Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
View Patent ↗Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of forming a thin high-quality gate oxide layer by suppressing occurrence of recoiled oxygen due to ion implanting. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps of: removing an oxide layer from a semiconductor substrate; forming a well region in the substrate by performing a first ion implanting process; removing a native oxide layer from the substrate; adjusting a threshold voltage by performing a second ion implanting process on the substrate; and forming a gate oxide layer on the substrate.
1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising steps of:
removing an oxide layer from a semiconductor substrate to expose the entire surface of the substrate;
forming a well region in the substrate by implanting first ions into the exposed surface of the substrate;
after forming said well region, removing a native oxide layer from the substrate to re-expose the entire surface of the substrate;
after removing said native oxide layer, adjusting a threshold voltage by implanting second ions into the entire re-exposed surface of the substrate; and
forming a gate oxide layer on the substrate after implanting the second ions to adjust the threshold voltage.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of removing the native oxide layer comprises treating the native oxide layer with a solution comprising dilute HF (DHF).
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the solution comprises buffered DHF.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of cleaning the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate prior to the step of forming the gate oxide layer.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gate oxide layer has a thickness of 10 to 20 Å.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising allowing the native oxide layer to grow on the semiconductor substrate after the step of forming the well region.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming the native oxide layer by exposing the substrate to a source of oxygen atoms.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the source of oxygen atoms comprises air, oxygen, or ozone.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the native oxide layer has a thickness of about 10-20 Å.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second ions have a same conductivity type as the first ions and an average atomic weight greater than an average atomic weight of the first ions.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first ions are boron ions and the second ions are boron ions and/or indium ions, or the first ions are phosphorous or arsenic and the second ions are phosphorous, arsenic, and/or antimony.