IP Library Patent Application 13933802
Patent Application
App. No. 13/933,802

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF

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13/933,802
Abstract

Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a titanium nitride film formed over a semiconductor substrate and a tungsten film formed over the titanium nitride film. The titanium nitride film contains carbon and the tungsten film contains boron. A tungsten hexafluoride gas and a diborane gas are used in formation of the tungsten film.

Claims (35)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a titanium nitride film comprising carbon, the titanium nitride film being formed over a semiconductor substrate; and

a tungsten film comprising boron, the tungsten film being formed over the titanium nitride film.

2 . A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the titanium nitride film is amorphous.

3 . A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the titanium nitride film has a carbon concentration of 3×10 20 atoms/cm 3 or more and 7×10 20 atoms/cm 3 or less.

4 . A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the titanium nitride film has a thickness of 3 nm or more and 5 nm or less.

5 . A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the tungsten film has a grain size of 80 nm or more and 120 nm or less.

6 . A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating film provided between the semiconductor substrate and the titanium nitride film.

7 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a gate groove provided in a semiconductor substrate;

an insulating film provided so as to cover a surface of the gate groove;

a titanium nitride film comprising carbon, the titanium nitride film being provided over the insulating film; and

a tungsten film provided over the titanium nitride film.

8 . A semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the titanium nitride film is amorphous.

9 . A semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the titanium nitride film has a carbon concentration of 3×10 20 atoms/cm 3 or more and 7×10 20 atoms/cm 3 or less.

10 . A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the titanium nitride film has a thickness of 3 nm or more and 5 nm or less.

11 . A semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the tungsten film comprises boron.

12 . A semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the tungsten film has a grain size of 80 nm or more and 120 nm or less.

13 . A semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the insulating film comprises a gate insulating film comprising a silicon oxide film.

14 . A semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the titanium nitride film and the tungsten film form a word line.

15 . A semiconductor device according to claim 14 , further comprising diffusion layers provided in portions of the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the gate groove.

16 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

an element isolation region provided in a semiconductor substrate and defining an active region;

a groove provided in a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, the groove extending in a first direction intersecting with the element isolation region and the active region;

a gate insulating film covering a surface of the groove for a gate electrode;

a buried gate electrode formed so as to be buried at a bottom portion of the groove, the buried gate electrode being formed as a word line; and

a pair of diffusion layers that is provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and is located on both sides of the groove for a gate electrode in the active region,

wherein the buried gate electrode comprises a titanium nitride film and a tungsten film, the titanium nitride film being provided on the gate insulating film and comprising carbon, the tungsten film being provided on the titanium nitride film.

17 . A semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the titanium nitride film is amorphous, and has a carbon concentration of 3×10 20 atoms/cm 3 or more and 7×10 20 atoms/cm 3 or less.

18 . A semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the tungsten film comprises boron.

19 . A semiconductor device according to claim 16 , further comprising a bit line electrically connected to one diffusion layer of the pair of diffusion layers and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

20 . A semiconductor device according to claim 19 , further comprising:

an interlayer insulating film provided so as to cover the bit line;

a contact plug electrically connected to another diffusion layer of the pair of diffusion layers and provided in the interlayer insulating film; and

a capacitor electrically connected to the contact plug.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032898/0319 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2013
From: NAKANO, YOKO
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 030733/0269 →