IP Library Granted Patent US 6,974,988
Granted Patent B2
US 6,974,988 · App. 10/700,666 · Granted Dec 13, 2005

DRAM cell structure capable of high integration and fabrication method thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,974,988
App. No.
10/700,666
Granted
Dec 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A DRAM cell structure capable of high integration includes a trench-type capacitor formed in a lower region of a trench, the trench being made vertically and cylindrically in a silicon substrate, and a transistor being formed vertically and cylindrically over the trench-type capacitor, the transistor being connected to the capacitor. A method for fabricating a DRAM cell structure capable of high integration includes the steps of (a) forming a trench vertically and cylindrically in a silicon substrate, (b) forming a trench-type capacitor having a cylindrical plate electrode and a storage node electrode on a lower region of the trench, (c) forming a vertical cylindrical transistor cell structure connected to the trench-type capacitor on an upper region of the trench.

Claims (44)

1. A DRAM cell structure capable of high integration, comprising:

a trench-type capacitor formed in a lower region of a trench, the trench being made vertically and cylindrically in a silicon substrate; and

a transistor formed vertically and cylindrically over the trench-type capacitor, the transistor being connected to the capacitor, said transistor including,

a storage node contact plug stacked over the trench-type capacitor;

a source formed by being diffused into a p-well region of the silicon substrate of the trench sidewall;

a poly connector stacked over the storage node contact plug, the poly connector connecting the plug and the source;

a nitride film or an oxide film stacked over the poly connector to thereby isolate a gate electrode and the poly connector;

a gate electrode stacked over the film, the gate electrode being connected to a word-line;

a gate isolation film deposited on the silicon substrate of the trench sidewall adjacent to the gate electrode;

a drain formed through an implanting process between gate electrodes, the drain being connected to a bit-line.

2. The DRAM cell structure of claim 1 , wherein the trench-type capacitor includes:

a plate electrode formed by being diffused into the silicon substrate of a lower sidewall of the trench;

an insulator formed by being thinly deposited on the lower sidewall of the trench, the insulator being adjacent to the plate electrode;

a storage node electrode formed on the insulator, corresponding to the plate electrode.

3. The DRAM cell structure of claim 2 , wherein the insulator is a capacitor insulation film formed on the lower sidewall of the trench, the capacitor insulation film being capable of charge accumulation.

4. The DRAM cell structure of claim 2 , wherein an oxide film is stacked in the trench in which the storage node electrode is formed.

5. The DRAM cell structure of claim 1 , wherein the storage node contact plug is formed through a process of depositing an oxide film on the trench sidewall over the storage node electrode and stacking a contact conductor in the trench on which the oxide film is formed to thereby connect to the storage node electrode.

6. The DRAM cell structure of claim 5 , wherein the storage node contact plug is formed in the buried n-well region and an n-well region of the silicon substrate in the trench.

7. The DRAM cell structure of claim 5 , wherein the oxide film is formed by thermal oxidation to a depth of about several hundred angstroms or more.

8. The DRAM cell structure of claim 1 , wherein the poly connector is formed by stacking polysilicon doped with n-type impurity over the storage node contact plug in the trench to thereby be connected to the storage node contact plug.

9. The DRAM cell structure of claim 1 , wherein the source is formed by diffusing n-type impurity of poly connector material into an adjacent silicon substrate of the trench sidewall through an annealing process.

10. The DRAM cell structure of claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode is formed by stacking polysilicon in the trench over the nitride film.

11. The DRAM cell structure of claim 10 , wherein the gate electrode protrudes on the silicon substrate to a height of about several hundred angstroms or more.

12. The DRAM cell structure of claim 11 , wherein the gate electrode is connected to a word-line of a DRAM cell via a word-line contact hole, the word-line contact hole being formed over the gate electrode by etching.

13. The DRAM cell structure of claim 12 , wherein a word-line contact plug is formed by depositing poly electrode or tungsten in the word-line contact hole to thereby connect the gate electrode and the word-line.

14. The DRAM cell structure of claim 1 , wherein the drain is connected to the bit-line of the DRAM cell via a bit-line contact hole, the bit-line contact hole being formed over the drain by etching.

15. The DRAM cell structure of claim 14 , wherein a bit-line contact plug is formed by depositing poly, poly electrode or tungsten in the bit-line contact hole, to thereby connect the bit-line and the drain.

16. The DRAM cell structure of claim 14 , wherein a device isolation film is formed between the drain region and the p-well region to thereby isolate transistor devices in adjacent trenches.

17. The DRAM cell structure of claim 16 , wherein the device isolation film is of SOI structure for a device unit, the device isolation film being formed by stacking an oxide film on a device isolation hole, the device isolation hole being formed in the drain region and the p-well region by etching.

18. The DRAM cell structure of claim 16 , wherein the bit-line connects two transistor devices in adjacent trenches.

19. A DRAM cell structure capable of high integration, comprising:

a trench-type capacitor formed in a lower region of trench, the trench being made vertically and cylindrically in a silicon substrate and including,

a plate electrode formed in a buried n-well region in the silicon substrate by diffusing n-type impurity of an LPTEOS layer into the silicon substrate of a lower sidewall of the trench;

an insulator formed by being deposited on the lower sidewall of the trench, the insulator being adjacent to the plate electrode;

a storage node electrode formed on the insulator, corresponding to the plate electrode; and

a transistor formed vertically and cylindrically over the trench-type capacitor, the transistor being connected to the capacitor.

20. A DRAM cell structure of claim 19 , wherein said transistor includes:

a storage node contact plug stacked over the trench-type capacitor;

a source formed in a p-well region of the silicon substrate of the trench sidewall;

a poly connector stacked over the storage node contact plug, the poly connector connecting the plug and the source;

nitride film or an oxide film stacked over the poly connector to thereby isolate the poly connector;

a gate electrode stacked over the film, the gate electrode being connected to a word-line;

a gate isolation film deposited on the silicon substrate of the trench sidewall adjacent to the gate electrode; and

a drain formed between gate electrodes, the drain being connected to a bit-line.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 21, 2006
From: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017971/0272 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRRONEOUSLY LISTED ASSIGNOR, "DONGBUANAM SEMICOUNDUCTOR, INC.", WHICH SHOULD BE DELETED, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 016301 FRAME 0604. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE FILING OF THE CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT (MERGER) DOCUMENT. Recorded Jul 26, 2005
From: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 016301/0913 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 25, 2005
From: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.; DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 016301/0604 →