US20110151677A1 - Wet oxidation process performed on a dielectric material formed from a flowable cvd process - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for processing substrates, such as semiconductor wafers, and more particularly, to a method for wet oxidizing a dielectric material disposed on a substrate.
- CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
- STI processes include first etching a trench having a predetermined width and depth into a substrate. The trench is then filled with a layer of dielectric material. The dielectric material is then planarized by, for example, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process.
- CMP chemical-mechanical polishing
- the aspect ratio depth divided by width
- One challenge regarding the manufacture of high aspect ratio trenches is avoiding the formation of voids during the deposition of dielectric material in the trenches.
- a layer of dielectric material such as silicon oxide, is deposited.
- the dielectric layer typically covers the field, as well as the walls and the bottom of the trench. If the trench is wide and shallow, it is relatively easy to completely fill the trench. However, as the aspect ratio increases, it becomes more likely that the opening of the trench will “pinch off”, forming a void within the trench.
- a conventional spray coating process may be used to fill in the trench with a liquid precursor to form a void-free or seam-free dielectric material in the trench.
- a high temperature annealing process is typically performed to drive out the moisture from the liquid precursor, thereby forming a dielectric material within the trench in a solid phase.
- this deposition technique often suffers from high film impurities as the liquid precursor used to fill in the trench may include contaminants that may adversely deteriorate on the electrical properties of the formed dielectric material which adversely affects device performance.
- high aspect ratio processes may be used to form the dielectric material. These processes include depositing the dielectric material at different rates during different stages of the deposition process. A lower deposition rate may be used to form a more conformal dielectric layer in the trench, and a higher deposition rate may be used to form a bulk dielectric layer above the trench.
- HARP processes often have low throughput, which results in high manufacturing cost.
- Embodiments of this invention describe a process of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate.
- the process provides substantially void-free or seam-free gap filling of trenches with the oxidized dielectric material.
- the process may be utilized to form a variety of insulating structures and devices.
- the process may be used in forming shallow trench isolation (STI) devices and interlevel insulating layers, among other structures.
- a method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a dielectric material on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, curing the dielectric material disposed on the substrate, performing a wet oxidation process on the dielectric material disposed on the substrate, and forming an oxidized dielectric material on the substrate.
- a method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, wherein the silicon containing layer having a formula of Si x N y H z , curing the silicon containing layer disposed on the substrate, immersing the silicon containing layer into a processing solution having an oxygen source, wherein the oxygen source in the processing solution at least partially replaces silicon nitrogen or silicon hydrogen bonds in the silicon containing layer with silicon oxygen bonds, and forming an oxidized silicon containing layer on the substrate.
- a method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, wherein the silicon containing layer is formed by exposure to a gas mixture containing trisillylamine (TSA) and NH 3 , curing the silicon containing layer disposed on the substrate, wetting the silicon containing layer with a processing solution having O 3 disposed in deionized (DI) water, wherein the ozone disposed in the deionized (DI) water has a concentration between about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L) and about 1000 milligram (mg) per liter, and forming an oxidized silicon containing layer on the substrate.
- TSA trisillylamine
- DI deionized
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of a processing tool
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a processing chamber
- FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method incorporating one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 4A-4E are schematic cross-sectional views of a substrate having a dielectric material formed within trenches defined on the substrate.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a wet process tank that may be used according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of a processing tool 100 of deposition, baking and curing chambers according to disclosed embodiments.
- a pair of FOUPs (front opening unified pods) 102 supply substrate substrates (e.g., 300 mm diameter wafers) that are received by robotic arms 104 and placed into load lock chambers 106 .
- a second robotic arm 110 is disposed in a transfer chamber 112 coupled to the load lock chambers 106 .
- the second robotic arm 110 is used to transport the substrates from the load lock chambers 106 to processing chambers 108 a - f coupled to the transfer chamber 112 .
- the processing chambers 108 a - f may include one or more system components for depositing, annealing, curing and/or etching a flowable dielectric film on the substrate wafer.
- two pairs of the processing chamber e.g., 108 c - d and 108 e - f
- the third pair of processing chambers e.g., 108 a - b
- the same two pairs of processing chambers may be configured to both deposit and anneal/cure a flowable dielectric film on the substrate, while the third pair of chambers (e.g., 108 a - b ) may be used for UV or E-beam curing of the deposited film.
- all three pairs of chambers e.g., 108 a - f ) may be configured to deposit and cure a flowable dielectric material on the substrate.
- two pairs of processing chambers may be used for both deposition and UV or E-beam curing of the flowable dielectric material, while a third pair of processing chambers (e.g. 108 a - b ) may be used for annealing the dielectric material.
- a third pair of processing chambers e.g. 108 a - b
- additional configurations of deposition, annealing and curing chambers for flowable dielectric films are contemplated by processing tool 100 .
- one or more of the process chambers 108 a - f may be configured as a wet treatment/oxidation chamber. These process chambers include wet processing the flowable dielectric material in an environment that includes processing solution.
- processing tool 100 may include wet treatment/oxidation chambers 108 a - b and anneal processing chambers 108 c - d to perform both wet and dry processes on the deposited dielectric material.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a flowable chemical vapor deposition (i.e., process) chamber 200 with partitioned plasma generation regions.
- the process chamber 200 may be any of the processing chambers 108 a - f that are configured at least for depositing a flowable dielectric material on a substrate.
- a process gas may be flowed into a first plasma region 215 through a gas inlet assembly 205 .
- the process gas may be excited prior to entering the first plasma region 215 within a remote plasma system (RPS) 201 .
- the process chamber 200 includes a lid 212 and showerhead 225 .
- the lid 212 is depicted with an applied AC voltage source and the showerhead 225 is grounded, consistent with plasma generation in the first plasma region 215 .
- An insulating ring 220 is positioned between the lid 212 and the showerhead 225 enabling a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) to be formed in the first plasma region 215 .
- CCP capacitively coupled plasma
- the lid 212 and showerhead 225 are shown with an insulating ring 220 in between, which allows an AC potential to be applied to the lid 212 relative to the showerhead 225 .
- the lid 212 may be a dual-source lid for use with a processing chamber. Two distinct gas supply channels are visible within the gas inlet assembly 205 .
- a first channel 202 carries a gas that passes through the remote plasma system (RPS) 201 , while a second channel 204 bypasses the RPS 201 .
- the first channel 202 may be used for the process gas and the second channel 204 may be used for a treatment gas.
- the gases that flow into the first plasma region 215 may be dispersed by a baffle 206 .
- a fluid such as a precursor
- a fluid may be flowed into a second plasma region 233 of the process chamber 200 through the showerhead 225 .
- Excited species derived from the precursor in the first plasma region 215 travel through apertures 214 in the showerhead 225 and react with the precursor flowing into the second plasma region 233 from the showerhead 225 . Little or no plasma is present in the second plasma region 233 .
- Excited derivatives of the precursor combine in the second plasma region 233 to form a flowable dielectric material on the substrate.
- Mobility decreases as organic content is reduced by evaporation. Gaps may be filled by the flowable dielectric material using this technique without leaving traditional densities of organic content within the dielectric material after deposition is completed.
- a curing step may still be used to further reduce or remove the organic content from a deposited film.
- Exciting the precursor in the first plasma region 215 alone or in combination with the remote plasma system (RPS) 201 provides several benefits.
- the concentration of the excited species derived from the precursor may be increased within the second plasma region 233 due to the plasma in the first plasma region 215 . This increase may result from the location of the plasma in the first plasma region 215 .
- the second plasma region 233 is located closer to the first plasma region 215 than the remote plasma system (RPS) 201 , leaving less time for the excited species to leave excited states through collisions with other gas molecules, walls of the chamber and surfaces of the showerhead.
- the uniformity of the concentration of the excited species derived from the precursor may also be increased within the second plasma region 233 . This may result from the shape of the first plasma region 215 , which is more similar to the shape of the second plasma region 233 .
- Excited species created in the remote plasma system (RPS) 201 travel greater distances in order to pass through apertures 214 near the edges of the showerhead 225 relative to species that pass through apertures 214 near the center of the showerhead 225 . The greater distance results in a reduced excitation of the excited species and, for example, may result in a slower growth rate near the edge of a substrate. Exciting the precursor in the first plasma region 215 mitigates this variation.
- a treatment gas may be introduced to remove unwanted species from the chamber walls, the substrate, the deposited film and/or the film during deposition.
