WO2006018974A1 - 半導体装置およびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device in which a plurality of elements having different breakdown voltages are mounted in common on a semiconductor substrate, and a method for manufacturing the same.
- the present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a first region and a second region (for example, a low breakdown voltage region and a high breakdown voltage region) on a semiconductor substrate.
- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having at least three oxide films having different film thicknesses on a semiconductor substrate.
- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a trench embedded with silicon oxide adjacent to a channel region.
- the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a transistor having a drift 'drain structure in which an oxide film thicker than a gate oxide film is disposed at an edge portion of a gate electrode.
- an integrated circuit that constitutes a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel
- a semiconductor device such as an integrated circuit (autofocus IC) for autofocus control such as a digital still camera
- a semiconductor device such as an integrated circuit (autofocus IC) for autofocus control such as a digital still camera
- MOS field effect transistors typically MOS field effect transistors
- Such a semiconductor device includes, for example, a low breakdown voltage region in which a low breakdown voltage transistor is formed and a high breakdown voltage region in which a high breakdown voltage transistor is formed on a semiconductor substrate.
- the isolation of element regions to form individual transistor elements is performed by the force performed by the LOCOS (local oxidation of silicon) method or by the STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) method.
- the LOCOS method is a method of separating element regions by selectively growing a thermal oxide film on the surface of a silicon substrate.
- the STI method is a method of isolating an element formation region by embedding an insulator (for example, silicon oxide) in a shallow trench (depth of about 4000 A) formed in a silicon substrate.
- an electric field concentration at the edge of the gate electrode is reduced by disposing an oxide film thicker than the gate oxide film at the edge of the gate electrode.
- a mitigating drift 'drain structure may be employed.
- the thick oxide film is formed by the LOCOS oxide film when the element isolation structure by the L OCOS method is adopted, and is formed by the STI portion when the element isolation structure by the STI method is adopted.
- electric field concentration occurs at the corner portion of the STI portion (corner corner portion) located immediately below the gate electrode edge portion.
- a nitride film is formed on the surface of a silicon substrate via a pad oxide film, and a resist film pattern is formed on the nitride film.
- the nitride film is etched by reactive ion etching, and an opening is formed in the region where the LOCOS oxide film is to be formed.
- a thermal oxidation process is performed using the nitride film as an acid resistant mask, a thick LOCOS oxide film grows in the opening of the nitride film.
- the nitride film is wet-etched with hot phosphoric acid solution, and after further removing the pad oxide film, a thin gate oxide film is formed in the region separated by the LOCOS oxide film.
- the thickness of the gate oxide film is completely different between the transistor formed in the low breakdown voltage region and the transistor formed in the high breakdown voltage region. Therefore, it is necessary to form the gate oxide film of the high breakdown voltage transistor and the gate oxide film of the low breakdown voltage transistor in separate steps.
- the LOCOS method is used to remove a nitride film as an acid-resistant mask.
- the hot phosphoric acid solution used also dissolves the resist film. Therefore, when a wet etching process using a hot phosphoric acid solution is performed, all the nitride film on the semiconductor substrate is removed, and the acid-resistant mask in the low breakdown voltage region is also lost.
- reactive ion etching which is another method for etching a nitride film. That is, the low breakdown voltage region is covered with a resist film, and the nitride film on the channel region is selectively dry etched.
- FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (d) Specific examples to which the LOCOS method is applied are shown in FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (d).
- a thick LOCOS oxide film 3 is formed by selective thermal oxidation using the nitride film 2 patterned on the semiconductor substrate 1 as a mask to form a low withstand voltage element region 4 and a high
- the nitride film 2 is removed, and further, a thermal oxide treatment is performed to form a gate oxide film 6 in the high breakdown voltage element region 5. Is done.
- the oxide film 6a is also grown in the low breakdown voltage element region 4 in the same manner. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
- a resist film 7 having a pattern covering the high withstand voltage element region 5 and exposing the low withstand voltage element region 4 is formed, and using the resist film 7 as a mask, a hydrofluoric acid solution is used. Then, the oxide film 6a on the surface of the low breakdown voltage element region 4 is removed (the portion to be removed is indicated by hatching). Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 10D, a gate oxide film 8 corresponding to the low breakdown voltage element region 4 is formed by performing a thermal oxidation process after removing the resist film 7.
- the surface of the semiconductor substrate 1 has three types of film thickness: the LOCOS oxide film 3, the thinner gate oxide film 6, and the thinner gate oxide film 8 The formation of an acid film is unlikely.
- the resist film 7 is an edge portion of the low withstand voltage element region 4 separated by the LOCOS oxide film 3. Since it is necessary to consider the ideal force mask alignment margin if it can be formed so as to match the above, the edge portion is located on the LOCOS oxide film 3. Therefore, erosion occurs during the wet etching shown in FIG.
- the stepped portion 9 leads to a decrease in the lithography focus margin in a later process, which may hinder fine processing.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining a configuration of a semiconductor device having a transistor having a drift / drain structure
- FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view thereof.
- a pair of drift layers 103 is formed on the semiconductor substrate 101 with the channel region 102 interposed therebetween.
- a shallow trench 104 adjacent to the channel region 102 is formed on the surface portion of the drift layer 103, and silicon oxide 105 is embedded in the trench 104.
- a gate oxide film 106 is formed on the surface of the channel region 102.
- a gate electrode 107 (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 12) is formed on the gate oxide film 106, and the edge portion of the gate electrode 107 reaches above the silicon oxide 105. Yes. With this structure, electric field concentration at the edge portion of the gate electrode 107 can be reduced.
