WO2004036638A1 - 半導体装置の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of semiconductor technology, and more particularly to a method for manufacturing and manufacturing a semiconductor device including a step of forming a contact hole in an interlayer insulating film.
- contact holes are formed in the interlayer insulating film (insulating film mainly composed of silicon oxide) formed on the main surface of the wafer by a dry etching method using plasma.
- insulating film mainly composed of silicon oxide
- a situation in which the contact hole formation stops during etching and the underlying semiconductor region or wiring is not exposed is called non-opening.
- a non-product wafer is a wafer that does not directly contribute to the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
- the etching depth of a contact hole is determined in real time.
- a method for monitoring the etching depth there is a method of obtaining an etching depth from an interference waveform due to a difference in optical path length between the top and bottom of the pattern. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of improving yield and productivity.
- the present invention provides a vacuum vessel, a susceptor for installing a semiconductor wafer provided in the vacuum vessel, and introducing a source gas into the vacuum vessel.
- a plasma etching apparatus having a gas introduction means for supplying a gas and a high-frequency power introduction means, and the gas introduced into the vacuum vessel by the gas introduction means is turned into plasma by the high-frequency power, and the plasma
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising a step of selectively forming a plurality of holes in a main surface of a semiconductor wafer in an atmosphere, wherein a flat portion of the main surface of the semiconductor wafer is formed during or after the step of forming the holes. And a step of irradiating light having a continuous spectrum to the hole and the hole, and measuring a change in reflectance between the flat portion and the hole.
- the state of etching in a non-broken state is monitored, and an early stop of the lot or process conditions can be performed. Feedback.
- DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
- This contributes to the improvement of productivity not only in large-quantity small-variety production represented by DRAM (Dynam 1 candid Access Memory), but also in mouth-stick products that require small-quantity multi-variety production. .
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a dry etching apparatus having an etching depth inspection function used in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the wafer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a wafer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a scanning process of the detection light irradiation position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a characteristic diagram showing the wavelength dependence of the reflectance of the flat portion and the hole portion and the wavelength shift amount of the interference peak according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the wavelength shift amount of the interference peak and the etching time according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the wavelength shift amount and the number of processed wafers at the time of completion of etching according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a multi-chamber single-system plasma etching apparatus used in Example 1 of the present invention ′.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an unloading chamber with an etching depth inspection function used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a characteristic diagram showing a relationship between measurement accuracy and measurement frequency of impedance measurement according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is an equivalent circuit diagram showing the capacitance between the upper electrode and the lower electrode in the flat portion of the main surface of the wafer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is an equivalent circuit diagram showing the capacitance between the upper electrode and the lower electrode in the hole on the main surface of the wafer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the etching depth and 1 C according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a dry etching apparatus with an etching depth inspection function used in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the added O 2 flow rate and the maximum flux ratio at which etch stop occurs according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram showing control steps of the O 2 flow rate according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a partial cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device in a HARC forming step according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 shows a semiconductor in the SAC forming process according to the third embodiment of the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view of a device. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a dry etching apparatus having an etching depth inspection function used in an embodiment of the present invention.
- a source gas is introduced into the vacuum vessel 1 via the gas introduction pipe 2 and the shower plate 3, and a plasma is formed by a high-frequency electric field generated by the high-frequency power supply 6.
- the interior of the vacuum vessel 1 (etching chamber) is depressurized by a vacuum exhaust means (not shown) capable of high exhaust such as a turbo molecular pump, and the pressure inside is adjusted by a conductance valve 21.
- a lower electrode 7 is provided in the vacuum vessel 1, and a semiconductor wafer 8 is set on the lower electrode 7.
- the semiconductor wafer 8 is made of, for example, single crystal silicon (Si), and has a shallow groove isolation region and a semiconductor region (active region) partitioned into the shallow groove isolation region.
- the main surface of the semiconductor wafer 8 has an insulating film (interlayer insulating film) made of silicon dioxide (specifically, a TEOS film).
- the lower electrode 7 is connected to a high-frequency bias power supply 9.
- the frequency of the high frequency bias power supply 9 is 400 kHz to 1-56 MHz, preferably 800 kHz.
- the inside of the vacuum vessel 1 is kept under a reduced pressure atmosphere, and ions in the plasma are attracted by a Vpp (Peak to Peak) voltage of about 0.5 kV to 2 kV generated at the lower electrode 7 by the high frequency bias power supply 9. Is used to etch the insulating film.
- Vpp Peak to Peak
- etching depth inspection function (e, (Titching depth measuring device) will be described in detail.
