IP Library Granted Patent US 9,123,644
Granted Patent B2
US 9,123,644 · App. 14/623,495 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and system of processing substrate

Inventor: Arito Ogawa (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/28088H01L21/28176H01L29/4966H01L29/513H01L29/517
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Patent No.
US 9,123,644
App. No.
14/623,495
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first conductive metal-containing film formed on the gate insulating film; a second conductive metal-containing film, formed on the first metal-containing film, to which aluminum is added; and a silicon film formed on the second metal-containing film.

Claims (30)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

(a) forming a first conductive metal-containing film directly on an insulating film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming a second conductive metal-containing film to which aluminum is added on the first conductive metal-containing film; and

(c) forming a silicon film directly on the second conductive metal-containing film.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive metal-containing film is a conductive metal-containing film in which aluminum is added to the first conductive metal-containing film.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating film includes a high dielectric constant insulating film.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating film includes a silicon-based insulating film, and a high dielectric constant insulating film formed on the silicon-based insulating film.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive metal-containing film includes a TiAlN film.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive metal-containing film includes a TiN film, and the second conductive metal-containing film includes a TiAlN film.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising (d) performing activation annealing after the forming of the silicon film.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second conductive metal-containing film is from 3 to 20 nm.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second conductive metal-containing film is from 3 to 10 nm.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second conductive metal-containing film is from 5 to 20 nm.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second conductive metal-containing film is from 5 to 10 nm.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of aluminum contained in the second conductive metal-containing film is from 10 to 20%.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive metal-containing film is separated from the insulating film by a distance of 2 nm or more.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive metal-containing film serves as a diffusion barrier film that prevents silicon from being diffused from the silicon film into an interface between the first conductive metal-containing film and the insulating film.

15. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second conductive metal-containing film serves as a diffusion barrier film that prevents silicon from being diffused from the silicon film into an interface between the first conductive metal-containing film and the high dielectric constant insulating film.

16. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

(a) forming a conductive metal-containing film directly on an insulating film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; and

(b) forming a silicon film directly on the conductive metal-containing film,

wherein in the forming of the conductive metal-containing film, a diffusion barrier film that prevents silicon from being diffused from the silicon film into an interface between the conductive metal-containing film and the insulating film is formed in the conductive metal-containing film.

17. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

(a) forming a first conductive metal-containing film directly on an insulating film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming a second conductive metal-containing film to which aluminum is added directly on the first conductive metal-containing film;

(c) forming a third conductive metal-containing film directly on the second conductive metal-containing film; and

(d) forming a silicon film directly on the third conductive metal-containing film.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the second conductive metal-containing film is separated from the insulating film by a distance of 2 nm or more.

19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first conductive metal-containing film and the third conductive metal-containing film are formed from a same material.

20. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first conductive metal-containing film and the third conductive metal-containing film include TiN films, and the second conductive metal-containing film includes a TiAlN film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048008/0206 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2015
From: OGAWA, ARITO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 035258/0216 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-091248 · Apr 15, 2011 · national
JP 2012-043872 · Feb 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13425437 · Mar 21, 2012
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