WO2006106667A1 - 絶縁膜の製造方法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 method of manufacturing an insulating film that forms an insulating film by processing an object to be processed such as a semiconductor substrate using plasma, and a semiconductor device represented by, for example, a transistor using the insulating film It relates to the manufacturing method.
- SiO is used as a gate insulating film of a transistor.
- silicon oxide film is formed. Also, from the viewpoint of suppressing penetration of boron (B), which is a P-type impurity, and an increase in tunneling current, the silicon oxide film is nitrided to form a silicon nitride film (SiON), which is used as a gate insulating film. It is often.
- B boron
- SiON silicon nitride film
- Methods for forming a silicon oxide film are roughly classified into a thermal acid treatment using an oxidation furnace using an RTP (Rapid Thermal Process) device and a plasma acid treatment using a plasma treatment device.
- RTP Rapid Thermal Process
- a plasma acid treatment using a plasma treatment device For example, in wet acid treatment using an acid furnace, which is one of the thermal acid treatments, a silicon substrate is heated to a temperature of 800 ° C or higher, and the atmosphere is oxidized using a WVG (Water Vapor Generator) device. The silicon surface is oxidized by exposure to form an oxide film.
- WVG Water Vapor Generator
- plasma oxidation treatment is performed at a low temperature of 550 ° C or lower using a plasma treatment apparatus that generates plasma by introducing microwaves into the treatment chamber using a radial line slot antenna.
- a method of forming a silicon oxide film by performing this method has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-160555 (for example, paragraph 0015)
- an object of the present invention is to provide an insulating film manufacturing method capable of forming a high-quality insulating film that can impart excellent electrical characteristics to a semiconductor device even if it is thin.
- a first aspect of the present invention is an oxidation in which a silicon oxide film is formed by applying oxygen-containing plasma to silicon on the surface of an object to be processed in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus. Including processing steps,
- the treatment temperature in the oxidation treatment process is more than 600 ° C and less than 1000 ° C, and the oxygen-containing plasma introduces an oxygen-containing treatment gas containing at least a rare gas and an oxygen gas into the treatment chamber, and There is provided a method for manufacturing an insulating film, which is plasma of the oxygen-containing processing gas formed by introducing a high frequency or microwave into the processing chamber via the substrate.
- the dielectric plate having a plurality of through openings between the plasma generation region in the treatment chamber and the object to be treated. It is preferable to carry out the treatment with intervening.
- the hole diameter of the through-opening is 2.5 to 12 mm, and the total area ratio of the through-opening to the area of the substrate is 10 to 50 within a region corresponding to the substrate on the dielectric plate. % Is preferred.
- the treatment pressure force in the acid / sodium treatment process is preferably 1.33 Pa to 1333 Pa.
- the film thickness force of the silicon oxide film is preferably 0.2 to: LOnm.
- a second aspect of the present invention is an oxidation treatment step of forming a silicon oxide film by applying an oxygen-containing plasma to silicon on a surface of an object to be processed in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus;
- the treatment temperature in the oxidation treatment process is more than 600 ° C and less than 1000 ° C, and the oxygen-containing plasma introduces an oxygen-containing treatment gas containing at least a rare gas and an oxygen gas into the treatment chamber, and There is provided a method for manufacturing an insulating film, which is plasma of the oxygen-containing processing gas formed by introducing a high frequency or microwave into the processing chamber via the substrate.
- the nitrogen-containing plasma introduces a nitrogen-containing processing gas containing at least a rare gas and a nitrogen gas into a processing chamber, and the antenna-containing plasma is supplied via an antenna.
- the nitrogen-containing processing gas plasma is preferably formed by introducing high frequency or microwaves into the processing chamber.
- the acid treatment process and the nitridation process may be performed in the same processing chamber.
- the acid treatment process and the nitridation process may be performed separately in a state where they can be evacuated. You can do it in the processing room!
- the oxidation treatment step it is preferable to perform the treatment by interposing a dielectric plate having a plurality of through openings between the plasma generation region in the treatment chamber and the object to be treated.
- the hole diameter of the through-opening is 2.5 to 12 mm, and the total area ratio of the through-opening to the area of the substrate is 10 to 50 within a region corresponding to the substrate on the dielectric plate. % Is preferred.
- the treatment pressure force in the acid / sodium treatment process is preferably 1.33 Pa to 1333 Pa.
- the film thickness force of the silicon oxide film is preferably 0.2 to: LOnm.
- a third aspect of the present invention is that a silicon oxide film is formed by operating on a computer and, at the time of execution, causing oxygen-containing plasma to act on silicon on the surface of the object to be processed in a processing chamber of the plasma processing apparatus.
- the treatment temperature in the acid bath treatment is more than 600 ° C and less than 1000 ° C
- the oxygen-containing plasma introduces an oxygen-containing process gas containing at least a rare gas and an oxygen gas into the process chamber, and at a high frequency or in the process chamber via an antenna.
- a control program is provided which is a plasma of the oxygen-containing process gas formed by introducing a microwave.
- a fourth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that operates on a computer
- the control program controls the plasma processing apparatus so that, during execution, an oxidation process is performed in which a silicon oxide film is formed by applying an oxygen-containing plasma to silicon on the surface of an object to be processed in a processing chamber of the plasma processing apparatus.
