Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
302 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with underlaying gate oxide film on a surface of a p-type silicon substrate, forming an insulating film spacer covering a side wall of said gate electrode, forming a first silicon oxide film on an entire surface by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition, ion-implanting an n-type impurity into said surface of said p-type silicon substrate to form n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer on the entire surface, forming a bit contact hole reaching one of said n-type source/drain regions through said first insulating interlayer and said first silicon oxide film, and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, forming a BPSG film on the entire surface, and annealing said second silicon oxide film and said BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, and annealing said third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole reaching the other of said n-type source/drain regions through the annealed third silicon oxide film, said second insulating interlayer, said first insulating interlayer, and said first silicon oxide film; forming an amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation on the entire surface, patterning said amorphous silicon film to form an amorphous silicon film pattern, and removing a native oxide film on a surface of said amorphous silicon film pattern using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting said amorphous silicon film pattern into an n-type hemispherical grained (HSG) polysilicon film pattern by third annealing to form a storage node electrode, forming a capacitive dielectric film, and forming a cell plate electrode.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
302 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with underlaying gate oxide film on a surface of a p-type silicon substrate, forming an insulating film spacer covering a side wall of said gate electrode, forming a first silicon oxide film on an entire surface by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition, ion-implanting an n-type impurity into said surface of said p-type silicon substrate to form n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer on the entire surface, forming a bit contact hole reaching one of said n-type source/drain regions through said first insulating interlayer and said first silicon oxide film, and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, forming a BPSG film on the entire surface, and annealing said second silicon oxide film and said BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, and annealing said third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole reaching the other of said n-type source/drain regions through the annealed third silicon oxide film, said second insulating interlayer, said first insulating interlayer, and said first silicon oxide film; forming an amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation on the entire surface, patterning said amorphous silicon film to form an amorphous silicon film pattern, and removing a native oxide film on a surface of said amorphous silicon film pattern using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting said amorphous silicon film pattern into an n-type hemispherical grained (HSG) polysilicon film pattern by third annealing to form a storage node electrode, forming a capacitive dielectric film, and forming a cell plate electrode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the low-temperature chemical vapor deposition is atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) or plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the second annealing is rapid thermal annealing (RTA) at 750° C. to 950° C. or furnace annealing at 750° C. to 800° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising, after the step of forming the node contact hole, forming a contact plug filling the node contact hole.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
A method according to claim 4, further comprising, after the step of forming the node contact hole, forming an undoped polysilicon film having a thickness smaller than 1/2 of a size of the node contact hole on the entire surface, ion-implanting an n-type impurity to convert said polysilicon film into a first n-type polysilicon film, forming a second n-type polysilicon film on the entire surface, and etching back said second and first n-type polysilicon films.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
386 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with underlying gate oxide film on a surface of a p-type silicon substrate, forming an insulating film spacer covering a side wall of said gate electrode, forming a first silicon oxide film on an entire surface by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition, ion-implanting an n-type impurity into said surface of said p-type silicon substrate to form n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer on the entire surface, forming a bit contact hole reaching one of said n-type source/drain regions through said first insulating interlayer and said first silicon oxide film, and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, forming a BPSG film on the entire surface, and annealing said second silicon oxide film and said BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, and annealing said third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole reaching the other of said n-type source/drain regions through the annealed third silicon oxide film, said second insulating interlayer, said first insulating interlayer, and said first silicon oxide film; forming an undoped polysilicon film having a thickness smaller than 1/2 of a size of the node contact hole on the entire surface, ion-implanting an n-type impurity to convert said polysilicon film into a first n-type polysilicon film, forming a second n-type polysilicon film on the entire surface, forming an amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation on the entire surface, patterning said amorphous silicon film and said second and first n-type polysilicon films to form an amorphous silicon film pattern and second and first n-type polysilicon film patterns, and removing native oxide films on surfaces of said second and first n-type polysilicon film patterns and a surface of said amorphous silicon film pattern using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting said amorphous silicon film pattern into a third n-type HSG polysilicon film pattern by third annealing to form a storage node electrode constituted by said first, second, and third n-type polysilicon film patterns, forming a capacitive dielectric film, and forming a cell plate electrode.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
