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- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
- MOS Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
- the formation of the impurity diffusion layer is usually performed by implanting ionized impurities into the surface region of the substrate, heating the surface region of the substrate into which the impurities have been implanted, recovering lattice defects caused by the ion implantation, and An annealing step of placing the implanted impurities in the crystal lattice positions and electrically activating them.
- the formation of the shallow impurity diffusion layer is performed by lowering the implantation energy and implanting impurities in the ion implantation step.
- a rapid thermal processing method is used in which light from a light source such as a lamp or a laser is applied to the ion-implanted substrate and rapidly heated to a temperature as high as about 100 ° C. .
- a light source such as a lamp or a laser
- RTA rapid thermal processing
- only the substrate surface can be selectively heated, so high-speed heating at about 100 ° C ns is possible, and short-time processing in about 100 s is possible. It becomes possible.
- impurity diffusion is acceptable if the impurity implanted layer is deep to some extent. However, for example, when the depth of the implanted layer is as shallow as about 50 nm, the depth of the implanted layer is increased by heating. The amount of diffused impurities cannot be ignored.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and relates to a highly reliable semiconductor device manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus.
- the present invention also relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of forming an extremely shallow diffusion layer with high reliability.
- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of selectively exciting a silicon crystal on a substrate surface.
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device provides a method of irradiating a predetermined gas with a microwave having a predetermined frequency from a planar antenna member having a plurality of slits to generate plasma. Forming a plasma generating step;
- the active species is irradiated while the substrate is heated to a predetermined temperature.
- the substrate is doped with the impurity to a depth of 50 nm from a surface of the substrate
- the impurity is activated so that An impurity diffusion layer having a depth of 0 nm or less is formed.
- the gas is, for example, any one of argon (A r), krypton (K r), xenon (X e), or a combination thereof.
- the gas may further include hydrogen (H 2 ).
- the gas may further include oxygen (O 2 ).
- a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus comprises: a gas supply unit configured to supply a predetermined gas to the chamber;
- a planar antenna that receives microwaves through a predetermined waveguide and radiates the microwaves from a plurality of slits
- a substrate holding unit that is disposed to face the planar antenna and that places the substrate to be processed doped with impurities in advance with a predetermined bias voltage applied thereto and heats the substrate to be processed;
- a reduced-pressure exhaust unit that maintains the pressure in the chamber within a predetermined range
- the gas supplied into the chamber by the gas supply unit is converted into plasma by microwaves from the planar antenna unit, and active species in the plasma are transferred to the substrate to be processed mounted on the substrate holding unit.
- Controlling means for irradiating
- the control unit applies a predetermined bias voltage to the substrate to be processed by the substrate holding unit, excites the surface of the substrate to be processed by the active species, and drives the substrate to be processed. Activating the impurity to form an impurity diffusion layer.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device manufactured by a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of an annyunit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of the planar antenna member (RLSA) according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- RLSA planar antenna member
- FIG. 1 shows a structure of a p-channel MOS (hereinafter, pMOS) 11 manufactured using the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present embodiment.
- pMOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- the pMOS 11 includes a silicon substrate 12, a gate insulating film 13, and a gate electrode 14. .
- the silicon substrate 12 is an n-type substrate formed by epitaxial growth or the like.
- the silicon substrate 12 may be an SOI (Silicon On Insulator) substrate.
- Gate insulating film 13 is formed on silicon substrate 12.
- the gate insulating film 13 is composed of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxynitride film, and a laminated film of these and a high dielectric constant film such as tantalum oxide.
- the gate insulating film 13 is provided, for example, with a thickness of 2 to 5 nm (2 ⁇ to 5 ⁇ ).
- the gate electrode 14 is stacked on the gate insulating film 13.
- the gate electrode 14 is made of polysilicon, aluminum, or the like into which impurities are introduced.
- the gate electrode 14 is provided with a thickness of, for example, 0.1 // m to 0.3 / im (1 000 A to 3000 A).
- a source region 15 and a drain region 16 are formed on both sides of the gate insulating film 13 in the surface region of the silicon substrate 12.
- the source region 15 and the drain region 16 are p-type impurity diffusion regions formed by introducing a p-type impurity into an n-type silicon substrate 12.
- the source region 15 and the drain region 16 are connected to a source electrode and a drain electrode (not shown), respectively.
- a predetermined voltage (gate voltage) is applied to the gate electrode 14.
