IP Library Granted Patent US 6,849,538
Granted Patent B2
US 6,849,538 · App. 10/636,030 · Granted Feb 1, 2005

Semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,849,538
App. No.
10/636,030
Granted
Feb 1, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof that uses a far ultraviolet ray photolithography, which may be used to prevent the lift phenomenon of a photoresist pattern, is disclosed. The semiconductor device may be fabricated by the process of: forming a film which is an object of forming a pattern on a structure of a semiconductor substrate; forming a anti-reflection layer on the film to form a stacking structure including the film and the anti-reflection layer; performing a plasma treatment to form grooves on a upper surface of the stacking structure; forming a photoresist pattern on the stacking structure on which the grooves are formed; and etching the stacking structure using the photoresist pattern as a mask to form a stacking structure pattern.

Claims (27)

1. A fabricating method of a semiconductor device comprising:

(a) forming a film which to form a pattern on a structure of a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming an anti-reflection layer on the film to form a stacking structure including the film and the anti-reflection layer;

(c) performing a plasma treatment to form grooves on an upper surface of the stacking structure, wherein the grooves are configured to increase adhesion between the upper surface of the stacking structure and a photoresist layer;

(d) forming a photoresist pattern on the stacking structure on which the grooves are formed; and

(e) etching the stacking structure using the photoresist pattern as a mask to form a stacking structure pattern.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the plasma treatment includes performing the plasma treatment for 15-30 seconds using N 2 O plasma.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the photoresist pattern includes applying a photoresist layer, exposing the photoresist layer to a light selectively, and developing the photoresist layer to form the photoresist pattern exposing a part of the stacking structure.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a far ultraviolet ray is used as a light source in exposing the photoresist layer to a light selectively.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a SiO x N y layer having thickness of 200˜300 Å is used as the anti-reflection layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film is a metal film.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the anti-reflection layer includes forming a protective oxide layer on the anti-reflection layer after forming the anti-reflection layer to form a stacking structure including the film, the anti-reflection layer, and the protective oxide layer.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the protective oxide layer is formed to have thickness of equal to or less than 100 Å.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the plasma treatment is performed for 15-30 seconds using N 2 O plasma.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein a SiO x N y layer having thickness of 200˜300 Å is used as the anti-reflection layer.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the film is a metal film.

12. A fabricating method of a semiconductor device comprising:

(a) forming a film which to form a pattern on a structure of a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming an anti-reflection layer on the film;

(c) forming a protective oxide layer on the anti-reflection layer after forming the anti-reflection layer to form a stacking structure including the film, the anti-reelection layer, and the protective oxide layer;

(d) performing a plasma treatment to form grooves on an upper surface of the stacking structure;

(e) forming a photoresist pattern on the stacking structure on which the grooves are formed; and

(f) etching the stacking structure using the photoresist pattern as a mask to form a stacking structure pattern.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the protective oxide layer is formed to have thickness of equal to or less than 100 Å.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the plasma treatment is performed for 15-30 seconds using N 2 O plasma.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein a SiO x N y layer having thickness of 200˜300 Å is used as the anti-reflection layer.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the film is a metal film.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 017749 FRAME 0335. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNOR SHOULD BE "DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.". Recorded Jun 9, 2006
From: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCUTOR INC.
To: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017758/0750 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2006
From: DONGANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017749/0335 →
MERGER Recorded May 31, 2005
From: ANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.; ANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., A KOREAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016593/0917 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2003
From: KWON, YOUNG-MIN
To: ANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 014558/0985 →