- the treatment gas may comprise at least one of the gases from the group comprising of H 2 , an H 2 /N 2 mixture, NH 3 , NH 4 OH, O 3 , O 2 , H 2 O 2 and water vapor.
- a treatment gas may be excited in a plasma and then used to reduce or remove a residual organic content from the deposited film.
- the treatment gas may be used without a plasma.
- the delivery may be achieved using a mass flow meter (MFM) and injection valve or by other suitable water vapor generators.
- MFM mass flow meter
- the dielectric layer can be deposited by introducing dielectric material precursors, e.g., a silicon containing precursor, and reacting processing precursors in the second plasma region 233 .
- dielectric material precursors are silicon-containing precursors including silane, disilane, methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, tetramethylsilane, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), triethoxysilane (TES), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), tetramethyl-disiloxane (TMDSO), tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), tetramethyl-diethoxyl-disiloxane (TMDDSO), dimethyl-dimethoxyl-silane (DMDMS) or combinations thereof.
- silicon-containing precursors including silane, disilane, methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, tetramethyl
- Additional precursors for the deposition of silicon nitride include Si x N y H z -containing precursors, such as sillyl-amine and its derivatives including trisillylamine (TSA) and disillylamine (DSA), Si x N y H z O zz -containing precursors, Si x N y H z Cl zz -containing precursors, or combinations thereof.
- Si x N y H z -containing precursors such as sillyl-amine and its derivatives including trisillylamine (TSA) and disillylamine (DSA)
- TSA trisillylamine
- DSA disillylamine
- Si x N y H z O zz -containing precursors Si x N y H z Cl zz -containing precursors, or combinations thereof.
- Processing precursors include hydrogen-containing compounds, oxygen-containing compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, or combinations thereof.
- suitable processing precursors include one or more of compounds selected from the group comprising of H 2 , a H 2 /N 2 mixture, NH 3 , NH 4 OH, O 3 , O 2 , H 2 O 2 , N 2 , N x H y compounds including N 2 H 4 vapor, NO, N 2 O, NO 2 , water vapor, or combinations thereof.
- the processing precursors may be plasma exited, such as in the RPS unit, to include N* and/or H* and/or O*-containing radicals or plasma, for example, NH 3 , NH 2 *, NH*, N*, H*, O*, N*O*, or combinations thereof.
- the process precursors may alternatively, include one or more of the precursors described herein.
- the processing precursors may be plasma excited in the first plasma region 215 to produce process gas plasma and radicals including N* and/or H* and/or O* containing radicals or plasma, for example, NH 3 , NH 2 *, NH*, N*, H*, O*, N*O*, or combinations thereof.
- the processing precursors may already be in a plasma state after passing through a remote plasma system prior to introduction to the first plasma region 215 .
- the excited processing precursor 290 is then delivered to the second plasma region 233 for reaction with the precursors though apertures 214 . Once in the processing volume, the processing precursor may mix and react to deposit the dielectric materials.
- the flowable CVD process performed in the process chamber 200 may deposit the dielectric materials as a polysilazanes based silicon containing film (PSZ-like film), which may be reflowable and fillable within trenches, features, vias, or other apertures defined in a substrate where the polysilazanes based silicon containing film is deposited.
- PSZ-like film polysilazanes based silicon containing film
- a treatment gas may be introduced to remove unwanted species from the chamber walls, the substrate, the deposited film and/or the film during deposition, such as hydrogen, carbon, and fluorine.
- a processing precursor and/or treatment gas may comprise at least one of the gases from the group comprising H 2 , a H 2 /N 2 mixture, NH 3 , NH 4 OH, O 3 , O 2 , H 2 O 2 , N 2 , N 2 H 4 vapor, NO, N 2 O, NO 2 , water vapor, or combinations thereof.
- a treatment gas may be excited in a plasma and then used to reduce or remove a residual organic content from the deposited film.
- the treatment gas may be used without a plasma.
- the delivery may be achieved using a mass flow meter (MFM) and injection valve or by commercially available water vapor generators.
- MFM mass flow meter
- the treatment gas may be introduced from into the first processing region, either through the RPS unit or bypassing the RPS unit, and may further be excited in the first plasma region.
- Silicon nitrides materials include silicon nitride, Si x N y , hydrogen-containing silicon nitrides, Si x N y H z , silicon oxynitrides, including hydrogen-containing silicon oxynitrides, Si x N y H z O n , and halogen-containing silicon nitrides, including chlorinated silicon nitrides, Si x N y H z Cl zz .
- the deposited dielectric material may then be converted to a silicon oxide like material.
- FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a process 300 that may be practiced in the chamber 200 , as depicted in FIG. 2 , or other suitable processing chamber.
- FIGS. 4A-4E are schematic cross-sectional views of a portion of a substrate corresponding to various stages of the process 300 .
- the process 300 is illustrated for forming a dielectric insulating material in trenches defined in a substrate, such as shallow trench isolation (STI) structure manufacture process, as depicted in FIGS. 4A-4E
- the process 300 may be beneficially utilized to form other structures, such as interlayer dielectric (ILD) structures, on a substrate.
- ILD interlayer dielectric
- the process 300 begins at step 302 by transferring (i.e., providing) a substrate 400 , as depicted in FIG. 4A , to a deposition process chamber, such as the flowable chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber 200 depicted in FIG. 2 .
- the substrate 400 may be a silicon semiconductor substrate having a layer or layers formed thereon utilized to form a structure, such as shallow trench isolation (STI) structure 404 formed on the substrate 400 .
- the substrate 400 may be a silicon semiconductor substrate having multiple layers, e.g., a film stack, utilized to form different patterns and/or features.
- the substrate 400 may be a material such as crystalline silicon (e.g., Si ⁇ 100> or Si ⁇ 111>), silicon oxide, strained silicon, silicon germanium, doped or undoped polysilicon, doped or undoped silicon wafers and patterned or non-patterned wafers silicon on insulator (SOD, carbon doped silicon oxides, silicon nitride, doped silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, glass, sapphire, metal layers disposed on silicon and the like.
- the substrate 400 may have various dimensions, such as 200 mm or 300 mm diameter wafers, as well as, rectangular or square panels. In embodiment depicted in the present invention, the substrate 400 may be a silicon semiconductor substrate.
- a layer 402 is disposed on the substrate 400 and is suitable to fabricate an STI structure 404 .
- the layer 402 may be a silicon film, e.g., blanket bare silicon film. In embodiments wherein the layer 402 is not present, processes described as performed on the layer 402 may alternatively be on the substrate 400 .
- the layer 402 may have etched or patterned to form trenches 406 within the layer 402 for manufacturing shallow trench isolation (STI) structure, which may be used for electrically isolating devices in an integrated circuit from one another.
- STI shallow trench isolation
- the STI structure 404 may be formed relative to transistor gate constructions and adjacent transistor source/drain regions with the substrate 400 .
- the trenches 406 are formed within the layer 402 for device isolation.
- a dielectric material 408 is deposited on the substrate 400 filling the trenches 406 defined within the layer 402 , as shown in FIG. 4B .
- the dielectric material 408 may be deposited by the flowable chemical vapor deposition process performed in the process chamber 200 , as described above with referenced to FIG. 2 .
- the dielectric material 408 is a silicon containing material deposited by the gas mixture supplied into the process chamber 200 .
- the gas mixture supplied into the process chamber 200 for forming the dielectric material 408 may include a dielectric material precursor and a processing precursor.
- Suitable examples of the dielectric material precursor include silane, disilane, methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, tetramethylsilane, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), triethoxysilane (TES), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), tetramethyl-disiloxane (TMDSO), tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), tetramethyl-diethoxyl-disiloxane (TMDDSO), dimethyl-dimethoxyl-silane (DMDMS) or combinations thereof.
- Additional precursors for the deposition of silicon nitride include Si x N y H z containing precursors, such as sillyl-amine and its derivatives including trisillylamine (TSA) and disillylamine (DSA), Si x N y H z O zz containing precursors, Si x N y H z Cl zz containing precursors, or combinations thereof.
- the silicon containing precursor used for depositing the dielectric material 408 is trisillylamine (TSA).
- suitable examples of the processing precursors may include a nitrogen containing precursor.
- Suitable examples of the nitrogen containing precursor includes a H 2 /N 2 mixture, N 2 , NH 3 , NH 4 OH, N 2 , N x H y compounds including N 2 H 4 vapor, NO, N 2 O, NO 2 and the like.
- the processing precursors may also include hydrogen-containing compounds, oxygen-containing compounds or combinations thereof.
