WO2004008519A1 - 酸化膜形成方法および電子デバイス材料 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for forming an oxide film that can suitably perform oxide film formation, which is one of the elemental technologies of the electronic device process, and an oxide film formation that can be suitably used for the method for forming an oxide film.
- the present invention relates to an apparatus, and an electronic device material that can be suitably formed by the forming method or the forming apparatus.
- the method of forming an oxide film according to the present invention is suitably used, for example, for forming materials for semiconductors or semiconductor devices (for example, those having a MOS type semiconductor structure, those having a thin film transistor (TFT) structure, etc.). It can be used.
- Background art for forming materials for semiconductors or semiconductor devices (for example, those having a MOS type semiconductor structure, those having a thin film transistor (TFT) structure, etc.). It can be used.
- TFT thin film transistor
- the manufacturing method of the present invention is generally widely applicable to the manufacture of electronic devices such as semiconductors, semiconductor devices, and liquid crystal devices. This is explained using an example.
- a high-quality oxide film such as a silicon oxide film (SiO 2 film) or an insulating film.
- a silicon oxide film SiO 2 film
- the need for membranes has grown significantly.
- silicon oxide film for example, in a MOS type semiconductor structure that is the most popular as a semiconductor device configuration, it is extremely thin (for example, about 2.5 nm or less) according to the so-called scaling rule.
- the need for a high-quality gate oxide film (SiO 2 film) has become extremely high.
- a thermal oxidation method has been conventionally used, but it is difficult to control the thinning.
- thin film formation has been put to practical use by lowering the temperature and reducing the pressure, but essentially requires a high temperature (800 ° C or higher).
- a low-temperature (approximately 400 ° C.) oxidation method using plasma for example, has been studied for practical use. Has the disadvantage that its formation rate is extremely slow.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an oxide film forming method and an oxide film forming apparatus which solve the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, and an electronic device material having a high quality oxide film.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide an oxide film forming method and an oxide film forming apparatus capable of minimizing thermal damage to an object to be processed, and an electronic device having such a high-quality oxide film. In providing materials.
- the method for forming an oxide film according to the present invention is based on the above findings. More specifically, a plasma based on oxygen and hydrogen is applied to a substrate for an electronic device in the presence of a processing gas containing at least oxygen and hydrogen. Irradiating the surface of the substrate to form an oxide film on the surface of the electronic device substrate.
- an electronic device material having an electronic device substrate; and an oxide film covering at least a part of one surface of the electronic device substrate; and
- the ratio (R P ZR S ) of the surface roughness R s of the substrate for electronic devices to the surface roughness R p of the oxide film formed on the substrate for electronic devices is 2 or less.
- an oxide film of the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is demonstrated by a good oxide film formation rate and a high-quality oxide film (for example, by the bonding state of the oxide film and the surface roughness of the oxide film). ) Can be obtained.
- the reason why such a high-quality oxide film can be formed is not necessarily clear, but according to the knowledge of the present inventors, in a combination of plasma and hydrogen gas + oxygen gas, H atoms are converted into electrons. Inside the substrate for device Presumed to be due to the prediffusion into the part to eliminate or reduce the Si—O illegal bond, and that the active O atom makes the Si—O sound bond.
- the present invention In comparison with field oxidation, it is possible to form an oxide film whose speed is not too high, so that it is easy to control the thickness of the oxide film to be formed.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing one example of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for performing the oxide film forming method of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic vertical sectional view showing an example of a slot plane antenna plasma processing unit usable in the oxide film forming method of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing an example of SPA that can be used in the oxide film forming method of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a plasma processing unit that can be used in the electronic device manufacturing method of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing an oxide film forming speed obtained by the oxide film forming method of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing etching characteristics of an oxide film obtained by the method of forming an oxide film according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing the interface state density of an oxide film obtained by the oxide film forming method of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows the XPS of the oxide film obtained by the oxide film forming method of the present invention. 6 is a rough showing the measurement results of the chemical composition.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the results of measuring the surface roughness by AFM of an oxide film obtained by the method of forming an oxide film according to the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing the measurement results (data of Example 7) of the refractive index and the correlation density of the oxide film (hydrogenated oxide film) obtained in Example 1 and the conventional oxide film.
