KR20090000327A - Method of manufacturing a contact hole in semiconductor device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device, and in particular, providing a semiconductor substrate having an interlayer insulating film including a contact hole, forming an insulating film for a spacer on a surface of the interlayer insulating film including the contact hole, Forming an spacer layer on the sidewalls and the sidewalls of the interlayer insulating layer to form an etch stop layer to surround the spacer insulating layer on the interlayer insulating layer, thereby forming a spacer on the interlayer insulating layer, thereby forming a bridge margin between contact holes. It can be secured.
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1A through 1H are cross-sectional views sequentially illustrating a method of forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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104: SAC nitride film 106: interlayer insulating film
108: hard mask 110: contact hole
112: insulating film for
114: etching prevention film 116: conductive film
116a: contact plug
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to a method for forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device capable of improving bridge margins between contact holes.
A semiconductor device having a multi-layered metal wiring forms contact plugs by filling contact holes for electrical conduction between upper and lower devices. In order to form contact holes in a semiconductor device, accurate and strict mask alignment in a manufacturing process is required. Required.
A contact plug forming process of a general semiconductor device will be briefly described. First, an interlayer insulating film is deposited on a semiconductor substrate on which a predetermined structure such as a gate is formed, and then a contact region for exposing the junction region is formed by etching the interlayer insulating layer over the junction region formed on the semiconductor substrate. A polysilicon film is deposited on the interlayer insulating film including the contact hole and then planarized to form a contact plug filling the contact hole.
Recently, as the device is highly integrated, not only the CD (Critical Dimension) of the contact hole but also the width of the interlayer insulating layer for isolation between the contact holes is reduced, so that adjacent contact holes are connected to each other to generate a bridge. However, when the width of the interlayer insulating film between contact holes is small as described above, it is difficult to secure a bridge margin.
In order to solve the above problems, a method of securing spacer margins between contact holes by forming spacers on the sidewalls of the interlayer insulating film has emerged. However, in the etching process for forming the spacer, the insulating film for spacers at the contact hole inlet is etched. During the subsequent cleaning process, the interlayer insulating film is additionally etched and lost in the portion where the spacer insulating film is removed during the subsequent cleaning process, thereby reducing the bridge margin between contact holes. do.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device capable of improving a bridge margin between contact holes by forming a spacer on an interlayer insulating layer by performing an etching process after forming an etch stop layer to surround the spacer insulating layer on the interlayer insulating layer. The present invention provides a method for forming a contact hole.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device, the method including: providing a semiconductor substrate having an interlayer insulating film including a contact hole, forming an insulating film for a spacer on a surface of the interlayer insulating film including a contact hole, and interlayer Forming an etch stop layer to surround the spacer insulating layer on the insulating layer; and forming a spacer on the sidewalls and the upper side of the interlayer insulating layer.
In the above, the spacer insulating film is formed in a liner shape using a material having an etching selectivity different from that of the interlayer insulating film. The insulating film for spacers is formed to a thickness of 20 to 50 kPa using a nitride film.
The forming of the etch stop layer includes forming an etch stop layer having an overhang shape while surrounding the insulating layer for spacers on the interlayer insulating layer, and removing the overhang shape. The etch stop layer is formed using an insulating film having poor embedding characteristics. As an insulating film having poor buried characteristics, an USG (Undoped Silicate Glass) film is used. The etch stop layer is formed to a thickness of 300 to 800 kPa. The overhang shape is removed by an etching process using a 100: 1 ratio of BOE (Buffered Oxide Etchant) solution.
The SAC nitride film is further formed on the semiconductor substrate before the interlayer insulating film is formed. In forming the contact hole, the semiconductor substrate is etched to a thickness of less than 50 kHz from the surface downward while removing the SAC nitride film.
When forming the spacer, part or all of the etch stop layer is removed. After the spacer is formed, a step of performing a cleaning process and a step of forming a contact plug in the contact hole are further performed. The remaining etch stop layer is removed during the cleaning process. Before forming the contact hole, the step of forming a hard mask on the interlayer insulating film is further performed.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments of the present invention can be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described below, and those skilled in the art It is preferred that the present invention be interpreted as being provided to more fully explain the present invention.
1A through 1H are cross-sectional views sequentially illustrating a method of forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1A, a self-aligned contact (SAC)
Next, a second interlayer insulating film (not shown) is formed on the entire structure including the source contact plug. The second interlayer insulating film can be applied as long as it is an oxide-based material. For example, HDP (High Density Plasma) oxide, Spin On Glass (SOG), Boron-Phosphorus Silicate Glass (BPSG), and Plasma Enhanced Tetra Ortho (PE-TEOS). It may be formed of any one selected from Silicate Glass (USG), Undoped Silicate Glass (USG), Phosphorus Silicate Glass (PSG), and Inter Poly Oxide (IPO). Preferably, the interlayer insulating film may be formed of an HDP oxide film or a PE-TEOS film and formed to a thickness of 1000 to 4000 kPa. In this case, the
Meanwhile, a
In the above description, the process of forming the source contact plug is a process applied to a flash memory device, and can be omitted in the manufacturing process of DRAM or other general semiconductor devices. That is, the subsequent process may be performed while only the first interlayer insulating layer is formed on the
Referring to FIG. 1B, the
Meanwhile, when forming the
Referring to FIG. 1C, a liner-type
Referring to FIG. 1D, an
As such, when the
Referring to FIG. 1E, an etching process for removing an overhang shape is performed. The etching process may be performed by a dry etch or wet etch process, and may be performed by using a BOE (Buffered Oxide Etchant) solution in a ratio of 100: 1 in the wet etching process. As a result, while the overhang shape is removed, the height of the
Referring to FIG. 1F, a spacer etching process is performed. The spacer etching process may be performed by a dry etching process, preferably an etchback process. During the spacer etching process, the horizontal portion of the
Meanwhile, during the spacer etching process, the
When the
As described above, when the
In addition, the cleaning process may be further performed before depositing a conductive material for forming the contact plug in the
Referring to FIG. 1G, a conductive material is deposited on the
Referring to FIG. 1H, the
As such, since the bridge margin between contact holes is improved, the bridge between
The method for forming a contact hole according to an embodiment of the present invention is applicable when forming a drain contact hole such as a DRAM or a flash memory device.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but may be implemented in various forms, and the above embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention and to completely convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is provided to inform you. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be understood by the claims of the present application.
According to the present invention, by forming an etch stop layer to surround the spacer insulating layer on the interlayer insulating layer and then performing a spacer etching process, a spacer may be formed on the interlayer insulating layer to improve bridge margins between contact holes.
According to the present invention, by forming a spacer on the interlayer insulating layer, the interlayer insulating layer is prevented from being lost by the etchant during the subsequent cleaning process before forming the contact plug, thereby further securing the inter-contact hole margin.
In addition, by improving the bridge margin between contact holes, the present invention can prevent the bridge between adjacent contact plugs in subsequent contact plug formation, thereby improving process yield and device reliability.
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