The present disclosure relates to, but is not limited to, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device.
With the development of the semiconductor industry, how to further increase the storage density and reduce the cost is an important research topic for relevant personnel in the field of semiconductors. Currently, the research mainly focuses on how to reduce the size of memory cells, and how to reduce peripheral circuits is rarely studied.
It is currently known that, in conventional semiconductor devices, transistors and memory arrays in a logic circuit are usually arranged in parallel. However, under current technical conditions, the size of the memory cells is almost close to the physical limit that the current technology can achieve, and it is extremely difficult to increase the storage density of the semiconductor devices by reducing the size of the memory cells.
An overview of the subject described in detail in the present disclosure is provided below, which is not intended to limit the protection scope of the claims.
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device.
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is provided. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes:
According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first substrate, an array structure layer, an insulating material layer, a second substrate and a peripheral circuit layer sequentially stacked from bottom to top, where
Other aspects of the present disclosure are understandable upon reading and understanding of the accompanying drawings and detailed description.
The accompanying drawings incorporated into the specification and constituting a part of the specification illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure, and are used together with the description to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure. In these accompanying drawings, similar reference numerals represent similar elements. The accompanying drawings in the following description illustrate some rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art may obtain other accompanying drawings based on these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
10—Array structure layer; 110—First substrate; 111—Bit line; 112—Word line; 120—Stacked structure; 121—First sacrificial layer; 122—First support layer; 123—Second sacrificial layer; 124—Second support layer; 125—Capacitor hole; 126—Second conductive material layer; 127—First semiconductor material; 128—Etched hole; 129—Dielectric layer; 1201—Third conductive material layer; 1202—Second semiconductor material; 130—Isolation layer; 131—Capacitor wire hole; 132—Capacitor wire; 133—First conductive material layer; 140—Intermediate structure layer; 20—Insulating material layer; 300—Second substrate; 30—Peripheral circuit layer; 301—Drain/source region; 3011—Channel region; 3012—Isolation trench; 302—Isolation structure; 303—Gate dielectric layer; 304—Conductive material layer; 305—Contact material layer; 306—Mask pattern; 307—First trench; 308—Second trench; and 310—Transistor.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are described below clearly and completely referring to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present disclosure and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other in a non-conflicting manner.
With the development of the semiconductor industry, it is necessary to continuously increase the storage density of the semiconductor device. There are generally two directions to increase the storage density. One is to continuously reduce the line width and reduce the size of the memory cells; and the other is to modify the layout and overlap different functional regions in a vertical direction. Currently known research directions mainly focus on how to reduce the size of the cells, but less research on how to reduce the peripheral circuits. The embodiments of the present disclosure adopt the second idea: arranging a peripheral circuit layer on an array region to implement stacking in the vertical direction, thereby increasing the storage density.
Step S1: provide a first substrate. The first substrate is a conventional semiconductor structure configured to form a memory cell array structure.
Step S2: form an array structure layer on the first substrate. In the present disclosure, the formation of the array structure layer of memory cells may be the formation process of a memory cell array composed of memory transistors and capacitors (1T1C) in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) array.
Step S3: form an insulating material layer on the array structure layer. To arrange the peripheral circuit layer on the array region, it is necessary to set a layer of insulating material on the array region to isolate the peripheral circuit layer and the array region, thereby avoiding electron migration between the peripheral circuit layer and the array region, and ensuring that the peripheral circuit layer and the array region do not affect each other and both can work normally.
Step S4: form a second substrate on the insulating material layer. After the second substrate is formed, the drain/source region is formed by implanting ions, and the drain/source region is configured to form a source and a drain of a final transistor. It is also necessary to form several isolation structures at intervals between different drain/source regions to isolate different transistors.
Step S5: form a transistor of the peripheral circuit layer on the second substrate. A contact material layer and a conductive material layer connected to the drain/source region are formed on the second substrate to form a transistor structure of a final peripheral circuit, and it may be, for example, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) structure.
The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure adopts an up-down arrangement mode, in which the memory array is at the bottom and the transistor of a logic circuit is at the top, thereby reducing the area of the semiconductor device occupied by the peripheral circuit layer, allowing the semiconductor device having the same area to accommodate more memory cells, and increasing the storage density of the semiconductor device.