- the treatment temperature in the acid / sodium treatment is more than 600 ° C and less than 1000 ° C
- the oxygen-containing plasma is formed by introducing an oxygen-containing treatment gas containing at least a rare gas and an oxygen gas into the treatment chamber and introducing high frequency or microwaves into the treatment chamber via an antenna.
- a computer-readable storage medium that is a plasma of a contained process gas.
- plasma generating means for generating plasma
- a processing container capable of being evacuated for processing the object to be processed by the plasma, a substrate support for placing the object to be processed in the processing container,
- the processing temperature is higher than 600 ° C and lower than 1000 ° C, and an oxygen-containing processing gas containing at least a rare gas and oxygen gas is introduced into the processing chamber, and a high frequency or microwave is introduced into the processing chamber via an antenna.
- a plasma processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls to perform an oxidation process step of oxidizing the object to be processed using the oxygen-containing plasma formed by doing so.
- a sixth aspect of the present invention is a semiconductor device characterized by including a step of forming a gate electrode on an insulating film manufactured by the insulating film manufacturing method of the first aspect.
- a manufacturing method is provided.
- a seventh aspect of the present invention is a semiconductor device characterized by including a step of forming a gate electrode on an insulating film manufactured by the insulating film manufacturing method of the second aspect.
- a manufacturing method is provided.
- the microwave introduced into the processing chamber by the antenna and at least rare By using an oxygen-containing plasma formed by a process gas containing gas and oxygen gas and performing oxidation treatment at a high temperature of over 600 ° C and below 1000 ° C, it is possible to prevent plasma damage as much as possible and improve the quality.
- a silicon oxide film can be formed. Furthermore, by using a silicon oxynitride film obtained by nitriding the silicon oxide film as necessary, for example, as an insulating film such as a gate insulating film, the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device such as a transistor are improved. be able to.
- a semiconductor device having excellent current drive characteristics can be obtained.
- even when forming a thin film of lnm or less as a gate insulating film it is possible to form an ideal oxide film that is dense and has few traps. Therefore, a thermal oxide film is formed while suppressing an increase in tunnel current. Since the drive current can be greatly increased as compared with the case where it is used, the performance of the semiconductor device can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus that can be suitably used in the practice of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of a plasma processing apparatus that can be used for plasma oxidation processing.
- FIG. 3A is a plan view for explaining a plate.
- FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of an essential part for explaining the plate.
- FIG. 4 is a drawing for explaining a planar antenna member.
- FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of a wafer W showing a process of forming a gate insulating film, and shows a state where a plasma oxidation process is performed.
- FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of wafer W showing a process of forming a gate insulating film, showing a state after plasma oxidation treatment.
- FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of wafer W showing the formation process of the gate insulating film, and shows a state where the plasma nitridation process is performed.
- FIG. 5D is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of wafer W showing a process of forming a gate insulating film, and shows a state after plasma nitriding treatment.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of a plasma processing apparatus that can be used for plasma nitriding. is there.
- FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram showing a gate electrode structure of a transistor, showing a tungsten polycide structure.
- FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram showing a gate electrode structure of a transistor, showing a tungsten polymetal structure.
- FIG. 7C is a schematic diagram showing a gate electrode structure of a transistor, showing a tungsten metal gate structure.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing a Gm curve of a transistor.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing an I—Jg plot of a transistor.
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing the relationship between oxidation treatment time and film thickness.
- FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the results of a running test.
- FIG. 13 is a graph showing the results of an etching resistance test.
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing measurement results of interface roughness.
- FIG. 15 is a graph showing the measurement results of film density.
- FIG.16 A graph showing the relationship between electrical film thickness (EOT) and I in NMOS transistors.
- FIG. 17 is a graph showing the relationship between the electrical film thickness (EOT) and the maximum value of Gm in an NMOS transistor.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 200 for carrying out the method for manufacturing a gate insulating film of the present invention.
- a transfer chamber 131 for transferring a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter simply referred to as a “wafer”) W is disposed almost at the center of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 200, and surrounds the periphery of the transfer chamber 131.
- plasma processing apparatuses 100 and 101 as plasma processing units for performing various processes on the wafer W, a gate valve (not shown) for performing communication Z shutoff between the processing chambers, a transfer chamber 131 and an atmospheric transfer chamber 140.
- a heating unit 136 is provided for performing the operation.
- a preliminary cooling unit 145 and a cooling unit 146 for performing various preliminary cooling or cooling operations are respectively arranged.
- the mouth drop units 134 and 135 are used as a cooling unit, the preliminary cooling unit 145 and the cooling P unit 146 need not be provided.
- transfer arms 137 and 138 are disposed, and the wafer W can be transferred to and from each unit.
- an atmospheric transfer chamber 140 in which transfer means 141 and 142 are provided is provided.
- This atmospheric transfer chamber 140 is in a state in which a clean environment is maintained by downflow of tailored air.
- a force set unit 143 is connected to the atmospheric transfer chamber 140, and wafers W are taken in and out of the four cassettes 144 set on the cassette 143 by the transfer means 141 and 142. I can do it.
- an alignment chamber 147 is provided adjacent to the atmospheric transfer chamber 140, where wafer W is aligned.
- Each component of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 200 is controlled by a process controller 50 having a CPU.