- the trench 104 is also formed on both sides of the channel region 104 in the width direction w to form an isolation structure from other elements formed on the semiconductor substrate 101. (V ⁇ ⁇ slow shallow ⁇ trench ⁇ isolation).
- FIG. 13 (a) to 13 (1) are schematic cross-sectional views showing the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device, in which a portion of the trench 104 is shown enlarged.
- the trench 104 is formed by etching the semiconductor substrate 101 by reactive ion etching (RIE) using the silicon nitride film 111 as a node mask.
- RIE reactive ion etching
- FIG. 13B an oxide silicon film 112 is formed on the entire surface by a CVD (chemical vapor deposition) method.
- FIG. 13C a planarization process is performed by CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) until the silicon nitride film 111 is exposed. Embedded state.
- CMP Chemical Mechanical Polishing
- the silicon nitride film 111 is removed. Thereafter, a diffusion process for forming the drift region 103 is performed, and each time the semiconductor substrate 101 is subjected to a cleaning (light etching) process using hydrofluoric acid. For this reason, the silicon oxide film 112 is reduced in thickness, but the reduction of the film proceeds isotropically, and the semiconductor substrate 101 is completely insoluble in hydrofluoric acid. Therefore, until the gate oxide film 106 is formed, as shown in FIG. 13 (e), the corners of the silicon oxide 105 are retracted inward from the edge of the trench 104, and the channel region is formed. A depression (divot) 113 (indicated by a thick line in FIG. 12) is formed at the boundary with 102.
- a gate oxide film 106 is formed, and further, a gate electrode 107 is formed in a region extending from the channel region 102 to above the trench 104. Become.
- the gate oxide film 106 has a thin film portion 106 a having a thinner film thickness than other portions at the boundary with the trench 104, that is, at the edge of the channel region 104.
- This thin film portion 106a caused a decrease in the gate oxide film breakdown voltage and a poor transistor static characteristic (such as a hump phenomenon in which the threshold becomes unstable).
- FIGS. 14 (a) to 14 (d) schematically show a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a transistor having a drift 'drain structure using the LOCOS method.
- a nitride film 202 is formed on a semiconductor substrate 201, and this nitride film 202 is patterned using the resist film 210 as a mask.
- the nitride film 202 has a pair of openings 202a in regions facing each other with the channel region 203 interposed therebetween.
- a thick LOCOS oxide film 204 is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 201 as shown in FIG. 14 (b).
- ion implantation and ion diffusion thermal diffusion are performed to form a P-type well 205.
- a resist film 206 is formed so as to cover the channel region 203 and the region outside the wall 205, and N-type impurity ions are implanted using the resist film 206 as a mask.
- the resist film 206 is stripped, and the implanted N-type impurity is removed.
- the drift layer 207 penetrates the LOCOS oxide film 204 on both sides of the channel region 203 and reaches the channel region 203.
- a thin gate oxide film 208 is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 201 in the channel region 203 by thermal oxidation, and the gate oxide film 208 is connected to the LOCOS oxide film 204. .
- the gate electrode 209 is formed over a region that covers the upper portion of the gate oxide film 208 and further reaches the upper portion of the LOCOS oxide film 204.
- the edge force of the gate electrode 209 is located above the LOCOS oxide film 204 which is thicker than the gate oxide film 208, so that the concentration of the electric field at the edge part of the gate electrode 209 can be reduced.
- the ingress edge X of the drift layer 207 into the inner edge force channel region 203 of the LOCOS oxide film 204 there is a problem that variation occurs in the ingress edge X of the drift layer 207 into the inner edge force channel region 203 of the LOCOS oxide film 204.
- the variation in the penetration distance X is caused by a shift (mask shift) between the resist film 210 serving as a mask for patterning the nitride film 202 and the resist film 206 serving as a mask for forming the drift layer 207. is doing.
- the approach distance X varies between wafers (semiconductor substrate 201) and also varies depending on the in-plane position on the same wafer.
- the approach distance X greatly affects the breakdown voltage of the transistor (BVdss: Breakdown Voltage of drain with source short) as shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 15, it can be said that if the approach distance X is increased, the breakdown voltage will be stable. However, in the design where the approach distance X is increased, the breakdown voltage itself is low and the breakdown voltage is low. Can only be realized. Therefore, it has been a challenge to make the approach distance X as small as possible and to reduce variations.
- BVdss Breakdown Voltage of drain with source short
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-284615
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-76288
- a first object of the present invention is to have a plurality of regions with different breakdown voltages on a semiconductor substrate, and the element can be miniaturized in a region with a low breakdown voltage. To provide a semiconductor device capable of providing sufficient withstand voltage and a method for manufacturing the same It is.
- a second object of the present invention is to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device by selectively removing a nitride film in a predetermined region on a semiconductor substrate while suppressing damage to the region. It is to provide a way that can be done.
- a third object of the present invention is to make it possible to satisfactorily form an oxide film having at least three types of film thickness on a semiconductor substrate, thereby contributing to improvement of characteristics of the semiconductor device. Is to provide a method.
- the fourth object of the present invention is to prevent the gate oxide film from being thinned at the boundary between the channel region and the trench, thereby improving the gate oxide film breakdown voltage and improving the characteristics of the semiconductor device.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
- a fifth object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that can suppress variations in breakdown voltage that occur when a transistor having a drift 'drain structure is subjected to high breakdown voltage and miniaturization. is there.
