摘要:
In the invention, the thin natural oxide film formed on a surface of a first polycrystalline silicon layer containing an impurity diffused at a high concentration is transformed into a silicon nitride film by rapid nitriding. When the resultant structure is placed in a low-pressure CVD furnace to deposit a silicon nitride film, no natural oxide film is grown on the polycrystalline silicon layer. Hence, when the invention is applied to manufacture of a capacitor for a memory cell, the inter-layer insulative film of the capacitor is not too thick. As a result, a reliable capacitor suitable for micropatterning of elements can be formed between the first and second polycrystalline silicon layers.
摘要:
According to a semiconductor device manufacturing method of the invention, a first polycrystalline silicon layer doped with an impurity, a thin oxide film, a second polycrystalline silicon layer, and a silicon nitride film are sequentially formed, one upon the other. The silicon nitride film, the second polycrystalline silicon layer, the thin oxide film, and the first polycrystalline silicon layer are then etched, in a self-aligned manner, by means of a photolithography process. A thick oxide film is formed on a side wall portion of the first polycrystalline silicon layer, using the silicon nitride film as a mask, and after the silicon nitride film is removed, a conductive film is formed on the entire surface. Since a film formation process advances without patterning the first polycrystalline silicon layer, the first polycrystalline silicon layer is not damaged by an RIE process and the like. A defect density of the oxide film formed on the first polycrystalline silicon layer can be reduced. Since the thick oxide film is formed on the side wall portion of the first polycrystalline silicon layer, a withstand voltage and reliability of this portion are largely improved.
摘要:
In a step of forming an interlayer insulation film between memory elements in an ultraviolet erasable nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and an upper metal wiring layer, a thermal oxide film is formed on a semiconductor substrate and around the stacked gate, and a boron and phosphorus doped oxide film is formed on a phosphorus doped oxide film which is formed on the thermal oxide film. Then, a heat treatment is effected to cause the boron and phosphorus doped oxide film to melt and fill the concave portion on the surface of the phosphorus doped oxide film.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with a stacked-gate-electrode structure which includes; forming source and drain regions in the surface portion of a semiconductor substrate in a spaced-apart relationship, forming a floating gate such that it overlies the channel region between the source and drain regions with a gate insulating film therebetween, and forming a control gate such that it overlies the floating gate with an insulating film therebetween. An oxidation-resistant film pattern having a predetermined opening is formed over a non-monocrystalline silicon layer. The non-monocrystalline silicon layer within the opening is selectively oxidized with the oxidation-resistant film pattern as a mask to form a separation insulating film. In this way, a floating gate layer is formed with the portion of the non-monocrystalline silicon layer insulatingly separated. With the oxidation-resistant film pattern left over the floating gate layer and with the separation insulating film left within the opening, a control gate layer is formed over the surface of the resultant surface to permit the whole surface of the resultant surface to be planarized.