WO2001069665A1 - Procede de formation de pellicule dielectrique - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semi-hard device and a method therefor, and more particularly to a method of forming a fiber film, a nonvolatile half-memory device capable of electrically rewriting information including a flash memory device, and a method of manufacturing the same.
- Half ⁇ : Memory devices include volatile and raw memory devices such as DRAM and SRAM, and non-volatile memory such as mask ROM, PROM, EPROM, and EEPROM, but one memory cell.
- the so-called flash memory which is an EEP ROM with one transistor per device, is characterized by its small size, large capacity, and low power consumption, and a great deal of effort is being made to improve it.
- a uniform and excellent dielectric film is indispensable.
- a uniform and low-leakage fiber film having excellent film quality can be used not only for a flash memory but also for a variety of other semiconductor devices having a capacity, such as a ferroelectric capacitor used in a dielectric semiconductor memory device. It is also important for a dielectric film.
- a high-dielectric-constant film with excellent uniformity and low leakage current is also important as a gate insulating film in high-speed semiconductor devices with a gate length of 0.1 ⁇ m or less.
- the flash memory device will be described with reference to FIG. 1, which shows the concept of a flash memory device having a general stacked-gate structure.
- the flash memory device is formed on a silicon substrate 170, and a source region 1701 and a drain region 170 formed in the silicon substrate 170. 2, a tunnel gate oxide film 1703 formed between the source region 1701 and the drain region 1702 on the silicon substrate 1700, and the tunnel gate oxide film 17 And a floating gate 170 formed on the silicon oxide film 170, a silicon nitride film 170, and a silicon oxide film 17 on the floating gate 170. 07 are sequentially stacked, and A control gate 1708 is formed on the silicon oxide film 1707. That is, in the flash memory cell having such a laminated structure, as shown in FIG. 1, the floating gate 1704 and the control gate 1708 are composed of Ife edge films 1705 and 1706. And an insulating structure composed of 177 is sandwiched therebetween.
- the three-dimensional structure provided between the gate 170 and the control gate 1705 is the leakage structure between the floating gate 1704 and the control gate 1705.
- it is general to have a so-called ⁇ N ⁇ structure in which the nitride film 1706 is sandwiched between the oxide films 1705 and 1707.
- the tunnel gate oxide film 1703 and the silicon oxide film 1705 are formed by a thermal oxidation method, and the silicon nitride film 1706 and the silicon oxide film 1707 are formed by CVD. Formed by the method.
- the silicon oxide film 175 may be formed by CVD.
- the total thickness of the tunnel gate oxide film 1703 is about 8 nm, and the total thickness of the extraordinar films 1705, 1706 and 1707 is about 15 nm. is there.
- a low-voltage transistor having a gate oxide film having a thickness of about 3 to 7 nm and a high-voltage transistor having a gate oxide film having a thickness of 15 to 30 nm are provided. Are formed on the same silicon.
- a flash memory cell with a stacked structure configured as described above about 5 to 7 V is applied to the drain 1702 when writing information, and a high voltage of about 12 V or more is applied to the control gate 1708.
- a voltage By applying a voltage, channel hot electrons generated in the vicinity of the drain region 1702 are sickled to the floating gate through the tunnel extraordinar film 1703.
- the drain region 1702 is set to the floating state, the control gate 1708 is grounded, and the source region 1701 is connected to the source region 1702.
- a high voltage of about V or more the electrons accumulated in the floating gate 1704 are extracted to the source region 1701.
- a thin film having excellent film quality with small leakage current even if the film thickness is small is desired not only for flash memory but also for various other semiconductor devices. Disclosure of the invention
- a more specific object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a high-quality and uniform oxide film, a nitride film or a m-nitride film capable of reducing the film thickness without causing substantial leakage current. .
- Another subject of the present invention is:
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming an oxide film, comprising: exposing an oxide film formed on the substrate to atomic oxygen ⁇ * to improve film quality.
- the atomic oxygen ⁇ * easily penetrates into the oxide film formed on the substrate, and terminates a dangling pound or a weak bond in the oxide film. So As a result, for example, even if the SiO 2 film is formed by the CVD method, as a result of the exposure to the atomic oxygen O *, the film quality becomes close to that of the thermal oxide film. That is, the oxide film formed according to the present invention has a feature that it has few interface shoes, has substantially the same composition as that of the oxide film, and has a small leak current.
- the atomic oxygen 0 * can be efficiently generated by microwave-exciting a mixed gas of Kr and oxygen. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a nitride film which can improve the quality of an already formed nitride film.
- Another subject of the present invention is:
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a nitride film, which comprises exposing a nitride film formed on a substrate to hydrogen nitride radicals NH * to modify the film quality.
- the hydrogen nitride radical NH * easily penetrates into the nitride film formed on the substrate and compensates for defects in the tertiary nitride film.
- the silicon nitride film that has been subjected to the mild treatment has a composition close to that of Si 3 N 4 , and has a feature that the interface state is small and the leak current is small. Further, in the silicon nitride film subjected to such a treatment, the strain to be entangled in the film is reduced.
- the hydrogen nitride radical NH * can be efficiently generated by generating a mixed gas of Kr and oxygen through a microphone port ⁇ .
- Another object of the present invention is a method for forming an oxide film on a substrate, the method comprising: depositing the oxide film on the substrate by a CVD method while simultaneously generating atomic oxygen in a plasma;
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming an oxide film for treating a deposited oxide film.
- Other objects of the present invention are:
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming an oxide film, wherein the oxide film is treated with atomic oxygen generated in the plasma simultaneously with the deposition.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a method for forming a nitride film on a substrate, the method comprising: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of forming a nitride film, wherein a nitride film is deposited on the substrate by a CVD method and at the same time, a nitride film is deposited by hydrogen nitride radicals generated in plasma.
- a step of depositing a nitride film on a substrate in the processing chamber by activating the processing gas with the plasma comprising:
- Another object of the present invention is a method for forming an oxide on a substrate, wherein the conformal film is deposited on the substrate by a CVD method while atomic oxygen and hydrogen nitride simultaneously generated in plasma.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming an oxynitride film for treating the deposited oxynitride film by radicals.
