This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Chinese Patent Application No. 201110206500.7 filed on Jul. 22, 2011, entitled “METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING SHORT CHANNEL EFFECT OF CMOS DEVICE”, and the prior Chinese Patent Application No. 201110206463.X filed on Jul. 22, 2011, entitled “METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CMOS STRUCTURE BY SELF-ALIGNING CHANNEL DOPING TO SUPPRESS SHORT CHANNEL EFFECT OF THE CMOS STRUCTURE”, with Chinese State Intellectual Property Office, under 35 U.S.C. §119. The content of the above prior Chinese Patent Applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present application relates to a semiconductor manufacturing process, and particularly to a method for suppressing Short Channel Effect of a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) device and a CMOS device manufactured by the method.
In the process of manufacturing a semiconductor device, as the integrating density of a semiconductor integrated circuit becomes higher and higher, the semiconductor device becomes smaller and smaller, and the channel of a CMOS device also becomes shorter. Therefore a proportion of charge in channel depletion regions, which is shared by a source-substrate PN junction formed between a source region and a substrate of a MOS transistor and a drain-substrate PN junction formed between a drain region and the substrate of the MOS transistor, to the total charge of the channel increases, and as a result, the gate-controlling ability reduces, and Short Channel Effect (SCE) occurs.
Short Channel Effect is a phenomenon occurring when a channel length of a CMOS device becomes short, which results in many undesirable effects, such as threshold voltage shift, source-drain breakdown, drain induction barrier lower in a higher drain voltage, and so on, and even seriously results in invalid performance of the CMOS device.
An equation of threshold voltage shift is conducted according to a charge share model proposed by Yau, as follows:
Short Channel Effect can be suppressed by respectively adjusting three parameters, i.e. a capacitor Cox of oxidation layer per unit area, a width Xdm of depletion layer in channel region, and a junction depth Xj of a source-substrate PN junction and a drain-substrate PN junction in the above equation, that is, by increasing the value of Cox (or correspondingly reducing the depth tox of oxidation layer), reducing Xdm, and reducing Xj of the source-substrate PN junction and the drain-substrate PN junction. As shown in
The present application provides a method for manufacturing a gate-last high-K CMOS structure which comprises a first transistor and a second transistor and is formed in a Si substrate by a gate last process, the method comprising the following steps: step a: removing dummy gates from the inside of a first transistor gate recess of the first transistor and a second transistor gate recess of the second transistor, and reserving thin oxidation layers respectively inside the first transistor gate recess and the second transistor gate recess during the removal of the dummy gates from the first transistor gate recess and the second transistor gate recess; step b: spin-coating a photo resist on the first transistor and the second transistor so as to fill the first transistor gate recess and the second transistor gate recess; step c: performing a photolithography so as to remove the photo resist on the first transistor and the photo resist inside the first transistor gate recess; step d: implanting acceptor impurity ions into the first transistor gate recess, so that a first buried-layer heavily doped region is formed under a channel of the first transistor; step e: removing the photo resist on the second transistor and inside the second transistor gate recess; step f: spin-coating the photo resist on the first transistor and the second transistor again, so as to fill the first transistor gate recess and the second transistor gate recess; step g: performing the photolithography again so as to remove the photo resist on the second transistor and the photo resist inside the second transistor gate recess; step h: implanting donor impurity ions into the second transistor gate recess, so that a second buried-layer heavily doped region is formed under a channel of the second transistor; step i: removing the photo resist on the first transistor and inside the first transistor gate recess; step j: performing an anneal so as to activate the implanted ions; and step k: performing next processes manufacturing a gate-last high-K device.
The present application further provides a method for suppressing Short Channel Effect of a CMOS structure which is formed by a gate-last high-K metal gate process and comprises at least a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure, wherein gate recesses respectively included in the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor are filled with dummy gates, and thin oxidation layers are reserved at the bottom of the gate recesses after the dummy gates are etched back, the method comprising the following steps: step S1: spin-coating a photo resist on the CMOS structure, and performing an exposure and development process to remove the photo resist on the region of the first semiconductor structure, so that a first photo resist is formed; step S2: performing an angle tilt ion implantation process in the gate recess exposed in the first photo resist; step S3: removing the first photo resist, spin-coating the photo resist on the CMOS structure again, and performing an exposure and development process to remove the photo resist on the region of the second semiconductor, so that a second photo resist is formed; step S4: performing the angle tilt ion implantation process in the gate recess exposed in the second photo resist; step S5: removing the second photo resist and activating the implanted ions.
The present application further provides a gate-last high-K CMOS structure, the CMOS structure comprising at least a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure, wherein the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor structures respectively include a gate recess, and a buried-layer heavily doped region is formed in a channel only under the gate recess respectively included in the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure.
