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Method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc
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Filing: 1998-06-11
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Granted: 1999-11-16
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Expires: 2018-06-11
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device, which specially treats the surface of a charge storage electrode of the lower in order to improve the poor stepcoverage of the Ta2O5 film deposited by the PECVD method in the capacitor using the Ta2O5 film having a specific dielectric constant as the dielectric film, prevents the leakage current from generating according to improving the electrical characteristic of the capacitor by depositing the Ta2O5 film by use of the LPCVD method where the stepcoverage is excellent, and improves the characteristic of the semiconductor device and the trust according to the result.
Inventors
- 👤 Chan Lim
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprising steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage electrode on the top of said semiconductor substrate; nitrifying an entire surface of said charge storage electrode; plasma-treating and oxidizing a surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode; depositing a Ta 2 O 5 film on said charge storage electrode surface by LPCVD method and plasma treating a Ta 2 O 5 film, wherein the process of depositing and plasma treating of a Ta 2 O 5 film is carried out at least one if not more times; thermally treating said Ta 2 O 5 film; and forming a plate electrode on the top of said entire surface.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprising steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage electrode on the top of said semiconductor substrate; nitrifying an entire surface of said charge storage electrode; plasma-treating and oxidizing a surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode; depositing a Ta 2 O 5 film on said charge storage electrode surface by LPCVD method and plasma treating a Ta 2 O 5 film, wherein the process of depositing and plasma treating of a Ta 2 O 5 film is carried out at least one if not more times; thermally treating said Ta 2 O 5 film; and forming a plate electrode on the top of said entire surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said nitrifying process of said charge storage electrode is carried out at a temperature of 800.sup.˜ 900° C. for 40.sup.˜ 100 secs. by RTN method.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein a surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode is oxidized under a temperature of 150.sup.˜ 450° C. using an excited plasma gas, N 2 O or O 2 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode is oxidized by a dry or wet oxidizing method, using vapor, H 2 O or O 2 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said plasma treating process of said Ta 2 O 5 film is carried out at the temperature of 150.sup.˜ 450° C. by use of a gas, N 2 O or O 2 or a gas UV-O 3 activated by ultraviolet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the thermal treating process of said Ta 2 O 5 film is carried out at the temperature 700.sup.˜ 820° C. with a gas atmosphere of N 2 O or O 2 and thereby said Ta 2 O 5 film is polycrystalized.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprising steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage electrode on the top of said semiconductor substrate; nitrifying an entire surface of said charge storage electrode; plasma-treating and oxidizing a surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode; depositing a Ta 2 O 5 film on said charge storage electrode surface by the LPCVD method; plasma-treating said Ta 2 O 5 film; thermally treating said Ta 2 O 5 film; and forming a plate electrode on the top of said entire surface.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprising steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage electrode on the top of said semiconductor substrate; nitrifying an entire surface of said charge storage electrode; plasma-treating and oxidizing a surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode; depositing a Ta 2 O 5 film on said charge storage electrode surface by the LPCVD method; plasma-treating said Ta 2 O 5 film; thermally treating said Ta 2 O 5 film; and forming a plate electrode on the top of said entire surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein said nitrifying process of said charge storage electrode is carried out at a temperature of 800.sup.˜ 900° C. for 40.sup.˜ 100 secs. by RTN method.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein a surface of said nitrified charge storage electrode is oxidized under a temperature of 150.sup.˜ 450° C., using an excited plasma gas, N 2 O or O 2 , or by a dry or wet oxidizing method, using vapor, H 2 O or O 2 .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein said oxidation process of said nitrified charge storage electrode surface is carried out by a step of depositing the remaining portion of said Ta 2 O 5 film by the LPCVD method after depositing a portion of said Ta 2 O 5 film by the PECVD method.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
73 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein said process of depositing said Ta 2 O 5 film by said PECVD method is carried out at a temperature of 350.sup.˜ 450° C. and pressure of 1m Torr .sup.˜ 9 Torr by use of a gas, N 2 O or O 2 or a material Ta(OC 2 H 5 ) 5 and said Ta 2 O 5 film has a thickness of 5.sup.˜ 50 Å.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein said plasma treating process of said Ta 2 O 5 film is carried out at a temperature of 150.sup.˜ 450° C. by use of a gas, N 2 O or O 2 , or a gas UV-O 3 activated by ultraviolet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein a thermal treating process of said Ta 2 O 5 film is carried out at a temperature of 700.sup.˜ 820° C. with a gas atmosphere of N 2 O or O 2 and said Ta 2 O 5 film is polycrystalized.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprising steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage electrode on the top of said semiconductor substrate; removing a natural oxide film from the top of said charge storage electrode; nitrifying an surface of said structure; plasma-treating said nitrified surface; depositing a portion of a first Ta 2 O 5 film on said structure surface by the LPCVD method; plasma-treating said first Ta 2 O 5 film; depositing a second Ta 2 O 5 film on said structure surface by the LPCVD method; plasma-treating and thermally treating said first and second Ta 2 O 5 film; and forming a plate electrode on top of said entire surface.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprising steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage electrode on the top of said semiconductor substrate; removing a natural oxide film from the top of said charge storage electrode; nitrifying an surface of said structure; plasma-treating said nitrified surface; depositing a portion of a first Ta 2 O 5 film on said structure surface by the LPCVD method; plasma-treating said first Ta 2 O 5 film; depositing a second Ta 2 O 5 film on said structure surface by the LPCVD method; plasma-treating and thermally treating said first and second Ta 2 O 5 film; and forming a plate electrode on top of said entire surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said nitrifying process of said charge storage electrode is carried out using RTN method.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said first Ta 2 O 5 film is deposited with a thickness of 50.sup.˜ 70 Å.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said first and second Ta 2 O 5 film is deposited in an amorphous state.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said plasma treating process is carried out for 1.sup.˜ 20 mins. at a temperature of 130.sup.˜ 450° C. and power of 100.sup.˜ 300 w.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said thermal treating process is carried out for 5.sup.˜ 30 mins. at a temperature of 750.sup.˜ 820° C. under a gas atmosphere of O 2 , or for 70.sup.˜ 80 secs. at a temperature of 800.sup.˜ 900° C. under a gas atmosphere of O 2 or N 2 O.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the thickness of said first Ta 2 O 5 film is deposited with a thickness of 40.sup.˜ 50 Å without plasma- treating said nitrified surface.
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