- suitable processing precursors include one or more of compounds selected from the group comprising of H 2 , a H 2 /N 2 mixture, O 3 , O 2 , H 2 O 2 , water vapor, or combinations thereof.
- the processing precursors may be plasma excited, such as in the RPS unit, to include N* and/or H* and/or O* containing radicals or plasma, for example, NH 3 , NH 2 *, NH*, N*, H*, O*, N*O*, or combinations thereof.
- the processing precursor may alternatively, include one or more of the precursors as needed.
- the processing precursor used for depositing the dielectric material 408 is NH 3 gas.
- the substrate temperature during the deposition process is maintained at a predetermined range. In one embodiment, the substrate temperature is maintained at less than about 200 degrees Celsius, such as less than 100 degrees Celsius so as to allow the dielectric material 408 formed on the substrate to be flowable to reflow and fill within the trenches 406 . It is believed that relative lower substrate temperature, such as less than 100 degrees Celsius, can assist maintaining the film initially formed on the substrate surface in a liquid-like flowable state, so as to preserve the flowability and viscosity of the resultant film formed thereon.
- the bonding structure of the film may be transformed, converted, replaced with or into different function groups or bonding structure after the subsequent thermal and wet processes.
- the substrate temperature in the process chamber is maintained at a range between about room temperature to about 200 degrees Celsius, such as about less than 100 degrees Celsius, for example about 30 degrees Celsius and about 80 degrees Celsius.
- the dielectric material precursor may be supplied into the processing chamber at a flow rate between about 1 sccm and about 5000 sccm.
- the processing precursors may be supplied into the processing chamber at a flow rate between about 1 sccm and about 1000 sccm.
- the gas mixture supplied during processing may also be controlled at a flow ratio of dielectric material precursor to processing precursor of between about 0.1 and about 100.
- the process pressure is maintained at between about 0.10 Torr to about 10 Torr, for example, about 0.1 Torr and about 1 Torr, such as about 0.5 Torr and about 0.7 Torr.
- the inert gas may include, but not limited to, noble gas, such as Ar, He, Xe, and the like.
- the inert gas may be supplied to the processing chamber at a flow ratio of between about 1 sccm and about 50000 sccm.
- a RF power is applied to maintain the plasma during deposition.
- the RF power is provided between about 100 kHz and about 100 MHz, such as about 350 kHz or about 13.56 MHz.
- a VHF power may be utilized to provide a frequency up to between about 27 MHz and about 200 MHz.
- the RF power may be supplied between about 1000 Watt and about 10000 Watt.
- the spacing of the substrate to the showerhead 225 may be controlled in accordance with the substrate dimension. In one embodiment, the processing spacing is controlled between about 100 mils and about 5 inches.
- the dielectric material 408 formed on the substrate 400 is a silicon containing material having nitride or hydrogen atoms, such as Si x N y H z or —Si—N—H— bonds, formed therein, where x is an integer greater than 1 to 200, y, z are integers from 0 to 400. Since the processing precursor supplied in the gas mixture may provide nitrogen and hydrogen species during depositing, the silicon atoms formed in the dielectric material 408 may contain —Si—N—H—, —Si—N—, or —Si—H— or other different bonding. The Si—N, N—H, Si—H bonds will be further replaced with Si—O—Si bond by the subsequent thermal and wet processes to form the dielectric material 408 as a silicon oxide layer.
- nitride or hydrogen atoms such as Si x N y H z or —Si—N—H— bonds, formed therein, where x is an integer greater than 1 to 200, y, z are
- the substrate 400 is cured and/or thermally processed to bake the dielectric material 408 .
- the curing/baking process removes the moisture from the deposited dielectric material 408 so as to form a solid phase dielectric material 408 , as shown in FIG. 4C .
- the curing process performed at step 306 may be executed on a hot plate, a oven, a heated chamber or suitable tools that may provide sufficient heat to the substrate 400 .
- the curing temperature may be controlled at below 100 degrees Celsius, such as below 80 degrees Celsius, for example about 50 degrees Celsius.
- the curing time may be controlled at between about 1 seconds and about 10 hours.
- a wet oxidation process may be performed on the substrate 400 after the curing process of step 306 .
- the dielectric material 408 formed on the substrate 400 has not yet densified and the structures of the Si—N, N—H, Si—H bonding are still remaining as the main bonding structures formed in the dielectric material 408 .
- the wet oxidation process as performed at step 308 modifies the chemical composition of the dielectric material 408 to replace the Si—N, N—H, Si—H bonding with Si—O—Si or Si—O bonding and network structure to oxidize the dielectric material 408 .
- the wet oxidation process increases the percentage by weight of the oxygen elements formed in the dielectric material 408 while reduces the percentage by weight of the nitrogen and hydrogen elements formed therein.
- the substrate 400 is placed, immersed, dipped, flooded, or wet treated to perform the wet oxidation process at step 308 .
- the substrate 400 is wetted by a liquid bath contained in a wet tank, such as a wet processing tank 500 , which will be described further below with reference to FIG. 5 , to perform the wet oxidation process.
- the substrate 400 may also be processed in any other suitable processing container, including those from other manufacturers. It is believed that the wet oxidation process may initiate the oxygen replacement process in the dielectric material 408 , thereby triggering a chain-reaction like process within the dielectric material 408 to rapidly replace the nitrogen and/or the hydrogen bonds with oxygen bonds.
- a strong silicon oxide bonding (—O—Si—O) may be formed in the oxidized dielectric material 412 , as shown in FIG. 4E .
- the wet oxidation processing solution used to perform the wet oxidation process on the substrate 400 provides oxygen sources to replace and convert the nitrogen and hydrogen elements formed in the dielectric material 408 into oxygen elements.
- the wet oxidation processing solution may include ozonated deionized (DI) water, e.g., ozone comprised in deionized (DI) water.
- DI deionized
- Other oxygen source, such as O 2 , N 2 O, NO 2 , H 2 O vapor or steam, H 2 O 2 and the like may also be used in deionized (DI) water to perform the wet oxidation process.
- suitable acid or based solution such as SC1 (e.g., s dilution of NH 4 OH/H 2 O 2 ) or SC2 solution (e.g., dilution of HCl/H 2 O 2 ) may also be used to perform the wet oxidation process.
- the ozone source is constantly bubbled and supplied into the deionized (DI) water solution, forming a saturated ozonated deionized (DI) water to wet oxidize the substrate 400 immersed in the solution.
- the concentration of the ozone included in the deionized (DI) water for the wet oxidation process is controlled between about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L) and about 1000 milligram (mg) per liter (L).
- the wet oxidation solution/bath may be controlled at a temperature less than 100 degrees Celsius, such as less than about 80 degrees Celsius, for example about less than 75 degrees Celsius. It is believed that the relatively low temperature wet oxidation process may reduce the thermal budget generated to the substrate 400 , thereby reducing the likelihood of damaging the film layers or devices structures formed on the substrate 400 . In addition, it is also found that performing the wet oxidation process at a temperature greater than 45 degrees Celsius may promote a higher oxidation rate of the dielectric material 408 , which may efficiently oxidize the dielectric material 408 at a shorter time. In one example, the temperature of the wet oxidation process may be controlled at greater than 40 degrees Celsius but less than 100 degrees Celsius. For example, the temperature of the wet oxidation process may be controlled at about 45 degrees Celsius.
- the wet oxidation processing solution provides a low cost, fast and simple process so that the overall process complexity may be reduced while also reducing manufacturing cost and process cycle time.
- the process time for the wet oxidation process performed on the substrate 400 may be controlled at between about 1 seconds and about 10 hours.
- the process time may also be controlled by observing the bonding structures formed in the oxidized dielectric material 412 until a desired percentage or atomic weight of the silicon-nitrogen and/or silicon-hydrogen bonding in the dielectric material 408 have been converted into the silicon-oxygen bonding.
- the bonding structure of the oxidized dielectric material 412 may be inspected or observed by FTIR, SIMS or XPS.
- FTIR measurement equipment may be utilized to inspect the bonding structure of the oxidized dielectric material 412 .
- Si—O signal at about 1080 nm is increased while Si—N signal at about 835-860 nm and/or the Si—H signal at about 2154-2180 nm is decreased, at least part of the silicon nitrogen bonding and/or silicon hydrogen bonding have been replaced or converted into silicon-oxygen bonding.
- the silicon oxygen signal is increased when the wet oxidation process time increased. Therefore, a proper process time may be determined when the silicon-oxygen bonding signal has reached to a desired intensity.
