으로 도시한 소자의 단면도이다.1A to 1D are cross-sectional views sequentially illustrating devices for manufacturing a NAND flash memory device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
도 1a를 참조하면, 반도체 기판(100) 상부에 패드 산화막(102) 및 패드 질화막(104)을 증착한 후, 패드 질화막(104), 패드 산화막(102) 및 반도체 기판(100)을 식각하여 소정의 깊이를 갖는 트렌치를 형성한다. Referring to FIG. 1A, after the
이어서, 트렌치 내를 매립하기 위해 반도체 기판(100) 전면에 산화막을 증착한 후, CMP 공정으로 패드 질화막(104)이 노출될 때까지 평탄화시킨다. 이때, CMP 공정은 LSS(Low Selectivity Slurry)를 이용하여 산화막을 일부 식각한 다음, HSS(High Selectivity Slurry)를 이용하여 패드 질화막(104) 상부까지 식각하여 평탄화시킨다.Subsequently, an oxide film is deposited on the entire surface of the
도 1b를 참조하면, 패드 질화막(104)을 제거하여 니플을 갖는 소자분리막 (106)을 형성한 후, 반도체 기판(100) 상부에 터널 산화막(108)을 형성한다. 그런 다음, 반도체 기판(100) 상부에 제1폴리실리콘막(110)을 형성한다. 이때, 소자분리막(106) 사이의 폭이 좁고 깊이가 깊어 제1폴리실리콘막(110) 형성시 심(A)이 발생하게 된다. 심(A)을 제거하기 위해 심(A)이 발생한 부분을 제외한 나머지 부분에 마스크(112)를 형성한다. Referring to FIG. 1B, after the
도 1c를 참조하면, 마스크(112)를 이용하여 심(A)이 발생한 부분의 제1폴리 실리콘막(110)을 건식 식각하여 심(A)을 제거한다. 이때, 건식 식각은 Cl2, HBr, He 및 O2등의 가스를 이용하여 20mTorr 내지 100mTorr의 압력으로 실시한다. Referring to FIG. 1C, the
한편, 심이 발생한 부분의 제1폴리실리콘막(110)을 습식 식각하여 심을 제거하기도 한다. 이때, 습식 식각은 KOH 용액 또는 DI 및 KOH 혼합 용액을 사용하고, DI 및 KOH 혼합 용액은 10:1 내지 20:1 비율로 희석하여 사용한다.Meanwhile, the seam may be removed by wet etching the
도 1d를 참조하면, 심 제거로 인하여 식각된 부분에 제2폴리실리콘막(114)을 한번 더 형성한 후, 인-시튜(in-situ)로 어닐 공정을 실시한다. Referring to FIG. 1D, after the
본 발명의 기술 사상은 상기 바람직한 실시예에 따라 구체적으로 기술되었으나, 상기한 실시예는 그 설명을 위한 것이며, 그 제한을 위한 것이 아님을 주지하여야 한다. 또한, 본 발명의 기술 분야에서 통상의 전문가라면 본 발명의 기술 사상의 범위 내에서 다양한 실시예가 가능함을 이해할 수 있을 것이다.Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.
상술한 바와 같이 본 발명에 의하면, 폴리실리콘막 형성시 발생된 심을 제거하기 위해 건식 식각 또는 습식 식각하여 심을 제거한 후, 식각된 부분에 다시 폴리실리콘막을 형성함으로써 스텝커버리지를 향상시켜 심 발생을 억제할 수 있다. 또한, 소자의 특성을 향상시켜 수율을 증대시킬 수 있는 효과가 있다.As described above, according to the present invention, after removing the seam by dry etching or wet etching to remove the seam generated during the polysilicon film formation, the polysilicon film is formed on the etched portion to improve the step coverage to suppress seam generation. Can be. In addition, there is an effect that can increase the yield by improving the characteristics of the device.
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