- the etching depth measuring device of the present embodiment is installed on the upper part of the vacuum vessel 1. That is, the ceiling of the vacuum vessel 1 is provided with a quartz window 14 for introducing the detection light 15. White light (continuous spectrum of 350 nm or more) from the Xe lamp 11 as detection light enters the quartz window through the lens 13. Some components of the detection light irradiate the wafer 8 and the reflected light is reflected by the beam splitter through the same optical path and enters the detection system. In addition, other components of the detection light are directly guided to the detection system via the beam splitter 12 as reference light.
- the detection system consists of a spectroscope 16 and a diode array 17, and can instantaneously measure the wavelength distribution of the incident light intensity and reflected light intensity.
- the lens 13 ′ is mounted on a vertical movement stage (not shown) for focusing on the wafer 8.
- These etching depth measuring devices are installed on an XY moving table 18 that can move in the horizontal direction.
- the XY movement table 18 is electrically connected to the computer 20 via the D / A converter 38.
- the computer 20 is electrically connected to a diode array 17 via an A / D converter 19.
- one light source, one optical system, and one detection system are provided, and the flat portion measurement and the hole portion measurement are performed in real time.
- two sets of light source, optical system and detection system are provided, one for hole measurement and the other for flat part measurement.
- FIG. 2 A measuring method using the etching depth measuring device configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS.
- an oxide film 23 is deposited on a wafer (Si substrate 40) to form a plurality of contacts.
- FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the wafer showing a state where a hole pattern is transferred to an oxide film 23 by a resist mask 22 having holes for forming holes.
- the resist mask 22 formed on the oxide film 23 (insulating film) has a plurality of hole pattern portions and a flat portion where no hole pattern is formed.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a wafer on which a hole pattern has been formed.
- patterns 24 constituting IC chips are arranged in a grid pattern.
- a hole pattern (a plurality of holes) is formed in each chip pattern 24.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a part of the chip pattern where hole patterns are dense.
- the position of the flat portion where no hole pattern is formed is calculated from the computer 20 to which the data of the wafer pattern 24 shown in FIG. 3 is input, and the flat portion is calculated using the XY moving table 18.
- Determine the detection light position for measurement The detection light 15 is emitted from the Xe lamp 11 via the lens 13 to the measurement position on the wafer 8. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the detection light 15A is incident vertically or obliquely at a predetermined angle on the flat portion 22A where no hole pattern is formed. At this time, the vertical stage is moved up and down so that the measurement position on the wafer is in focus.
- the wavelength dependence of the reflectance which is the intensity ratio between the incident light and the reflected light
- the computer 20 is used as reference data.
- interference occurs due to a phase shift between the reflected light on the surface of the resist mask 22 and the reflected light at the interface between the resist 22 and the oxide film 23.
- the measurement position to be actually measured is output from the computer 20, the XY moving table 18 is driven, and the position of the detection light is once determined.
- the detection light 15 is emitted from the Xe lamp via the lens to the measurement position on the wafer.
- the vertical stage is moved up and down so that the measurement position on the wafer is in focus.
- the detection light 15B enters the hole 22B where the hole pattern is formed.
- the incidence at this time is performed under the same conditions as the incidence on the flat portion 22A. That is, if the incidence on the flat portion 22A is vertical incidence, the incidence on the hole 22B is also vertical incidence. .
- the XY moving table is run, and the wavelength dependence of the reflectance of the detection light is measured at each point. Calculate the wavelength shift amount for the interference peak position of the reference data acquired earlier, and fix the XY movement table at the position where the value becomes the maximum.
- the wavelength of the detection light is set to be at least twice the diameter of the hole to be measured, so that it can be considered that the hole is becoming more porous as the etching progresses.
- the wavelength shift of the interference peak occurs.
- the wavelength shift amount ⁇ of the interference peak with the reference data gives the volume change of the measurement area.
- the volume change is converted into the etch depth.
- steps other than the step of determining the measurement position of the flat portion and the hole portion are repeatedly performed during the etching, so that the etching depth can be measured in real time.
- a method of calculating the register selection ratio will be described. The reference data of the wavelength dependence of the reflectance of the flat part obtained previously and the theoretical curve data calculated based on the multiple reflection interference model using the oxide film thickness of the film thickness structure of the wafer stored in advance. From the comparison, the resist film thickness at that time can be calculated.
- the difference from the initial film thickness is the amount of resist scrap at that time.
- the etching depth of the hole is obtained from the wavelength shift amount of the interference peak position with respect to the reference data, the value is divided by the amount of resist shaving to select the resist. The ratio can be determined.
- Fig. 6 shows the relationship between the etching time and the wavelength shift amount.
