WO2001026143A1 - Procédé de fabrication d'un dispositif à semi-conducteur - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for epitaxially growing a compound layer between semiconductor metals, particularly a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer having high crystal orientation, on a surface portion of a semiconductor layer.
- a process of forming a silicide layer on the surface of a semiconductor layer has been proposed.
- Various metals have been proposed as metals for forming a silicide layer.
- a cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ;) layer formed using cobalt is excellent in both thermal stability and resistivity. So it is especially noticed! /
- the cobalt silicide layer aggregates or spike defects occur in the cobalt silicide layer in the reaction process between the cobalt atom and the silicon atom ( IEDM 1995—449 K. Goto).
- the cobalt silicide layer agglomerates to cause a disconnection, and a spike defect causes a junction leak.
- a cobalt silicide layer is formed by epitaxial growth as described below in a paper (Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 1996, June).
- a method has been proposed. That is, a SiO x (x 2) film having a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 nm is formed on a semiconductor layer made of silicon crystal, and then a cobalt film is formed on the S film under ultra-high vacuum.
- Oxide Mediated Epitaxy is a technology that deposits a film to a thickness of several nm and then performs a heat treatment to react cobalt atoms with silicon atoms to epitaxially grow a cobalt silicide layer. Proposed. Further, according to this technique, it is described that the SiOx film plays a role in promoting the growth of the cobalt silicide layer.
- the above-described method of forming a cobalt silicide layer by an epitaxial growth method requires an ultra-high vacuum device for depositing a cobalt film, and the ultra-high vacuum device is used in a semiconductor process made of a normal silicon. Therefore, it is not suitable for mass production processes.
- the above-mentioned method forms a cobalt film on a semiconductor layer via an SiO x (X ⁇ 2) film having an extremely thin film thickness and having an excess of silicon over the stoichiometric composition. Therefore, various problems occur due to variations in the film quality and thickness of the SiO 2 film. That is, if there is a pinhole in the SiO, film, cobalt and silicon react explosively through the pinhole, so that the cobalt silicide layer cannot be epitaxially grown, and If the thickness of the SiO x film varies, the reaction between cobalt atoms and silicon atoms will proceed at a stretch in the thin part of the film, making it impossible to grow the epitaxy of the cobalt silicide layer satisfactorily. There's a problem. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention provides a method for stabilizing a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer without aggregation and spike defects, for example, a cobalt silicide layer, in a vacuum range or using a manufacturing apparatus, which is usually used in a semiconductor mass production process.
- the purpose is to be able to grow epitaxially.
- the inventors of the present application studied the cause of aggregation and spike defects in a cobalt silicide layer formed by epitaxy growth. Were obtained. That is, the mechanism by which cobalt atoms react with silicon atoms to form cobalt silicide is due to the progress of the reaction of Co 2 Si ⁇ CoSi ⁇ CoSi 2 when considered thermodynamically. However, in the reaction path of Co 2 Si ⁇ CoSi ⁇ CoSi 2 , the interfacial energy is unstable and non-uniform, so that cobalt silicide is polycrystallized, which causes aggregation and spike defects. .
- a seed layer made of CoSi 2 is provided at the interface between the semiconductor layer containing silicon and the cobalt film.
- a CoSi 2 seed layer can be formed by controlling the concentration of oxygen atoms existing between the semiconductor layer and the cobalt film. Specifically, when a cobalt film is deposited on a semiconductor layer in which oxygen atoms are distributed in a region near the surface, the amount of oxygen atoms interposed between the semiconductor layer and the cobalt film is reduced.
- the first method for manufacturing a semiconductor device provides a method for distributing a nonmetallic element in a region near a surface of a semiconductor layer. And forming a metal film on the semiconductor layer, and subjecting the metal film to a heat treatment to react the elements constituting the semiconductor layer with the metals constituting the metal film, thereby forming a semiconductor layer. Epitaxially growing a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer on the surface.
- a non-metallic element is distributed in a region near the surface of the semiconductor layer, and then a metal film is deposited on the semiconductor layer. Is applied to react the elements constituting the semiconductor layer with the metals constituting the metal film, so that the metal constituting the metal film and the elements constituting the semiconductor layer can be prevented from reacting to each other. Polycrystallization of the intermetallic compound layer can be prevented. Therefore, according to the present invention, a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer free from aggregation and spike defects can be stably formed at a low temperature and in a vacuum range generally used in a semiconductor mass production process.