- FIG. 11 shows data indicating the results of density measurement (Example 8) using the X-ray reflection method as a verification of the data of Example 7.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the evaluation of the electrical characteristics of the MOS semiconductor structure prototyped in Example 9.
- Wafer substrate to be processed
- Plasma processing unit (process chamber)
- Plasma processing unit (process chamber)
- a plasma based on oxygen and hydrogen is irradiated on the surface of the substrate for an electronic device to form an oxide film on the surface of the substrate for an electronic device.
- the electronic device substrate usable in the present invention is not particularly limited.
- Such a substrate for an electronic device include a semiconductor material and a liquid crystal device material.
- the semiconductor material include, for example, a material mainly composed of single-crystal silicon, polysilicon, silicon nitride, and the like.
- the oxide film to be disposed on the electronic device substrate is not particularly limited as long as it can be formed by oxidizing the electronic device substrate.
- Such an oxide film can be one or a combination of two or more known oxide films for electronic devices.
- Yo I Do oxide film this is, for example, silicon oxide film (S i 0 2), and the like.
- the processing gas when forming an oxide film, contains at least oxygen, hydrogen, and a rare gas.
- the noble gas that can be used at this time is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected from known noble gases (or a combination of two or more thereof). From the viewpoint of cost performance, argon, helium or krypton can be suitably used as the noble gas.
- the present invention is used for forming an oxide film
- the following conditions can be suitably used in view of the characteristics of the oxide film to be formed.
- O 2 l to 10 sccm, more preferably (1 to 55 ⁇ ; ⁇ : 11, H 2 : 1 to 10 sccm, more preferably:! 55 sccm, noble gas (eg, Kr, Ar, or He): 100 to 100 sccm, more preferably 100 to 500 sccm,
- noble gas eg, Kr, Ar, or He
- Temperature room temperature (25 ° C) to 500 ° C, more preferably room temperature to 400 ° C
- the following conditions can be particularly preferably used.
- H 2 ZO 2 gas flow ratio 2: 1 to 1: 2, and about 1: 1 1 ⁇ 20 2 Rare gas flow ratio: 0.5: 0.5: 100 to 2: 2:
- an impurity is diffused in the substrate in advance to provide an active region and an element isolation region.
- the conventional thermal oxidation method has a problem that the high temperature may break the impurity region.
- the present invention since the present invention performs low-temperature processing, it protects impurity regions and also suppresses damage, distortion, and the like due to heat.
- an electronic device having an oxide film on a silicon substrate The material can be suitably obtained.
- this electronic device material In this electronic device material,
- the ratio (R p / R s) of the surface roughness R s of the substrate for an electronic device before the oxide film is formed to the surface roughness RP of the oxide film formed on the substrate is 2 or less. Is preferred. This R pz ′ R s ratio is more preferably 1.0 or less.
- the surface roughness Rs and Rp can be suitably measured, for example, under the following conditions.
- a denser oxide film can be easily obtained than a conventional thermal oxide film.
- the electronic device substrate is a silicon substrate
- an oxide film having a density of about 2.3 can be easily obtained.
- the density of the conventional thermal oxide film is usually about 2.2.
- the density of this oxide film can be suitably measured, for example, under the following conditions.
- the density of a thin film having a known composition can be determined by the X-ray reflectivity method (especially the GIXR method).
- the oxide film forming apparatus of the present invention arranges an electronic device substrate at a predetermined position.
- the plasma excitation means is not particularly limited, but from the viewpoint of reducing plasma damage as much as possible and forming a uniform oxide film, it is particularly preferable to use a plasma excitation means based on a planar antenna member. Can be.
- a high-density plasma having a low electron temperature is formed by irradiating a microwave through a planar antenna member having a plurality of slits, and the plasma is used to form the plasma. It is preferable to form an oxide film on the surface of the substrate to be processed. In such an embodiment, a process with low plasma damage and high reactivity at low temperatures is possible.
