IP Library Granted Patent US 8,154,102
Granted Patent B2
US 8,154,102 · App. 12/639,450 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,154,102
App. No.
12/639,450
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes groove-like regions that are formed between two adjacent bit lines among a plurality of bit lines each having upper and side surfaces covered with a cap insulating film and a side-wall insulating film, respectively, a SiON film that contains more O (oxygen) than N (nitrogen) and continuously covers inner surfaces of the groove-like regions, and a silicon dioxide film formed by reforming polysilazane and filled in the groove-like regions with the SiON film interposed therebetween.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a plurality of groove-like regions formed between adjacent bit lines on a second interlayer insulating film;

said bit lines having upper surfaces covered with a cap insulating film, and side surfaces covered by a side wall insulating film;

a SiON film that contains more O (oxygen) than N (nitrogen) and continuously covers upper surfaces of the cap insulating film and outer surfaces of the side wall insulating film and also covering parts of an upper surface of the second interlayer insulating film; and

a silicon dioxide film that is formed by reforming polysilazane and is filled in the groove-like regions with the SiON film interposed therebetween.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a content rate of the N in the SiON film is 10 to 20 atom %.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio in atom number of the O to the N in the SiON film is 2.2 to 5.5.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a plurality of groove-like regions formed between adjacent bit lines;

said bit lines having upper side surfaces covered with a cap insulating film, and side surfaces covered by a side wall insulating film;

a SiON film that contains more O (oxygen) than N (nitrogen) and continuously covers upper surfaces of the cap insulating film and outer surfaces of the side wall insulating film and also covering parts of an upper surface of a transistor device region of a memory cell in the semiconductor device; and

a silicon dioxide film that is formed by reforming polysilazane and is filled in the groove-like regions with the SiON film interposed therebetween.

5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a cell contact extends within a groove-like region of the plurality of groove-like regions and contacts the transistor device region below the SiON film, and the SiON film prevents shorting between transistor device regions aligned with groove-like regions in which no cell contact extends.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032900/0568 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2009
From: MATSUDA, YOH; MIYATA, KYOKO
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 023663/0255 →