IP Library Granted Patent US 7,943,516
Granted Patent B2
US 7,943,516 · App. 12/076,688 · Granted May 17, 2011

Manufacturing method for semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,943,516
App. No.
12/076,688
Granted
May 17, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device forms an interlayer insulating film on a nickel silicide layer formed on a substrate, and forms a through hole by performing dry etching using a resist pattern, formed on the interlayer insulating film, as a mask and then removing the resist pattern by ashing. A wafer after an ashing process is cleaned using a cleaning solution comprised of aqueous solution having a content of the fluorine-containing compound of 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, a content of chelating agent of 0.2 to 5.0 mass %, and a content of the organic acid salt of 0.1 to 3.0 mass %.

Claims (21)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a nickel silicide layer on a substrate;

forming an interlayer insulating film on said nickel silicide layer;

forming a through hole by performing dry etching using a resist pattern, formed on said interlayer insulating film, as a mask and then removing said resist pattern by ashing; and

removing a residue remaining after said dry etching and said ashing by cleaning said substrate with a cleaning solution containing a fluorine-containing compound, chelating agent and an organic acid salt,

wherein the cleaning solution is an aqueous solution that consists of:

1.0 to 5.0 mass % of a fluorine-containing compound;

0.2 to 5.0 mass % of a chelating agent;

0.1 to 3.0 mass % of an organic acid salt; and

water,

wherein said fluorine-containing compound is at least one compound selected from a group consisting of hydrofluoric acid, ammonium fluoride, and amine fluoride,

wherein said chelating agent is selected from a group consisting of chelating agents having an acid dissociation constant pKan of 8.0 or greater at 25° C. when a dissociation stage for a basic acid having a valence of n (n being an integer of 1 or greater) is n-th stage, and

wherein said organic acid salt is selected from carboxylic ammonium salt having an acid dissociation constant pKan of 2.5 or greater at 25° C. when a dissociation stage for a basic acid having a valence of n (n being an integer of 1 or greater) is n-th stage.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said cleaning solution has pH of 7.0 or less.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said nickel silicide layer has a thickness of 50 nm or less.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said nickel silicide layer contains at least one metal selected from a group of Ta, Zr, Co and V.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said nickel silicide layer is doped with arsenic.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said step of removing said residue performs spin type single wafer cleaning on said substrate.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said step of removing said residue uses said cleaning solution recirculatively.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein said substrate is doped with phosphorous.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate is Si.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2014
From: KANTO KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034208/0657 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025235/0497 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2008
From: AOKI, HIDEMITSU; SUZUKI, TATSUYA; OHWADA, TAKUO; IKEGAMI, KAORU; ISHIKAWA, NORIO
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; KANTO KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 020735/0759 →