IP Library Granted Patent US 10,373,971
Granted Patent B2
US 10,373,971 · App. 15/487,761 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Manufacturing method of semiconductor device

Inventors: Hae Chan Park (Cheongju-si, KR); Jang Won Kim (Cheongju-si, KR); Gong Hyun Sa (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
H01L27/11582H01L21/02636H01L21/762H01L21/76871H01L21/76877
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Patent No.
US 10,373,971
App. No.
15/487,761
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device may be provided. The method may include forming stacks including interlayer insulating layers and separated by a slit, the interlayer insulating layers surrounding a channel layer and stacked to be spaced apart from one another with an interlayer space interposed therebetween. The method may include forming a conductive pattern filling the interlayer space. The method may include forming an isolation layer on a surface of the conductive pattern by oxidizing a portion of the conductive pattern by performing an oxidizing process.

Claims (27)

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

forming stacks each including interlayer insulating layers and separated by a slit, the interlayer insulating layers surrounding a channel layer and stacked to be spaced apart from one another with an interlayer space interposed therebetween;

forming a conductive pattern filling the interlayer space and deviating from the interlayer space; and

forming an isolation layer on a surface of the conductive pattern by oxidizing a portion of the conductive pattern by performing an oxidizing process, wherein a boundary between the isolation layer and a non-oxidized portion of the conductive pattern is disposed within the slit,

the forming of the conductive pattern comprises:

forming a first conductive pattern through the slit, the first conductive pattern filling a portion of the interlayer space and surrounding the channel laver; and

forming a second conductive pattern on the first conductive pattern, the second conductive pattern including a first portion filling a remaining portion of the interlayer space and a second portion extending outwardly to an outside of the interlayer space from the first portion,

wherein the forming of the first conductive pattern comprises:

forming a first conductive layer through the slit to fill the interlayer space; and

etching the first conductive layer so that the first conductive layer is removed from the slit and remains on a portion of the interlayer space,

wherein a conductive material remains on edges of the interlayer insulating layers adjacent to the slit during the forming of the first conductive pattern or the second conductive pattern, and

wherein the conductive material is oxidized in the oxidizing process.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the stacks comprises:

alternately stacking the interlayer insulating layers and sacrificial layers;

forming the channel layer penetrating the interlayer insulating layers and the sacrificial layers;

forming the slit penetrating the interlayer insulating layers and the sacrificial layers; and

opening the interlayer space between the interlayer insulating layers adjacent to one another by removing the sacrificial layers through the slit.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the second conductive pattern comprises growing the second conductive pattern from the first conductive pattern by using a selective growth method that uses the first conductive pattern as a seed layer.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the growing of the second conductive pattern is performed so that the second conductive pattern extends to an inside of the slit.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are formed of substantially a same metal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive pattern has a resistivity greater than the first conductive pattern.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the isolation layer is performed so that a portion of the conductive pattern protrudes further than edges of the interlayer insulating layers adjacent to the list and remains in a non-oxidized state.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conductive pattern includes tungsten.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing process includes a thermal oxidation or a radical oxidation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conductive patterns have a greater volume than the interlayer spaces.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer is formed on a sidewall of the conductive pattern facing the slit.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing portion of the conductive pattern is a portion of the conductive pattern protruding toward the slit.

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 Apr 14, 2017
From: PARK, HAE CHAN; KIM, JANG WON; SA, GONG HYUN
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 042257/0594 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0105752 · Aug 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180053779A1 · Feb 22, 2018
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