WO2004100266A1 - 不揮発性メモリおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a non-volatile memory and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a non-volatile memory capable of recording (writing) and erasing data by controlling a change in resistance value due to energization and a method for manufacturing the same.
- a ferroelectric memory As a conventional nonvolatile memory, a ferroelectric memory is known.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-227980 discloses a configuration in which a ferroelectric material is used for a capacitor insulating film of a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Read / Write Memory). It is manufactured by laminating the integrated substrate and the substrate on which the switching element is formed.
- DRAM Dynamic Random Access Read / Write Memory
- a transistor Tr is formed on a silicon substrate 61, and a titanium nitride film 63 connected to an n-type region 62 is exposed on the surface.
- the formed first substrate S1 is formed.
- a platinum film 66 on the BSTQ film 65 By forming a platinum film 66 on the BSTQ film 65, a second substrate S2 on which the capacitor C is formed is formed.
- the first substrate S1 and the second substrate S2 obtained in this manner are bonded to each other and thinned to a predetermined thickness. Then, as shown in FIG. 9B, an element isolation region 67 is formed.
- the element isolation region 67 includes a first element isolation region 67a for isolating between adjacent transistors Tr on the first substrate S1 and an adjacent capacitor C on the second substrate S2. It is composed of a second element isolation region 67b that separates them and a force.
- FIG. 10 shows an equivalent circuit in which a plurality of such memory cells are arranged in a matrix. Is represented by As shown in FIG. 10, the gate of each switching element Tr is connected to a connection line WL, and the drain of each switching element Tr is connected to a bit line BL. The source of each switching element Tr is connected to one electrode of a capacitor C, and the other electrode of the capacitor C is connected to a plate line PL. Writing to each memory cell is performed by applying to the bit line BL or plate line PL with the read line WL turned on, and the force that reverses the polarization of the strong dielectric when a voltage is applied to the capacitor c. By detecting such a state, reading can be performed.
- the bonding accuracy between the first substrate S1 on which the switching element Tr is formed and the second substrate S2 on which the capacitor C is formed is relaxed. Can be.
- the configuration of the ferroelectric memory as shown in FIG. 9 (a) in addition to forming the first element isolation region 67a on the first substrate S1 having the switching element Tr, The second element isolation region 67b must also be formed on the second substrate S2 including the ferroelectric capacitor C. For this reason, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 9 (b), after the first substrate S1 and the second substrate S2 are bonded, the element isolation region 67 is formed, and the first element isolation region 67 is formed. The region 67a and the second element isolation region 67b are formed simultaneously.
- such a manufacturing method also requires a complicated fine processing step for the second substrate S2 using photolithography. This problem became more pronounced as integration increased.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a nonvolatile memory capable of realizing a high degree of integration at low cost and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the object of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate is electrically connected to a plurality of switching elements arranged in a matrix and each of the switching elements.
- a plurality of first electrodes wherein the second has a conductive film, and a recording layer whose resistance value changes when an electric pulse is applied;
- the electrode is integrally covered with the recording layer, whereby the recording layer is sandwiched between the plurality of first electrodes and the conductive film, and the first substrate is
- the present invention further includes a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the conductive film, and is achieved by a nonvolatile memory that holds a constant mjB when a current is applied to the recording layer.
- the object of the present invention includes an alignment step of aligning and joining a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a plurality of switching elements arranged in a matrix. A plurality of first electrodes electrically connected to each of the switching elements, wherein the second substrate has a conductive film and a recording whose resistance value changes when an electric pulse is applied.
- the first substrate further includes a second electrode that is kept at a constant flffi when the recording layer is energized, and in the alignment step, the plurality of first electrodes are connected to the recording layer.
- a first electrode connection step for sandwiching the recording layer between a plurality of the first electrodes and the conductive film; and covering the second electrode with the conductive film or the conductive film.
- the second electrically connected recording layer Electrode connecting steps and are performed simultaneously, it is accomplished by the production how the non-volatile memory.
- FIGS. 1A to 1C are process cross-sectional views illustrating a method for manufacturing a nonvolatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a phase diagram of the GeSbTe compound.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing a modification of the nonvolatile II memory shown in FIG. 1 (c).
- FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view showing another modification of the nonvolatile memory shown in FIG. 1 (c).
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are circuit diagrams of a nonvolatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a reading and writing method of the nonvolatile memory according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B are circuit diagrams of a nonvolatile memory according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a modification of the nonvolatile memory shown in FIG. 1 (c).
