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- the present invention relates to the field of integrated circuit fabrication processes, and more particularly to a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer for use in an integrated circuit fabrication process and an integrated circuit fabrication process using the same.
- silicon-based materials are currently commonly used to fabricate integrated circuits.
- silicon or polysilicon
- the surface will naturally oxidize to form a dense layer of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), as shown in Figure 1a.
- SiO 2 silicon dioxide
- a metal silicide process a metal nickel platinum (NiPt) film is in direct contact with a substrate of a silicon-based material, and if there is a layer of SiO 2 on the surface of the substrate, the resistivity is increased. It affects device performance, so it is necessary to remove this layer of SiO 2 before manufacturing the subsequent process.
- the line width of the spacer (made of silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) material). Dimensions can affect device electrical properties, such as increased leakage. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the separation layer (Spacer, Si 3 N 4 ) as far as possible while removing SiO 2 .
- the existing processes mostly use wet etching, plasma dry etching, etc. to remove SiO 2 , which has a low etching selectivity to Si 3 N 4 and excessive removal of the isolation layer, resulting in isolation.
- the layer size is reduced, thereby increasing leakage and affecting device performance.
- the present invention provides a method for removing silicon dioxide on a wafer in an integrated circuit manufacturing process by directly reacting a gaseous etchant with silicon dioxide under high pressure and extracting the reaction product after the reaction. To achieve high selectivity and high efficiency to remove silicon dioxide.
- a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer comprising: introducing dehydrated hydrogen fluoride gas and a dehydrated alcohol gas into a process chamber; dehydrating the hydrogen fluoride gas and dehydrating Mixing an alcohol gas to form a gaseous etchant; reacting the etchant with a wafer within the process chamber, and maintaining the process chamber at a high pressure to increase an etch selectivity; and The reaction product is withdrawn from the process chamber.
- the pressure in the process chamber is 30 Torr to 300 Torr.
- the pressure in the process chamber is 200 Torr.
- the temperature in the process chamber is 20 ° C - 80 ° C.
- the temperature in the process chamber is 40 °C.
- the flow rate of the hydrogen fluoride gas is 100 sccm-500 sccm
- the flow rate of the alcohol gas is 100 sccm-1000 sccm.
- the flow rate of the hydrogen fluoride gas is 150 sccm to 225 sccm, and the flow rate of the alcohol gas is 200 sccm to 450 sccm.
- the flow ratio of the hydrogen fluoride gas to the alcohol gas is 0.8-1.2:1.
- the flow ratio of the hydrogen fluoride gas to the alcohol gas is 1:1.
- the alcohol gas is at least one of C 1 -C 8 monohydric alcohol gases.
- the alcohol gas is at least one of methanol, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol.
- the invention also provides an integrated circuit fabrication process comprising the method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer as described in any of the above aspects of the invention.
- the manufacturing process includes a sub-process of filling the contour adjustment of the shallow trench insulating layer with HARP.
- a certain thickness of HARP is first deposited by a CVD process, and then The STI is etched by the method of removing silicon dioxide on the wafer to make the opening large, and the above deposition and etching operations are repeatedly performed until the end of the process.
- the manufacturing process includes a sub-process of removing the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the hard mask layer of the STI, and the hard mask layer of the STI is Si 3 N 4 .
- etching the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of the STI hard mask layer by using the method of removing silicon dioxide on the wafer, and controlling the SiO 2 natural oxide layer relative to The etching selectivity ratio of the STI HARP is to quickly remove the SiO 2 natural oxide layer and avoid over-etching the STI HARP.
- the manufacturing process includes a sub-process of removing the pad oxide layer, wherein the pad oxide layer is oxidized to form a SiO 2 layer on the surface of the substrate by heating, which is a buffer of the STI hard mask layer Si 3 N 4 Floor.
- the pad oxide layer is etched by the method of removing silicon dioxide on the wafer, and the etching selectivity of the pad oxide layer relative to the STI HARP is controlled so that The pad oxide layer is quickly removed and excessive etching of the STI HARP is avoided.
