Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd.

Tae Hyeok Lee

Dong Su Park

Cheol Hwan Park

Sang Ho Woo

Chang Rock Song

Kee Jeung Lee

Seung Woo Jin

Bong Soo Kim

Ho Jin Cho

Eun Ah Lee

The present invention discloses methods for manufacturing a capacitor of a semiconductor device employing doped silicon film as an electrode and an oxide film-nitride film-oxide film as a dielectric film. An interlayer insulating film is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A storage electrode is formed consisting of a doped polysilicon on the interlayer insulating film. A first oxide film is formed on the storage electrode that is subjected to a thermal treatment in an atmosphere containing an n-type impurity to implant the impurity into the first oxide film. A nitride film is formed on the first oxide film, whereby the impurity in the first oxide film is diffused into the nitride film. A second oxide film is formed on the nitride film. A plate electrode is then formed on the second oxide film.

Method for manufacturing a capacitor of a semiconductor device

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes the steps of forming a gate in a cell region and a peripheral region of a substrate, depositing a buffer oxide layer on the gate and the substrate, annealing a resultant structure of the substrate, depositing a nitride spacer layer on the buffer oxide layer, depositing an oxide spacer layer on the nitride spacer layer, forming an oxide spacer at the peripheral region of the substrate, and removing the oxide spacer layer remaining in the cell region. The annealing step is additionally carried out after depositing the buffer oxide layer so as to improve the interfacial surface characteristic and film quality, so that oxide etchant is prevented from penetrating into the silicon substrate during the wet dip process. Unnecessary voids are prevented from being created in the silicon substrate.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

In fabricating a dielectric layer, a semiconductor substrate which has been washed is provided. A first nitride film is formed by loading the substrate in a first furnace and subjecting the substrate to a first nitride treatment. A first oxide film is formed by unloading the substrate having the first nitride film out of the first furnace and subjecting the substrate to a first nitride treatment by introducing air while the substrate is unloaded. A second nitride film is formed by loading the substrate having the first oxide film in a second furnace and subjecting the substrate to a second nitride treatment. A second oxide film is formed by subjecting the top surface of the second nitride film to a second oxide treatment.

Method of fabricating dielectric layer

A method for forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor device, wherein an annealing process is performed on the oxide film using NH3 prior to the deposition of a liner nitride film and after the deposition of a thermal oxide film on a sidewall of a trench to nitridate the oxide film is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) sequentially forming a pad oxide film and a pad nitride film on a semiconductor substrate; (b) selectively etching the pad nitride film to form a nitride film pattern; (c) etching the pad oxide film and a predetermined thickness of the semiconductor substrate using the nitride film pattern as a hard mask to form a trench; (d) forming a thermal oxide film on the surface of the trench; (e) performing an annealing process under NH3 atmosphere to form an oxide nitride film on the surface of the thermal oxide film; (f) forming a liner nitride film on the entire surface; (g) forming an oxide film filling the trench on the entire surface; and (h) performing a planarization process.

Method for forming device isolation film of semiconductor device

A method for forming an isolation layer of a semiconductor device, which comprises the steps of: a) sequentially forming a pad oxide layer and a pad nitride layer on a silicon substrate; b) etching the pad nitride layer, the pad oxide layer, and the silicon substrate, thereby forming a trench; c) thermal-oxidizing the resultant substrate to form a sidewall oxide layer on a surface of the trench; d) nitrifying the sidewall oxide layer through the use of NHannealing; e) depositing a liner aluminum nitride layer on an entire surface of the silicon substrate inclusive of the nitrated sidewall oxide layer; f) depositing a buried oxide layer on the liner aluminum nitride layer to fill the trench; g) performing a chemical mechanical polishing process with respect to the buried oxide layer; and h) eliminating the pad nitride layer.

Method for forming isolation layer of semiconductor device

The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method comprises the steps of: 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, which comprises the steps of: forming a gate line on a semiconductor substrate; forming junction regions in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate line; forming and selectively removing an interlayer insulating film on the substrate to form contact holes exposing the junction regions; forming plugs in the contact holes; and implanting impurity ions into the plugs; and annealing the junction regions.

Method for fabricating semiconductor device

A method for fabricating a capacitor for a semiconductor device is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: forming a storage node electrode on a semiconductor wafer, forming a dielectric layer made of a cyclic silicon nitride layer on the surface of the storage node electrode, and forming an upper electrode on the dielectric layer; lowering the thickness Tof the dielectric layer and improving leakage current characteristics through use of a cyclic SiNor a cyclic SiON(wherein x falls between 0.1 and 0.9 and y falls between 0.1 and 2), having a large oxidation resistance and high dielectric ratio, as a dielectric.

Method for fabricating capacitor in semiconductor device

A method for forming of a capacitor wherein an etching barrier layer comprising a stacked structure of a nitride film and a tantalum oxide film is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: forming an etching barrier layer on an interlayer insulating film having a storage electrode contact plug therein, the etching barrier layer comprising a stacked structure of a nitride film and a tantalum oxide film; forming an oxide film on the etching barrier layer; selectively etching the oxide film and the etching barrier layer to form an opening exposing the storage electrode contact plug; depositing a storage electrode layer on the bottom and the inner walls of the opening; and removing the oxide film, whereby forming a storage electrode.

Method for forming capacitor of semiconductor device

A capacitor in a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed. Disclosed the method for fabricating the capacitor in a semiconductor device comprises the steps of: forming a lower electrode made of doped silicon materials on a semiconductor substrate; depositing a thin silicon nitride layer on the lower electrode; forming a silicon oxynitride layer on the surface of the silicon nitride layer through oxidation of the silicon nitride layer; depositing a dielectric layer on the silicon oxynitride layer; and forming an upper electrode on the dielectric layer. According to the method, after the deposition of the silicon nitride layer on the dielectric layer, oxidation treatment of the resultant structure is performed and the dielectric layer is formed on the oxidized silicon nitride layer, thereby improving the interface characteristics between the lower electrode and the dielectric layer and resulting in a decrease of the leakage current and an increase of the breakdown voltage of the capacitor in the semiconductor device.

Capacitor in semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

Disclosed are a capacitor for semiconductor device capable of increasing storage capacitance and preventing leakage current, and method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention. A lower electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The lower electrode is surface-treated so as to prevent generation of a natural oxide layer. An amorphous TaON layer is, as a dielectric layer, deposited on the upper part of the lower electrode. Afterwards, the amorphous TaON layer is thermal-treated in a range of maintaining its amorphous state. Next, an upper electrode is formed on the upper part of the TaON layer.

Capacitor for semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same

Disclosed herein is a method of forming a capacitor for a semiconductor memory device. The method comprises a step of:forming a lower electrode on the semiconductor substrate; forming an O -oxide film on the lower electrode; forming Si&mdash;O&mdash;N bonds on the surface of the O -oxide film; forming a TaON film on the Si&mdash;O&mdash;N bonds by a chemical vapor deposition of a Ta chemical vapor, an O gas and an NH gas; and forming an upper electrode on the TaON film.

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Tae Hyeok Lee