KR20110012796A - Method for fabricating 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, to a technique for increasing process margins in forming patterns having different line widths and spacings in cell regions and peripheral regions on semiconductor substrates.
The semiconductor memory device includes a cell area including a plurality of unit cells and a peripheral area including components for controlling data transfer or power supply. The cell region includes a plurality of unit cells composed of capacitors and transistors, and double capacitors are used for temporarily storing data, and transistors respond to control signals (word lines) by using properties of semiconductors whose electrical conductivity varies depending on the environment. To transfer data between the bit line and the capacitor. The peripheral area includes input / output pads for transferring data, data input / output lines, and internal voltage circuits for supplying various voltages in the semiconductor memory device.
Manufacturing equipment for manufacturing semiconductor memory devices is commonly referred to as semiconductor equipment, which can be broadly divided into equipment entering the preprocessing line, equipment entering the postprocessing line, and service equipment. Often, the former process refers to the process of making a circuit on a wafer, and the latter process refers to the process of cutting circuits made on a substrate one by one, connecting and packaging wires to be connected to the outside.
In the process of making circuits on the wafer, it is necessary to record the pattern of the circuit to be manufactured on the wafer, which is often called lithography technology. Lithography techniques include a series of processes that apply photoresist on a wafer and then expose, develop, etch and remove the photoresist. The key to lithography is to pattern the photoresist through an exposure process that injects light after forming the photoresist on the wafer. For example, light scanned by a photoresist on a wafer passes through a reticle having circuit pattern information. The photoresist corresponding to the portion covered by the reticle remains on the wafer, and light passes through the reticle. The photoresist of the areas thus removed is removed. Here, the reticle is made by expanding a mask in which the circuit pattern to be printed is formed in the same size, typically 4 to 5 times.
The lithographic technique described above is widely used in the manufacture of semiconductor memory devices. For example, to determine the position of a component in a semiconductor memory device, including a process of separating active and inactive regions on a silicon wafer, a process of forming a gate pattern, and a process of forming contact plugs and contacts, and the like. Lithography techniques are useful. Recently, as the degree of integration of semiconductor memory devices is increased, finer circuit patterns are required to be printed on silicon wafers. Therefore, a lot of research is being conducted on lithography technology to print fine patterns on silicon wafers, i.e., semiconductor substrates.
1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming a pattern in a general semiconductor memory device. Semiconductor memory devices can be divided into cell regions and peripheral regions. In general, a fine pattern is formed in a cell region like a unit cell. In the peripheral region, since the degree of integration is lower than that of a cell region, a pattern has a line width or a distance between patterns. A wide, non-fine pattern is formed. Hereinafter, a process of forming a pattern on a semiconductor substrate will be described by dividing it into a cell region and a peripheral region.
Referring to FIG. 1A, an
Referring to FIG. 1B, a
Referring to FIG. 1C, the
Referring to FIG. 1D, the exposed
FIG. 2 is a photograph showing a problem of the pattern forming method described with reference to FIGS. 1A to 1D.
As shown, a line photosensitive film pattern having a narrow line width is finely formed in the cell region, but the line photosensitive film pattern having a narrow line width is collapsed in the peripheral region. This phenomenon occurs because the exposure process conditions are poorer in the peripheral area than in the cell area. For example, the margin of the focus distance (Depth Of Focus, DOF) is an example.
The cell region is located at the center of the lens of the exposure equipment during the exposure process, so that the error of the focal length generated during the process is large and thus within the process margin. As a result, defects can be reduced even if the pattern is minutely formed in the cell region. However, unlike the cell area, the peripheral area has a larger focal length error than that of the cell area, thereby increasing the possibility of a defect. In addition, since the peripheral area has a large distance between the photoresist patterns and the property of the photoresist pattern is not firm, the photoresist pattern may be easily collapsed. In order to overcome this problem, a method of additionally forming an auxiliary pattern so as not to collapse the photoresist pattern defining the pattern to be formed in the peripheral area has been proposed, but it is unpredictable where the collapse of the photoresist pattern is not expected and it is necessary to form too many auxiliary patterns. Problems arise and are difficult to apply to manufacturing processes to produce actual products.
In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the present invention is formed in advance in the position where the photoresist pattern is to be formed to prevent the photoresist pattern from collapsing during the formation of the fine pattern so that the lower portion of the photoresist pattern is supported Thereby, the manufacturing method of a semiconductor element for improving the manufacturing yield of a semiconductor element is provided.
