WO2012071813A1 - 一种半导体结构及其制造方法 - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to semiconductor fabrication techniques, and more particularly to a semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same. Background technique
- MOSFET Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
- the gate dielectric layer of the MOSFET is composed of a high-k dielectric material, the gate leakage current can be effectively reduced, but the molecular structure of the high-k gate dielectric layer may be slightly defective when the high-k gate dielectric layer is initially formed. In order to repair this defect, it needs to be annealed at a higher temperature (600 ° C - 800 ° C). In addition, annealing the high-k gate dielectric layer can also improve transistor reliability.
- the metal silicide layer in the transistor cannot withstand the high temperature required for annealing the high-k dielectric layer, wherein the metal silicide layer changes its structure at a high temperature, thereby causing an increase in the resistivity of the metal silicide layer, and further Reduce the performance of the transistor.
- a transistor having a sacrificial gate on a substrate depositing a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate; removing the sacrificial gate to form a gate trench; depositing a high-k dielectric layer in the gate trench Annealing the high-k dielectric layer; depositing a first metal layer in the gate trench; depositing a second interlayer dielectric layer on the first interlayer dielectric layer and the transistor;
- the first interlayer dielectric layer and the second interlayer dielectric layer to the source and the drain respectively form a first contact trench and a second contact trench; the first contact trench and the second contact Depositing a second metal layer in the trench; annealing the second metal layer, forming a metal silicide layer on the source and drain; and depositing a third metal layer filling
- the first contact trench and the second contact trench are described.
- the contact layer e.g., metal silicide layer
- the metal silicide layer is prevented from being destroyed at a high temperature.
- the above method can not destroy the metal silicide layer when annealing the high-k gate dielectric layer
- the limitation of the method is that a metal silicide layer can be formed only between the contact trench and the source/drain regions.
- the area of the/drain region covering the metal silicide is limited in area, whereby the contact resistance between the source/drain regions of the transistor and the metal silicide layer cannot be sufficiently reduced. Therefore, how to reduce the contact resistance between the source/drain regions and the contact layer (such as the metal silicide layer) has become an urgent problem to be solved. Summary of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor structure and a method of fabricating the same that facilitates reducing contact resistance between a source/drain region and a contact layer (e.g., a metal silicide layer).
- a contact layer e.g., a metal silicide layer
- a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure comprising the steps of:
- Another aspect of the invention also provides a semiconductor structure including a substrate, Source/drain regions, gate stack structures, interlayer dielectric layers, contact plugs,
- the gate stack structure is formed on the substrate, including a gate dielectric layer and a gate; the source/drain regions are formed in the substrate and are located on both sides of the gate stack structure; An intermediate dielectric layer covers the source/drain regions; a second conductive material, wherein: - B , - ",;:, ', , there is a first contact between the interlayer dielectric layer and the source/drain regions a layer; and a second contact layer between the contact plug and the source/drain region.
- the present invention has the following advantages:
- first contact layer on the surface of the source/drain region, and forming a second contact layer on the surface of the first contact layer exposed by the contact hole or a portion of the first contact layer and the source/drain region, which may increase the source/drain
- the area of the area covering the contact layer is favorable for reducing the source/drain area and the contact layer.
- the first contact layer is thermally stable at an annealing temperature required to form the gate stack structure, and can maintain a low resistance at a higher annealing temperature (eg, 850 ° C), so High temperature processing can be used in subsequent processes, and it is not easy to reduce the performance of the semiconductor structure;
- the formation of the first contact layer facilitates the reduction of the generation of a piping defect, thereby facilitating the reduction of the short circuit of the semiconductor structure.
- FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 through 14 are cross-sectional views showing various stages of fabricating a semiconductor structure in accordance with the flow of Fig. 1 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 15 is a graph showing the resistance of nickel-silicide formed at different temperatures by depositing Ni layers of different thicknesses
- Figure 16 shows the deposition of nickel-platinum-silicides of different thicknesses of NiPt layers at different temperatures. The resistance under the degree.