- the manufacturing process includes a sub-process of removing the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the silicon substrate before depositing silicon germanium.
- etching the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the silicon substrate by using the method of removing silicon dioxide on the wafer, and controlling the SiO 2 natural oxide layer relative to the polysilicon The selection ratio is etched to quickly remove the SiO 2 native oxide layer and to avoid excessive damage to the Si substrate.
- the manufacturing process includes a sub-process of removing the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of the substrate and the surface of the polysilicon gate before depositing the silicide.
- the sub-process using the method of the silicon dioxide on the wafer for removing a native oxide layer SiO 2 surface and a polysilicon gate etching the substrate surface, and to control the natural oxide layer SiO 2 An etching selectivity ratio with respect to polysilicon in order to quickly remove the SiO 2 natural oxide layer and avoid excessive damage to the Si substrate.
- the manufacturing process includes an STI recess sub-process in a 2D NAND memory manufacturing process, the NAND memory including a floating gate and a pattern dense region STI HARP located in a pattern dense region and a control switch gate located in the graphics sparse region a pole and a pattern sparse region STI HARP, the floating gate and the control switch gate being polysilicon, the pattern dense region STI HARP And the graphic sparse region STI HARP is silicon dioxide.
- etching the pattern dense region STI HARP and the graphics sparse region STI HARP by using the method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer, and controlling the STI HARP relative to the A floating gate or an etch selectivity ratio relative to the control switch gate to quickly remove the STI HARP and avoid excessive damage to the floating gate and the control switch gate.
- the method provided by the present invention uses a vapor phase etching process to remove silicon dioxide on a wafer. Compared with the wet etching process or the plasma dry etching process in the prior art, the present invention removes SiO 2 by a chemical reaction. There is no solid reaction product in the removal process, and therefore, the reaction product can be easily pumped out, thereby keeping the chamber clean, reducing or even eliminating particle contamination caused by the reaction product. Moreover, since the method provided by the present invention does not have a solid reaction product, it is not necessary to vaporize or liquefy the solid reaction product by high-temperature heating as in the prior art, and then discharge it. Therefore, the method provided by the present invention does not require high-temperature heating. This eliminates the need for a cooling step corresponding to the heating step, so that the reaction process is simple, which not only improves the process efficiency, increases the process throughput, but also eliminates the process cost corresponding to the high temperature step and the cooling step.
- the method provided by the present invention adopts a high voltage process (for example, 50 Torr to 300 Torr), and can improve the etching selectivity ratio of SiO 2 to Si 3 N 4 (or polysilicon, HARP, etc.), thereby improving the silicon dioxide on the wafer.
- the removal efficiency can reduce the damage to the substrate.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process provided by the present invention uses the method provided by the present invention to remove silicon dioxide on a wafer, thereby removing silicon dioxide by wet etching or plasma dry etching compared to the prior art.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process, the integrated circuit manufacturing process provided by the invention can also improve the removal efficiency of silicon dioxide on the wafer, reduce the damage to the substrate, and can keep the chamber clean, reduce or even eliminate the reaction product.
- the particle pollution while also having the characteristics of simple reaction process, high process efficiency, high process capacity and low cost.
- Figure 1a shows a schematic of an integrated circuit device having a native oxide layer.
- Figure 1b shows a schematic diagram of the effect of removing silica according to the method of the prior art.
- FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of the steps of a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer in accordance with the present invention.
- Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the effect of a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer according to the present invention.
- 4a, 4b and 4c respectively show schematic views of the contour adjustment of a HARP filled shallow channel insulating layer according to the prior art.
- 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d respectively show schematic views of the effect of the method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer in the process of HARP-filled shallow-channel insulating layer profile adjustment according to the present invention.
- Figures 6a and 6b show schematic views of a device having a native oxide layer and a device after removal of the native oxide layer in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- Figures 7a and 7b show schematic views of a device having a pad oxide layer and a device after removing the pad oxide layer in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- Figures 8a and 8b show schematic views of a device having a native oxide layer and a device after removal of the native oxide layer in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- Figures 9a and 9b respectively show an integrated circuit device having an oxide recess and in accordance with the present invention A schematic diagram of the effect of a device after removal of silicon dioxide.
- FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of the steps of a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer in accordance with the present invention.
- a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer includes: step 201, introducing dehydrated hydrogen fluoride gas and a dehydrated alcohol gas into a process chamber; and step 202, dehydrating the hydrogen fluoride
- the gas is mixed with the dehydrated alcohol gas to form a gaseous etchant; in step 203, the etchant is reacted with a substance to be removed such as silica on the surface of the wafer in the process chamber, and
- the process chamber maintains a high pressure state to increase the etch selectivity; and in step 204, the reaction product is withdrawn from the process chamber.
- This embodiment achieves high selectivity and high efficiency removal of silica by directly reacting a gaseous etchant with silica under high pressure and extracting the reaction product after the reaction.
- the object to be removed on the surface of the wafer is silicon dioxide
- the method of removing silicon dioxide on the wafer according to the present invention may include: step 201, introducing dehydrated hydrogen fluoride gas and dehydrated alcohol into the process chamber. a gas-like gas; step 202, mixing the dehydrated hydrogen fluoride gas and the dehydrated alcohol gas to form a gaseous etchant; and step 203, the etchant and the surface of the wafer in the process chamber
- the silicon oxide reacts and maintains the process chamber at a high pressure to increase the etch selectivity; and step 204 extracts the reaction product from the process chamber.
- the conditions of the reaction may include a pressure in the process chamber of 30 Torr to 300 Torr and a temperature in the process chamber of 20 ° C to 80 ° C. Further preferably, the conditions of the reaction include a pressure in the process chamber of 200 Torr and a temperature in the process chamber of 40 °C. It has been found that the higher the pressure in the process chamber is in the range of 30 Torr to 300 Torr, the easier the gaseous etchant (reaction gas) condenses on the surface of the wafer and reacts with SiO 2 .
- reaction gas gas
- the SiO 2 removal rate The increase is greatly increased while the removal rate of Si 3 N 4 hardly increases, which greatly increases the removal selectivity ratio (i.e., etching selectivity ratio) of SiO 2 to Si 3 N 4 (or polysilicon, HARP, etc.).
- the flow rate of the hydrogen fluoride gas may be 100 sccm to 500 sccm, and the flow rate of the alcohol gas is 100 sccm to 1000 sccm. Further preferably, the flow rate of the hydrogen fluoride gas is from 150 sccm to 225 sccm, and the flow rate of the alcohol gas is from 200 sccm to 450 sccm.
- the flow ratio of the hydrogen fluoride gas to the alcohol gas may be from 0.8 to 1.2:1.
- the flow ratio of the hydrogen fluoride gas to the alcohol gas may be 0.8:1, 1:1, or 1.2:1.
- the flow ratio of the hydrogen fluoride gas to the alcohol gas is 1:1.
- the alcohol gas may be at least one of a C 1 to C 8 monohydric alcohol gas. Further preferably, the alcohol gas is at least one of methanol (CH 3 OH), ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH), and isopropyl alcohol (IPA).
- methanol CH 3 OH
- ethanol C 2 H 5 OH
- IPA isopropyl alcohol
- the reaction formula of the method for removing silicon dioxide on a wafer according to the present invention can be expressed as:
- the dehydrated HF gas and the dehydrated CH 3 OH gas can be mixed inside the chamber to form gaseous etchants HF 2 - and CH 3 OH 2 + , and the pressure in the chamber can be set to 200 Torr during the process.
- the temperature is 40 ° C, and HF 2 - and CH 3 OH 2 + are mixed and reacted with SiO 2 to form SiF 4 , CH 3 OH and H 2 O.
- CH 3 OH has strong water absorption, which can reduce the residual of H 2 O on the surface of the wafer, and the reaction products such as SiF 4 , CH 3 OH and H 2 O can be pumped out after the reaction.
