WO2006046301A1 - 半導体装置および半導体装置の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a technique that can increase the product yield without degrading the operation characteristics of a flash memory cell.
- a flash memory is a kind of electrically rewritable ROM, and is a semiconductor memory device that is widely used in mobile phones, digital still cameras, or communication network devices.
- Each flash memory cell includes a floating gate provided on a tunnel oxide film and a control gate which is a gate for applying a bias to the floating gate, and corresponds to a bias applied to the floating gate.
- a control gate which is a gate for applying a bias to the floating gate, and corresponds to a bias applied to the floating gate.
- information is written and erased by injecting and extracting electrons into the floating gate through the tunnel oxide film.
- a dielectric film that acts as a quantum mechanical energy barrier is formed on the outer periphery of the floating gate to be provided in each cell so that injected electrons do not leak out of the floating gate.
- the film is formed of an ONO film (a three-layer film of oxide film Z nitride film Z oxide film) or an ON film (a two-layer film of oxide film Z nitride film) having a high dielectric constant. Yes (for example, see Patent Document 1).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view in the vicinity of a single memory for explaining a part of a conventional manufacturing process of a flash memory
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a manufacturing process for explaining these schematic cross-sectional views.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a part of a flash memory
- FIG. 1 shows an outline of a cross section taken along line AA in FIG.
- reference numeral 100 denotes a semiconductor substrate such as silicon, and 101 denotes tunnel acid.
- 102 is shallow trench isolation (STI)
- 103 is polysilicon serving as a floating gate
- 104 is photoresist serving as an etching mask
- 105 is an ONO film
- 106 is an ONO film 105 described later.
- Etching residue is a mask (control gate mask) for forming a control gate
- 108 is a floating gate
- 109 is a control gate
- 110 is an active region.
- STI (102) extends in a stripe shape in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of control gate mask 107, and two STIs are provided.
- polysilicon 103 serving as a floating gate extends in the same direction as the STI stripe.
- These tunnel oxide film 101 and STI (102) are covered with polysilicon 103 serving as a floating gate, and a photoresist 104 serving as a mask for etching a part of polysilicon 103 is formed thereon.
- the film thickness of the polysilicon 103 is, for example, 300-1200A. Further, the etching of the polysilicon 103 is performed to divide the floating gates 108 of adjacent cells.
- etching is performed using the photoresist 104 as a mask, a part of the polysilicon 103 on the STI (102) is etched, and the upper surface of the STI (102) is partially exposed, so that the floating gate of the adjacent cell 108 are divided (Fig. 1 (b)).
- an ONO film 105 is deposited on the entire surface of the substrate (Fig. 1 (c). Note that the thickness of the ONO film 105 depends on its electrical characteristics. It is controlled so as to be 100-250 A when converted to an acid film.
- the polysilicon 103 and the ONO film 105 in a region other than the region to be the control gate 109 (cell peripheral region) are removed by dry etching.
- the ONO film 105 formed on the side wall of the polysilicon 103 is thick as the force 00—1500 A (shown in FIG. 1 (c)). All of them cannot be removed, and the residue of the ONO film 105 remains on the line indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 2 (b) (FIG. 1 (d)).
- the dielectric film ONO film or ON film
- Such a dielectric film residue is lifted off in the etching tank in the subsequent hydrofluoric acid etching process, and floats and re-adheres as particles in the etching solution, thereby reducing the product yield of the semiconductor device.
- a dielectric film residue is lifted off in the etching tank in the subsequent hydrofluoric acid etching process, and floats and re-adheres as particles in the etching solution, thereby reducing the product yield of the semiconductor device.
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- the dielectric film residue time can be reduced by controlling the dielectric film etching time required for the formation process by the control gate etching.
- the etching selectivity for the material of the floating gate and the material of the dielectric film is not sufficiently high. For this reason, the etching of the floating gate material proceeds excessively and is overetched, so that the tunnel oxide film is damaged, and as a result, the device characteristics are deteriorated.
- the present invention has been made in view of the problem, and the object of the present invention is to provide a technique that can increase the product yield without deteriorating the operating characteristics of the semiconductor memory device. It is to provide.
- the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a cell region formed by sequentially laminating a tunnel oxide film, a floating gate, a dielectric film, and a control gate on the semiconductor substrate, and is provided on a side wall of the floating gate. Is provided with a step, and the dielectric film is formed of the flowtain.
- the semiconductor device is also provided on the side wall of the gate. A plurality of the steps may be provided on the side wall of the floating gate. When the number of the steps is n and the height of the side wall of the floating gate is h, the steps can be provided with an interval of approximately hZ (n + 1).
- the floating gate is preferably polysilicon or amorphous silicon.
- the floating gate is preferably phosphorus-doped.
