Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, disposed over a substrate. A source electrode of a metal nitride is disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer. A drain electrode of the metal nitride is disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer. A metal-nitride oxidation layer is formed on a surface of the source electrode and the drain electrode. A ratio of a thickness of the metal-nitride oxidation layer to a thickness of the drain electrode or the source electrode is equal to or less than 0.2.
1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:
forming an oxide semiconductor layer, over a substrate;
forming a metal nitride layer over the oxide semiconductor layer;
patterning the metal nitride layer to form a source electrode and a drain electrode of a metal nitride; and
forming a metal-nitride oxidation layer on a surface of the source electrode and the drain electrode,
wherein a metal plasma is provided under a power range of 5 kw to 15 kw and flashing of only N 2 by a range of 30 sccm to 50 sccm for forming the metal nitride layer having reduced oxidation, thereby facilitating reduction of thickness of the metal-nitride oxidation layer to be equal to or less than 0.2 of a thickness of the drain electrode or the source electrode.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
forming a gate electrode over the substrate; and
forming a gate dielectric layer on the gate electrode, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is disposed on the gate dielectric layer.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an oxidation layer at a bottom of the source electrode and the drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein a thickness of the metal-nitride oxidation layer is larger than a thickness of the oxidation layer.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a gap between the source electrode and the drain electrode is in a range of 30 nm to 80 nm.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the metal-nitride oxidation layer is less than 7 nm.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal plasma is Ta plasma, so to form the metal nitride by TaN.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises InGaZnO (IGZO), In—Zn—O (IZO), In—Ga—O (IGO), Zn—Sn—O (ZTO), In—Sn—Zn—O (ITZO), Hf—In—Zn—O (HIZO), or Al—Zn—Sn—O (AZTO).
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the metal-nitride oxidation layer is a native oxidation.