- an inversion layer that is, a channel (ch) is formed in the surface region of the silicon substrate 12.
- a predetermined voltage is applied to the source electrode and the drain electrode, a current flows between the source region 15 and the drain region 16 via the channel (ch).
- each of the impurity diffusion layers forming the source region 15 and the drain region 16 is, for example, 2 nm to 50 nm (2 ⁇ to 500 A) or less in the depth (thickness) direction of the substrate. It is formed extremely shallow at the depth.
- the extremely shallow impurity diffusion layer is formed by ion implantation of a p-type impurity (for example, boron), ion implantation (impurity introduction) by plasma doping or the like, and subsequent annealing.
- the annealing process is formed by using microwave plasma using a radial line slot antenna (RLSA) described later.
- FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a manufacturing apparatus 100 used for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
- the manufacturing apparatus 100 includes a cassette station 101 and a processing station 102.
- the cassette station 101 includes a cassette stage 103 and a transfer chamber 104.
- a cassette C capable of storing a predetermined number of semiconductor wafers (hereinafter, wafer W) is placed on the cassette stage 103.
- the cassette C containing the unprocessed wafers W is placed on the cassette stage 103, while the cassette C containing the processed wafers W is unloaded from the cassette stage 103.
- a pair of loader arms 105 and 106 are arranged in the transfer chamber 104.
- the mouth arms 105 and 106 carry the wafers W stored in the cassette C into the processing station 102 while unloading the processed wafers W from the processing station 102 and store them in the cassette C. I do.
- the inside of the transfer chamber 104 is kept clean by the downflow of clean air.
- the processing station 102 comprises a vacuum platform 107, two load lock units 108, 109, two doping units 110, 111, two anneal units 112, 113, Consists of Each unit is connected to or cut off around a substantially hexagonal vacuum platform 107 via a gate valve. That is, the processing station 102 constitutes a cluster type system.
- the vacuum platform 107 has an exhaust mechanism, and can reduce the pressure to a predetermined vacuum state.
- Each unit isolated by the gate valve has an exhaust mechanism, and an atmosphere independent of the vacuum platform 107 can be formed inside.
- a pair of transfer arms 114 and 115 are provided at the center of the vacuum platform 107 to transfer the wafer W between the units.
- the load lock units 108 and 109 are connected to the transfer chamber 104 of the cassette station 101 so as to be connected or disconnected.
- the load lock units 108 and 109 function as a wafer carry-in port of the processing station 102 and a wafer carry-out port.
- the loader arms 105 and 106 carry the wafers W stored in the cassette C on the cassette stage 103 into the load lock units 108 and 109.
- the loader arms 105 and 106 carry out the processed wafers W from the load port unit 108 and 109, and store them in the cassette C.
- the doping units 110 and 111 are generally It consists of a low-energy ion implanter, a plasma doping device, and the like. In the doping units 110 and 111, a p-type impurity is selectively introduced into the silicon substrate 12 (wafer W) to form an impurity-implanted layer.
- the impurity is introduced, for example, in a self-aligned manner using the gate electrode 14 as a mask. Impurity introduction is performed, for example, at a dose of 1 ⁇ 10 13 to 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm 2 , for example, 2 ⁇ ! The diffusion is performed at a diffusion depth of about 50 nm (2 ⁇ to 50 ⁇ ).
- boron (B), indium (In), or the like can be used as the p-type impurity.
- the anneal units 112 and 113 are plasma processing units of the radial line slot antenna (RLSA) type.
- the annealing units 112 and 113 generate plasma of a processing gas using microwave energy, and the plasma anneals the surface of the silicon substrate 12 after the doping.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional configuration of the annelunits 112 and 113.
- the annyunits 112, 113 include a substantially cylindrical chamber 201.
- the chamber 201 is made of aluminum or the like.
- a mounting table 202 for a wafer W to be processed is provided.
- the mounting table 202 has a built-in temperature control unit (not shown), and the temperature control unit heats the wafer W to a predetermined temperature, for example, room temperature to 600 ° C.
- the mounting table 202 has a circuit for applying a predetermined voltage, and a bias voltage for accelerating ions in the plasma (for example, about 50 V to 0 V, preferably ⁇ 20 V 0V) is applied to the wafer W.
- a bias voltage for accelerating ions in the plasma for example, about 50 V to 0 V, preferably ⁇ 20 V 0V
- a loading / unloading port 203 is provided on the side wall of the chamber 201 at substantially the same height as the upper surface of the mounting table 202.