- the wet oxidation process may be terminated when the intensity of the silicon-oxygen signal is about greater than 90 percent of the sum of the peak intensity.
- the process time for the wet oxidation process is controlled at between about 0.5 hours and about 3 hours.
- the wet oxidation process may be terminated when the oxygen elements formed in the oxidized dielectric material 412 is greater than 50 percent by atomic weight.
- the oxidized dielectric material 412 is exposed to a thermal annealing process to form an annealed dielectric material 414 , as shown in FIG. 4E .
- a thermal anneal chamber in which step 310 may be performed is the CENTURA® RADIANCE® RTP chamber, available from Applied Materials, Inc., among others. It is noted other types of anneal chamber or RTP chamber, including those from other manufactures, may also be utilized to perform the thermal annealing process as described in step 310 .
- the substrate 400 may be heated to a temperature from about 100 degrees Celsius to about 1000 degrees Celsius.
- the duration of the thermal annealing process may be from about 1 second to about 180 seconds, for example, about 2 seconds to about 60 seconds, such as about 5 seconds to about 30 seconds.
- At least one annealing gas is supplied into the chamber for thermal annealing process.
- annealing gases include oxygen (O 2 ), ozone (O 3 ), atomic oxygen (O), water (H 2 O), nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (N 2 O), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), dinitrogen pentoxide (N 2 O 5 ), nitrogen (N 2 ), ammonia (NH 3 ), hydrazine (N 2 H 4 ), derivatives thereof or combinations thereof.
- the annealing gas may contain nitrogen and at least one oxygen-containing gas, such as oxygen.
- the chamber may have a pressure from about 0.1 Torr to about 100 Torr, for example, about 0.1 to about 50 Torr, such as 0.5 Torr.
- substrate 400 is heated to a temperature of about 600 degrees Celsius for about 60 seconds within an oxygen atmosphere. In another example, substrate 400 is heated to a temperature of about 1000 degrees Celsius for about 10 seconds to about 60 seconds within an atmosphere containing equivalent volumetric amounts of nitrogen and oxygen during the annealing process.
- the thermal annealed process performed at step 310 may assist densifying the film structures and modify the chemical structure of the dielectric material 414 formed on the substrate 400 , thereby providing stronger bonding structures and silicon oxygen bonding in the resultant annealed dielectric material 414 . Furthermore, the thermal annealing process may also assist driving out the dangling bonds or weak silicon-hydrogen bonding from the dielectric material 414 , thereby reducing the film leakage and improving film quality.
- FIG. 5 depicts a schematic cross-sectional view of a wet processing tank 500 in which the wet oxidation process descried at step 308 may be performed.
- the wet processing tank 500 generally include a tank 502 having an interior volume that may contain a wet oxidation processing solution 504 , such as described with reference to step 308 . It is noted that other suitable liquid, fluid, bath or the like may also be used in the tank 502 to perform the wet oxidation process.
- the tank 502 may have a rack 508 disposed therein to support a plurality or a batch of substrates 400 to be positioned therein for processing.
- the plurality of substrates 400 may be secured or positioned in the tank 502 is any other suitable manner, such as inserted and supported within a cassette, which may hold and secure the substrates 400 at desired positions. It is noted that the tank 502 may also be utilized to perform wet oxidization process for a single substrate as needed.
- the plurality of substrate 400 are immersed, flooded, placed, wetted, processed, sprayed or dipped in the processing solution 504 disposed in the tank 502 for processing.
- the tank 502 may includes a first supply source 512 and a second supply source 514 that may supply processing liquid or processing solution into the tank 502 through an inlet port 510 .
- the first supply source 512 may supply deionized (DI) water into the tank 502 and the second supply source 514 may supply oxygen containing source into the tank 502 .
- DI deionized
- suitable oxygen containing source that may be supplied from the second supply source 514 to the tank 502 may include O 3 , O 2 , N 2 O, NO 2 , H 2 O vapor or steam, H 2 O 2 , combinations thereof and the like.
- the second supply source 514 may also supplied other suitable acid or based solution, such as SC1 (e.g., s dilution of NH 4 OH/H 2 O 2 ) or SC2 solution (e.g., dilution of HCl/H 2 O 2 ), into the tank 502 to perform the wet oxidation process.
- SC1 e.g., s dilution of NH 4 OH/H 2 O 2
- SC2 solution e.g., dilution of HCl/H 2 O 2
- the oxygen containing source supplied from the second supply source 514 is ozone that may be continuously bubbled or supplied into the tank 502 , mixing with the deionized (DI) water supplied from the first supply source 512 to form the processing solution 504 in the tank 502 for performing the wet oxidation process on the substrates 400 immersed in the tank 502 .
- DI deionized
- a method of depositing a dielectric layer that includes performing a wet oxidation process on a silicon containing dielectric material.
- the method is particularly suitable for depositing dielectric material filling trenches or vias defined within a substrate.
- the wet oxidation process advantageously replaces and converts silicon-nitrogen and/or silicon-hydrogen bonding formed in the silicon containing dielectric material into silicon-oxygen bonding, thereby providing a desired silicon oxide layer with strong bonding structures and high film quality.
Abstract
Methods of performing a wet oxidation process on a silicon containing dielectric material filling within trenches or vias defined within a substrate are provided. In one embodiment, a method of forming a dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a dielectric material on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, curing the dielectric material disposed on the substrate, performing a wet oxidation process on the dielectric material disposed on the substrate, and forming an oxidized dielectric material on the substrate.
Description
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The invention relates to a method for processing substrates, such as semiconductor wafers, and more particularly, to a method for wet oxidizing a dielectric material disposed on a substrate.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Reliably producing sub-half micron and smaller features is one of the key technologies for the next generation of very large scale integration (VLSI) and ultra large-scale integration (ULSI) of semiconductor devices. However, as the limits of integrated circuit technology are pushed, the shrinking dimensions of interconnects in VLSI and ULSI technology have placed additional demands on processing capabilities. Integrated circuits may include more than one million micro-electronic field effect transistors (e.g., complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors) that are formed on a substrate (e.g., semiconductor wafer) and cooperate to perform various functions within the circuit. Reliable formation of the gate pattern and shallow trench isolation (STI) regions are important to integrated circuits success and to the continued effort to increase circuit density and quality of individual substrates and die. In order to achieve greater circuit density, not only must device feature size be reduced, but the size of isolation structures between devices must be reduced as well.
- Current isolation techniques include shallow trench isolation (STI) processes. STI processes include first etching a trench having a predetermined width and depth into a substrate. The trench is then filled with a layer of dielectric material. The dielectric material is then planarized by, for example, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process.
- As the width of trenches continues to shrink, the aspect ratio (depth divided by width) continues to grow. One challenge regarding the manufacture of high aspect ratio trenches is avoiding the formation of voids during the deposition of dielectric material in the trenches.
- To fill a trench, a layer of dielectric material, such as silicon oxide, is deposited. The dielectric layer typically covers the field, as well as the walls and the bottom of the trench. If the trench is wide and shallow, it is relatively easy to completely fill the trench. However, as the aspect ratio increases, it becomes more likely that the opening of the trench will “pinch off”, forming a void within the trench.
- To decrease the likelihood of forming a void within the trench or forming seams within the trench, many different process techniques have been developed to fill in the trench with the dielectric materials without defects. For example, a conventional spray coating process may be used to fill in the trench with a liquid precursor to form a void-free or seam-free dielectric material in the trench. After the liquid precursor fills the trench, a high temperature annealing process is typically performed to drive out the moisture from the liquid precursor, thereby forming a dielectric material within the trench in a solid phase. However, this deposition technique often suffers from high film impurities as the liquid precursor used to fill in the trench may include contaminants that may adversely deteriorate on the electrical properties of the formed dielectric material which adversely affects device performance.
- In another example, high aspect ratio processes (HARP) may be used to form the dielectric material. These processes include depositing the dielectric material at different rates during different stages of the deposition process. A lower deposition rate may be used to form a more conformal dielectric layer in the trench, and a higher deposition rate may be used to form a bulk dielectric layer above the trench. However, HARP processes often have low throughput, which results in high manufacturing cost.
- Therefore, a need exists for improvements in processes and apparatus for producing high aspect ratio isolation structures.
