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- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a high dielectric constant gate insulating film composed of a metal oxide or a metal silicate,
- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of achieving low power consumption and high performance of a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor).
- a silicon oxide film has process stability and excellent insulating properties, and is used as a gate insulating film material of a MOSFET. With the recent miniaturization of elements, the thickness of the gate insulating film is becoming thinner.For a silicon oxide film with a thickness of 2 nm or less, the tunnel current through the insulating layer when a gate bias is applied cannot be ignored compared to the source / drain current. It becomes. Therefore, in order to improve the performance and reduce the power consumption of the MOSFET, it is necessary to reduce the effective (electrical) gate insulating film thickness and to keep the tunnel current within the allowable value in device design. R & D is underway.
- an oxide film is formed on the surface of a silicon substrate, and then nitrogen such as ammonia (NH) is formed.
- the plasma nitriding technique can selectively nitride the surface side of the silicon oxide film, and can suppress the deterioration of interfacial electrical characteristics due to segregation of nitrogen at the silicon substrate interface.
- the relative dielectric constant of a pure silicon nitride film is about twice that of a silicon oxide film. Has a limit, and it is theoretically impossible to realize a gate insulating film with a relative dielectric constant of 10 or more.
- a metal oxide thin film material having a relative dielectric constant of 10 or more or a combination of these materials and silicon is used instead of the silicon oxide film and the oxynitride film.
- a silicate thin film as a composite material for a gate insulating film.
- Such high dielectric constant materials include oxides such as Al 2 O and ZrO, HfO and Y
- Oxides of rare earth elements such as O and oxides of lanthanoid rare earth elements such as La O
- the use of these high dielectric constant films can reduce the gate length to a thickness that can prevent tunneling current while maintaining the gate insulating film capacitance in accordance with the scaling rule.
- the thickness of the insulating layer obtained by back calculation of the gate capacitance is referred to as a silicon oxide film equivalent thickness. That is, assuming that the relative dielectric constants of the insulating film and the silicon oxide film are ⁇ h and ⁇ ⁇ and the thickness of the insulating film is dh, the equivalent silicon oxide film thickness de is expressed by the following equation 1.
- HHfSiO hafnium silicon
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for forming a high dielectric constant thin film having excellent electrical characteristics by depositing a metal layer constituting the high dielectric constant thin film and subjecting the metal layer to an oxidation treatment. It has been.
- a gate electrode material a polysilicon electrode is conventionally used. Attempts have been made to use. In order to introduce a metal gate electrode, select a metal material with the optimal work function for NM OSFET and PMOSFET, ensure the thermal stability and electrical characteristics of the interface between the gate insulating film and other processes. Many issues need to be overcome in view of the effects of metal contamination and compatibility with conventional processes, such as the etching process. Therefore, when a high dielectric constant gate insulating film is mounted on an actual device, the use of a polysilicon electrode as a gate electrode material is being studied.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-184773
- Hf SifN nitrogen-introduced Hf silicate
- the HfSiON film has a problem that the threshold value of the transistor becomes extremely high in combination with the force polysilicon electrode having extremely excellent characteristics.
- a conventional MOSFET that has a silicon oxide film as the gate insulating film
- a high-concentration dopant is introduced into the polysilicon electrode to control the threshold of the NMOSFET and the PMOSFET.
- the Fermi level of the gate electrode is fixed irrespective of the type of silicon doping and the amount of doping.
- the threshold value of the NMOSFET increases by 0.2-0.3V from the design value, and the threshold value of the PMO SFET also increases by 0.6-0.7V, making circuit operation impossible.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a MOSFET.
- a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 302 is formed on a silicon substrate 301 via a base oxide film 303, and a polysilicon gate electrode 304 is formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 302.
- the cause of the above-mentioned threshold value shift is caused by the interface between the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 302 and the polysilicon gate electrode 304. This is due to the electrical interface defect 305 generated in the above, and is an essential problem at the interface between the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 302 containing Hf as a main component and the polysilicon gate electrode 304.
