WO2005059986A1 - 成膜方法およびプラズマ発生方法、基板処理装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention generally relates to the manufacture of semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to a method for forming an insulating film suitable for manufacturing an ultra-miniaturized high-speed semiconductor device, a plasma generation method used in such a thin film formation method, Equipment related.
- the thickness of the gate insulating film must be set to 112 nm or less when a conventional thermal oxide film is used. With a very thin gate insulating film, the problem of increased tunnel current and consequent increase of gate leakage current cannot be avoided.
- the relative dielectric constant is much larger than that of the thermally oxidized film, so that even if the actual film thickness is large, the film thickness in terms of SiO film is small.
- high-K materials such as ZrSiO or Hf SiO
- a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxide film having a thickness of preferably about 0.4 nm is provided between the surface of the silicon substrate and the gate insulating film. It is desirable to form a silicon oxynitride film as an interface film. See, for example, WO 03Z049173. According to the technology described in WO03Z049173, the temperature is reduced to 450 ° C or lower. It is possible to form a high-quality insulating film on the surface of the silicon substrate with a thickness of about 0.4 nm in the case of a silicon oxide film and a thickness of about 0.5 nm in the case of a silicon oxynitride film. .
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a substrate processing apparatus 20 described in WO03Z049173.
- the substrate processing apparatus 20 houses a substrate holding table 22 provided with a heater 22A and provided so as to be vertically movable between a process position and a substrate loading / unloading position.
- the substrate holder 22 includes a processing container 21 that defines a process space 21B together with the holder 22.
- the substrate holder 22 is rotated by a driving mechanism 22C.
- the inner wall surface of the processing vessel 21 is covered with an inner liner 21G made of quartz glass, whereby metal contamination of the substrate to be processed from the exposed metal surface is reduced to a level of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ atoms / cm 2 or less. Restrained.
- a magnetic seal 28 is formed at the joint between the substrate holding table 22 and the driving mechanism 22C.
- the magnetic seal 28 is a magnetic sealing chamber 22B held in a vacuum environment and a driving mechanism formed in the atmospheric environment. Separated from 22C. Since the magnetic seal 28 is a liquid, the substrate holding table 22 is rotatably held.
- the substrate holding table 22 is at the process position, and a loading / unloading chamber 21C for loading / unloading the substrate to be processed is formed below.
- the processing container 21 is connected to the substrate transfer unit 27 via a gate valve 27A, and when the substrate holding table 22 is lowered during the loading / unloading 21C, the substrate transport unit 27 is connected via the gate valve 27A. Then, the substrate W to be processed is transferred onto the substrate holder 22, and the processed substrate W is transferred from the substrate holder 22 to the substrate transfer unit 27.
- an exhaust port 21A is formed in a portion of the processing container 21 near the gate valve 27A, and the exhaust port 21A has a valve 23A and an APC (automatic pressure control device) 23D.
- the turbo molecular pump 23B is connected via the.
- the turbo molecular pump 23B is further connected with a pump 24 configured by combining a dry pump and a mechanical booster pump via a valve 23C, and drives the turbo molecular pump 23B and the dry pump 24. Accordingly, the pressure of the process space 21B 1. 3 3 X 10- 1 - it is possible to reduced to - (10- 6 Torr 10- 3) 1. 33 X 10- 4 Pa.
- the exhaust port 21A is also directly connected to the pump 24 via a valve 24A and an APC 24B.
- the valve 24A By opening the valve 24A, the process space is The pressure is reduced to 1.33 Pa—1.33 kPa (0.01—10 Torr) by the pump 24.
- the processing vessel 21 is provided with a processing gas supply nozzle 21D to which an oxygen gas is supplied on a side opposite to the exhaust port 21A with the substrate W to be separated, and the processing gas supply nozzle is provided.
- the oxygen gas supplied to 21D flows in the process space 21B along the surface of the substrate W to be processed, and is exhausted from the exhaust port 21A.