- Embodiments of this invention describe a process of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate. The process provides substantially void-free or seam-free gap filling of trenches with the oxidized dielectric material. The process may be utilized to form a variety of insulating structures and devices. For example, the process may be used in forming shallow trench isolation (STI) devices and interlevel insulating layers, among other structures. In one embodiment, a method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a dielectric material on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, curing the dielectric material disposed on the substrate, performing a wet oxidation process on the dielectric material disposed on the substrate, and forming an oxidized dielectric material on the substrate.
- In another embodiment, a method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, wherein the silicon containing layer having a formula of SixNyHz, curing the silicon containing layer disposed on the substrate, immersing the silicon containing layer into a processing solution having an oxygen source, wherein the oxygen source in the processing solution at least partially replaces silicon nitrogen or silicon hydrogen bonds in the silicon containing layer with silicon oxygen bonds, and forming an oxidized silicon containing layer on the substrate.
- In yet another embodiment, a method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate includes forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, wherein the silicon containing layer is formed by exposure to a gas mixture containing trisillylamine (TSA) and NH3, curing the silicon containing layer disposed on the substrate, wetting the silicon containing layer with a processing solution having O3 disposed in deionized (DI) water, wherein the ozone disposed in the deionized (DI) water has a concentration between about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L) and about 1000 milligram (mg) per liter, and forming an oxidized silicon containing layer on the substrate.
- So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments. Nonetheless, the teachings of the present invention can be readily understood by considering the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of a processing tool; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a processing chamber; -
FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method incorporating one embodiment of the invention; -
FIGS. 4A-4E are schematic cross-sectional views of a substrate having a dielectric material formed within trenches defined on the substrate; and -
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a wet process tank that may be used according to one embodiment of the invention. - To facilitate understanding, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements that are common to the figures. It is also contemplated that elements disclosed in one embodiment may be beneficially utilized on other embodiments without specific recitation.
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FIG. 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of aprocessing tool 100 of deposition, baking and curing chambers according to disclosed embodiments. In theprocessing tool 100, a pair of FOUPs (front opening unified pods) 102 supply substrate substrates (e.g., 300 mm diameter wafers) that are received byrobotic arms 104 and placed intoload lock chambers 106. A secondrobotic arm 110 is disposed in atransfer chamber 112 coupled to theload lock chambers 106. The secondrobotic arm 110 is used to transport the substrates from theload lock chambers 106 to processing chambers 108 a-f coupled to thetransfer chamber 112. - The processing chambers 108 a-f may include one or more system components for depositing, annealing, curing and/or etching a flowable dielectric film on the substrate wafer. In one configuration, two pairs of the processing chamber (e.g., 108 c-d and 108 e-f) may be used to deposit the flowable dielectric material on the substrate, and the third pair of processing chambers (e.g., 108 a-b) may be used to anneal/cure the deposited dielectric. In another configuration, the same two pairs of processing chambers (e.g., 108 c-d and 108 e-f) may be configured to both deposit and anneal/cure a flowable dielectric film on the substrate, while the third pair of chambers (e.g., 108 a-b) may be used for UV or E-beam curing of the deposited film. In still another configuration, all three pairs of chambers (e.g., 108 a-f) may be configured to deposit and cure a flowable dielectric material on the substrate.
- In yet another configuration, two pairs of processing chambers (e.g., 108 c-d and 108 e-f) may be used for both deposition and UV or E-beam curing of the flowable dielectric material, while a third pair of processing chambers (e.g. 108 a-b) may be used for annealing the dielectric material. It will be appreciated, that additional configurations of deposition, annealing and curing chambers for flowable dielectric films are contemplated by
processing tool 100. - In addition, one or more of the process chambers 108 a-f may be configured as a wet treatment/oxidation chamber. These process chambers include wet processing the flowable dielectric material in an environment that includes processing solution. Thus, embodiments of
processing tool 100 may include wet treatment/oxidation chambers 108 a-b andanneal processing chambers 108 c-d to perform both wet and dry processes on the deposited dielectric material. -
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a flowable chemical vapor deposition (i.e., process)chamber 200 with partitioned plasma generation regions. Theprocess chamber 200 may be any of the processing chambers 108 a-f that are configured at least for depositing a flowable dielectric material on a substrate. During film deposition (silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or silicon oxycarbide depositions), a process gas may be flowed into afirst plasma region 215 through agas inlet assembly 205. The process gas may be excited prior to entering thefirst plasma region 215 within a remote plasma system (RPS) 201. Theprocess chamber 200 includes alid 212 andshowerhead 225. Thelid 212 is depicted with an applied AC voltage source and theshowerhead 225 is grounded, consistent with plasma generation in thefirst plasma region 215. An insulatingring 220 is positioned between thelid 212 and theshowerhead 225 enabling a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) to be formed in thefirst plasma region 215. Thelid 212 andshowerhead 225 are shown with an insulatingring 220 in between, which allows an AC potential to be applied to thelid 212 relative to theshowerhead 225. - The
lid 212 may be a dual-source lid for use with a processing chamber. Two distinct gas supply channels are visible within thegas inlet assembly 205. Afirst channel 202 carries a gas that passes through the remote plasma system (RPS) 201, while asecond channel 204 bypasses theRPS 201. Thefirst channel 202 may be used for the process gas and thesecond channel 204 may be used for a treatment gas. The gases that flow into thefirst plasma region 215 may be dispersed by abaffle 206. - A fluid, such as a precursor, may be flowed into a
second plasma region 233 of theprocess chamber 200 through theshowerhead 225. Excited species derived from the precursor in thefirst plasma region 215 travel throughapertures 214 in theshowerhead 225 and react with the precursor flowing into thesecond plasma region 233 from theshowerhead 225. Little or no plasma is present in thesecond plasma region 233. Excited derivatives of the precursor combine in thesecond plasma region 233 to form a flowable dielectric material on the substrate. As the dielectric material grows, more recently added material possesses a higher mobility than underlying material. Mobility decreases as organic content is reduced by evaporation. Gaps may be filled by the flowable dielectric material using this technique without leaving traditional densities of organic content within the dielectric material after deposition is completed. A curing step may still be used to further reduce or remove the organic content from a deposited film. - Exciting the precursor in the
first plasma region 215 alone or in combination with the remote plasma system (RPS) 201 provides several benefits. The concentration of the excited species derived from the precursor may be increased within thesecond plasma region 233 due to the plasma in thefirst plasma region 215. This increase may result from the location of the plasma in thefirst plasma region 215. Thesecond plasma region 233 is located closer to thefirst plasma region 215 than the remote plasma system (RPS) 201, leaving less time for the excited species to leave excited states through collisions with other gas molecules, walls of the chamber and surfaces of the showerhead. - The uniformity of the concentration of the excited species derived from the precursor may also be increased within the
second plasma region 233. This may result from the shape of thefirst plasma region 215, which is more similar to the shape of thesecond plasma region 233. Excited species created in the remote plasma system (RPS) 201 travel greater distances in order to pass throughapertures 214 near the edges of theshowerhead 225 relative to species that pass throughapertures 214 near the center of theshowerhead 225. The greater distance results in a reduced excitation of the excited species and, for example, may result in a slower growth rate near the edge of a substrate. Exciting the precursor in thefirst plasma region 215 mitigates this variation. - In addition to the precursors, there may be other gases introduced at varied times for varied purposes. A treatment gas may be introduced to remove unwanted species from the chamber walls, the substrate, the deposited film and/or the film during deposition. The treatment gas may comprise at least one of the gases from the group comprising of H2, an H2/N2 mixture, NH3, NH4OH, O3, O2, H2O2 and water vapor. A treatment gas may be excited in a plasma and then used to reduce or remove a residual organic content from the deposited film. In other embodiments, the treatment gas may be used without a plasma. When the treatment gas includes water vapor, the delivery may be achieved using a mass flow meter (MFM) and injection valve or by other suitable water vapor generators.
- In the embodiment, the dielectric layer can be deposited by introducing dielectric material precursors, e.g., a silicon containing precursor, and reacting processing precursors in the
second plasma region 233. Examples of dielectric material precursors are silicon-containing precursors including silane, disilane, methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, tetramethylsilane, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), triethoxysilane (TES), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), tetramethyl-disiloxane (TMDSO), tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), tetramethyl-diethoxyl-disiloxane (TMDDSO), dimethyl-dimethoxyl-silane (DMDMS) or combinations thereof. Additional precursors for the deposition of silicon nitride include SixNyHz-containing precursors, such as sillyl-amine and its derivatives including trisillylamine (TSA) and disillylamine (DSA), SixNyHzOzz-containing precursors, SixNyHzClzz-containing precursors, or combinations thereof. - Processing precursors include hydrogen-containing compounds, oxygen-containing compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, or combinations thereof. Examples of suitable processing precursors include one or more of compounds selected from the group comprising of H2, a H2/N2 mixture, NH3, NH4OH, O3, O2, H2O2, N2, NxHy compounds including N2H4 vapor, NO, N2O, NO2, water vapor, or combinations thereof. The processing precursors may be plasma exited, such as in the RPS unit, to include N* and/or H* and/or O*-containing radicals or plasma, for example, NH3, NH2*, NH*, N*, H*, O*, N*O*, or combinations thereof. The process precursors may alternatively, include one or more of the precursors described herein.