- the process chamber used in the method for removing silicon dioxide on a wafer of the present invention can be integrated with a vacuum process on the next process, so that the SiO 2 surface can be removed without damaging the vacuum environment.
- the next process is performed to prevent the wafer from being re-oxidized again in a non-vacuum environment before proceeding to the next process and affecting the next process.
- platinum-nickel (NiPt) in a silicide process before the deposition of silicon germanium (SiGe).
- the invention improves the selection ratio by a high pressure process. It is found that when a high pressure process (for example, a process pressure of 200 Torr) is used, the gaseous etchant is more likely to condense on the surface of the wafer and react with SiO 2 , and the removal rate of SiO 2 is greatly increased. At the same time, the removal rate of Si 3 N 4 hardly increases, thereby reducing the damage to the substrate while increasing the removal rate of SiO 2 . That is, the method provided by the present invention greatly increases the removal selectivity of SiO 2 relative to Si 3 N 4 (or polysilicon, HARP, etc.).
- a high pressure process for example, a process pressure of 200 Torr
- FIGS 5a through 5b show schematic views of another effect of a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer in accordance with the present invention. As shown, since the diffusion of the reaction product is good, so the same density for the holes 5 of the hole area and sparse regions SiO 2 SiO 2 removal, the reaction product such as gaseous SiF 4, pumped out easily, without causing The small hole is clogged, the cleaning effect is good, the cleaning effect on the small hole is high, and the removal uniformity is high.
- the method provided in this embodiment can also improve the loading effect of pad oxide removal and STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) recess etching, so that large and small The holes are deeply etched in the same groove and the STI height is consistent. Also CH 3 OH and H 2 O can easily be pulled out, it will not condense on the chamber walls, small particles.
- STI Shallow Trench Isolation
- the method for removing silicon dioxide on a wafer provided by the embodiment of the present invention has a low process temperature, for example, 20 ° C - 80 ° C, so that high temperature heating is not required, and accordingly, no high temperature heating step is required.
- the corresponding cooling step, and thus the reaction process is simple, the reaction can be completed in one step, so that not only the process efficiency can be improved, the productivity can be improved, but also the cost generated by at least the heating step and the cooling step can be saved.
- an integrated circuit fabrication process can also be provided that includes a method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer as described above.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process provided by the present invention removes the silicon dioxide on the wafer by the method provided by the above embodiments of the present invention, and thus removes the second method by wet etching or plasma dry etching compared to the prior art.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process of silicon oxide, the integrated circuit manufacturing process provided by the invention can also improve the removal efficiency of silicon dioxide on the wafer, reduce the damage to the substrate, and can keep the chamber clean, reduce or even eliminate the reaction product.
- the particle pollution caused by the method has the characteristics of simple reaction process, high process efficiency, high process capacity and low cost.
- Example 1 STI HAPR deposition gap fill profile modified using HARP :
- FIG. 4a, 4b, and 4c respectively show schematic views of contour adjustment of a shallow trench insulating layer filled with a HARP (High Aspect Ratio Process) according to the prior art, wherein FIG. 4a is after STI etching
- Figure 4b is the device during STI HARP deposition
- Figure 4c is the device that creates voids after STI HARP deposition.
- STI HAPR deposition is deposited by CVD. Due to the large aspect ratio of 28 nm STI and the poor contour of STI etching, voids are easily generated during STI HARP deposition.
- the prior art used in Figures 4a, 4b and 4c produces a solid reaction product with low void cleaning efficiency and low throughput.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process in this example 1 includes a wheel that fills a shallow trench insulating layer with HARP
- the sub-process of the profile adjustment In the sub-process, a certain thickness of HARP is first deposited by a CVD process, and then the STI is etched to remove the opening by using the method of removing silicon dioxide on the wafer, and the deposition and etching operations are repeatedly performed. Until the end of the process.