- a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a region on the semiconductor substrate that is separated by an element isolation portion in which an insulator is embedded in a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate.
- a first region having a formed first element formation region, a first element formed in the first element formation region, and a region different from the first region on the semiconductor substrate;
- a second region having an element formation region; and a drift 'drain structure formed in the second element formation region, wherein a LOCOS oxide film thicker than the gate insulating film is disposed at an edge portion of the gate electrode, And a second element having a higher breakdown voltage than the first element.
- the second element having a relatively high breakdown voltage formed in the second region is formed in a drift / drain structure having a LOCOS oxide film at the edge portion of the gate electrode. Thickness and the problem of electric field concentration as in the case where the insulating film is arranged at the edge of the gate electrode can be suppressed. As a result, the second element can have a sufficient breakdown voltage.
- the second element formation region is preferably a region isolated by an element isolation part in which an insulator is embedded in a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate. In this configuration, since the element formation region is separated by STI in the second region as well as in the first region, the element formation region separation structure of the first and second regions is formed in a common process. And easy to manufacture.
- the second element formation region may be a region separated by a LOCOS oxide film.
- the LOCOS method is applied to the isolation of the element formation region in the second region, the concentration of the electric field in the second region is further reduced to further increase the breakdown voltage. Can do.
- the first element may have a smaller element size than the second element.
- the STI method advantageous for element miniaturization is applied to the separation of the element formation region in the first region, the first element can be easily miniaturized.
- an element isolation portion in which an insulator is embedded in a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate is formed in a first region on the semiconductor substrate, Forming a first element formation region separated by the element isolation portion; forming a second element formation region in a second region different from the first region of the semiconductor substrate; and A step of forming the first element in the element formation region, and a drift 'drain structure in which the LOCOS oxide film is disposed at the edge portion of the gate electrode and thicker than the gate insulating film, and has a higher breakdown voltage than the first element. Forming the second element in the second element formation region.
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of forming a nitride film covering the entire first region on the semiconductor substrate and covering a predetermined region in the second region, and the nitriding
- An oxide film forming step for forming an oxide film on the entire surface of the film, and after the oxide film forming step, the first region is covered and a predetermined oxide film formation target region on the second region is not covered
- a hydrofluoric acid etching step that selectively removes the acid film and exposes the underlying nitride film; a step of peeling the resist film; and a phosphoric acid solution heated to a predetermined temperature higher than room temperature.
- the exposed nitride film Removing process And forming an oxide film by thermal oxidation on the substrate surface of the oxide film formation target region from which the nitride film has been removed.
- the etching rate with the hydrofluoric acid solution is higher for the acid film than the nitride film.
- the etching rate with the hot phosphoric acid solution is higher for the nitride film than the acid film.
- the method further includes a step of forming a first element in the first region and a step of forming a second element having a higher breakdown voltage than the first element in the second region.
- the second element in the second region is formed in order to form the second element having a relatively high breakdown voltage.
- An oxide film can be grown in an oxide film formation target area without damage.
- both the first element and the second element have a gate oxide film
- the gate oxide film of the first element is thinner than the gate oxide film of the second element
- control the thickness of the thin gate oxide film for the first element with high accuracy.
- it can be formed. This makes it possible to give the second element sufficient breakdown voltage while forming the first element in a fine structure.
- the oxide film formation target region in the second region may include a channel region of a transistor.
- the nitride film on the channel region of the transistor is removed without performing dry etching that damages the channel region, and an oxide film (for example, a gate oxide film) is formed in the channel region. be able to.
- an oxide film for example, a gate oxide film
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third aspect of the present invention provides the first oxide film formation region 31 on the semiconductor substrate 21, as shown in FIG. 8 (a) to FIG. 8 (1). Forming a nitride film 22 having an opening and covering the second oxide film forming region 32 and the third oxide film forming region 33 (FIG.
- the semiconductor substrate 21 By subjecting the semiconductor substrate 21 to a thermal oxidation treatment, the first oxide film 23 having the first film thickness is formed in the first oxide film formation region 31 (FIG. 8 (a) to FIG. 8 (D example).
- a step of forming a resist film 25 having an opening in the second oxide film formation region 32 and covering the third oxide film formation region 33 on the semiconductor substrate 21 (FIG.
- the third oxide film 26 (for example, a gate oxide film of a transistor) having a thin second thickness (for example, the gate oxide film of a transistor) (FIG. 8 (d)) and wet etching with a hydrofluoric acid solution are used to form the third oxide film 26.
- the first oxide film having the first thickness is first formed in the first oxide film formation region using the nitride film formed on the semiconductor substrate as an oxidation resistant mask.
- an oxide film is formed on the surface of the nitride film.
- This oxide film is etched by hydrofluoric acid solution and is not substantially etched by hot phosphoric acid. Therefore, in the second oxide film formation region, the acid film on the surface of the nitride film is Removed. Since the resist film has no resistance to hot phosphoric acid, it is possible to selectively remove the nitride film from which the acid film has been removed by removing the resist film and then performing an etching process with hot phosphoric acid. it can. In this state, by performing thermal oxidation using the remaining nitride film as an acid-resistant mask, the second oxide film having a second thickness smaller than the first film thickness is changed to the second oxide film. It can be formed in the film formation region.
- the acid film on the surface of the nitride film in the third oxide film forming region is removed with an acid solution, and the nitride film is removed by etching with a phosphoric acid solution.
- a third oxide film having a third film thickness that is thinner than the second film thickness can be formed in the third oxide film formation region.