- The processing precursors may be plasma excited in the
first plasma region 215 to produce process gas plasma and radicals including N* and/or H* and/or O* containing radicals or plasma, for example, NH3, NH2*, NH*, N*, H*, O*, N*O*, or combinations thereof. Alternatively, the processing precursors may already be in a plasma state after passing through a remote plasma system prior to introduction to thefirst plasma region 215. - The excited processing precursor 290 is then delivered to the
second plasma region 233 for reaction with the precursors thoughapertures 214. Once in the processing volume, the processing precursor may mix and react to deposit the dielectric materials. - In one embodiment, the flowable CVD process performed in the
process chamber 200 may deposit the dielectric materials as a polysilazanes based silicon containing film (PSZ-like film), which may be reflowable and fillable within trenches, features, vias, or other apertures defined in a substrate where the polysilazanes based silicon containing film is deposited. - In addition to the dielectric material precursors and processing precursors, there may be other gases introduced at varied times for varied purposes. A treatment gas may be introduced to remove unwanted species from the chamber walls, the substrate, the deposited film and/or the film during deposition, such as hydrogen, carbon, and fluorine. A processing precursor and/or treatment gas may comprise at least one of the gases from the group comprising H2, a H2/N2 mixture, NH3, NH4OH, O3, O2, H2O2, N2, N2H4 vapor, NO, N2O, NO2, water vapor, or combinations thereof. A treatment gas may be excited in a plasma and then used to reduce or remove a residual organic content from the deposited film. In other disclosed embodiments the treatment gas may be used without a plasma. When the treatment gas includes water vapor, the delivery may be achieved using a mass flow meter (MFM) and injection valve or by commercially available water vapor generators. The treatment gas may be introduced from into the first processing region, either through the RPS unit or bypassing the RPS unit, and may further be excited in the first plasma region.
- Silicon nitrides materials include silicon nitride, SixNy, hydrogen-containing silicon nitrides, SixNyHz, silicon oxynitrides, including hydrogen-containing silicon oxynitrides, SixNyHzOn, and halogen-containing silicon nitrides, including chlorinated silicon nitrides, SixNyHzClzz. The deposited dielectric material may then be converted to a silicon oxide like material.
- The processing chamber, process and tool are more fully described in patent application Ser. No. 12/210,940, filed on Sep. 15, 2008, and patent application Ser. No. 12/210,982, filed on Sep. 15, 2008, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
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FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of aprocess 300 that may be practiced in thechamber 200, as depicted inFIG. 2 , or other suitable processing chamber.FIGS. 4A-4E are schematic cross-sectional views of a portion of a substrate corresponding to various stages of theprocess 300. Although theprocess 300 is illustrated for forming a dielectric insulating material in trenches defined in a substrate, such as shallow trench isolation (STI) structure manufacture process, as depicted inFIGS. 4A-4E , theprocess 300 may be beneficially utilized to form other structures, such as interlayer dielectric (ILD) structures, on a substrate. - The
process 300 begins atstep 302 by transferring (i.e., providing) asubstrate 400, as depicted inFIG. 4A , to a deposition process chamber, such as the flowable chemical vapor deposition (CVD)chamber 200 depicted inFIG. 2 . In one embodiment, thesubstrate 400 may be a silicon semiconductor substrate having a layer or layers formed thereon utilized to form a structure, such as shallow trench isolation (STI)structure 404 formed on thesubstrate 400. In another embodiment, thesubstrate 400 may be a silicon semiconductor substrate having multiple layers, e.g., a film stack, utilized to form different patterns and/or features. Thesubstrate 400 may be a material such as crystalline silicon (e.g., Si<100> or Si<111>), silicon oxide, strained silicon, silicon germanium, doped or undoped polysilicon, doped or undoped silicon wafers and patterned or non-patterned wafers silicon on insulator (SOD, carbon doped silicon oxides, silicon nitride, doped silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, glass, sapphire, metal layers disposed on silicon and the like. Thesubstrate 400 may have various dimensions, such as 200 mm or 300 mm diameter wafers, as well as, rectangular or square panels. In embodiment depicted in the present invention, thesubstrate 400 may be a silicon semiconductor substrate. - In one embodiment, a
layer 402, as depicted inFIG. 4A , is disposed on thesubstrate 400 and is suitable to fabricate anSTI structure 404. Thelayer 402 may be a silicon film, e.g., blanket bare silicon film. In embodiments wherein thelayer 402 is not present, processes described as performed on thelayer 402 may alternatively be on thesubstrate 400. - In one embodiment, the
layer 402 may have etched or patterned to formtrenches 406 within thelayer 402 for manufacturing shallow trench isolation (STI) structure, which may be used for electrically isolating devices in an integrated circuit from one another. In addition, theSTI structure 404 may be formed relative to transistor gate constructions and adjacent transistor source/drain regions with thesubstrate 400. Thetrenches 406 are formed within thelayer 402 for device isolation. - At
step 304, adielectric material 408 is deposited on thesubstrate 400 filling thetrenches 406 defined within thelayer 402, as shown inFIG. 4B . Thedielectric material 408 may be deposited by the flowable chemical vapor deposition process performed in theprocess chamber 200, as described above with referenced toFIG. 2 . In one embodiment, thedielectric material 408 is a silicon containing material deposited by the gas mixture supplied into theprocess chamber 200. - In one embodiment, the gas mixture supplied into the
process chamber 200 for forming thedielectric material 408 may include a dielectric material precursor and a processing precursor. Suitable examples of the dielectric material precursor include silane, disilane, methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, tetramethylsilane, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), triethoxysilane (TES), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), tetramethyl-disiloxane (TMDSO), tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), tetramethyl-diethoxyl-disiloxane (TMDDSO), dimethyl-dimethoxyl-silane (DMDMS) or combinations thereof. Additional precursors for the deposition of silicon nitride include SixNyHz containing precursors, such as sillyl-amine and its derivatives including trisillylamine (TSA) and disillylamine (DSA), SixNyHzOzz containing precursors, SixNyHzClzz containing precursors, or combinations thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the silicon containing precursor used for depositing thedielectric material 408 is trisillylamine (TSA). In addition, suitable examples of the processing precursors may include a nitrogen containing precursor. Suitable examples of the nitrogen containing precursor includes a H2/N2 mixture, N2, NH3, NH4OH, N2, NxHy compounds including N2H4 vapor, NO, N2O, NO2 and the like. Furthermore, the processing precursors may also include hydrogen-containing compounds, oxygen-containing compounds or combinations thereof. Examples of suitable processing precursors include one or more of compounds selected from the group comprising of H2, a H2/N2 mixture, O3, O2, H2O2, water vapor, or combinations thereof. The processing precursors may be plasma excited, such as in the RPS unit, to include N* and/or H* and/or O* containing radicals or plasma, for example, NH3, NH2*, NH*, N*, H*, O*, N*O*, or combinations thereof. The processing precursor may alternatively, include one or more of the precursors as needed. In one embodiment, the processing precursor used for depositing thedielectric material 408 is NH3 gas. - In one embodiment, the substrate temperature during the deposition process is maintained at a predetermined range. In one embodiment, the substrate temperature is maintained at less than about 200 degrees Celsius, such as less than 100 degrees Celsius so as to allow the
dielectric material 408 formed on the substrate to be flowable to reflow and fill within thetrenches 406. It is believed that relative lower substrate temperature, such as less than 100 degrees Celsius, can assist maintaining the film initially formed on the substrate surface in a liquid-like flowable state, so as to preserve the flowability and viscosity of the resultant film formed thereon. As the resultant film is formed on the substrate having a certain degree of flowability and viscosity, the bonding structure of the film may be transformed, converted, replaced with or into different function groups or bonding structure after the subsequent thermal and wet processes. In one embodiment, the substrate temperature in the process chamber is maintained at a range between about room temperature to about 200 degrees Celsius, such as about less than 100 degrees Celsius, for example about 30 degrees Celsius and about 80 degrees Celsius. - The dielectric material precursor may be supplied into the processing chamber at a flow rate between about 1 sccm and about 5000 sccm. The processing precursors may be supplied into the processing chamber at a flow rate between about 1 sccm and about 1000 sccm. Alternatively, the gas mixture supplied during processing may also be controlled at a flow ratio of dielectric material precursor to processing precursor of between about 0.1 and about 100. The process pressure is maintained at between about 0.10 Torr to about 10 Torr, for example, about 0.1 Torr and about 1 Torr, such as about 0.5 Torr and about 0.7 Torr.