First perform step S1: provide a first substrate.
Next, perform step S2: form an array structure layer on the first substrate. A memory array structure mainly includes WL, BL, and a capacitor structure.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, after the WL and the BL are formed, the capacitor structure is continuously formed on the WL and the BL.
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After the isolation layer 130 is formed, a process of connecting an external capacitor wire is performed, and the specific process refers to
After that, the capacitor structure is manufactured, and the specific process refers to
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In some embodiments, the insulating material layer 20 may be made of an Si3N4 material.
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In some embodiments, the second substrate 300 may be made of a molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) material.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the mask pattern 306 needs to be first formed on the upper surface of the isolation structure 302 to expose part of the isolation structure 302; the isolation structure 302 is then etched based on the mask pattern 306 to form the first trench 307, and the mask pattern is shown in
After that, perform step S5: as shown in
In some embodiments, step S5 includes the following steps:
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Step S52: partially etch the gate dielectric layer 303 and the isolation structure 302 to form a second trench 308 exposing the drain/source region 301.
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In some embodiments, the material of the contact material layer 305 is metal bismuth (Bi). The material MoS2 of the second substrate 300 and the metal bismuth (Bi) are in good ohmic contact, thereby further improving the performance of the device.
In some embodiments, after forming the contact material layer 305 in step S53, the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device further includes:
Step S54: form a conductive material layer 304, where the conductive material layer 304 is filled in the second trench 308 and the first trench 307.
In some embodiments, step S54 of forming the conductive material layer 304 includes:
Step S542: etch back the conductive material layer 304 on the upper surface of the gate dielectric layer 303.
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The isolation structure 302, the gate dielectric layer 303, the contact material layer 305 and the conductive material layer 304 that are located on the second substrate 300 form the peripheral circuit layer 30, where the gate dielectric layer 303, the contact material layer 305 and the conductive material layer 304 are bonded to each other to form the transistor 310 of the peripheral circuit layer 30.
The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure adopts an up-down arrangement mode, in which the memory array is at the bottom and the transistor of the logic circuit is at the top, thereby reducing the area of the semiconductor device occupied by a peripheral circuit, allowing the semiconductor device having the same area to accommodate more memory cells, and increasing the storage density of the semiconductor device.
In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a semiconductor device, which is manufactured by the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device provided in the above embodiments.
The solution of the present disclosure adopts an up-down arrangement mode, in which the memory array is at the bottom and the transistor of the logic circuit is at the top, thereby reducing the area of the semiconductor device occupied by a peripheral circuit, allowing the semiconductor device having the same area to accommodate more memory cells, and increasing the storage density of the semiconductor device.
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The isolation structure 302 is configured to separate two adjacent transistors 310, thereby avoiding mutual interference between adjacent transistors 310, and improving the performance of the semiconductor device.
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In some embodiments, a channel region 3011 is formed in the second substrate 300 by implanting first doped ions, and the drain/source region 301 is formed by implanting second doped ions. The first doped ions are P-type doped ions, and the second doped ions are N-type doped ions.
In some embodiments, the peripheral circuit layer 30 further includes a barrier layer (not shown in the figures), where the barrier layer covers the contact material layer 305 and side walls of the second trench 308. The barrier layer is sandwiched between the contact material layer 305 and the conductive material layer 304 and between the conductive material layer 304 and side walls of the second trench 308, thereby preventing the conductive material layer 304 from being in direct contact with the contact material layer 305 and the isolation structure 302.
In some embodiments, the lower surface of the second trench 308 is flush with the upper surface of the second substrate 300. It is necessary to ensure that the contact material layer 305 is in contact with the second substrate 300, thereby preventing the contact material layer 305 from being separated from the second substrate 300 by the isolation structure 302.