- SiO 2 is transferred to a plasma processing apparatus 101 connected in a vacuum state, where SiO 2
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 and the plasma processing apparatus 101 can separately perform SiO film formation and nitriding treatment to the SiO film.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of the plasma processing apparatus 100.
- This plasma processing apparatus 100 has a high density by generating plasma by introducing microwaves into a processing chamber using a planar antenna having a plurality of slots, in particular, a radial line slot antenna (RLSA). It is configured as an RLSA microwave plasma processing device that can generate microwave plasma with a low electron temperature.
- RLSA microwave plasma processing device that can generate microwave plasma with a low electron temperature.
- a gate insulating film in the manufacturing process of various semiconductor devices such as MOS transistors and MOSFETs (field effect transistors) It can be suitably used for the purpose such as formation.
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 is an airtight, substantially cylindrical chamber that is grounded. Have one. A circular opening 10 is formed in a substantially central portion of the bottom wall la of the chamber 11, and an exhaust chamber 11 that communicates with the opening 10 and protrudes downward is provided in the bottom wall la. ing.
- a susceptor 2 having a ceramic mixing force such as A1N for horizontally supporting a wafer W as an object to be processed is provided.
- the susceptor 2 is supported by a support member 3 made of ceramics such as a cylindrical A1N extending upward from the center of the bottom of the exhaust chamber 11.
- a guide ring 4 for guiding the wafer W is provided on the outer edge of the susceptor 2.
- a resistance heating type heater 5 is embedded in the susceptor 2, and the heater 5 is heated by the heater power supply 6 to heat the susceptor 2, and the wafer W that is the object to be processed is heated by the heat. Heat.
- temperature control is possible in the range from room temperature to 1000 ° C.
- a cylindrical liner 7 having a quartz force is provided on the inner periphery of the chamber 11.
- a baffle plate 8 having a large number of exhaust holes 8a is provided in an annular shape on the outer peripheral side of the susceptor 2 to uniformly exhaust the inside of the chamber 11, and the baffle plate 8 is supported by a plurality of support columns 9. Yes.
- wafer support pins (not shown) for supporting the wafer W and moving it up and down are provided so as to protrude and retract with respect to the surface of the susceptor 2.
- a plate 60 having a plurality of through holes for attenuating and passing the energy of active species (ions, radicals, etc.) in the plasma is disposed.
- This plate 60 is made of, for example, quartz, sapphire, SiN, SiC, Al 2 O
- the plate 60 can be composed of a ceramic dielectric such as A1N, silicon single crystal, polysilicon, amorphous silicon or the like. In this embodiment, quartz is used.
- the plate 60 is supported by engaging an outer peripheral portion thereof with a support portion 70 that protrudes from the liner 7 in the chamber 11 toward the inner side over the entire periphery. The plate 60 may not be provided when the thickness of the oxide film that forms the force that acts to attenuate the energy of the active species in the plasma exceeds 5 nm.
- the mounting position of the plate 60 is preferably a position close to the wafer W, and the distance between the lower end of the plate 60 and the wafer W is preferably about 10 mm, preferably 3 to 20 mm. In this case, the distance between the upper end of the plate 60 and the lower end of the transmission plate 28 (described later) is, for example, 20-50mm is preferred!
- the plate 60 is formed with a plurality of through holes 60a.
- 3A and 3B are drawings showing details of the plate 60.
- FIG. FIG. 3A shows the state of the plate 60 as viewed from above, and
- FIG. 3B shows a cross-section of the main part of the plate 60.
- the through holes 60a of the plate 60 are arranged substantially evenly so that the arrangement region of the through holes 60a is slightly larger than the placement region of the wafer W indicated by a broken line in FIG. 3A.
- a length L force corresponding to the diameter of a circle connecting the extension of the arrangement region of the through hole 60a to a 300 mm diameter wafer W, approximately 5 to 30 mm outside from the periphery of the wafer W.
- a through hole 60a is provided in an enlarged manner.
- the through hole 60a is disposed on the entire surface of the plate 60.
- the diameter D of the through hole 60a can be arbitrarily set, and is set to about 2.5 mm, 5 mm, or 10 mm, for example.
- the size of the hole may be changed depending on the position of the through hole 60a in the plate 60, and the arrangement of the through holes 60a may be selected from any arrangement such as concentric circles, radial shapes, and spiral shapes.
- the thickness (T) of the plate 60 is more preferably set to about 3 to 8 mm, for example, preferably about 2 to 20 mm.
- the plate 60 acts as an energy attenuating means for attenuating the energy of active species such as ions in the plasma.
- the dielectric plate 60 it is possible to pass mainly radicals in the plasma and attenuate energy such as high-energy ions such as Ar ions and N ions.
- energy such as high-energy ions such as Ar ions and N ions.
- the ratio of the total opening area of the through holes 60a to the area of the wafer W in the region corresponding to the wafer W on the plate 60 is 10 to It is preferable to make it 50%.
- An annular gas introduction member 15 is provided on the side wall of the chamber 11, and a gas supply system 16 is connected to the gas introduction member 15.
- the gas introduction member is in a shower shape. You may arrange.
- the gas supply system 16 includes, for example, an Ar gas supply source 17 and an O gas supply source 18.
- Each of the gas lines 20 is provided with a mass flow controller 21 and front and rear opening / closing valves 22.
- a rare gas such as Kr, Xe, or He can be used.
