The disclosure relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, and in particular, to a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure.
Increases in the integration density of semiconductor devices pose higher requirements on processes for manufacturing semiconductor devices. With the evolution of technology nodes, it becomes increasingly difficult to increase a bit line contact area, and it becomes increasingly difficult to improve processes for manufacturing semiconductor memories.
According to a first aspect, the disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, having a bit line groove; a bit line, located in the bit line groove, and extending in a first direction; and a vertical transistor, located on the bit line.
The bit line includes a bit line contact structure, and the bit line contact structure is a concave structure and/or a convex structure.
The vertical transistor is electrically connected to the bit line by the bit line contact structure.
According to a second aspect, the disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes the following operations.
A substrate is provided, and a bit line groove is formed in the substrate.
A bit line is formed in the bit line groove, and the bit line extends in a first direction.
A bit line contact structure is formed on the bit line, and the bit line contact structure is a concave structure and/or a convex structure.
A vertical transistor is formed on the bit line, and the vertical transistor is electrically connected to the bit line by the bit line contact structure.
The structure of the disclosure and its other application objectives and beneficial effects will become more apparent and understandable by the description of the preferred embodiments in combination with the accompanying drawings.
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure or the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
As discussed in the BACKGROUND, in a current semiconductor structure, in one aspect, because a contact surface between a bit line and a transistor is planar, a contact area is relatively small, and in another aspect, because a feature size of a MOS transistor is reduced, the contact area between the bit line and the transistor is further reduced. As a result, a contact resistance between the bit line and the transistor is increased, leading to the decrease of signal transmission performance and the decrease of semiconductor structure performance.
In view of this, the disclosure provides a bit line contact structure with a concave structure and/or a convex structure, so that when a vertical transistor is electrically connected to a bit line by the bit line contact structure, a contact area of the bit line contact structure can be effectively increased, a contact resistance at the bit line contact structure can be reduced, and a charge transmission speed can be increased, thereby improving a signal transmission speed. In addition, in the semiconductor structure provided in the disclosure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, by forming a bit line groove in a substrate, the bit line can be arranged in the bit line groove to facilitate the formation of a buried bit line structure, which helps to improve the stability of the semiconductor structure. Meanwhile, compared with a planar transistor, the vertical transistor in the disclosure can effectively improve the level of integration of devices and increase a storage capacity while occupying the same area on the substrate.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the disclosure clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure are described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings of the preferred embodiments of the disclosure. In the accompanying drawings, the same or similar numerals represent the same or similar parts or parts having the same or similar functions throughout the specification. The described embodiments are merely some rather than all of the embodiments of the disclosure. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary, and are used to explain the disclosure but should not be construed as a limitation to the disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the disclosure without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the disclosure. The embodiments of the disclosure are described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
According to the first aspect, the embodiments of the disclosure provide a semiconductor structure. As shown in
It should be noted that, “a concave structure and/or a convex structure” herein means that the overall structure of the bit line contact structure 30 is the concave structure, the convex structure, or a combination of the concave structure and the convex structure. The bit line contact structure 30 provided in the embodiments of the disclosure has a larger contact area than a planar contact structure in the related art.
It should be noted that, by forming the bit line groove 11 in the substrate 10, the bit line 20 can be arranged in the bit line groove 11, to facilitate the formation of a buried bit line structure. By setting the vertical transistor 40, while the same area on the substrate 10 is occupied, the level of integration of the semiconductor structure 100 can be effectively improved, and a storage capacity can be increased, compared with a planar transistor.
It should be noted that, in
It should be noted that, as shown in
Specifically, as shown in
Specifically, the bit line contact structure 30 includes a transition layer 31 and a seed layer 32. The seed layer 32 is located on a side of the transition layer 31 away from the substrate 10. The transition layer 31 may be a TiN layer. TiN has good interface compatibility with the metal material of the second conductive layer 22, which can effectively reduce structural defects at interfaces. The seed layer 32 may be made by polycrystalline silicon. Polycrystalline silicon can be converted into monocrystalline silicon by using an annealing process, so that the vertical transistor 40 is epitaxially grown based on monocrystalline silicon.
