Preparation method of floating gate memory and floating gate memory
阅读说明:本技术 一种浮栅存储器的制备方法和浮栅存储器 (Preparation method of floating gate memory and floating gate memory ) 是由 何永 冯骏 于 2018-08-17 设计创作,主要内容包括:本发明公开了一种浮栅存储器的制备方法和浮栅存储器,该制备方法,包括:提供第一制备结构,第一制备结构包括半导体衬底、设置于半导体衬底一侧的隧穿氧化层、设置于隧穿氧化层远离半导体衬底一侧的第一多晶硅层和多个填充有第一氧化物的第一沟槽,第一多晶硅层被第一沟槽分隔成多段第一子多晶硅层,第一氧化物与第一多晶硅层齐平;刻蚀掉部分第一多晶硅层,以凸出第一氧化物;在第一氧化物及剩余的第一多晶硅层暴露出的表面形成氮化硅层;采用自对准工艺在第一子多晶硅层中形成第二凹槽,使得第一多晶硅层的表面积增大,增加浮栅存储器的耦合率,提高擦写速度;并且,使得第一子多晶硅层中第二凹槽具有较高的一致性,并且降低制造成本。(The invention discloses a preparation method of a floating gate memory and the floating gate memory, wherein the preparation method comprises the following steps: providing a first preparation structure, wherein the first preparation structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling oxide layer arranged on one side of the semiconductor substrate, a first polycrystalline silicon layer arranged on one side of the tunneling oxide layer far away from the semiconductor substrate and a plurality of first grooves filled with first oxides, the first polycrystalline silicon layer is divided into a plurality of sections of first sub-polycrystalline silicon layers by the first grooves, and the first oxides are flush with the first polycrystalline silicon layer; etching off part of the first polysilicon layer to protrude the first oxide; forming a silicon nitride layer on the exposed surfaces of the first oxide and the residual first polysilicon layer; forming a second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer by adopting a self-alignment process, so that the surface area of the first polysilicon layer is increased, the coupling rate of the floating gate memory is increased, and the erasing speed is improved; and the second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer has higher consistency and the manufacturing cost is reduced.)
1. A preparation method of a floating gate memory is characterized by comprising the following steps:
providing a first preparation structure, wherein the first preparation structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling oxide layer arranged on one side of the semiconductor substrate, a first polycrystalline silicon layer arranged on one side of the tunneling oxide layer far away from the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of first grooves filled with first oxides, the first polycrystalline silicon layer is divided into a plurality of sections of first sub-polycrystalline silicon layers by the first grooves, the first oxides are flush with the first polycrystalline silicon layer, and the depth of each first groove is greater than the thickness of the first polycrystalline silicon layer;
etching off part of the first polysilicon layer to protrude the first oxide;
forming a silicon nitride layer on the exposed surfaces of the first oxide and the rest first polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein the part of the silicon nitride layer positioned on the first sub-polycrystalline silicon layer is provided with a first groove;
and forming a second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer by adopting a self-alignment process, wherein the second groove is positioned right below the first groove.
2. The method for manufacturing a floating gate memory according to claim 1, wherein forming a second recess in the first sub-polysilicon layer by a self-aligned process comprises:
etching the silicon nitride layer until the part of the silicon nitride layer, which is positioned at the bottom of the first groove, is etched;
and etching the exposed first sub-polysilicon layer by using the rest of the silicon nitride layer or the first oxide and the rest of the silicon nitride layer as masks to form the second groove.
3. The method for manufacturing a floating gate memory according to claim 2, further comprising, after forming a second recess in the first sub-polysilicon layer by a self-aligned process:
removing the residual silicon nitride layer;
etching the first oxide to enable the first oxide to be flush with the tunneling oxide layer;
depositing a gate dielectric film layer on the second surface formed by the first polycrystalline silicon layer and the first oxide;
a second polysilicon layer is deposited over the gate dielectric film layer.
4. The method of manufacturing a floating gate memory according to claim 1, wherein the first trenches are equally spaced.