- step S101 a substrate 100 is provided, and a dummy gate stack is formed on the substrate 100, side walls 240 are formed on the dummy gate stack sidewalls, and both sides of the dummy gate stack are formed Source/drain regions 110, wherein the dummy gate stack includes a first gate dielectric layer 210, a dummy gate 220, and a cap layer 230.
- the substrate 100 includes a silicon substrate (e.g., a silicon wafer).
- the substrate 100 can include various doping configurations in accordance with design requirements known in the art, such as a P-type substrate or an N-type substrate.
- the substrate 100 in other embodiments may also include other basic semiconductors such as germanium.
- the substrate 100 may include a compound semiconductor such as a group III-V material such as silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, or indium arsenide.
- substrate 100 can have It is not limited to a thickness of about several hundred micrometers, and may be, for example, in the range of 400 um to 800 um.
- isolation regions, such as shallow trench isolation (STI) structures 120 may be formed in substrate 100 to electrically isolate continuous field effect transistor devices.
- STI shallow trench isolation
- the first gate dielectric layer 210 is first formed on the substrate 100.
- the material of the first gate dielectric layer 210 may be formed by silicon oxide, silicon nitride, or a combination thereof. In other embodiments, it may also be a high K medium, for example, one of Hf0 2 , HfSiO, HfSiON, HfTaO, HfTiO, HfZrO, A1 2 0 3 , La 2 0 3 , Zr0 2 , LaAlO, or a combination thereof.
- the thickness may be 2-10 nm; then, depositing, for example, Poly-Si, Poly-SiGe, amorphous silicon, and/or doped or undoped silicon oxide and nitrogen on the first gate dielectric layer 210 Silicon, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, and even metal form a dummy gate 220, which may have a thickness of 10 to 80 nm. Finally, a cap layer 230 is formed on the dummy gate 220, for example, by depositing silicon nitride, silicon oxide, or nitrogen.
- Silicon oxide, silicon carbide, and combinations thereof are formed to protect the top region of the dummy gate 220, preventing the top region of the dummy gate 220 from reacting with the deposited metal layer in a subsequent process of forming the contact layer.
- a dummy gate stack is formed.
- the dummy gate stack may also be free of the first gate dielectric layer 210, but form a gate dielectric layer after removing the dummy gate stack in a subsequent replacement gate process.
- sidewalls 240 are formed on the sidewalls of the dummy gate stack for spacing the gates.
- Sidewall 240 can be formed from silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, combinations thereof, and/or other suitable materials.
- the side walls 240 may have a multi-layered structure, and the materials may be different for the adjacent two layers.
- the sidewall spacer 240 may be formed by a deposition etching process, and may have a thickness ranging from 10 nm to 100 nm, such as 30 nm, 50 nm or 80 nm.
- the source/drain regions 110 are located on both sides of the dummy gate stack and may be formed by implanting P-type or N-type dopants or impurities into the substrate 100.
- the source/drain regions 110 may be P-type doping.
- source/drain regions 110 may be N-doped Si.
- Source/drain regions 110 may be formed by methods including photolithography, ion implantation, diffusion, and/or other suitable processes, using conventional semiconductor processing techniques and steps, The semiconductor structure is annealed to activate doping in the source/drain regions 110, and the annealing may be formed by other suitable methods including rapid annealing, spike annealing, and the like.
- the source/drain regions 110 are inside the substrate 100.
- the source/drain regions 110 may be elevated source and drain structures formed by selective epitaxial growth, and the epitaxial portions thereof The top is higher than the bottom of the dummy gate stack (the bottom of the dummy gate stack referred to in this specification means the boundary between the dummy gate stack and the substrate 100).
- a first contact layer 111 is formed on the surface of the source/drain region 110, wherein a metal silicide layer is formed for the silicon-containing substrate.