- the step of distributing the nonmetallic element includes the step of forming a compound layer composed of the semiconductor element and the nonmetallic element on the semiconductor layer, and irradiating the compound layer with particle energy rays.
- the method further includes a step of distributing the nonmetallic element contained in the compound layer to a region near the surface of the semiconductor layer by recoil, and a step of removing the compound layer.
- the non-metal element contained in the compound layer can be surely distributed in the region near the surface of the semiconductor layer by the recoil due to the irradiation of the particle energy beam.
- the step of distributing the nonmetallic element includes the step of forming a compound layer including a semiconductor element and a nonmetallic element on the semiconductor layer. Irradiating the material layer with a particle energy beam to distribute the nonmetallic element contained in the compound layer to a region near the surface of the semiconductor layer by recoil and preferably remove the compound layer.
- the non-metal element contained in the compound layer can be surely distributed to the region near the surface of the semiconductor layer due to the recoil caused by the irradiation of the particle energy beam, and the step of removing the compound layer is not required. become.
- a semiconductor layer having a face-centered cubic crystal structure a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer having a face-centered cubic crystal structure, and an amorphous compound layer can be used.
- the particle energy beam is a nonmetallic elemental force.
- a semiconductor layer having a face-centered cubic crystal structure and a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer having a face-centered cubic crystal structure can be used.
- a semiconductor layer having a diamond-type or zinc-blende-type crystal structure and a calcium fluoride-type semiconductor metal compound layer can be used.
- the semiconductor layer is preferably a silicon layer
- the nonmetal element is oxygen
- the metal film is a cobalt film
- the semiconductor intermetallic compound layer is preferably a cobalt silicide layer.
- a cobalt silicide layer that is thermally stable and has low sheet resistance can be reliably grown epitaxially on the surface of the semiconductor layer.
- the concentration of oxygen Shi preferred that a 4 X 10 " ⁇ 4 X 10 15 cm_ 2 les.
- the step of distributing the non-metallic element includes, after forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon layer, irradiating the silicon oxide film with particle energy rays to reduce oxygen contained in the silicon oxide film to the silicon layer.
- the method includes a step of distributing oxygen to a region near the surface in the silicon layer. Can be.
- the method for manufacturing a second semiconductor device includes a step of forming a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer, a step of forming an impurity layer on both sides of the gate electrode in the semiconductor layer, and a step of forming a semiconductor layer near the surface of the semiconductor layer. Distributing the non-metallic element in the region, depositing the metal film on the semiconductor layer, and subjecting the metal film to a heat treatment to react the element forming the semiconductor layer with the metal forming the metal film. A step of epitaxially growing a semiconductor intermetallic compound layer on the surface of the semiconductor layer.
- the second method for manufacturing a semiconductor device it is possible to form a cobalt silicide layer that is thermally stable and has low sheet resistance and low contact resistance on the surface of a semiconductor layer serving as a source or a drain.
- a high-quality silicide layer can be formed on the surface of the gate electrode, the performance of a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a MOSFET can be improved without increasing the number of steps.
- the step of distributing the nonmetal element includes the step of forming a compound layer composed of the semiconductor element and the nonmetal element on the semiconductor layer, and irradiating the compound layer with particle energy rays.
- the method further includes a step of distributing the nonmetallic element contained in the compound layer to a region near the surface of the semiconductor layer by recoil, and a step of removing the compound layer.
- the non-metal element contained in the compound layer can be surely distributed in the region near the surface of the semiconductor layer by the recoil due to the irradiation of the particle energy beam.
- the semiconductor layer may be a silicon layer
- the nonmetallic element may be oxygen
- the metal film may be a cobalt film
- the semiconductor intermetallic compound layer may be a cobalt silicide layer.
- a cobalt silicide layer that is thermally stable and has low sheet resistance can be reliably grown epitaxially on the surface of the semiconductor layer.
- the concentration of oxygen is preferably 4 ⁇ 10 ′′ to 4 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 2 .
- FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating a planar structure of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 1 (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line lb-lb in FIG. 1 (a).
- FIGS. 2A to 2C are cross-sectional views illustrating respective steps of a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the second embodiment.