- the dielectric film is an ON film in which a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film are stacked in this order, or an ONO in which a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and a silicon oxide film are stacked in this order. It can be set as the structure containing a film
- the present invention also provides a step of providing a tunnel oxide film on a semiconductor substrate, and a first opening of size W1 provided on the tunnel oxide film and formed on the conductive film to form a floating gate.
- Forming a first mask having, a step of etching a part of the conductive film in a thickness direction from the first opening of the first mask, a step of removing the first mask, Forming a second mask on the conductive film, the second mask having the same center as the first opening and having a second opening of size W2 ( ⁇ W1); and the etching using the second mask.
- a fifth step of etching the remaining conductive film in the thickness direction to form a step on the side wall of the conductive film.
- the first and second masks can be silicon nitride film or silicon oxide film hard masks.
- the first and second masks may be photoresist masks.
- a step of thermally oxidizing the conductive film to round corners of the step formed on the side wall of the conductive film may be provided.
- a step portion on the side wall of polysilicon to be a floating gate is formed by using a hard mask or a photoresist mask. If such a step portion is provided, the height from the step portion to the top surface of the STI used for element isolation can be made lower than that of the conventional structure, so that residue generation after etching the dielectric film is generated. Suppression can be realized without degrading the operation characteristics of the element.
- FIGS. 1 (a) to 1 (d) are schematic cross-sectional views in the vicinity of a single memory for explaining a part of a conventional manufacturing process of a flash memory.
- FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are schematic plan views of a part of the flash memory during the manufacturing process for explaining the schematic sectional views of FIGS. 1 (a) to (d).
- FIGS. 3 (a) and (g) are diagrams for explaining a first example of a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention.
- FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c) are diagrams for explaining a second example of the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c) are views for explaining a third example of the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention.
- a hard mask or a photoresist mask is used in order to prevent the dielectric film residue from being generated during the wet etching process without deteriorating the operating characteristics.
- a step portion on the side wall of polysilicon to be a floating gate is formed.
- the height from the step portion to the top surface of the STI used for element isolation (which is equal to the height of the end portion of the dielectric film) is made lower than that of the conventional structure. be able to. If the height of the end portion of the dielectric film formed on the side wall of the floating gate is reduced, generation of residues after etching the dielectric film can be suppressed.
- the floating gate formed by the step portion of the polysilicon side wall is used. Thermal oxidation is performed to round a corner of a corner. Such “rounding” of the corner of the floating gate makes it possible to avoid concentration of the electric field on the portion and to reduce the height of the floating gate end (side wall) at the same time.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a first example of a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention.
- reference numeral 10 denotes a silicon substrate
- 11 denotes a tunnel oxide film
- 12 denotes an STI
- 13 For example, phosphorous doped polysilicon to be a floating gate
- 14 is a silicon nitride film as a first hard mask
- 15 is a photoresist
- 16 is a partial region of polysilicon 13 to be removed in an etching process to be described later
- 17 is a silicon nitride film as a second hard mask
- 18 is a stepped portion of polysilicon 13
- 19 is an ONO film as a high dielectric constant film
- 20 is polysilicon as a control gate.
- the element is separated by the STI (12).
- tunnel oxide film 11 and STI (12) are covered with polysilicon 13 serving as a floating gate, and silicon nitride film 14 used as a first hard mask and a part of this silicon nitride film are etched thereon.
- a patterned photoresist 15 for forming a mask is formed (FIG. 3 (a)).
- the polysilicon 13 serving as the floating gate has a film thickness of 300-1200A, for example, and the silicon nitride film 14 as the first hard mask has a film thickness of 300-800A, for example.
- a predetermined portion of silicon nitride film 14 is dry-etched from the opening, and a partial region 16 of polysilicon 13 indicated by hatching in the drawing is etched in the next step. Forming a first hard mask. Note that after the etching of a predetermined portion of the silicon nitride film 14, the photoresist 15 used as a mask for the etching is removed (FIG. 3 (b)).
- the silicon nitride film 14 opened as shown in FIG. 3B as a mask a partial region 16 of the polysilicon 13 is etched (FIG. 3C). The etching depth at this time is, for example, 100-1000A.
- the silicon nitride film 17 is removed from the second film. This is because the shape of the etching end portion of the polysilicon 13 is made to be a stepped step by etching in a later process performed using the hard mask.
- a silicon nitride film 17 as a second hard mask is formed on the entire surface with a film thickness of 300 to 1000 A (FIG. 3D), and the silicon nitride film 17 is completely removed.
- Apply dry etching until Since the silicon nitride film 17 formed on the side wall of the silicon nitride film 14 used as the first hard mask has a relatively low etching rate, the applied force is the same as that of the silicon nitride side wall formed.
- the polysilicon 13 is etched in a trench shape in the depth direction, and the floating gates of adjacent cells are divided, and A stepped portion 18 of polysilicon 13 as shown in FIG. 3 (e) is formed.
