IP Library Granted Patent US 12,012,525
Granted Patent B2
US 12,012,525 · App. 17/090,904 · Granted Jun 18, 2024

Composition for etching and manufacturing method of semiconductor device using the same

Inventors: Jae-Wan Park (Seongnam-si, KR); Jung-Hun Lim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jin-Uk Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
C09G1/04H01L21/02458H01L21/31056H01L21/31111H10B43/27H10B43/35H01L21/76224
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Patent No.
US 12,012,525
App. No.
17/090,904
Granted
Jun 18, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition for etching, comprising a first inorganic acid, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate of an oxide film, and which does not have problems such as particle generation, which adversely affect the device characteristics.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor element comprising: a cell gate structure formed on a substrate on which a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of gate electrode layers are alternatively stacked, wherein the cell gate structure formed by selectively etching a plurality of nitride layers by a composition for the selective etching, wherein the composition for etching comprises: a first inorganic acid, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second additive comprising a silane inorganic acid salt produced by reaction between a second inorganic acid and a silane compound; and a solvent, wherein: the second inorganic acid is at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfuric acid, a fuming sulfuric acid, and a combination thereof; and the silane compound is a compound selected from Chemical Formulas 10, 20, and their combination, the silane inorganic acid salt is represented by Chemical Formula C230-1;

wherein (Chemical Formula 1, X is O or N, R1 to R6 are each, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 alkoxy group, a C2-C20 alkenyl group, a C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C20 aminoalkyl group, a C6-C20 aryl group, a C1-C20 alkyl carbonyl group, a C1-C20 alkyl carbonyloxy group, and a C1-C10 cyano alkyl group, and n11 is 0 or 1;

wherein Chemical Formula 10 and Chemical Formula 20, each R1 to R10 is independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, at least one of R1 to R4 is hydrogen, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and n is one of integer numbers from 1 to 10;

wherein Chemical Formula C230-1, each R111 to R112 is independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each R113 to R114 is independently hydrogen, n4 is one of integer numbers from 0 to 2, Il is one of integer numbers from 0 to 10, ml is O or 1.

2. The semiconductor element of claim 1 , wherein any one of hydrogen of R113 to R114 in the Chemical Formula C230-1 is substituted by Chemical Formula C250-1;

wherein Chemical Formula C250-1, any one of R131 to R132 is a coupler coupling to Chemical Formula C230-1, the other is independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and each R113 to R115 is independently hydrogen, or substituted by a substituent represented by Chemical Formula C250-1, n4 is one of integer numbers from 0 to 2, Il is one of integer numbers from O to 10, ml is 0 or 1.

3. The semiconductor element of claim 1 , wherein the silane inorganic acid salt represented by Chemical Formula C230-1 is any one selected from a group consisting of Chemical Formulas 62, 63, 67, 234 and their combination;

wherein Chemical Formulas 62, 63, 67, and 234, each R1-1, R1-2, R1-3, R1-4, R11, and R13 is independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

4. The semiconductor element of claim 1 , wherein the composition for etching comprises the first additive at a proportion of 0.01% to 15% by weight, the first inorganic acid at a proportion of 70% to 99% by weight, the second additive at a proportion of 0.01% to 15% by weight, and the solvent as the balance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: PARK, JAE-WAN; LIM, JUNG-HUN; LEE, JIN-UK
To: SOULBRAIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054343/0136 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2016-0178754 · Dec 26, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0178757 · Dec 26, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0178590 · Dec 22, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0178591 · Dec 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16228780 · Dec 21, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2017015497 · Dec 26, 2017
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