- a similar threshold shift problem due to an interface defect occurs.
- An object of the present invention is to eliminate electrical defects at the interface between a high dielectric constant gate insulating film and a polysilicon gate electrode, and to improve the threshold shift of a transistor having a high dielectric constant gate insulating film.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
- a gate insulating film having a metal oxide thin film or a metal silicate thin film containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Hf, Zr, and A1 on a substrate.
- the heat treatment is performed, for example, in a state where a side surface or a surface of the gate insulating film is exposed.
- the heat treatment is performed, for example, after forming a spacer or a sidewall on a side surface of the gate insulating film.
- the oxidizing agent is, for example, a gas containing oxygen gas. Further, the atmosphere of the oxidizing agent is, for example, under an atmospheric pressure where the oxygen partial pressure is 1 Torr or more.
- the heat treatment is performed, for example, at a temperature equal to or lower than the activation temperature of the dopant and equal to or higher than 500 ° C.
- the heat treatment is performed, for example, at 700 to 950 ° C.
- the heat treatment is preferably performed at 800 to 900 ° C.
- the substrate is a silicon substrate. After a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film layer is formed on the silicon substrate, the silicon oxide film or the silicon oxynitride film layer is formed on the silicon substrate. It can be configured to form a gate insulating film.
- an offset spacer or a side wall made of a silicon nitride film or a silicon oxynitride film is formed on a side wall of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film.
- a heat treatment for activating the dopant can be performed in an inert atmosphere containing no oxygen.
- the gate length of the gate electrode is, for example, not more than 0. 0 for all semiconductor devices formed on the substrate.
- the problem of the threshold shift at the time of transistor operation caused by an electrical defect generated at the interface between the high dielectric constant gate insulating film and the polysilicon electrode is solved by reducing the on-current.
- the problem can be solved without deterioration.
- the present invention has an effect on the development of next-generation high performance and low power consumption devices.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a transistor manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention in the order of steps.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a measurement result of a gate length (Lg) dependence of a threshold (Vth) and an on-current (Ion) of a PMOSFET of Example 1 manufactured based on the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a gate stack structure of a high dielectric constant gate insulating film manufactured by a conventional technique.
- FIG. 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views illustrating a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to first and second embodiments of the present invention, respectively.
- a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film is formed on a silicon substrate 101, and a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102 is formed on the base oxide film 103.
- a gate electrode 104 made of polysilicon or polysilicon germanium is formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102.
- the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102 and the underlying oxide film layer 103 are patterned in the same shape as the gate electrode 104.
- a base oxide film layer 203 made of a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film is formed on a silicon substrate 201, and a high dielectric constant is formed on the base oxide film layer 203.
- a gate insulating film 102 is formed.
- a gate electrode 104 made of polysilicon or polysilicon germanium is formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102.
- the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102 and the underlying oxide film layer 103 are not patterned, and only the gate electrode 104 is patterned into a predetermined gate shape.
- the base oxide film layers 103 and 203 made of a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film are used to improve the electrical characteristics at the interface between the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 and the silicon substrates 101 and 201. Then, a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102, 202 is formed between the substrate 101, 201.
- high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 such as HfSif are formed on underlying oxide films 103 and 203, and then, if necessary, nitridation is performed to form HfSi ON films with excellent heat resistance. I do.
- gate electrodes 104 and 204 made of polysilicon or polysilicon germanium are formed.
- FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 (a) the interface between the polysilicon of the gate electrodes 104 and 204 and the HfSiON of the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 already has electric current as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 (a). 105 and 205 defects have occurred. Thereafter, a lithography step and a gate etching step are performed to form a gate shape shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 (a).
- the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a cross-sectional shape after processing a polysilicon gate electrode 104 and a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 102. It has a structure in which the side wall of the gate insulating film 102 is exposed.