- FIGS. 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d respectively show schematic views of the effect of the method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer in the contour adjustment process of a HARP-filled shallow-channel insulating layer according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 5a For the device after STI etching, FIG. 5b is a device during STI HARP deposition, FIG. 5c is a device for performing STI opening adjustment by using the method for removing silicon dioxide on the wafer of the present invention, and FIG. 5d is after STI HARP deposition. Device.
- the method of removing silicon dioxide on a wafer comprises the steps of: mixing dehydrated hydrogen fluoride gas with dehydrated methanol to form gaseous etchants HF 2 - and CH 3 OH 2 + ; Passing an etchant into the process chamber and reacting with SiO 2 on the surface of the wafer in the process chamber to generate SiF 4 , CH 3 OH and H 2 O, wherein the process conditions in the process chamber are The pressure in the chamber was set to 200 Torr, and the temperature in the chamber was maintained at 40 ° C; after the reaction was completed, SiF 4 , CH 3 OH and H 2 O were pumped out.
- the STI is etched to make the opening change. Big, so that no holes can be created.
- the method of the invention to remove SiO 2 , the non-solid reaction product is easily pumped out, so that the chamber can be cleaned, and the particle contamination caused by the reaction product can be reduced or even eliminated.
- the method provided in the embodiment does not need high temperature heating.
- the reaction process is simple, and has the characteristics of high process efficiency, high process productivity and low cost.
- the method provided by the invention has a process pressure of 200 Torr and a process temperature of 40 ° C, thereby improving the etching selection of SiO 2 for HARP, etc.
- the removal efficiency of the silicon dioxide on the wafer can be improved, and the damage to the substrate can be reduced, thereby controlling the contour of the opening and increasing the filling ability of the CVD HARP pore.
- the integrated circuit fabrication process of this example 2 includes a sub-process of removing the SiO 2 native oxide layer on the hard mask layer of the STI, the hard mask layer of the STI being Si3N4.
- the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of the STI hard mask layer is etched by the method for removing silicon dioxide on the wafer provided by the present invention, and the SiO 2 natural oxide layer is controlled relative to the STI HARP. Etching selection ratio to quickly remove the SiO 2 native oxide layer and avoid over-etching the STI HARP.
- Figures 6a and 6b show schematic views of a device having a native oxide layer and a device after removal of the native oxide layer in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- the integrated circuit fabrication process uses Si 3 N 4 as the hard mask layer of the STI, which is removed by H 3 PO 4 wet removal when removing the hard mask layer.
- the wafer with the hard mask layer is naturally oxidized on the surface of the Si 3 N 4 layer to form a dense SiO 2 layer after being left in the air for a period of time, and the layer is removed before the Si 3 N 4 is removed. SiO 2 natural oxide layer. If the H 3 PO 4 wet process used to remove the hard mask layer is used to remove SiO 2 , the removal rate of SiO 2 is very slow.
- the SiO 2 layer 6a is a SiO 2 layer deposited by CVD, and the SiO 2 layer has a low density and is easily removed, in this case, natural oxidation on the surface of the Si 3 N 4 layer is removed.
- the removal amount of the STI HARP that is, to control the etching selectivity ratio of the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of the Si 3 N 4 with respect to the STI HARP to ensure the step height of the STI (ie, STI). Above the height of the substrate surface), because the step height of the STI affects the electrical properties of the device, it cannot be too high or too low.
- FIG. 6b is a device morphology after removing the SiO 2 oxide layer on the surface of Si 3 N 4 by the method.
- the processing steps of the silica removal method provided by the present invention are similar to those of the example 1, and are not described herein again.
- the method according to the present invention can increase the etching selectivity ratio of the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of Si 3 N 4 to STI HARP by using a high voltage process, thereby rapidly removing the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of Si 3 N 4 .
- the integrated circuit fabrication process in the example 3 includes a sub-process of removing the pad oxide layer, wherein the pad oxide layer is oxidized to form a SiO2 layer on the surface of the substrate by heating, which is a buffer layer of the STI hard mask layer Si3N4. .