- a process gas is introduced into the process chamber, and the process gas is activated by the free plasma to deposit an oxynitride film on the substrate in the process chamber.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming an oxynitride film, wherein the oxynitride film is treated with atomic oxygen and hydrogen nitride radicals generated in the plasma simultaneously with the deposition.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a method for forming an oxide film on a substrate, the method comprising: depositing the oxide film on the substrate by a sputtering method;
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming an oxide film by treating an oxide film.
- Other objects of the present invention are:
- the present invention is to provide a method of sputtering an oxide film, comprising: a step of treating the oxide film with atomic oxygen ⁇ * generated in the plasma.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for forming a nitride film on a substrate, the method comprising: depositing the nitride film on the substrate by a sputtering method, while simultaneously depositing the nitride film by hydrogen nitride radicals generated in plasma.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a nitride film for treating a film.
- a step of forming a plasma in the processing chamber by inducing an inert gas made of Kr or Ar and a gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen to form a plasma; and forming hydrogen nitride radicals generated in the plasma.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for forming an oxidation on a substrate
- the present invention provides a method of forming an oxide film that treats the deposited ⁇ i E by atomic oxygen and hydrogen nitride radicals simultaneously generated in plasma while depositing on the substrate by sputtering. .
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for sputtering an aluminized film, comprising a step of treating an f & f self-film.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming a gate insulating film in which a nitride film and a high dielectric film are stacked on a substrate.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for forming a gate insulating film on a substrate, comprising the steps of: forming a nitride film on a substrate surface;
- Another object of the present invention is a method for forming a gate insulating film on a substrate, comprising the steps of: forming an oxide film on the substrate surface;
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a gate insulating film, which comprises a step of forming a nitride film by treating the surface of a high dielectric constant film with hydrogen nitride radical NH *.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic cross-sectional structure of a cross-sectional structure of a flash memory device
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a concept of a plasma device using a radial line slot antenna
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the obtained oxide film thickness and the gas pressure in the processing chamber for the oxide film formed according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 Oxide film thickness obtained for the oxide film formed according to the first embodiment of the pot invention Diagram showing the oxidation time dependence of
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a Kr density distribution in a silicon oxide film in a depth direction according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the interface state density of the silicon oxide film according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the interface standing density and the withstand voltage in the silicon oxide film according to the first embodiment of the present invention Figure
- FIG. 8A and 8 are diagrams showing the relationship between the interface state density and the dielectric breakdown voltage in the silicon oxide film obtained in the first embodiment of the present invention and the total pressure in the processing chamber;
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the gas pressure inside the processing chamber of the nitride film thickness of the nitride film formed according to the second embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing current-voltage characteristics of a silicon nitride film according to the second embodiment of the present invention:
- FIGS. 11 ⁇ and 1 IB are oxidizing, nitriding and nitriding processes of a polysilicon film according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B are views showing a modification process of a CVD oxide film according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 13 shows the effect of the modification of the CVD oxide film
- FIGS. 14A and 14B are diagrams showing a modification process of a high dielectric film according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- 15A and 15B are views showing a modification process of a ferroelectric film according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- 16A and 16B are diagrams showing a modification process of low dielectric constant droop according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17A to 17E are diagrams showing a modification process of a nitride film according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a process of forming an oxide film performed while performing the modification process according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a high dielectric film sputtering process performed while performing a boat process according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a view showing a cross-sectional structure of a flash memory device according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention
- 21 to 24 are views showing a manufacturing process of a flash memory device according to a 12th embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional structure of a flash memory device according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional structure of the flash memory device according to the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a microwave plasma processing apparatus using a radial line slot antenna for realizing the oxidation method of the present invention (see W098 / 333362).
- a novel ⁇ 5 Kr is used as a plasma excitation gas for forming an oxide film.
- the microwave plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber (processing chamber) 101 having a sample stage 104 holding a substrate 103 to be processed, and the processing chamber 10. 1 is evacuated and the pressure inside the processing chamber is set to about 1 Torr by introducing Kr gas and ⁇ 2 gas from the shower plate 102 formed on a part of the wall surface of the processing chamber 101. Set. Further, a circular substrate such as silicon substrate is placed on the sample table 104 having heat leakage as the base substrate 103, and the Sit of the sample is set to about 400 ° C. This temperature setting is preferably in the range of 200-550 ° C, and within this range the results described below are almost the same.
- the 2.45 GHz microwave was introduced into the processing chamber 101.
- a wave is supplied to generate high-density plasma in the processing chamber 101. If the frequency of the microphone mouth wave to be supplied is in the range of 900 MHz to 10 GHz, the results described below are almost the same.
- the distance between the shower plate 102 and the substrate 103 is 6 cm in this embodiment. The narrower the faster the faster The membrane becomes T-functional.
- a plasma density exceeding 1 ⁇ 10 12 crrr 3 can be realized on the surface of the substrate 103 to be processed. Further, the high-density plasma formed is excited by microwaves and has a low electron concentration. The plasma potential on the surface of the substrate 103 becomes 10 V or less. Therefore, the surface of the substrate 103 to be processed is not damaged by the plasma, and plasma sputtering of the processing chamber 101 does not occur, so that the substrate 103 to be processed is not contaminated.
- the method for modifying an oxide film of the present invention can be performed at a low temperature of 550 ° C. or less, oxygen deficiency can be recovered without desorbing hydrogen terminating dangling bonds in the oxide film. Can be done. This is the same when forming a nitride film or an oxide film described later.
- FIG. 3 shows the results obtained when the total pressure of the processing chamber 101 was changed while maintaining the pressure ratio between Kr and oxygen in the processing chamber 101 at Kr 97% and oxygen 3%. Shows the thickness of the oxide film. However, in the experiment of Fig. 3, the silicon substrate temperature was set to 400 ° C and the oxidation treatment was performed for 10 minutes.
- the thickness of the oxide film obtained when the gas pressure in the processing chamber 101 is ITorr (about 133 Pa) is maximized. It can be seen that is. Moreover, this maximum force is the same whether the plane orientation of the substrate silicon is 100 or 111.
- Figure 4 shows the relationship between the film thickness and oxidation time of oxide film obtained in the oxidation process the silicon substrate surface using tiitBK r ⁇ 2 high density plasma.
- FIG. 4 shows both the results when the plane orientation of the silicon substrate is the (100) plane and the (111) plane.
- Fig. 4 also shows the oxidation time dependence due to the other dry thermal oxidation at 900 ° C.