- FIGS. 3A to 3C are cross-sectional views illustrating respective steps of a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the second embodiment.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional views showing each step of the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the second embodiment.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are cross-sectional views illustrating respective steps of a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment.
- FIGS. 6A to 6C are cross-sectional views illustrating each step of the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B are cross-sectional views showing each step of the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 8 shows the result of measuring the concentration of oxygen atoms by low energy SIMS, and is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the oxygen concentration and the degree of epitaxy growth.
- FIG. 1A shows a planar structure of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment
- FIG. 1B shows a cross-sectional structure taken along a line lb-lb in FIG. 1A.
- the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment may be a transistor of any type of CMOS, pMOS, or nMOS, an n-type MOS transistor will be described here.
- an n-type channel stopper 11 is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate 10 made of n-type silicon crystal and having a resistivity of several ⁇ 'cm.
- a field insulating film 13 serving as an element isolation region is formed on the channel stopper 11, and a P-type well region is formed in a region of the semiconductor substrate 10 surrounded by the channel stopper 11. Zone 12 is formed.
- An n-type low-concentration impurity diffusion layer 16 and an n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18 constituting an LDD structure are formed in a region serving as a source or a drain inside the p-type transistor region 12. Further, a gate electrode 15 made of a polycrystalline silicon film is provided between the source region and the drain region on the semiconductor substrate 10 via a gate insulating film 14 made of a silicon oxide film. Side walls 17 made of a silicon oxide film are formed on the side surfaces.
- an epitaxial growth layer made of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ) is formed on the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18, and the surface of the gate electrode 15 is formed on the surface of the gate electrode 15.
- the polycrystalline cobalt disilicide layer which has an epitaxy relation to the individual crystal grains of polycrystalline silicon, has an epitaxy growth layer formed on the n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18. They are formed simultaneously under the same conditions.
- the thickness of the silicide layer grown on each surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18 and the gate electrode 15 is, for example, about 30 to 50 nm. For this reason, since the resistance values of the n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18 and the gate electrode 15 are sufficiently reduced, the performance of the semiconductor integrated circuit device having the MOSFET according to the first embodiment is improved. I have.
- An interlayer insulating film 22 is deposited on the semiconductor substrate 10, and a metal wiring 24 made of, for example, an aluminum alloy film is formed on the interlayer insulating film 22, and the metal wiring 24 is formed of a protective insulating film 25 Covered in.
- the metal wiring 24 is connected through a contact hole 23 formed in the interlayer insulating film 22 to an epitaxial silicide layer 21 formed on the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18. Therefore, the contact resistance between the n-type high-concentration impurity diffusion layer 18 and the metal wiring 24 is sufficiently reduced.
- a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 (a) to (c;), FIGS. 3 (a) to (c), and FIGS. This will be described with reference to (a) and (b).
- a thin silicon oxide film is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate 100 made of an n-type silicon crystal shown in FIG. 2A, and then a silicon nitride film is deposited on the silicon oxide film. Patterning is performed on the silicon nitride film using a known photolithography technique and an etching technique to remove a field insulating film formation region in the silicon nitride film. You.
- an n-type impurity such as phosphorus or arsenic is ion-implanted at a high concentration to form a channel stopper 101, and then boron is added to the semiconductor substrate 100.
- the p-type impurity region 102 is ion-implanted to form the p-type well region 102.
- the semiconductor substrate 100 is subjected to a heat treatment to oxidize a region of the surface of the semiconductor substrate 100 that is not covered with the silicon nitride film, and a LOCOS method is performed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 100, for example, 400 nm.
- a field insulating film 103 having a thickness is formed. The heat treatment activates the channel stopper 101 and the p-type well region 102. After that, the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film are removed.
- a gate insulating film 104 made of, for example, a silicon oxide film having a thickness of, for example, 5 to ⁇ ⁇ m is formed on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 100 by, for example, a thermal oxidation method.
- the gate electrode 105 is formed by patterning the polycrystalline silicon film using a known photolithography technique and etching technique.
- an n-type impurity such as arsenic or phosphorus is ion-implanted at a low concentration into the semiconductor substrate 100 using the gate electrode 105 as a mask to form an n-type low-concentration impurity layer 106 as shown in FIG. I do.