- One or more inert gases may also be included with the gas mixture provided to the
process chamber 200. The inert gas may include, but not limited to, noble gas, such as Ar, He, Xe, and the like. The inert gas may be supplied to the processing chamber at a flow ratio of between about 1 sccm and about 50000 sccm. - A RF power is applied to maintain the plasma during deposition. The RF power is provided between about 100 kHz and about 100 MHz, such as about 350 kHz or about 13.56 MHz. Alternatively, a VHF power may be utilized to provide a frequency up to between about 27 MHz and about 200 MHz. In one embodiment, the RF power may be supplied between about 1000 Watt and about 10000 Watt. The spacing of the substrate to the
showerhead 225 may be controlled in accordance with the substrate dimension. In one embodiment, the processing spacing is controlled between about 100 mils and about 5 inches. - In one embodiment, the
dielectric material 408 formed on thesubstrate 400 is a silicon containing material having nitride or hydrogen atoms, such as SixNyHz or —Si—N—H— bonds, formed therein, where x is an integer greater than 1 to 200, y, z are integers from 0 to 400. Since the processing precursor supplied in the gas mixture may provide nitrogen and hydrogen species during depositing, the silicon atoms formed in thedielectric material 408 may contain —Si—N—H—, —Si—N—, or —Si—H— or other different bonding. The Si—N, N—H, Si—H bonds will be further replaced with Si—O—Si bond by the subsequent thermal and wet processes to form thedielectric material 408 as a silicon oxide layer. - At
step 306, after thedielectric material 408 is formed on thesubstrate 400, thesubstrate 400 is cured and/or thermally processed to bake thedielectric material 408. The curing/baking process removes the moisture from the depositeddielectric material 408 so as to form a solid phasedielectric material 408, as shown inFIG. 4C . As thedielectric material 408 is cured, moisture and solvent in the depositeddielectric material 408 is driven out, resulting the depositeddielectric material 408 to refill and reflow within thetrenches 406 defined within thesubstrate 400, thereby forming a substantiallyplanar surface 410 on thesubstrate 400. In one embodiment, the curing process performed atstep 306 may be executed on a hot plate, a oven, a heated chamber or suitable tools that may provide sufficient heat to thesubstrate 400. - In one embodiment, the curing temperature may be controlled at below 100 degrees Celsius, such as below 80 degrees Celsius, for example about 50 degrees Celsius. The curing time may be controlled at between about 1 seconds and about 10 hours.
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step 308, a wet oxidation process may be performed on thesubstrate 400 after the curing process ofstep 306. After the curing process ofstep 306, thedielectric material 408 formed on thesubstrate 400 has not yet densified and the structures of the Si—N, N—H, Si—H bonding are still remaining as the main bonding structures formed in thedielectric material 408. Accordingly, the wet oxidation process as performed atstep 308 modifies the chemical composition of thedielectric material 408 to replace the Si—N, N—H, Si—H bonding with Si—O—Si or Si—O bonding and network structure to oxidize thedielectric material 408. The wet oxidation process increases the percentage by weight of the oxygen elements formed in thedielectric material 408 while reduces the percentage by weight of the nitrogen and hydrogen elements formed therein. - In one embodiment, the
substrate 400 is placed, immersed, dipped, flooded, or wet treated to perform the wet oxidation process atstep 308. In one embodiment, thesubstrate 400 is wetted by a liquid bath contained in a wet tank, such as awet processing tank 500, which will be described further below with reference toFIG. 5 , to perform the wet oxidation process. It is noted that thesubstrate 400 may also be processed in any other suitable processing container, including those from other manufacturers. It is believed that the wet oxidation process may initiate the oxygen replacement process in thedielectric material 408, thereby triggering a chain-reaction like process within thedielectric material 408 to rapidly replace the nitrogen and/or the hydrogen bonds with oxygen bonds. After the oxidation replacement process, a strong silicon oxide bonding (—O—Si—O) may be formed in the oxidizeddielectric material 412, as shown inFIG. 4E . - The wet oxidation processing solution used to perform the wet oxidation process on the
substrate 400 provides oxygen sources to replace and convert the nitrogen and hydrogen elements formed in thedielectric material 408 into oxygen elements. In one embodiment, the wet oxidation processing solution may include ozonated deionized (DI) water, e.g., ozone comprised in deionized (DI) water. Other oxygen source, such as O2, N2O, NO2, H2O vapor or steam, H2O2 and the like may also be used in deionized (DI) water to perform the wet oxidation process. Furthermore, suitable acid or based solution, such as SC1 (e.g., s dilution of NH4OH/H2O2) or SC2 solution (e.g., dilution of HCl/H2O2) may also be used to perform the wet oxidation process. In one embodiment, the ozone source is constantly bubbled and supplied into the deionized (DI) water solution, forming a saturated ozonated deionized (DI) water to wet oxidize thesubstrate 400 immersed in the solution. In one embodiment, the concentration of the ozone included in the deionized (DI) water for the wet oxidation process is controlled between about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L) and about 1000 milligram (mg) per liter (L). - In one embodiment, the wet oxidation solution/bath may be controlled at a temperature less than 100 degrees Celsius, such as less than about 80 degrees Celsius, for example about less than 75 degrees Celsius. It is believed that the relatively low temperature wet oxidation process may reduce the thermal budget generated to the
substrate 400, thereby reducing the likelihood of damaging the film layers or devices structures formed on thesubstrate 400. In addition, it is also found that performing the wet oxidation process at a temperature greater than 45 degrees Celsius may promote a higher oxidation rate of thedielectric material 408, which may efficiently oxidize thedielectric material 408 at a shorter time. In one example, the temperature of the wet oxidation process may be controlled at greater than 40 degrees Celsius but less than 100 degrees Celsius. For example, the temperature of the wet oxidation process may be controlled at about 45 degrees Celsius. - Furthermore, the wet oxidation processing solution provides a low cost, fast and simple process so that the overall process complexity may be reduced while also reducing manufacturing cost and process cycle time. In one embodiment, the process time for the wet oxidation process performed on the
substrate 400 may be controlled at between about 1 seconds and about 10 hours. Alternatively, the process time may also be controlled by observing the bonding structures formed in the oxidizeddielectric material 412 until a desired percentage or atomic weight of the silicon-nitrogen and/or silicon-hydrogen bonding in thedielectric material 408 have been converted into the silicon-oxygen bonding. The bonding structure of the oxidizeddielectric material 412 may be inspected or observed by FTIR, SIMS or XPS. - In one example, FTIR measurement equipment may be utilized to inspect the bonding structure of the oxidized
dielectric material 412. In the FTIR spectrum, when the Si—O signal at about 1080 nm is increased while Si—N signal at about 835-860 nm and/or the Si—H signal at about 2154-2180 nm is decreased, at least part of the silicon nitrogen bonding and/or silicon hydrogen bonding have been replaced or converted into silicon-oxygen bonding. The silicon oxygen signal is increased when the wet oxidation process time increased. Therefore, a proper process time may be determined when the silicon-oxygen bonding signal has reached to a desired intensity. In one embodiment, the wet oxidation process may be terminated when the intensity of the silicon-oxygen signal is about greater than 90 percent of the sum of the peak intensity. In an exemplary embodiment, the process time for the wet oxidation process is controlled at between about 0.5 hours and about 3 hours. - In the embodiment wherein the SIMS or XPS measurement equipment is used, the wet oxidation process may be terminated when the oxygen elements formed in the oxidized
dielectric material 412 is greater than 50 percent by atomic weight. - At
step 310, the oxidizeddielectric material 412 is exposed to a thermal annealing process to form an annealeddielectric material 414, as shown inFIG. 4E . An example of a suitable thermal anneal chamber in which step 310 may be performed is the CENTURA® RADIANCE® RTP chamber, available from Applied Materials, Inc., among others. It is noted other types of anneal chamber or RTP chamber, including those from other manufactures, may also be utilized to perform the thermal annealing process as described instep 310. - In one embodiment of
step 310, thesubstrate 400 may be heated to a temperature from about 100 degrees Celsius to about 1000 degrees Celsius. In one embodiment, the duration of the thermal annealing process may be from about 1 second to about 180 seconds, for example, about 2 seconds to about 60 seconds, such as about 5 seconds to about 30 seconds. At least one annealing gas is supplied into the chamber for thermal annealing process. Examples of annealing gases include oxygen (O2), ozone (O3), atomic oxygen (O), water (H2O), nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5), nitrogen (N2), ammonia (NH3), hydrazine (N2H4), derivatives thereof or combinations thereof. The annealing gas may contain nitrogen and at least one oxygen-containing gas, such as oxygen. The chamber may have a pressure from about 0.1 Torr to about 100 Torr, for example, about 0.1 to about 50 Torr, such as 0.5 Torr. In one example of a thermal annealing process,substrate 400 is heated to a temperature of about 600 degrees Celsius for about 60 seconds within an oxygen atmosphere. In another example,substrate 400 is heated to a temperature of about 1000 degrees Celsius for about 10 seconds to about 60 seconds within an atmosphere containing equivalent volumetric amounts of nitrogen and oxygen during the annealing process. - It is believed that the thermal annealed process performed at