- the thinnest third oxide film can be accurately controlled without being affected by the formation process of the first oxide film and the second oxide film, and the next thin second oxide film is the first oxide film.
- the film thickness can be accurately controlled without being affected by the formation process of the oxide film.
- the oxide film is formed again in a desired region. There is no step in the first oxide film in the examples of FIGS. 8 (a) to 8 (1). As a result, the focus margin in the subsequent lithographic process can be improved.
- the element isolation film LOC oxide film
- the film thickness is reduced. It is possible to avoid the problem of deterioration of the element isolation withstand voltage due to.
- An extremely thin film thickness (for example, about 150 A) is sufficient for preventing the nitride film from being etched by hot phosphoric acid, and is formed first when the acid film is etched.
- undesired film loss does not occur in the oxide film. Therefore, the thicknesses of the first, second, and third oxide films can be set considering only the required characteristics that do not need to be determined in consideration of film thickness reduction.
- both the high breakdown voltage transistor and the low breakdown voltage transistor can be formed on the semiconductor substrate, and the thickness of the gate oxide film of the low breakdown voltage transistor can be accurately controlled. As a result, high voltage transistor Thus, it is possible to realize good characteristics of the low breakdown voltage transistor while ensuring a sufficient breakdown voltage.
- the first oxide film is disposed at an edge portion of the gate electrode of the second transistor, and is thicker than the second oxide film that is the gate oxide film of the second transistor. It is preferable that By this method, it is possible to form a drift'drain structure in which a thick oxide film is disposed at the edge of the gate electrode to prevent electric field concentration, and the high breakdown voltage characteristics of the second transistor can be realized.
- the first oxide film may include a LOCOS oxide film that separates an element formation region on the semiconductor substrate.
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of forming a trench adjacent to a channel region of a semiconductor substrate, a step of filling an oxide film in the trench, and the channel region.
- the gate oxide film before forming the gate oxide film, it protrudes by a predetermined distance to the channel region side and exposes the vicinity of the boundary between the channel region and the trench. Selective thermal oxidation using the membrane as a mask is performed. As a result, the purse beak extends from the oxide film inside the trench to the channel region, and the depression of the oxide film at the boundary between the trench and the channel region can be eliminated. Therefore, by subsequently forming a gate oxide film, it is possible to form a gate oxide film having a uniform thickness without a thin film portion due to the depression. As a result, the gate oxide film breakdown voltage can be improved and the characteristics of the semiconductor device can be improved.
- the purse beak is formed so that the film thickness at the base portion thereof is substantially equal to the film thickness of the gate oxide film.
- the step of forming the acid-resistant mask film includes the step of forming the acid-resistant mask film in a pattern exposing a pair of regions facing each other with the channel region interposed therebetween.
- the step of growing includes a step of growing a LOCOS oxide film in the pair of regions.
- the parse beak can be grown by utilizing the step of selectively growing the LOCOS oxide film in a pair of regions facing each other across the channel region. That is, it is not necessary to perform a special process in order to prevent the generation of the thin film portion of the gate oxide film due to the depression.
- the step of forming the trench may include a step of forming a trench in a pair of regions facing each other with the channel region interposed therebetween.
- the pair of regions protrudes by a predetermined distance from each other, and the acid-resistant film is exposed in the oxide film in the trenches of the pair of regions so as to expose the region near the boundary with the channel region.
- the method may include a step of implanting impurity ions into the pair of regions prior to the selective thermal oxidation step.
- impurity ions are thermally diffused in the semiconductor substrate in the pair of regions by heat applied to the semiconductor substrate in the selective thermal oxidation step, and are opposed to each other with the channel region interposed therebetween.
- the method further includes the step of forming a pair of drift layers.
- the selective thermal oxidation process can diffuse impurity ions in a pair of regions facing each other across the channel region and grow a parse beak, thereby simplifying the process. Can be.
- the method of the present invention further includes a step of covering the channel region and forming a gate electrode having an edge portion on the LOCOS oxide film or the oxide film in the trench.
- a high breakdown voltage transistor having a so-called drift 'drain structure can be formed.
- a gate oxide film having a uniform thickness without a thin film portion can be formed, a sufficient breakdown voltage can be secured.
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device provides an edge portion of a gate electrode.
- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a transistor having a drift / drain structure in which an oxide film is disposed thicker than a gate oxide film.
- an acid-resistant mask film 43 for example, a silicon nitride film
- FIG. 9 (a) A resist film forming step
- ion implantation for forming a drift layer is performed using one resist film as a mask, and a mask opening is formed in the acid-resistant mask film in a region facing the channel region.
- a common resist film is used for ion implantation for forming the drift layer and patterning of the oxidation resistant mask film.
- the drift layer and the LOCOS oxide film are formed in a self-aligned manner, so the advance distance of the drift layer from the channel region side edge of the LOCOS oxide film to the inside of the channel region is accurately determined. Can be controlled. As a result, it is possible to suppress variations in the breakdown voltage of the transistor having a drift / drain structure.
- the resist opening of the resist film and the mask opening of the acid resistant mask film do not necessarily have to be surrounded by the entire circumference.
- a pair of resist openings and mask openings facing each other across the channel region may form one opening continuously in a region avoiding the channel region.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view for explaining a configuration of a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view showing the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2C is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2D is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2E is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2F is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing process of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2G is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2H is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2J is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2K is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2L is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2M is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 2N is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing step of the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of the vicinity of the high voltage transistor, showing the configuration in the process of FIG. 2E.
- FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along section line IV-IV in FIG. 3, FIG. 4B shows a similar cut surface corresponding to the process of FIG. 2F, and FIG. 4C shows a similar cut corresponding to FIG. Show the surface.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the gate oxide film breakdown voltage in a high breakdown voltage transistor, showing the relationship between the gate voltage Vg and the gate leakage current Ig.
- FIG. 7 is an illustrative sectional view for explaining the configuration of a semiconductor device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 (a) to FIG. 8 (1) are schematic cross-sectional views for illustrating an example of the method of the present invention.
- FIGS. 9 (a) to 9 (h) are schematic cross-sectional views for illustrating one example of the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 10 are schematic sectional views showing the prior art using the LOCOS method in the order of steps.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining a configuration of a semiconductor device having a transistor having a drift 'drain structure.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of the semiconductor device of FIG.
- FIGS. 13 (a) to 13 (1) are schematic cross-sectional views for explaining a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device of FIGS. 11 and 12.
- FIG. 13 (a) to 13 (1) are schematic cross-sectional views for explaining a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device of FIGS. 11 and 12.
- FIG. 14 (a) to FIG. 14 (d) are cross-sectional views showing a conventional manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a transistor having a drift 'drain structure in the order of steps.
- a diagram for explaining variations in breakdown voltage when a transistor having a drift'drain structure is manufactured by a conventional manufacturing method.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the configuration of a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate (an example of a semiconductor substrate) 40 having a first region 50 where a plurality of low breakdown voltage transistors 51 are formed and a second region 70 where a plurality of high breakdown voltage transistors 71 are formed.
- RU silicon substrate
- the plurality of low breakdown voltage transistors 51 formed in the first region 50 are formed as elements separated by a shallow trench isolation (STI) portion 52 formed in the surface layer portion of the silicon substrate 40. It is formed in region 53.
- the STI part 52 is a silicon substrate 40 A shallow (eg, about 4000 A deep) trench 54 formed on the surface is formed by burying silicon oxide 55 in trench 54.
- a well (P-type well or N-type wall) 56 is formed on the surface layer portion of the silicon substrate 40.
- a source diffusion layer 58 and a drain diffusion layer 59 are formed in the wall 56 with a channel region 57 interposed therebetween.
- a gate oxide film 60 third oxide film having a thickness of 32 A, for example, is formed on the surface of the channel region 57, and a gate electrode 61 is laminated on the gate oxide film 60! / RU
- an interlayer insulating film is formed so as to cover the gate electrode 61 and the source Z drain diffusion layers 58 and 59.
- a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed so as to be joined to the source diffusion layer 58 and the drain diffusion layer 59 through the contact holes formed in the interlayer insulating film, respectively.
- the plurality of low breakdown voltage transistors 51 formed in the first region 50 may be all N-channel transistors (N-type source / drain diffusion layers formed in a P-type well).
- the shift may be a P-channel transistor (with a P-type source / drain diffusion layer formed in an N-type well), including both an N-channel transistor and a P-channel transistor. Yo! /.
- the high breakdown voltage transistor 71 formed in the second region 70 is formed in the element formation region 73 separated by the STI portion 72 formed in the surface layer portion of the silicon substrate 40.
- the STI portion 72 is formed by embedding a silicon oxide 75 in a shallow (for example, about 4000 A) trench 74 formed on the surface of the silicon substrate 40.
- a well (P-type well or N-type wall) 76 is formed on the surface layer portion of the silicon substrate 40.
- the source side drift layer 78 and the drain side drift layer 79 (the N type drift layer in the P type well and the P type drift layer in the N type well) with the channel region 77 (active region) in between. Is formed.
- a gate oxide film 80 (second oxide film) having a thickness of 1000 A, for example, is formed on the surface of the channel region 77, and a gate electrode 81 is laminated on the gate oxide film 80. ing.
- LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 On the surfaces of the drift layers 78 and 79, thick LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 (first oxide films. For example, Each film thickness is about 2800 A).
- the gate electrode 81 is formed in a region where the upper force of the channel region 77 reaches the edge of the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 on the side of the channel region 77. As a result, the end 81a of the gate electrode 81 is located on the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85, which are thicker than the gate oxide film 80, thereby preventing the concentration of the electric field and achieving a high breakdown voltage. A structure is formed.
- contact holes 86 and 87 for joining the source electrode and the drain electrode to the drift layers 78 and 79 are formed.
- a source contact layer 78a and a drain contact layer 79a having the same conductivity type as that of the drift layers 78 and 79 and containing impurities at a higher concentration than the drift layers 78 and 79 are formed in regions immediately below the contact holes 86 and 87, respectively.
- the above-described interlayer insulating film is further formed so as to cover the gate electrode 81 and the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85.
- Contact holes for the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed in the interlayer insulating film, and these contact holes 86 and 87 are formed in the LO COS oxide films 84 and 85, respectively.
- the drift layers 78 and 79 enter under the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 and enter the channel region 77. Edge force on the channel region 77 side of the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 The intrusion distances XI and X2 of the drift layers 78 and 79 to the inside of the channel region 77 are suppressed by applying the manufacturing method described later. It is controlled with high accuracy.
- the plurality of high voltage transistors 71 formed in the second region 70 may all be N-channel type transistors (with an N-type drift layer formed in a P-type wall). It may be a channel-type transistor (with a P-type drift layer formed in an N-type well). Both N-channel and P-channel transistors may be included.
- the high breakdown voltage transistor 71 is a transistor having a higher breakdown voltage than the low breakdown voltage transistor 51.