- the step 18 After the step 18 is formed, the remaining portion of the silicon nitride film 14 used as the first hard mask is removed, and the ONO film on the entire surface of the polysilicon 13 having the step 18 at the etching end. 19 is deposited. Then, polysilicon 20 serving as a control gate is formed on the ONO film 19 (FIG. 3 (f)). The film thickness of the ONO film 19 is controlled so as to be 100-250 A when its electrical characteristics are converted into an oxide film.
- the height (Z) from the step portion 18 to the upper surface of the STI (12) is higher than that of the conventional structure. ⁇ Lower by ⁇ .
- the heights Z and ⁇ Z from the step 18 to the top of the STI (12) can be changed as appropriate according to the design of the element. For example, Z is 200-700 ⁇ , ⁇ is 200-800A, etc. Is done. Further, the width of the terrace of the stepped portion 18 is, for example, about 300A.
- the position (height) of the side wall of the polysilicon 13 where the stepped portion 18 is provided can be changed as appropriate.
- the number of the stepped portions 18 is n and the height of the side wall of the polysilicon 13 is It is preferable that hZ (n + 1) be provided with an interval of approximately hZ (n + 1), since the etching time becomes substantially equal because the heights of the ONO films partitioned by the step portions 18 are approximately equal.
- the step of the floating gate as described above is also effective for reducing the coupling noise of adjacent bits.
- coupling noise between adjacent bits has become a problem.
- the bit in the write state the state where electrons exist in the floating gate
- the erase state When the bit exists adjacent to the bit, the threshold voltage of the bit in the erased state is recognized high due to coupling noise, and may be read as being in the written state.
- the area of the side wall of the adjacent floating gate can be reduced, and the capacitance between the floating gates of adjacent bits can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the coupling noise of adjacent bits, thereby suppressing the occurrence of errors during reading (data read errors).
- Example 1 force using a hard mask made of a silicon nitride film when forming the stepped portion 18 on the side wall of the polysilicon 13 Such a stepped portion is formed by a normal photolithography technique using a photoresist mask. Even if you do it.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a second example of the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention.
- the same reference numerals are used for the same elements as those in the first embodiment.
- the element is separated by the STI (12).
- the tunnel oxide film 11 and the STI (12) are covered with the polysilicon 13 serving as a floating gate, and a patterned photoresist 15 for etching a part of the polysilicon is formed thereon. ( Figure 4 (a)).
- the film thickness of the polysilicon 13 serving as the floating gate is, for example, 300-1200A.
- a predetermined portion of polysilicon 13 is dry-etched from the opening. Note that after etching a predetermined portion of the polysilicon 13,
- FIG. 4 shows an example in which one step portion is formed using two photoresist masks. However, as in the first embodiment, a plurality of step portions are provided. It goes without saying. Even in such a case, the required photoresist mask is tl applied according to the number of stepped portions to be provided.
- the shape of the stepped portion after the stepped portion 18 is formed on the side wall of the polysilicon 13 No special processing was applied to the shape.
- the stepped portion 18 of the polysilicon 13 includes an acute angle portion (corner portion) in the cross-sectional outline, when this is used as a floating gate in the cell region, the stepped portion 18 is divided into the corresponding angle.
- the electric field concentrates and causes the ONO film 19 to break down. In order to avoid such dielectric breakdown, it is preferable to round the corners of the stepped portion 18 by forming a stepped portion 18 and then performing thermal oxidation.
- FIG. 5 is a process diagram for explaining the process of rounding the corners of the stepped portion 18 with thermal acid.
- FIG. 5 (a) shows the first hardware after the process of FIG. 3 (e) is completed. A state in which the silicon nitride film 14 as a mask is removed is shown. As shown in this figure, the polysilicon 13 with the silicon nitride film 14 removed 13 the step 18 on the side wall of the step 18 and the top and bottom regions of the step 18 are sharp corners. ing.
- the polysilicon 13 in this state is thermally oxidized to form an oxide film 21 (FIG. 5B).
- silicon atoms in the surface region of the polysilicon 13 react with oxygen to form an oxide film, and the corners are rounded.
- the oxide film 21 formed after such “rounding” is etched by a wet etching method using an etchant such as ammonia water or a dry etching method such as RIE, the step portion 18 has a corner portion.
- Silicon 13 is obtained (FIG. 5 (c)), and even when used as a floating gate in the cell region, the shape of the polysilicon 13 does not cause dielectric breakdown of the ONO film 19 due to electric field concentration. Since the subsequent steps are the same as those already described with reference to FIG. 3 (f) and subsequent drawings, description thereof will be omitted.
- the dielectric film has been described as an ONO film having a high dielectric constant.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and other films such as an ON film may be used.
- the floating gate may be made of amorphous silicon, which need not be formed of polysilicon.
- a silicon oxide film may be used instead of the silicon nitride film.
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