- Method of producing a microwave plasma apparatus having such a planar antenna having a large number of slits, having a low electron temperature, small plasma damage, and capable of generating high-density plasma.
- a plasma with an electron temperature of about 1.5 eV or less and a plasma sheath voltage of several volts or less can be easily obtained, so that a conventional plasma (plasma sheath voltage of about 50 V) can be obtained. ), Plasma damage can be greatly reduced.
- the new plasma device equipped with this planar antenna has the ability to supply high-density radicals even at a temperature of about 300 to 700 ° C, so that deterioration of device characteristics due to heating can be suppressed and low temperature But high A process having high reactivity is possible.
- the characteristics of the plasma that can be suitably used in the present invention are as follows.
- Electron temperature 1. Oev or less directly above the substrate
- a high-quality oxide film having a small thickness can be formed. Therefore, by forming another layer (for example, an electrode layer) on this oxide film, it becomes easy to form a structure of a semiconductor device having excellent characteristics.
- oxide film for example, polysilicon, amorphous silicon or SiGe is used as a gate electrode on this oxide film.
- GaN a high-performance MOS type semiconductor structure can be formed.
- an extremely thin and high-quality oxide film that can be formed by the present invention is an oxide film of a semiconductor device (for example, a gate oxide film of a MOS semiconductor structure). ) Can be used particularly favorably.
- a MOS semiconductor structure having the following favorable characteristics.
- a standard MOS semiconductor structure such as (silicon + oxide film + polysilicon) is used.
- By forming and evaluating the characteristics of the MOS it is possible to substitute for evaluating the characteristics of the oxide film itself.
- Such a standard MOS structure In this case, the characteristics of the oxide film forming the structure strongly influence the MOS characteristics.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view (schematic plan view) showing an example of the entire configuration of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 30 for performing the oxide film forming method of the present invention.
- a transfer chamber 31 for transferring the wafer W (FIG. 3) is provided almost at the center of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 30.
- a heating unit 36 for performing various heating operations and a heating reactor 47 for performing various heating processes on the wafer are provided.
- the heating reactor 47 may be provided separately and independently from the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 30.
- a pre-cooling unit 45 and a cooling unit 46 for performing various pre-cooling or cooling operations are disposed beside the mouthpiece units 34 and 35, respectively.
- Transfer arms 37 and 38 are provided inside the transfer chamber 31, and can transfer the wafer W (FIG. 3) between the units 32 to 36.
- the loader arms 41 and 42 are arranged on the front side of the load lock units 34 and 35 in the figure. These loader arms 41 and 42 further move the wafer W in and out of the four cassettes 44 set on the cassette stage 43 arranged on the front side. Can be.
- the plasma processing units 32 and 33 in Fig. 1 are of the same type. Two plasma processing units are set in parallel.
- both of the plasma processing units 32 and 33 can be exchanged for a single chamber type plasma processing unit, and one or two plasma processing units 32 and 33 are provided at the positions of the plasma processing units 32 and 33. It is also possible to set up a single single-chamber type plasma processing unit.
- a method may be used in which a SiO 2 film is formed in the processing unit 32 and then the surface of the SiO 2 film is nitrided in the processing unit 33.
- the SiO 2 film formation and the surface nitriding of the SiO 2 film may be performed in parallel.
- surface nitriding can be performed in parallel by the processing units 32 and 33.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a plasma processing unit 32 (33) that can be used for forming an oxide film.
- reference numeral 50 denotes a vacuum vessel formed of, for example, aluminum.
- An opening 51 larger than the substrate (for example, wafer W) is formed on the upper surface of the vacuum vessel 50, and a dielectric such as quartz aluminum nitride is used so as to cover the opening 51.
- a flat cylindrical top plate 54 made of a body is provided.
- Gas supply pipes 72 are provided on the lower side of the top plate 54 on the upper side wall of the vacuum vessel 50 at, for example, 16 positions uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction thereof.
