IP Library Granted Patent US 11,616,081
Granted Patent B2
US 11,616,081 · App. 17/346,370 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including ferroelectric thin film and manufacturing method of the same

Inventors: Chang Hwan Choi (Seoul, KR); Yun Heub Song (Seongnam-si, KR); Bon Cheol Ku (Seoul, KR)
H01L27/11597H01L21/02565H01L27/1159H01L29/24H01L29/40111H01L29/516
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Patent No.
US 11,616,081
App. No.
17/346,370
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including a ferroelectric thin film. The method includes forming a mold structure including interlayer dielectric layers and sacrificial layers alternately stacked on a substrate, forming channel holes penetrating the mold structure, forming vertical channel structures inside the channel holes, forming an isolation trench penetrating the mold structure and having a line shape extending in one direction, selectively removing the sacrificial layers exposed by the isolation trench, forming gate electrodes filling a space from which the sacrificial layers are removed, and performing a heat treatment process and a cooling process for the vertical channel structures.

Claims (24)

1. A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including a ferroelectric thin film, the method comprising:

forming a mold structure including interlayer dielectric layers and sacrificial layers alternately stacked on a substrate;

forming channel holes penetrating the mold structure;

forming vertical channel structures inside the channel holes;

forming an isolation trench penetrating the mold structure and having a line shape extending in one direction;

selectively removing the sacrificial layers exposed by the isolation trench;

forming gate electrodes filling a space from which the sacrificial layers are removed; and

performing a heat treatment process and a cooling process for the vertical channel structures,

wherein the forming of the vertical channel structures comprises:

forming a data storage pattern configured to conformally cover an inner sidewall of each of the channel holes; and

forming a vertical semiconductor pattern covering a sidewall of the data storage pattern,

wherein the data storage pattern is formed of a ferroelectric thin film having a single-layer structure,

wherein a cooling rate of the cooling process is −180° C./sec to −90° C./sec.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooling process is quenching the vertical channel structures.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the quenching uses deionized water (DI water) from which ions are removed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heat treatment process comprises heating to a first temperature for a first time interval and maintaining the first temperature for a second time interval.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first temperature is 350° C. to 900° C.,

wherein a ramping rate of the heat treatment process is 17.5° C./sec to 45° C./sec.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heat treatment process and the cooling process are performed after the forming of the gate electrodes.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a common source area in the substrate exposed by the isolation trench; and

forming an insulating spacer covering a sidewall of the isolation trench and a common source plug filling an internal space of the isolation trench surrounded by the insulating spacer.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the vertical channel structures further comprises recessing an upper portion of the vertical semiconductor pattern, and forming a conductive pad by filling a doped semiconductor material in a recessed area.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming lower epitaxial layers in lower portions of the channel holes between the forming of the channel holes and the forming of the vertical channel structures.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062608/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2021
From: CHOI, CHANG HWAN; SONG, YUN HEUB; KU, BON CHEOL
To: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 056530/0991 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0072986 · Jun 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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