step 310 may assist densifying the film structures and modify the chemical structure of thedielectric material 414 formed on thesubstrate 400, thereby providing stronger bonding structures and silicon oxygen bonding in the resultant annealeddielectric material 414. Furthermore, the thermal annealing process may also assist driving out the dangling bonds or weak silicon-hydrogen bonding from thedielectric material 414, thereby reducing the film leakage and improving film quality. -
FIG. 5 depicts a schematic cross-sectional view of awet processing tank 500 in which the wet oxidation process descried atstep 308 may be performed. Thewet processing tank 500 generally include atank 502 having an interior volume that may contain a wetoxidation processing solution 504, such as described with reference to step 308. It is noted that other suitable liquid, fluid, bath or the like may also be used in thetank 502 to perform the wet oxidation process. Thetank 502 may have arack 508 disposed therein to support a plurality or a batch ofsubstrates 400 to be positioned therein for processing. Alternatively, the plurality ofsubstrates 400 may be secured or positioned in thetank 502 is any other suitable manner, such as inserted and supported within a cassette, which may hold and secure thesubstrates 400 at desired positions. It is noted that thetank 502 may also be utilized to perform wet oxidization process for a single substrate as needed. - The plurality of
substrate 400 are immersed, flooded, placed, wetted, processed, sprayed or dipped in theprocessing solution 504 disposed in thetank 502 for processing. Thetank 502 may includes afirst supply source 512 and asecond supply source 514 that may supply processing liquid or processing solution into thetank 502 through aninlet port 510. In one embodiment, thefirst supply source 512 may supply deionized (DI) water into thetank 502 and thesecond supply source 514 may supply oxygen containing source into thetank 502. As discussed above, suitable oxygen containing source that may be supplied from thesecond supply source 514 to thetank 502 may include O3, O2, N2O, NO2, H2O vapor or steam, H2O2, combinations thereof and the like. Alternatively, thesecond supply source 514 may also supplied other suitable acid or based solution, such as SC1 (e.g., s dilution of NH4OH/H2O2) or SC2 solution (e.g., dilution of HCl/H2O2), into thetank 502 to perform the wet oxidation process. In one exemplary embodiment depicted therein, the oxygen containing source supplied from thesecond supply source 514 is ozone that may be continuously bubbled or supplied into thetank 502, mixing with the deionized (DI) water supplied from thefirst supply source 512 to form theprocessing solution 504 in thetank 502 for performing the wet oxidation process on thesubstrates 400 immersed in thetank 502. - Thus, a method of depositing a dielectric layer that includes performing a wet oxidation process on a silicon containing dielectric material. The method is particularly suitable for depositing dielectric material filling trenches or vias defined within a substrate. The wet oxidation process advantageously replaces and converts silicon-nitrogen and/or silicon-hydrogen bonding formed in the silicon containing dielectric material into silicon-oxygen bonding, thereby providing a desired silicon oxide layer with strong bonding structures and high film quality.
- While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow.
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1. A method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate, comprising:
forming a dielectric material on a substrate by a flowable CVD process;
curing the dielectric material disposed on the substrate;
performing a wet oxidation process on the dielectric material disposed on the substrate; and
forming an oxidized dielectric material on the substrate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the dielectric material on the substrate by a flowable CVD process further comprising:
supplying a gas mixture including at least a silicon containing precursor and a processing precursor into the flowable CVD processing chamber, wherein the silicon containing precursor is selected from a group consisting of silane, disilane, methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, tetramethylsilane, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), triethoxysilane (TES), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), tetramethyl-disiloxane (TMDSO), tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), tetramethyl-diethoxyl-disiloxane (TMDDSO), dimethyl-dimethoxyl-silane (DMDMS), trisillylamine (TSA), disillylamine (DSA), SixNyHzOzz-containing precursors, SixNyHzClzz-containing precursors, or combinations thereof.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the processing precursor is selected from a group consisting of H2/N2 mixture, N2, NH3, NH4OH, N2, N2H4 vapor, NO, N2O, NO2, H2, O3, O2, H2O2, water vapor, or combinations thereof.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the silicon containing precursor is trisillylamine (TSA) and the processing precursor is NH3.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the substrate temperature is controlled at less than 100 degrees Celsius.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the wet oxidation process on the dielectric material further comprises:
wetting the substrate with a processing solution containing an oxygen source, wherein the oxygen source is selected from a group consisting of O3, O2, N2O, NO2, H2O vapor or steam, H2O2, NH4OH/H2O2 solution, dilution of HCl/H2O2 solution, or combinations thereof.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the oxygen source is O3.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the processing solution is ozonated deionized (DI) water having an ozone concentration between about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L) and about 1000 milligram (mg) per liter (L).
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the processing solution has a temperature controlled greater than 40 degrees Celsius but less than 100 degrees Celsius.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the wet oxidation process on the dielectric material further comprises:
replacing silicon-nitrogen and/or silicon-hydrogen bonds in the dielectric material with silicon-oxide bonds.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a thermal anneal process on the oxidized dielectric material disposed on the substrate.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the thermal anneal process further comprises:
annealing the substrate to a temperature between about 100 degrees Celsius and about 1000 degrees Celsius.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidized dielectric material is a silicon oxide layer.
14. A method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate, comprising:
forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, wherein the silicon containing layer having a formula of SixNyHz;
curing the silicon containing layer disposed on the substrate;
immersing the silicon containing layer into a processing solution having an oxygen source, wherein the oxygen source in the processing solution at least partially replaces silicon nitrogen or silicon hydrogen bonds in the silicon containing layer with silicon oxygen bonds; and
forming an oxidized silicon containing layer on the substrate.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein forming the silicon containing layer on the substrate by the flowable CVD process further comprising:
forming the silicon-containing layer in the presence of a gas mixture including at least a silicon containing precursor and a processing precursor, wherein the silicon containing precursor is trisilylamine (TSA) and the processing precursor is NH3.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the processing solution includes an oxygen source disposed in deionized (DI) water.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the oxygen source is O3.
18. The method of claim 14 further comprising:
performing a thermal anneal process on the oxidized silicon containing layer to anneal the substrate to a temperature between about 100 degrees Celsius and about 1000 degrees Celsius.
19. A method of forming an oxidized dielectric material on a substrate, comprising:
forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate by a flowable CVD process, wherein the silicon containing layer is formed by exposure to a gas mixture containing trisilylamine (TSA) and NH3;
curing the silicon containing layer disposed on the substrate;
wetting the silicon containing layer with a processing solution having O3 disposed in deionized (DI) water, wherein the ozone disposed in the deionized (DI) water has a concentration between about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L) and about 1 milligram (mg) per liter (L); and
forming an oxidized silicon containing layer on the substrate.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the oxygen source provided from O3 in the processing solution at least partially coverts silicon nitrogen or silicon hydrogen bonding formed in the silicon containing layer into silicon oxygen bonding.
21. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
performing a thermal anneal process on the oxidized silicon containing layer to anneal the substrate to a temperature between about 100 degrees Celsius and about 1000 degrees Celsius.
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