WO2009119148A1 - 成膜方法および半導体装置の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention generally relates to a film forming method, and more particularly to a method for forming a high dielectric film called a so-called high-K film and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the high-K film.
- the thickness of the gate oxide film In such ultra-miniaturized / ultra-high-speed semiconductor devices, it is necessary to reduce the thickness of the gate oxide film according to the scaling law as the gate length is reduced. For example, in a semiconductor device in which the gate length is less than 45 nm, When the conventional thermal oxide film is used, the thickness of the gate oxide film needs to be set to 1 nm or less. However, in such a very thin gate insulating film, the tunnel current increases, and as a result, the problem that the gate leakage current increases cannot be avoided.
- Ta 2 O 5 and Al 2 O having a relative dielectric constant much higher than that of a thermal oxide film and having a small SiO 2 equivalent film thickness (EOT) even if the actual film thickness is large.
- a high dielectric (so-called high-K dielectric) material such as ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , ZrSiO 4 or HfSiO 4 to the gate insulating film.
- a gate insulating film having a physical thickness of several nanometers can be used even in a very short ultrahigh-speed semiconductor device having a gate length of 45 nm or less. Current can be suppressed.
- such a high dielectric material has a polycrystalline structure when formed on the surface of a silicon substrate.
- the present invention provides a step of forming an oxide film on a silicon substrate surface, etching the oxide film, and forming an interface oxide film by the oxide film, and measuring the thickness of the interface oxide film by XPS And a step of forming an HfO 2 film on the interface oxide film in an oxidizing atmosphere by an MOCVD method.
- a film forming method is provided.
- the present invention provides a step of forming an oxide film on a silicon substrate surface, etching the oxide film, forming an interface oxide film with the oxide film, and measuring the thickness of the interface oxide film measured by XPS Of 6.7 mm or less and 6.0 mm or more, a step of forming a HfO 2 film on the interface oxide film in an oxidizing atmosphere by MOCVD, and a silicon layer on the HfO 2 film.
- the thickness of the interfacial oxide film formed on the silicon substrate is set to 6.7 mm or less and 6.0 mm or more by etching, thereby affecting the film formation of the HfO 2 film thereon. Without giving, it is possible to minimize the equivalent oxide thickness of the laminated film in which the interfacial oxide film and the HfO 2 film are laminated, and to reduce the leakage current of the laminated film.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram (part 3) illustrating an overview of a film formation mechanism in the first embodiment. It is a figure (the 1) which shows the outline
- FIG. 4 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating the film forming method according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram (part 3) illustrating the film forming method according to the first embodiment; FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating the method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment;
- FIG. 9 is a second diagram illustrating the method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 3) illustrating the method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment;
- FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 4) illustrating the method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment;
- a thermal oxide film 12 is formed on the surface of a (100) -oriented silicon substrate 11 by heat treatment at 1000 ° C. in an oxygen atmosphere, for example, to a thickness of 16 mm.
- the silicon substrate 11 formed with the thermal oxide film 12 is transferred to the HF etchant 13A held in the container 13 from the one side edge portion of the HF etchant 13A.
- the film thickness t1 of the thermal oxide film 12 is reduced by immersing at a constant controlled rate so as to enter the etchant 13A, and then rapidly pulling it up at a faster rate. Is continuously changed from one side to the other side.
- the thermal oxide film 12 exists in the region 11B of the substrate 11 with the film thickness t1 of 6.0 mm or more as measured by the XPS method, but in the region 11A, the film thickness t1 exists. t1 is less than 6.0 mm or the thermal oxide film 12 disappears. The critical significance of the film thickness t1 of “6.0 mm” will be described in detail later.
- the HfO 2 film 14 is formed on the structure of FIG. 1C to a thickness of 16 to 17 mm by MOCVD.
- the HfO 2 film 14 forms a laminated film 16 together with the thermal oxide film 12 therebelow.
- the surface state of the thermal oxide film 12 is changed from the initial surface state of the thermal oxide film 12 by the etching process of FIG. 1C.
- the thermal oxide film 12 constituting the laminated film 16 will be referred to as an “interface oxide film”.
- FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a film forming apparatus MOCVD apparatus 60 used for forming the HfO 2 film 14 in this embodiment.
- the MOCVD apparatus 60 includes a processing container 62 that is evacuated by a pump 61, and a holding table 62 ⁇ / b> A that holds a substrate W to be processed is provided in the processing container 62.