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are process cross-sectional views illustrating a conventional method for manufacturing a nonvolatile memory.
- FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram of a conventional nonvolatile memory.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic sectional view showing a modification of the nonvolatile memory shown in FIG. 1 (c).
- FIG. 1 is a process cross-sectional view for explaining a method for manufacturing a nonvolatile memory according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- an element isolation region 2 is formed in a lower substrate 100, which is a p-type semiconductor substrate, by using an STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) technique or the like.
- a plurality of switching elements 4 composed of n-type transistors are formed by a silicon semiconductor manufacturing process.
- the switching element 4 includes a gate electrode 8 formed on the lower substrate 100 via the gate insulating film 6 and an n-type diffusion layer formed on both sides of the gate insulating film 6 in the lower substrate 100.
- a source region 10a and a drain region 10b are examples of the switching element 4 that is formed in a silicon semiconductor manufacturing process.
- an interlayer insulating film 12a is formed on the lower substrate 100 so as to cover the switching element 4, and a plurality of contact holes extending to the source region 10a and the drain region 10b are formed in the interlayer insulating film 12a.
- the metal material such as tungsten C Plug each contact hole by CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) or the like to form plug 14a.
- pattern jungling is performed by a photolithography process to form a metal wiring 16a connected to the plug 14a.
- an interlayer insulating film 12b is formed on the entire surface of the interlayer insulating film 12a so as to cover the metal wiring 16a, and a contact hole is formed to extend to the metal wiring 16a.
- the plug 14b and the metal wiring 16b connected thereto are formed.
- a multilayer wiring structure in which the height positions of the metal wirings connected to the source region 10a and the drain region 10b are different is formed. I do. That is, an interlayer insulating film 12c, a plug 14c and a metal wire 16c are further formed on the interlayer insulating film 12b, and the metal wiring 16c exposed on the surface of the interlayer insulating film 12c.
- Force Source electrode (first electrode) 18 is connected to source region 10a of switching element 4 as 18 while plug 14c of metal wiring 16b formed on interlayer insulating film 12b
- the bit line 20 is connected to the drain region 10 b of the switching element 4.
- the metal wiring 16 b is formed so that the source region 10 a and the drain region 10 b are not connected to the gap.
- one of the metal wirings 16 c formed on the interlayer insulating film 12 c is used as a constant electrode (second electrode) 22.
- the constant electrode 22 is formed in the same layer as the source electrode 18 and is kept at a constant voltage.
- the lower substrate 100 having the switching element 4, the source electrode 18 and the fixed electrode 22 is obtained.
- the upper substrate 110 as shown in FIG.
- a metal thin film conductive film 32 is formed on the surface by sputtering or the like, and after patterning by a photolithography process, A recording layer 34 made of a phase-change film is formed on the surface of the conductive film 32 by sputtering and the like and then patterned.
- the recording layer 34 is large enough to cover all the memory cells, and the conductive film 32 is formed in a larger area than the recording layer 34. As a result, a part of the conductive film 32 becomes an exposed part 32 a that is not covered by the recording layer 34.
- the upper substrate 110 is preferably made of a highly durable material such as polycarbonate (PC) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), but has a suitable elasticity.
- PC polycarbonate
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- the conductive film 32 is made of W, Pt, Diffusible diffusion such as Pd, V and metal are preferred.
- a phase change material having two or more stable states having different resistance values and capable of reversibly changing between the states can be preferably used.
- Ge SbTe, a chalcogenide compound containing Ge, Sb, and Te as main components is used.
- the melting point of the recording layer 34 can be controlled.
- G e S b T e of compounds when using a G e S b T e of compounds, as shown in FIG. 2, it is preferably a compound which is located between the Sb 2 Te 3 and GeTe in the phase diagram, for example, in FIG. (225) That is, Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 or the like is typically used.
- (I x, A x) Mn0 3 in here R: Anorekari earth, 0 ⁇ x ⁇ l: rare earth, A) include those represented by the be able to. Pr, Gd, La can be used as rare earth R, and Ca, Ba, Sr, etc. can be used as alkaline earth A. Among this, Mn0 3 and especially (Pr .. 7, Ca .. 3 ), (Gc ⁇ , Ba x) Mn0 3, the use of (La ⁇ , Sr x) Mn0 3 , etc., a good element characteristics can be obtained . Furthermore, it is possible to use (I X, A x) Mn0 your Keru Mn was replaced with Co to 3 (Ri_ x, A x) Co0 3 also.
