High voltage semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
View Patent ↗A semiconductor device, particularly, a method for manufacturing a high voltage semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a high voltage gate oxide film on a semiconductor substrate having a high voltage device region and a low voltage device region, forming a gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate having the high voltage gate oxide film, forming a fluorinated silicate glass (FSG) film and a liner film sequentially on an entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the gate electrode, and forming an interlayer insulating film on the liner film. Thus, it is possible to prevent an increase in leakage current of the high voltage semiconductor device such as a MOS transistor.
1. A method for manufacturing a high voltage semiconductor device comprising:
forming a gate oxide film over a semiconductor substrate in a high voltage device region thereof; and then
forming a gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate including the gate oxide film; and then
sequentially forming a fluorinated silicate glass (FSG) film and a liner film over the semiconductor substrate including the gate electrode; and then
forming an interlayer insulating film over one of the FSG film and the liner film.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after forming the gate oxide film and before forming the gate electrode: forming a well region in the semiconductor substrate.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein forming the well region comprises implanting one of P-type dopants and N-type dopants in the semiconductor substrate.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after forming the liner film and before forming the interlayer insulating film: performing an annealing process on the liner film.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the annealing process is performed under one of a nitrogen (N 2 ) atmosphere and a hydrogen (H 2 ) atmosphere.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the liner film comprises one of a preferential metal deposition (PMD) film, a middle temperature oxide (MTO) film and a high temperature oxide (HTO) film.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer insulating film comprises one of a borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG) film, a phosphosilicate (PSG) film and an undoped silicate glass (USG) film.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein sequentially forming the FSG film and the liner film comprises:
forming the FSG film over the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the gate electrode; and then
forming the liner film over the FSG film; and then
performing an annealing process on the liner film.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein sequentially forming the FSG film and the liner film comprises:
forming the liner film over the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the gate electrode; and then
forming the FSG film in the upper surface of the liner film by performing an ion implantation process.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein forming the FSG film comprises implanting fluorine ions into the upper surface of the liner film.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the liner film is formed over the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate to cover the FSG film.