- a processing gas containing at least one selected from O 2 , a rare gas, N 2, and H 2 is uniformly and uniformly supplied from the gas supply pipe 72 to the vicinity of the plasma region P of the vacuum vessel 50. It has become.
- a planar antenna member having a plurality of slits for example, a slot plane antenna (Slot Pt. lane Antenna)
- a high-frequency power supply section is provided via 60, for example, a waveguide 63 connected to a microphone aperture power supply section 61 that generates a microwave aperture wave of 2.45 GHz is provided.
- the waveguide 63 includes a flat circular waveguide 63 A having a lower edge connected to the SPA 60, and a cylindrical waveguide 63 having one end connected to the upper surface of the circular waveguide 63 A.
- a coaxial waveguide converter 63C connected to the upper surface of the cylindrical waveguide 63B, and one end connected at right angles to side surfaces of the coaxial waveguide converter 63C.
- the other end is configured by combining with a rectangular waveguide 63 D connected to the microphone mouth power source 61.
- the UHF and the microwave are referred to as a high frequency region.
- the high-frequency power supplied from the high-frequency power supply includes UHF of 30 OMHz or more and microwaves of 1 GHz or more, and high-frequency power of 300 MHz or more and 250 MHz or less.
- the plasma generated by these high-frequency powers is called high-frequency plasma.
- one end of a shaft portion 62 made of a conductive material is connected to substantially the center of the upper surface of the slot plane antenna 60, and the other end is a cylindrical waveguide.
- the coaxial waveguide is provided so as to be connected to the upper surface of the tube 63B, whereby the waveguide 63B is configured as a coaxial waveguide.
- a mounting table 52 for the wafer W is provided in the vacuum vessel 50 so as to face the top plate 54.
- the base 52 has a built-in temperature control unit (not shown), so that the base 52 functions as a hot plate. Further, one end of an exhaust pipe 53 is connected to the bottom of the vacuum vessel 50, and the other end of the exhaust pipe 53 is connected to a vacuum pump 55.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing an example of the slot plane antenna 60 that can be used in the electronic device material manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.
- each slot 60a is a substantially rectangular through groove, and adjacent slots are arranged so as to be orthogonal to each other and to form a letter "T" in a substantially alphabetic shape. Have been.
- the length and arrangement interval of the slots 60a are determined according to the wavelength of the microwave generated by the microwave power supply unit 61.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional view showing an example of a heating reaction furnace 47 that can be used in the electronic device material manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.
- the processing chamber 82 of the heating reaction furnace 47 is formed in an airtight structure using, for example, an aluminum.
- the processing chamber 82 is provided with a heating mechanism and a cooling mechanism.
- a gas introduction pipe 83 for introducing gas is connected to the center of the upper part of the processing chamber 82, and the inside of the processing chamber 82 and the inside of the gas introduction pipe 83 are communicated.
- the gas introduction pipe 83 is connected to a gas supply source 84. Then, gas is supplied from the gas supply source 84 to the gas introduction pipe 83, and the gas is introduced into the processing chamber 82 via the gas introduction pipe 83.
- this gas for example, various gases (electrode forming gas) such as silane, which can be used as a raw material for forming a gate electrode, can be used. If necessary, an inert gas is used as a carrier gas. You can also.
- a gas exhaust pipe 85 for exhausting gas in the processing chamber 82 is connected to a lower portion of the processing chamber 82, and the gas exhaust pipe 85 is connected to an exhaust means (not shown) including a vacuum pump or the like. ing. By this exhaust means, processing chamber 8 The gas in 2 is exhausted from the gas exhaust pipe 85, and the inside of the processing chamber 82 is set to a desired pressure.
- a mounting table 87 on which the wafer W is mounted is disposed below the processing chamber 82.
- the wafer W is mounted on the mounting table 87 by an electrostatic chuck (not shown) having substantially the same diameter as the wafer W.
- the mounting table 87 has a heat source means (not shown) provided therein, and has a structure capable of adjusting the processing surface of the wafer W mounted on the mounting table 87 to a desired temperature.
- the mounting table 87 has a mechanism that can rotate the mounted wafer W as necessary.