- a shower head 62S is provided in the processing container 62 so as to face the substrate W, and a line 62a for supplying oxygen gas is not shown in the shower head 62S. And is connected via a valve V1.
- the MOCVD apparatus 60 includes a container 63B for holding an organic metal compound raw material such as tertiary butyl hafnium (HTB), and the organic metal compound raw material in the container 63B is a fluid flow controller by a pressurized gas such as He gas.
- the organometallic compound raw material gas supplied to the vaporizer 62e via 62d and vaporized with the aid of a carrier gas such as Ar in the vaporizer 62e is supplied to the shower head 62S via the valve V3.
- the oxygen gas and the HTB gas pass through the respective paths in the shower head 62S, and the process space in the processing vessel 62 is formed through an opening 62s formed on the surface of the shower head 62S facing the silicon substrate W. To be released.
- the silicon substrate 21 in the state of FIG. 1C is introduced into the processing container 62 and held as the processing target substrate W on the substrate holding table 62A.
- the internal pressure of the processing container 62 is set to 0.3 Torr.
- the thermal oxide film 12 is set by setting the substrate temperature to 480 ° C. and introducing oxygen gas from the shower head 62S at a flow rate of 100 sccm and HTB at a flow rate of 45 mg / min in the fluid flow controller 62d.
- An HfO 2 film is uniformly formed with a film thickness of 16 to 18 mm on the silicon substrate 11 on which is partially formed.
- the formation of the thermal oxide film 12 in the process of FIG. 1A is performed using a known heat treatment apparatus. Therefore, the description of the heat treatment apparatus is omitted.
- FIG. 3 shows a silicon substrate 11 in which the HfO 2 film 14 is formed on the interfacial oxide film 12 whose film thickness changes continuously as shown in FIG.
- the film thickness and the film thickness of the HfO 2 film are obtained by the XPS method, and the EOT of the laminated structure of the interface oxide film 12 and the HfO 2 film 14 is obtained by an in-line electric measurement method.
- This in-line electrical measurement method is a combination of corona bias technology, vibration Kelvin probe technology, and pulsed light source technology, and is obtained by a Quantox device manufactured by KLA-Tencor. See Non-Patent Document 1 for details of measurement.
- the XPS film thickness of the EOT, interfacial oxide film 12 and the XPS film thickness of the HfO 2 film 14 are all shown in angstroms ( ⁇ ).
- EOT indicates the relationship between the EOT and XPS film thickness of the interface oxide film 12 obtained for the sample in the state of FIG. Since “REF” indicates the relationship between the EOT and XPS film thicknesses for the same interfacial oxide film 12, the EOT and XPS film thicknesses correspond one-to-one and are represented by straight lines.
- EOT indicates the film thickness obtained electrically based on the equivalent circuit of the capacitor, whereas the film thickness of the interfacial oxide film 12 or HfO 2 film 14 obtained by the XPS method is the Si film contained in the film. Reflects the number of atoms or Hf atoms.
- the EOT of the stacked film 16 is It can be seen that as the XPS film thickness t1 of the interfacial oxide film 12 decreases, the interface oxide film 12 decreases substantially parallel to the straight line REF. In the region I, the XPS film thickness t2 of the HfO 2 film 14 is substantially constant and is in the range of 16.5 to 17.5 mm. Therefore, the decrease in EOT of the laminated film 16 in the “region I” is This is considered to be caused by the decrease in the physical film thickness of the interface oxide film 12.
- the EOT of the laminated film 16 is When the XPS film thickness of the thermal oxide film 12 decreases, it decreases more rapidly than the straight line “REF”. When the XPS film thickness t1 of the interface oxide film 12 reaches 6.0 mm, the EOT of the stacked film 16 is You can see that it is the smallest.
- the EOT of the laminated film 16 is rapidly increased even though the film thickness t1 does not change at approximately 6.0 mm. It can be seen that it has increased from 12 to 30 cm. In the region III, it can be seen that the film thickness t2 of the HfO 2 film 14 is slightly reduced.
- Regions I and II in FIG. 3 are observed in region 11B on substrate 11 shown in FIGS. 1C and 1D, whereas region III is observed in region 11A in FIGS. 1C and 1D.
- the apparent relative dielectric constant is small or the physical film is formed at the interface between the silicon substrate 11 and the HfO 2 film 14 due to oxygen used when forming the HfO 2 film 14. This is interpreted to indicate that the oxide film 12A having a large thickness is formed.