- the lower substrate 100 and the upper substrate 110 are aligned and joined as shown in FIG. 1 (c). That is, alignment is performed so that the plurality of source electrodes 18 are integrally joined to the recording layer 34 and at the same time, the constant electrode 22 is joined to the exposed portion 32 a of the conductive film 32. Memory is completed.
- heat treatment is performed to join the source electrode 18 and the recording layer 34 and to connect the constant voltage electrode 22 to the lower electrode 100. Bonding with the electromembrane 32 can be strengthened.
- a specific method of the heat treatment a method using a lamp arrayer for a short time other than using an electric furnace and a hot plate can be exemplified. Further, heat treatment may be performed by irradiating a millimeter wave or a microwave from the main surface side (the side on which the switching element 4 is formed) of the lower substrate 100 and blocking emission from the opposite side. .
- the source electrode 18 and the constant voltage electrode 22 are heated first, so that the junction between the source electrode 18 and the recording layer 34 ⁇ the constant voltage electrode 22 and the conductive film 32 Can be selectively heated, and a strong joint can be obtained.
- the heating location does not necessarily need to be at the above-mentioned junction, for example, by irradiating a millimeter wave or a microphone mouth wave in the opposite direction to that described above, or by using a hot plate or the like to first place the lower substrate 100 first. Even when heated, the source electrode 18 made of metal and the fixed electrode 18 are efficiently transferred to the electrode 22, so that a strong bond between the lower substrate 100 and the upper substrate 110 can also be obtained. Can be.
- an adhesive layer may be interposed at the bonding portion in addition to the above-described heat treatment. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, after forming the adhesive layer 36 on the upper surface of the source electrode 18 and the electrode 22, the lower substrate 100 and the upper substrate 110 are connected to each other. For example, the bonding between the source electrode 18 and the recording layer 34 and between the constant electrode 22 and the conductive film 32 can be performed via the adhesive layer 36.
- the thickness of the adhesive layer 36 is small (for example, 10 nm or less)
- the adhesive layer 36 is formed not only on the upper surface of the source electrode 18 and the constant voltage electrode 22 but also on the entire lower substrate 100. May be formed.
- the same components as those shown in FIG. 1 (c) are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- the material of the adhesive layer 36 Ge, a conductive polymer, or the like can be preferably used in addition to low melting point metals such as Sn, In, and Pb.
- the conductive polymer preferably has high resistance in the main surface direction and low resistance anisotropy in the direction perpendicular to the main surface.
- the adhesive layer 3 is formed on the lower substrate 100 side.
- an adhesive layer 36 may be formed on the surface of the recording layer 34.
- a low melting point phase change material composed of Ge, Sb, Te or the like can be used. In this case, it is preferable that an appropriate mask is applied when the adhesive layer 36 is formed so that the adhesive layer 36 is not formed on the upper surface of the constant voltage electrode 22.
- metal fine particles having a diameter of 100 nm or less are formed on the surface of the source electrode 18 or the recording layer 34, Fine irregularities may be formed by irradiation or the like. As a result, the current density when the recording layer 34 is energized can be increased, and the power consumption of the memory can be reduced.
- the lower substrate 10 is formed.
- 0 and the upper substrate 110 may be occupied by shellfish.
- the same components as those shown in FIG. 1 (c) are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- the insulating layer 38 is interposed at a part of the interface between the source electrode 18 and the recording layer 34 (that is, the upper surface of the source electrode 18). Since it is joined to the recording layer 34, the joining area can be reduced as compared with the configuration shown in FIG. 1 (c). As a result, power saving operation of the memory becomes possible. Further, in addition to the formation of the insulating layer 38, as described above, by interposing metal fine particles in the bonding portion or forming the uneven portion, further power saving can be achieved. In FIG. 4, the insulating layer 38 is also formed on the upper surface of the constant voltage electrode 22, but this may be removed in another step.
- the lower substrate 100 requires an element isolation region as in the related art, but can be manufactured by a general process in a normal silicon semiconductor manufacturing process. In particular, no additional processing is required. On the other hand, a complicated fine processing step is not required for the upper substrate 110, so that the manufacture can be simplified as a whole.
- the recording layer 34 formed on the upper substrate 110 is formed so as to cover the entire memory area so as to be in contact with each source electrode 18. It can be formed with a pattern width of ⁇ or more.
