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US 10,672,773 · App. 16/193,910 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Semiconductor device including ultra low-k spacer and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Yun-Hyuck Ji (Seoul, KR); Beom-Ho Mun (Gyeonggi-do, KR); In-Sang Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
H01L27/10855H01L27/10814H01L27/10823H01L27/10885H01L27/10888H01L27/10891
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Patent No.
US 10,672,773
App. No.
16/193,910
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a bit line structure including a bit line contact plug and a bit line on the bit line contact plug, a storage node contact plug, an ultra low-k spacer including a gap-fill spacer contacting a side wall of the bit line contact plug and a line-type spacer contacting a side wall of the bit line, and a low-k spacer formed on the line-type spacer of the ultra low-k spacer to contact the storage node contact plug, wherein the gap-fill spacer is thicker than the line-type spacer.

Claims (41)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a bit line structure including a bit line contact plug and a bit line on the bit line contact plug;

a storage node contact plug;

an ultra low-k spacer including a gap-fill spacer contacting a side wall of the bit line contact plug and a line-type spacer contacting a side wall of the bit line; and

a low-k spacer formed on the line-type spacer of the ultra low-k spacer to contact the storage node contact plug,

wherein the gap-fill spacer is thicker than the line-type spacer,

wherein the ultra low-k spacer includes a first carbon-doped spacer, and the low-k spacer includes a second carbon-doped spacer, and

wherein the first carbon-doped spacer has a lower carbon concentration than the second carbon-doped spacer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer has a lower dielectric constant than the low-k spacer.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer has a lower dielectric constant than a silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), and the low-k spacer has a lower dielectric constant than a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ).

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer has a dielectric constant lower than 3.5, and the low-k spacer has a dielectric constant lower than 5.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gap-fill spacer and the line-type spacer includes the same ultra low-k material and are integrated.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein one gap-fill spacer is formed between the bit line contact plug and the storage node contact plug, and a bilayer of the line-type spacer and the low-k spacer is formed between the bit line and the storage node contact plug.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gap-fill spacer directly contacts the storage node contact plug.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer includes a silicon-based material including carbon.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the low-k spacer includes a silicon-based material including carbon.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the low-k spacer includes SiC, SiCN or SiBCN.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer includes first SiCO, the low-k spacer includes second SiCO, and a carbon concentration of the first SiCO is lower than a carbon concentration of the second SiCO.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the line-type spacer of the ultra low-k spacer is thicker than the low-k spacer.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the low-k spacer includes a material whose etch rate is lower than a silicon nitride.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a semiconductor substrate including a first impurity region coupled to the bit line contact plug and a second impurity region coupled to the storage node contact plug; and

a dielectric material formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a bit line contact hole that exposes the first impurity region,

wherein the bit line contact hole is filled with the bit line contact plug and the gap-fill spacer contacting both side walls of the bit line contact plug.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a trench formed between the first impurity region and the second impurity region;

a buried word line formed in the trench; and

a memory element formed on the storage node contact plug.

16. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first pattern structure and a second pattern structure; and

a multilayer spacer separating the first and second pattern structures,

wherein the multilayer spacer includes an ultra low-k spacer contacting a side wall of the first pattern structure; and

a low-k spacer which is formed on the ultra low-k spacer and contacts the second pattern structure,

wherein the ultra low-k spacer includes a first carbon-doped spacer, and the low-k spacer includes a second carbon-doped spacer, and

wherein the first carbon-doped spacer has a lower carbon concentration than the second carbon-doped spacer.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer has a lower dielectric constant than the low-k spacer.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer has a lower dielectric constant than a silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), and the low-k spacer includes a lower dielectric constant than a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ).

19. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the low-k spacer includes SiC, SiCN or SiBCN.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer includes first SiCO, the low-k spacer includes second SiCO, and a carbon concentration of the first SiCO is lower than a carbon concentration of the second SiCO.

21. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the first pattern structure includes a bit line, and the second pattern structure includes a storage node contact plug.

22. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the ultra low-k spacer is thicker than the low-k spacer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: JI, YUN-HYUCK; MUN, BEOM-HO; KIM, IN-SANG
To: SK HYNIX INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0034449 · Mar 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190296024A1 · Sep 26, 2019
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