IP Library Granted Patent US 9,419,221
Granted Patent B2
US 9,419,221 · App. 14/303,333 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Method of fabricating semiconductor integrated circuit having phase-change layer

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Patent No.
US 9,419,221
App. No.
14/303,333
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit that includes forming a lower electrode in a semiconductor substrate, forming an interlayer insulating layer including a phase-change region exposing the lower electrode on the semiconductor substrate, forming a first phase-change layer having a crystalline state along surfaces of the interlayer insulating layer and an exposed lower electrode, and growing a second phase-change layer on the first phase-change layer based on the crystallinity of the first phase-change layer to be filled in the phase-change region.

Claims (15)

1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit, the method comprising:

forming a lower electrode in a semiconductor substrate;

forming an interlayer insulating layer;

etching the interlayer insulating layer to form a hole for exposing the lower electrode;

forming an insulating spacer on a sidewall of the hole;

forming a first phase-change layer having a crystalline state along surfaces of the spacer and an exposed lower electrode;

forming a second phase-change layer on the first phase-change layer based on crystallinity of the first phase-change layer to be filled in the hole under an amorphous deposition conditions;

forming a resistive layer by planarizing the second phase-change layer and the first phase-change layer to be left in the hole; and

forming an upper electrode on the resistive layer,

wherein a bottom surface and a sidewall of the second phase-change layer are contacted with the first phase-change layer with maintaining the crystalline state and an upper surface of the second phase-change layer is contacted with the upper electrode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first phase-change layer is formed at a crystallization temperature of the first phase-change layer through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method or an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second phase-change layer is formed to have a partially crystalline state by depositing the second phase-change layer along crystals of the first phase-change layer under the amorphous deposition conditions.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second phase-change layer is formed in a temperature range of 200 to 400° C. through an ALD method.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after the forming of the second phase-change layer or the foiling of the resistive layer:

heat-treating the second phase-change layer.

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 Jun 12, 2014
From: KANG, SE HUN
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 033145/0626 →