The invention relates to semiconductor devices and device fabrication. Specifically, the invention relates to gate oxide layers of transistor devices and their method of fabrication.
In the semiconductor device industry, particularly in the fabrication of transistors, there is continuous pressure to reduce the size of devices such as transistors. The ultimate goal is to fabricate increasingly smaller and more reliable integrated circuits (ICs) for use in products such as processor chips, mobile telephones, or memory devices such as DRAMs. The smaller devices are frequently powered by batteries, where there is also pressure to reduce the size of the batteries, and to extend the time between battery charges. This forces the industry to not only design smaller transistors, but to design them to operate reliably with lower power supplies.
A common configuration of a transistor is shown in
In fabricating transistors to be smaller in size and reliably operating on lower power supplies, one important design criteria is the gate oxide 140. A gate oxide 140, when operating in a transistor, has both a physical gate oxide thickness and an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT). The equivalent oxide thickness quantifies the electrical properties, such as capacitance, of a gate oxide 140 in terms of a representative physical thickness. EOT is defined as the thickness of a theoretical SiO2 layer that describes the actual electrical operating characteristics of the gate oxide 140 in the transistor 100. For example, in traditional SiO2 gate oxides, a physical oxide thickness may be 5.0 nm, but due to undesirable electrical effects such as gate depletion, the EOT may be 6.0 nm. A gate oxide other than SiO2 may also be described electrically in terms of an EOT. In this case, the theoretical oxide referred to in the EOT number is an equivalent SiO2 oxide layer. For example, SiO2 has a dielectric constant of approximately 4. An alternate oxide with a dielectric constant of 20 and a physical thickness of 100 nm would have an EOT of approximately 20 nm (100*(4/20)), which represents a theoretical SiO2 gate oxide.
Lower transistor operating voltages and smaller transistors require thinner equivalent oxide thicknesses (EOTs). A problem with the increasing pressure of smaller transistors and lower operating voltages is that gate oxides fabricated from SiO2 are at their limit with regards to physical thickness and EOT. Attempts to fabricate SiO2 gate oxides thinner than today's physical thicknesses show that these gate oxides no longer have acceptable electrical properties. As a result, the EOT of a SiO2 gate oxide 140 can no longer be reduced by merely reducing the physical gate oxide thickness.
Attempts to solve this problem have led to interest in gate oxides made from oxide materials other than SiO2. Certain alternate oxides have a higher dielectric constant (k), which allows the physical thickness of a gate oxide 140 to be the same as existing SiO2 limits or thicker, but provides an EOT that is thinner than current SiO2 limits.
A problem that arises in forming an alternate oxide layer on the body region of a transistor is the process in which the alternate oxide is formed on the body region. Recent studies show that the surface roughness of the body region has a large effect on the electrical properties of the gate oxide, and the resulting operating characteristics of the transistor. The leakage current through a physical 1.0 nm gate oxide increases by a factor of 10 for every 0.1 increase in the root-mean-square (RMS) roughness. In forming an alternate oxide layer on the body region of a transistor, a thin layer of the alternate material to be oxidized (typically a metal) must first be deposited on the body region. Current processes for depositing a metal or other alternate layer on the body region of a transistor are unacceptable due to their effect on the surface roughness of the body region.
a shows a surface 210 of a body region 200 of a transistor. The surface 210 in the Figure has a high degree of smoothness, with a surface variation 220.
During sputtering, particles 230 of the material to be deposited bombard the surface 210 at a high energy. When a particle 230 hits the surface 210, some particles adhere as shown by particle 235, and other particles cause damage as shown by pit 240. High energy impacts can throw off body region particles 215 to create the pits 240. A resulting layer 250 as deposited by sputtering is shown in
In a typical process of forming an alternate material gate oxide, the deposited layer 250 is oxidized to convert the layer 250 to an oxide material. Existing oxidation processes do not, however, repair the surface damage created by existing deposition methods such as sputtering. As described above, surface roughness has a large influence on the electrical properties of the gate oxide and the resulting transistor.
What is needed is an alternate material gate oxide that is more reliable at existing EOTs than current gate oxides. What is also needed is an alternate material gate oxide with an EOT thinner than conventional SiO2. What is also needed is an alternative material gate oxide with a smooth interface between the gate oxide and the body region. Because existing methods of deposition are not capable of providing a smooth interface with an alternate material gate oxide, what is further needed is a method of forming an alternate material gate oxide that maintains a smooth interface.
