IP Library Granted Patent US 9,252,230
Granted Patent B2
US 9,252,230 · App. 14/055,446 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,252,230
App. No.
14/055,446
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The device includes insulating patterns and conductive patterns stacked alternately, a channel layer formed through the insulating patterns and the conductive patterns, a tunnel insulating layer formed to surround sidewalls of the channel layer, and a charge storage layer formed to surround the tunnel insulating layer. An interfacial surface of the tunnel insulating layer in contact with the charge storage layer includes a thermal oxide layer.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: insulating patterns and conductive patterns stacked alternately; a channel layer formed through the insulating patterns and the conductive patterns; a tunnel insulating layer formed to surround sidewalls of the channel layer; a charge storage layer formed to surround the tunnel insulating layer; and a blocking insulating layer formed to surround the charge storage layer, wherein the tunnel insulating layer includes a first tunnel insulating layer formed of a thermal oxide layer and a second tunnel insulating layer formed between the first tunnel insulating layer and the channel layer, wherein a surface of the first tunnel insulating layer is in contact with the charge storage layer.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second tunnel insulating layer includes a radical oxide layer.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second tunnel insulating layer is formed of at least one of a radical oxide layer, a dry oxide layer, and a wet oxide layer.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the thermal oxide layer is formed between the charge storage layer and the second tunnel insulating layer to prevent a SiON layer from being formed on the surface of the charge storage layer due to the second tunnel insulating layer.

5. A semiconductor memory device comprising: insulating patterns and conductive patterns stacked alternately; a channel layer formed through the insulating patterns and the conductive patterns; a first tunnel insulating layer formed to surround sidewalls of the channel layer; a second tunnel insulating layer formed to surround the first tunnel insulating layer; a charge storage layer formed to surround the second tunnel insulating layer; and a blocking insulating layer formed to surround the charge storage layer, wherein the second tunnel insulating layer includes a thermal oxide layer, and a surface of the second tunnel insulating layer is in contact with the charge storage layer.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first tunnel insulating layer includes a radical oxide layer.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first tunnel insulating layer is formed of at least one of a radical oxide layer, a dry oxide layer, and a wet oxide layer.

8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the second tunnel insulating layer is formed to prevent a SiON layer from being formed on the surface of the charge storage layer due to the first tunnel insulating layer.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device, the method comprising: alternately stacking first material layers and second material layers; forming holes through the first material layers and the second material layers; forming a charge storage layer, a tunnel insulating layer including a multilayered structure, and a channel layer within each of the holes; forming a slit between the holes through the first material layers and the second material layers; removing the second material layers exposed through the slit to form recess regions; forming a blocking insulating layer on a surface of the charge storage layer exposed by removing the second material layer; and forming a conductive pattern on the blocking insulating layer within the recess regions, wherein the forming of the tunnel insulating layer including the multilayered structure comprises: forming a thermal oxide layer on the charge storage layer; and forming a radical oxide layer on the thermal oxide layer, wherein a surface of the thermal oxide layer is in contact with the charge storage layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the multilayered structure includes the thermal oxide layer and at least one of the radical oxide layer, a dry oxide layer, and a wet oxide layer.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein forming the radical oxide layer on the thermal oxide layer comprises:

using the thermal oxide layer to prevent a layer from being formed between the charge storage layer and the tunnel insulating layer during the formation of the radical oxide layer.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein forming the radical oxide layer on the thermal oxide layer comprises:

using the thermal oxide layer to prevent a shallow trap layer from being formed between the charge storage layer and the tunnel insulating layer during the formation of the radical oxide layer.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the forming of the radical oxide layer comprises:

forming a nitride layer or a polysilicon (poly-Si) layer on the thermal oxide layer; and

performing a radical oxidation process on the nitride layer or the poly-Si layer.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the thermal oxide layer prevents a SiON layer from being formed at an interface between the charge storage layer and the tunnel insulating layer during the radical oxidation process.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

using the thermal oxide layer to prevent a shallow trap layer from being formed at an interface between the charge storage layer and the tunnel insulating layer during the radical oxidation process.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067335/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2013
From: KO, MIN SUNG
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 031418/0028 →