Specifically, the vertical transistor 40 is located on the bit line contact structure 30, and embedded with the bit line contact structure 30. In this way, in one aspect, a contact resistance at the bit line contact structure 30 can be reduced, and in another aspect, because the vertical transistor 40 has relatively higher vertical height, the vertical transistor 40 and the bit line contact structure 30 can be connected in an embedded manner, which is beneficial to improve the structural stability of the semiconductor structure 100.
Specifically, the vertical transistor 40 includes a first doped region 41, a channel region 42, and a second doped region 43 that are sequentially stacked. The first doped region 41 contacts the bit line 20. The same type of doped ions is used in the first doped region 41, the channel region 42, and the second doped region 43. For example, the doped ions may be N-type ions or P-type ions.
The vertical transistor 40 further includes a capacitor (not shown). The second doped region 43 of the vertical transistor 40 is electrically connected to the capacitor. In the embodiments of the disclosure, the first doped region constitutes one of a source and a drain of the vertical transistor, and the second doped region constitutes the other of the source and the drain of the vertical transistor. In this way, when a voltage is applied between the first doped region and the second doped region, a current may flow through the channel region 42, and the first doped region is electrically connected to the bit line 20, so that a current path can be formed.
Specifically, the semiconductor structure 100 further includes a word line 50 and an isolation structure. The word line 50 is arranged surrounding the channel region 42, and extends in the second direction. In this way, a plurality of channel regions may be electrically connected in the second direction by the word line 50. The isolation structure is located between adjacent bit lines 20, and can prevent short circuit between the adjacent bit lines 20, thereby avoiding the effect on the stability of the semiconductor structure 100. In the embodiments of the disclosure, the substrate 10 between the adjacent bit lines 20 constitutes the isolation structure.
Specifically, the word line 50 includes a gate dielectric layer 51 and a gate conductive layer 52. The gate dielectric layer 51 is arranged surrounding the channel region 42. The gate conductive layer 52 is arranged surrounding the channel region 42, and is located on a side surface of the gate dielectric layer 51 corresponding to the channel region 42. The gate dielectric layer 51 and the gate conductive layer 52 together constitute the word line 50. Each word line 50 may surround at least one channel region 42. The material of the gate dielectric layer 51 may be an oxide, for example, silicon oxide. The material of the gate conductive layer 52 may be metal or a metal compound such as W, TiN, TaN, Al, Ru or Cu.
Specifically, the bit line contact structure 30 includes three structures. The first structure includes one concave structure. The second structure includes one convex structure. The third structure includes at least one concave structure and at least one convex structure.
In some embodiments, as shown in
In other embodiments, as shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
In the embodiments of the disclosure, as shown in
It should be noted that, the convex structure and/or the concave structure of the bit line contact structure 30 may have the same height. In the embodiments of the disclosure, the concave structure 62 is taken as an example for description. As shown in
The embodiments of the disclosure further provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure may be used to manufacture the above semiconductor structure.
As shown in
At S10, a substrate is provided. As shown in
At S20, a bit line is formed in the bit line groove. As shown in
At S30, a bit line contact structure is formed on the bit line. The bit line contact structure 30 is a concave structure and/or a convex structure. As shown in
At S40, a vertical transistor is formed on the bit line. The vertical transistor 40 is electrically connected to the bit line 20 by the bit line contact structure 30. Specifically, the vertical transistor 40 is formed on the bit line contact structure 30, and the vertical transistor 40 is embedded with the bit line contact structure 30.
Specifically, as shown in
At S301, a transition layer is formed on the bit line. The material of a transition layer 31 includes TiN, W, TaN, Al, Ru, Cu or the like.
At S302, a seed layer is formed on the transition layer. The material of a seed layer 32 includes polycrystalline silicon, which facilitates the epitaxial growth of other structural layers.