- the pad oxide layer is etched by the method for removing silicon dioxide on the wafer provided by the present invention, and the etching selectivity of the pad oxide layer relative to the STI HARP is controlled to quickly remove the liner. Pad the oxide layer and avoid over-etching the STI HARP.
- Figures 7a and 7b show schematic views of a device having a pad oxide layer and a device after removing the pad oxide layer in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- a pad oxide layer is used as a buffer layer of the hard mask layer Si 3 N 4 of the STI, and is a layer of SiO 2 formed by thermal oxidation of the surface of the substrate by a furnace tube method.
- the thickness can be determined according to different processes (for example, a 28 nm process, the SiO 2 layer has a thickness of about 50 A).
- the SiO 2 pad oxide layer needs to be removed prior to a subsequent process.
- the STI HARP in FIG. 7a is a SiO 2 layer deposited by CVD, and the SiO 2 layer has a low density. In this case, it is necessary to control the removal of STI HARP when the pad oxide layer is removed.
- the etching selectivity ratio of the pad oxide layer to the STIHARP is controlled so that the pad oxide layer can be quickly removed, and at the same time, the STI HARP can be prevented from being over-etched, thereby ensuring the step height of the STI.
- FIG. 7b is a schematic view of the morphology of the device after the pad oxide layer is removed by the method.
- the processing steps of the silica removal method provided by the present invention are similar to those of the example 1, and are not described herein again.
- the method according to the present invention uses a high voltage process to increase the etching selectivity of the pad oxide layer relative to the STI HARP, thereby enabling rapid removal of the pad oxide layer while avoiding over-etching the STI HARP to control the STI steps.
- the pad oxide layer is removed, no solid reaction product is generated, so that process efficiency and process productivity can be improved. Avoid problems such as divots caused by wet etching and affecting electrical properties.
- Example 4 Removing the native oxide layer before depositing silicon germanium (SiGe):
- the integrated circuit fabrication process in this example 4 includes a sub-process of removing the native oxide layer of SiO 2 on the silicon substrate prior to depositing germanium silicon.
- the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the silicon substrate is etched by the method for removing silicon dioxide on the wafer provided by the present invention, and the etching selectivity ratio of the SiO 2 natural oxide layer to the polysilicon is controlled. In order to quickly remove the SiO 2 natural oxide layer and avoid excessive damage to the Si substrate.
- Figures 8a and 8b show schematic views of a device having a native oxide layer and a device after removal of the native oxide layer in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- the Si substrate inside the etched region is exposed to the air and naturally oxidizes, and this layer of natural oxide layer causes the device to be electrically Performance failure and other issues, so this layer of natural oxide must be removed before the deposition of SiGe, and the removal of this layer of SiO 2 can not damage the Si substrate, that is, to control this layer of SiO 2 natural oxide layer relative to Etching selectivity ratio of polysilicon (ie, Si substrate).
- FIG. 8b is a schematic diagram of the morphology of the device after the SiO 2 natural oxide layer is removed by the method.
- the processing steps of the silica removal method provided by the present invention are similar to those of the example 1, and are not described herein again.
- the method according to the present invention adopts a high voltage process, which can improve the etching selectivity ratio of the SiO 2 natural oxide layer to the polysilicon, thereby rapidly removing the SiO 2 natural oxide layer while reducing the damage to the gate and the Si substrate. .
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process uses the method of removing silicon dioxide provided by the present invention, which can improve process efficiency and process productivity, and can improve device performance.
- Example 5 Removing the natural oxide layer before depositing silicide:
- the integrated circuit fabrication process in this example 5 includes a sub-process of removing the SiO 2 native oxide layer of the substrate surface and the polysilicon gate surface prior to depositing the silicide.
- the SiO 2 natural oxide layer on the surface of the substrate and the surface of the polysilicon gate is etched by the method for removing silicon dioxide on the wafer provided by the present invention, and the natural oxide layer of the SiO 2 is controlled relative to the polysilicon.
- the selection ratio is etched to quickly remove the native oxide layer of SiO 2 and to avoid excessive damage to the Si substrate.