The method for manufacturing a gate-last high-K CMOS structure by self-aligning channel doping to suppress Short Channel Effect of the CMOS structure according to the present application can solve the following problems existing in the related art: 1. the source and drain doping may be compensated for, thereby the parasitic resistance of the source and drain may increase; 2. profiles of the source-substrate PN junction and the drain-substrate PN junction may be affected, thereby the reverse leakage current may increase; 3. the junction depth Xj of a source-substrate PN junction and a drain-substrate PN junction may be increased, thereby causing a reverse affect on SCE suppressing. However, the present application realizes a self-aligned channel doping of a CMOS device, a heavily doped buried-layer under the channel is formed whereas the source and drain region are not affected, thereby Short Channel Effect is effectively suppressed and the performance of the device is improved.
According to the method for suppressing Short Channel Effect of a CMOS device of the present application, since heavily doped buried-layers in the vicinity of the source region and the drain region under a channel are formed, or a heavily doped buried-layer in the vicinity of the drain region under the channel is solely formed, a self-aligned doping process is employed, and the source and drain region are not affected, so that Short Channel Effect can be effectively suppressed. The processes are simple and are easy to be achieved and operated.
The foregoing and further features, profiles, and advantages of the present application will become apparent and distinct from the following description of example embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like numerals are used to represent like parts throughout the drawings. The drawings are not in real scale, but only for the purpose of exemplarily illustrating the substance of the present application.
The embodiments of the present application will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings in
The first embodiment illustrates the method for manufacturing a gate-last high-K CMOS structure by self-aligning channel doping to suppress Short Channel Effect of the CMOS structure according to the present application.
Firstly, a CMOS structure 1 is formed on a Si substrate by a gate-last high-K metal-gate (HKMG) process and comprises a first transistor 110 and a second transistor 120, wherein the substrate is provided as a P-type Si substrate.
Further, the first transistor 110 is provided as a NMOS transistor, and the second transistor 120 is provided as a PMOS transistor.
In the step a, an etching process is performed, so as to remove the dummy gates from the first transistor gate recess 1130 and the second transistor gate recess 1230.
Further, thin oxidation layers are reserved during the removal of the dummy gates from the first transistor gate recess 1130 and the second transistor gate recess 1230 in the step a, that is, a thin oxidation layer 1131 located at the bottom of the first transistor gate recess 1130 and a thin oxidation layer 1231 located at the bottom of the second transistor gate recess 1230 are reserved.
Step b: a photo resist is spin-coated on the first transistor 110 and the second transistor 120, so as to fill the first transistor gate recess 1130 and the second transistor gate recess 1230.
Step d: acceptor impurity is implanted into the first transistor gate recess 1130 (for example, in a manner of performing the implantation perpendicularly to the upper surface of the substrate 1), so that a first buried-layer heavily doped region 111 is formed under the channel of the first transistor 110. Since the first buried-layer heavily doped region 111 is formed only under the channel of the first transistor 110, the source region and the drain region are not affected, Short Channel Effect is effectively suppressed.
Further, such as B, BF2, BF, In or the like based ions are implanted as acceptor impurity, so that the first buried-layer heavily doped region 111 is formed under the NMOS channel whereas the source region and the drain region are not affected.
Step e: the photo resist is removed, that is, the residual photo resist on the second transistor 120 and the residual photo resist inside the second transistor gate recess 1230 are removed.
Step f: a photo resist is spin-coated on the first transistor 110 and the second transistor 120 again, so as to fill the first transistor gate recess 1130 and the second transistor gate recess 1230.
Step h: donor impurity is implanted into the second transistor gate recess 1230 (for example, in a manner of performing the implantation perpendicularly to the upper surface of the substrate 1), so that a second buried-layer heavily doped region 121 is formed under the channel of the second transistor 120. Since the second buried-layer heavily doped region 121 is formed only under the channel of the second transistor 120, the source region and the drain region are not affected, Short Channel Effect is effectively suppressed.
In the step h, such as P, As or the like based ions are implanted as the donor impurity, so that the second buried-layer heavily doped region 121 is formed under the PMOS channel whereas the source region and the drain region are not affected.
Step i: the photo resist is removed again, that is, the residual photo resist covering the first transistor 110 and the residual photo resist inside the first transistor gate recess 1130 are removed.
In the present embodiment, the process sequence of the ion implantation process steps b-e regarding the NMOS structure 110 and the ion implantation process steps f-i regarding the PMOS structure 120 can be interchanged.
In the step j, the anneal process, such as Rapid Thermal Process (RTP), Spike Anneal, Flash Anneal and so on, may be performed to activate the implanted ions.
SCE is caused mainly in that charge in channel depletion regions are shared by a source-substrate PN junction and a drain-substrate PN junction respectively in the vicinity of the source region and the drain region under the channel, therefore, the present embodiment mainly aims at the adjustment of the vicinity of the source region and the drain region.