- the oxide film 12A is an interfacial oxide film formed in the region 11B. Unlike 12, it is interpreted as a porous membrane.
- the decrease in the film thickness of the HfO 2 film 14 occurring in the region III in FIG. 3 is that the oxide film 12A as a base becomes porous and the film quality is deteriorated, so that the deposition of Hf atoms hardly occurs, and the HfO 2 film This is interpreted to be due to an increase in incubation time during the 14 film formation.
- FIG. 5 shows the relationship between EOT and leakage current Jg obtained for the structure shown in FIG.
- the leakage current is measured by the Quantox device manufactured by KLT-Tencor described above, and is expressed by the leakage current index (Jgindex) using the withstand voltage (V).
- the value of the leakage current index corresponds to a logarithmic plot of the leakage current Jg. The smaller the value, the larger the leakage current, and the larger the value, the smaller the leakage current.
- FIG. 5 Referring to, in the sample corresponding to the region I of FIG. 3, the leakage current Jg flowing laminated film 16 with EOT, shown by a double circle, HfO 2 without etching on normal thermal oxide film
- the leakage current Jg is indicated by ⁇ in the figure, while it changes in the same manner as in the case of the first comparative sample (THOx / HfO 2 ) in which the film is formed, that is, with the same slope. It can be seen that the change is almost the same as in the case of the second comparative sample (UVO 2 / HfO 2 ) in which the HfO 2 film is formed without etching on the oxide film formed by ultraviolet photoexcited oxygen radicals.
- the EOT greatly increases corresponding to FIG. 3, and the value of the leakage current Jg is also large (the value of the leakage current index is 09 to 0). 6V), the formed interfacial oxide film 12A is composed of an oxide film having a poor porous film quality.
- the present invention is the same as the second comparative structure shown in FIG. 5 where the interfacial oxide film is formed by ultraviolet photoexcited oxygen radicals and the HfO 2 film is formed on the surface without etching.
- the value of the leakage current Jg indicated by a straight line “A: Invention region II” in the figure is the second comparative structure shown by the straight line “B: UVO 2 / HfO 2 ” in the figure. It can be seen that the leakage current characteristic is improved, especially in the range where the EOT value is about 13 mm or more than the leakage current Jg value.
- FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams for explaining a mechanism by which such an improvement in leakage current characteristics can be obtained in the present embodiment.
- the thermal oxide film 12 formed in the step of FIG. 6A Although all are terminated, a part of the surface is removed by the etching process of FIG. 1B. As a result, in the state of FIG. 6B, dangling of Si atoms is performed on the surface of the interface oxide film 12. Many bonds will be formed.
- the HfO 2 film 14 is deposited on the interface oxide film 12 by the MOCVD method in the step of FIG. 6C, nucleation occurs at a high density on the surface of the interface oxide film 12 at the initial stage of the formation of the HfO 2 film 14.
- the film density of the HfO 2 film 14 to be formed and the flatness of the film surface are improved.
- the improvement in the leakage current characteristics seen in FIG. 5 is considered to be due to the improvement in the film density and flatness of the HfO 2 film 14 as described above. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the incubation time is also reduced, and the film formation efficiency is improved.
- FIG. 7A when the HfO 2 film is formed directly on the thermal oxide film 12 with the surface dangling bonds terminated by the MOCVD method, as shown in FIG. 7B, the HfO 2 film 14
- the nucleation density in the initial stage of film formation is low, the incubation time is long, and the film quality of the formed HfO 2 film is deteriorated and the flatness of the film surface is deteriorated.
- the film forming method of FIGS. 7A and 7B cannot obtain the excellent leakage current characteristics as in the present embodiment.
- FIGS. 8A to 8C are diagrams showing an outline of the film forming method according to the present embodiment based on the above knowledge.
- a thermal oxide film 22 is formed on the (100) plane of the (100) -oriented silicon substrate 21 by, for example, heat treatment at 1000 ° C. in an oxygen atmosphere.
- the thermal oxide film 22 is wet etched in an etchant using HF or BHF, and the film thickness t1 is reduced to a range of 6.0 mm to 6.7 mm to form an interface oxide film 22A.
- Such wet etching can be performed by controlling the temperature of the etching solution and the etching time.
- the film thickness t1 can be controlled within a predetermined range by performing etching for 60 seconds using an HF etching solution at 24 ° C.
- the etching process of FIG. 8B can be performed by dry etching.
- the etching process of FIG. 8B can be performed by chemical dry etching.
