IP Library Granted Patent US 7,465,663
Granted Patent B2
US 7,465,663 · App. 11/715,340 · Granted Dec 16, 2008

Semiconductor device fabrication method

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Patent No.
US 7,465,663
App. No.
11/715,340
Granted
Dec 16, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In fabrication of a semiconductor device which is provided with resistances and MOS transistors on the same substrate, conduction failures of contacts and leaching of wiring metal into a silicon substrate is prevented. Firstly, an underlying structure is prepared. Then, a silicon oxide layer is formed on the underlying structure. Then, a silicon nitride layer is formed on the silicon oxide layer. Then, an inter-layer insulation layer is formed on the silicon nitride layer. Then, a contact hole is formed penetrating through a laminate of the silicon oxide layer, the silicon nitride layer and the inter-layer insulation layer. A thickness of the silicon oxide layer is a value in a range from 32 nm to 48 nm.

Claims (40)

1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:

preparing an underlying structure;

forming a silicon oxide layer on the underlying structure;

forming a silicon nitride layer on the silicon oxide layer;

forming an inter-layer insulation layer on the silicon nitride layer; and

forming a contact hole that penetrates through a laminate of the silicon oxide layer, the silicon nitride layer and the inter-layer insulation layer,

wherein a thickness of the silicon oxide layer at a region at which the contact hole is formed is a value in a range from 32 nm to 48 nm.

2. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:

preparing an underlying structure at a silicon substrate, the underlying structure being provided with an element isolation region and a MOS transistor formation region which is defined by the element isolation region, and a gate oxide film and a gate electrode being formed at the MOS transistor formation region;

forming a mask oxide layer on the underlying structure;

performing ion-implantation for forming a diffusion layer at a region of the silicon substrate that is to function as a source and drain of a MOS transistor;

forming a resistance isolation oxide layer on the mask oxide layer;

forming a resistance material layer on the resistance isolation oxide layer, the resistance material layer including a predetermined resistance value;

working the resistance material layer for forming a resistance on the resistance isolation oxide layer within a region corresponding to the element isolation region;

forming a silicon nitride layer on the resistance isolation oxide layer and the resistance;

forming an inter-layer insulation layer on the silicon nitride layer; and

forming a contact hole that penetrates through a laminate of the mask oxide layer, the resistance isolation oxide layer, the silicon nitride layer and the inter-layer insulation layer,

wherein a thickness of a silicon oxide layer that is structured by the mask oxide layer and the resistance isolation oxide layer being laminated is a value in a range from 32 nm to 48 nm.

3. The semiconductor device fabrication method of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the silicon oxide layer is a value in a range from 2.8% to 5.1% of a thickness of the laminate.

4. The semiconductor device fabrication method of claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the silicon oxide layer is a value in a range from 2.8% to 5.1% of a thickness of the laminate.

5. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:

preparing an underlying structure;

forming a silicon oxide layer on the underlying structure;

forming a silicon nitride layer on the silicon oxide layer;

forming an aperture portion in the silicon nitride layer, the aperture portion exposing the silicon oxide layer;

forming an inter-layer insulation layer on the silicon nitride layer and the silicon oxide layer that is exposed in the aperture portion; and

forming a contact hole that penetrates through a laminate of the silicon oxide layer, the silicon nitride layer and the inter-layer insulation layer at a region inside the aperture portion,

wherein a diameter of the aperture portion is a value in a range from 1.05 times to 1.3 times a diameter of the contact hole.

6. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:

preparing an underlying structure at a silicon substrate, the underlying structure being provided with an element isolation region and a MOS transistor formation region which is defined by the element isolation region, and a gate oxide film and a gate electrode being formed at the MOS transistor formation region;

forming a mask oxide layer on the underlying structure;

performing ion-implantation for forming a diffusion layer at a region of the silicon substrate that is to function as a source and drain of a MOS transistor;

forming a resistance isolation oxide layer on the mask oxide layer;

forming a resistance material layer on the resistance isolation oxide layer, the resistance material layer including a predetermined resistance value;

working the resistance material layer for forming a resistance on the resistance isolation oxide layer within a region corresponding to the element isolation region;

forming a silicon nitride layer on the resistance isolation oxide layer and the resistance;

forming an aperture portion in the silicon nitride layer, the aperture portion exposing the resistance isolation oxide layer;

forming an inter-layer insulation layer on the silicon nitride layer and the resistance isolation oxide layer that is exposed in the aperture portion; and

forming a contact hole that penetrates through a laminate of the mask oxide layer, the resistance isolation oxide layer, the silicon nitride layer and the inter-layer insulation layer at a region inside the aperture portion,

wherein a diameter of the aperture portion is a value in a range from 1.05 times to 1.3 times a diameter of the contact hole.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 22, 2009
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022162/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2007
From: YONEKURA, HIROSHI
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019049/0480 →