- n-type impurity such as arsenic or phosphorus is ion-implanted at a high concentration into the semiconductor substrate 100 using the gate electrode 105 and the sidewall 107 as a mask to form an n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108.
- heat treatment is performed to activate the n-type low concentration impurity layer 106 and the high concentration impurity layer 108.
- the sidewall 107 may use a silicon nitride film instead of the silicon oxide film.
- the heat treatment for activation may be performed in the first and second heat treatment steps described later.
- non-metallic element ions for example, oxygen ions
- An oxygen atom distribution region 109 in which oxygen atoms are distributed in the substrate surface direction is formed in the region.
- the oxygen atom distribution region 109 may be formed by distributing oxygen atoms by plasma doping instead of oxygen ion implantation.
- the oxygen atom distribution region 109 is preferably distributed within a range of 0.5 to 5 nm from the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 or the surface of the gate electrode 105.
- the concentration of oxygen atoms constituting 109 is preferably in the range of 4 ⁇ 10 14 cm— 2 to 4 ⁇ 10 15 cm— 2 . These reasons will be described later.
- An oxygen atom distribution region 109 is formed between the cobalt film 110 and the n- type high-concentration impurity layer 108 or the gate electrode 105, and oxygen atoms are transferred to the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 or the gate electrode 105. From 0.5 to 5 mn. For this reason, diffusion of the cobalt atoms constituting the cobalt film 110 into the semiconductor substrate 100 is suppressed by the oxygen atom distribution region 109. In addition, since the silicon crystal lattice existing below the oxygen atom distribution region 109 can be seen from the cobalt atoms constituting the cobalt film 110, the region above the oxygen atom distribution region 109 can be ion-implanted or plasma-doped.
- the gate electrode 105 is made of polycrystalline silicon.
- nuclei of cobalt disilicide (CoS) are formed in the same manner as the reaction between cobalt atoms and silicon atoms in the n-type high concentration impurity layer 108. Is done.
- a first heat treatment for holding the semiconductor substrate 100 at a temperature of 500 ° C. for 10 seconds is performed.
- RTA Rapid Thermal Anneal
- cobalt atoms constituting the cobalt film 110 diffuse into the silicon region through the nuclei of cobalt disilicide, and the cobalt atoms react with the silicon atoms.
- the epitaxial growth layer of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ) corresponding to the crystal structure of the nucleus of cobalt disilicide already formed is formed on the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 and the gate electrode 105.
- the first Is referred to as an epitaxial silicide layer.
- 111A is formed.
- the thickness of the first epitaxial silicide layer 111 A is about 17 to 18 nm, and when the thickness of the cobalt film 110 is lOnm, The thickness of the epitaxial silicide layer 111A is about 34 to 36 nm.
- the crystal structure of the semiconductor substrate 100 is a face-centered cubic type
- the crystal structure of the first epitaxial silicide layer 111A is also a face-centered cubic type
- the crystal structure of the semiconductor substrate 100 is a diamond type or a zinc blende type.
- the crystal structure of the first epitaxial silicide layer 111 A is of a calcium fluoride type (fluorite).
- the oxygen atom distribution region 109 is formed at a depth of 0.5 to 5 nm from the surface. Since the cobalt atoms constituting 10 and the silicon atoms constituting the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 or the gate electrode 105 are not in direct contact with each other, the cobalt atoms and the silicon atoms do not react at once, so that the first It is possible to prevent the epitaxial silicide layer 111A from aggregating or polycrystallizing.
- the concentration of the oxygen atoms constituting the oxygen atom distribution region 109 is lower than 4 ⁇ 10 14 cm — 2 , the cobalt atoms and the silicon atoms react with each other, and the first epitaxy silicide layer 111A May be agglomerated or polycrystallized, and if the concentration of oxygen atoms is higher than 4 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 2 , the distance between the cobalt atoms and the crystal lattice of the semiconductor substrate 100 increases, The reaction between cobalt atoms and silicon atoms may not be performed well. ⁇ Tsu Te, the concentration of the oxygen atoms constituting the oxygen atom distributed region 109, 4 X l0 14 C nT 2 ⁇ 4 X 10 15 cm- 2 is preferably in the range of.
- the first epitaxial silicide layer 111A all layers may be made of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ;), or the lower layer (the interface side with the silicon layer) may be made of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 2 ) and the upper layer (the cobalt film 110 side) may be cobalt silicide (CoSi)!
