IP Library Granted Patent US 12680022
Granted Patent B2
US 12680022 · App. 18/088,769 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Composition for etching and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using same

Inventors: Jung Hun Lim (Daejeon, KR); Jin Uk Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jae Wan Park (Daegu, KR)
C09K13/06H10P50/283H10P50/642C09K13/04
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Patent No.
US 12680022
App. No.
18/088,769
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composition for etching and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including an etching process of using the composition for etching, are provided. The composition for etching includes a first inorganic acid; any one first additive selected from the group consisting of phosphorous acid, an organic phosphite, a hypophosphite, and mixtures thereof; and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition for etching that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate for an oxide film and does not have a problem such as particle generation, which adversely affects device characteristics.

Claims (12)

1 . A method for forming a cell gate structure, the method comprising:

forming a cell gate structure on a substrate by alternatively stacking a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of gate electrode layers;

forming a plurality of holes through the cell gate structure; and

selectively etching a plurality of nitride layers in the cell gate structure by a composition,

wherein the composition for etching comprises:

a first inorganic acid,

a first additive, being a hypophosphite,

a second additive comprising a compound selected from Chemical Formulas 350, and

a solvent,

wherein:

(In Chemical Formula 350, each R 2 to R 5 is each independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aminoalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an aminoalkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, 2 or 3 of R 2 to R 5 are hydroxy groups, and at least one of R 2 to R 5 is an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aminoalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aminoalkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 4),

wherein the composition for etching comprises the first additive at a proportion of 0.01% to 15% by weight, the first inorganic acid at a proportion of 70% to 99% by weight, the second additive at a proportion of 0.01% to 20% by weight, and the solvent as the balance.