Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating of substrate containing semiconductor region or of... – Insulative material deposited upon semiconductive substrate
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-22
2002-03-05
Bowers, Charles (Department: 2813)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating of substrate containing semiconductor region or of...
Insulative material deposited upon semiconductive substrate
C438S781000, C438S787000, C438S789000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06352943
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of film formation and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which, when a silicon oxide film (a NSG film: a Non-doped Silicate Glass) is formed on a substrate having a recess by a CVD method using a mixed gas containing TEOS and ozone, surface dependency of the substrate is eliminated, whereby a silicon oxide film flows into the recess of the surface.
The surface dependency is defined as a property of a surface such that film formation depends on the property of the surface on which the film is deposited.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In recent years, micronizing has been advanced for semiconductor devices. Recesses narrow in width and deeper in depth such as the recess between wirings and the recess in which an insulating material is embedded for an insulating element separation, are designed to be formed on a semiconductor substrate surface. In such semiconductor devices, an insulating film is required to become embedded in the recess.
Therefore, a silicon oxide film excellent in film quality (hereinafter referred to as a High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film) is required to be formed and to become embedded in the recess without leaving a clearance. A CVD method is used as a method of the film formation. Mixed gas containing both the TEOS (Tetraethylorthosilicate) and the ozone-containing gas containing a high concentration of O
3
is used as a deposition gas, said ozone-containing gas containing 1% or more O
3
in O
2
.
However, since the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is sensitive to a property of the surface of the substrate, the depositing film tends to be influenced by that surface property. The influence of the surface dependency appears as a reduction in the film formation rate, as surface roughness of the depositing film and as a reduction in film quality. Therefore, in order to deposit the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film on a silicon substrate with the same film formation rate, surface condition of the depositing film and film quality of the depositing film, it is required for the surface of the substrate be such that the film formation of the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film not be influenced by surface dependency. Heretofore, in order to eliminate such surface dependency, the following countermeasures are have been taken:
{circle around (1)} The silicon oxide film is formed as a base layer on the surface of the substrate by a plasma enhanced CVD. This is disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. Hei. 7-211712.
{circle around (2)} The surface of the substrate is exposed to plasma gases. This is disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. Hei. 4-94539.
{circle around (3)} The silicon oxide film hereinafter referred to as a Low O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film) is formed as a base layer on the surface of the substrate by the CVD method. As the film formation gas, the reaction gas containing the ozone-containing gas containing low concentration O
3
whose the concentration of O
3
in O
2
is less than 1% and TEOS is used. This is disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. Hei. 3-198340.
Furthermore, the following method combining the methods described above has been used.
{circle around (4)} Low O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is formed as the base layer on the surface of the substrate by the CVD method and subsequently, the Low O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is exposed to plasma gases. A reaction gas containing both the TEOS and a low ozone-containing gas such that the concentration of O
3
in O
2
is as low as less than 1% is used as the film formation gas for the Low O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film.
{circle around (5)} The High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is formed as the base layer on the surface of the substrate by the CVD method and subsequently, the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is exposed to plasma gases. A reaction gas containing both the TEOS and a high ozone-containing gas such that the concentration of O
3
in O
2
is as high as not less than 1% is used as the film formation gas for the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film.
Additional methods for eliminating the surface dependency of the substrate are disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. Hei. 7-66131.
By adoption of such methods, the O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
depositing film is not influenced by surface dependency of the substrate and has sufficient fluidity.
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION
However, in the methods for eliminating the surface dependency described above, there are the following problems:
That is, in the method forming the silicon oxide film as the base layer on the surface of the substrate by the CVD method described as {circle around (1)} above, since the silicon oxide film formed by the plasma enhanced CVD method is poor in step coverage, it is not suitable for embedding a recess narrow in width and deeper in depth.
Moreover, in the method described as {circle around (2)} above, involving exposing the surface of the substrate to plasma gases, since a plasma apparatus is required, the apparatus becomes expensive. Moreover, in such method, there are other problems that lead to an increase in cost and it is a question whether or not reform can be performed to the bottom of a recess narrow in width and deeper in depth by the plasma.
Furthermore, in the method described as {circle around (3)}, the thickness of the Low O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is required at least 50 nm or more. It is not suitable for embedding a recess narrow in width and deeper in depth.
Moreover, with regard to the item {circle around (4)} and the item {circle around (5)} also, there are the same problems as associated with the item {circle around (2)} and the item {circle around (3)}.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of this invention to provide a method of film formation and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of reliably eliminating the surface dependency of the substrate, to form an insulating film having excellent film quality.
The object of this invention is to provide a method of film formation and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of embedding the insulating film, without clearance, in a recess of the substrate, wherein the recess is narrow in width and deeper in depth.
As described above, in this invention, a phosphorus-containing insulating film such as a phosphosilicate glass film is formed as a base layer on the surface of the substrate. Furthermore, on the phosphorus-containing insulating film, a silicon-containing insulating film is formed by a chemical vapor film formation using the mixed gas containing the ozone-containing gas and a silicon-containing gas.
According to experiments by the inventor, in the case of depositing the silicon-containing insulating film by a chemical vapor deposition method using the mixed gas containing the ozone containing gas and a silicon-containing gas on the substrate, the surface dependency of the substrate can be eliminated by precoating the surface of the substrate with a phosphorus-containing insulating film such as a phosphosilicate glass film (a PSG film) or a borophosphosilicate glass film (BPSG film).
Incidentally, it has been stated that, when the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is formed by the chemical vapor deposition method using the ozone-containing gas and a silicon-containing gas containing high concentration ozone (defined as a concentration of ozone in oxygen of 1% or more), the surface dependency of the deposition film on the substrate is remarkably apparent. According to the invention, since the surface dependency can be eliminated by precoating the surface of the substrate with a phosphorus-containing insulating film, sufficient fluidity can be obtained, even when the High O
3
/TEOS SiO
2
film is readily influenced by the surface dependency is deposited.
Moreover, the surface dependency can be sufficiently eliminated by a phosphorus-containing insulating film with a thin film thickness of approximate 10 nm. Therefore, even the inside of a narrow recess of, at least approximately 20 nm or more in width can be coated. Moreover, the upper limit
Maeda Kazuo
Nishimoto Yuhko
Bowers Charles
Lorusso & Loud
Nguyen Thanh
Semiconductor Process Laboratory Co. Ltd.
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