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Granted Patent B2
US 8,536,629 · App. 13/202,687 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Munehiro Tada (Minato-ku, JP); Hiromitsu Hada (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,536,629
App. No.
13/202,687
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming an insulating film containing silicon, oxygen and carbon on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, with the insulating film interposed therebetween. There can be provided a method capable of manufacturing a semiconductor device having high element density, high performance and high reliability, with high yield.

Claims (77)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming an insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate; and

bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, with the insulating film interposed therebetween,

wherein the insulating film is formed by a plasma CVD method using an organic siloxane as a raw material gas, and

the organic siloxane comprises a chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group.

2. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together at a temperature not exceeding 200° C.

3. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the insulating film is subjected to an activation treatment before bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the activation treatment is performed by any one of a plasma treatment, an ion beam treatment and an atom beam treatment.

5. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer, and the second substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer that is of the same kind as or of a different kind from the semiconductor substrate or the semiconductor layer of the first substrate.

6. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the first substrate comprises a first semiconductor element.

7. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first substrate comprises a multilayer wiring layer provided on the first semiconductor element.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a first insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon is formed on the first substrate by a plasma CVD method using an organic siloxane comprising a chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group,

a second insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon is formed on the second substrate by a plasma CVD method using an organic siloxane comprising a chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group, and

the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together, with the first and second insulating films interposed therebetween.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group is a vinyl group.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic siloxane further comprises a six membered ring having three silicon atoms and three oxygen atoms.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic siloxane is a cyclic organic siloxane represented by the following chemical fomrula:

wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, a vinyl group, or an allyl group.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together by applying a press-bonding load of 40 kN or less, under a reduced pressure of 10 −3 Pa or less.

13. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming an insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate; and

bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, with the insulating film interposed therebetween,

wherein the first substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer, and the second substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer that is of the same kind as or of a different kind from the semiconductor substrate or the semiconductor layer of the first substrate,

the first substrate comprises a first semiconductor element, and

the second substrate is removed with a part of the second substrate left on the insulating film as a semiconductor residual layer after bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, and a second semiconductor element is formed by using the semiconductor residual layer.

14. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming an insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate; and

bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, with the insulating film interposed therebetween,

wherein the first substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer, and the second substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer that is of the same kind as or of a different kind from the semiconductor substrate or the semiconductor layer of the first substrate,

the first substrate comprises a first semiconductor element, and

the method further comprises before bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, implanting a hydrogen ion into the second substrate to form a hydrogen ion added layer;

after bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, performing a heat treatment to embrittle the hydrogen ion added layer, thereby generating delamination in the embrittled portion, and separating the second substrate from the delaminated portion with a bonded surface side portion left as a semiconductor residual layer on the insulating film; and

forming a second semiconductor element by using the semiconductor residual layer.

15. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together at a temperature not exceeding 200° C., and the heat treatment is performed at a temperature of 250° C. or more and 400° C. or less.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor element on a substrate;

a first multilayer wiring layer provided on the first semiconductor element;

an interlayer insulating film comprising silicon, carbon and oxygen, the interlayer insulating film being provided over the first semiconductor element; and

a second semiconductor element provided on the interlayer insulating film, the second semiconductor element being located above the first semiconductor element.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the interlayer insulating film is formed of an organic polysiloxane.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein the organic polysiloxane is a polysiloxane comprising an unsaturated hydrocarbon group.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are each any one of a silicon element, a germanium element and a compound semiconductor element.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the second semiconductor element is an element formed by using a single-crystal semiconductor layer having a film thickness not exceeding 100 nm.

21. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the second semiconductor element is a MOSFET.

22. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein a second multilayer wiring layer is provided on the second semiconductor element; the second multilayer wiring layer comprises a copper wiring layer connected to the second semiconductor element; and the first multilayer wiring layer comprises a copper wiring layer connected to the first semiconductor element.

23. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor element;

a first multilayer wiring layer provided on the first semiconductor element;

an interlayer insulating film comprising silicon, carbon and oxygen, the interlayer insulating film being provided on the first multilayer wiring layer; and

a second semiconductor element provided on the interlayer insulating film,

wherein the second semiconductor element is a MOSFET, and

the first multilayer wiring layer comprises a wiring layer disposed immediately below the MOSFET with the interlayer insulating film interposed therebetween, such that a threshold value of the MOSFET can be controlled by applying a potential to the wiring layer.

24. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor element;

a first multilayer wiring layer provided on the first semiconductor element;

an interlayer insulating film comprising silicon, carbon and oxygen, the interlayer insulating film being provided on the first multilayer wiring layer; and

a second semiconductor element provided on the interlayer insulating film,

wherein the second semiconductor element is a MOSFET, and

the first multilayer wiring layer comprises a wiring layer disposed immediately below the MOSFET with the interlayer insulating film interposed therebetween, and a high-dielectric film is provided between the interlayer insulating film and the MOSFET.

25. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming an insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate; and

bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, with the insulating film interposed therebetween,

wherein the insulating film is formed by a plasma CVD method using an organic siloxane as a raw material gas, and

the organic siloxane is a cyclic organic siloxane.

26. The method according to claim 25 wherein the cyclic organic siloxane comprises a six membered ring having three silicon atoms and three oxygen atoms.

27. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the cyclic organic siloxane is represented by the following chemical formula:

wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, a vinyl group, or an allyl group.

28. The method according to claim 25 , wherein a first insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon is formed on the first substrate by a plasma CVD method using a cyclic organic siloxane,

a second insulating film comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon is formed on the second substrate by a plasma CVD method using a cyclic organic siloxane, and

the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together, with the first and second insulating films interposed therebetween.

29. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together at a temperature not exceeding 200° C.

30. The method according to claim 25 , wherein a surface of the insulating film is subjected to an activation treatment before bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together.

31. The method according to claim 30 , wherein the activation treatment is performed by any one of a plasma treatment, an ion beam treatment and an atom beam treatment.

32. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together by applying a press-bonding load of 40 kN or less, under a reduced pressure of 10 −3 Pa or less.

33. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer, and the second substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor layer that is of the same kind as or of a different kind from the semiconductor substrate or the semiconductor layer of the first substrate.

34. The method according to claim 33 , wherein the first substrate comprises a first semiconductor element.

35. The method according to claim 34 , wherein the first substrate further comprises a multilayer wiring layer provided on the first semiconductor element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2011
From: TADA, MUNEHIRO; HADA, HIROMITSU
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026785/0884 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-040965 · Feb 24, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110298021A1 · Dec 8, 2011