- the substrate ⁇ 400 ° (:, the oxidation rate by Kr / ⁇ 2 high density plasma oxidation process in the processing chamber pressure 1 T orr (Itoshaku 133 P a) is in the substrate away 900.
- the oxidation rate is larger than that of the large ⁇ BE dry 2 oxidation.
- the oxidation of the (111) plane is larger than the oxidation of the (100) plane, but this is due to the formation of the oxide film on the (11) plane. Indicates that the density is lower than that of the oxide film formed on the (100) plane.
- FIG. 5 shows the depth distribution of the Kr density in the silicon oxide film formed by the above procedure, which was examined using a total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometer.
- the silicon oxide film was formed by setting the oxygen partial pressure in Kr to 3%, the pressure in the processing chamber to 1 To rr (about 133 Pa), and setting the substrate temperature to 400 ° C. Have gone.
- the surface density of the K r is decreases with proximity to the silicon / silicon oxide film interface
- the silicon Xie surface includes a density of 2 X 10 u cnr 2 SS. That is, FIG. 5, the silicon Sani ⁇ formed in the silicon substrate table ⁇ using K RZ_ ⁇ 2 high density plasma, K r concentration in the case the film thickness is more than 4 nm is substantially constant , This shows that the Kr concentration decreases toward the interface of the z oxide film.
- 10 1Q cm 2 or more areal density of Kr is contained in the silicon oxide film. The results in Fig. 5 are obtained on the (100) plane and the (111) plane of silicon.
- Figure 6 shows the results obtained by determining the interface shoe density of the oxide film from low-frequency CV measurements.
- the silicon oxide film was formed at a substrate temperature of 400 ° C. using the apparatus shown in FIG.
- the partial pressure of oxygen in the rare gas was fixed at 3%, and the pressure in the processing chamber was fixed at lTorr (about 133 Pa.
- the interface state density of the thermal oxide film woven in an atmosphere of 900% oxygen and 100% was also used. Shown at the same time.
- the interface shoe density of the oxide film using Kr gas was low on both the (100) and (111) faces, and was formed on the (100) face formed in a dry oxidation atmosphere at 900 ° C. It is understood that the density of the thermal oxide film is equal to the interface state density. On the other hand, the interface density of the thermal oxide film formed on the (111) plane is more than one order of magnitude higher. This is thought to be due to the following mechanism.
- the oxygen partial pressure in Kr was 3%
- the interface order density was Is minimized, and a value equivalent to the interface order density in the thermal oxide film can be obtained.
- the withstand pressure of silicon is highest when the oxygen partial pressure is around 3%. For this reason, when performing oxidation using a Kr / O 2 mixed gas, the oxygen partial pressure is preferably 2 to 4%.
- FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the pressure at the time of forming the silicon oxide film, the withstand voltage of the silicon oxide film, and the interface order density. At this time, the partial pressure of oxygen is 3%.
- the dielectric strength of the silicon oxide film becomes maximum and the interface order density becomes minimum when the pressure at the time of film formation is around lTorr (about 133 Pa).
- the pressure to form an oxide film using a K r / ⁇ 2 mixed gas it can be seen that 800- 1 20 OmTo rr (about 107 to about 160 P a) is optimal.
- the results in Fig. 7 are obtained on both the (100) and (111) planes of silicon.
- FIGs. 8A and 8B show the stress current-induced leakage current characteristics of the obtained silicon oxide film in comparison with the case of a conventional thermal oxide film.
- the thickness of the oxide film is 3.2 nm.
- the silicon oxide film of the present invention has an extremely long life until the degradation film is deteriorated even when a tunnel current flows, and is most suitable for use as a tunnel oxide film of a flash memory device.
- the characteristics are equal to or better than those of the high-temperature thermal oxide film.
- Kr is contained in the oxide film.
- film and S i / S I_ ⁇ stress Ma mitigation 2 interface This is thought to be due to the fact that the charge in the film and the interface state density are reduced, and the electrical characteristics of the silicon oxide film are greatly improved.
- the electrical characteristics of the silicon oxide film may contain 1 0 10 cm- 2 or more K r in density and contributes to the improvement of Shin vehicles page 'I live properties Conceivable.
- the apparatus used for forming the nitride film is the same as the apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and uses Ar or Kr as the plasma excitation gas for forming the nitride film.
- the inside of the processing chamber 101 is evacuated by evacuating the vacuum chamber (processing chamber) 101 to a high vacuum state and introducing Ar gas and NH 3 gas as an example from the shower plate 102.
- Set the pressure to about 10 O mT 0 rr (about 13 Pa).
- a circular substrate 103 such as a silicon wafer is placed on the three sample stage 104, and the substrate temperature is set to about 500 ° C.
- the substrate temperature is within the range of 400-550 ° C, almost the same results can be obtained.
- a microwave aperture of 2.45 GHz is supplied to the processing chamber through the coaxial waveguide 105, the radial line slot antenna 106 and the dielectric plate 107, and Generate high density plasma. Almost the same results can be obtained if the frequency of the supplied microwave is in the range from 90 MHz to 10 GHz. Further, the interval between the shower plate 102 and the substrate 103 is set to 6 cm in the present embodiment. The narrower the gap is, the faster the film can be formed. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which a film is formed using a plasma device using a radial lines antenna, but a microphone mouth wave may be introduced into the processing chamber by using another method.
- Ar is used as the plasma excitation gas, but similar results can be obtained by using Kr.
- NH 3 is used as the plasma process gas, but a mixed gas such as N 2 and H 2 may be used.
- the A r or K r and NH 3 (or N 2 and H 2) mixed high density plasma in Ma excited in the gas, the A r * or K r * in an intermediate excited state, NH * radicals are efficiently
- the substrate surface is nitrided by these NH * radicals. 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 More silicon table
- the nitride film is formed by a plasma CVD method or the like.
- such a method has not provided a high-quality nitride film that can be used as a gate film in a transistor.
- a high-quality nitride film can be formed at a low temperature on the (100) plane and the (111) plane regardless of the plane orientation of silicon.