386 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with underlying gate oxide film on a surface of a p-type silicon substrate, forming an insulating film spacer covering a side wall of said gate electrode, forming a first silicon oxide film on an entire surface by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition, ion-implanting an n-type impurity into said surface of said p-type silicon substrate to form n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer on the entire surface, forming a bit contact hole reaching one of said n-type source/drain regions through said first insulating interlayer and said first silicon oxide film, and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, forming a BPSG film on the entire surface, and annealing said second silicon oxide film and said BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, and annealing said third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole reaching the other of said n-type source/drain regions through the annealed third silicon oxide film, said second insulating interlayer, said first insulating interlayer, and said first silicon oxide film; forming an undoped polysilicon film having a thickness smaller than 1/2 of a size of the node contact hole on the entire surface, ion-implanting an n-type impurity to convert said polysilicon film into a first n-type polysilicon film, forming a second n-type polysilicon film on the entire surface, forming an amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation on the entire surface, patterning said amorphous silicon film and said second and first n-type polysilicon films to form an amorphous silicon film pattern and second and first n-type polysilicon film patterns, and removing native oxide films on surfaces of said second and first n-type polysilicon film patterns and a surface of said amorphous silicon film pattern using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting said amorphous silicon film pattern into a third n-type HSG polysilicon film pattern by third annealing to form a storage node electrode constituted by said first, second, and third n-type polysilicon film patterns, forming a capacitive dielectric film, and forming a cell plate electrode.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein the low-temperature chemical vapor deposition is APCVD or PECVD.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein the second annealing is RTA at 750° C. to 950° C. or furnace annealing at 750° C. to 800° C.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
379 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with underlying gate oxide film on a surface of a p-type silicon substrate, forming an insulating film spacer covering a side wall of said gate electrode, forming a first silicon oxide film on an entire surface by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition, ion-implanting an n-type impurity into said surface of said p-type silicon substrate to form n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer on the entire surface, forming a bit contact hole reaching one of said n-type source/drain regions through said first insulating interlayer and said first silicon oxide film, and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, forming a BPSG film on the entire surface, and annealing said first silicon oxide film and said BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, and annealing said third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole reaching the other of said n-type source/drain regions through the annealed third silicon oxide film, said second insulating interlayer, said first insulating interlayer, and said first silicon oxide film; sequentially forming a first amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation and a PSG film on the entire surface, sequentially patterning said PSG film and said first amorphous silicon film to form a PSG film pattern and a first amorphous silicon film pattern, forming a second amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation on the entire surface, and etching back said second amorphous silicon film to form a second amorphous silicon film pattern covering side surfaces of said PSG film pattern and said first amorphous silicon film pattern; removing said PSG film pattern and native oxide films on surfaces of said first and second amorphous silicon film patterns using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting said first and second amorphous silicon film patterns into a first and second n-type HSG polysilicon film patterns by third annealing, respectively, to form a storage node electrode, forming a capacitive dielectric film, and forming a cell plate electrode.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
379 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with underlying gate oxide film on a surface of a p-type silicon substrate, forming an insulating film spacer covering a side wall of said gate electrode, forming a first silicon oxide film on an entire surface by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition, ion-implanting an n-type impurity into said surface of said p-type silicon substrate to form n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer on the entire surface, forming a bit contact hole reaching one of said n-type source/drain regions through said first insulating interlayer and said first silicon oxide film, and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, forming a BPSG film on the entire surface, and annealing said first silicon oxide film and said BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film on the entire surface by low-temperature chemical vapor deposition, and annealing said third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole reaching the other of said n-type source/drain regions through the annealed third silicon oxide film, said second insulating interlayer, said first insulating interlayer, and said first silicon oxide film; sequentially forming a first amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation and a PSG film on the entire surface, sequentially patterning said PSG film and said first amorphous silicon film to form a PSG film pattern and a first amorphous silicon film pattern, forming a second amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of film formation on the entire surface, and etching back said second amorphous silicon film to form a second amorphous silicon film pattern covering side surfaces of said PSG film pattern and said first amorphous silicon film pattern; removing said PSG film pattern and native oxide films on surfaces of said first and second amorphous silicon film patterns using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting said first and second amorphous silicon film patterns into a first and second n-type HSG polysilicon film patterns by third annealing, respectively, to form a storage node electrode, forming a capacitive dielectric film, and forming a cell plate electrode.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein the low-temperature chemical vapor deposition is APCVD or PECVD.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein the second annealing is RTA at 750° C. to 950° C. or furnace annealing at 750° C. to 800° C.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 9, further comprising, after the step of forming the node contact hole, forming a contact plug filling the node contact hole.