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Granted Patent B2
US 12,477,721 · App. 17/685,682 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Semiconductor device with low k spacer and method for fabricating the same

Inventor: Se Ra Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
H10B12/315H10B12/09H10B12/34H10B12/50
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Patent No.
US 12,477,721
App. No.
17/685,682
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a bit line structure and a storage contact spaced apart from each other over a substrate; a bit line spacer formed on a sidewall of the bit line structure; a landing pad formed over the storage contact; a boron-containing capping layer disposed between the bit line structure and the landing pad; a boron-containing etch stop layer over the boron-containing capping layer; and a capacitor including a storage node coupled to the landing pad by passing through the boron-containing etch stop layer.

Claims (48)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a plurality of bit line structures over a substrate;

a plurality of storage contacts disposed between the plurality of bit line structures;

a plurality of bit line spacers formed between the plurality of bit line structures and the plurality of storage contacts;

a plurality of landing pads formed over the plurality of storage contacts, respectively;

a boron-containing capping layer disposed between the plurality of landing pads and contacted with the plurality of landing pads; and

a boron-containing etch stop layer disposed over the boron-containing capping layer and contacted with the boron-containing capping layer,

wherein the plurality of capacitors connected to each of the plurality of landing pads by passing through the only boron-containing etch stop layer, each of the plurality of capacitors including a storage node,

wherein the boron-containing capping layer, the boron-containing etch stop layer and the plurality of bit line spacers include a boron nitride-based material, and

wherein each of the plurality of bit line spacers has a boron concentration greater than the boron-containing etch stop layer and less than the boron-containing capping layer.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the boron-containing capping layer includes a first SiBN, and

the boron-containing etch stop layer includes a second SiBN.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bit line spacers include a combination of an air gap and dielectric spacers including the boron nitride-based material.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of bit line spacers include a first SiBN,

the boron-containing capping layer includes a second SiBN.

5 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region;

a plurality of storage contacts disposed over the substrate of the cell region;

a plurality of landing pads formed over the plurality of storage contacts, respectively;

a plurality of metal interconnections disposed over the substrate of the peripheral circuit region and spaced apart from the plurality of storage contacts;

a boron-containing capping layer disposed between the plurality of landing pads and contacted with the plurality of landing pads;

a boron-containing spacer layer disposed between the plurality of metal interconnections in the peripheral circuit region; and

a carbon-containing spacer layer over the boron-containing spacer layer in the peripheral circuit region,

wherein the carbon-containing spacer layer includes SiCN for trapping hydrogen on the substrate.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the boron-containing capping layer and the boron-containing spacer layer include a same low-k material.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the boron-containing capping layer and the boron-containing spacer layer include SiBN.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , further including:

a plurality of bit line structures disposed between the plurality of storage contacts and disposed over the substrate of the cell region;

a plurality of bit line spacers formed between the plurality of bit line structures and the plurality of storage contacts;

a boron-containing etch stop layer over the boron-containing capping layer; and

a plurality of capacitors connected to each of the plurality of landing pads by passing through the boron-containing etch stop layer, each of the plurality of capacitors including a storage node.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein

the boron-containing capping layer includes a first SiBN,

the boron-containing etch stop layer includes a second SiBN, and

the first SiBN has a boron concentration greater than the second SiBN.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of bit line spacers include an air gap and dielectric spacers.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein

the plurality of bit line spacers include a first SiBN,

the boron-containing capping layer includes a second SiBN, and

the second SiBN has a boron concentration greater than the first SiBN.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein

the plurality of bit line spacers include a first SiBN,

the boron-containing capping layer includes a second SiBN,

the boron-containing etch stop layer includes a third SiBN,

the second SiBN has a boron concentration greater than the third SiBN, and

the first SiBN has a boron concentration greater than the third SiBN.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2022
From: HWANG, SE RA
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 059313/0464 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0104782 · Aug 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230037646A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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