- Figures 1a and 3 respectively show schematic views of the morphology of a device having a native oxide layer and a device after removal of silicon dioxide in accordance with the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the morphology of the device after removing the SiO 2 natural oxide layer by the method.
- the processing steps of the silica removal method provided by the present invention are similar to those of the example 1, and are not described herein again.
- the method according to the present invention uses a high voltage process to increase the etching selectivity of the SiO 2 natural oxide layer relative to the Si 3 N 4 and Si substrate, thereby enabling rapid removal of the SiO 2 surface of the Si substrate surface and the polysilicon gate surface.
- the oxide layer can reduce damage to the polysilicon gate and the Si substrate at the same time, and avoid problems such as size reduction of the insulating spacer and increase of the leakage rate.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process utilizes the method of removing silicon dioxide provided by the present invention, which can improve process efficiency and process productivity, and can improve device performance.
- the integrated circuit fabrication process shown in this example 6 includes an STI recess sub-process in a 2D NAND memory fabrication process, the NAND memory including a floating gate and a pattern dense region STI HARP located in a pattern dense region and located in a pattern sparse region
- the control switch gate and the pattern sparse region STI HARP, the floating gate and the control switch gate are polysilicon, and the pattern dense region STI HARP and the pattern sparse region STI HARP are silicon dioxide.
- the pattern dense region STI HARP and the pattern sparse region STI HARP are etched by the method for removing silicon dioxide on the wafer provided by the present invention, and the STI HARP is controlled relative to the floating gate Or an etch selection ratio relative to the control switch gate to quickly remove STIHARP and avoid excessive damage to the floating gate and control switch gate.
- Figures 9a and 9b show schematic diagrams of the effect of an integrated circuit device having oxide recesses and a device after removing silicon dioxide in accordance with the method of the present invention, respectively.
- the STI recess process in this example is a process in a 2D NAND fabrication process
- NAND is a memory device.
- the pattern-dense area on the left side is the memory area of the device, including the floating gate (ie, the dark bars in the densely patterned region, which is polysilicon) and the pattern dense region STI HARP (ie, the graphics are dense a light colored bar in the area, which is silicon dioxide);
- the pattern sparse area on the right side is the control area, including the source/drain selective control switch gate (ie, the dark bar in the pattern sparse area)
- control switch gate polysilicon
- the pattern sparse area STI HARP light bar in the thinned area of the figure, which is silicon dioxide.
- FIG. 9b is a schematic diagram of the morphology of the device after removing silicon dioxide (STI HARP) by the method.
- the processing steps of the silica removal method provided by the present invention are similar to those of the example 1, and are not described herein again.
- the method according to the present invention employs a high voltage process to increase the etch selectivity of the STI HARP relative to the floating gate or to the source/drain selective control switch gate, ie, etch of SiO 2 relative to polysilicon
- the ratio is selected so that SiO 2 can be removed quickly while reducing damage to polysilicon.
- the SiO 2 layer is removed, no solid reaction product is produced, so that there is no problem that is common in the prior art: that small pores are easily clogged and difficult to clean due to the generation of solid reaction products.
- the integrated circuit manufacturing process applies the method for removing silicon dioxide provided by the present invention, which can improve process efficiency and process productivity, and can improve device performance.