- an opening portion 82a for loading and unloading the wafer W is provided on the wall surface of the processing chamber 82 on the right side of the mounting table 87, and the opening and closing of the opening portion 82a is performed by a gutter valve 98. Is performed by moving the vertical direction in the figure.
- a transfer arm (not shown) for transferring the wafer W is provided next to the right side of the gate valve 98, and the transfer arm enters and exits the processing chamber 82 through the opening 82a. Then, the wafer W is mounted on the mounting table 87, and the processed wafer W is carried out of the processing chamber 82.
- a shear head 88 as a shear member is disposed above the mounting table 87.
- the shower head 88 is formed so as to define a space between the mounting table 87 and the gas introduction pipe 83, and is formed of, for example, aluminum or the like.
- the shower head 88 is formed so that the gas outlet 83 a of the gas inlet pipe 83 is located at the center of the upper part thereof, passes through the gas supply hole 89 provided at the lower part of the shower head 88, and passes through the processing chamber. Gas is introduced into 82. (Embodiment of Oxide Film Formation)
- the wafer W for example, a silicon substrate A preferred example of a method for forming an oxide film thereon will be described.
- a gate valve (not shown) provided on the side wall of the vacuum vessel 50 of the plasma processing unit 32 (FIG. 1) is opened, and the transfer arms 37 and 38 are used. Then, the wafer W having the field oxide film 11 formed on the surface of the silicon substrate 1 is mounted on the mounting table 52 (FIG. 2).
- the internal atmosphere is evacuated by the vacuum pump 55 through the exhaust pipe 53 to evacuate to a predetermined degree of vacuum, and maintain the predetermined pressure.
- a microwave of 1.8 GHz (2200 W) is generated from the microphone mouth-wave power supply unit 61, and the microwave is guided through a waveguide to generate a SPA wave.
- the high-frequency plasma is generated in the upper plasma region P of the vacuum vessel 50 through the vacuum vessel 50 via the top plate 54 and the top plate 54.
- the microwave is transmitted in a rectangular mode in the rectangular waveguide 63D, converted from the rectangular mode to the circular mode by the coaxial waveguide converter 63C, and is cylindrical in the circular mode.
- the light is transmitted through the coaxial waveguide 63B and further expanded in the circular waveguide 63A, radiated from the slot 60a of the SPA 60, and 4 and is introduced into a vacuum vessel 50.
- high-density plasma is generated due to the use of micro-waves. Micro-waves are emitted from a large number of slots 60a of SPA 60, and this plasma has high density. It will be.
- the gas supply pipe 72 is used to supply a processing gas for forming an oxide film, such as crypton or argon.
- the first step formation of an oxide film
- a rare gas such as O 2 gas and H 2 gas at a flow rate of 500 sccm, 5 sccm, and 5 sccm, respectively.
- the introduced processing gas is plasma processing unit 32 It is activated (plasmaized) by the plasma flow generated inside, and the surface of the wafer W is oxidized to form an oxide film (SiO 2 film) 2.
- the gate valve (not shown) is opened, and the transfer arms 37 and 38 (FIG. 1) enter the vacuum vessel 50 to receive the wafer W on the mounting table 52. After the transfer arms 37 and 38 take out the wafer W from the plasma processing unit 32, they are set on a mounting table in the adjacent plasma processing unit 33.
- an oxide film was formed on a silicon substrate at high speed.
- a SPA plasma chamber as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 was used.
- a P-type single crystal silicon substrate (Dja) having a specific resistance of 3 ⁇ ⁇ cm and a diameter of 200 mm and a plane orientation (100) was used. (Washing)
- This silicon substrate was cleaned by the following steps (1) to (6).
- the natural oxide film present on the surface of the silicon substrate is removed by the diluted HF aqueous solution cleaning in (7) above, and the silicon surface is terminated by hydrogen.
- An oxide film was formed on the silicon substrate surface thus cleaned using a slot plane antenna plasma chamber as described below. It took about 15 minutes from the completion of the pure water cleaning in (8) above to the installation of the cleaned silicon substrate in the slot plane antenna plasma processing chamber.
