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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof.
- the LOCOS Local Oxidation of Silicon
- STI Shallow Trench Isolation
- Specific examples of the element isolation method are disclosed in, for example, JP-A-9-199730, JP-A-10-150204, JP-A-2000-82813, and the like.
- FIG. 14 (a) An example of a conventional semiconductor device with element isolation by the STI method is shown in cross-sectional views in Figs. 14 (a) and 14 (b).
- Fig. 14 (b) is a cross-sectional view along the line DD in Fig. 14 (a).
- a semiconductor layer 53 is formed on an upper surface of a silicon substrate 51 via a buried oxide film 52.
- the semiconductor layer 53 includes a first Si film 54, a Si Ge film 55, and a first film. Two Si films 56 are laminated in this order.
- the semiconductor layer 53 is formed into an island shape by a trench formed by the STI method, and has a source / drain region 57, a channel region 58 and a body region 59.
- a gate electrode 61 is interposed via a gate insulating film 60. Is formed. Sidewalls 62 are formed on the side surfaces of the gate electrode 61.
- Element isolation J3 Mo 64 has metal wiring 65a, 65b, 65c, 65d formed on the source and drain regions via contacts 66a, 66b, 66c, 66d, respectively. 57, connected to source / drain region 57, gate electrode 61, and body region 59.
- the element isolation film 64 embedded in the trench is reduced in thickness by a subsequent wet etching process for removing the oxide film. ),
- the gate electrode 61 sometimes covered the corner portion C of the semiconductor layer 53 in some cases. In this case, since electric field concentration occurs at the element isolation edge, there is a problem that the threshold voltage is lowered and leakage current is likely to occur.
- the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same that can improve a reliability by suppressing a leak current at an element isolation end.
- the purpose is to do.
- the object of the present invention is to form a conductive film on a substrate having a semiconductor layer on the surface, a first conductive film having a higher oxidation rate by thermal oxidation than the semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film; Forming a pattern on the first conductive film; and etching the semiconductor layer and the first conductive film using the pattern formed on the first conductive film as a mask.
- Trench to form a trench Forming a first insulating film on the side walls of the semiconductor layer and the first conductive film by thermally oxidizing the semiconductor layer and the side wall of the first conductive film exposed by the trench;
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes an insulating film forming step and a gate electrode forming step of forming a gate electrode by etching the first conductive film in order.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film, the semiconductor layer, the gate insulating film, and the gate electrode. And a first insulating film formed on the side wall, wherein the first insulating film covers a part of the surface of the gate insulating film.
- FIG. 1A and 1B are sectional views showing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 2 shows the relationship between drain current and gate voltage.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a semiconductor layer forming step of forming a semiconductor layer 3 on a silicon substrate 1 having a etch stop film. ing.
- FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 3, wherein the first conductive film 23 having a higher thermal oxidation rate than the semiconductor layer 3 is formed. The conductive film formation process to form is shown.
- FIG. 5 is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 4, in which patterns 2 4 and 25 are formed on the first conductive film 23. The pattern formation process is shown.
- FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 5, and shows the patterns 2 4 and 25 formed on the first conductive film 23.
- a trench formation process is shown in which the semiconductor layer 3 and the first conductive film 23 are etched as a mask to form the element isolation trench 28.
- FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 6, in which the semiconductor layer 3 exposed by the trench 28 and the first conductive layer are shown.
- the first insulating film forming step is shown in which the first insulating film 13 is formed on the side walls of the semiconductor layer 3 and the first conductive film 23 by thermally oxidizing the side wall of the film 23.
- FIG. 8 is a view for explaining the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 7, and shows a trench embedding process of burying the trench 28 with the second insulating film 14. ing.
- FIG. 9 is a view for explaining the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 8, and the second insulating film 14 so that the patterns 2 4 and 25 are exposed. The flattening process of flattening the surface of is shown.
- FIG. 10 is a view for explaining the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 9, wherein the first conductive film 23 is removed by removing the patterns 2 4 and 25. The conductive film exposure process to expose is shown.