- An exhaust pipe 23 is connected to the side surface of the exhaust chamber 11, and an exhaust device 24 including a high-speed vacuum pump is connected to the exhaust pipe 23. Then, by operating the exhaust device 24, the gas force in the chamber 11 is uniformly discharged into the space 11 a of the exhaust chamber 11 and is exhausted through the exhaust pipe 23. As a result, the inside of the chamber 11 can be depressurized at a high speed to a predetermined degree of vacuum, for example, 0.133 Pa.
- a loading / unloading port 25 for loading / unloading the wafer W to / from a transfer chamber (not shown) adjacent to the plasma processing apparatus 100, and the loading / unloading port 25 are opened and closed.
- a gate valve 26 is provided!
- the upper portion of the chamber 11 is an opening, and a ring-shaped support 27 is provided along the periphery of the opening, and a dielectric such as quartz or Al 2 O 3 is provided on the support 27.
- a ceramic plate such as A1N is also provided, and a transmission plate 28 that transmits microwaves is airtightly provided through a seal member 29. Therefore, the inside of the chamber 11 is kept airtight.
- a disk-shaped planar antenna member 31 is provided above the transmission plate 28 so as to face the susceptor 2.
- the planar antenna member 31 is locked to the upper end of the side wall of the chamber 11.
- the planar antenna member 31 also has a conductive material force such as a copper plate or aluminum plate whose surface is plated with gold or silver, and a large number of slot holes 32 for radiating microwaves penetrate in a predetermined pattern.
- the structure is formed.
- the slot hole 32 has a long groove shape, and is typically arranged in the shape of a force between adjacent slot holes 32.
- the plurality of slot holes 32 are arranged concentrically. ing.
- the length and arrangement interval of the slot holes 32 are determined according to the wavelength ( ⁇ g) of the microwave.
- the slot holes 32 are arranged such that the interval between the slot holes 32 is gZ4, gZ2, or g.
- the interval between adjacent slot holes 32 formed concentrically is indicated by Ar.
- the slot hole 32 may have another shape such as a circular shape or an arc shape.
- slot holes The arrangement form of 32 is not particularly limited, and may be arranged in a concentric form, for example, a spiral form or a radial form.
- a slow wave member 33 having a dielectric constant larger than that of a vacuum is provided on the upper surface of the planar antenna member 31.
- the planar antenna member 31 and the transmission plate 28, and the slow wave member 33 and the planar antenna member 31 may be in close contact with each other or separated from each other.
- a shield lid 34 made of a metal material such as aluminum or stainless steel is provided on the upper surface of the chamber 11 so as to cover the planar antenna member 31 and the slow wave material 33.
- the shield lid 34 functions as a part of the waveguide and propagates the microwaves uniformly.
- the upper surface of the chamber 11 and the shield cover 34 are sealed by a seal member 35.
- a cooling water flow path 34a is formed in the shield lid 34, and the cooling lid 34, the slow wave material 33, the planar antenna member 31, and the transmission plate 28 are cooled by allowing cooling water to flow therethrough. It is like that.
- the shield lid 34 is grounded.
- An opening 36 is formed in the center of the upper wall of the shield lid 34, and a waveguide 37 is connected to the opening.
- a microwave generator 39 is connected to the end of the waveguide 37 via a matching circuit 38.
- a microwave having a frequency of 2.45 GHz generated by the microwave generator 39 is propagated to the planar antenna member 31 through the waveguide 37.
- the microwave frequency 8.35 GHz, 1.98 GHz, or the like can be used.
- the waveguide 37 includes a coaxial waveguide 37a having a circular cross section extending upward from the opening 36 of the shield lid 34, and a mode converter 40 at the upper end of the coaxial waveguide 37a. And a rectangular waveguide 37b extending in the horizontal direction.
- the mode change 40 between the rectangular waveguide 37b and the coaxial waveguide 37a has a function of converting the microphone mouth wave propagating in the TE mode in the rectangular waveguide 37b into the TEM mode.
- An inner conductor 41 extends in the center of the coaxial waveguide 37a, and the inner conductor 41 is formed at the lower end of the planar antenna member 31. The connection is fixed at the center. Thereby, the microwave is efficiently and uniformly propagated radially and uniformly to the planar antenna member 31 through the inner conductor 41 of the coaxial waveguide 37a.
- Each component of the plasma processing apparatus 100 is connected to and controlled by a process controller 50 having a CPU.
- the process controller 50 also includes a keyboard for a process manager to input commands to manage the plasma processing apparatus 100, a display that visualizes and displays the operating status of the plasma processing apparatus 100, and the like.
- One interface 51 is connected!
- the process controller 50 stores a control program (software) for realizing various processes executed by the plasma processing apparatus 100 under the control of the process controller 50, and recipes in which processing condition data is recorded.
- the stored storage unit 52 is connected.
- recipes such as the control program and processing condition data may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a flexible disk, or a flash memory. For example, it is possible to transmit the data from time to time through a dedicated line and use it online.
- the gate valve 26 is opened, and the wafer W having a silicon layer is loaded into the chamber 11 from the loading / unloading port 25 and placed on the susceptor 2. Then, Ar gas and O gas are supplied from the Ar gas supply source 17 and the O gas supply source 18 of the gas supply system 16.
- the gas is introduced into the chamber 11 through the gas introduction member 15 at a predetermined flow rate.
