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Granted Patent B2
US 9,754,793 · App. 15/376,336 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Shinichi Nakao (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Shunsuke Ochiai (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Yusuke Oshiki (Kuwana Mie, JP); Kei Watanabe (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Mitsuhiro Omura (Kuwana Mie, JP); Kosuke Horibe (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Atsuko Sakata (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Junichi Wada (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Soichi Yamazaki (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Masayuki Kitamura (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Yuya Matsubara (Yokkaichi Mie, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L21/3065H01L21/3081H01L27/11582
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Patent No.
US 9,754,793
App. No.
15/376,336
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a mask layer on a layer to be etched, the mask layer containing tungsten and boron, a composition ratio of the tungsten being not less than 30%, patterning the mask layer, and performing a dry etching to the layer to be etched using the mask layer being patterned, and forming a hole or a slit in the layer to be etched.

Claims (50)

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

forming a mask layer on a layer to be etched, the mask layer containing tungsten and boron, a composition ratio of the tungsten being not less than 30%;

patterning the mask layer; and

performing a dry etching to the layer to be etched using the mask layer being patterned, and forming a hole or a slit in the layer to be etched.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

a ratio of tungsten-tungsten (W—W) bond number in the mask layer is not less than 20%.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the mask layer further contains carbon, and

a ratio of tungsten-carbon (W—C) bond number in the mask layer is not more than 50%.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the mask layer further contains carbon, and

a composition ratio of the carbon in the mask layer is less than 50%.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

a Young's modulus of the mask layer is not less than 170 GPa.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the layer to be etched contains silicon, and

the layer to be etched is etched using a gas containing fluorine.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the layer to be etched is a stacked body including a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers alternately stacked, the second layers being layers of a different type of material from the first layers.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a film containing a metal nitride provided between the layer to be etched and the mask layer.

9. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a mask layer on a layer to be etched, the mask layer containing tungsten and carbon, a composition ratio of the carbon being less than 50%;

patterning the mask layer; and

performing a dry etching to the layer to be etched using the mask layer being patterned, and forming a hole or a slit in the layer to be etched.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a ratio of tungsten-tungsten (W—W) bond number in the mask layer is not less than 20%.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

a ratio of tungsten-carbon (W—C) bond number in the mask layer is not more than 50%.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

a Young's modulus of the mask layer is not less than 170 GPa.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the layer to be etched contains silicon, and

the layer to be etched is etched using a gas containing fluorine.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the layer to be etched is a stacked body including a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers alternately stacked, the second layers being layers of a different type of material from the first layers.

15. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

forming a film containing a metal nitride provided between the layer to be etched and the mask layer.

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

forming a mask layer on a layer to be etched, the mask layer containing tungsten and boron, containing tungsten and carbon, or containing tungsten, boron and carbon, the mask layer having a full width at half maximum being not less than 0.5° in XRD (X-ray diffraction) peaks measured by 2θ/θ method of XRD analysis in which 2θ is between 30° and 50°;

patterning the mask layer; and

performing a dry etching to the layer to be etched using the mask layer being patterned, and forming a hole or a slit in the layer to be etched.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein

a Young's modulus of the mask layer is not less than 170 GPa.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein

the layer to be etched contains silicon, and

the layer to be etched is etched using a gas containing fluorine.

19. The method according to claim 16 , wherein

the layer to be etched is a stacked body including a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers alternately stacked, the second layers being layers of a different type of material from the first layers.

20. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

forming a film containing a metal nitride provided between the layer to be etched and the mask layer.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043355/0058 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2017
From: NAKAO, SHINICHI; OCHIAI, SHUNSUKE; OSHIKI, YUSUKE; WATANABE, KEI; OMURA, MITSUHIRO; HORIBE, KOSUKE; SAKATA, ATSUKO; WADA, JUNICHI; YAMAZAKI, SOICHI; KITAMURA, MASAYUKI; MATSUBARA, YUYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 042214/0658 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-119821 · Jun 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 15179387 · Jun 10, 2016
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