- silicon nitride In the formation of silicon nitride according to the present invention, one important requirement is that hydrogen is generated. Due to the presence of hydrogen in the plasma, dangling bonds in the silicon nitride film and at the interface are formed. Termination is performed by forming Si—H and N—H bonds, so that silicon nitride and electron traps at the interface are eliminated.Si—H bonds and N—H bonds are not present in the nitride film of the present invention. It has been confirmed by measuring infrared absorption spectrum and X-ray photoelectron spectrum, respectively.With the presence of 7j ⁇ element, the hysteresis of CV characteristics is eliminated, the interface density of silicon Z silicon nitride film and substrate temperature are reduced.
- the temperature is about 500 ° C or higher, it is ⁇ J ability to keep it as low as 3 X 10 1 ( cm- 2 ).
- Ar or Kr rare gas
- N 2 ZH 2 silicon nitride.
- the method for modifying a nitride film according to the present invention can be performed at a low temperature of 550 ° C. or less, hydrogen terminating dangling pounds in the nitride film is not desorbed.
- FIG. 9 shows the pressure dependency of the silicon nitride film thickness formed by the above-described procedure.
- the partial pressure ratio of Ar: NH 3 was 98: 2
- the deposition time was 30 minutes.
- the growth rate of the nitride film decreased the pressure in the processing chamber 101 and increased the energy that the rare gas (81 "or 1") gave to NH 3 or N 2 / H 2 . It turns out that it is faster.
- the gas pressure is preferably 50 to: L0 OmTorr (about 6 to 13 Pa).
- the partial pressure of NH 3 (or N 2 / H 2 ) in the rare gas is preferably in the range of 1-10%, more preferably 2-6%.
- the dielectric constant of the silicon nitride film of this example was 7.9, which was approximately twice that of the silicon oxide film.
- FIG. 10 shows the current-voltage characteristics of the silicon nitride film of this example.
- the results are shown in Figure 10, using ArZN 2 / H 2 Gas, Ar: N 2: the partial pressure ratio of H 2 93: 5: 2
- the figure is for a silicon nitride film with a thickness of 4.2 nm (corresponding to a 2.1 nm thick oxide film) with a thickness of 4.2 nm. It is shown in comparison with the thermal oxide film of nm.
- a leak current characteristic that is at least four orders of magnitude lower than that of a silicon oxide film can be obtained when a voltage of 1 V is applied. This indicates that the obtained silicon nitride film is an insulating film suitable for suppressing a leak current between the floating gate electrode and the control gate electrode in the flash memory device.
- the above-mentioned wisteria conditions, physical properties, and electrical characteristics are the same regardless of the plane orientation of silicon, regardless of the (100) plane or the (111) plane.
- a silicon nitride film having excellent film quality can be obtained.
- the effect of the present invention is related to the fact that not only Si—H bonds and N—H bonds are contained in the oxide film but also Ar or Kr, and the effects of the present invention are found in the nitride film and the silicon Z nitride film interface. It is thought that the electric charge and the interface state density in the silicon nitride film are reduced, and the electrical and reliability characteristics are greatly improved.
- the electrical characteristics of the 1 0 1Q cm 2 or more A r or silicon nitride film containing K r in density to improve the reliability sexual characteristics It is considered to have contributed.
- the above-described method of forming an oxide film and a nitride film is similarly applied to the oxidization and nitridation of polysilicon, and a high-quality oxide film and nitride film can be formed on polysilicon.
- FIGS. 11A and 11B a method of forming a dielectric film on a polysilicon film according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 11A and 11B.
- a polysilicon film 203 is deposited on a silicon substrate 201 covered with a final film 202. Therefore, in the process of FIG. 11 (B), the polysilicon film 203 is subjected to the high-density mixed gas of Kr or Ar and oxygen in the processing vessel 101 of the microwave plasma processing apparatus described in FIG. By exposing to plasma, it is possible to obtain a silicon oxide film 204 having excellent film quality, that is, a low interface shoe density and a small leak current, on the surface of the polysilicon film 203. In the step of FIG.
- the disgusting polysilicon film 203 is exposed to a high-density mixed gas plasma of Kr or Ar and NH 3 or N 2 and H 2 , whereby the polysilicon film 2 On the surface of No. 03, a nitride film 205 having excellent film quality can be obtained.
- the polysilicon film 203 is exposed to a high-density mixed gas plasma of Kr or Ar and oxygen and NH 3 , or N 2 and H 2 , thereby forming the polysilicon film.
- An oxide film 206 having excellent film quality can be obtained on the surface of the silicon film 203.
- Polysilicon formed on the soul is il) stable in a state where the plane orientation is perpendicular to the edge film, and it is dense, highly crystalline, and high quality. Crystal grains having other plane orientations also exist in polysilicon. According to the method of forming an oxide film, a nitride film, or a passivation film according to the present embodiment, as described above, a high-quality oxide film, a nitride film, or a MM film is formed regardless of the plane orientation of silicon. be able to.
- the processes shown in Figs. 11 (A) and 11 (B) are based on thin high-quality oxide, nitride and oxynitride films on a polysilicon film such as the first polysilicon gate electrode which is a floating electrode of flash memory. It is necessary to form at low temperature.
- the oxide film, nitride film and nitride film of the present invention can be formed at a low temperature of 550 ° C. or less, grain growth is suppressed and the polysilicon surface is not removed.
- the method for forming an oxide film of the present invention can be performed at a low temperature of 550 ° C. or lower, hydrogen terminating dangling pounds in the oxynitride film is not desorbed.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B show a modification (post-anneal) treatment of a CVD oxide film according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 Referring to 2 A, S i the substrate 3 0 1 but S 1_Rei 2 film 3 0 2 is deposited by CVD on top, S i 0 2 film 3 0 2 deposited in this manner Is exposed to a plasma consisting of r or a mixed gas of Ar and oxygen in the process of FIG. Intermediate excited state of K r * or A r * and ⁇ 2 atomic oxygen is formed by reaction of the O * intrudes into disgusting 3S I_ ⁇ 2 film 3 0 2 in Zuma, the S i 0 2 film The film quality of 302 is changed.
- the atom on the oxygen O * terminates the dangling pounds in the CVD-S I_ ⁇ 2 film 3 0 in 2, CVD-S I_ ⁇ 2 film 3 0 2 Figure 1 2 B post After annealing, the density and structure change to have a density and structure close to those of a thermal oxide film, especially idealization.
- CVD-S i 0 2 film NSG film
- K r ⁇ 2 plasma treatment the film surface
- the relationship between the etching rate and the etching amount in the case where the modification is performed is shown.