- the flow rate of a rare gas such as Ar is set to 200 to 3000 mLZmin (sccm), O gas.
- the microwave from the microwave generator 39 is guided to the waveguide 37 through the matching circuit 38, and sequentially propagated through the rectangular waveguide 37b, the mode converter 40, and the coaxial waveguide 37a. Then, it is supplied to the planar antenna member 31 and radiated from the slot of the planar antenna member 31 into the chamber 11 through the transmission plate 28.
- the microwave propagates in the TE mode in the rectangular waveguide 37b, and the TE mode microwave is converted into the TEM mode by the mode change ⁇ 40, and the inside of the coaxial waveguide 37a is directed to the planar antenna member 31. Will be propagated.
- An electromagnetic field is formed in the chamber 1 by the microwave radiated from the planar antenna member 31 to the chamber 1 through the transmission plate 28, and Ar gas and O gas are turned into plasma. This oxygen-containing plasma
- the silicon layer 111 of the wafer W is processed as shown in FIG. 5A.
- the power of the microwave generator 39 is preferably 0.5 to 5 kW, more preferably 1 to 3 kW.
- This microwave plasma has a high density of about 1 X 10 1 (> 5 X 10 12 Zcm 3 ) and a wafer by the microwave being radiated by a large number of slot holes 32 of the planar antenna member 31. In the vicinity of W, it becomes a low electron temperature plasma of approximately 1.5 eV or less, and the microwave plasma formed in this way is due to the provision of a force plate 60 that has less plasma damage due to ions and the like. When the plasma formed on the plate 60 passes to the wafer W side, the energy of the active species (ions, etc.) in the plasma is attenuated.
- the electron temperature is less than leV and the wafer W
- a mild plasma of 0.7 eV or less is generated in the vicinity of the plasma, and plasma damage can be further reduced, and the active species in the plasma, mainly oxygen radicals (O *).
- oxygen is introduced into silicon and Si—O bonds are formed, and a high-quality silicon oxide film 113 with high density and few traps is formed, as shown in FIG.
- a dense and high-quality silicon oxide film (gate insulating film) can be formed within the range of 0.2 to LOnm.
- Possible and preferred Can be formed with a thin film thickness of 0.5 to 2. Onm, more preferably 0.8 to 1.2 nm.
- the wafer support pins (not shown) are raised and preheated while supporting the wafer W while protruding from the susceptor 2. carry out. This preheating is performed for about 20 seconds while the pressure in the chamber 11 is set to 266.6 Pa (2 Torr), for example, and Ar gas is introduced from the Ar gas supply source 17 at a flow rate of 2000 mLZmin (sccm).
- the wafer support pins (not shown) are lowered to place the wafer W on the susceptor 2, and Ar gas is introduced into the chamber 1 while introducing Ar gas at a flow rate of 2000 mLZmin (sccm). Pull out and continue preheating for about 70 seconds.
- the preheating treatment is preferably performed until reaching the same temperature as the treatment temperature.
- the microwave generator 39 while maintaining the pressure and gas flow rate, the microwave generator 39 generates microwaves with an output of 2 kW, for example, and as described above, the matching circuit 38, the waveguide 37 and Plasma is excited by being introduced into the chamber 11 through the planar antenna member 31 and the like, and a plasma oxidation process is performed on the wafer W in a time of about 10 to 50 seconds, for example.
- the plasma is terminated while the microwave is stopped and the pressure and gas flow rate are maintained for about 3 seconds.
- the plasma oxidation process in the plasma processing apparatus 100 is completed for one wafer W.
- the high-quality silicon oxide film 113 formed as described above can be used as the gate insulating film of the semiconductor element.
- a silicon nitride film 113 can be nitrided to form a silicon nitride film on the surface side of the silicon oxide film 113.
- the nitriding process can be carried out by continuously introducing a nitrogen-containing gas into the same chamber, that is, the plasma processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2. If the inside of the chamber 11 is in an acid atmosphere, Since this may affect the nitriding process, it is preferable to transfer Ueno and W to another chamber.
- a plasma processing apparatus 101 shown in FIG. 6 can be used.
- the plasma processing apparatus 101 is an RLS A type plasma processing apparatus, and the basic configuration is the same as that of the plasma processing apparatus 100 of FIG. 2 except for the gas supply system. The description is omitted.
- the plasma processing apparatus 101 of Fig. 6 includes an N gas supply source 19, from which N gas is supplied.
- the processing gas in nitriding is N gas
- a rare gas such as Kr, Xe, or He can be used instead of the gas.
- the conditions of the nitriding process using the plasma processing apparatus 101 are not particularly limited.
- the flow rate of rare gas such as Ar is 100 to 3000 mLZmin (sccm), and the N gas flow rate is 10 to: L0
- the temperature is set to OOmLZmin (sccm), the inside of the chamber is adjusted to a processing pressure of 1.3 to 1333 Pa (10 mTorr to: LOTorr), and the temperature of the wafer W is heated to 300 to 500 ° C.
- the power of the microwave generator 39 is preferably 0.5 to 5 kW.
- a silicon nitride film (SiON film) can be formed in the vicinity of the surface of the silicon oxide film 113.
- a force capable of performing nitriding without the plate 60 is provided.