- the MOCVD apparatus 60 of FIG. The pressure of the processing container is set to 1 to 2 Torr, the substrate temperature is set to 150 to 200 ° C., and HF gas and NH 3 gas are introduced into the processing container 62 from the lines 62f and 62g through the shower head 62S, respectively.
- the interface oxide film 22A without damage can be formed by chemical etching until the film thickness of the thermal oxide film 22 reaches the predetermined range.
- the interface oxide film 22A can be formed by reducing the thickness of the thermal oxide film 22 to the predetermined range.
- FIG. 8B is introduced into the processing container 62 of the MOCVD apparatus 60 of FIG. 2 and held on the substrate holding table 62A as the substrate to be processed W.
- the internal pressure of the processing container 62 is 0.3 Torr
- the substrate temperature is set to 480 ° C.
- oxygen gas is introduced from the shower head 62S at a flow rate of 100 sccm
- HTB is introduced at a flow rate in the fluid flow controller 62d at a value of 45 mg / min.
- the HfO 2 film 23 is uniformly formed with a film thickness of, for example, 16 to 18 mm.
- the laminated film 24 of the interfacial oxide film 22A and the HfO 2 film 23 thus formed has the minimum EOT as described above with reference to FIG. 3, and has an excellent leakage current as described with reference to FIG. Show characteristics.
- [Second Embodiment] 9A to 9D show a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device using the laminated film 24 of FIG. 8A as a gate insulating film.
- an element region 41A is defined by an element isolation region 41I on the (100) surface of a silicon substrate 41 having a (100) orientation.
- a dielectric film 42 having the same configuration as that of the laminated film 24 is formed through the processes of 8C to 8C.
- a silicon film 43 made of polysilicon or amorphous silicon is deposited on the dielectric film 42, and the silicon film 43 is patterned in the process of FIG. 9C to form a gate electrode 43G. . 8C, the dielectric film 42G is patterned using the gate electrode 43G as a mask to form a gate insulating film 42G.
- the semiconductor device is an n-channel MOS transistor
- P +, As +, or Sb + is ion-implanted into the silicon substrate 41 using the gate electrode 43G as a mask.
- B + is ion-implanted, and source and drain diffusion regions 41S and 41D are formed in the silicon substrate 41 in the element region 41A on the first and second sides of the gate electrode, respectively.
- the gate electrode 43G is doped to a predetermined conductivity type.
- the semiconductor device manufactured by such a process uses the film 42 having the same stacked structure as the stacked film 24 of FIG. 8D as the gate insulating film 42G, as described above with reference to FIG. Since it is small and has excellent leakage current characteristics as described with reference to FIG. 5, it can operate even when the gate length is reduced to 32 nm or less.
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最初に、本発明の第1の実施形態として、本発明の基礎となる成膜実験を説明する。
[第2の実施形態]
図9A~9Dは、前記図8Aの積層膜24をゲート絶縁膜として使った半導体装置の製造工程を示す。
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- シリコン基板表面に酸化膜を形成する工程と、
前記酸化膜をエッチングし、前記酸化膜により界面酸化膜を、XPS法で測定した前記界面酸化膜の膜厚が6.7Å以下で6.0Å以上となるように形成する工程と、
前記界面酸化膜上にHfO2膜を、MOCVD法により、酸化雰囲気中において形成する工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする、成膜方法。 - 前記シリコン基板の表面に酸化膜を形成する工程は、熱酸化膜を形成する工程であることを特徴とする請求項1記載の成膜方法。
- 前記エッチング工程は、前記界面酸化膜の膜厚が、6.0Åとなるように実行されることを特徴とする請求項2記載の成膜方法。
- 前記HfO2膜を形成する工程は、ターシャリブチルハフニウムを原料として実行されることを特徴とする請求項1記載の成膜方法。
- シリコン基板表面に酸化膜を形成する工程と、
前記酸化膜をエッチングし、前記酸化膜により界面酸化膜を、XPS法で測定した前記界面酸化膜の膜厚が6.7Å以下で6.0Å以上となるように形成する工程と、
前記界面酸化膜上にHfO2膜を、MOCVD法により、酸化雰囲気中において形成する工程と、
前記HfO2膜上にシリコン膜または金属膜を形成する工程と、
前記シリコン膜または金属膜をパターニングしてゲート電極パターンを形成する工程と、
前記ゲート電極パターンをマスクに、前記シリコン基板中に不純物元素を導入し、ソースおよびドレイン領域を形成する工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする半導体装置の製造方法。
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