- the second embodiment of FIG. 2 has a structure in which the surface of the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 202 is exposed on both sides of the gate electrode 204 because only the polysilicon gate electrode 204 is processed. .
- the present invention after processing the gate electrodes 104 and 204 as shown in FIGS. 1A and 2A, the side surfaces of the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 (FIG. 1) or with the surface exposed (Fig. 2), heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing an oxidizing agent containing an oxygen atom in the molecule before forming the sidewall.
- heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing an oxidizing agent containing an oxygen atom in the molecule before forming the sidewall.
- the interface defects 105 and 205 with the polysilicon gate electrodes 104 and 204 can be eliminated.
- oxygen molecules it is preferable to use oxygen molecules as the oxidizing agent.
- a mechanism for eliminating the interface defects 105 and 205 by the heat treatment step added as described above will be described.
- the defect at the interface between the polysilicon gate electrodes 104 and 204 and the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 is caused by the bond between the metal element in the metal oxide and the silicon element constituting the gate electrode. Occurs. Therefore, when the polysilicon gate electrodes 104 and 204 are formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202, interface defects occur.
- metal silicates represented by HfSiON films these metal silicates permeate oxygen and oxidize the interface easily.
- a metal oxide thin film or a metal silicate thin film deposited on a silicon substrate 101, 201 is subjected to a heat treatment in an oxygen atmosphere, oxygen in the gas phase becomes a high dielectric constant gate.
- the light passes through the insulating films 102 and 202, reaches the interface with the silicon substrates 101 and 201, and an oxide layer (silicon oxide films 103 and 202) grows on the silicon substrate interface. Therefore, in the state shown in FIGS.
- a high-temperature annealing is performed for dopant activation according to a conventional manufacturing process.
- oxygen diffuses in the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202, and an interface oxide film grows at the interface between the silicon substrates 101 and 201 and the polysilicon gate electrodes 104 and 204, and the oxide film thickness (silicon oxide film) (Equivalent film thickness) increases.
- heat treatment is performed in a state where oxygen can pass through the gate insulating films 102 and 202.
- heat treatment is performed in a state where the side surface or the surface of the gate insulating film is exposed, or in a state where a spacer or a sidewall is provided on the side surface of the gate insulating film. Then, such an interfacial oxidation reaction effectively contributes to eliminating the electric defects 105 and 205 at the interface between the polysilicon electrodes 104 and 204 and the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202. I do.
- the present invention proposes a process capable of eliminating the interface defects 105 and 205 while suppressing an increase in the equivalent silicon oxide film thickness of the silicon oxide films 103 and 202.
- heat treatment is performed in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature lower than the activation annealing temperature, separately from the activation annealing, with the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 exposed.
- heat treatment is performed in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature lower than the activation annealing temperature on the lower temperature side. Further, this heat treatment is preferably performed at a temperature lower than the dopant activation temperature and higher than 500 ° C.
- the oxygen partial pressure during the heat treatment be set to a range of several Torr or more, for example, 1 Torr or more and atmospheric pressure or less, in order to sufficiently supply oxygen not only to the end portion of the gate electrode but also to the central portion. .
- the heat treatment is performed at a high temperature such as activation annealing as described above, the growth of the interfacial oxide film becomes remarkable, causing an increase in the equivalent silicon oxide film thickness. Therefore, it is important to perform the heat treatment at a temperature lower than the activation annealing temperature. It is necessary to optimize the setting of the heat treatment temperature depending on the material, thickness, metal composition, film density, nitrogen concentration, etc. of the high dielectric constant gate insulating film.
- For the HfSiON film 700 ° C to 950 ° C It is desirable to perform the heat treatment in a temperature range of, more preferably, 800 to 900 ° C.
- the electric defects 105 and 205 at the interface between the polysilicon gate electrodes 104 and 204 and the high dielectric constant gate insulating films 102 and 202 are eliminated, and the temperature is lower than the dopant activation temperature.
- Interfacial acid growing at the polysilicon gate electrode interface by setting the heat treatment temperature It is possible to suppress the film thickness of the oxide films 106 and 206 to several A.