- a plate having through holes 60a is used to attenuate the energy of nitrogen ions in the plasma. It is preferable to use 60. As a result, plasma damage can be suppressed.
- the N concentration in the formed SiON film it is preferable to set the N concentration in the formed SiON film to 1 to 25% from the viewpoint of suppressing the leakage current in the transistor including the gate insulating film 114 5 to 15%. 8-12% is preferable. Further, in the present embodiment, during the plasma nitriding process, the nitrogen concentration distribution is uniformly distributed at a high concentration on the surface side of the gate oxide film, It is possible to control the formation of a SiON film in which nitrogen is not distributed near the interface with the silicon substrate.
- annealing treatment can be performed if necessary.
- This post-nitridation annealing process uses, for example, an RTP (Rapid Thermal Process) apparatus, etc., at a low oxygen partial pressure or an inert gas atmosphere such as N, Ar, etc., at a pressure of 133.3 Pa (lTorr), and a wafer W temperature of 1000
- the interface between the silicon substrate and the insulating film can be made smooth, the film quality of the insulating film can be improved, and nitrogen desorption can be suppressed to form a stable insulating film.
- the gate insulating film 114 can be manufactured [FIG. 5D].
- the method of the present invention can be used in the process of manufacturing a semiconductor device such as a MOS transistor, and can be applied to the manufacture of a semiconductor device having a gate electrode structure as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C, for example. 7A to 7C, the element isolation region, the oxide film on the side wall of the gate electrode, the side wall, and the like are not shown.
- FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B are examples of a semiconductor device having a polymetal gate.
- FIG. 7A shows a silicon oxide film (SiO film) or a silicon oxynitride film (SiO film) (Si film 111) formed on a Si substrate 111 by the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 7B shows the gate insulation of the SiO film or the SiON film on the Si substrate 111 by the method of the present invention.
- An edge film 114 is formed, and a tungsten polymetal structure in which a polysilicon layer 115, a barrier layer 118 such as tungsten nitride (WN), and a tungsten layer 119 are stacked as a gate electrode.
- Figure 7C shows the gate insulation of SiO film or SiON film on Si substrate 111.
- a tungsten metal gate structure in which a film 114 is formed, and a barrier layer 118 such as tungsten nitride (WN) and a tungsten layer 119 are stacked thereon.
- the tungsten silicide layer 116 is used as the metal silicide layer
- the tungsten layer 119 is used as the metal layer.
- other metals such as copper, platinum, titanium, Mo, Ni, and Co may be used.
- the gate electrode structure shown in FIG. 7B is taken as an example, and the manufacturing procedure is shown as follows.
- a well region (diffusion region) is formed by doping P + or N + on a Si substrate 111 having a clean surface after F (dilute hydrofluoric acid) cleaning, and the plasma processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG.
- F dilute hydrofluoric acid
- a plasma oxidation treatment is performed at a temperature above 700 ° C to form a SiO film on the Si substrate surface.
- the SiO 2 film surface is plasma-nitrided under the above conditions to form a SiON film, and if necessary, an inert gas such as nitrogen
- the gate insulating film 114 is formed by annealing at a temperature of about 1000 ° C. in a neutral atmosphere.
- a polysilicon layer 115 is formed on the gate insulating film 114 by, for example, CVD, a noorie layer 118 is further formed thereon, and a tungsten layer 119 is further formed from tungsten which is a refractory electrode material.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- a sputtering method can be used to form the tungsten layer 119.
- tungsten nitride is used as the NOR layer 118.
- a hard mask layer such as silicon nitride is formed on the tungsten layer 119, and a photoresist film (not shown) is further formed. Then, the photomask is used to etch the hard mask layer using the photoresist film as a mask, followed by the photoresist film + hard mask layer, or the hard mask layer as a mask, followed by the tungsten layer 119, the noria layer 118, and the polysilicon layer 115. Etch. During this time, ashing is performed at a necessary timing, and a gate electrode is formed by finally forming a sidewall (not shown). By using the gate electrode formed in this manner, a high-quality transistor with a small leakage current and a large driving current can be manufactured.
- the Si substrate 111 was subjected to high-temperature plasma oxidation treatment to form an oxide film, and a gate insulating film 114 having a thickness of 1. Onm was formed (nitriding treatment was not performed).
- a gate electrode having a structure similar to that shown in FIG. 7A was formed to manufacture a transistor.
- the conditions of the plasma treatment in the oxidation treatment process are as follows.
- the diameter is 2.5mm, Ar / O is used as the processing gas, and the flow rate is 2000ZlO [mLZ
- the wafer temperature was 800 ° C
- the pressure was 66.7 Pa (500 mTorr)
- the power supplied to the plasma was 2. OkW
- the processing time was 7 seconds.
- Example 1 1 Except that the temperature of the oxidation process was set to 400 ° C, the film thickness was the same as in Example 1 1
- a gate electrode was formed in the same manner as in Example 1 to manufacture a transistor.
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- Fig. 8 shows the measurement results of Gm (transfer conductance) of these transistors.
- the vertical axis in Fig. 8 is Gm (GmZCox) with respect to the capacitance Cox of the oxide film, and the horizontal axis is
- the effective electric field is shown.
- the transistor of Example 1 using the gate insulating film 114 obtained by the acid treatment at the high temperature (800 ° C) of the present invention using the plasma processing apparatus 100 is 400 ° C.