- a silicon-containing substrate will be described as an example, and the contact layer will be referred to as a metal silicide layer.
- a thin first metal layer 250 is deposited to uniformly cover the substrate 100, the dummy gate stack, and the sidewall spacer 240, after annealing, due to the first metal layer 250 and silicon on the substrate.
- a reaction occurs, and as shown in FIG. 4, the first metal silicide layer 111 is formed on the upper surface of the source/drain region 110.
- the first metal silicide layer 111 formed can be made to have thermal stability at a relatively high temperature (e.g., 850 ° C) and can be kept low.
- the resistivity is advantageous for reducing the decrease in resistivity of the first metal silicide layer 111 caused by high temperature annealing during subsequent semiconductor structure fabrication.
- the material of the first metal layer 250 may include one or a combination of Co, Ni, NiPt.
- the thickness of the first metal layer 250 formed of Co may be Less than 7 nm.
- FIG. 15 is a graph showing the resistance of nickel-silicide formed by depositing Ni layers of different thicknesses at different temperatures, the abscissa indicating the temperature at which rapid thermal processing (RTP) is performed, and the ordinate indicating nickel- The resistivity of the silicide, the different curves represent the different thicknesses of Ni deposited during the formation of the nickel-silicide.
- RTP rapid thermal processing
- the resistivity of the nickel-silicide formed by depositing the metal Ni layer to a thickness of 2-3 nm is relatively low.
- the first metal layer 250 formed of Ni is approximately twice that of the first metal layer, for example, when the thickness of the deposited Ni layer is 4 nm, the thickness is less than 4 nm, preferably 2-3 nm.
- the thickness of NiSi is approximately 8 nm.
- FIG. 16 is a graph showing the resistance of nickel platinum-silicide formed by depositing NiPt layers of different thicknesses at different temperatures.
- FIG. 16 is composed of upper, middle and lower figures, and the abscissa indicates that the rapid thermal processing process is performed.
- the temperature, the ordinate indicates the resistance of nickel platinum-silicide, and the different curves in the above figure indicate that the first metal layer 250 is NiPt, and the content of Ni is 86%, and the content of Pt is 14%, different thicknesses.
- the resistivity of nickel platinum-silicide formed by different thicknesses of NiPt layer As can be seen from Fig.
- the deposited NiPt layer has a Pt content of 4% and the NiPt layer has a thickness of 2 nm, and the formed nickel platinum-silicide The resistance is relatively low. Therefore, if the material of the first metal layer 250 is NiPt, the thickness of the first metal layer 250 formed of NiPt is less than 3 nm, and preferably, the content of Pt in the NiPt is less than 5%.
- the semiconductor structure is annealed, and after annealing, a first metal silicide layer 111 is formed on the source/drain region 110.
- the first metal silicide layer 111 includes one or a combination of CoSi 2 , NiSi or Ni(Pt)Si 2 — y (where 0 ⁇ y ⁇ l ), and when the thickness is less than 15 nm, preferably less than 6 nm,
- the obtained first metal silicide layer 111 has high temperature stability and can withstand high temperature thermal annealing up to 850 ° C, that is, the obtained first metal silicide layer 111 is required to remove the dummy gate stack and form a gate stack
- the annealing temperature eg 700 ° C - 800 ° C
- the first metal layer 250 that does not participate in the reaction to form the first metal silicide layer 111 is removed by selective etching.
- the first contact layer 111 before the first contact layer 111 is formed, it can be removed to a small portion of the side wall 240; especially when the first contact layer 111 is a thermally stable metal silicide layer at an annealing temperature required to form the gate stack structure, since the first contact layer 111 will Further extending to the source/drain extension region (ie, LDD, lightly doped drain region; also referred to as a portion of source/drain region 110 in the present document) carrying the sidewall spacer 240 further expands the source/drain region 110 and The contact area between the first contact layers 111 is advantageous for further reducing the contact resistance.