- oxygen transmitted through the high-k gate insulating films 102 and 202 is also supplied to the interface (below) with the silicon substrates 101 and 201.
- the high-k gate insulating films 102 and 202 and the silicon substrates 101 and 201 Between the high-permittivity gate insulating films 102 and 202 and the silicon substrates 101 and 201, which have a low oxidation rate due to the presence of the underlying oxide layers 103 and 203 (normally 0.5 nm or more in thickness) from the beginning.
- the increase in the thickness of the oxide film is negligible compared to the thickness of the oxide films 106 and 206 that grow at the interface with the upper polysilicon gate electrodes 104 and 204.
- interfacial oxide films 106, 206 of a few A can be formed only on the polysilicon electrodes 104, 204 side by the above additional heat treatment step.
- the gate length (Lg) is long, and the gate length is longer than that applied to a transistor (having a large design dimension). 0.
- the following is more effective when applied to transistors and transistors.
- the diffusion length of oxygen in the high-dielectric-constant gate insulating film is long, as shown in the examples described later.
- the present invention is effective as a technique for manufacturing a highly integrated device.
- the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 202 is processed by dry or wet etching.
- FIGS. 4A to 4D are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing the transistor according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 in the order of steps.
- a base oxide film 403 is formed on a silicon substrate 401
- a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 402 is formed on the base oxide film 403, and a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 402 is formed on the silicon substrate 401.
- a polysilicon gate electrode 404 is formed.
- the gate electrode 404, the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 402 and the underlying oxide film 403 are patterned, and as shown in FIGS.
- the transistor is completed through an activation annealing (high-temperature heat treatment) step for activating the dopant.
- the anneal (high-temperature heat treatment) for activating the dopant may be performed under a condition in which oxygen in the atmosphere is excluded (in an inert gas atmosphere) or by forming an offset spacer or a side wall 407 to obtain a high dielectric constant. This is performed under the condition that the gate insulating film 402 and oxygen in the gas phase are isolated. This can suppress an increase in the film thickness (equivalent to a silicon oxide film) of the oxide film 403 due to the rapid interfacial oxidation reaction described above.
- the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the present invention is suitable for a semiconductor device used in a normal product, that is, a transistor in which the gate length of all elements formed on the same substrate is 0.3 zm or less. used.
- a 1.5-nm thick silicon oxide film formed by a thermal oxidation method was used.
- An HfSiO film 402 having a thickness of 2 nm was deposited on the underlying oxide film 403 by MOCVD.
- HTB Tertiary Butoxy Hafnium
- silane or disilane was used as the Si source.
- heat treatment was performed at 600 ° C and 800 ° C in an ammonia gas atmosphere, and nitrogen was introduced into the HfSiO film.
- As the gate electrode 404 a 150-nm-thick polysilicon electrode was formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating film 402 by CVD.
- a lithography step and a gate etching step were performed to form a structure in which the high-dielectric-constant gate insulating film 402 was exposed at the end of the gate (see FIG. 3).
- the heat treatment for improving the characteristics of the interface between the polysilicon gate electrode 404 and the HfSiON gate insulating film 402 was performed in an oxygen atmosphere (7.5 Torr) at 950 ° C. for 10 seconds.
- a transistor having a high dielectric constant gate insulating film 402 was manufactured through ion implantation, formation of a nitride film sidewall 407, an activation annealing process at 1050 ° C., and the like.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the results of evaluating the characteristics of the above-described transistor.
- the horizontal axis shows the transistor gate length (Lg: logarithmic notation), and the vertical axis shows the PMOSFET threshold (Vth), showing the relationship between the two.
- the lower part of Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between Lg (logarithmic notation) on the horizontal axis and the on-current (Ion) of the transistor when the threshold Vth force S-0.6V is on the vertical axis. .