- the exposed portion of the conductive film 32 on the lower substrate 100 can be formed at an arbitrary position. For example, by forming the exposed portion on the outer peripheral portion of the memory area to secure a sufficient area, The alignment margin between the side substrate 100 and the upper substrate 110 can be increased.
- the alignment margin consists of the constant voltage electrode 22 and the source electrode adjacent to the constant voltage electrode 22. 18 (see FIG. 1 (c)), and this distance M can be set to, for example, 1 to 50 ⁇ m. As a result, the pattern layout rule for the upper substrate 110 is relaxed.
- the element isolation region is formed on the upper substrate 110 having the recording layer 34. It does not need to be formed. Therefore, for the upper substrate 110, a fine processing step is not required even after bonding to the lower substrate 100. Therefore, the manufacturing becomes easier as compared with the conventional nonvolatile memory, and a highly integrated nonvolatile memory can be obtained at low cost.
- the auxiliary electrode 22 a adjacent to the constant voltage electrode 22 may be formed in the same layer as the constant voltage electrode 22.
- the same components as those in FIG. 1 (c) are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- the recording layer 34 covers the constant J electrode 22 so that the constant electrode Even when 22 is bonded to the recording layer 34, the current is applied between the constant voltage electrode 22 and the auxiliary electrode 22a to make the current-carrying region of the recording layer 34 crystalline and lower the resistance. Therefore, the constant efficiency electrode 22 can be made to function similarly to the configuration shown in FIG. 1 (c). Therefore, the alignment between the lower substrate 100 and the upper substrate 110 can be made easier, and the alignment margin (the distance M in Fig. 1 (c)) can be reduced to reduce the size. Can be.
- the auxiliary electrode 22 a is covered by the recording layer 34, but the constant voltage electrode 22 and the auxiliary electrode 22 a are both covered by the recording layer 34. (See Figure 8 below), there is no particular problem.
- the function of the constant voltage electrode 22 may be impaired. Therefore, it is preferable to shield light above the energized region of the recording layer 34 by using a material having low transparency for the upper substrate 110 or the like.
- FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the nonvolatile memory shown in FIG. 1 (c), where FIG. 5 (a) shows a single cell, and FIG. 5 (b) shows a state where the cells are arranged in a matrix.
- One cell includes a switching element 4 and a recording layer 34.
- Sitchin The gate electrode 8 of the switching element 4 is a lead line, and the drain 10 b is a bit line.
- the source 10 a of the switching element 4 is a recording layer.
- the other side of the recording layer 34 is connected to the constant BE electrode 22.
- the constant voltage electrode 22 is normally a ground line, but does not necessarily need to be ground if it is maintained at a constant voltage when the recording layer 34 is energized.
- the constant voltage electrode 22 is not applied with a voltage at the time of reading or writing, unlike the plate line PL (see FIG. 10) in the conventional ferroelectric memory described above, and acts on the plate line PL. Are different.
- the chalcogenide compound which is the material of the recording layer 34 in the present embodiment, has a low electric resistance in a crystalline state, but has a high electric resistance in an amorphous state, and its change is about one to three digits. Therefore, as in the conventional nonvolatile memory using a phase change material, the crystalline state and the amorphous state are assigned to data of “0” and “1” (or “1” and “0”), respectively. It can write and read data.
- a predetermined voltage is applied to the bit line 20 and the gate electrode (lead line) 8 to switch the bit line 20 to the switching element 4 and the recording layer.
- a current flows through the constant voltage electrode 22 through 34. Since the magnitude of the current changes depending on the resistance value of the recording layer 34, the memory contents of the recording layer 34 can be read based on the current value.
- an appropriate voltage is applied to the bit line 20 and the gate electrode (word line) 8 so that the crystal state of the recording layer 34 changes.
- a part of the recording layer 34 may be heated to a temperature higher than the crystallization temperature (for example, 600 ° C.). After passing a large current through the recording layer 34, the current is suddenly cut off.
- the amorphous state (high resistance state) is changed from the amorphous state (high resistance state) to the crystalline state (low resistance state)
- a current of about a level not exceeding the crystallization temperature of the recording layer 34 is applied. And crystallize.
- the recording layer 34 generally functions as a non-volatile memory because its resistance state does not change in a temperature range of 200 ° C. or lower.
- Phase change material constituting the recording layer 3 4 is generally several volume by changing from a crystalline state to an amorphous state 0 /. ⁇ 10% larger force Depending on the configuration of this embodiment In this case, the expansion and contraction of the phase change material can be reduced by the upper substrate 110 having appropriate elasticity, so that the disconnection at the joint between the lower substrate 100 and the upper substrate 110 can be achieved. Can be prevented.
