IP Library Granted Patent US 8,497,173
Granted Patent B2
US 8,497,173 · App. 13/230,776 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,497,173
App. No.
13/230,776
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A recess gate structure is formed between an overlapping region between a gate and a source/drain so as to suppress increase in gate induced drain leakage (GIDL), and a gate insulation film is more thickly deposited in a region having weak GIDL, thereby reducing GIDL and thus improving refresh characteristics due to leakage current.

Claims (20)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a first recess over a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first insulation film over the first recess and the semiconductor substrate;

forming a plurality of second recesses under the first recess by etching the first insulation film and the semiconductor substrate;

forming a second insulation film over the second recesses and the first insulation film;

forming gate patterns over the second insulation film, wherein the gate patterns each fill in the second recesses and extend upwards while having a substantially uniform width; and

forming a second insulation film pattern and a first insulation film pattern located at the surface of the substrate at a first edge and at a second edge of each of the gate patterns by etching the second and the first insulation films until the semiconductor substrate is exposed,

wherein a sum of a thickness of the second and a thickness of the first insulation film patterns is different from each other at the first edge and at the second edge.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first recess is formed to have a depth of 100 Ř400 Å.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film includes an oxide film and is formed to have a thickness of 10 Ř100 Å.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second recesses are formed to have a depth of 1200 Ř1500 Å.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulation film includes an oxide film and is formed to have a thickness of 10 Ř100 Å.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first recess is greater than the width of the second recesses.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor substrate coupled to a storage node contact plug is formed to be at a higher level than the semiconductor substrate coupled to a bit line contact plug.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming of the gate patterns includes:

sequentially forming a polysilicon film, a metal silicide, and an oxide film over the second insulation film; and

etching the polysilicon film, the metal silicide, and the oxide film using a gate pattern mask until the second insulation film is exposed.

9. The method according to claim 1 , after the forming of the gate patterns, the method further comprising:

forming third and fourth insulation films over the gate patterns; and

etching the third and fourth insulation films until the semiconductor substrate is exposed.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE IS HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. NOT HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC. THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN THE NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67328 FRAME 814. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 14, 2024
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067412/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067369/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2011
From: CHUNG, WOO YOUNG
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 026910/0553 →