- the operating voltage of the high voltage transistor 71 is about 40V, while the operating voltage of the low voltage transistor 51 is about 1.8V.
- the low breakdown voltage transistor 51 has a finer structure than the high breakdown voltage transistor 71, and the element size of the high breakdown voltage transistor 71 (the size of the element formation region 73) is on the order of 20 m, whereas the low breakdown voltage transistor 51 has a low breakdown voltage.
- the element size of transistor 51 (the size of element formation region 53) is on the order of 1 ⁇ m. [0059] In the semiconductor device of this embodiment, the element formation regions 53 and 73 are separated by the STI portions 52 and 72.
- the element formation regions 53 and 73 are occupied for the element separation as compared with the element separation by the LOCOS method.
- the region to be formed (element isolation region) can be reduced. This makes it possible to form the low breakdown voltage transistors 51 having a fine structure with high density, particularly in the first region 50 which is a low breakdown voltage region.
- the second region 70 which is a high breakdown voltage region the thick oxide film for the drift / drain structure is formed of the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85. As a result, the problem of electric field concentration in the case of forming this thick oxide film with the STI structure can be overcome, and the breakdown voltage of the high breakdown voltage transistor 71 can be improved.
- FIG. 2A to 2L are cross-sectional views showing the method of manufacturing the semiconductor device in the order of steps.
- a silicon substrate 40 on which STI portions 52 and 72 are formed is manufactured. More specifically, trenches 54 and 74 (depth of about 4000 A) are formed in the first and second regions 50 and 70 on the surface of the silicon substrate 40 by, for example, reactive ion etching.
- a silicon oxide film (HDP: high density plasma CVD oxide film) is formed.
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing
- the surface of the silicon substrate 40 is covered with a resist film 41 having an opening in a region where the well 76 in the second region 70 is to be formed, and impurities for forming the well 76 are formed using the resist film 41 as a mask. Ions are implanted. This impurity ion is, for example, a boron ion if Ul 76 is P-type, and is, for example, a phosphorus ion if Wal 76 is N-type.
- the first region 50 is covered with the resist film 41 V, so no impurity ions are introduced into the first region 50!
- the resist film 41 is removed, and a pad oxide film 42 is formed on the entire surface of the silicon substrate 40 by a thermal oxidation method.
- heat applied to the silicon substrate 40 is used to thermally diffuse (drive) the impurity ions implanted into the silicon substrate 40, thereby forming a wall 76 in the silicon substrate 40.
- a silicon nitride film 43 (for example, a film thickness of about 300 A) covering the entire surface of the pad oxide film 42 is formed by a CVD (chemical vapor deposition) method.
- a pattern of the resist film 44 is formed on the surface of the silicon nitride film 43.
- This resist film 44 has a resist opening 44a corresponding to the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 in the structure of FIG. 1 (a resist opening formed in a pair of regions facing each other with the channel region 77 in between), and the rest This part is covered.
- the resist film 44 covers the entire first region 50, covers the region corresponding to the channel region 77 of the second region 70, and covers the regions corresponding to the contact holes 86 and 87.
- the region covered with the resist film 44 is the first oxide film forming region.
- impurity ions for forming drift layers 78 and 79 are implanted.
- This impurity ion is an impurity ion having a conductivity type opposite to that of the well 76.
- the drift layers 78 and 79 are N-type, for example, phosphorus ions are used, and the drift layers 78 and 79 are P-type. For example, boron ions.
- the implantation energy of impurity ions is set so that the ion projection range is smaller than the thickness of the STI portion 72.
- RIE reactive ion etching
- the resist film 44 as a mask
- Membrane 43 is patterned. That is, the silicon nitride film 43 covers the entire first region 50, covers the region corresponding to the channel region 77 of the second region 70, and the regions corresponding to the contact holes 86 and 87, like the resist film 44. Is covered. Since the silicon nitride film 43 is patterned by the resist film 44, the silicon nitride film 43 has a mask opening 43a aligned with the resist opening 44a of the resist film 44. The mask opening 43a sandwiches the channel region 77. Are formed in a pair of regions facing each other.
- thermal oxidation LOC OS method
- the silicon nitride film 43 as an acid resistant mask.
- the LOCOS oxide film 84, 85 is formed in the second region 70 in the region facing the channel region 77 (the region of the drift layers 78, 79), and the implanted ions
- thermal diffusion drive
- drift layers 78 and 79 facing each other across the channel region 77 are formed.
- the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 have a film thickness of about 2800 A.
- the drift layers 78 and 79 are connected to the channel region 7 rather than the edge of the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 on the channel region 77 side. Only the approach distances XI and X2 enter the inside of 7.
- the resist film 44 used as a mask for ion implantation for forming the drift layers 78 and 79 has an oxidation resistance when forming the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85. It is also used for patterning the silicon nitride film 43 as a mask.
- the drift layers 78 and 79 and the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 are formed in a self-aligned manner.
- the above approach distances XI and X2 are determined by the diffusion distance due to heat, and are controlled with high accuracy. Variations between semiconductor devices can be suppressed. As a result, the variation in breakdown voltage can be greatly reduced.
- an oxide film (thin oxide film) 45 (for example, a film) is formed on the surface of the silicon nitride film 43 by the thermal oxidation treatment for forming the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85.
