摘要:
A method of forming a fully silicidized gate of a semiconductor device includes forming silicide in active regions and a portion of a gate. A shield layer is blanket deposited over the device. The top surface of the gate electrode is then exposed. A refractory metal layer is deposited and annealing is performed to cause the metal to react with the gate and fully silicidize the gate, with the shield layer protecting the active regions of the device from further silicidization to thereby prevent spiking and current leakage in the active regions.
摘要:
A self-aligned silicide process that can accommodate a low thermal budget and form silicide regions of small dimensions in a controlled reaction. In a first temperature treatment, nickel metal or nickel alloy is reacted with a silicon material to form at least one high resistance nickel silicide region. Unreacted nickel is removed. A dielectric layer is then deposited over a high resistance nickel silicide regions. In a second temperature treatment, the at least one high resistance nickel silicide region and dielectric layer are reacted at a prescribed temperature to form at least one low resistance silicide region and process the dielectric layer. Bridging between regions is avoided by the two-step process as silicide growth is controlled, and unreacted nickel between silicide regions is removed after the first temperature treatment. The processing of the high resistance nickel silicide regions and the dielectric layer are conveniently combined into a single temperature treatment.
摘要:
Nickel silicidation of a gate electrode is controlled using a cobalt barrier layer. Embodiments include forming a gate electrode structure comprising a lower polycrystalline silicon layer, a layer of cobalt thereon and an upper polycrystalline silicon layer on the cobalt layer, depositing a layer of nickel and silicidizing, whereby the upper polycrystalline silicon layer is converted to nickel suicide and a cobalt silicide barrier layer is formed preventing nickel from reacting with the lower polycrystalline silicon layer.
摘要:
Semiconductor devices having fully metal silicided gate electrodes, and methods for making the same, are disclosed. The devices have shallow S/D extensions with depths of less than about 500 Å. The methods for making the subject semiconductor devices employ diffusion of dopant from metal suicides to form shallow S/D extensions, followed by high energy implantation and activation, and metal silicidation to form S/D junctions having metal silicide connect regions and a fully metal silicided electrode.
摘要:
Bridging between nickel silicide layers on a gate electrode and source/drain regions along silicon nitride sidewall spacers is prevented, after silicidation and removal of any unreacted nickel, by treating the exposed surfaces of the silicon nitride sidewall spacers with a HDP plasma to oxidize nickel silicide thereon forming a surface layer comprising silicoin oxide and silicon oxynitride. Embodiments include treating the silicon nitride sidewall spacers with a HDP plasma to form a surface silicon oxide/silicon oxynitride region having a thickness of about 40 Å to about 50 Å.
摘要:
Nickel film formation is implemented by heating a deposition chamber during deposition of nickel on a substrate or between processing of two or more substrates or both. Embodiments include forming a nickel silicide on a composite having an exposed silicon surface by introducing the substrate to a PVD chamber having at least one heating element for heating the chamber and depositing a layer of nickel directly on the exposed silicon surface of the composite while concurrently heating the chamber with the heating element.
摘要:
Bridging between nickel suicide layers on a gate electrode and source/drain regions along silicon nitride sidewall spacers is prevented by treating the exposed surfaces of the silicon nitride sidewall spacers with a nitrogen plasma to create a surface region having reduced free silicon. Embodiments include treating the silicon nitride sidewall spacers with a nitrogen plasma to reduce the refractive index of the surface region to less than about 1.95.
摘要:
Micro-miniaturized semiconductor devices are fabricated with silicon-rich tantalum silicon nitride replacement metal gate electrodes. Embodiments include removing a removable gate, depositing a layer of tantalum nitride, as by PVD at a thickness of 25 Å to 75 Å, and then introducing silicon into the deposited tantalum nitride layer by thermal soaking in silane or silane plasma treatment to form a layer of silicon-rich tantalum silicon nitride. In another embodiment, the intermediate structure is subjected to thermal soaking in silane or silane plasma treatment before and after depositing the tantalum nitride layer. Embodiments further include pretreating the intermediate structure with silane prior to depositing the tantalum nitride layer, treating the deposited tantalum nitride layer with silane, and repeating these steps a number of times to form a plurality of sub-layers of silicon-rich tantalum silicon nitride.
摘要:
A method (M) of determining the effectiveness of a deposited thin conformal barrier layer (30) by forming a test specimen and measuring the copper (Cu) penetration from a metallization layer (40) through the barrier layer (30) (e.g., refractory metals, their nitrides, their carbides, or their other compounds), through a thin insulating dielectric layer (20) (e.g., SiO2), and into a semiconductor (10) substrate (e.g., Si), wherein the interaction between the migrating metal ions and the semiconductor ions are detected/monitored, and wherein the detection/monitoring comprises (1) stripping at least a portion of the insulating dielectric layer (20) and the barrier layer (30) and (2) examining the semiconductor substrate (10) surface of the test specimen, thereby improving interconnect reliability, enhancing electromigration resistance, improving corrosion resistance, reducing copper diffusion, and a test specimen device thereby formed.
摘要:
A MOSFET semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate oxide. first and second sets of sidewall spacers and nickel suicide layers. The gate oxide is disposed between the gate electrode and the substrate, and the substrate includes source/drain regions. The gate electrode has first and second opposing sidewalls, and the first set of sidewall spacers are formed undoped silicon oxide and are respectively disposed adjacent the first and second sidewalls. The second set of sidewall spacers are formed from silicon nitride and are respectively disposed adjacent the first set of sidewall spacers. The nickel silicide layers are disposed on the source/drain regions and the gate electrode. The second set of sidewall spacers being formed from undoped silicon oxide prevents the formation of nickel silicide on the second set of sidewall spacers. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.