IP Library Granted Patent US 7,701,020
Granted Patent B2
US 7,701,020 · App. 12/364,279 · Granted Apr 20, 2010

Semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, a method of manufacturing a vertical MISFET and a vertical MISFET, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device

Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp.; Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,701,020
App. No.
12/364,279
Granted
Apr 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film.

Claims (29)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

memory cells including first MISFETs and second MISFETs;

a peripheral circuit including third MISFETs,

wherein the first MISFETs and the third MISFETs are formed on a major surface of a semiconductor substrate,

first interconnects formed over the first MISFETs and the third MISFETs with a first insulating film interposed therebetween,

wherein the first interconnects are comprised of a metal material; and

barrier metal layers formed over the first interconnects,

wherein the second MISFETs are formed over the barrier metal layers and electrically connected to the first MISFETs through the first interconnects and the barrier metal layers, and

wherein the third MISFETs are electrically connected to each other through the first interconnects.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the second MISFETs includes a source region, a channel forming region and a drain region each formed in a silicon film,

wherein each of the second MISFET includes a gate electrode formed on the silicon film through a gate insulating film,

wherein the first insulating film includes first openings,

wherein first plugs, each including a metal film, is formed in the first openings, and

wherein the silicon film is electrically connected to the first MISFET through the barrier metal layer, the first interconnect and the plug.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the barrier metal layer includes a titanium nitride (TiN) film, and

wherein the metal layer includes a tungsten (W) film.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second MISFETs are vertical MISFETs.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein memory cells of a static random memory include the first MISFETs and the second MISFETs serving as driver MISFETs and load MISFETs, respectively.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising;

a second insulating film formed over the second MISFET, the first interconnects, the barrier layers and the first insulating film,

the second insulating film including second openings, second plugs each including a metal film formed in the second openings; and

second interconnections formed over second insulating film, and electrically connected to the first interconnects through the second plugs.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first MISFETs and the second MISFETs comprise memory cells,

wherein the third MISFETs comprises a peripheral circuit.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2014
From: HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032859/0252 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 30, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025204/0512 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2002-224254 · Jul 31, 2002 · national
JP 2003-097210 · Mar 31, 2003 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 1141802400 · May 5, 2006
Continuation 1062973300 · Jul 30, 2003
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