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Method of manufacturing semiconductor memory device

Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-10
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Granted: 1999-01-12
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Expires: 2017-11-10
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Abstract

Abstract A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode with an insulating spacer, forming a first silicon oxide film by high-temperature chemical vapor deposition (CVD), forming n-type source/drain regions, forming a first insulating interlayer and forming a bit line; forming a second silicon oxide film by low-temperature CVD, forming a BPSG film, and annealing the second silicon oxide film and the BPSG film by first annealing to form a second insulating interlayer constituted by the stacked films; forming a third silicon oxide film by low-temperature CVD, and annealing the third silicon oxide film by second annealing; forming a node contact hole through the annealed third silicon oxide film, the second insulating interlayer, the first insulating interlayer, and the first silicon oxide film; forming an amorphous silicon film doped n-type at the time of the film formation, patterning the amorphous silicon film to form an amorphous silicon film pattern, and removing a native oxide film on a surface of the amorphous silicon film pattern using dilute hydrofluoric acid; and converting the 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.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takashi Sakoh
  • 👤 Ichiro Honma

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 03:01
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B12/00; H10B12/01; H10B12/02; H10B12/03; H10B12/033; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/692; H10D1/711; H10D1/712

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.

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