IP Library Granted Patent US 7,488,674
Granted Patent B2
US 7,488,674 · App. 11/892,923 · Granted Feb 10, 2009

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,488,674
App. No.
11/892,923
Granted
Feb 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

When forming a silicon nitride film to protect and insulate a surface on which a silicon substrate has been ground or polishing, by use of a mixed gas containing SiH 4 , N 2 , and NH 3 as a reaction gas, a film is formed by a single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method. Thereby, even when the film forming temperature is made not more than an allowable temperature limit of an adhesive to adhere a support (for example, approximately 100° C. or less, which is an allowable temperature limit when the adhesive is an ultraviolet curing resin), a high-quality film without exfoliation in a CMP step of the following step and with less leakage can be formed. This high-quality film is, if being prescribed by a refractive index, a film whose refractive index with respect to a wavelength of 633 nm is approximately 1.8 through 1.9.

Claims (44)

1. A method for forming silicon insulating film, on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate, comprising:

forming, on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, a silicon nitride film by a single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method by use of a mixed gas comprising SiH 4 , NH 3 , and N 2 as a film forming gas.

2. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:

forming, on one surface of a semiconductor substrate, a conductive plug;

fixing, to said one surface of the semiconductor substrate, a support member by use of an adhesive;

one of grinding and polishing an other surface of the semiconductor substrate until the conductive plug is protruded;

forming, on said other surface of the semiconductor substrate, a silicon nitride film, said silicon nitride film having a film forming temperature less than or equal to an allowable temperature limit of the adhesive for fixing the support member;

removing said silicon nitride film on a front surface of said conductive plug; and

detaching the support member from the semiconductor substrate.

3. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein said forming said conductive plug comprises the steps of:

forming a hole with a predetermined depth on said one surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

forming said conductive plug by burying a conductive material via an insulating film inside said hole.

4. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the film forming temperature of said silicon nitride film is a temperature less than or equal to approximately 100° C.

5. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein said silicon nitride film is formed by a single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method by use of a mixed gas comprising SiH 4 , NH 3 , and N 2 as a film forming gas.

6. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 3 , wherein said silicon nitride film is formed by a single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method by use of a mixed gas comprising SiH 4 , NH 3 , and N 2 as a film forming gas.

7. The method for forming a silicon insulating film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a film forming temperature of said silicon nitride film is a temperature less than or equal to approximately 100° C.

8. The method for forming the silicon insulating film according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one of grinding and polishing said front surface of the semiconductor substrate until a conductive plug is protruded.

9. The method for forming the silicon insulating film according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming said silicon nitride on the front surface; and

removing said silicon nitride film on a front surface of a conductive plug.

10. The method for forming the silicon insulating film according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one of grinding and polishing said front surface of the semiconductor substrate until a conductive plug is protruded;

forming said silicon nitride on the front surface; and

removing said silicon nitride film on a front surface of the conductive plug.

11. The method for forming the silicon insulating film according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming wiring inside the semiconductor substrate and on said front surface.

12. The method for forming the silicon insulating film according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a hole with a predetermined depth on an other surface of said semiconductor substrate that said front surface; and

forming a conductive plug by burying a conductive material via an insulating film inside said hole.

13. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a conductive plug on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate;

using an adhesive to fix a support member to said first surface of the semiconductor substrate;

one of grinding and polishing a second surface of the semiconductor substrate until the conductive plug protrudes from the second surface;

forming a silicon nitride film on the second surface, said silicon nitride film having a film forming temperature of less than or equal to an allowable temperature limit of the adhesive for fixing the support member;

removing said silicon nitride film on a front surface of the conductive plug; and

detaching the support member from the semiconductor substrate.

14. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein said forming said conductive plug comprises:

forming a hole with a predetermined depth on said first surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

forming said conductive plug by burying a conductive material via an insulation film inside said hole.

15. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the film forming temperature of said silicon nitride film is a temperature less than or equal to approximately 100° C.

16. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein said silicon nitride film is formed by a single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method using a film forming gas mixture comprising SiH 4 , NH 3 , and N 2 .

17. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device as set forth in claim 14 , wherein said silicon nitride film is formed by a single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method using a film forming gas mixture comprising SiH 4 , NH 3 , and N 2 .

18. The method of forming the silicon insulating film according to claim 1 , wherein a single frequency in the single-frequency parallel-plate plasma CVD method is greater than 1 MHz.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025235/0233 →