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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Jong Kuk Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong Kuk Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: forming an interlayer insulating film including a storage node contact plug over a semiconductor substrate; forming an etching barrier film, a sacrificial insulating film, and a hard mask film over the storage node contact plug and the interlayer insulating film; forming a first storage node region by removing a portion of the sacrificial insulating film and the hard mask film by an etching process such that a polymer film is formed at a sidewall of the hard mask film and the sacrificial insulating film; and forming a second storage node region by removing the remaining portions of the sacrificial insulating film and the etching barrier film, thereby exposing the storage node contact plug. The method prevents a bowing phenomenon in the etching process for forming a storage node region and thus allows storage nodes having substantially vertical profiles to be formed.