- the Gm value is high on the high electric field side. It was confirmed to show electrical characteristics.
- the transistor of Example 1 having a high Gm value on the high electric field side is a transistor having a high-speed and stable property because the current mobility is large and the current gain is improved.
- the reason why the transistor of Example 1 shows a high Gm value on the high electric field side is that gate insulation formed by oxidizing silicon at a high temperature exceeding 600 ° C using the plasma processing apparatus 100 Film 114 has low roughness at the SiO ZSi interface, which suppresses interface roughness scattering
- Example 2 (Acid film by high temperature plasma acid treatment; 800 ° C)
- the gate insulating film 114 was formed by performing nitridation using the device 101 and carrying it into a heating unit 136 after nitriding and performing annealing. Using this gate insulating film 114, a gate electrode having the structure shown in FIG. 7A was formed to manufacture a transistor. The thickness of the gate insulating film 114 was about lnm.
- the oxidation treatment, nitriding treatment and annealing treatment are preferably performed continuously via a vacuum.
- the plasma treatment conditions in the oxidation treatment process are as follows: plate 60 with through hole 60a having a diameter of 2.5 mm, Ar / O as the treatment gas, and a flow rate of 2000 ZlO [mLZ
- the plasma treatment conditions in the nitriding treatment process are as follows: the plate 60 has a through hole 60a with a diameter of 10mm, ArZN is used as a processing gas, and the flow rate is 2000/40 [
- the wafer temperature was 400 ° C
- the pressure was 6.7 Pa (50 mTorr)
- the power supplied to the plasma was 1.5 kW.
- the oxynitride film was formed by controlling the treatment time to 8 seconds, 17.5 seconds or 24 seconds so that the nitrogen concentration in the SiON film was 6%, 11% or 13%.
- O ZN lZl [LZmin (slm)], pressure 133.3 Pa (lTorr), wafer W temperature 1000 using RTP (Rapid Thermal Process) equipment.
- the test was carried out at ° C for 20 seconds.
- a gate insulating film 114 was formed in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the processing temperature of the plasma oxidation treatment was changed to 400 ° C., and a transistor was manufactured.
- the characters “6%”, “11%”, and “13%” indicate the N concentration in the gate insulating film 114.
- the transistor of Example 2 having the film 114 includes an oxide film obtained by plasma oxidation at a low temperature of 400 ° C. using the plasma processing apparatus 100, and a thermal oxide film by WVG thermal oxidation treatment and RTP thermal oxidation treatment. Based on these results, it was shown that the current drive capability was superior to that when the gate insulating film 114 obtained by nitriding was used (Comparative Examples 3 to 5). This is thought to be due to the difference in the current drivability due to the difference in the quality of the oxide film that is the basis of each oxynitride film.
- a transistor including the gate insulating film 114 formed by nitriding based on an oxide film formed by oxidation at a processing temperature of more than 600 ° C. according to the method of the present invention has a mobility. It was shown that it has excellent performance and high response speed, and can save power. Note that the N concentration in the oxynitride film is preferably in the range of 125%.
- the gate insulating film 114 based on the oxide film obtained by performing the acid treatment at 800 ° C using the plasma processing apparatus 100 was used even if it was a thin film of about lnm.
- the transistor showed high current drive capability compared to the thermal oxide film while suppressing leakage current, and it was confirmed that the performance of the transistor can contribute to improvement. Therefore, according to the method of the present invention, a high-quality gate insulating film in the range of 0.2 to: LOnm thickness (preferably 0.5.2.0, more preferably 0.81.2 nm, thickness). It has been shown that 114 can be formed.
- the diameter of the through-hole 60a of the plate 60 is the thickness of the oxide film formed on the Si substrate.
- the results of the test on the effects on the environment will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the plate 60 a plate with a through hole 60a having a hole diameter of 10 mm (626 holes), a plate with a through hole 60a having a hole diameter of 5 mm (629 holes), and a through hole 60a having a hole diameter of 2.5 mm
- Three types of plates (number of holes: 270) were prepared, and plasma oxidation treatment was also performed when plate 60 was not used.
- the oxide film is formed in a short time when the acid silicate is high. This oxide film was a good quality uniform oxide film. However, when a plate is not used, there is a limit to forming an oxide film with a uniform film thickness of l 2 nm or less.
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the graph of FIG. 10 with the oxide film thickness narrowed down to the range of 0.5 nm to 2. Onm. From this Fig. 11, it can be seen that the purpose of setting the hole diameter of the plate 60 to 5mm and 2.5mm is 0.5 ⁇ ! ⁇ 1.5 It is found that it is effective in forming a thin film of 5 nm or less.
- the processing time can be changed within a range of approximately 0.8 nm to l. It was shown that the oxide film thickness can be controlled at a high speed, and a uniform, dense and high-quality oxide film can be formed in a short time.
- Fig. 12 shows the silicon between the surfaces of the wafer W when a plasma oxidation apparatus 100 running test is performed on 5000 wafers W using the plasma processing apparatus 100 provided with a plate 60 having a hole diameter of 5 mm. The change in the thickness of the oxide film is shown. In this test, ArZO was used as the processing gas.
- the flow rate was 1000Z5 [mLZmin (sccm)], the wafer temperature was 800 ° C, the pressure was 66.7 Pa (5 OOmTorr), the power supplied to the plasma was 2.0 kW, and the processing time was 10 seconds.