- CVD-S I_ ⁇ 2 film exhibits a very large etching rate versus the thermal oxide film in the state of just deposited, if subjected to ffflBK r / 0 2 plasma treatment However, it can be seen that the etching rate is reduced for the first 10 minutes or so, which corresponds to a depth of about 2 O nm, and a small etching rate comparable to that of a thermal oxide film can be obtained. This that it is ( ⁇ 0-3 1_Rei 2 film, the K r / ⁇ 2 plasma treatment generated atomic oxygen O * in, and the CVD-S I_ ⁇ 2 film densification shows. such dense S I_ ⁇ 2 film has a preferred correct feature small device leakage current defect interface state and the like are reduced.
- FIGS. 14A and 14B show a post-anneal treatment of a high dielectric film according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- the S I substrate 4 0 1 surface are formed by a direct oxidation S I_ ⁇ second interlayer insulating film 4 0 2 by K r Bruno 0 2 plasma, the S i 0 2 A Pt electrode layer 403 is formed on the inter-brows insulating film 402 via a not-shown adhesion layer such as Ti. Further, Ta is provided on the Pt electrode layer 403. ⁇ 5 high dielectric film 4 0 4 But the T a C l 5 or T a ( ⁇ _C 2 H 5) 5 C VD method using a raw material, is deposited.
- T a 2 ⁇ 5 film 4 0 4 includes a large amount of oxygen deficiency is immediately after deposition, as a result, the size is the leakage current in the T a 2 0 5 film 4 0 4 in Fig. 1 4 A step Moreover, the original high relative permittivity has not been obtained.
- FIG. 14A formed in this manner is then subjected to the process of FIG. 14B in the high-density plasma processing apparatus of FIG. 2 under the same conditions as in the first embodiment. It is exposed to r / ⁇ 2 plasma.
- the plasma treatment atomic oxygen O * is 3 ⁇ 4 (and rate generated in the plasma by the process, resulting atomic oxygen ⁇ * is the T a 2 ⁇ 5 film 4 0 4 in effectively to invade, to compensate for the oxygen deficiency.
- the thickness of the Ding & 2 ⁇ 5 film 4 0 4 is Sei Zi tens nanometers Ichito Jl ⁇ degree
- the atomic oxygen ⁇ * is introduced over the entire thickness of the ferroelectric film 404.
- the oxygen deficiency compensation step can be performed at a low temperature of 550 ° C. or less by using the plasma processing step of FIG. 14B. RTA) There is no need to perform any processing. Along with this, the problem that the impurity distribution profile of the diffusion region changes in the active element previously formed in the Si substrate 401 does not occur.
- the plasma-treated T a 2 ⁇ 5 film shows unique large dielectric constant in the high dielectric material.
- unpleasant 3 KoToruden constant film 4 0 4 is not limited to T a 2 0 5 film
- Z R_ ⁇ 2 film may be a H f 0 2 film.
- FIGS. 15A and 15B show a Boostany J process of a ferroelectric film according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- the S i substrate 5 0 1 surface are formed by a direct oxidation S i 0 2 interlayer insulating film 5 0 2 by K r Roh ⁇ 2 plasma, the S I_ ⁇ 2 On the interlayer insulating film 502, a Pt electrode layer 503 is formed via an adhesion layer such as Ti (not shown).
- ferroelectric 5 0 4 sol-gel method consisting Alternatively, it is deposited by sputtering.
- the ferroelectric film 504 is amorphous immediately after deposition, and in FIG. 15A0, a large switching charge Q sw unique to the ferroelectric film is obtained in the ferroelectric film 504.
- FIG. 15A thus formed is then subjected to the process of FIG. 15B in the high-density plasma processing apparatus of FIG. 2 under the same conditions as in the first embodiment. It is exposed to r / ⁇ 2 plasma.
- atomic oxygen ⁇ * is efficiently generated in the plasma by the plasma processing step, and the generated atomic oxygen 0 * is effectively contained in the ferroelectric film 504.
- the strong dielectric film 504 has a thickness of at most several tens of nanometers at the same time as crystallizing it and at the same time compensating for oxygen vacancies. * Is introduced over the entire thickness direction of the ferroelectric film 504.
- the crystallization silicon defect compensation step can be performed at a low temperature of 550 ° C. or less by using the plasma treatment step of FIG. 15B, and is performed in an oxygen atmosphere as shown in FIG. Eliminates the need for high temperature rapid thermal processing (RTA). Along with this, the problem that the impurity distribution profile of the diffusion region is changed in the active element previously formed in the Si substrate 501 does not occur.
- RTA rapid thermal processing
- the ferroelectric film 504 thus plasma-treated has a large switching charge Qsw unique to the ferroelectric material.
- the negative 3 high fusion rate film 504 is not limited to the BST or SBT film. ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ? Otsu T membrane may be used.
- FIGS. 16A and 16B show a post-annealing process on a low dielectric constant insulating film according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- a F-doped S i 0 2 (S i OF) film 6 0 2 C VD method is formed as a low-k interlayer fe outlook
- FIGS. 17A to 17E show a method for forming a high-melting-coefficient gate film according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- SiN 702 having a thickness of 1 nm or less is formed on the Si substrate 701 by CVD, and in the step of FIG. the N film 7 0 2, in a microwave plasma processing apparatus of FIG 2, exposed to K r ZNH 3 plasma disgusting 3 under the same conditions as the second embodiment.
- the K r / NH 3 on the silicon nitride film 7 0 2 which is the Posutaniru treatment by plasma, for example, Z r C 1 4 and H 2 ⁇ CVD method as a raw material of, or the ALD (atomic layer deposition) method or the like, to deposit high dielectric film 7 0 3 made of Z R_ ⁇ 2 to a thickness of several nanometers.
- the structure of FIG. 17C is introduced into the microphone mouth-wave plasma processing apparatus of FIG. 2 to convert the surface of the high dielectric film 703 into Kr / NH 3 plasma. Expose You.
- the surface of the high dielectric film 703 is nitrided, and a nitride film 703 A is formed on the surface of the high dielectric film 703.
- a polysilicon gate electrode 704 is formed on the structure of FIG. 17D.
- the nitride film 702 formed on the Si substrate 701 is not limited to a silicon nitride film, but may be an aluminum nitride film.
- the high dielectric film 7 0 3 may be H F_ ⁇ 2 film and T a 2 ⁇ 5 film Nag limited to Z R_ ⁇ 2 film.
