KR20100013946A - Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and more particularly, a semiconductor capable of improving retention characteristics of a device by preventing the generation of tungsten-containing residues that may occur on the sidewalls of the dielectric layer and the tunnel insulation layer during tungsten gate etching. A method for manufacturing a device.
Recently, the development of semiconductor devices has been focused on high integration. As a part of this, development of a flash device having high integration and low manufacturing cost has been actively conducted.
The flash cell is operated by applying a bias to the control gate, which is operated by a potential induced in the floating gate. Since the potential of the floating gate is determined by the potential of the peripheral electrode and its own trap charge amount, the charge retention capability of the floating gate becomes a very important factor.
In general, when a gate of a flash memory device is manufactured, a tunnel insulating film, a floating gate conductive film, a dielectric film, a control gate conductive film, and a hard mask film are formed, followed by an exposure and etching process to form a gate line. However, as the flash memory device is highly integrated, the gate line width is reduced, and when the tungsten silicide (WSix) film used as the control gate electrode is used as it is, the resistance of the control gate increases and the RC delay increases, resulting in deterioration of device characteristics. . Accordingly, recently, in order to lower the resistance of a flash memory device, tungsten having a lower specific resistance than tungsten silicide (WSix) has been adopted as a control gate electrode.
In the conventional tungsten gate etching process of a flash memory device, the tungsten film is patterned by plasma etching using a combination of HBr / N 2 / Cl 2 gas. However, plasma etching using a combination of HBr / N 2 / Cl 2 gases during tungsten film etching may result in excessive polymerisation reactions resulting in a tungsten-containing residue or a tungsten-containing polymer on the tungsten film sidewalls of the control gate. Generates. Since this material is not removed in a subsequent cleaning process, it affects the dielectric film or the tunnel insulating film, causing charge loss, thereby lowering retention characteristics. This affects the program and erase in the gate operation, causing problems in the operation of the device.
The present invention forms a protective film on the exposed sidewall of the tungsten film after etching the tungsten film to prevent exposure of the tungsten film during subsequent gate etching, thereby suppressing the generation of residues of tungsten containing on the sidewalls of the dielectric film and the tunnel insulation film. It is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that can prevent the loss to improve the retention characteristics of the device.
According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include providing a semiconductor substrate on which a gate insulating film, a polysilicon film, a tungsten film, and a hard mask film are sequentially formed, patterning the hard mask film and the tungsten film, and exposing the same. Forming a protective film on the entire surface including the tungsten film and patterning the bottom surface of the protective film and the polysilicon film between the protective film sidewalls.
In the above, a part of the polysilicon film is etched during the tungsten film patterning.
The protective film is formed of an oxide film. The oxide film is formed by any one of Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD), Radial Oxidation, and Plasma Enhanced CVD (PECVD) methods.
The LPCVD oxide film is formed of a TEOS (Tetra Ethyl Ortho Silicate) film or a DCS-HTO (Dichlorosilane-High Temperature Oxide) film.
The radical oxidation method deposits SiO 2 or Si 3 N 4 together at the bottom and oxidizes it.
The protective film is formed in a laminated structure of an oxide film and a nitride film.
The oxide film is formed by a CVD method, in which case the CVD method is loaded at a temperature of 200 to 400 ° C, In a DCS and N 2 O gas atmosphere at a temperature of 700 to 900 ° C. and a pressure of 0.1 to 1.OTorr.
The nitride film is formed by a CVD method, in which case the CVD method is performed at a temperature of 600 to 800 ° C. and a pressure of 0.1 to 1.OTorr under a DCS and NH 3 gas atmosphere.
After the polysilicon film patterning, the protective film remains on the side wall of the tungsten film.
A laminated film of the floating silicon polysilicon film and the dielectric film is further formed between the polysilicon film and the gate insulating film.
When the polysilicon film for floating gate is patterned, a part of the gate insulating film is etched.
After the polysilicon film patterning, the method may further include performing a reoxidation process on the gate pattern.
The reoxidation process is carried out at a temperature of 800 to 950 ° C. in an O 2 gas atmosphere.
The present invention has the following effects.
First, after the tungsten film is etched, a protective film is formed on the exposed sidewall of the tungsten film so that the tungsten film is completely protected by the protective film during the subsequent gate etching process, thereby essentially suppressing the generation of tungsten-containing residues on the sidewalls of the dielectric film and the tunnel insulating film. As a result, charge loss can be prevented to improve retention characteristics of the device.
Second, it is possible to mass-produce a gated flash device using tungsten and to use tungsten as a gate electrode to mass-produce a fast product.
Third, since the tungsten film is not exposed, a re-oxidation process for mitigating damage during the gate line etching may be performed without restriction of tungsten abnormal oxidation.
Fourth, when the double film of the oxide film and the nitride film laminated structure is used as the protective film of the tungsten film, it is possible to reduce the stress that may occur when proceeding to a single film of the nitride film.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a flash memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1A, the tunnel
After the floating
The
On the other hand, when the control gate
Subsequently, a first gate etching process is performed to pattern the
The primary gate etching process stops etching in a state where a part of the
Although not shown in the drawings, the first gate etching process may be performed by patterning the
However, the primary gate etching process does not stop the etching in the
When the
Thereafter, a cleaning process for removing the tungsten-containing residue or the tungsten-containing polymer is performed. Some are removed by the cleaning process but are not completely removed and remain. If the material is not removed in the cleaning process and affects the
Referring to FIG. 1B, the
On the other hand, since the radical oxidation method is to oxidize a portion of silicon (Si), silicon oxide film (SiO 2 ) or silicon nitride film (Si 3 N 4 ), to form a radical oxide film, a silicon oxide film (SiO 2 ) is formed underneath. Or a silicon nitride film (Si 3 N 4 ) is deposited together.
On the other hand, when the double layer is formed, the
Referring to FIG. 1C, a second gate etching process is performed to pattern the
The
In this case, the secondary gate etching process stops the etching in a state where a part of the
In particular, in the second gate etching process, the
Thereby, the
However, when only the
As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by forming a
Thereafter, a cleaning process is performed to remove poly residues or oxide residues generated during the secondary gate etching process. Poly residues or oxide residues generated during the secondary gate etching process include a mixed solution of H 2 SO 4 and H 2 O 2 , buffered oxide etchant (BOE) and SC-1 (NH 4 OH, H 2 O 2 and Since it is sufficiently removed with a cleaning liquid such as H 2 0 mixed solution, it is possible to fundamentally solve a charge loss problem.
Referring to FIG. 1D, a re-oxidation process is performed to mitigate damage generated during gate etching after the gate etching process. The reoxidation process may proceed at a temperature of 800 to 950 ° C. in an O 2 gas atmosphere. Here, the reoxidation process may be performed by a selective oxidation process. As a result, a
Conventionally, in the selective oxidation process performed to reduce the damage after the gate etching, sufficient curing was not performed because the conditions were limited to prevent abnormal oxidation of tungsten. However, in one embodiment of the present invention, since the
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.
1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a flash memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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