- an ultraviolet light source 25 having a quartz window 25A is provided corresponding to a region between the gas supply nozzle 21D and the substrate W to be processed. That is, by driving the ultraviolet light source 25, the oxygen gas introduced into the process gas supply nozzle 21D and the process space 21B is activated, and the oxygen radicals formed as a result are formed on the surface of the substrate W to be processed. Flows along.
- a remote plasma source 26 is formed on the side of the processing target substrate W facing the exhaust port 21A. Therefore, a nitrogen radical can be formed by supplying a nitrogen gas together with an inert gas such as Ar to the remote plasma source 26 and activating the nitrogen gas with the plasma. The nitrogen radicals thus formed flow along the surface of the substrate W to be processed, and nitride the substrate surface. By introducing oxygen instead of nitrogen into the remote plasma source 26, the substrate surface can be oxidized.
- a purge line 21c for purging the loading / unloading chamber 21C with nitrogen gas is further provided, and a purge line 22b for purging the magnetic sealing chamber 22B with nitrogen gas.
- the exhaust line 22c is provided.
- a turbo molecular pump 29B is connected to the exhaust line 22c via a valve 29A, and the turbo molecular pump 29B is connected to a pump 24 via a valve 29C.
- the exhaust line 22c is directly connected to the pump 24 via a valve 29D, so that the magnetic seal chamber 22B can be maintained at various pressures.
- the loading / unloading chamber 21C is exhausted by a pump 24 via a valve 24C, or exhausted by a turbo molecular pump 23B via a valve 23D.
- the loading / unloading chamber 21C is maintained at a lower pressure than the process space 21B, and the magnetic seal chamber 22B is differentially evacuated.
- the loading / unloading room is maintained at a lower pressure than 21C.
- a silicon film having a thickness of 0.4 nm corresponding to a 2-3 atomic layer is formed on the surface of the silicon substrate.
- An oxide film can be formed, and by driving the remote plasma source 26, the silicon oxide film thus formed can be nitrided and converted to a silicon oxynitride film. is there.
- FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a so-called toroidal plasma generator used as the remote plasma source 26 in the substrate processing apparatus 20 of FIG.
- a plasma generator is commercially available from MKS under the trademark Astron (product number AX7650).
- the plasma generator 26 includes a block 26A, typically made of aluminum, in which a gas circulation passage 26a and a gas inlet 26b and a gas outlet 26c communicating therewith are formed.
- a ferrite core 26B is formed on a part of the block 26A.
- the inner surface of the gas circulation passage 26a, the gas inlet 26b, and the gas outlet 26c has an Al 2 O 3 film
- a plasma 26C is formed in the gas circulation passage 26a by supplying a high frequency (RF) power having a frequency force of 00 kHz to the coil wound around the ferrite core 26B.
- RF high frequency
- feedback control is performed by measuring the current flowing through the coil, and thus the power, and by measuring Z or important parameters of the plasma (plasma density, plasma emission intensity, etc.) to adjust the power supplied to the plasma. are doing.
- Patent Document 1 WO 03Z049173
- FIG. 3 shows that in the substrate processing apparatus 20 of FIG. 1, a mixed gas of Ar and nitrogen is fixed to the remote plasma source 26 at a total flow rate of 1950 SCCM so that uniform nitriding occurs over the entire substrate.
- the horizontal axis indicates the flow rate of nitrogen gas
- the right vertical axis indicates the atomic density of A1 in the formed oxynitride film, which is a metal contamination.
- the left vertical axis indicates the drive current of the remote plasma source 26, and accordingly the drive power.
- the driving of the remote plasma source 26 is performed at a driving voltage of 200V.
- Such metal contamination by A1 is caused by Al 2 O 3 covering the gas circulation passage 26a wall surface, as described later.
- NaOH aqueous solution is usually used for degreasing when forming AlO layer 26d.
- a more specific object of the present invention is to provide a plasma generation method that can minimize metal contamination.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a film forming method using a plasma generation method that can minimize such metal contamination.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a plasma generator capable of minimizing metal contamination.