- LDD lightly doped drain region
- the dummy gates 220 are preferably materials other than metal to facilitate separation of the first metal and dummy gates forming the first metal silicide layer 111, as much as possible. Gate size.
- an interlayer dielectric layer 300 is deposited on the substrate 100.
- the interlayer dielectric layer 300 may be formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), high density plasma CVD, spin coating, and/or other suitable processes.
- the material of the interlayer dielectric layer 300 may include silicon oxide (USG), doped silicon oxide (such as fluorosilicate glass, borosilicate glass, phosphosilicate glass, borophosphosilicate glass), low-k dielectric material (such as black diamond). , coral, etc., or a combination thereof.
- the interlayer dielectric layer 300 may have a thickness ranging from 40 nm to 150 nm, such as 80 nm, 100 nm or 120 nm, and may have a multi-layer structure (the materials may be different between adjacent layers).
- step S104 the dummy gate 220 is removed to form an opening 260, and a first conductive material, preferably a metal material, is filled in the opening 260 to form a gate stack structure.
- a first conductive material preferably a metal material
- a replacement gate process is performed.
- the interlayer dielectric layer 300 and the dummy gate stack are planarized to expose the upper surface of the dummy gate 220, and the dummy gate 220 and the upper surface of the interlayer dielectric layer 300 are flush (in this document).
- flush means that the height difference between the two is within the tolerance of the process error).
- the dummy gate 220 and the first gate dielectric layer 210 are removed together, and the gate substrate 100 is exposed to form an opening 260, with reference to FIG. 7(b).
- the dummy gate 220 and the first gate dielectric layer 210 may be removed using wet etching and/or dry etching.
- Wet etching process includes four Ammonium hydroxide (TMAH), potassium hydroxide (KOH) or other suitable etching solution; dry etching process includes sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), hydrogen bromide (HBr), hydrogen iodide (HI) , hydrides of carbon such as chlorine, argon, helium, methane (and methyl chloride), acetylene, ethylene, and combinations thereof, and/or other suitable materials.
- TMAH Ammonium hydroxide
- KOH potassium hydroxide
- dry etching process includes sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), hydrogen bromide (HBr), hydrogen iodide (HI) , hydrides of carbon such as chlorine, argon, helium, methane (and methyl chloride), acetylene, ethylene, and combinations thereof, and/or other suitable materials.
- a gate dielectric layer 270 is deposited to cover the bottom of the opening 260 and the inner wall of the sidewall 240, with reference to FIG.
- the material of the gate dielectric layer 270 may be a high-k dielectric, for example, one of ⁇ 2 , HfSiO, HfSiON, HfTaO, HfTiO, HfZrO, A1 2 0 3 , La 2 0 3 , Zr0 2 , LaAlO, or a combination thereof. It may have a thickness of 2 nm to 10 nm, such as 5 nm or 8 nm.
- the gate dielectric layer 270 may be formed by a CVD or atomic layer deposition (ALD) process.
- the gate dielectric layer 270 may also have a multilayer structure including two or more layers having the above materials.
- annealing is further performed to improve the performance of the semiconductor structure, and the annealing temperature ranges from 600 ° C to 800 ° C:. Since the first metal silicide layer 111 is still thermally stable up to 850 ° C, annealing the gate dielectric layer 270 does not easily cause an increase in the resistivity of the first metal silicide layer 111. The performance of the semiconductor structure is reduced.
- a metal gate 280 is formed on the gate dielectric layer 270 by depositing a first conductive material, with reference to FIG.
- the first conductive material may be one of TaC, TiN, TaTbN, TaErN, TaYbN, TaSiN, HfSiN, MoSiN, RuTa x , NiTa x or a combination thereof
- the first conductive material may It is MoN x , TiSiN, TiCN, TaAlC, TiAIN, TaN, PtSi x , Ni3Si, Pt, Ru, Ir, Mo, Hf u, RuO x ; and its thickness may be 10 nm to 80 nm, such as 30 nm or 50 nm.