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- 一种去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其特征在于,包括:向工艺腔室内通入脱水的氟化氢气体和脱水的醇类气体;使所述脱水的氟化氢气体和脱水的醇类气体混合,生成气态的刻蚀剂;使所述刻蚀剂与所述工艺腔室内的晶片反应,并使所述工艺腔室内保持高压状态,以提高刻蚀选择比;以及将所述反应生成物从所述工艺腔室内抽出。
- 根据权利要求1所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述工艺腔室内的压力为30Torr-300Torr。
- 根据权利要求2所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述工艺腔室内的压力为200Torr。
- 根据权利要求1所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述工艺腔室内的温度为20℃-80℃。
- 根据权利要求4所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述工艺腔室内的温度为40℃。
- 根据权利要求1所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述氟化氢气体的流量为100sccm-500sccm,所述醇类气体的流量为100sccm-1000sccm。
- 根据权利要求6所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述氟化氢气体的流量为150sccm-225sccm,所述醇类气体的流量为 200sccm-450sccm。
- 根据权利要求1所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述氟化氢气体与所述醇类气体的流量比为0.8-1.2:1。
- 根据权利要求6所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述氟化氢气体与所述醇类气体的流量比为1:1。
- 根据权利要求1所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述醇类气体为C1-C8一元醇气体中的至少一种。
- 根据权利要求10所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法,其中,所述醇类气体为甲醇、乙醇和异丙醇中的至少一种。
- 一种集成电路制造工艺,其中,包括根据权利要求1-11中任意一项所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法。
- 根据权利要求12所述的集成电路制造工艺,其中,所述制造工艺包括利用HARP填充浅沟道绝缘层的轮廓调整的子工艺,在所述子工艺中,首先利用CVD工艺沉积一定厚度的HARP,而后采用所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法对STI进行刻蚀而使开口变大,重复执行上述沉积和刻蚀操作,直至工艺结束。
- 根据权利要求12所述的集成电路制造工艺,其中,所述制造工艺包括去除STI的硬掩膜层上的SiO2自然氧化层的子工艺,所述STI的硬掩膜层为Si3N4,在所述子工艺中,利用所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法对STI的硬掩膜层表面上的SiO2自然氧化层进行刻蚀,并控制所述SiO2自然氧化层相对于STI HARP的刻蚀选择比,以便快速去除所述SiO2自然氧化层,且避免过度刻蚀STI HARP。
- 根据权利要求12所述的集成电路制造工艺,其中,所述制造工艺包括去除衬垫氧化层的子工艺,所述衬垫氧化层为采用加热方式在衬底表面氧化形成SiO2层,其为STI的硬掩膜层Si3N4的缓冲层,在所述子工艺中,利用所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法对所述衬垫氧化层进行刻蚀,并控制所述衬垫氧化层相对于STI HARP的刻蚀选择比,以便快速去除所述衬垫氧化层,且避免过度刻蚀STI HARP。
- 根据权利要求12所述的集成电路制造工艺,其中,所述制造工艺包括沉积锗硅之前去除硅衬底上的SiO2自然氧化层的子工艺,在所述子工艺中,利用所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法对所述硅衬底上的SiO2自然氧化层进行刻蚀,并控制所述SiO2自然氧化层相对于多晶硅的刻蚀选择比,以便快速去除所述SiO2自然氧化层,且避免过度损伤Si衬底。
- 根据权利要求12所述的集成电路制造工艺,其中,所述制造工艺包括沉积硅化物之前去除衬底表面和多晶硅栅极表面的SiO2自然氧化层的子工艺,在所述子工艺中,利用所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法对所述衬底表面和多晶硅栅极表面的SiO2自然氧化层进行刻蚀,并控制所述SiO2自然氧化层相对于多晶硅的刻蚀选择比,以便快速去除所述SiO2自然氧化层,且避免过度损伤Si衬底。
- 根据权利要求12所述的集成电路制造工艺,其中,所述制造工艺包括2D NAND存储器制造过程中的STI凹槽子工艺,所述NAND存储器包括位于图形密集区域内的浮置栅极和图形密集区域STI HARP以及位于图形稀疏区域内的控制开关栅极和图形稀疏区域STI HARP,所述浮置栅极和所述控制开关栅极为多晶硅,所述图形密集区域STI HARP和所述图形稀疏区域STI HARP为二氧化硅,在所述子工艺中,利用所述的去除晶片上的二氧化硅的方法对所述图形密集区域STI HARP和所述图形稀疏区域STI HARP进行刻蚀,并控制所述STI HARP相对于所述浮置栅极或者相对于所述控制开关栅极的刻蚀选择比,以便快速去除所述STI HARP,且避免过度损伤所述浮置栅极和所述控制开关栅极。
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