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US 11,737,257 · App. 17/194,324 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Li-Wei Feng (Kaohsiung, TW); Yu-Hsiang Hung (Tainan, TW); Ming-Te Wei (Changhua County, TW)
Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.; Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
H10B12/0335H10B12/315H10B12/482H01L23/53257H01L23/53271H10B12/34
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Patent No.
US 11,737,257
App. No.
17/194,324
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one bit line is disposed on the substrate, a rounding hard mask is disposed on the bit line, and the rounding hard mask defines a top portion and a bottom portion, and at least one storage node contact plug, located adjacent to the bit line, the storage node contact structure plug includes at least one conductive layer, from a cross-sectional view, the storage node contact plug defines a width X 1 and a width X 2 . The width X 1 is aligned with the top portion of the rounding hard mask in a horizontal direction, and the width X 2 is aligned with the bottom portion of the rounding hard mask in the horizontal direction, X 1 is greater than or equal to X 2.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

at least one bit line disposed on the substrate, wherein a rounding hard mask is disposed on the bit line, and the rounding hard mask defines a top portion and a bottom portion;

at least one storage node contact plug, located adjacent to the bit line, the storage node contact structure plug comprises at least one conductive layer, when viewed from a cross-sectional view, the storage node contact plug defines a width X 1 and a width X 2 , wherein the width X 1 is aligned with the top portion of the rounding hard mask in a horizontal direction, and the width X 2 is aligned with the bottom portion of the rounding hard mask in the horizontal direction, and wherein the width X 1 is greater than or equal to the width X 2 ; and

at least one dielectric layer covering a portion of the rounding hard mask and directly contacting the rounding hard mask.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the top portion of the rounding hard mask is not a flat surface.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , when viewed from the cross-sectional view, the rounding hard mask comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, the height of the rounding hard mask is defined as H, and the width of the bottom surface of the rounding hard mask is defined as W 1 , the width at a height ¼ H from the top surface of the rounding hard mask is defined as W 2 , wherein W 2 /W 1 <0.5.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , when viewed from the cross-sectional view, the rounding hard mask comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, the height of the rounding hard mask is defined as H, and the width of the bottom surface of the rounding hard mask is defined as W 1 , the width at a height ½ H from the top surface of the rounding hard mask is defined as W 3 , wherein W 3 /W 1 <0.7.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the storage node contact plug further comprises a polysilicon layer disposed under the conductive layer.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , further comprising a silicide layer disposed between the conductive layer and the polysilicon layer.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , further comprising a storage node pad disposed under the polysilicon layer, wherein the storage node pad is electrically connected to a first diffusion region in the substrate.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one spacer disposed between the storage node contact plug and the bit line.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a bit line storage node contact structure disposed under the bit line and directly contacting the bit line, wherein the bit line storage node contact structure is electrically connected to a second diffusion region in the substrate.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811172252.7 · Oct 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16177413 · Oct 31, 2018
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