Additionally, at higher process temperatures, any of several materials used to fabricate the transistor, such as silicon, can react with other materials such as metals or oxygen to form unwanted silicides or oxides. What is needed is a lower temperature process of forming gate oxides that prevents the formation of unwanted byproduct materials.
a shows a smooth surface of a body region of a transistor.
b shows a deposition process according to the prior art.
c shows a deposited film on a body region according to the prior art.
a shows a deposition process according to the invention.
b shows a magnified view of a deposited film on a body region from
a shows a deposited film on a body region according to the invention.
b shows a partially oxidized film on a body region according to the invention.
c shows a completely oxidized film on a body region according to the invention.
In the following detailed description of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which is shown, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. In the drawings, like numerals describe substantially similar components throughout the several views. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. Other embodiments may be utilized and structural, logical, and electrical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The terms wafer and substrate used in the following description include any structure having an exposed surface with which to form the integrated circuit (IC) structure of the invention. The term substrate is understood to include semiconductor wafers. The term substrate is also used to refer to semiconductor structures during processing, and may include other layers that have been fabricated thereupon. Both wafer and substrate include doped and undoped semiconductors, epitaxial semiconductor layers supported by a base semiconductor or insulator, as well as other semiconductor structures well known to one skilled in the art. The term conductor is understood to include semiconductors, and the term insulator or dielectric is defined to include any material that is less electrically conductive than the materials referred to as conductors.
The term “horizontal” as used in this application is defined as a plane parallel to the conventional plane or surface of a wafer or substrate, regardless of the orientation of the wafer or substrate. The term “vertical” refers to a direction perpendicular to the horizonal as defined above. Prepositions, such as “on”, “side” (as in “sidewall”), “higher”, “lower”, “over” and “under” are defined with respect to the conventional plane or surface being on the top surface of the wafer or substrate, regardless of the orientation of the wafer or substrate. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
In various embodiments, a method of forming a gate oxide on a surface such as a transistor body region is provided where a metal layer is deposited by thermal evaporation on the body region, the metal being chosen from a group consisting of the group IVB elements of the periodic table. The metal layer is then oxidized to convert the metal layer to a gate oxide. In one embodiment, the metal layer includes zirconium (Zr). One embodiment of the invention uses an electron beam source to evaporate the metal layer onto the body region of the transistor. The oxidation process in one embodiment utilizes a krypton (Kr)/oxygen (O2) mixed plasma process.
In addition to the novel process of forming a gate oxide layer, a transistor formed by the novel process exhibits novel features that may only be formed by the novel process. Thermal evaporation deposition of a metal layer onto a body region of a transistor preserves an original smooth surface roughness of the body region in contrast to other prior deposition methods that increase surface roughness. The resulting transistor fabricated with the process of this invention will exhibit a gate oxide/body region interface with a surface roughness variation as low as 0.6 nm.
a shows an electron beam evaporation technique to deposit a material on a surface such as a body region of a transistor. In
In one embodiment of the invention, the deposited material layer 320 includes a pure metal layer chosen from the alkaline earth metals in group IVB of the periodic table. In one embodiment of the invention, the deposited material layer 320 includes zirconium (Zr). In one embodiment of the invention, the target material is a 99.9999% pure slug of zirconium. The choice of material is based on the properties of the oxide formed. Considerations included the thermodynamic stability of the oxide with silicon, the diffusion coefficient of the oxide at high processing temperatures such as 1000° K, the lattice match of the oxide with silicon, the dielectric constant of the oxide, and the conduction band offset of the oxide. In one embodiment, the conduction band offset of the metal oxide formed is in a range of approximately 5.16 eV to 7.8 eV. In one embodiment, the deposited material layer 320 is substantially amorphous. A lower presence of grain boundaries in the substantially amorphous material layer 320 reduces the leakage current through the final gate oxide. Although the amorphous form is preferred, the material chosen for oxidation, such as zirconium is also acceptable in its crystalline form.