- the thickness of the silicon nitride film 43 is reduced by the amount of the oxide film 45 (for example, about 150 A). If the oxide film 45 having a sufficient thickness does not grow on the silicon nitride film 43 when the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 are formed, the oxide film covering the silicon nitride film 43 is formed by, for example, the CVD method. A step of growing the film 45 may be performed.
- a channel region 77 (a region between the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85).
- a resist film 46 having a pattern covering the remaining portion on the silicon substrate 40 is formed while exposing the second oxide film formation region). Then, wet etching with a hydrofluoric acid solution is performed using the resist film 46 as a mask. As a result, the oxide film 45 on the surface of the silicon nitride film 43 is etched away in the region V exposed from the resist film 46. The silicon nitride film 43 remains on the silicon substrate 40 because the etching rate of the hydrofluoric acid solution is sufficiently lower than that of silicon oxide.
- etching with a hot phosphoric acid solution (a phosphoric acid solution having a temperature higher than room temperature) is performed.
- the silicon substrate 40 is immersed in a phosphoric acid solution at 150 ° C. for about 60 minutes.
- the silicon nitride film 43 is peeled off in the region where the oxide film 45 is not formed on the surface. That is, the silicon nitride film 43 in the region of the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 is selectively peeled off.
- silicon oxide has a low etching rate with the hot phosphoric acid solution, the silicon substrate 40 is almost intact. Remains on top.
- the silicon nitride film 43 is selectively applied only in the channel region 77 in a state where the first region 50 is covered with the silicon nitride film 43 (and the region other than the channel region 77 in the second region 70 is covered). Can be removed.
- the selection ratio of the silicon nitride film 43 to the pad oxide film 42 (underlayer film) is 100 or more, and a large margin in the etching time design can be taken.
- the pad oxide film 42 on the surface of the channel region 77 can be removed, and the surface of the silicon substrate 40 can be exposed.
- a gate oxide film 80 (for example, a film thickness of 1000 A) is grown in the channel region 77 as shown in FIG.
- a gate oxide film 80 for example, a film thickness of 1000 A
- a slight amount of oxide film grows on the silicon nitride film 43, but the oxide layer on the surface of the silicon substrate 40. No film growth occurs.
- the selective removal of the silicon nitride film 43 on the channel region 77 in the second region 70 is performed by a wet etching process using a hydrofluoric acid solution and a phosphoric acid solution, as in reactive ion etching. No need for a dry etching process. Therefore, the surface of the silicon substrate 40 in the channel region 77 is not damaged by the plasma, so that the gate oxide film 80 having a good film quality can be formed and the carrier region 77 in which the carrier moves. The crystal state of the silicon substrate 40 in the surface layer portion can be maintained in a good state. In the process of FIG. 2E in which the mask opening 43a is opened in the silicon nitride film 43 by the reactive ion etching process, the region where the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 are formed is opened. Damage caused will not affect the device characteristics.
- a thick gate oxide film corresponding to the second region 70 is formed in both the first and second regions 50 and 70, and the thick gate oxide film on the first region 50 side is selectively used.
- the first and second regions 50 and 70 are significantly different.
- a step can be prevented from being generated.
- the gate oxide film 60 corresponding to the first region 50, the gate oxide film 80 corresponding to the second region 70, and the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 have three types of acid oxide series. The con film can be formed without causing a significant step. As a result, the reduction of the focus margin in the subsequent lithographic process can be suppressed.
- the entire silicon nitride film 43 on the silicon substrate 40 is peeled off. Specifically, after etching the oxide film 45 on the surface of the silicon nitride film 43 with an acid solution, the silicon nitride film 43 is removed with a hot phosphoric acid solution. The force that causes a slight reduction in the thickness of the gate oxide film 80 by etching the thin oxide film on the surface of the silicon nitride film 43. This etching only removes the thin oxide film on the surface of the silicon nitride film 43. Therefore, the gate oxide film 80 is not a problem because the surface layer portion is merely etched.
- a resist film 47 that covers the entire second region 70 and exposes the surface of the silicon substrate 40 in the region corresponding to the wall 56 in the first region 50 is formed. It is formed. Impurity ions for forming the well 56 are implanted using the resist film 47 as a mask. This impurity ion is, for example, a boron ion if Ul 56 is P-type, and is, for example, a phosphorus ion if Wal 56 is N-type. At the time of this ion implantation, since the second region 70 is covered with the resist film 47, impurity ions are not introduced into the second region 70.
- wet etching with a hydrofluoric acid solution is performed using the resist film 47 as a mask, and the surface of the silicon substrate 40 in the first region 50 (particularly the region of the well 56) is subjected to wet etching.
- the oxide film 42 is removed.
- a gate oxide film 60 is formed in the area of the well 56 (third oxide film forming area) by thermal oxidation.
- the thickness of the gate oxide film 60 is, for example, 32 A.
- the surface of the silicon substrate 40 in the region where the gate oxide film 60 is to be formed is the same as that in the step of forming the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 in the second region 70 and also in the second region 70. Even in the step of forming the silicon film 80, the silicon nitride film 43 is always protected. Therefore, the gate oxide film 60 formed in the first region 50 is thick without being affected by the formation process of the LOCOS oxide film 84, 85 or the gate oxide film 80 in the second region 70. Crystal defects are introduced into the silicon substrate 40 due to the stress generated when the oxide film is formed on a fine pattern such as the first region 50, and thus, An increase in the peak current can be avoided.
- the gate electrode 61 of the low breakdown voltage transistor 51 and the gate electrode 81 of the high breakdown voltage transistor 71 are formed. These may be made of, for example, a polysilicon film. Specifically, after forming a polysilicon film on the entire surface of the silicon substrate 40, the gate electrodes 61 and 81 may be formed by etching the polysilicon film. The gate electrode 81 is formed in a pattern in which the edge portion is located on the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85.