As shown in
The method for suppressing Short Channel Effect of a CMOS structure according to the present embodiment comprises the following steps:
Firstly, a photo resist is spin-coated in the CMOS structure 2, and an exposure and development process is performed, so that the photo resist on the NMOS structure 201 region is removed, and so that a first photo resist 207 only covering the PMOS structure 202 is formed, and an angle tilt ion implantation process 208 is performed so as to bi-directionally implant acceptor impurity ions (such as B, BF2, BF, In or the like based ions by 180° angle turn, as shown in
After the first photo resist 207 is removed, the photo resist is spin-coated in the CMOS structure 2 again, and an exposure and development process is performed, so that the photo resist on the PMOS structure 202 region is removed, and so that a second photo resist 213 only covering the NMOS structure 201 is formed, and an angle tilt ion implantation process 214 is performed so as to bi-directionally implant donor impurity ions (such as P, As or the like based ions) by 180° angle turn, as shown in
Thereafter, the second photo resist 213 is removed.
In the present embodiment, the process sequence of the angled tilt ion implantation processes 208 and 214 respectively regarding the NMOS structure 201 and the PMOS structure 202 can be interchanged.
Then, Rapid Thermal Process, Spike Anneal or Flash Anneal for the CMOS structure 2 may be performed to activate the implanted ions.
Finally, the next processes manufacturing a gate-last high-K metal gate are performed so as to finish the manufacture of the CMOS device, as shown in
SCE is caused mainly in that the charge in channel depletion regions is shared by a source-substrate PN junction and a drain-substrate PN junction respectively in the vicinity of the source region and the drain region under the channel, and electric shift is caused substantially by the shared charge in the vicinity of the drain region under the channel. Therefore, the present embodiment mainly aims at the adjustment of the vicinity of the drain region.
As shown in
The method for suppressing Short Channel Effect of a CMOS structure according to the present embodiment comprises the following steps:
Firstly, a photo resist is spin-coated in the CMOS structure 3, and an exposure and development process is performed, so that the photo resist on the NMOS structure 301 region is removed, and so that a first photo resist 307 only covering the PMOS structure 302 is formed, and an angle tilt ion implantation process 308 is performed so as to implant acceptor impurity ions (such as B, BF2, BF, In or the like based ions) in one direction, as shown in
After the first photo resist 307 is removed, the photo resist is spin-coated in the CMOS structure 3 again, and an exposure and development process is performed, so that the photo resist on the PMOS structure 302 region is removed, and so that a second photo resist 313 only covering the NMOS structure 301 is formed, and an angle tilt ion implantation process 314 is performed so as to implant donor impurity ions (such as P, As or the like based ions) in one direction, as shown in
Thereafter, the second photo resist 313 is removed.
In the present embodiment, the process sequence of the angled tilt ion implantation processes 308 and 314 respectively regarding the NMOS structure 301 and the PMOS structure 302 can be interchanged.
Then, Rapid Thermal Process, Spike Anneal or Flash Anneal for the CMOS structure 3 may be performed to activate the implanted ions.
Finally, the next processes manufacturing a gate-last high-K metal gate are performed so as to finish the manufacture of the CMOS device, as shown in
According to the above embodiments, the method for manufacturing a gate-last high-K CMOS structure by self-aligning channel doping to suppress Short Channel Effect of the CMOS structure according to the present application can solve the following problems existing in the related art: 1. the source and drain doping may be compensated for, thereby the parasitic resistance of the source and drain may increase; 2. profiles of the source-substrate PN junction and the drain-substrate PN junction may be affected, thereby the reverse leakage current may increase; 3. the junction depth Xj of the source-substrate PN junction and the drain-substrate PN junction may be increased, thereby causing a reverse affect on SCE suppressing. However, the present application realizes a self-aligned channel doping of a CMOS device, a heavily doped buried-layer under the channel is formed whereas the source and drain region are not affected, thereby Short Channel Effect is effectively suppressed and the performance of the device is improved.
According to the method for suppressing Short Channel Effect of a CMOS device of the present application, since heavily doped buried-layers in the vicinity of the source region and the drain region under the channel are formed, or a heavily doped buried-layer in the vicinity of the drain region under the channel is solely formed, a self-aligned doping process is employed, and the source and drain region are not affected, so that Short Channel Effect is effectively suppressed. The processes are simple and are easy to be achieved and operated.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above-described embodiments, it is not limited to the above-described embodiments which are only exemplary. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that any equivalent modifications and substitution made to the present application may fall within the scope of the present application. Therefore, all variations and modifications implemented without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention should be covered by the scope of the present invention.
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201110206463.X | Jul 2011 | CN | national |
201110206500.7 | Jul 2011 | CN | national |