- the threshold value of the PMOSFET is a standard transistor having an SiON gate insulating film (see the straight line in the upper diagram of FIG. 4). ) Higher than 0.5V.
- the gate length used in normal products was shorter than 0.3 x m (indicated by the dashed line in the figure), and the transistor threshold was improved to the same extent as the standard Si ⁇ N transistor.
- the on-current Ion increased with the decrease in the gate length Lg, reflecting the effect of device miniaturization (see the lower diagram in FIG. 4).
- the gate leakage current of this transistor was about 1/1000 that of a standard transistor having a SiN gate insulating film. Based on the results of these transistor evaluations, implementing the threshold improvement measures according to the present invention avoids the problem of transistor threshold rise, and reduces the gate leakage current (reduces power consumption) by introducing a high dielectric constant gate insulating film. And the effect of increasing the on-current (improving the performance) by miniaturizing the transistor.
- the interface defect between the polysilicon electrode and the high dielectric constant gate insulating film was improved by heat treatment at 950 ° C., but the oxygen diffusion rate in the high dielectric constant gate insulating film and the Since the interfacial oxidation reaction depends on the thickness, metal composition, film density, and nitrogen concentration of the high dielectric constant gate insulating film, the optimum temperature of the heat treatment process for improving the interface characteristics differs depending on the gate insulating film material. However, as described in the embodiment of the present invention, it is desirable to increase the oxygen (oxidizing agent) partial pressure in the processing atmosphere in order to supply sufficient oxygen from the gate end.
- the lower limit of the appropriate temperature range for the heat treatment is the lowest temperature at which the oxidation reaction capable of improving the interface defects proceeds, and the upper limit of the appropriate temperature range for the heat treatment is the oxide film at the polysilicon electrode interface. Determined by the condition that the thickness (thickness increase) is within several A.
- the heat treatment for improving the interface characteristics was performed at 950 ° C., and thus the film was formed under the above-described specific film forming conditions (underlying oxide film thickness: 1.5 nm, Hf SiO film thickness: 2 nm).
- Hf SiON film simultaneously improves threshold shift and increases on-current due to transistor miniaturization
- oxygen supply is insufficient, interface defects are not eliminated, and the threshold shift can be improved. could not.
- the oxide film thickness at the interface of the polysilicon electrode was 0.5 nm due to the high heat treatment temperature of 950 ° C. As described above, there has been a problem that the force S and the ON current that have been able to eliminate the threshold shift decrease.
- Example 2 As a manufacturing condition capable of solving the above problem, in Example 2, a heat treatment condition for simultaneously realizing the effect of improving the threshold shift and the effect of securing the on-current for the HfSiON film formed under various conditions will be described.
- the conditions for forming the high dielectric constant gate insulating film were such that the thickness of the underlying oxide film was changed in the range of 0.8 to 2 nm, and the thickness of the 1 31 film was changed in the range of 1.5 to 4 nm.
- the heat treatment conditions after gate processing were 800 800C-900 CC for 30 seconds in 50 Torr oxygen.
- Each of the above-described embodiments relates to a method of manufacturing a transistor having an HfSiON high-k gate insulating film, and includes a metal oxide (ZrO 2) containing Zr instead of S and Hf instead of Hf.
- ZrO 2 metal oxide
- the present invention also has the same effect on 2 silicates (ZrSi ⁇ ), nitride films thereof, and aluminates of Hf and Zr (HfAl ⁇ N and ZrAlON). Furthermore, although the embodiment using oxygen molecules as the oxidizing agent has been described, it is possible to obtain the effects of the present invention even if an oxidizing agent such as NO gas is used. In the mixed gas atmosphere with the active gas, the heat treatment for improving the interface characteristics may be performed under normal pressure or reduced pressure.
- the present invention is excellent in that the same heat treatment step can be used for an element having a long gate length as well as an element having an extremely short gate length.
- the device dimensions will be finer, which will increase the effectiveness of the present invention, while setting the heat treatment temperature, time and oxygen partial pressure. Becomes easier.
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