- a dense and less defective SiN film 72 having a relative dielectric constant of 7.9 is formed on the Si substrate 701
- a high dielectric film 703 made of a metal oxide film is formed in the step of FIG. 17C above, the penetration of oxygen from the high dielectric film 703 to the Si substrate 701 is suppressed.
- the problem that the effective film thickness of the entire gate-backed film is increased by PSih is avoided.
- FIG. 18 shows a method for forming an oxide film on a substrate according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
- an exhaust port 12 21 A exhausted by the pump 12 1 B is provided, and the microphone mouth opening windows 122 A and 122 B are cooperated therewith.
- a CVD device 120 equipped with microphones and mouth-wave antennas 1 2 3 A and 1 2 3 B is used.
- a stage 124 having a heater 124 A is provided in the undesired S processing chamber 121, and a substrate 125 to be processed is held on the stage 124.
- a shower plate 1 26 is provided in the processing chamber 1 21 so as to oppose the negative substrate 1 25, and processing gas supplied from the line 1 26 A is supplied to the shower plate 1 It is introduced into the processing chamber 120 through 26.
- the Kr / 02 plasma gas supplied from the line 127 7 is placed adjacent to the disgusting micro-windows 122 2 and 122 2 , and the processing chamber 1 A gas introduction port 1 27 to be introduced during 21 is formed.
- the microphone mouth-wave antennas 123A and 123B may be the radial line slot antennas used in the apparatus of FIG. 3 microwave antenna 1 2 3 A, 1 2 3
- B may be Hornantena.
- a low-energy, high-density plasma is formed in the disgusting processing chamber 121 by supplying the microwaves from the antennas 123A and 123B. , K r * and atomic oxygen O * are produced efficiently.
- the Shawa first plate 1 2 6 in the present embodiment for example, by supplying T a (OC 2 H g) 5 as a raw material gas such as ⁇ 2, near the surface of the sickle 3 target substrate 1 2 5 Contact Then, a Ta 2 ⁇ 5 film is deposited.
- T a 2 0 5 film deposited at the same time receives the previously in Figure 1 2 A, 1 2 Aniru process according describes the atomic oxygen O * in the embodiment of B, as a result, T is formed quality of a 2 ⁇ 5 film, especially for interface state density and leakage current characteristics are further improved. Moreover, because the deposition and Aniru process T a 2 ⁇ 5 film according to the present embodiment is carried out simultaneously, the process is shortened.
- the C VD film 1 2 5 is not limited to T a 2 O s in this embodiment,
- oxide films such as BPSG films, nitride films, and oxide films.
- the silicon nitride film is also deposited on the vessel t at the same time as the silicon nitride film is annealed by hydrogen radical NH *, so that the resulting nitride film has low interface state density, low leakage current, and semiconductor device. It has favorable characteristics that can be used as a gate rising film.
- a sputtering device 130 shown in FIG. 19 is used in place of the CVD device 120.
- a target 131 such as a BST, supplied with a high frequency from a high frequency power supply 1311A is placed so as to face the substrate 125 to be processed.
- a magnet 132 is provided near the target 131.
- a gas introduction port 133 is provided in place of the shower plate 126.
- a normal horn antenna 123C is provided as a microwave antenna corresponding to the three microwave windows 122A.
- an oxide film such as a BST film is formed on the substrate to be processed 125 by sputtering of the target 131, and at this time, the gas introduction port 1 2 7 force ⁇ Luo K r gas or K r / ⁇ 2 gas was introduced into 1 2 in 1 the processing chamber, by further introducing a microwave from the microwave antenna 1 2 3 C, atoms in said processing unit
- the BST film formed on the substrate to be processed 125 is subjected to a post-annealing treatment by the atomic oxygen ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ * simultaneously with the deposition. It is also possible to introduce an atmosphere gas separately from the Iff gas introduction port 13 3.
- a nitride gas was used as the target 131, and the gas introduction port Ar gas or a mixed gas of Kr gas and NH 3 gas, or A
- Ar gas or a mixed gas of Kr gas and NH 3 gas, or A By supplying a mixed gas of r gas or Kr gas, and N 2 gas and H 2 gas, it becomes possible to deposit a nitride film on the substrate 125 to be processed.
- the deposited nitride film is subjected to a boss annealing process by a hydrogen nitride radical NH * generated in the plasma.
- silicon is used as the target 131, and a port gas such as Ar gas or Kr gas and oxygen gas, By supplying a mixed gas of N 2 gas and NH 3 gas, or a mixed gas of Ar gas or Kr gas, N 2 gas, H 2 gas and oxygen gas, The film can be deposited. At this time, the deposited m-layer is subjected to a bostonial treatment by atomic oxygen ⁇ * and hydrogen nitride radical NH * generated in the plasma.
- a port gas such as Ar gas or Kr gas and oxygen gas
- FIG. 20 shows a schematic cross-sectional structure of the flash memory device 100 according to the present embodiment.
- the flash memory device 1000 is formed on a silicon substrate 1001, and a tunnel oxide film 1002 formed on the silicon substrate 1001, A first polysilicon gate electrode formed on the tunnel oxide film and serving as a floating gate electrode; and a silicon nitride film formed on the polysilicon gate electrode.
- a silicon oxide film 105, a silicon nitride film 1006, and a silicon oxide film 1007 are sequentially formed, and a control layer is formed on the silicon nitride film 1007.
- a second polysilicon gate electrode 108 serving as a contact electrode is formed.
- illustration of a source region, a drain region, a contact hole, a wiring pattern, and the like is omitted.
- the silicon oxide films 100, 100, and 107 are formed by the silicon oxide film forming method described above.
- 06 is formed by the silicon nitride film forming method described above, so that even if the film thickness of these films is reduced to about half that of the other oxide films and nitride films, good electrical characteristics can be obtained. Guaranteed.
- a field oxide 110 2 is formed on the silicon substrate 110 1.
- a flash memory cell area A, a high-voltage transistor area B, and a low-voltage transistor area C are formed, and a silicon oxide film 1103 is formed in each area A to (:
- the field oxide film 1102 can be formed by a selective oxidation method (LOCOS method), a trench opening-trench isolation method, etc.
- LOCS method selective oxidation method
- an oxide film and a nitride film are used.
