Method for manufacturing semiconductor apparatus having saddle-fin transistor and semiconductor apparatus fabricated thereby

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory apparatus, the method comprising:

forming a channel region and a gate region through a self-alignment etching process on a cell region; and

forming a three-dimensional multi-channel region through an etching process using a first multi-channel mask on a core region and a peripheral region and forming a gate region through an etching process using a second multi-channel mask.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a device isolation film over a semiconductor substrate.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming a channel region and a gate region includes:

forming a self-aligned hard mask over the semiconductor substrate; and

etching using the self-aligned hard mask.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the forming a self-aligned hard mask includes:

forming a plurality of hard mask films over the semiconductor substrate;

depositing a photoresist film over the hard mask films to pattern the photoresist film using a gate mask; and

etching the hard mask films with the patterned photoresist film.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the hard mask films include first to fifth hard mask films, the second hard mask film has the same etching selectivity as that of the fourth hard mask film, and the third hard mask film has the same etching selectivity as that of the fifth hard mask film.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second and fourth hard mask films are formed with the same material, and the third and fifth hard mask films are formed with the same material.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second hard mask film includes a silicon film, and the third hard mask film includes an oxide film, an oxide nitride film or a nitride oxide film.

8. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the performing-an-etching-process-using-the-self-aligned-hard-mask includes:

exposing the cell region using a cell open mask after forming a photoresist film over the resulting structure; and

etching the semiconductor substrate and the device isolation film in the cell region using the self-aligned hard mask.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming a three dimensional multi-channel region and a gate region includes:

forming the multi-channel region through an etching process performed on the semiconductor substrate using the first multi-channel mask;

forming a self-aligned hard mask to be broader than the multi-channel region; and

etching the insulating film and the device isolation film exposed of the multi-channel region using the second multi-channel mask to form the gate region.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the forming the multi-channel region includes:

depositing a multi-channel forming film over the semiconductor substrate and the device isolation film;

coating a photoresist film and etching the photoresist film with the first multi-channel mask to expose the multi-channel forming film;

dry-etching the exposed multi-channel forming film so that the multi-channel forming film remains on the side surface of the device isolation film;

etching the semiconductor substrate exposed between the residual multi-channel forming films; and

removing the residual photoresist film; and

forming an insulating film over the semiconductor substrate exposed by the etching process.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the forming the gate region includes:

coating a photoresist film;

etching the photoresist film using the second multi-channel mask whose width is broader than that of the first multi-channel mask so as to expose only the multi-channel region;

etching a portion of the device isolation film and the insulating film in the exposed multi-channel region; and

removing the residual photoresist film.

12. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a gate pattern in the gate region formed in the cell region, the core region and the peripheral region.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the gate pattern includes a conductive layer.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the gate pattern includes a gate lower electrode and a gate upper electrode disposed over the gate lower electrode.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the gate lower electrode of the gate pattern surrounds the side surface of the gate upper electrode, the upper portion of the gate lower electrode and the gate upper electrode are surrounded with the gate hard mask nitride film, and the lower portion of the gate lower electrode is surrounded with an oxide film.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the forming a gate pattern includes:

depositing a gate lower electrode over the gate region;

depositing a gate upper electrode and a nitride film over the gate lower electrode to planarize the gate upper electrode and the nitride film;

etching the gate lower electrode and the upper portion of the gate upper electrode;

wet-etching a portion where the gate electrode is etched to broaden the width; and

forming a gate hard mask nitride film in a space where the gate electrode is etched.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the forming a gate pattern further includes: forming a gate diffusion preventing metal film between the gate lower electrode and the gate upper electrode.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the forming a gate pattern includes:

coating a photoresist film after forming the gate lower electrode;

etching the photoresist film to expose the multi-channel region in the cell region, the core region and the peripheral region;

etching the exposed gate lower electrode so that the gate lower electrode remains uniformly; and

removing the residual photoresist film.

19. A semiconductor memory apparatus comprising:

a unit cell including a saddle-fin transistor having a three-dimensional signal channel region as a cell transistor; and

core and peripheral regions that include a multi-channel transistor having a three-dimensional multi-channel region,

wherein a gate pattern included in each of the saddle-fin transistor and the multi-channel transistor includes a gate lower electrode that surrounds a side surface of a gate upper electrode, the upper portion of the gate lower electrode and the gate upper electrode are surrounded with a gate hard mask nitride film, and the lower portion of the gate lower electrode is surrounded with an oxide film.

20. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory apparatus, the method comprising:

forming a device isolation film over a semiconductor substrate;

forming a multi-channel region in core and peripheral regions through an etching process using a first multi-channel mask;

forming a self-aligned hard mask in a cell region, the core and peripheral regions;

simultaneously forming a channel region and a gate region in the cell region through a self-alignment etching process using the self-aligned hard mask;

forming a gate region over the channel region in the core and peripheral regions through the self-alignment etching process and an etching process using a second multi-channel mask; and

forming a gate pattern in the gate region of the cell, core and peripheral regions.

21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the forming a multi-channel region includes:

depositing a multi-channel forming film over the semiconductor substrate and the device isolating film;

coating a photoresist film and etching the photoresist film using the first multi-channel mask to expose the multi-channel forming film;

dry-etching the exposed multi-channel forming film so that the multi-channel forming film remains on the side surface of the device isolation film;

etching the semiconductor substrate exposed between the residual multi-channel forming film;

removing the residual photoresist film; and

forming an insulating film over the semiconductor substrate exposed by the etching process.

22. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the forming a self aligned hard mask includes:

forming a plurality of insulating films over the semiconductor substrate and the device isolation film;

depositing a photoresist film over the insulating films to pattern the photoresist film using a gate mask; and

etching the insulating films with the patterned photoresist film.

23. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the forming a channel region and a gate region includes:

exposing the cell region; and

etching the semiconductor substrate with the self-aligned hard mask.

24. The method according to claim 20 , wherein forming a gate region over the channel region in the core and peripheral regions includes:

coating a photoresist film;

etching the photoresist film using the second multi-channel mask whose width is broader than that of the first multi-channel mask so as to expose only the multi-channel region;

etching a portion of the device isolation film and the insulating film in the exposed multi-channel region; and

removing the residual photoresist film.