- the nonvolatile memory of the present embodiment can optically perform reading and writing of data, using laser light or the like, in addition to performing reading and writing of data electrically.
- the recording layer 34 corresponding to the desired memory cell is irradiated with the incident laser light Ib, and the intensity or the degree of polarization of the reflected laser light Rb is measured. . Since the recording layer 34 has a different degree of polarization between the crystalline state and the non-crystalline state, the memory contents can be read based on the difference in the degree of polarization.
- the thickness of the film 32 be 3 to 1 O nm. In this way, by configuring the weighting factor and the like of each memory cell to be optically readable, the circuit scale can be suppressed as compared with the electrical reading, and is effective for constructing a neural network, for example. It is. Conversely, if it is necessary to prevent optical reading and writing of data, lower the transparency of the upper substrate 110 or make the thickness of the conductive film 32 larger than 1 O nm. Is preferred.
- the recording layer 34 when writing data, it can be performed in the same manner as writing to a known DVD disk medium. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, after irradiating the recording layer 34 corresponding to a desired memory cell with the high-intensity laser beam Lb, the irradiation is suddenly stopped, so that the recording layer 34 becomes amorphous. The recording layer 3 4 does not melt while it can be in a state! By irradiating the laser beam Lb with a relatively low intensity of about / ⁇ , the recording layer 34 can be brought into a crystalline state. Also in this case, by setting the thickness of the conductive film 32 to 3 to 10 nm, the laser beam Lb can be transmitted efficiently, and the heat transfer via the conductive film 32 can be suppressed.
- the wavelength of the laser beam Lb is preferably shorter as the size of the memory cell is smaller.
- the size of the source electrode 18 can be reduced to about 0.2 ⁇ m square. In this way, by making it optically writable, electrical writing A buried circuit is not required, and a dual network capable of changing the weighting coefficient later for optimal optimization can be manufactured easily and at low cost.
- the nonvolatile memory according to the present embodiment uses an n-channel type MOSFET as the switching element 4, but a p-channel type MOSFET by forming an n-well region on the lower substrate 100. May be used.
- a transistor having three or more terminals such as another FET, a bipolar element, or a HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor), can be used as the switching element 4.
- the configuration of the memory cell is not limited to that of the present embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7A a first n-type switching element 41 and a second n-type switching element , A first p-type switching element 43, a second p-type switching element 44, a third n-type switching element 45, and a six-transistor flip-flop circuit including a third n-type switching element 46.
- the present invention can be applied to an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) configured by the above.
- SRAM Static Random Access Memory
- reference numerals 8 and 20 indicate a word line and a bit line, respectively.
- a first recording layer 47 and a second recording layer 48 are provided on the lower substrate 100, and one ends of the first recording layer 47 and the second recording layer 48 are respectively connected to the first recording layer 47 and the second recording layer 48.
- 1 n-type switching element 41 and the second n-type switching element 42 are connected to the source section, and the other ends of the first recording layer 47 and the second recording layer 48 are connected to the constant voltage electrode 2.
- the voltage at the nodes A and B is determined by the resistance difference between the first recording layer 47 and the second recording layer 48 generated when the cage is supplied to the power supply line 49.
- each switching element 4 :! to 44 forms a plurality of switching elements arranged in a matrix.
- an exposed portion 32a of the conductive film 32 in the upper substrate 110 is formed, and the constant voltage electrode 22 of the lower substrate 100 is joined to the exposed portion 32a.
- a recording layer 34 is formed on the entire surface of the conductive film 32, A configuration in which the conductive film 32 is not exposed may be employed.
- the lower substrate 110 is formed with the auxiliary electrode 22 a adjacent to the constant voltage electrode 22 on the same layer as the constant voltage electrode 22, so that the lower substrate 100 is When the substrate 110 and the substrate 110 overlap each other, the constant voltage electrode 22 and the auxiliary electrode 22 a are joined to the recording layer 34.
- the same components as those in FIG. 1 (c) are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- a current is applied between the constant voltage electrode 22 and the auxiliary electrode 22 a in advance, and the current-carrying region in the recording layer 34 is brought into a crystalline state to reduce the resistance.
- the 3 ⁇ 4J electrode 22 can function in the same manner as the configuration shown in FIG. 1 (c).
- nonvolatile memory capable of realizing a high degree of integration at a low cost and a method of manufacturing the same.
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