- Kr is used as a plasma excitation gas for formation
- the microwave plasma processing apparatus shown in Fig. 2 is used to form oxide and nitride films.
- the silicon oxide film 110 3 is removed in the memory cell region A, and a tunnel oxide film 110 is formed to a thickness of about 5 nm in the memory cell region A.
- the vacuum vessel (processing chamber) 1 0 1 was evacuated and introduced K r Gasuoyopi 0 2 gas from the shower plate 1 0 2, The pressure in the processing chamber was set to about 1 Torri 33 Pa), the temperature of the silicon wafer was set to 450 ° C, and the frequency supplied from the coaxial waveguide 105 was 2.56 GHz.
- the microphone mouth wave is supplied into the processing chamber through the radial lines antenna 106 and the dielectric plate 107 to generate high-density plasma.
- a first polysilicon layer 110 is further deposited so as to cover the tunnel oxide film 110. Further, the surface of the deposited polysilicon layer 1105 is flattened by hydrogen radical treatment. Next, the first polysilicon layer 1105 is patterned by patterning from the high-voltage transistor region B and the low-voltage transistor region C, and is formed on the tunnel oxide film 1104 in the memory cell region A. Only the first polysilicon 1105 is left. Next, in the process shown in FIG. 23, the lower nitride film 1106 A, the lower oxide film 1 106 B, and the upper sound 15 nitride film 110 C are formed on the structure shown in FIG. Then, the upper film 15 and the silicon oxide film 1106D are formed one after another, and a film 1106 having an N ⁇ N ⁇ structure is formed using the microwave plasma processing apparatus shown in FIG.
- the inside of the vacuum chamber (processing chamber) 101 is evacuated to a high vacuum state in the microphone mouth-wave plasma processing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and the Kr gas, the N 2 gas, and the H gas are supplied from the shower plate 102. Two gases are introduced, the pressure inside the processing chamber is set to about 10 OmTorr (about 13 Pa), and the temperature of the silicon wafer is set to 500 ° C. And this state In this state, the coaxial waveguide 105 supplies a microphone mouth wave having a frequency of 2.45 GHz to the processing chamber through the radial line slot antenna 106 and the dielectric plate 107 to generate high-density plasma in the processing chamber.
- a silicon nitride film having a thickness of about 2 nm is formed on the polysilicon surface as the lower nitride film 1106A.
- the introduction of Kr gas, N 2 gas, and H 2 gas is stopped, and the inside of the vacuum chamber (processing chamber) 101 is evacuated.
- Kr gas and O 2 gas were introduced from the shower plate 102, and while the pressure in the processing chamber was set at 1 Torr (about 133 Pa), the microwave of 2.45 GHz was supplied again.
- high-density plasma is generated in the processing chamber 101, and a silicon oxide film having a thickness of about 2 nm is formed as the lower oxide film 1106B.
- the insulating film 1106 having the NONO structure can be formed to a thickness of 9 nm.
- the dependence of the polysilicon on the surface is not observed, and the oxide film and the nitride film and the film quality are extremely uniform.
- the overall film 1106 thus formed is further patterned, and selectively formed in the high-voltage transistor region B and the low-voltage transistor region C.
- ions ⁇ ⁇ for controlling the threshold voltage are applied on the high-voltage transistor region B and the low-voltage transistor region C, and the eddy film 11 on the three regions ⁇ and C is formed. 0 Leave 3 off.
- a gate oxide film 110 7 is formed to a thickness of 7 nm in the transistor region 15 for high voltage 1513, and a gate oxide film 108 is formed to a thickness of 3.5 nm in the transistor region C for low voltage. Formed.
- a second polysilicon layer 1109 and a silicide layer 111 are sequentially formed on the entire structure including the field oxide film 1102, and these are further patterned.
- the gate electrodes 1111B and 1111C are formed in the 1513 high-voltage and low-voltage transistor regions B and C, respectively.
- a gate electrode 1 11 A is formed by patterning the disgusting polysilicon layer 1 1 10 and the silicide layer 1 1 10 in the memory cell region.
- the device is completed by forming the source and drain, forming the film, forming the contact, and forming the wiring according to the standard semiconductor process.
- the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film in the NONO film 1106 formed in this manner are very thin, but nevertheless have good electrical characteristics, and are dense. It is also characterized by high quality. Since the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film are formed at a low height, good interface characteristics can be obtained in which a thermal budget or the like is not generated at the interface between the gate polysilicon and the oxide film.
- a flash memory integrated circuit device formed by arranging a plurality of two-dimensional flash memory elements according to the present invention can perform information writing and erasing operations at a low voltage, suppress generation of a substrate current, and provide a tunnel barrier film. Deterioration is suppressed, and element characteristics are stabilized.
- FIG. 25 shows a schematic cross-sectional structure of a flash memory device 1500 according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG.
- the flash memory device 1500 is formed on a silicon substrate 1501, and a tunnel nitride film 1502 formed on the silicon substrate 1501, A first polysilicon gate electrode 1503 formed on the tunnel nitride 1502 and serving as a floating gate electrode; and a silicon oxide layer on the first polysilicon gate electrode 1503. A film 1504, a silicon nitride film 1505, and a silicon oxide film 1506 are sequentially formed. Further, a second polysilicon electrode 1507 serving as a control gate electrode is formed on the silicon oxide film 1506. In Fig. 25, the source region, drain region, contact hole, and wiring are shown. Illustrations such as turns are omitted.
- the silicon oxide films 1502, 1504 and 1506 are formed by the above-described silicon oxide film forming method using high-density microwave plasma.
- the silicon nitride film 1505 is formed by the silicon nitride film forming method using the high-density mark mouth wave plasma described above.
- the steps up to patterning the first polysilicon layer 1503 are the same as the steps in FIGS. 21 and 22 described above.
- the tunnel ⁇ I 1 5 0 2 the vacuum vessel (processing chamber) 1 0 in the exhaust the 1, A r gas from shea Yawapureto 1 0 2, N 2 gas, H 2 gas And set the pressure in the processing chamber to about lO OmT orr (about 13 Pa), supply microwaves at 2.45 GHz, and generate high-density plasma in the processing chamber. Formed and have a thickness of about 4 nm.
- a lower silicon oxide film 1504 and a silicon nitride film 1505 are formed on the first polysilicon layer in the region A. 5 and an upper silicon oxide film 1506 are sequentially formed to form an extraordinary film having an ONO structure.