- the lower layer is cobalt disilicide and the upper layer is cobalt silicide. If the cobalt disilicide layer is formed at least at the interface with the silicon layer, the coagulation of the cobalt silicide layer does not occur, so that the leakage current can be reduced.
- the cobalt film 110 that did not react in the first heat treatment was For example, the second heat treatment (RTA) in which the semiconductor substrate 100 is removed at a temperature of 800 ° C. for 10 seconds after removal using an etchant composed of a mixed solution of an ammonia solution and a hydrogen peroxide solution or a hydrochloric acid-based mixed acid solution. ).
- RTA second heat treatment
- the cobalt silicide above the first epitaxial silicide layer 111A also grows to be a cobalt disilicide, so that the first epitaxial silicide layer 111A has a structure in which all the layers are made of cobalt disilicide. It changes to the epitaxial silicide layer 111B of 2.
- the second heat treatment can be omitted.
- the second epitaxial silicide layer 111B in the following description is read as the first epitaxial silicide layer 111A.
- an interlayer insulating film 112 made of a silicon oxide film is deposited over the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 100 by, for example, a CVD method using TEOS (tetraethoxysilane). After that, a contact hole 113 is formed in the interlayer insulating film 112 by using a known photolithography technique and an etching technique.
- TEOS tetraethoxysilane
- an aluminum alloy film is formed by using a well-known photolithography technique and an etching technique. Is patterned to form a metal wiring 114.
- a protective insulating film 115 made of, for example, a laminate of a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film is deposited on the metal wiring 114 by using, for example, a plasma CVD method, thereby forming a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment. Is obtained.
- a laminated film of an aluminum alloy film and a titanium nitride film or a tungsten film may be used as the metal wiring 114.
- the second epitaxial silicide layer 111B made of cobalt disilicide is formed on the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 and the gate electrode 105. Since the sheet resistance of the impurity layer 108 and the gate electrode 105 can be reduced to about 5 ⁇ , the sheet resistance (100 ⁇ ) when the second epitaxial silicide layer 111B is not formed can be greatly reduced. Since the contact resistance can be reduced, the performance of the semiconductor integrated circuit device having the MOSFET can be improved.
- the region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 and A non-metallic element, for example, oxygen atoms 109 is distributed in a region near the surface of the gate electrode 105, and a metal film, for example, a cobalt film 110 is deposited, and then the first and second heat treatments are performed.
- a second epitaxial silicide layer 111B made of cobalt disilicide on the surface of the n-type high concentration impurity layer 108 and the surface of the gate electrode 105 cobalt atoms and silicon atoms are easily Since a reaction situation can be avoided, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the second epitaxy silicide layer 111B is aggregated or polycrystallized, and to avoid a situation in which a spike defect is formed in the second epitaxy silicide layer 111B. I can do it. Therefore, disconnection due to aggregation or polycrystallization of the epitaxial silicide layer can be prevented, and junction leakage due to spike defects can be prevented.
- the first heat treatment is performed in a state where oxygen atoms 109 are distributed in a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 and in a region near the surface of the gate electrode 105, since the first heat treatment is performed in a state where low concentration oxygen atoms 109 are interposed between the layer 108 and the gate electrode 105 and the cobalt film 110, the first heat treatment is performed at a low temperature, for example, at a temperature of 500 ° C. Can be done at
- the second epitaxy silicide layer 111B made of cobalt disilicide is formed on both the surface of the n-type high concentration impurity layer 108 and the surface of the gate electrode 105.
- the second epitaxial silicide layer 111B may be formed only on one of the surface of the n-type high concentration impurity layer 108 and the surface of the gate electrode 105.
- oxygen atoms are distributed in a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 108 and a region near the surface of the gate electrode 105.
- nitrogen atoms or fluorine atoms may be distributed.
- a cobalt film 110 is deposited as a metal film, and a force S that forms a second epitaxial silicide layer 111B made of cobalt disilicide is replaced with nickel or nickel instead of the cobalt film 110.
- a metal film made of another transition metal such as iron may be deposited to form an epitaxy silicide layer made of silicon and a transition metal constituting the metal film.
- a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment will be described as a third embodiment of the present invention.
- the method will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c), FIGS. 6 (a) to 5 (c) and FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b).