- FIG. 11 is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 10, and shows the first conductive film 23 and the second insulating film 14. A second conductive film forming step for forming the second conductive film 27 on the top is shown.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view of the semiconductor device obtained by the manufacturing method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 to FIG.
- FIG. 13 (a) is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device obtained by the manufacturing method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 to 11, and is taken along line BB in FIG. It can also be seen in a cross-sectional view.
- FIG. 13 (b) is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device obtained by the manufacturing method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. It is also a cross-sectional view.
- FIG. 13 (c) is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 13 (b) in the case where a substrate other than the S O I substrate (specifically, an Si substrate) is used.
- FIGS. 14 (a) and (b) are sectional views showing a conventional semiconductor device.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention subsequent to FIG. 5 when a substrate other than an SOI substrate (specifically, an Si substrate) is used. In the same manner as in FIG. 6, the trench forming process is shown.
- FIG. 1A and 1B are cross-sectional views showing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B shows an AA cross section in FIG. 1A.
- a single-crystal semiconductor layer 3 is formed on the upper surface of a silicon substrate 1 via a buried insulating film represented by a buried oxidic film 2, and the semiconductor layer 3 is The first Si film 4, the Si Ge film 5, and the second Si film 6 are stacked in this order.
- the buried oxide film 2 also functions as an etch stop film, as will be described later with reference to FIG.
- SOI Silicon on insulator
- a substrate 1 having a single crystal semiconductor layer 3 on the surface may be used.
- Examples of such a substrate 1 include a general bulk Si substrate.
- the semiconductor layer 3 is formed into an island shape by a trench formed by the STI method, and includes a source / drain region 7, a channel region 8, and a body region 9.
- a gate electrode 11 is formed on the channel region 8 via a gate insulating film 10.
- the gate electrode 11 has side walls 12 formed on the side surfaces, and as shown in FIG. 1 (b), the lower end of one end in the longitudinal direction is the first insulating film 1 3 And has a step shape in which the upper end of one end widens so as to cover the upper end of the first insulating film 13.
- a first insulating film 13 is formed on the side wall of the semiconductor layer 3, and a second insulating film 14 is embedded in the trench.
- An interlayer insulating film 15 is formed on the entire surface of the silicon substrate 1. On the interlayer insulation layer 15, metal wiring 16 a,
- 16 b, 16 c, 16 d are formed, contacts 17 a, 17 b,
- the first insulating film 13 in the semiconductor device of this embodiment is positioned above the gate insulating film 10 with respect to the film thickness t2 of the portion adjacent to the semiconductor layer 3.
- the thickness t 1 of the portion to be placed is formed so as to be large, whereby the corner portion C of the semiconductor layer 3 is covered with the first insulating film 13. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, the gate electrode located above the semiconductor layer covers the corners of the semiconductor layer, so that there is no risk of electric field concentration, and leakage current increases due to channel formation at the element isolation edge (see FIG. 2).
- Fig. 2 shows the relationship between drain current and gate voltage (I d – V g characteristics).
- the thickness t 2 of the portion adjacent to the semiconductor layer 3 is 2 to 1
- the first insulating film 13 is preferably a thermal oxide film, which can provide a better insulating effect than TEOS (Tetraethylorthosilicate), etc., and reduce the leakage current. can do.
- the semiconductor layer 3 of the present embodiment has a laminated structure of a first Si film 4, a SiGe film 5 and a second Si film 6, all of which are single crystals. This is effective in that channel formation can be suppressed by reducing the influence of the gate voltage on the side wall of the e-film 5.
- the semiconductor layer 3 may have a configuration in which an Si film is formed on the Si Ge film, in addition to the configuration of the present embodiment in which the Si Ge film is formed on the Si film.
- a configuration including the 1 Ge film for example, a configuration including an Si Ge film, an Si film, or the like may be used. Further, a general silicon single crystal is formed on the insulating film. SO
- a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device described above will be described.
- a buried oxide film 2 a first Si film 4, a Si Ge film 5, and a second Si film 6 are sequentially stacked on a silicon substrate 1, First Si film 4, SiGe film 5, and second TJP2004 / 000125
- a semiconductor substrate 21 including the semiconductor layer 3 made of the Si film 6 is formed. Specifically, a Si I film and a Si cap layer are placed on a SO I (Silicon On Insulator) substrate with an Si single crystal formed on an insulator, and UHV-CVD (Ultra High Vacuum Chemical Vapor Deposition).