- the target silicon oxide film thickness is 0.8 ⁇ ! ⁇ 1.
- Table 1 shows the uniformity of the film thickness of the silicon oxide film on the wafer W surface when plasma oxidation treatment is performed on Ueno and W using the deployed plasma processing apparatus 100. The results of measurements using a single wavelength ellipsometer are shown. Plasma oxidation treatment conditions were the same as in the running test.
- section A shows in-plane uniformity when a plate 60 with a hole diameter of 2.5 mm is used and the target film thickness is set to 1. Onm.
- Section B also has a hole diameter of 2.5 mm. In-plane uniformity is shown when plate 60 is used and the target film thickness is set to 1.2 nm.
- Category C shows in-plane uniformity when a plate 60 with a hole diameter of 10 mm is used and the target film thickness is set to 1.7 nm.
- ⁇ means the standard deviation of the film thickness
- ⁇ ⁇ average film thickness indicates a value obtained by standardizing the standard deviation with the average film thickness (nm).
- the etching resistance, interface roughness, argon concentration, and film density were measured for the silicon oxide film formed on the silicon substrate by the following method.
- WVG thermal oxidation treatment performed at 900 ° C (as a comparative sample).
- HF dilute hydrofluoric acid
- the film thickness before and after etching was measured with an ellipsometer and evaluated by calculating the etching rate.
- Fig. 13 shows the measurement results of etching resistance.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 13 shows the etching rate as a standard. From Fig. 13, it can be seen that the silicon oxide film formed by WVG thermal oxidation treatment and the silicon oxide film formed by 400 ° C plasma acid treatment are treated by plasma oxidation treatment at 800 ° C. The formed silicon oxide film was shown to have excellent etching resistance. Therefore, it was confirmed that the silicon oxide film formed by the high-temperature plasma acid treatment at 800 ° C. was dense and had good film quality. [0097] ⁇ Interface roughness>
- Interfacial roughness is obtained by immersing wafer W on which silicon oxide film is formed in 0.5% dilute hydrofluoric acid solution to remove silicon oxide film (SiO 2) and then using a surface roughness meter.
- the roughness of the interface was measured. The results are shown in FIG. From Fig. 14, it can be seen that the interface between the silicon oxide film and silicon formed by high-temperature plasma oxidation treatment at 800 ° C (treatment pressure 26.6 Pa) is low-temperature plasma oxidation treatment at 400 ° C (treatment pressure 26.6 Pa). ) And WVG thermal oxidation treatment (900 ° C), it was confirmed that the interface roughness was small and good compared to the interface between the silicon oxide film and silicon. Such small interface roughness contributes to suppression of leakage current.
- the argon concentration of each silicon oxide film was measured using total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis (Trex).
- the argon concentration in the silicon oxide film formed by the plasma acid treatment at a processing temperature of 400 ° C was 7 X lO 10 [atoms / cm 2 ].
- pressure is 26.6 Pa
- the argon concentration is less than both 1 X 10 1G [a t O m S / cm 2], and argon concentration of less silicon Sani ⁇ and same level of formed by WVG Netsusani ⁇ , good The film quality was confirmed (results omitted).
- the film density was measured by incident X-ray reflectometry (GIXR).
- Figure 15 shows the results. From Fig. 15, it can be seen that compared to the film density of the silicon oxide film formed by plasma oxidation at 400 ° C (pressure 26.6 Pa), 600 ° C, 700 ° C and 800 ° C
- the silicon oxide film formed by the plasma acid treatment at the C treatment temperature is obviously higher than the silicon oxide film formed by the WVG thermal acid treatment. It was shown that the film density profile was similar.
- FIG. 16 shows the relationship between the electrical thickness (EOT) of the gate insulating film and I at the threshold voltage of + 0.7V.
- FIG. 17 shows the relationship between the electrical thickness (EOT) of the gate insulating film and the maximum value (Gm) max of the transfer conductance.
- the value was significantly higher, and it was confirmed that the electrical characteristics were excellent.
- a silicon oxide film formed by high-temperature plasma oxidation treatment at 600 ° C. or higher and a silicon oxynitride film formed by nitriding the silicon oxide film can be suitably used for various semiconductor devices.
- the power given as an example of the RLSA type plasma processing apparatus 100 may be a plasma processing apparatus such as a remote plasma type, an ICP plasma type, an ECR plasma type, a surface reflected wave plasma type, a magnetron plasma type, etc. Yo! /.
- the force of deploying one plate 60 can be deployed by stacking two or more plates as required.
- the opening area of the through hole 60a, the ratio thereof, and the like can be appropriately adjusted according to the target of the plasma processing, processing conditions, and the like.
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 of FIG. 2 is replaced with an Ar gas supply source 17 and an O gas supply source 18 as a gas supply system 16, and an H gas supply source (not shown) is provided.
- Ar gas and O gas Ar gas and O gas
- the nitridation process is performed using the RLSA type plasma processing apparatus 101.
- the apparatus and conditions used for the nitriding process are not limited.
- a plasma processing apparatus such as a remote plasma system, an ICP plasma system, an ECR plasma system, a surface reflection wave plasma system, a magnetron plasma system or the like can be used under appropriate conditions.
- the present invention can be suitably used in the manufacture of various semiconductor devices such as transistors.
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