KR20090028125A - Method for manufacturing thin film for gap-fill - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for forming a thin film for gap fill, comprising: positioning a semiconductor substrate having a gap formed in a reaction space, generating a plasma in the reaction space, and depositing a thin film using a deposition gas activated by the plasma. Filling the gap by sequentially performing a deposition process and an etching process of etching a portion of the thin film deposited by using the etching gas activated by the plasma, and filling the gap at least once in the plurality of etching processes. It provides a method for forming a thin film for a gap fill comprising the step of providing a control gas together with the gas. As a result, the clipping phenomenon of the upper region of the gap can be suppressed and the uniformity of the gap fill can be improved.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for forming a thin film for gap fill, and to a method for depositing a thin film for space filling (ie, a gap fill) during a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device. .
The device isolation film used in the conventional semiconductor device serves to electrically separate the devices. For this purpose, a trench is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and the trench is filled with an insulating material layer to fabricate an isolation layer.
In this case, in order to fabricate the trench as an insulating material, a high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDP-CVD) process was used. In the conventional HDP-CVD process, deposition and etching occur simultaneously in the process chamber to fill the trench with an insulating material. However, in recent years, the narrower the design rule of the semiconductor device to 60nm or less, the larger the aspect ratio of the trench, the narrower the entrance of the trench. As a result, there is a limit to filling trenches (or gaps) of patterns having ultrafine device line widths with the HDP-CVD process which simultaneously performs deposition and etching.
In addition, when the trench is buried in the HDP-CVD process which simultaneously performs deposition and etching, clipping is performed in which the surface area of the trench is etched more than the thin film is deposited in the trench inlet, that is, the upper edge region of the trench. (Clipping) phenomenon occurs. Clipping is more likely to occur as the etching contribution in the HDP-CVD process increases. Due to such a clipping phenomenon, it is difficult to maintain the uniformity of the insulating film deposited for the gap fill, and it is difficult to secure process margins due to the non-uniform gap fill.
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proceeds by separating the deposition and etching processes in a single chamber, and during the etching process, Si x H x gas is added to suppress the phenomenon of clipping in the upper region of the gap, and the gap fill Provided is a method for forming a thin film for gap fill, which can improve the uniformity of the film.
Positioning a semiconductor substrate with a gap formed in the reaction space according to the present invention, generating a plasma in the reaction space, and depositing a thin film using a deposition gas activated by the plasma; Filling the gap by sequentially performing a plurality of etching processes to etch a portion of the deposited thin film using the activated etching gas, and providing a control gas together with the etching gas at least one of the plurality of etching processes. It provides a thin film forming method for a gap fill comprising the step.
It is effective that the deposition gas and the control gas contain the same element.
It is preferable that the same element is Si.
The deposition gas may include a gas containing Si and an O 2 gas, the etching gas may include a gas containing an F element, and the control gas may include a gas containing Si.
In the etching process, it is effective that the control gas, the etching gas and the O 2 gas are provided. In this case, it is preferable that the flow rate of the etching gas is 2 to 10 times more than the control gas flow rate, and the flow rate of the O 2 gas is 0.5 to 2 times more than the control gas flow rate.
The etching process in which the control gas is provided is effectively repeated every predetermined number of times among the plurality of etching processes.
In addition, the step of positioning a semiconductor substrate with a gap formed in the reaction space according to the present invention, generating a plasma in the reaction space and a deposition process for depositing a thin film by supplying a deposition gas to the reaction space, and the deposited And filling the gap by sequentially performing an etching process of etching a portion of the thin film a plurality of times, wherein the etching process includes supplying the etching gas and supplying a control gas. To provide.
It is preferable that the deposition gas and the control gas contain the same element.
The deposition gas may include a gas containing Si and an O 2 gas, the etching gas may include a gas containing an F element, and the control gas may include a gas containing Si.
It is effective that the flow rate of the etching gas is 2 to 10 times higher than the control gas flow rate. In the etching process, the O 2 gas is further supplied, and the flow rate of the O 2 gas is 0.5 to 2 times more effective than the control gas flow rate.
A chamber having a reaction space, a substrate placing means on which a substrate is placed, plasma generating means for generating a plasma in the reaction space, and a deposition gas and an etching gas are sequentially provided to the reaction space a plurality of times, and the plurality of etching gases Provided is a thin film forming apparatus for a gap fill comprising a gas supply means for providing a control gas together with the etching gas at least once upon providing.
It is preferable that the said control gas contains the gas containing Si element.
As described above, in the present invention, the deposition process and the etching process are sequentially performed a plurality of times in a single chamber, and at least one etching process adds Si x H x gas to suppress the clipping phenomenon of the upper region of the gap, The uniformity of the peel can be improved.
Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention in more detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various forms, and only the embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to those skilled in the art to fully understand the scope of the invention. It is provided to inform you. Like numbers refer to like elements in the figures.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film deposition apparatus for a gap fill according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining a process flow of the gap fill thin film deposition method according to an embodiment. FIGS. 3 to 6 are views for explaining a gap fill thin film deposition method according to an embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 1, the thin film deposition apparatus for a gap fill according to the present embodiment may sequentially perform a deposition process and an etching process. The thin film deposition apparatus for a gap fill includes a
In addition, although not shown, one side of the
Although not shown, the
The above-described substrate placing means 110 to place the
The
Here, the
In the present embodiment, at least one of deposition gas, etching gas, and Si x H x gas may be provided to the reaction space of the
The above-described plasma generating means 130 includes an
As such, when the plasma power is supplied to the
As described above, the thin film deposition apparatus of the present embodiment alternately performs deposition and etching by using an activated process gas as shown in FIG. 2, and provides a semiconductor substrate by providing Si x H x gas together in at least one etching process. A thin film is deposited that fills a gap (e.g., groove, hole or trench) formed thereon.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, a deposition process is performed in which an insulating film is formed on the entire surface where a gap is formed using a deposition gas. Subsequently, an etching process is performed using an etching gas to remove a portion of the insulating layer. The deposition process and the etching process are repeated a plurality of times. In FIG. 2, six deposition processes and six etching processes are performed during the gap fill insulating film deposition time to prepare the insulating film for gap fill. At this time, it is preferable to exhaust the deposition gas and the etching gas at the end of the deposition process and the etching process. Of course, a separate exhaust process may be provided between the deposition process and the etching process. Then, the deposition equipment of this embodiment performs continuous exhaust using the exhaust means. Thus, no separate evacuation step may be provided. That is, the exhaust process may be performed simultaneously with the deposition process and the etching process.
In addition, the present embodiment provides a Si x H x gas (control gas) together with the etching gas at least once during the etching process. Deposition gas is used as the control gas. As shown in the figure, Si x H x gas was provided together during the second and fifth etching processes. Of course, in this embodiment, the number of the deposition process and the etching process is not limited thereto, and may be more or less than six times. This may vary depending on various factors such as the size of the gap to be buried and the deposition rate of the equipment. The number of deposition processes and the number of etching processes may be different. In addition, in the case of providing the Si x H x gas in the etching process may be variously selected as necessary. That is, it is possible to provide all the etching process when Si x H x with gas, it is also possible to provide a Si x H x gases with every predetermined number of the etching process. In addition, in the initial stage, the deposition process and the etching process of providing Si x H x gas may be alternately performed, and in the second half (after deposition of the insulating film for gap fill of a predetermined thickness), the deposition process and the etching process may be alternately performed.
In addition, FIG. 2 shows that the process time of one deposition process and one etching process are similar. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the deposition process may be longer than the etching process. Of course the opposite is also true.
As such, a plurality of deposition processes and etching processes may be sequentially performed using a single device, and at least one of the plurality of etching processes may be etched to provide Si x H x gas together to form a gap having a high aspect ratio as an insulating thin film. It can be embedded and can prevent the occurrence of clipping of the gap upper region.
Hereinafter, a method of filling gaps through an HDP-CVD process using a thin film deposition apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Herein, a description will be given of the gap centered on the gap.
As shown in FIG. 3, the
As shown in FIG. 4, a deposition process is performed to form the first HDP oxide layer 12-1 on the entire structure of the substrate. To this end, first, plasma is generated in the reaction space of the
As shown in FIG. 5, an etching process is performed to remove a portion of the first HDP oxide layer 12-1 on the
In order to proceed with the etching process, first, the supply of the deposition gas is cut off in this embodiment. At this time, plasma is continuously generated in the reaction space of the
In this embodiment, the inside of the
In the present embodiment, a small amount of Si x H x gas is provided together during the etching process. Si x H x gas provided during the etching process may react with the O 2 gas provided during the etching process to prevent clapping within a range that does not significantly reduce the efficiency of etching. That is, a small amount of Si x H x gas used for deposition during the etching process may be added to reduce the clapping phenomenon occurring in the upper region of the
Here, the flow rate and the ratio of the NF 3 gas flow rate of the Si x H x gas provided during the etch process, it is preferable that the NF 3 gas flow rate two to ten times the number of Si x H x gas flow. In addition, it is effective that the O 2 gas flow rate is 0.5 to 2 times more than the flow rate of the Si x H x gas. In this case, the flow rate of Si x H x gas injected during the etching process is preferably 5 to 250 sccm.
In addition, the above-described deposition process and etching process is preferably performed in a temperature range of 100 to 700 degrees and a pressure range of 0.5 to several tens of mTorr. In addition, it is preferable that power of 1 kW to 10 kW is applied to the
As described above, in the present embodiment, the deposition process and the etching process may be sequentially performed at least once using a single chamber capable of performing deposition and etching through plasma to uniformly fill the trench with an insulating film. In addition, by providing a deposition gas (eg, Si x H x gas) used in the deposition process during at least one etching process, it is possible to suppress the clipping phenomenon occurring in the upper region of the trench.
After the
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above description, and when the
The above description focuses on forming a trench and fabricating a trench when fabricating an isolation layer for separation between devices. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can be applied to a case in which a predetermined gap (groove, hole, trench, etc.) is formed in the semiconductor device manufacturing process and the inside of the semiconductor device is filled with a predetermined material film.
Although the invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the preferred embodiments described above, the invention is not limited thereto, but is defined by the claims that follow. Accordingly, one of ordinary skill in the art may variously modify and modify the present invention without departing from the spirit of the following claims.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film deposition apparatus for a gap fill according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining a process flow of the gap fill thin film deposition method according to an embodiment.
3 to 6 are views for explaining a thin film deposition method for a gap fill according to an embodiment.
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10: substrate 11: trench
12: insulating film 100: chamber
110: substrate placing means 120: gas injection
130: plasma generating means 140: exhaust means
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