It should be noted that, the seed layer 32 is formed in the following two manners. In the first manner, as shown in
It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the vertical transistor 40 is formed on the seed layer 32. Specifically, as shown in
At S401, the seed layer is subjected with an annealing process. The annealing process is performed under a temperature of 500° C. to 1,000° C. for the total time of 3 h to 5 h. Specifically, the annealing process may be performed under a high temperature of 850° C. for 30 minutes, and under a high temperature of 550° C. for 4 hours. The two operations are sequentially performed, to reduce structural defects after polycrystalline silicon is converted into monocrystalline silicon, thereby improving the quality of the vertical transistor obtained by subsequent epitaxial growth.
At S402, a first doped region is formed on the bit line. The structure of the second semiconductor structure 100 after the first doped region 41 is formed is shown in
At S403, a channel region is formed in the first doped region.
At S404, a word line is formed. The word line 50 is arranged surrounding the channel region 42, and extends in a second direction. First, a gate dielectric layer 51 is formed. The gate dielectric layer 51 is arranged surrounding the channel region 42. Next, a gate conductive layer 52 is arranged on the periphery of the gate dielectric layer 51. The gate conductive layer 52 is arranged surrounding the channel region 42, and is located on a side surface of the gate dielectric layer 51. The gate dielectric layer 51 and the gate conductive layer 52 together constitute the word line 50. Each word line 50 may surround at least one channel region 42.
It should be noted that, the structure of the first semiconductor structure 100 after the word line 50 is formed is shown in
At S405, a second doped region is formed in the channel region. The structure of the first semiconductor structure 100 after the second doped region 43 is formed is shown in
In the method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure 100 according to an embodiment of the disclosure, by forming the bit line contact structure 30 with the concave structure and/or the convex structure on the bit line 20, the contact area of the bit line contact structure 30 is effectively increased when the vertical transistor 40 is electrically connected to the bit line 20 by the bit line contact structure 30, the bit line contact resistance is reduced, and the charge transmission speed is increased, thereby increasing a signal transmission speed. By forming the bit line 20 in the bit line groove 11, it is beneficial to the formation of a buried bit line structure. In addition, compared with a planar transistor, the vertical transistor 40 in the disclosure can effectively improve the level of integration of devices and increase a storage capacity, while occupying the same area on the substrate.
In the description, it should be noted that unless otherwise expressly specified and defined, terms “mounted”, “connected”, and “connection” should be understood in a broad sense, for example, two elements are fixedly connected, or are connected through an intermediate, or are communicated internally, or are interacting with each other. For persons skilled in the art, specific meanings of the terms in the disclosure should be understood according to specific conditions. Orientation or location relationships indicated by terms “up”, “down”, “front”, “rear”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, and “outside” are based on orientation or location relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only used to facilitate description of the disclosure and simplify description, but are not used to indicate or imply that the apparatuses or elements must have specific orientations or are constructed and operated by using specific orientations, and therefore, cannot be understood as a limitation to the disclosure. In the description of the disclosure, “a plurality of” herein means “two or more” unless otherwise precisely and specifically described.
The terms such as “first”, “second”, “third”, “fourth” (if exist) in the specification, claims, and the accompanying drawings of the disclosure are only used to distinguish among similar objects, but are not used to describe a specific order or time sequence. It should be understood that the data thus used are interchangeable in appropriate circumstances and that the embodiments of the disclosure described herein, for example, can be implemented in other sequences than those illustrated or described. In addition, the terms “include”, “comprise”, and any variation of such terms in the description and claims of the disclosure are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units not only includes those steps or units specified expressly, but also includes other steps or units that are not specified expressly or are inherent to the process, method, product or device.
Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of the disclosure rather than limiting the disclosure. Although the disclosure is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they may still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to some or all the technical features thereof, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the disclosure.
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202110753706.5 | Jul 2021 | CN | national |
This application is a U.S. continuation application of International Application No. PCT/CN2021/116913, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, which claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202110753706.5, filed on Jul. 2, 2021. International Application No. PCT/CN2021/116913 and Chinese patent application No. 202110753706.5 are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
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Parent | PCT/CN2021/116913 | Sep 2021 | US |
Child | 17516812 | US |