IP Library Granted Patent US 7,306,994
Granted Patent B2
US 7,306,994 · App. 10/915,805 · Granted Dec 11, 2007

Semiconductor device having a gate insulating film structure including an insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,306,994
App. No.
10/915,805
Granted
Dec 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Claimed and disclosed is a semiconductor device including a transistor having a gate insulating film structure containing nitrogen or fluorine in a compound, such as metal silicate, containing metal, silicon and oxygen, a gate insulating film structure having a laminated structure of an amorphous metal oxide film and metal silicate film, or a gate insulating film structure having a first gate insulating film including an oxide film of a first metal element and a second gate insulating film including a metal silicate film of a second metal element.

Claims (27)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including a gate insulating film at least part of which includes a metal oxide film, comprising:

forming an insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen on a semiconductor substrate; and

forming the metal oxide film on the insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen,

wherein a main metal element constituting the metal oxide film and a main metal element constituting the insulating film are different from each other.

2. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , which further comprises:

effecting a heat treatment at a temperature lower than a crystallization temperature of the insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen and higher than a crystallization temperature of the metal oxide film after said forming the insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen and before said forming the metal oxide film so that the insulating film is formed into an amorphous form.

3. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating film contains fluorine or fluorine and nitrogen.

4. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising heat treating at least one of the insulating film and the metal oxide film to be formed into an amorphous form.

5. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including a gate insulating film at least part of which includes an insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen, comprising:

forming a silicon oxide film series insulating film on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a metal film on the silicon oxide film series insulating film;

forming the insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen by reacting the silicon oxide film series insulating film and metal film with each other by a heat treatment; and

forming a metal oxide film on the insulating film,

wherein a main metal element constituting the metal oxide film and a main metal element constituting the insulating film are different from each other.

6. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 5 , which further comprises:

leaving part of the metal film on the insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen when the insulating film containing metal, silicon and oxygen is formed.

7. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the insulating film contains fluorine or fluorine and nitrogen.

8. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 5 , further comprising heat treating at least one of the insulating film and the metal oxide film to be formed into an amorphous form.

9. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a silicon oxide film series insulating film on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first metal film on the silicon oxide film series insulating film;

forming an insulating film containing silicon, oxygen and a metal element constituting the first metal film by reacting the silicon oxide film series insulating film and the first metal film with each other by a heat treatment;

removing part of the first metal film which does not react with the silicon oxide film series insulating film and is left behind at the time of the heat treatment; and

forming a second metal film formed of a metal element different from the metal element constituting the first metal film in an area from which part of the first metal film is removed,

wherein a main metal element constituting the first metal film and a main metal element constituting the second metal film are different from each other.

10. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the insulating film contains fluorine or fluorine and nitrogen.

11. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 9 , further comprising heat treating the insulating film to be formed into an amorphous form.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: TOSHIBA CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 041333/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2006
From: HEAD USA, INC.
To: HEAD TECHNOLOGY GMBH, LTD
Reel/Frame 018539/0534 →