- the cleaned silicon substrate is placed on the substrate stage (400 ° C) in the slot plane antenna plasma chamber in Fig. 2, and the inert gas (Ar) is used under the following conditions. Plasma was irradiated under the following conditions while flowing oxygen gas and hydrogen gas. The distance between the slot plane antenna plasma antenna and the silicon substrate was 60. ⁇ Gas supply conditions>
- Processing substrate temperature 400 ° C
- the oxidation rates of the silicon substrates obtained in Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 were determined from the oxidation treatment time and the formed oxide film thickness.
- the oxide film thickness was measured based on cross-sectional observation of the substrate using an optical film thickness meter (ellipsometry method) or a microscope.
- the graph of Fig. 4 shows the measurement results of the oxide film obtained above using an optical film thickness meter (ellipsometry method). As shown in this graph, the oxide film formation rate obtained in Example 1 was about twice that of the comparative example (gas supply conditions 1 and 2).
- the silicon substrate having the oxide film formed in Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 and the like was immersed in a 1% HF aqueous solution at 23 ° C. for a predetermined period of time.
- the film thickness after immersion thus obtained was compared with the film thickness similarly measured before immersion.
- the measurement results obtained above are shown in the graph of FIG. As shown in this graph, the chemical resistance of the oxide film obtained in Example 1 was improved as compared with the oxide film formed by (plasma + oxygen) of the comparative example.
- oxide film hydrogenated oxide film having a thickness of 10 nm obtained in Example 1 and the conventional oxide film
- XPS X-ray source: Mg—Ka, 10 kV, 30 mA
- the surface roughness of the oxide film (hydrogenated oxide film) having a thickness of 10 nm obtained in Example 1 and the conventional oxide film was measured using AFM (atomic microscope).
- Example 1 (Oxide film refractive index measurement and correlation density)
- the 10-nm-thick oxide film (hydrogenated oxide film) obtained in Example 1 and the conventional oxide film were evaluated with respect to the density relative to the measurement of the refractive index.
- Example 1 has a high refractive index, and has a higher density than Comparative Example 1.
- Example 1 It was also found that the oxide film obtained in Example 1 had a higher density than the thermal oxide film.
- the measurement was performed using the GIXR method, and the oxide film obtained by oxidizing the silicon substrate was measured.
- the analysis was performed using a typical model, a two-layer structure.
- FIG. 11 shows the data obtained above.
- Example 1 The oxide film obtained in Example 1 had a two-layer structure, and was found to have a higher density than the oxide film obtained in Comparative Example 1.
- Example 1 An MOS semiconductor structure was prototyped, and its electrical characteristics were evaluated.
- This evaluation is a method generally used to evaluate the reliability of an oxide film.When a constant current is passed through the oxide film, the amount of electricity passed until the oxide film is destroyed is measured and compared. .
- the substrate is a P-type silicon, ⁇ 200 mm. After forming an oxide film, it has a MOS structure in which polysilicon is deposited on the oxide film as an electrode. You.
- FIG. 12 shows the data obtained above.
- Example 1 The oxide film obtained in Example 1 was found to be a reliable oxide film with a larger amount of passing electric energy leading to destruction as compared with Comparative Example 1 and the thermal oxide film. Industrial applicability
- the present invention it is possible to provide a high-quality oxide film while minimizing thermal damage to an object to be processed, and to provide an oxide film forming method capable of easily controlling the film thickness.
- An oxide film forming apparatus and an electronic device material having such a high-quality oxide film are provided.
- an embodiment in which an oxide film is formed using a low temperature (500 ° C. or less) is particularly suitable for a large-diameter (300 mm) electronic device substrate (in the past, a small-diameter (200 mm)).
- a low temperature 500 ° C. or less
- This is particularly advantageous when using a material that is much more difficult to heat and cool uniformly than the one with a diameter of 0 mm). That is, when the low-temperature treatment is performed in the present invention, it is easy to minimize the occurrence of defects that may occur in such a large-diameter substrate (wafer) for an electronic device.
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