A thermal evaporation process such as the electron beam evaporation technique described above does not cause the surface damage that is inherent in other deposition techniques such as the sputtering technique shown in
b shows a magnified view of the body region 316 and the deposited layer 320 from
a-4c show a low temperature oxidation process that is used in one embodiment to convert the deposited layer 320 into a gate oxide. A deposited material layer 410 is shown in
In
In one embodiment, the processing variables for the mixed plasma oxidation include a low ion bombardment energy of less than 7 eV, a high plasma density above 1012/cm3 and a low electron temperature below 1.3 eV. In one embodiment, the substrate temperature is approximately 400° C. In one embodiment, a mixed gas of 3% oxygen with the balance being krypton at a pressure of 1 Ton is used. In one embodiment, a microwave power density of 5 W/cm2 is used. In one embodiment, the oxidation process provides a growth rate of 1.5 nm/min.
The low temperature mixed plasma oxidation process described above allows the deposited layer to be oxidized at a low temperature, which inhibits the formation of unwanted byproducts such as silicides and oxides. The mixed plasma process in one embodiment is performed at approximately 400° C. in contrast to prior thermal oxidation processes that are performed at approximately 1000° C. The mixed plasma oxidation process has also been shown to provide improved thickness variation on silicon (111) surfaces in addition to (100) surfaces. Although the low temperature mixed plasma process above describes the formation of alternate material oxides, one skilled in the art will recognize that the process can also be used to form SiO2 oxide structures.
Metals chosen from group IVB of the periodic table form oxides that are thermodynamically stable such that the gate oxides formed will have minimal reactions with a silicon substrate or other structures during any later high temperature processing stages. Zirconium is one example of a metal selected from group IVB that forms a thermodynamically stable gate oxide. In particular, zirconium forms an oxide comprised of ZrO2. Zirconium oxide ZrO2 exhibits a dielectric constant of approximately 25, which allows for a thinner EOT than conventional SiO2. In addition to the stable thermodynamic properties inherent in the oxides chosen, the novel process used to form the oxide layer is performed at lower temperatures than the prior art, which further inhibits reactions with the silicon substrate or other structures.
A transistor made using the novel gate oxide process described above will possess several novel features. By creating an oxide material with a higher dielectric constant (k) and controlling surface roughness during formation, a gate oxide can be formed with an EOT thinner than 2 nm. A thicker gate oxide that is more uniform, and easier to process can also be formed with the alternate material oxide of the present invention, the alternate material gate oxide possessing an EOT equivalent to the current limits of SiO2 gate oxides. The smooth surface of the body region is preserved during processing, and a resulting transistor will have a smooth interface between the body region and the gate oxide with a surface roughness on the order of 0.6 nm.
Transistors created by the methods described above may be implemented into memory devices and information handling devices as shown in
A personal computer, as shown in
Microprocessor 606 produces control and address signals to control the exchange of data between memory bus circuit 608 and microprocessor 606 and between memory bus circuit 608 and peripheral circuitry 610. This exchange of data is accomplished over high speed memory bus 620 and over high speed I/O bus 622.
Coupled to memory bus 620 are a plurality of memory slots 612(a-n) which receive memory devices well known to those skilled in the art. For example, single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) and dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) may be used in the implementation of the present invention.
These memory devices can be produced in a variety of designs which provide different methods of reading from and writing to the dynamic memory cells of memory slots 612. One such method is the page mode operation. Page mode operations in a DRAM are defined by the method of accessing a row of a memory cell arrays and randomly accessing different columns of the array. Data stored at the row and column intersection can be read and output while that column is accessed. Page mode DRAMs require access steps which limit the communication speed of memory circuit 608. A typical communication speed for a DRAM device using page mode is approximately 33 MHZ.
An alternate type of device is the extended data output (EDO) memory which allows data stored at a memory array address to be available as output after the addressed column has been closed. This memory can increase some communication speeds by allowing shorter access signals without reducing the time in which memory output data is available on memory bus 620. Other alternative types of devices include SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, SLDRAM and Direct RDRAM as well as others such as SRAM or Flash memories.
Control, address and data information provided over memory bus 620 is further represented by individual inputs to DRAM 700, as shown in
As is well known in the art, DRAM 700 includes memory array 710 which in turn comprises rows and columns of addressable memory cells. Each memory cell in a row is coupled to a common wordline. Additionally, each memory cell in a column is coupled to a common bitline. Each cell in memory array 710 includes a storage capacitor and an access transistor as is conventional in the art.