In some embodiments, the lower surface of the second trench 308 is lower than the upper surface of the second substrate 300. The second trench 308 located in the second substrate 300 is wider than the second trench 308 located in the isolation structure 302. That is to say, the second trench 308 is in a shape of a narrow top and a wide bottom, such that the formed contact material layer 305 located in the second substrate 300 is wider than the conductive material layer 304 located in the isolation structure 302. In this way, the contact area between the contact material layer 305 and the second substrate 300 can be increased, and the performance of the semiconductor device is improved.
In some embodiments, the material of the contact material layer 305 is bismuth, and the material of the second substrate 300 is molybdenum disulfide.
The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in the embodiments of the present disclosure is similar to that in the above embodiments. For the technical features not disclosed in detail in the embodiments of the present disclosure, please refer to the above embodiments for understanding, and details are not repeated herein.
The solution of the present disclosure redesigns the DRAM layout, designs the transistor of the logic circuit at the upper part of the memory array, and solves the substrate problem by MoS2. At the same time, because MoS2 and the semi-metal bismuth (Bi) are in good ohmic contact, the performance of the device can be further improved. Those skilled in the art can understand that this solution may also be applied to other semiconductor devices, and may be applied to memory devices such as a static random-access memory (SRAM), a flash memory (flash EPROM), a ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM), a magnetic random access memory (MRAM), and a phase change random-access memory (PRAM).
In the conventional solutions, the transistor of the peripheral logic circuit and the memory array are arranged in parallel, the area of the memory cell on the semiconductor device accounts for 50% to 55%, the core region accounts for 25% to 30%, and the peripheral circuit accounts for about 20%. After the solution of the present disclosure adopts the up-down arrangement mode, the area occupied by the peripheral circuit part can be saved, more memory cells are accommodated on the semiconductor device, and the storage density of the semiconductor device is increased.
The embodiments or implementations of this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the embodiments may refer to each other.
In the description of this specification, the description referring to terms such as “an embodiment”, “an exemplary embodiment”, “some implementations”, “a schematic implementation”, and “an example” means that the specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in combination with the implementation(s) or example(s) is included in at least one implementation or example of the present disclosure.
In this specification, the schematic expression of the above terms does not necessarily refer to the same implementation or example. Moreover, the described specific feature, structure, material or characteristic may be combined in an appropriate manner in any one or more implementations or examples.
It should be noted that in the description of the present disclosure, the terms such as “center”, “top”, “bottom”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inner” and “outer” indicate the orientation or position relationships based on the accompanying drawings. These terms are merely intended to facilitate description of the present disclosure and simplify the description, rather than to indicate or imply that the mentioned apparatus or element must have a specific orientation and must be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, these terms should not be construed as a limitation to the present disclosure.
It can be understood that the terms such as “first” and “second” used in the present disclosure can be used to describe various structures, but these structures are not limited by these terms. Instead, these terms are merely intended to distinguish one structure from another.
The same elements in one or more accompanying drawings are denoted by similar reference numerals. For the sake of clarity, various parts in the accompanying drawings are not drawn to scale. In addition, some well-known parts may not be shown. For the sake of brevity, a structure obtained by implementing a plurality of steps may be shown in one figure. In order to understand the present disclosure more clearly, many specific details of the present disclosure, such as the structure, material, size, processing process, and technology of the device, are described below. However, as those skilled in the art can understand, the present disclosure may not be implemented according to these specific details.
Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are merely intended to explain the technical solutions of the present disclosure, rather than to limit the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure is described in detail referring to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they may still modify the technical solutions described in the above embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions of some or all of the technical features recorded therein, without deviating the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
In the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device and the semiconductor device provided by the present disclosure, the up-down arrangement mode, in which the memory array is at the bottom and the transistor of the logic circuit is at the top is adopted, thereby reducing the area of the semiconductor device occupied by the peripheral circuit, allowing the semiconductor device having the same area to accommodate more memory cells, and increasing the storage density of the semiconductor device.
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202210010114.9 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
This is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2022/136864, filed on Dec. 6, 2022, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210010114.9, titled “MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE” and filed on Jan. 6, 2022. The disclosures of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2022/136864 and Chinese Patent Application No. 202210010114.9 are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
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Parent | PCT/CN2022/136864 | Dec 2022 | US |
Child | 18364489 | US |