- the present invention provides:
- a gas passage having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, forming a peripheral circuit
- a toroidal-type plasma generator having a coil wound around a part of the gas passage
- the nitrogen gas is introduced into the gas passage at a flow rate not exceeding 200 SCCM.
- the present invention provides
- the nitrogen radical is According to a toroidal plasma generator having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, a gas passage forming a peripheral circuit, and a coil wound around a part of the gas passage, a rare gas is supplied to the gas passage. Supplying nitrogen and nitrogen gas;
- the nitrogen gas is introduced into the gas passage at a flow rate not exceeding 200 SCCM.
- the present invention provides:
- a gas passage having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, forming a peripheral circuit
- a toroidal-type plasma generator having a coil wound around a part of the gas passage
- the nitriding gas does not exceed an inflection point that appears in the gas passage in the relationship between the input power required for plasma formation in the toroidal plasma generator and the flow rate of the nitrogen gas supplied into the gas passage.
- a plasma generation method characterized by being supplied at a flow rate.
- the present invention provides:
- a gas passage having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, forming a peripheral circuit
- a toroidal-type plasma generator having a coil wound around a part of the gas passage
- a plasma generation method is provided, wherein the plasma is formed at a plurality of locations in the gas passage.
- the present invention provides: Forming an oxide film on the silicon substrate surface;
- the nitrogen radical is N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl
- a rare gas is supplied to the gas passage.
- the nitrogen gas is formed at a plurality of locations in the gas passage.
- the present invention provides:
- a processing vessel defining a processing space and having a holding table for holding a substrate to be processed in the processing space;
- An ultraviolet light source provided on the processing container on a first end side with respect to the holding table; and nitrogen provided on the processing container on the first end side with respect to the holding table.
- a first exhaust path which is provided on the processing container on a side of a second end opposite to the first end with respect to the holding table and exhausts the processing space to a first processing pressure;
- a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a second exhaust path that exhausts the processing space to a second processing pressure on the processing container, on the side of the second end with respect to the holding table,
- the nitrogen radical source is N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl
- a gas passage having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, forming a peripheral circuit
- a toroidal-type plasma generator having a coil wound around a part of the gas passage, wherein an inner wall surface of the gas passage is covered with an oxide of Y, Hf, or Zr or with stone.
- a substrate processing apparatus is provided.
- nitrogen gas is supplied to the gas passage of the toroidal plasma generator by 200 SCC.
- the concentration of metal contamination in the obtained oxynitride film can be suppressed to 1.6 ⁇ 10 ⁇ atom cm 2 or less. Even if the nitrogen concentration is further increased, the concentration of nitrogen introduced into the oxynitride film does not substantially increase. In other words, it can be seen that any further increase in the nitrogen gas flow rate only increases the metal contamination and has no meaning in the process.
- such an oxynitride film with low metal contamination is formed by HfO or ZrO.
- High-K gate insulator such as HfSiO, ZrSiO, and AlO and the silicon substrate
- an excellent gate insulating film with less hot carrier traps and leak current can be obtained.
- the concentration of metal contamination in the obtained oxynitride film can be reduced to about 0.8 ⁇ 10 1 Q atom cm 2 or less. Further, even if the nitrogen concentration is further increased, the increase in the nitrogen concentration in the oxynitride film is slight. This means that by setting the nitrogen gas flow rate to the value of 100 SCCM, nitrogen atoms can be most effectively introduced into the oxynitride film while minimizing metal contamination.
- the flow rate of the supplied nitriding gas is adjusted to the amount required for plasma formation in the toroidal-type plasma generator.
- plasma density can be reduced by forming plasma at a plurality of locations in a gas passage, and metal contamination can be suppressed.