- the metal gate 280 may also have a multi-layered structure including two or more layers having the above materials.
- the material of the first gate dielectric layer 210 is a high-k dielectric, such as: ⁇ , Hf0 2 , HfSiO, HfSiON, HfTaO, HfTiO, HfZrO, A1 2 0 3 , La 2 0 3 , One or a combination of Zr0 2 , LaAlO, or only the dummy gate 220 may be removed to form the opening 260, refer to FIG. 7( a ).
- the first gate dielectric layer 210 Performing a high temperature annealing to trim the structure that has been formed before the formation of the first conductive material, and then forming the metal gate 280, wherein the high temperature annealing and the process of forming the metal gate are performed after the gate dielectric layer 270 is formed as described above.
- the process is the same and will not be described here.
- a CMP planarization process is performed to make the metal gate 280 flush with the upper surface of the interlayer dielectric layer 300 to form a gate stack structure, with reference to FIG.
- a contact hole 310 is formed over the source/drain region 110.
- the interlayer dielectric layer 300 is etched until the source/drain regions 110 are exposed to form a contact hole 310.
- the first metal silicide layer 111 can serve as an etch barrier to control the etching depth of the contact hole 310. .
- a layer of photoresist is overlaid on the interlayer dielectric layer 300 and the metal gate 280, and the photoresist layer is subjected to exposure patterning to form small holes corresponding to positions where the contact holes 310 are to be formed.
- the interlayer dielectric layer 300 is etched using photolithography and stopped on the first metal silicide layer 111 as an etch barrier to form the contact holes 310.
- the material of the photoresist layer may be an olefinic monomer material, a material containing an azide quinone compound or a polyethylene laurate material, and of course, a suitable material may be selected according to specific manufacturing needs.
- contact holes 310 may be formed after the etching.
- the contact hole 310 formed after the etching may have a tapered structure which is large in size and small in size.
- the other etching solution may be replaced to continue etching the source/drain regions until the bottom of the contact hole 310 enters the source/drain.
- the inside of the region further increases the contact area between the source/drain region and the second metal silicide layer, and reduces the contact resistance between the source/drain region and the metal silicide layer.
- a top layer 400 is deposited over the interlayer dielectric layer 300 and the metal gate 280 prior to forming the contact holes 310, with reference to FIG.
- the material of the top layer 400 may be SiN, an oxide, and a compound thereof, formed over the interlayer dielectric layer 300 and the metal gate 280 by CVD, high density plasma CVD, spin coating, or other suitable method.
- the top layer 400 can be used to protect the metal gate 280 from damage. At this time, the top layer material and the interlayer dielectric layer material need to be different.
- the top layer 400 can effectively prevent the metal gate when the unreacted second metal layer is removed by selective etching. 280 is etched.
- the unreacted photoresist layer is removed.
- a second metal silicide layer is formed on the surface of the source/drain regions exposed by the contact holes.
- a second metal layer may be formed at the bottom of the contact hole 310 by metal sputtering or chemical vapor deposition.
- the material of the second metal layer may be Ni or NiPt, and the thickness thereof may range from 10 nm to 25 nm, and the second metal silicide layer 112 formed after reacting with silicon is NiSi or Ni(Pt)Si 2 _ y .
- other feasible metals may be employed as the second metal layer.
- the semiconductor structure is annealed, and the annealing may be formed by other suitable methods including rapid annealing, peak annealing, etc., and the portion where the deposited second metal layer is in contact with the source/drain regions 110 forms the second metal silicide layer 112. .
- the second metal silicide layer does not need to have high temperature thermal stability, and may be formed thicker than the first metal silicide layer.
- the second metal silicide layer further reduces the contact resistance, for example, the thickness of the formed second metal silicide layer is preferably in the range of 15 nm to 35 nm.
- the second metal layer that does not participate in the reaction to form the second metal silicide layer 112 is removed by selective etching.
