Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Eung-Joon Lee

In-Sun Park

Ji-soon Park

Jung-wook Kim

Kwan-Jong Roh

Hyeon-Deok Lee

Hyun-young Kim

Hyun-seok Lim

Jin-Gi Hong

Ji-Soon Park

Hyun-Deok Lee

A semiconductor device is formed by forming a gate region, including a gate oxide layer, and impurity diffusion regions on a semiconductor substrate, forming a barrier metal layer on the gate region and the impurity diffusion regions of the semiconductor substrate, forming a passivation layer at an interface between the semiconductor substrate and the gate oxide layer to remove defects of the gate oxide layer, and then performing a nitridation process to remove impurities from the semiconductor substrate.

Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device having a barrier metal layer and devices formed thereby

On first and second regions of a substrate are formed a first gate structure including a first gate electrode and a first spacer, and a second gate structure including a second gate electrode and a second spacer, respectively. The first and second spacers are removed to different depths such that side portions of the first and second gate electrodes have different exposed thicknesses. A metal silicide layer is formed on the first and second regions including the first and second gate structures. The metal silicide layer formed on the second gate electrode has a second thickness that is greater than a first thickness of the metal silicide layer formed on the first gate electrode. The spacers in the gate structures of resulting N type and P type MOS transistors are removed to different thicknesses, thereby minimizing deformation in the gate structures and also improving electrical characteristics and thermal stability of the gate electrodes.

Method for forming a metal silicide layer in a semiconductor device

A method for cleaning a processing chamber and manufacturing a semiconductor device by removing impurities from a substrate in the processing chamber with a plasma of a first gas including hydrogen gas. After the substrate is removed from the processing chamber, the processing chamber is etched with the plasma of a non-hydrogenous second gas. Thus, the etching selectivity can be improved and the particles are prevented from depositing and/or forming on the substrate.

Method for cleaning a processing chamber and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

A method for forming a tungsten contact plug of a semiconductor device including depositing an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, etching the insulating layer to form a contact hole, which exposes a conductive region, forming a barrier layer on the semiconductor substrate having the contact hole, changing characteristics of a portion of the barrier layer on the insulating layer and the portion of the barrier layer in the contact hold such that the characteristics between the barrier layer on the insulating layer and the barrier layer in the contact hole differ, depositing a tungsten layer for forming the tungsten contact plug, on the barrier layer, and removing the tungsten layer from the upper portion of the insulating layer to planarize the semiconductor device.

Method for forming tungsten contact plug

A conductive pattern having a surface including silicon is formed on a substrate of a semiconductor device and a conduction region having a surface including silicon is formed in the substrate. A radio frequency etching process is performed ex-situ to remove impurities from a resultant structure and to improve surface characteristics of the conduction region. Residues generated during the radio frequency etching process are removed from the conductive pattern and the conduction region by a cleaning process. A metal film is formed on the conductive pattern and the conduction region. A silicide film is formed on the conductive pattern and the conduction region by reacting metal of the metal film and silicon in the conductive pattern and the conduction region. With a radio frequency sputtering process and a wet cleaning process, a metal silicide film having a uniform phase may be stably formed.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Eung-Joon Lee