- the loading / unloading port 203 is connected to the vacuum platform 107 via a gate valve 204. When the gate valve 204 is opened, the wafer W is loaded / unloaded via the loading / unloading port 203.
- One end of an exhaust pipe 205 is connected to the bottom of the chamber 201, and the other end is connected to an exhaust device 206 such as a vacuum pump.
- the inside of the chamber 201 at the time of the processing is set to 40 Pa to 0.13 kPa (30 mTorr to 1 Torrr) by the exhaust device 206 and the like.
- a gas supply pipe 207 is provided above the side of the chamber 201.
- the gas supply pipe 207 is connected to an argon (Ar) gas source 208 and a nitrogen (N 2 ) gas source 209.
- the gas supply pipes 207 are evenly arranged at, for example, 16 places along the circumferential direction of the side wall of the chamber 201. With this arrangement, the gas supplied from the gas supply pipe 207 is evenly supplied above the wafer W on the mounting table 202.
- An opening 210 is provided in the upper part of the chamber 201.
- a window 211 is provided inside the opening 210.
- the window 21 1 is made of a transparent material, for example, quartz, SiO 2 -based glass, Si 3 N 4 , NaCl, KC 1, Li F, C a F 2 , B a F 2 , A 1 2 0 3, a 1 N, inorganic substances such as MgO addition, polyethylene, polyester, Po polycarbonate, cellulose acetate, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polychlorinated vinylidene, polystyrene, polyamide de, of organic material such as polyimide Fi Lum, seat, and.
- a radial line slot antenna (hereinafter, RSA) 212 is provided on the window 211.
- a waveguide 214 connected to the high-frequency power supply unit 2 13 is provided on the RLSA 2 12.
- the waveguide 2 14 has a flat circular waveguide 2 15 having a lower end connected to the RL SA 2 12, and a cylindrical waveguide 2 1 6 having one end connected to the upper surface of the circular waveguide 2 15.
- a coaxial waveguide converter 217 connected to the upper surface of the cylindrical waveguide 216, and one end connected at right angles to the side surface of the coaxial waveguide converter 217, and the other end connected to the high-frequency power supply.
- the RL S A2 12 and the waveguide 214 are made of a copper plate.
- a coaxial waveguide 219 is arranged inside the cylindrical waveguide 216.
- the coaxial waveguide 219 is formed of a shaft member made of a conductive material, one end of which is connected to substantially the center of the upper surface of the RLSA 212, and the other end of which is coaxial with the upper surface of the cylindrical waveguide 216. It is connected to the.
- FIG. 5 shows a plan view of RL SA2 12.
- RLS A2 12 has a plurality of slots 212 a provided on concentric circles on its surface.
- Each of the slots 211a is a substantially rectangular through groove, and adjacent slots 211a are arranged so as to be orthogonal to each other to form a letter "T".
- the length and the arrangement interval of the slots 211a are determined according to the wavelength of the high frequency generated from the high frequency power supply unit 212.
- the high frequency power supply unit 2 13 generates, for example, a microwave of 2.45 GHz with an output of 500 W to 5 kW.
- the microwave generated from the high-frequency power supply unit 21 is transmitted in the rectangular waveguide 218 in a rectangular mode. Further, the microwave is converted from the rectangular mode to the circular mode by the coaxial waveguide converter 217 and transmitted to the cylindrical waveguide 216 in the circular mode. The microwave is further transmitted while being spread in the circular waveguide 215, and radiated from the slot 221a of the RL SA212. The emitted microwave passes through the window 211 and is introduced into the chamber 201.
- Ar / N 2 2000 (sc cm) / 200 (sc cm)
- ArZ N 2 2 0 0 0 Z 2 0 or 1 0 0/10 ⁇
- High-frequency energy is transmitted to the mixed gas in the chamber 201 by the microwave transmitted through the window 211, and high-frequency plasma is generated.
- the active species in the plasma formed using RLSA2 12 has an electron temperature of about 0.7 to 2 eV.
- a plasma active species having relatively mild activity is generated.
- the wafer W surface is annealed by exposure to the generated high-density plasma.
- active species in the generated plasma particularly Ar ions, come into contact with and collide with silicon atoms on the surface of the wafer W to give energy to silicon atoms on the substrate surface.
- the given energy is transmitted from the silicon atoms on the surface of the silicon substrate 12 to the silicon atoms at a deeper position.