- a p-type impurity such as boron is ion-implanted into a semiconductor substrate 200 made of n-type silicon crystal to form a p-type region 202.
- a field insulating film 203 having a thickness of, for example, 400 nm is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 200 by the LOCOS method.
- a gate insulating film 204 made of a silicon oxide film having a thickness of, for example, 5 to 10 mn is formed on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 200
- a polycrystalline film is formed on the gate insulating film 204 by, for example, a CVD method. After depositing a silicon film, the polycrystalline silicon film is patterned to form a gate electrode 205.
- an n-type impurity such as arsenic or phosphorus is ion-implanted at a low concentration into the semiconductor substrate 200 using the gate electrode 205 as a mask to form an n-type low-concentration impurity layer 206 as shown in FIG. I do.
- n-type impurity such as arsenic or phosphorus is ion-implanted at a high concentration into the semiconductor substrate 200 using the gate electrode 205 and the sidewalls 207 as a mask to form an n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208.
- heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate 200 to activate the n-type low-concentration impurity layers 206 and the high-concentration impurity layers 208.
- a compound layer made of a semiconductor element and a non-metal film and having a thickness of about 10 nm, for example, a silicon oxide film 209 is formed over the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 200.
- a solution having an oxidizing power for example, a mixed solution of ammonia, hydrogen peroxide solution and pure water
- S1O2 : Chemical Oxide
- the silicon oxide film 209 is irradiated at a low energy with a line of particle energy composed of a nonmetallic element, for example, an Ar ion beam.
- the silicon oxide film 209 is formed as shown in FIG. 6 (c) by recoil of the particle energy.
- Oxygen atoms are distributed in the substrate surface direction in a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and in a region near the surface of the gate electrode 205 to form an oxygen atom distribution region 210.
- the oxygen atoms constituting the silicon oxide film 209 may be sputtered by the irradiation of the particle energy beam.
- the depth at which oxygen atoms constituting the oxygen atom distribution region 210 are distributed is preferably in the range of 0.5 to 5 nm from the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 or the surface of the gate electrode 205.
- a concentration of oxygen atoms constituting the region 210 a range of 4 ⁇ 10 14 cm— 2 to 4 ⁇ 10 15 cm — 2 is preferable. These reasons are the same as in the second embodiment.
- a metal film for example, a cobalt film 211 is deposited on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 200.
- the cobalt atoms constituting the cobalt film 211 are incorporated into the crystal lattice of silicon, so that a cobalt die is formed at the interface between the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and the cobalt film 210.
- a nucleus of silicide (CoSi 2 :) is formed, and a nucleus of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ) is also formed for each crystal grain of the gate electrode 205.
- a first heat treatment in which the semiconductor substrate 200 is held at a temperature of 500 ° C. for 10 seconds is performed, so that the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and the gate electrode 205 is The first epitaxial silicide layer 212A is formed.
- the oxygen atom distribution region 210 is formed in a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and the gate electrode 205 at a depth of 0.5 to 5 nm from the surface. Since the cobalt atoms and the silicon atoms do not react at once, it is possible to prevent the first epitaxial silicide layer 212A from aggregating or polycrystallizing.
- Figure 8 shows the results of measuring the concentration of oxygen atoms using low-energy SIMS.
- the oxygen concentration (unit: number of atoms / cm 2 ) is shown, and the vertical axis shows the degree of epitaxy growth.
- the degree of epitaxy growth can be represented by intensity, and the greater the value of this intensity, the greater the degree of epitaxy growth.
- the vertical axis represents the peak intensity of CoSi 2 (400).
- the concentration of oxygen distributed near the surface of the semiconductor substrate 200 can form the first epitaxy silicide layer 212A having a cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ;) force.
- CoSi 2 cobalt disilicide
- FIG. 8 it is shown that cobalt disilicide practically grows without any heat resistance problem when the value on the vertical axis is 100 or more. In other words, if the value on the vertical axis is 100 or more, cobalt disilicide has heat resistance even at a high temperature of about 800 ° C, and can prevent agglomeration even at a high temperature.
- the value of the vertical axis is 100 or more, the concentration of oxygen is in the range of 4 X 10 14 cm- 2 ⁇ 4 X 10 ls cm- 'atoms / cm 2.