- the semiconductor substrate 21 can be obtained by epitaxial growth by the method. Examples of the thicknesses of the buried oxide film 2, the first Si film 4, the Si Ge film 5, and the second Si film 6 are about 400 nm, about 150 nm, about 15 nm, and about 15 nm, respectively. is there. Further, the Ge concentration in the SiGe film 5 is, for example, about 30%.
- the S i Ge film 5 has distortion due to lattice mismatch with the first S i film 4.
- the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 21 is oxidized to form the gate insulating film 10 made of the silicon oxide film 22. It is preferable to form the silicon oxide film 22 at a temperature at which the lattice strain of the SiGe film 5 does not relax. Further, only the second Si film 6 is oxidized and the SiGe film 5 is formed. It is preferable to carry out so as not to be oxidized. For example, by performing oxidation for about 10 minutes in a wet atmosphere at 700 to 800 ° C., the gate insulating film 10 made of the silicon oxide film 22 having a thickness of about 6 nm can be formed. Note that the thickness of the second Si film 6 is reduced to about 5 nm by cleaning and oxidation accompanying the formation of the gate insulating film 10 made of the silicon oxide film 22.
- a conductive film represented by the first polysilicon film 23 having a conductivity of about 100 nm is formed on the silicon oxide film 22 by using LPCVD (Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposit ion) or the like. accumulate.
- the first conductive film 23 may be formed of a film other than the polysilicon film as long as its thermal oxidation rate is faster than that of the semiconductor layer 3.
- a polysilicon / germanium film or a polysilicon / germanium / carbon film containing Ge is used as the conductive film, Ge is more easily oxidized than Si, so it is oxidized faster than the semiconductor layer 3. Speed can be obtained, which is preferable.
- a polycrystalline semiconductor film typified by the polysilicon film 23 is used as the first conductive film 23, and a single crystal semiconductor film containing silicon is used as the semiconductor layer 3. It is preferable to use it.
- the surface of the first polysilicon film 23 is thermally oxidized to form a protective oxide film 24 having a thickness of about 10 nm.
- a silicon nitride film 25 having a thickness of about 200 nm is formed by the LPC VD method or the like.
- the protective oxide film 24 and the silicon nitride film 25 thus formed are collectively referred to as a “pattern” in this specification.
- a resist film or an insulating film (not shown) is formed on the silicon nitride film 25, and the silicon nitride film 25 and the protective oxide film 24 are patterned as shown in FIG.
- dry etching is performed using the patterned silicon nitride film 25 as an etching mask, the first polysilicon film 23, the gate insulating film 10, the second Si film 6, and the Si Ge film 5.
- a trench 28 for element isolation having the surface of the buried oxide film 2 as a bottom surface and side walls 26 is formed. .
- the buried oxide film 2 functions as an etch stop film. That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, until the buried oxide film 2 is exposed, the first polysilicon film 23, the gate insulating film 10, the second Si film 6, and the Si Ge film 5 and the first Si film 4 are sequentially dry etched.
- the buried oxide film 2 is used as an etch stop film.
- a substrate other than the SOI substrate such as the Si substrate 1 (that is, a substrate made of single crystal silicon)
- the first polysilicon film 2 3, the gate insulating film 10, the second Si film 6, the Si Ge film 5, and the first Si film 4 are etched.
- the isolation trench 28 having the side wall 26 can be formed. Those skilled in the art can appropriately set the time required for such etching.
- the side wall 26 damaged by dry etching is dry-oxidized or wet-oxidized at about 75 ° C. to obtain the first insulation as shown in FIG. Form film 1 3 to mitigate damage.
- the chemical solution used for cleaning the side walls 26 preferably contains, for example, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide solution, which allows selective etching of germanium atoms in the Si Ge film 5.
- the germanium concentration of the SiGe film 5 can be reduced.
- I can plan.
- the semiconductor layer 3 composed of the single crystal Si film and the SiGe film has a thermal oxide film compared to the first polysilicon film 23 located above the semiconductor layer 3.