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a groove corresponding to a position of a pattern on a mask film formed on an etched layer; Forming a photoresist pattern on the groove; Etching the mask layer based on the photoresist pattern; And etching the etched layer exposed by the etched mask film to form the pattern.
Preferably, forming a groove corresponding to the position of the pattern on the mask layer formed on the etched layer comprises: depositing a mask layer on the etched layer; Depositing a first photosensitive film on the mask film; Patterning the first photoresist layer to expose the position of the pattern; And partially etching the exposed upper portion of the mask layer by using the patterned first photoresist layer as an etch mask.
Preferably, the depth of the groove is characterized in that about 10 to 15% of the height of the photosensitive film pattern.
Preferably, the depth of the groove is formed to less than 100Å, the photosensitive film pattern is characterized in that formed to about 800 ~ 900 ~.
Preferably, the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device further comprises the step of depositing a hard mask layer on the mask film including the groove.
Preferably, the hard mask layer is characterized in that the groove formed in the cell region is embedded and flattened, and the size of the groove formed in the peripheral region is reduced.
Preferably, the photosensitive film pattern is formed of any one of a positive (positive) and a negative (negative) photosensitive film.
Preferably, the exposure process includes at least one of a resolution enhancement of lithography assisted by chemical shrinkage (RELACS), wet (Immersion), sapphire and reflow processes.
Preferably, the light source used in the exposure process is characterized in that any one of i-line, KrF, ArF and EuV.
Preferably, the reticle used in the exposure process may be any one of a binary mask and a half tone mask.
Preferably, the groove is formed only in the peripheral area by using a cell open / close mask.
According to the present invention, after forming a groove on the etching mask insulating layer formed on the etched layer in the process of forming a fine gate pattern in the semiconductor device, the photoresist pattern is formed on the groove, thereby preventing the photoresist pattern from falling down. There is an advantage that can prevent defects that occur during pattern formation in the peripheral area.
In addition, the present invention does not need to form a separate auxiliary pattern for preventing the pattern from collapsing in the peripheral region, and may selectively form a step such as a groove only in the peripheral region except for the cell region, thereby providing a semiconductor device manufacturing process. The manufacturing yield can be increased while reducing the burden.
The present invention forms a groove in the upper portion of the mask film in order to overcome the defects caused by reduced process margin during manufacturing of the semiconductor device, and then forms a photoresist pattern on the upper portion of the groove. Because of the poor processing conditions in the peripheral region compared with the cell region, the mask pattern defining the narrow line width pattern is likely to collapse. To overcome this, the lower part of the mask pattern can be supported by the side wall of the groove. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3A to 3F are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming a pattern in a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The semiconductor memory device can be roughly divided into a cell region and a peripheral region. Hereinafter, a process of forming a pattern on a semiconductor substrate will be described by dividing it into a cell region and a peripheral region.
Referring to FIG. 3A, an insulator is deposited on the etched
Referring to FIG. 3B, the first photoresist pattern is formed by patterning the
Referring to FIG. 3C, the
Referring to FIG. 3D, the
Referring to FIG. 3E, the
Referring to FIG. 3F, a second
The depth of the
In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, a positive photoresist film or a negative photoresist film may be used for the first and
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of forming a groove corresponding to the position of the pattern on the mask film formed on the etched layer, forming a photoresist pattern on the top of the groove, based on the photoresist pattern Etching the mask film, and etching the etched layer exposed by the etched mask film to form a pattern. That is, after forming a groove for forming a step in the upper portion of the mask film used as an etching mask for etching the etched layer, a photosensitive film pattern is formed on the top of the groove to prevent the photosensitive film pattern from being collapsed by being supported by the groove. do. Furthermore, according to an embodiment, the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may further include depositing a hard mask layer on a mask film.
In addition, in the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3F, the process is performed in the same manner as in the cell region and the peripheral region. However, when the cell open / close mask is used in another embodiment of the present invention, the cell region and the peripheral region are separated from each other. You may form a pattern. In this case, the cell region is covered, and then a groove is formed only in the upper portion of the mask film formed in the peripheral region, and then a photoresist pattern is formed, because the cell region does not need to form a groove because of a small process error.
In addition, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art will be able to various modifications, changes, substitutions and additions through the spirit and scope of the appended claims, such modifications and changes are the following claims It should be seen as belonging to a range.
1A to 1D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming a pattern in a general semiconductor memory device.
Figure 2 is a photograph showing a problem of the pattern forming method described in Figures 1a to 1d.
3A to 3F are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of forming a pattern in a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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