- the wavelength shift amount increases with the etching time as shown by the curve a.
- the wavelength shift amount shows a constant value from that point as shown by the curve b.
- the recipe is changed to the condition of high porosity and the process is continued.
- the detection light from the light source is divided by an optical element such as a beam splitter, and two sets of optical system and detection system are provided.
- the same effect can be obtained by preparing.
- by measuring only the reflectance of the detection light at the hole for each wafer it can also be used to monitor changes over time.
- the structure for measuring the etching depth in real time is used.
- this etching depth measuring device can be installed regardless of the gas atmosphere. That is, the etching depth measuring apparatus can be installed in a place other than the vacuum vessel for performing the etching, for example, in a place where the wafer is transported after etching for a certain period of time, such as the unloading chamber 29 shown in FIG. It is. As a result, the etching depth can be monitored without lowering the throughput. By monitoring the etching depth of the contact horn, feedback is provided to the processing stop etching process conditions for the semiconductor wafer to be subsequently etched.
- a metal such as tungsten (W) or copper (Cu) is buried in the through hole thus formed.
- the measuring means is installed in the unload lock chamber, for example, the unload lock chamber 29 shown in FIG.
- the unloading chamber is an intermediate vacuum chamber for discharging the wafer processed in the etching processing chamber to the wafer cassette.
- a measurement upper electrode (second electrode) 30 is provided on the ceiling of the unload lock chamber 29 so as to face the surface of the wafer.
- the upper electrode 30 for measurement is electrically isolated by a vacuum vessel and an insulator 31.
- the end face of the upper electrode 30 facing the wafer forms a circular plane having a diameter of 0.1 mm to 3 mm.
- the upper electrode 30 is set on the vertical movement stage 32 so that the distance between the upper electrode 30 and the wafer surface can be set from 0.1 ⁇ to 50 ⁇ m.
- a laser displacement meter is
- the lower electrode for measurement (first electrode) 35 on which the wafer is placed is placed on an XY moving table 36 that can move in both X and Y directions, and can measure an arbitrary position.
- the XY moving table 36 is electrically connected to the computer 20 via an AZD converter 38A.
- the vertical movement stage 32 is electrically connected to the computer 20 via an A / D converter 38B.
- the laser displacement meter 33 is electrically connected to a computer 20 via an A / D converter 19.
- the lower electrode 35 is provided with a plurality of protruding electrodes 34 having a sharp tip so as to penetrate the oxide film on the back surface of the wafer and to always provide a stable contact.
- An impedance meter 37 is electrically connected between the upper electrode 30 and the lower electrode 35, so that the capacitance between the electrodes can be measured.
- the impedance meter 37 is electrically connected to the computer 20 via an AZD converter 38C.
- the etched wafer 8 is transferred and placed on the lower electrode 35.
- an oxide film is formed on the back surface.
- the resistance between certain two protrusions is measured every time the wafer is installed, the reproducibility of the back contact is guaranteed.
- any means that can surely make contact even if it is not a minute projection electrode falls within the scope of the present embodiment.
- the XY movement table 36 is driven based on the wafer pattern data stored in the computer 20 in advance, and the electrode 30 is moved to a measurement position on a flat portion having no pattern.
- the laser displacement meter 33 The vertical movement stage 32 is driven while the output value is fed back, and the distance between the surface of the wafer 8 and the upper surface of the upper electrode 30 is fixed at a set value.
- Figure 10 shows the relationship between the measurement accuracy of the impedance meter and the measurement frequency. In the present example, the measurement frequency was set to 100 kHz so that the measurement accuracy was minimized.
- Impedance measurement is performed at the measurement position of this flat portion.
- the measurement results are equivalent to the combined capacitance in which the electrode-to-wafer spacing capacitance Cg, the resist capacitance Cm, and the oxide film capacitance Cf are connected in series, as shown in Fig. 11.
- the position of the upper electrode 30 is moved to the hole, which is the measurement position, using the XY moving table 36.
- the combined capacitance is measured from the impedance measurement in the same manner as the measurement of the flat part.
- the hole group formed by etching is a macroporous one, as shown in FIG. 12, the capacity Ch of the hole and the filling of the oxide film are obtained as shown in FIG. It can be considered as a parallel capacitance with the capacitance C f ′ of the part (the periphery of the hole). Therefore, since the combined capacitance is reduced by etching, the relationship between ⁇ , which is the difference from the value of the flat portion, and the etching depth is as shown in Fig.13.
- the oxide film thickness is 2 ⁇
- the opening area ratio is 20%
- the electrode-wafer interval is 1 m .