- the growth rate of the first insulating film 13 is different. Specifically, the thermal oxidation rate of single crystal semiconductor layers represented by single crystal Si film and Si Ge film is slow, and the thermal oxidation rate of polycrystalline semiconductor layers represented by polysilicon film 2 3 etc. Is fast. As a result, in the first insulating film 13, the thickness t 1 of the portion located above the semiconductor layer 3 is larger than the thickness t 2 of the portion adjacent to the semiconductor layer 3. Part C is covered with the first insulating film 13.
- the film thickness t 2 is preferably larger from the viewpoint of increasing the level difference from the film thickness t 1, but if it is too large, the Si G e that has lattice distortion when the first insulating film 13 is formed.
- the film 5 may be excessively oxidized to increase the leakage current. Therefore, the film thickness t 2 is preferably in the range of 2 to: L 0 nm, and more preferably in the range of 3 to 6 nm.
- Such a film thickness can be controlled by appropriately setting the oxidation conditions (temperature, time, etc.).
- the difference between the film thickness t1 and the film thickness t2 can also be controlled within the preferable range shown in the description of the semiconductor device. .
- a thin thermal oxide film 25 a is formed on the side and upper surfaces of the silicon nitride film 25.
- the thermal oxidation temperature of the side wall 26 is preferably 6500 to 80 ° C, more preferably 70 to 80 ° C, in order to suppress relaxation of the strained SiGe film 5.
- the second insulating film 1 made of a silicon oxide film at a low temperature (about 60 ° C.), for example, by LPCVD using TEOS (Tetraeihylorthosilicate) as a raw material. Deposit 4 and fill the trench. After this, as shown in Figure 9,
- the surface is planarized by CMP (Chemical-Mechanical Polishing) or the like with a little silicon nitride film 25 left.
- CMP Chemical-Mechanical Polishing
- the exposed silicon nitride film 25 is all removed by wet etching with hot phosphoric acid boiled at about 150 ° C.
- a second polysilicon layer 27 is further deposited thereon as a second conductive film.
- a metal such as tungsten may be formed on the second insulating film 14, and a metal such as tandastain is laminated on the second polysilicon layer 27. Also good.
- FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b) show a BB sectional view and a CC sectional view in FIG. 12, respectively.
- Fig. 13 (c) is a drawing corresponding to Fig. 13 (b) when a substrate other than the SI substrate (specifically, an Si substrate) is used.
- CMOS process As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and (b), a sidewall 12, a source / drain region 7, and an interlayer insulating film 15 are formed, and the gate, source, drain, and Metal wiring 16a, 16b, 16c, and 16d are formed so that the body can be controlled independently to complete the MOSFET.
- RTA rapid thermal treatment
- the temperature so that the Si Ge film 5 does not relax the strain in this step.
- RTA is performed in the range of 900 to 1000 ° C.
- the first insulating film is formed by thermally oxidizing the sidewall of the trench, the difference in the oxide film growth rate between the semiconductor layer and the first polysilicon film. Since the step of the film thickness is provided by using this, a configuration in which the corner portion of the semiconductor layer is covered with the first insulating film can be obtained easily and reliably.
- the semiconductor layer has a lattice strain such as a Si Ge film
- the strain relaxation is suppressed and the carrier has a high mobility. Good characteristics can be maintained.
- the thermal oxidation temperature and film thickness when the first insulating film is formed on the trench sidewall are controlled within the above desired range. As a result, the leakage current at the element isolation end can be more effectively prevented.
- the configuration in which the semiconductor layer is formed by forming the Si Ge film on the Si layer has been described.
- the manufacturing method of the present embodiment can be applied to other configurations described above as modifications of the semiconductor layer.
- the same effect can be obtained. That is, the semiconductor layer 3 may be composed of a single crystal silicon film having a uniform composition, or using two or more semiconductor films having different compositions (for example, a single crystal silicon film and a single crystal silicon / germanium film). Also good. Industrial applicability
- the present invention it is possible to provide a semiconductor device capable of suppressing the leakage current at the element isolation end and improving the reliability and the manufacturing method thereof.
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