- the contact holes 310 reaching the inside of the source/drain regions 110 formed by exposing a partial region of the source/drain regions 110 are deposited.
- a second metal silicide layer formed by the second metal layer covers a bottom portion of the contact hole 310 and a portion of a sidewall of the contact hole 310 formed by the exposed portion of the source/drain region 110.
- the composition and thickness of the second metal layer are the same as those in the foregoing embodiment, and are not mentioned here.
- step S107 is performed in the contact hole 310.
- a second conductive material preferably a contact metal, is filled to form a contact plug 320.
- the contact metal may be a metal or an alloy such as ⁇ , TiAl, Al or the like.
- a lining (not shown) may be first deposited on the entire inner wall and bottom of the contact hole 310 by a deposition process such as ALD, CVD, PVD or the like before filling the contact hole 310 with the contact metal.
- the material of the layer may be Ti, TiN, Ta, TaN or a combination thereof, and the thickness thereof ranges from 5 nm to 20 nm, such as 10 nm or 15 nm.
- the contact metal is subjected to CMP planarization treatment so that the upper surface of the contact metal is flush with the upper surface of the interlayer dielectric layer 300.
- the fabrication of the semiconductor structure is then completed in accordance with the steps of a conventional semiconductor fabrication process.
- two metal silicides are formed, which are respectively a first metal silicide layer 111 between the interlayer dielectric layer 300 and the source/drain regions 110, and a contact plug.
- the contact resistance (such as the first metal silicide layer 111) is increased, thereby further reducing the contact resistance between the source/drain region and the metal silicide layer;
- the first metal silicide layer 111 formed by the first metal layer 250 is still thermally stable up to 850 ° C, thereby avoiding the formation of the first metal silicide layer 111 after
- the resistivity of the first metal silicide layer 111 is increased due to the high temperature.
- the method for fabricating the semiconductor provided by the present invention can effectively reduce the source/drain regions and The contact resistance between the contact plugs contributes to the performance of the semiconductor structure.
- the formation of the first metal silicide layer 111 can also reduce tubular defects and effectively reduce short circuit of the semiconductor structure.
- Figure 14 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor structure finally formed after the steps shown in Figure 1 are completed.
- the semiconductor structure includes: a substrate 100, a source / drain region 110, gate stack structure, interlayer dielectric layer 300, and contact plug 320.
- the source/drain region 110 is formed in the substrate 100;
- the gate stack structure is formed on the substrate 100 between the source/drain regions 110, and the gate stack structure includes a gate.
- the interlayer dielectric layer 300 is in contact with a contact metal 310 (ie, a second conductive material) in a contact hole 310 (refer to FIG. 13) electrically connected to the source/drain region 110.
- a first metal silicide layer 111 exists between the interlayer dielectric layer 300 and the source/drain region 110, and a second exists between the bottom and sidewalls of the contact plug and the source/drain region 110 Metal silicide layer 112.
- the first metal silicide layer 111 includes one or a combination of CoSi 2 , NiSi or Ni(Pt)Si 2 — y , which may have a thickness of less than 15 nm, preferably less than 6 nm; the second metal silicide layer 112 One of NiSi or Ni(Pt)Si 2 _ y may be included, the thickness of which may be between 15 nm and 35 nm, and the thickness of the second metal silicide layer 112 is greater than that of the first metal silicide layer 111 thickness.
- source/drain regions 110 may be elevated source and drain structures, i.e., the top of source/drain regions 110 is higher than the bottom of the gate stack.
- the bottom of the contact plug 320 can extend into the source/drain regions for both the non-lifted source/drain regions and the elevated source/drain regions, thereby further increasing the source/drain regions and the second
- the contact area of the metal silicide layer 112 reduces the contact resistance between the source/drain regions and the metal silicide layer.
- the structural composition, materials, and forming methods of the various portions of the semiconductor structure may be the same as those described in the method embodiments for forming the semiconductor structure, and are not described herein.
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