- the XY moving table on which the wafer is installed is scanned near the measurement position of the hole.
- the combined capacitance is measured at each position, and the difference between the minimum value of the combined capacitance and the combined capacitance of the flat portion previously obtained is defined as a true ⁇ C. You. Through this process, even for patterns with large hole pitches, such as logic products, the number of holes that can always be within the measurement range of the upper electrode for each wafer can be kept constant and maximized, thus improving measurement accuracy. It can be improved.
- a metal such as tungsten (W) or copper (Cu) is buried in the formed through-hole. That is, a step of embedding metal in the through hole is performed. If the through-hole is unopened, the etching conditions are changed to a reliably open recipe for the next semiconductor wafer to be etched.
- the register selection ratio can be calculated.
- the resist film thickness at that time can be calculated from a comparison between the previously obtained combined capacitance in the flat portion and the theoretical combined capacitance calculated from the stored film thickness structure of the wafer. Therefore, the difference from the initial film thickness is the amount of resist removal after the completion of etching.
- the etching depth is determined from the difference between the combined capacitance at the hole and the combined capacitance at the flat part, the oxide film thickness, the aperture area, and the film structure between the electrode and wafer. By dividing the value by the amount of resist shaving, the resist selection ratio can be obtained.
- FIGS. Figures 17 and 18 show the contact hole formation process that requires high-accuracy etching as the size of semiconductor devices (LSIs) decreases.
- Fig. 17 shows a cross-sectional view of a contact hole forming process called HARC (High Aspect Ratio Contact hole) for an interlayer insulating film (specifically, a TEOS film).
- HARC High Aspect Ratio Contact hole
- poor contact at the bottom of the hole, poor contact due to a tapered shape, etc. causes contact failure, which causes a decrease in yield.
- FIG 18 shows a cross-sectional view of a contact hole forming process called SAC (self-aligned contact).
- the SAC is formed by dry-etching the silicon oxide film 23 A without etching the silicon nitride film 42 protecting the gate electrode 41, and forming the silicon substrate (more specifically, the source or drain). This is a step of exposing the 40 main surface.
- advanced deposition control is required, and a slight change in the etching conditions may result in poor contact opening or tapered shape. Causes failure.
- the method for evaluating the etching result described in the first or second embodiment is applied to the contact hole forming step shown in FIG. 17 or FIG. 18 as described above.
- An Ar ZC 5 F 8 / ⁇ 2 mixed gas system is used as the source gas, and the gas pressure is set to 2 Pa.
- the gas pressure is set to 2 Pa.
- the gas condition for example, when etching a fine hole (contact hole CH) with a diameter of 0.1 ⁇ m shown in Fig. 17, the added O 2 flow rate and etch stop are generated.
- the relationship between the maximum aspect ratio and the O 2 flow rate is as shown in Fig. 15. From this, it can be seen that the etch stop sharply improves with respect to the O 2 flow rate, and a region where the etching is suppressed exists near the aspect ratio of 4. In other words, in order to suppress the added O 2 flow rate to the minimum necessary and improve the mask selectivity, increase the ⁇ 2 flow rate to around the aspect ratio 4, and thereafter reduce the ⁇ 2 flow rate. The etch proved to be effective.
- a gas flow meter 10 is electrically connected to a recipe control computer 39 via an A / D converter 38 for O 2 flow control. It is by Ri etching ⁇ 2 flow control steps shown in FIG. 1 6 is performed in this embodiment.
- the above problem can be solved without being affected by the variation of the etching rate due to the aging.
- the gas flow control system is shown here, it can be applied to the control of other external parameters such as gas pressure, high frequency power, and high frequency bias power.
- a metal is buried in the contact hole CH, that is, a so-called plug forming step is performed.
- a wiring forming step is performed by using a well-known sputtering method and photolithography technique.
- the SAC forming step shown in FIG. 18 is performed prior to the HARC forming step shown in FIG.
- the HARC forming step shown in FIG. 18 is performed on the insulating film 23 B formed on the interlayer insulating film 23 A shown in FIG.
- a process of performing etching by selecting a mask selection ratio such as an etching depth and a resist Or, in the process of transporting wafers from the etching chamber after the completion of etching, non-destructive and simple monitoring can be performed to enable early shut-down and feedback to process conditions.
- a process of transporting wafers from the etching chamber after the completion of etching non-destructive and simple monitoring can be performed to enable early shut-down and feedback to process conditions.
- a wafer in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, particularly, in a contact hole forming process, a wafer is transferred from an etching process chamber after an etching process or after an etching process, or a mask selection ratio such as a resist.
- a mask selection ratio such as a resist.
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