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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1998
Gyu-hwan Kwag, Suwon, KR;
Se-jong Ko, Twasung-gun, KR;
Kyung-seuk Hwang, Suwon, KR;
Jun-ing Gil, Hwasung-gun, KR;
Sang-o Park, Osan, KR;
Dae-hoon Kim, Yongin, KR;
Sang-moon Chon, Sungnam, KR;
Ho-Kyoon Chung, Yongin, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices is provided for forming a tungsten plug or polysilicon plug and minimizing the step-height of the intermediate insulating layer. An etching composition for this process is also provided as are semiconductor devices manufactured by this process. The method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes the steps of forming a tungsten film having a certain thickness on an insulating layer and burying contact holes formed in the insulating layer constituting a specific semiconductor structure, and spin-etching the tungsten film using a certain etching composition such that the tungsten film is present only inside the contact holes not existing on the insulating film. The etching composition includes at least one oxidant selected from the group comprising H.sub.2 O.sub.2, O.sub.2, IO.sub.4.sup.-, BrO.sub.3, ClO.sub.3, S.sub.2 O.sub.8.sup.-, KlO.sub.3, H.sub.5 IO.sub.6, KOH, and HNO.sub.3, at least one enhancer selected from the group comprising HF, NH.sub.4 OH, H.sub.3 PO.sub.4, H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, and HCl, and a buffer solution formed by mixing them at certain rates.