- the inside of the vacuum vessel (processing chamber) 101 of the microphone mouth-wave plasma processing apparatus described above with reference to FIG. 1 is evacuated to a high vacuum state, and the Kr gas, ⁇ 2 Gas is introduced, and the pressure in the processing chamber 101 is reduced to about 1 Torr (approx. Set it up.
- the microphone mouth wave of 2.45 GHz is supplied into the Kamami processing chamber 101 to generate a high-density plasma, so that the surface of the first polysilicon layer 1503 is formed.
- a silicon oxide film about 2 nm thick is formed.
- the inside of the vacuum chamber (processing chamber) 101 is evacuated, and further, Ar gas and N 2 gas are supplied from the shower plate 102 And H 2 gas are introduced, and the pressure in the processing chamber is set to about 1 Torr (about 133 Pa).
- a high-density plasma is generated in the processing chamber 101 by supplying a microphone mouth wave of 2.45 GHz again, and the silicon nitride film is converted into hydrogen nitride radicals accompanying the high-density plasma.
- NH * it is converted into a dense silicon nitride film.
- silicon oxide was formed to a thickness of about 2 nm on the dense silicon nitride film by the CVD method, and again, the Kr gas, O 2 Gas is introduced, and the pressure in the processing chamber 101 is set to about l Torr (about 133 Pa).
- a high-density plasma is generated in the processing chamber 101 by supplying the microwave of 2.45 GHz into the processing chamber 101 again.
- the CVD silicon oxide film is converted into a dense silicon oxide film.
- an ONO film is formed on the polysilicon film 1503 to a thickness of about 7 nm, but the formed ONO film does not depend on the plane orientation of the polysilicon. Has a very uniform film thickness.
- the ONO film is subjected to a patterning step of removing a portion corresponding to j3 ⁇ 4r with respect to the high-voltage and low-voltage transistor regions B and C, and then to a step similar to that of the first embodiment.
- the element is made to work.
- This flash memory has excellent low leakage characteristics, can operate at a write / erase voltage of about 6 V, and has a similar memory retention time as the flash memory 100 of the previous embodiment.
- the number of rewritable times can be increased by one digit or more than ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4.
- a flash memory device having a gate electrode of a polysilicon n-side layered structure using formation leakage of a low-temperature oxide film and a nitride film using a sickle three-microphone mouth-wave high-density plasma.
- the following is a description of 1600.
- FIG. 26 shows a schematic sectional structure of the flash memory device 160.
- the flash memory device 160 of this embodiment is formed on a silicon substrate 1601, and the tunnel oxide film 1 formed on the silicon substrate 1601 602, and a first polysilicon gate electrode 163 formed on the tunnel oxide film 162 and forming a floating gate electrode, wherein the first polysilicon gate electrode 1 A silicon nitride film 164 and a silicon oxide film 165 are sequentially formed on 603. Further, a second polysilicon gate electrode 166 serving as a control gate electrode is formed on the silicon oxide film 165.
- FIG. 26 illustration of a source region, a drain region, a contact hole, a wiring pattern, and the like is omitted.
- the silicon oxide films 1602 and 1605 are formed by the silicon oxide film forming method described above, and the silicon nitride film 1604 is described above. Formed by the silicon nitride film forming method described above.
- the first polysilicon layer 163 is formed in the region A until the first polysilicon layer 163 is patterned.
- a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film are sequentially formed on the first polysilicon layer 163 to form an insulator film having a NO structure.
- the N ⁇ film is formed as follows using the microwave plasma processing apparatus of FIG.
- Vacuum vessel (processing chamber) 101 Vacuum the inside of 101, introduce Kr gas, N 2 gas, and H 2 gas from the shower plate 102 and raise the pressure inside the processing chamber to 10 OmT orr (about 13 Pa) ) Set to about.
- a 2.45 GHz microphone mouth wave is supplied to generate high-density plasma in the processing chamber, and a nitridation reaction of the polysilicon layer 1603 to about 3 nm.
- the silicon oxide film is formed to a thickness of about 2 nm by the CVD method, by introducing K r gas and ⁇ 2 gas again iff from the shower plate 1 0 2 in his own microwave plasma processing apparatus,
- the pressure in the processing chamber is set to about 1 Torr (about 133 Pa).
- high-density plasma is generated in the processing chamber, and the oxide film formed by the CVD method is converted into atomic oxygen accompanying the high-density plasma. Expose to ⁇ *.
- the CVD oxide film is converted into a dense silicon oxide film.
- the NO film thus formed had a thickness of about 5 nm, but did not depend on the plane orientation of polysilicon, and was extremely uniform. After the NO film is formed in this manner, the NO film is subjected to the patterning, and the portions formed in the high-voltage and low-voltage transistor regions B and C are selectively removed.
- the flash memory device thus formed has excellent low-leakage characteristics, and can perform writing and erasing at a low voltage of about 5 V.
- the retention time can be increased by one digit or more, and the number of rewritable times can be increased by approximately one digit or more.
- the method of forming the memory cell, the high-voltage transistor, and the low-voltage transistor described in the above embodiments is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to these.
- Ar may be used in place of Kr in forming the nitride film of the present invention.
- polysilicon / silicide, polysilicon Z high melting point metal / amorphous It is also possible to use a film having a laminated structure such as silicon or polysilicon.
- the oxide film'nitride film of the present invention in addition to the microwave plasma processing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, another plasma process apparatus capable of forming a low-temperature oxide film using plasma is used. You can use it.
- a film is formed using a plasma apparatus using a radial line slot antenna is described, but a microphone mouth wave may be introduced into a processing chamber using another method.
- the microwave plasma processing apparatus shown in Fig. 2 Kr gas or Ar gas is used. It is also possible to use a two-stage shower plate type plasma processing device that discharges plasma gas such as gas from the first shower plate and discharges the processing gas from the second shower plate different from the first gas discharge part. It is. For example, the gas may be released from the second shower plate by itself.
- the first polysilicon electrode forms a floating gate electrode of the flash memory device, and at the same time, the same first polysilicon electrode forms a gate electrode of a high-voltage transistor. It is also possible to design
- an oxidized film, a nitride film, or an oxide film formed on the substrate is formed by atomic oxygen O * or hydrogen nitride radical NH * generated by plasma using Kr or Ar as an inert gas.
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