- a toroidal-type plasma generator is used as a nitrogen radical source, and the inner wall of a gas passage is made of Y, Hf or By covering with a Zr oxide film or by covering with quartz, it becomes possible to reduce metal contamination during the nitriding treatment using the nitrogen radical source.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a substrate processing apparatus used in the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a plasma generator used in the substrate processing apparatus of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a problem of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a film forming method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the relationship between the thickness of an oxynitride film formed according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the nitrogen atom concentration in the film, and the nitrogen gas flow rate.
- FIG. 6 is a view showing a relationship between metal contamination in an oxynitride film formed according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a nitrogen gas flow rate.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a mechanism for suppressing metal contamination according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a plasma generator used in a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a plasma generator according to a modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a view showing the effect of the invention according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a plasma generator used in a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a process of forming an oxynitride film performed using the substrate processing apparatus 20 of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a silicon substrate 101 is introduced into the processing vessel 21 of the substrate processing apparatus 20 as the substrate to be processed W, and the process proceeds to the step of FIG. 4B.
- oxygen gas from the nozzle 21D and driving the ultraviolet light source 25 By introducing oxygen gas from the nozzle 21D and driving the ultraviolet light source 25, a silicon oxide film 102 is formed on the surface of the silicon substrate 101.
- an Ar gas and a nitrogen gas are supplied to the remote radical source 26 and further driven by, for example, a high frequency power of 400 kHz, so that the nitrogen radicals are contained in the processing vessel 21. Introduce N *.
- the silicon oxide film 102 is nitrided and converted into a silicon oxynitride film 103.
- the processing pressure in the process space 21 B inside the processing vessel 21 is set. Force the 133 X 10- 3 - 133Pa - set to (l X 10- 3 lTorr), and a substrate temperature of 750 ° C, by wavelength from the ultraviolet source 25 is irradiated with ultraviolet light of 172 nm, the The silicon oxide film 102 can be formed to a thickness of 0.8 nm.
- step (C) of FIG. 4 Ar gas and nitrogen gas are introduced into the remote radical source 26 so as to have a total flow rate of 950 SCCM, and the pressure of the process space 21 B is increased to 26.6 Pa (0.
- the silicon oxynitride film 103 is formed by driving the remote radical source 26 at a substrate temperature of 750 ° C. at 2 Torr.
- FIG. 3 described above shows the relationship between the flow rate of the nitrogen gas supplied to the remote plasma source 26 and the high frequency power required for plasma formation in the step (C) of FIG.
- the concentration of metal contamination introduced into the film is 2 ⁇ 10 ⁇ atom cm 2 or less
- the concentration of metal contamination is Increases to about 13 X 10 ⁇ atoms cm 2 .
- FIG. 5 shows the thickness and film thickness of the obtained oxynitride film 103 when the flow rate of the nitrogen gas supplied to the remote plasma source 26 is variously changed in the step of FIG. Shows the nitrogen concentration inside.
- the toroidal type device shown in FIG. 2 is used as the remote plasma source 26, and the total flow rate of the Ar gas and the nitrogen gas supplied to the gas passage 26a in the remote plasma source 26 is first determined. Fix it to 1950SCCM as described above!
- ⁇ indicates the thickness of the silicon oxynitride film 103 obtained by the XPS method
- FIG. 7 shows the nitrogen concentration in the silicon oxynitride film 103 obtained by the S method.
- the left vertical axis in FIG. 5 indicates the film thickness, and the right vertical axis indicates the nitrogen concentration.
- the concentration of nitrogen atoms in the film rapidly rises with the flow rate of the nitrogen gas. Force that thickness also increases rapidly.
- the nitrogen gas flow rate exceeds 100 SCCM, the rate of increase of the nitrogen atom concentration decreases rapidly. It can be seen that the nitrogen atom concentration saturates and does not increase any further.
- FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the nitrogen gas flow rate and the concentration of A1 atoms introduced into the silicon oxynitride film 103.
- the nitrogen gas flow supplied to the remote plasma source 26 is reduced.