DRAM 700 interfaces with, for example, microprocessor 606 through address lines 704 and data lines 702. Alternatively, DRAM 700 may interface with a DRAM controller, a micro-controller, a chip set or other electronic system. Microprocessor 606 also provides a number of control signals to DRAM 700, including but not limited to, row and column address strobe signals RAS and CAS, write enable signal WE, an output enable signal OE and other conventional control signals.
Row address buffer 712 and row decoder 714 receive and decode row addresses from row address signals provided on address lines 704 by microprocessor 606. Each unique row address corresponds to a row of cells in memory array 710. Row decoder 714 includes a wordline driver, an address decoder tree, and circuitry which translates a given row address received from row address buffers 712 and selectively activates the appropriate wordline of memory array 710 via the wordline drivers.
Column address buffer 716 and column decoder 718 receive and decode column address signals provided on address lines 704. Column decoder 718 also determines when a column is defective and the address of a replacement column. Column decoder 718 is coupled to sense amplifiers 720. Sense amplifiers 720 are coupled to complementary pairs of bitlines of memory array 710.
Sense amplifiers 720 are coupled to data-in buffer 722 and data-out buffer 724. Data-in buffers 722 and data-out buffers 724 are coupled to data lines 702. During a write operation, data lines 702 provide data to data-in buffer 722. Sense amplifier 720 receives data from data-in buffer 722 and stores the data in memory array 710 as a charge on a capacitor of a cell at an address specified on address lines 704.
During a read operation, DRAM 700 transfers data to microprocessor 606 from memory array 710. Complementary bitlines for the accessed cell are equilibrated during a precharge operation to a reference voltage provided by an equilibration circuit and a reference voltage supply. The charge stored in the accessed cell is then shared with the associated bitlines. A sense amplifier of sense amplifiers 720 detects and amplifies a difference in voltage between the complementary bitlines. The sense amplifier passes the amplified voltage to data-out buffer 724.
Control logic 706 is used to control the many available functions of DRAM 700. In addition, various control circuits and signals not detailed herein initiate and synchronize DRAM 700 operation as known to those skilled in the art. As stated above, the description of DRAM 700 has been simplified for purposes of illustrating the present invention and is not intended to be a complete description of all the features of a DRAM. Those skilled in the art will recognize that a wide variety of memory devices, including but not limited to, SDRAMs, SLDRAMs, RDRAMs and other DRAMs and SRAMs, VRAMs and EEPROMs, may be used in the implementation of the present invention. The DRAM implementation described herein is illustrative only and not intended to be exclusive or limiting.
Thus has been shown a gate oxide and method of fabricating a gate oxide that produce a more reliable and thinner equivalent oxide thickness. Gate oxides formed from elements in group IVB of the periodic table are thermodynamically stable such that the gate oxides formed will have minimal reactions with a silicon substrate or other structures during any later high temperature processing stages. Zirconium oxide in particular has been shown to provide excellent electrical and thermodynamic properties. In addition to the stable thermodynamic properties inherent in the gate oxide of the invention, the process shown is performed at lower temperatures than the prior art, which further inhibits reactions with the silicon substrate or other structures.
Transistors and higher level ICs or devices have been shown utilizing the novel gate oxide and process of formation. The higher dielectric constant (k) oxide materials shown in one embodiment are formed with an EOT thinner than 2 nm, e.g. thinner than possible with conventional SiO2 gate oxides. A thicker gate oxide that is more uniform, and easier to process has also been shown with at EOT equivalent to the current limits of SiO2 gate oxides. In one embodiment of the present invention, the novel gate oxide provides a conduction band offset in a range of approximately 5.16 eV to 7.8 eV.
A novel process of forming a gate oxide has been shown where the surface smoothness of the body region is preserved during processing, and the resulting transistor has a smooth interface between the body region and the gate oxide with a surface roughness on the order of 0.6 nm. This solves the prior art problem of poor electrical properties such as high leakage current, created by unacceptable surface roughness.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement which is calculated to achieve the same purpose may be substituted for the specific embodiment shown. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the present invention. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. Combinations of the above embodiments, and other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of the invention includes any other applications in which the above structures and fabrication methods are used. The scope of the invention should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/945,535, filed Aug. 30, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,026,161 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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