Method for manufacturing semiconductor
View Patent ↗A method for manufacturing a semiconductor includes forming an active region for an ESD device, an active region for a first polygate and the semiconductor, and a second polygate having a form of a blanket trench on a substrate, forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second insulating on the substrate, planarizing the interlayer dielectric layer, forming a contact pattern to open a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer over the first polygate, forming a first polygate trench by performing a first etch process with respect to the second insulating layer below the contact pattern, and performing a second etch process to remove the first insulating layer inside the first polygate trench and to remove the first insulating layer over the active region of the semiconductor other than the second polygate.
1. A method comprising:
forming an active region for an electro-static discharge device, an active region for a first polygate and a semiconductor, and a second polygate having a form of a blanket trench over a substrate;
forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second insulating layers over the substrate;
planarizing the interlayer dielectric layer;
forming a contact pattern to open a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer over the first polygate;
forming a first polygate trench by performing a first etch process with respect to the second insulating layer below the contact pattern; and
performing a second etch process to remove the first insulating layer inside the first polygate trench and to remove the first insulating layer over the active region of the semiconductor other than the second polygate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer dielectric layer is formed more than once so that step difference is formed between the electro-static discharge device and the semiconductor.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the planarizing of the interlayer dielectric layer includes performing a chemical-mechanical polishing with respect to the interlayer dielectric layer such that the interlayer dielectric layer of the electro-static discharge device is thinner than the interlayer dielectric layer of the semiconductor.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first polygate trench is formed by etching a portion of a top surface of the second insulating layer below the contact pattern in a form of a wine glass.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the second etch process to remove the first insulating layer inside the first polygate trench, and remove the first insulating layer over the active region of the semiconductor other than the second polygate includes an end point detection scheme.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the end point detection scheme includes a main etch process performed until a surface of the substrate is exposed and an over etch process.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first etch process includes an isotrophic etch process.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second etch process includes an anisotrophic etch process.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second etch process includes an isotrophic etch process.
10. A method comprising:
forming an active region for an electro-static discharge device, an active region for a first polygate and a semiconductor, and a second polygate having a form of a blanket trench over a substrate;
forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second insulating layers over the substrate;
forming a contact pattern to open a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer over the first polygate;
forming a first polygate trench by performing a first etch process with respect to the second insulating layer below the contact pattern; and
performing a second etch process to remove the first insulating layer inside the first polygate trench and to remove the first insulating layer over the active region of the semiconductor other than the second polygate.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the interlayer dielectric layer is formed more than once so that step difference is formed between the electro-static discharge device and the semiconductor.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first polygate trench is formed by etching a portion of a top surface of the second insulating layer below the contact pattern in a form of a wine glass.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the performing the second etch process to remove the first insulating layer inside the first polygate trench, and remove the first insulating layer over the active region of the semiconductor other than the second polygate includes an end point detection scheme.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the end point detection scheme includes a main etch process performed until a surface of the substrate is exposed and an over etch process.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first etch process includes an isotrophic etch process.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second etch process includes an anisotrophic etch process.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second etch process includes an isotrophic etch process.
18. The method of claim 10 , comprising:
planarizing the interlayer dielectric layer.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the planarizing of the interlayer dielectric layer includes performing a chemical-mechanical polishing with respect to the interlayer dielectric layer such that the interlayer dielectric layer of the electro-static discharge device is thinner than the interlayer dielectric layer of the semiconductor.
20. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first insulating layer includes tetraethyl orthosilicate and the second insulating layer includes borophosphosilicate glass.