- A1 atomic concentration introduced into the film rapidly increased from about 13 to particularly nitrogen gas flow rate is described in reaching the A1 atomic concentration previously 950SCCM X 10 1Q cm 2 You can see that it increases.
- the nitrogen gas flow rate is increased to 200 SCCM or more. It can be seen that the concentration of nitrogen atoms introduced into the film does not increase even if this is performed, and only metal contamination increases. That is, when performing the nitriding step of FIG. 4 (C) using the remote plasma source 26, it is meaningless to set the nitrogen gas flow rate to 200 SCCM or more, or it is undesirable to increase the metal contamination. It can be seen that the effect occurs.
- FIG. 7 is the same drawing as FIG. 3, but shows the change in high frequency power required for plasma formation more clearly.
- the high frequency power corresponding to the deviation shown in FIG. 7 is not used for exciting the nitrogen atoms, but is used for sputtering the Al 2 O layer 26d covering the wall of the gas passage 26a.
- the nitriding gas flow rate is set to the inflection point A or less.
- FIG. 8 shows a configuration of a plasma generator 126 used as the remote plasma source 26 in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the plasma generator 126 includes two gas passages 126A and 126B that are branched into two at a gas inlet 126a and merge at a gas outlet 126b.
- High-frequency coils 127A and 128A are formed at different positions in the directions.
- high-frequency coils 127B and 128B are formed in the gas passage 126B at different positions in the gas flow direction.
- plasma 129A and 130A are formed in the gas passage 126A on the upstream and downstream sides, and the gas passage 126B is formed in the gas passage 126B.
- Plasma 129B and 130B are formed on the upstream and downstream sides.
- the plasma forming portion is thus located in the gas passage! Since the plasma is dispersed, the plasma density at each plasma forming portion can be reduced, and metal contamination generated in the oxynitride film 103 by sputtering can be minimized.
- a similar configuration can be realized in the toroidal remote plasma source of FIG. 2 by providing an additional coil 26B ′, as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 shows that, in the substrate processing apparatus 20 of FIG. 1, a mixed gas of Ar and nitrogen is fixed to the remote plasma source 26 at a total flow rate of 1950 SCCM so that uniform nitriding occurs over the entire substrate.
- the relationship between metal contamination and the drive current required for plasma formation, and hence the drive power, when nitriding is performed by changing the flow ratio of gas to nitrogen gas in various ways is shown.
- the horizontal axis indicates the nitrogen gas flow rate
- the right vertical axis indicates the atomic density of A1, which becomes metal contamination, in the formed oxynitride film.
- the left vertical axis indicates the drive current of the remote plasma source 26, and thus the drive power.
- drive the remote plasma source with a drive voltage of 200V! / Puru.
- the metal contamination concentration was 2 ⁇ 10 1 Q atom Zcm 2 or less, and the plasma was formed in one place. It can be seen that it has decreased sharply.
- the inflection point A as shown in FIG. 7 does not exist in the approximated straight-line data indicating the drive current in FIG. 10, if the nitrogen gas flow rate is further increased, It is thought to appear.
- FIG. 11 shows a configuration of a toroidal type plasma generator 226 used as the remote plasma source 26 in the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the plasma generator 226 has a configuration similar to that of the plasma generator 26 of FIG. 2, but has an atomic weight on the Al 2 O film 26 covering the inner wall surface of the gas passage 26 a.
- a large chemically stable Y (yttrium) oxide film 26f is formed.
- Y oxide is a material having a low sputtering rate, it is possible to reduce metal contamination of the oxynitride film 103 due to sputtering by plasma 26C.
- oxide film examples include Hf (hafnium) and Zr (zirconium) in addition to Y. These elements are also considered to be applied as a high dielectric constant gate insulating film, and a metal oxide film having the same elemental force as the element forming the gate insulating film is formed on the inner wall material of the remote plasma source 26. As a result, the effect of metal contamination can be substantially minimized.
- the Al O film covering the inner wall surface is further covered.
- a similar effect can be obtained by inserting a quartz part so that it has a convex shape.
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