Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region arranged along a main surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first protrusion that is part of the semiconductor substrate in the first region, and protrudes from a top of the semiconductor substrate while extending in a first direction along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first gate electrode that is formed over a top of the first protrusion with a first insulating film in between while extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;

a second gate electrode that is formed over the top of the first protrusion with a second insulating film as a charge accumulating part in between, and is adjacent to one sidewall of the first gate electrode with the second insulating film in between while extending in the second direction;

a first source/drain region formed over the top of the first protrusion so as to sandwich a pattern including the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode in the first direction;

a second protrusion that is part of the semiconductor substrate in the second region, and protrudes from the top of the semiconductor substrate while extending in the first direction;

a third gate electrode that is formed over a top of the second protrusion with a third insulating film in between and extends in the second direction;

a second source/drain region formed over the top of the second protrusion so as to sandwich the third gate electrode in the first direction;

a first silicide layer that covers a top and a sidewall of the first source/drain region, and is in contact with the first protrusion; and

a semiconductor layer that covers a top and a sidewall of the second source/drain region, and is in contact with the second protrusion,

wherein the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, and the first source/drain region configure a nonvolatile memory element, and

wherein the third gate electrode and the second source/drain region configure a transistor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a position of a top of the semiconductor layer is higher than a position of a top of the first silicide layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth insulating film that is formed over the semiconductor substrate and covers the nonvolatile memory element and the transistor;

a first coupling part that penetrates through the fourth insulating film and is electrically coupled to the first source/drain region with the first silicide layer in between; and

a second coupling part that penetrates the fourth insulating film and is electrically coupled to the second source/drain region,

wherein a position of a bottom of the second coupling part is higher than a position of a bottom of the first coupling part.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first coupling part is in contact with the first silicide layer, and

wherein the second coupling part is coupled to the second source/drain region in the second protrusion via a second silicide layer and the semiconductor layer, the second silicide layer being formed between the second coupling part and the semiconductor layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the top of the semiconductor layer beside the second coupling part is exposed from the second silicide layer.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first silicide layer includes nickel silicide, and the second silicide layer includes titanium silicide.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a first metal film containing titanium exists between the first coupling part and the first silicide layer, and

wherein the second coupling part is coupled to the second source/drain region in the second protrusion via a second silicide layer and the semiconductor layer, the second silicide layer being formed between the second coupling part and the semiconductor layer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer configures part of the second source/drain region.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the third gate electrode includes a second metal film.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate electrode includes a third metal film, and the second gate electrode includes a fourth metal film.

11. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a semiconductor substrate;

(b) retracting part of a top of the semiconductor substrate, thereby forming a first protrusion that is part of the semiconductor substrate, and protrudes from the top of the semiconductor substrate while extending in a first direction, and forming a second protrusion that protrudes from the top of the semiconductor substrate while extending in the first direction;

(c) forming an element isolation film filling a trench between the first protrusion and the second protrusion;

(d) after the step (c), forming a first gate electrode just over the first protrusion with a first insulating film in between, forming a second gate electrode just over the first protrusion with a second insulating film being a charge accumulating part in between, the first protrusion being in a region adjacent to one sidewall of the first gate electrode with the second insulating film in between, and forming a third gate electrode just over the second protrusion with a third insulating film in between;

(e) forming an epitaxial layer covering a top and a sidewall of the second protrusion beside the third gate electrode;

(f) forming a second source/drain region over the top of the second protrusion beside the third gate electrode;

(g) forming a first source/drain region over a top of the first protrusion beside a pattern including the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; and

(h) after the step (g), forming a first silicide layer covering a top and a sidewall of the first source/drain region beside the pattern while the second protrusion is covered with a protective film,

wherein the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, and the first source/drain region configure a nonvolatile memory element, and

wherein the third gate electrode and the second source/drain region configure a transistor.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a position of a top of the semiconductor layer is higher than a position of a top of the first silicide layer.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the step (h) includes the steps of:

(h1) covering the second protrusion with a protective film;

(h2) after the step (h1), a metal film covering the first protrusion is formed while the first protrusion is heated by performing first heat treatment to react the metal film with a surface of the first protrusion, thereby forming a third silicide layer between the metal film and the surface of the first protrusion; and

(h3) after the step (h2), performing second heat treatment to react the metal film with the surface of the first protrusion, thereby forming the first silicide layer.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein in the step (h2), the metal film covering a sidewall of the first protrusion includes a plurality of films spaced apart from one another in a direction along the sidewall.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the step (h2) includes the steps of:

(h4) performing the first heat treatment in a heat treatment chamber;

(h5) after the step (h4), transferring the semiconductor substrate from within the heat treatment chamber to within a film formation chamber through a path maintained in a vacuum; and

(h6) after the step (h5), forming the metal film by a sputtering process in the film formation chamber.