IP Library Granted Patent US 7,390,714
Granted Patent B2
US 7,390,714 · App. 11/164,804 · Granted Jun 24, 2008

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having tungsten gates electrode

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Patent No.
US 7,390,714
App. No.
11/164,804
Granted
Jun 24, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing semiconductor devices. The method includes the steps of forming a gate oxide film, a polysilicon film and a nitride film on a semiconductor substrate, and patterning the gate oxide film, the polysilicon film and the nitride film to form poly gates, forming a spacer at the side of the poly gate, forming a sacrifice nitride film on the entire surface, and then forming an interlayer insulation film on the entire surface, polishing the sacrifice nitride film formed on the interlayer insulation film and the poly gates so that the nitride film is exposed, removing top portions of the sacrifice nitride film while removing the nitride film, forming an insulation film spacer at the side exposed through removal of the nitride film, and filling a portion from which the sacrifice oxide film is removed with an insulation film, and forming the tungsten gates in portions from which the nitride films are moved.

Claims (28)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having tungsten gate electrodes, comprising;

(a) forming a gate oxide film on a semiconductor substrate, a polysilicon film above the gate oxide film, and a nitride film above the polysilicon film, and then patterning the nitride film, the polysilicon film, and the gate oxide film to form a plurality of poly gates;

(b) forming a spacer at a side of at least one of the poly gates;

(c) forming a sacrificial nitride film on the entire resulting surface including the poly gates and the spacer, and then forming an interlayer insulation film on the entire resulting surface including the sacrificial nitride film;

(d) removing a portion of the interlayer insulation film to expose a portion of the sacrificial nitride film formed on the poly gates, and then polishing the sacrificial nitride film formed on the poly gates to expose the nitride film;

(e) removing a top portion of the sacrificial nitride film while removing the nitride film;

(f) forming an insulation film spacer at the side exposed through removal of the nitride film, and filling a portion from which the sacrificial nitride film is removed with an insulation film; and

(g) forming tungsten gates in portions from which the nitride films are removed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein (a) further comprises:

forming a hard mask film on the nitride film;

patterning the hard mask film;

etching the nitride film, the polysilicon film, and the gate oxide film using the patterned hard mask film as a mask, thereby forming the plurality of poly gates; and

removing the hard mask film.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hard mask film is an alpha carbon film.

4. The method of claim 2 , comprising forming the hard mask film to a thickness of 500 Å to 2000 Å.

5. The method of claim 2 , comprising removing the hard mask film using oxygen plasma.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising forming the nitride film to a thickness of 500 Å to 2000 Å.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein (d) comprises the steps of:

polishing the interlayer insulation film by chemical mechanical polishing to expose the sacrificial nitride film; and

performing an additional chemical mechanical polishing process to completely remove the sacrificial nitride film formed on the poly gates.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the additional chemical mechanical polishing process comprises removing the nitride film below the sacrificial nitride film up to a thickness of 200 Å to 500 Å.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein (e) further comprises removing the nitride film and the sacrificial nitride film with a phosphoric acid solution.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein (f) further comprises:

depositing an insulation film on the entire surface to fill a portion from which the sacrificial nitride film is removed with the insulation film; and

etching back the insulation film to form the insulation film spacer at the side exposed through removal of the nitride film.

11. The method of claim 10 , comprising forming the insulation film to a thickness of 50 Å to 300 Å.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the insulation film is selected from the group consisting of nitride films and oxide films.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein (g) further comprises removing the interlayer insulation film and the sacrificial nitride film of the contact region to form a contact hole and then forming the tungsten gates in portions from which the nitride films have been removed, wherein the contact hole is buried with tungsten to form a contact.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE IS HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. NOT HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC. THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN THE NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67328 FRAME 814. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 14, 2024
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067412/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067369/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2005
From: JEONG, CHEOL MO; CHO, WHEE WON; KIM, JUNG GEUN
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 017099/0267 →