Abstract:
처리 챔버에 존재하는 불순물을 제거하기 위한 챔버의 클리닝 방법으로, 공정챔버 내에서 산소가스/수소가스가 1: 1 ~ 40 유량비로 혼합된 혼합가스를 플라즈마 상태로 형성한 후 이를 적용하여 상기 공정 챔버 내에 흡착된 산화 텅스텐 오염물을 텅스텐으로 환원시켜 제거하는데 그 특징이 있다. 상술한 클리닝 방법을 기존의 클리닝 공정보다 빠르게 오염물을 제거할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 파티클의 생성을 억제할 수 있다.
Abstract:
트랜지스터의 매몰 게이트 전극 및 그 형성방법을 제공한다. 이 게이트 전극은 기판에 형성된 트렌치와, 상기 트렌치의 내벽을 콘포말하게 덮으며 중앙에 갭 영역을 가지는 실리콘 패턴을 포함한다. 텅스텐 패턴이 상기 실리콘 패턴의 갭 영역에 채워지고, 상기 실리콘 패턴 및 상기 텅스텐 패턴 사이에 접착층 패턴이 개재되어 있다. 상기 실리콘 패턴 및 상기 텅스텐 패턴의 상부를 캐핑층이 덮는다. 따라서, 상기 실리콘 패턴 및 상기 텅스텐 패턴 계면의 단부는 상기 캐핑층에 의해 덮여질 수 있다. 상기 실리콘 패턴은 기판면으로 부터 수직으로 신장된 측벽을 가질 수 있다. 상기 실리콘 패턴의 측벽은 상기 캐핑층의 측벽에 정렬된다. 상기 실리콘 패턴의 신장된 측벽에 게이트 폴리 산화막이 형성될 수 있다.
Abstract:
iPVD-Ti막 및 MOCVD-TiN막으로 이루어지는 배리어막에서 MOCVD-TiN막을 형성하기 전에 iPVD-Ti막 표면을 플라즈마 분위기하에서 질화처리하거나 iPVD-Ti막 위에 iPVD 방법으로 TiN막을 형성하여 반응 방지층을 형성하는 반도체 소자의 금속 배선 형성 방법에 관하여 개시한다. 본 발명에서는 반도체 기판상에 리세스 영역의 내벽을 구성하는 측벽과 상면을 가지는 절연막 패턴을 형성한다. 리세스 영역의 내벽 및 절연막 패턴의 상면에 iPVD 방법으로 Ti막을 형성한다. Ti막 중 절연막 패턴의 상면을 덮는 부분 위에 Ti막을 보호하기 위한 반응 방지층을 형성한다. 리세스 영역의 내부 및 절연막 패턴의 상면 위에 반응 방지층을 덮는 TiN막을 MOCVD 방법에 의하여 형성한다. TiN막 위에 리세스 영역 내부를 채우는 도전성 플러그를 형성한다.
Abstract:
After a processing chamber is used to deposit a refractory metal film on a substrate, the chamber is plasma-treated with a gas including either nitrogen and/or hydrogen and in-situ cleaned. By plasma-treating the chamber with a gas including nitrogen, the refractory metal film that forms on interior surfaces of the chamber during substrate processing is nitrided. The nitrided refractory metal film can be removed from the chamber during the in-situ cleaning. By plasma-treating the chamber with a gas including hydrogen, reaction by-products generated in the chamber is diluted removed. The chamber may be plasma-treated in a gas ambient including both nitrogen and hydrogen. Also, the plasma treatment may be performed before and after the in-situ cleaning.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a contact structure of a semiconductor device is provided to prevent conductive layers adjacent to a cobalt silicide layer formed for an ohmic contact from being short-circuited by forming a spacer on the inner sidewall of a contact hole passing through an interlayer dielectric. CONSTITUTION: The interlayer dielectric(20) is formed on a substrate(2) with a conductive region. The contact hole is formed which passes through the interlayer dielectric and exposes the conductive region. The spacer(24) is formed on the inner sidewall of the contact hole. The cobalt silicide layer(30) is formed on the bottom surface of the contact hole having the spacer on its inner sidewall. A conductive layer(38) for filling the contact hole is formed on the cobalt silicide layer.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A semiconductor device having a crackless contact plug and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to prevent cracks from occurring inside an interlayer dielectric by forming a plug of a low internal stress. CONSTITUTION: A line structure of a semiconductor device is provided with a semiconductor substrate(100) and an interlayer dielectric(110) formed at the upper portion of the semiconductor substrate. At this time, the interlayer dielectric includes a contact hole(H). The line structure further includes a barrier metal coated at the inner surface of the contact hole and a contact plug(145) filled into the contact hole. The barrier metal is made of a Ti layer(120) and a TiN layer(130). The contact plug contains Ti, Si, and N. Preferably, the contact plug includes a Ti1-xSixN layer.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a contact hole is provided to prevent junction spiking by forming irregular sidewall metal layers at the sidewalls of a contact hole. CONSTITUTION: A metal layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate having a contact hole(106a). The metal layer comprises a bottom and a sidewall metal layer(107a,107b). The bottom metal layer is formed on the surface of an impurity diffusion layer exposed at the contact hole. The sidewall metal layer is formed on the upper sidewall of the contact hole on a protrusion portion(120) and the upper portion of an interlayer dielectric(105).
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PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a contact plug is provided to reduce the amount of chlorine by forming a void in the inside of a contact hole. CONSTITUTION: An interlayer dielectric(102) is formed on a semiconductor substrate(100). A contact hole(103) is formed by patterning the interlayer dielectric. A titanium layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate including the contact hole. A titanium nitride layer is formed on the titanium layer in order to form a void at the inside of the contact hole. A titanium nitride layer contact plug is formed by planarizing the contact plug layer and the titanium layer. A wire(107) is formed on an upper portion of the titanium nitride layer contact plug after the titanium nitride layer contact plug is formed.
Abstract:
A method for forming a contact of a semiconductor device is disclosed. A first interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer is formed on a conductive region, e.g., an active region. The first ILD layer is etched to form a first contact hole therein to expose the conductive region. The first contact hole is filled with a porous layer having a high etch selectivity with respect to the first ILD layer to form a porous plug therein. Next, a second ILD layer is formed overlying the porous plug. The second ILD layer is etched to form a second contact hole therein to expose the porous plug. The porous plug in the first contact hole is removed. The first and second contact holes are filled with a conductive material to form a contact plug. During this contact formation process, the active region or the conductive region of the semiconductor substrate can be protected with the porous plug. Thus, the electrical characteristics degradation caused by dopant diffusion resulting from a thermal process during contact formation can be avoided.
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PURPOSE: A method for forming a contact is provided to prevent a doping element from being diffused from an active region of a semiconductor substrate, by protecting the active region in the course of forming a contact between the active region and an interconnection while using a porous oxide layer plug. CONSTITUTION: The first interlayer dielectric(210) which is dense and hard is formed on the semiconductor substrate(200). The first interlayer dielectric is etched to form the first contact hole opening the active region(202) of the semiconductor substrate. A porous oxide layer having high etch selectivity to the first interlayer dielectric is filled in the first contact hole to form the porous oxide layer plug. The second interlayer dielectric(220) which is dense and hard is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the porous oxide layer plug. The second interlayer dielectric is etched to form the second contact hole(222) exposing the upper portion of the buried first contact hole. The porous oxide layer filled in the first contact hole is eliminated. A conductive material is filled in the first and second contact holes to form a contact plug.