- the layers may be made of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 ;), or the lower layer (the interface side with the silicon layer) may be made of cobalt disilicide (CoSi 2 : ) And the upper layer (the cobalt film 110 side) may be cobalt silicide (CoSi 2). In this case, since the aggregation of the cobalt silicide layer does not occur, the leakage current can be reduced.
- the cobalt film 211 that did not react in the first heat treatment was removed, for example, by etching a mixed solution of an ammonia solution and a hydrogen peroxide solution or a hydrochloric acid-based mixed acid solution.
- the semiconductor substrate 200 is subjected to a second heat treatment (RTA) in which the semiconductor substrate 200 is maintained at a temperature of 800 ° C. for 10 seconds, and the first epitaxial silicide layer 212A is formed, and all the layers are formed of cobalt disilicide. Is changed to a second epitaxial silicide layer 212B.
- RTA second heat treatment
- the second heat treatment can be omitted.
- the second epitaxial silicide layer 212B in the following description is replaced with the first epitaxial silicide layer 212A.
- the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment is obtained.
- the second epitaxial silicide layer 212B made of cobalt disilicide is formed on the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and the gate electrode 205. Since the sheet resistance of the impurity layer 208 and the gate electrode 205 can be reduced to about 5 ⁇ / port and the contact resistance can be reduced, the performance of the semiconductor integrated circuit device having the MOSFET can be improved.
- the oxygen atoms 210 forming the silicon oxide film 209 are n-type high. It can be surely distributed in the region near the surface of the impurity layer 208 and the region near the surface of the gate electrode 205.
- a metal film such as a cobalt film 211 is deposited after distributing a nonmetal element such as oxygen atoms 210 in a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and a region near the surface of the gate electrode 205. Then, first and second heat treatments are performed to form a second epitaxial silicide layer 212B made of cobalt disilicide on the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and the surface of the gate electrode 205.
- the second epitaxy silicide layer 212B can be prevented from aggregating or polycrystallizing, and the second epitaxy silicide layer 212B can be spiked.
- a situation in which a defect is formed can be avoided. Therefore, disconnection due to aggregation or polycrystallization of the epitaxial silicide layer can be prevented, and junction leakage due to spike defects can be prevented.
- the first heat treatment is performed in a state where oxygen atoms 210 are distributed in a region near the surface of n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and a region near the surface of gate electrode 205. Therefore, the first heat treatment can be performed at a low temperature, for example, at a temperature of 500 ° C.
- the second epitaxy silicide layer 212B made of cobalt disilicide is formed on both the surface of the n-type high concentration impurity layer 208 and the surface of the gate electrode 205. Instead, a second epitaxial silicide layer 212B is formed only on one of the surface of the n-type high concentration impurity layer 208 and the surface of the gate electrode 205. You can.
- the force of forming the silicon oxide film 209 on the semiconductor substrate 200 is replaced by depositing a silicon nitride film or a silicon fluoride film, thereby converting nitrogen atoms or fluorine atoms into It may be distributed in a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and in a region near the surface of the gate electrode 205.
- a cobalt film 211 is deposited as a metal film, and the second cobalt silicide layer 212B made of cobalt disilicide is formed.
- a metal film composed of another transition metal may be deposited to form an epitaxy silicide layer composed of a transition metal and silicon constituting the metal film.
- the silicon oxide film 209 is irradiated with a particle energy ray composed of a non-metallic element, for example, Ar ions, so that the oxygen atoms 210 are formed in the region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and the gate.
- a particle energy ray composed of a non-metallic element, for example, Ar ions
- the silicon oxide film 209 by irradiating a particle energy beam when the oxygen atoms 210 are distributed to a region near the surface of the n-type high-concentration impurity layer 208 and a region near the surface of the gate electrode 205. I do. By doing so, the step of removing the silicon oxide film 209 can be omitted.
- the heat treatment is performed in a state where the nonmetallic element is distributed in a region near the surface of the semiconductor layer, and the element forming the semiconductor layer and the metal film Since the metal constituting the metal film and the element constituting the semiconductor layer can be prevented from reacting at once, it is possible to prevent polycrystallization of the epitaxy semiconductor intermetallic compound layer. it can.
- an epitaxy semiconductor intermetallic compound layer free from aggregation and spike defects can be stably formed at a low temperature and in a vacuum degree range usually used in a semiconductor mass production process.
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