- Such energy transfer excites silicon atoms (crystals) at a predetermined depth.
- the silicon crystal is excited.
- the excitation causes a rearrangement (recrystallization) of the silicon crystal disturbed by the implantation (doping). This reduces or eliminates lattice defects in the implanted layer.
- the impurities (such as B) introduced by doping which were not arranged at the predetermined crystal lattice position, also stay at the crystal lattice position and are activated as dopants. You. As a result, an impurity diffusion layer (source region 15 and drain region 16) stably having desired electric characteristics can be obtained.
- the plasma active species generated using RLSA has relatively low energy. Therefore, damage to the surface of the silicon substrate 12 can be avoided.
- the energy imparted to the silicon crystal by the active species is consumed during rearrangement of the silicon crystal during the transmission process, and is not transmitted to silicon atoms at a depth greater than a predetermined depth from the surface.
- the plasma generation conditions are appropriately adjusted to selectively excite silicon atoms at the depth of the implanted layer (about 5 O nm), while atoms deeper than that do not excite the atoms.
- a cassette C containing a predetermined number of wafers W is placed on the cassette stage 103.
- a gate insulating film 13 and a gate electrode 14 are laminated on a silicon substrate 12.
- the loader arms 105 and 106 take out the wafer W from the cassette C and carry it into the load lock units 108 and 109.
- the interior of the load lock units 108 and 109 is made airtight, and the pressure is set to a pressure close to the interior of the vacuum platform 107. Thereafter, the load ports 108 and 109 are opened to the vacuum platform side. Next, the transfer arms 114 and 115 unload the wafer W from the load lock units 108 and 109.
- the transfer arms 114 and 115 carry the wafer W into the doping units 110 and 111. After loading, the gut valve is closed, and the pressure inside the doping units 110 and 111 is maintained at a predetermined level. Thereafter, impurities are introduced into the wafer W in a self-aligned manner using the gate electrode 14 as a mask. As a result, a source region 15 and a drain region 16 are formed near the gate electrode 14. After the end of the doping, the pressure inside the doping units 11 ⁇ and 11 1 is returned to the original pressure, and the gate valve is opened. The transfer arms 1 14 and 1 15 carry out the processed wafer W.
- the wafer W is carried into the annealing units 112, 113.
- the gate valve is closed, and the inside of the air bunny unit 112, 113 is set to a predetermined pressure.
- anneal processing by RLSA plasma is performed on the wafer W. Thereby, the diffusion of impurities is suppressed, and the surface region of the wafer W is stabilized while the depth of the impurity diffusion layer is kept extremely shallow.
- the inside of the anneal units 112, 113 is restored to the original pressure, and the gate valve is opened.
- the transfer arms 114 and 115 transfer the processed wafer W.
- Wafer W after annealing treatment is transferred into load lock units 108 and 109 Is done. After that, the wafer W is stored in the cassette C according to a process reverse to that when the wafer W is loaded into the load lock units 108 and 109. Cassette C containing a predetermined number of processed wafers W is carried out of semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 100. The processed wafer W is then subjected to formation of an insulating film and formation of gate / drain electrodes. As described above, the manufacturing process of pMOS11 ends.
- the impurity diffusion layer is annealed by bringing the plasma active species generated using the RL SA2 12 into contact with the surface of the silicon substrate 12.
- the energy of the generated active species is energy that does not damage the surface of the silicon substrate 12 and selectively excites only silicon atoms slightly deeper than the depth of the impurity diffusion layer.
- the present invention is not limited to the description of the above embodiment, and its application, modification, and the like are arbitrary.
- the pMOS has been described as an example, but an n-channel MOS may be used.
- an n-type impurity such as arsenic, phosphorus, or antimony is used as a dopant, an n-type impurity diffusion layer can be formed extremely shallow.
- MIS metal insulator semiconductor
- CMOS complementary MOS
- the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 100 is provided with two doping units 110 and 111 and two plasma annealing units 112 and 113, respectively.
- the number and arrangement of the units constituting the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 100 are arbitrary.
- the Aniru process in Aniruyunitto 1 1 2, 1 1 3, was assumed to use a mixed gas of A r and N 2.
- Ar krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), etc. may be used alone or in combination.
- ⁇ 2 may be used instead of N 2 .
- H 2, 0 2, and the like H radicals generated from H 2 combine with dangling bonds of Si, stabilize the formed silicon oxide film, and improve the film quality.
- the present invention is useful for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
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