- the semiconductor device having the structure shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of the vicinity of the high voltage transistor 71, showing the configuration in the process of FIG. 2E.
- FIG. 2E shows a cross-sectional structure corresponding to the section line II II in FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along section line IV-IV in FIG. 3
- FIG. 4B shows a similar section corresponding to the process of FIG. 2F
- FIG. 4C is a similar section corresponding to FIG. Indicates.
- the silicon nitride film 43 patterned by reactive ion etching is formed from the channel region 77 to the STI with respect to the width direction W of the channel region 77 defined by the STI portion 72.
- silicon nitride film 43 on channel region 77 has a length corresponding to a desired channel length.
- the surface of the silicon substrate 40 is exposed in a pair of rectangular regions 91 and 92 surrounded by the STI portion 72 and the silicon nitride film 43.
- a silicon nitride film 43 is formed in a region corresponding to the contact holes 86 and 87 in the approximate center of the pair of rectangular regions 91 and 92.
- the upper edge 72a of the STI portion 72 (the edge of the channel region 77) has a cleaning process (such as light etching with hydrofluoric acid solution) that is performed before the impurity diffusion process (such as the process of FIG. 2B).
- a dent 93 as shown in FIG. 4A is generated.
- This dent 93 If the gate oxide film 80 is formed as it is, a remarkable thin film portion is formed in the gate oxide film 80 in the recess 93.
- This thin film portion causes a leak and causes a reduction in the breakdown voltage of the gate oxide film.
- this thin film portion since this thin film portion partially forms a low threshold region, the static characteristics of the high breakdown voltage transistor 71 are deteriorated (threshold becomes unstable, etc.).
- the thermal oxide film forming the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 is removed.
- a parsbeak 94 extending from the STI portion 72 to the channel region 77 is grown. That is, as described above, the silicon nitride film 43 protrudes to the STI portion 72 side by a minute distance ⁇ with respect to the width direction of the channel region 77 and exposes a region in the vicinity of the STI portion 72 and the channel region 77.
- the minute distance ⁇ is set so that the film thickness t of the base portion of the parsbeak 94 grown by the thermal oxidation process is substantially equal to the desired film thickness (eg, 1000 A) of the gate oxide film 80. Determined. More preferably, the film thickness t is determined to be approximately equal to the sum of the desired film thickness of the gate oxide film 80 and the film thickness of the pad oxide film 42 (which will be etched later with a hydrofluoric acid solution). Good.
- the thermal oxidation process for forming the gate oxide film 80 as shown in FIG. 4C, the gate oxide film 80 grown on the surface of the silicon substrate 40 in the channel region 77 and the parse beak 94 are connected. In the channel region 77, a gate oxide film 80 having a uniform film thickness is formed in each part of the channel region 77 reaching the edge portion.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the gate oxide film breakdown voltage in the high breakdown voltage transistor 71, and shows the relationship between the gate voltage Vg (voltage applied to the gate electrode 81) and the gate leakage current Ig.
- the two-dot chain line shows the gate oxide film withstand voltage characteristics when measures are taken to remove the depression 93
- the solid line shows the gate oxide film withstand voltage characteristics when measures are taken to remove the depression 93. From FIG. 5, it is understood that the gate withstand voltage can be clearly improved by taking the above-mentioned measures for removing the depression 93.
- the broken line indicates the characteristic when the measure for removing the depression 93 is omitted, and the solid line indicates the characteristic when the measure for removing the depression 93 is taken.
- the multiple characteristic curves show the characteristics when the back gate voltage BGV (voltage applied to the silicon substrate 40) is set to OV, -2V, -4V, 6V, and -8V, respectively.
- FIG. 6 shows a similar decrease for the force P-channel high voltage transistor, which is an example of the characteristics of an N-channel high voltage transistor.
- the cause of the hump is that a thin film portion corresponding to the depression 93 is formed in the gate oxide film, and partial conduction occurs in the thin film portion.
- the depression 93 is removed and the thickness of the gate oxide film 80 is made uniform, such partial conduction can be suppressed, and humps can be suppressed. As a result, good static characteristics can be realized even when the knock gate voltage is increased.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the configuration of a semiconductor device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- parts corresponding to the parts shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals as in FIG.
- the element formation region in the second region 70 is separated by the LO COS oxide film 98 that is not in the STI portion 72.
- the element formation region 73 in the second region 70 may be separated by the LOCOS method. Further, there is no significant step in the LOCOS oxide film 98 located at the boundary between the first and second regions 50, 70.
- the forces described above for the two embodiments of the present invention have been described above.
- the present invention can be implemented in other forms.
- the LOCOS method for both the first and second regions 50 and 70 Device isolation may be performed. Even in this case, a significant step does not occur in the LOCOS oxide film 98 at the boundary between the first and second regions 50 and 70 as in the case described above.
- the STI portion may be disposed at the position where the LOCOS oxide films 84 and 85 are formed, and the edge portion of the gate electrode 81 may be positioned on the STI portion.
- the thermal oxidation treatment before the formation of the gate oxide film 80 in a state where the silicon nitride film 43 is formed in a pattern protruding by a minute distance to the STI portion side, the STI treatment is performed. A parse beak that extends from the portion toward the channel region 77 can be formed. As a result, the depression at the upper edge of the STI portion can be eliminated.
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