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Granted Patent B2
US 10,978,458 · App. 16/866,760 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

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 10,978,458
App. No.
16/866,760
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
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 (45)

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;

a carbon-free boron containing spacer including a gap-fill spacer directly contacting a side wall of the bit line contact plug and a line-type spacer directly contacting a side wall of the bit line; and

a carbon containing spacer formed on the line-type spacer of the carbon-free boron containing spacer to contact the storage node contact plug,

wherein the carbon-free boron containing spacer is thicker than the carbon containing spacer,

wherein the carbon containing spacer has a lower etch rate than a etch rate of a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ), and

wherein the carbon-free boron containing spacer has a lower dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of the silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) and the carbon containing spacer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-free boron containing spacer includes SiBN.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-containing spacer includes SiC, SiCN or SiBCN.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the line-type spacer of the carbon-free boron containing spacer is thicker than the carbon containing spacer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the carbon containing spacer is directly contacted with the storage node contact plug.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the line-type spacer includes upper line portion and lower line portion, the lower line portion of the line-type spacer is directly contacted with the storage node contact plug and the bit line.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the carbon containing spacer and the line-type spacer extend in parallel to the bit line.

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

a plug isolation layer on sidewalls of the storage node contact plug, wherein the plug isolation layer is free of carbon and boron.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the plug isolation layer is formed of a silicon nitride.

10. 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.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , 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.

12. 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;

a silicon nitride isolation layer on sidewalls of the storage node contact plug;

a gap-fill SiBN spacer directly contacting a side wall of the bit line contact plug;

a line-type SiBN spacer directly contacting a side wall of the bit line; and

a SiBCN spacer formed on the line-type SiBN spacer to contact the storage node contact plug,

wherein the line-type SiBN spacer is thicker than the SiBCN spacer,

wherein the SiBCN spacer has a lower etch rate than a etch rate of the silicon nitride isolation layer, and

wherein the gap-fill SiBN spacer and the line-type SiBN spacer have a lower dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of the silicon nitride isolation layer and the SiBCN spacer.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the gap-fill SiBN spacer and the line-type SiBN spacer are coupled to each other.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the SiBCN spacer and the line-type SiBN spacer extend in parallel to the bit line.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , 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 SiBN spacer contacting both side walls of the bit line contact plug.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , 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.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0034449 · Mar 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16193910 · Nov 16, 2018
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