5. The method of manufacturing a floating gate memory according to claim 1, wherein the method of manufacturing the first manufacturing structure comprises:
forming a semiconductor substrate, a sacrificial oxide layer and a sacrificial silicon nitride layer which are sequentially stacked;
photoetching and etching the sacrificial silicon nitride layer to expose the sacrificial oxide layer at multiple positions of the sacrificial silicon nitride layer;
etching the exposed sacrificial oxide layer and the semiconductor substrate corresponding to the sacrificial oxide layer to enable the semiconductor substrate, the first oxide layer and the sacrificial silicon nitride layer to form a first groove;
filling the first oxide in the first trench so that the first oxide covers the sacrificial silicon nitride layer;
planarizing the first oxide to make the first oxide flush with the sacrificial silicon nitride layer;
removing the sacrificial silicon nitride layer and the sacrificial oxide layer;
depositing a tunneling oxide layer on the surface of the exposed semiconductor substrate;
depositing the first polysilicon layer over the tunneling oxide layer such that the first polysilicon layer covers the first oxide;
and carrying out planarization treatment on the first polysilicon layer to enable the first polysilicon layer to be flush with the first oxide.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of performing photolithography and etching on the sacrificial silicon nitride layer is performed by a hard mask etching process when the sacrificial oxide layer is exposed at a plurality of positions of the sacrificial silicon nitride layer.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the planarization of the first oxide is performed such that the first oxide is flush with the sacrificial silicon nitride layer using a chemical mechanical polishing process.
8. A floating gate memory, characterized by being prepared by the preparation method of any one of claims 1 to 7.
Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor devices, in particular to a floating gate memory and a preparation method thereof.
Background
Semiconductor memories are widely used in various electronic products. The floating gate memory is used widely as an important structure of a flash memory device for storing data.
The floating gate type memory generally includes a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel oxide film, a floating gate, a gate dielectric film, and a control gate, which are stacked in this order from bottom to top. The gate dielectric film is usually formed of an ONO film, and in order to improve the coupling ratio of the device, the contact area between the floating gate and the control gate is increased, thereby increasing the capacitance of the ONO layer. The conventional method for increasing the capacitance of the ONO layer is to directly etch the floating gate, form a groove on the floating gate and then deposit the ONO layer.
However, the above method for fabricating the floating gate memory is likely to cause the consistency of the plurality of grooves formed on the floating gate to be poor, and a precise mask plate is required when the floating gate is etched, thereby increasing the fabrication cost.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a preparation method of a floating gate memory and the floating gate memory, aiming at improving the consistency of a plurality of grooves on a floating gate and reducing the preparation cost on the premise of improving the coupling ratio of the floating gate memory.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a floating gate memory, including:
providing a first preparation structure, wherein the first preparation structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling oxide layer arranged on one side of the semiconductor substrate, a first polycrystalline silicon layer arranged on one side of the tunneling oxide layer far away from the semiconductor substrate and a plurality of first grooves filled with first oxides, the first polycrystalline silicon layer is divided into a plurality of sections of first sub-polycrystalline silicon layers by the first grooves, the first oxides are flush with the first polycrystalline silicon layer, and the depth of each first groove is greater than the thickness of the first polycrystalline silicon layer;
etching off part of the first polysilicon layer to protrude the first oxide;
forming a silicon nitride layer on the exposed surfaces of the first oxide and the rest first polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein the part of the silicon nitride layer positioned on the first sub-polycrystalline silicon layer is provided with a first groove;
and forming a second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer by adopting a self-alignment process, wherein the second groove is positioned right below the first groove.
Wherein, the second groove is formed in the first sub-polysilicon layer by adopting a self-alignment process, which comprises the following steps:
etching the silicon nitride layer until the part of the silicon nitride layer, which is positioned at the bottom of the first groove, is etched;
and etching the exposed first sub-polysilicon layer by using the rest silicon nitride layer or the first oxide and the rest silicon nitride layer as masks to form a second groove.
After forming the second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer by using a self-aligned process, the method further includes:
removing the residual silicon nitride layer;
etching the first oxide to make the first oxide flush with the tunneling oxide layer;
depositing a gate dielectric film layer on the second surface formed by the first polycrystalline silicon layer and the first oxide;
a second polysilicon layer is deposited over the gate dielectric film layer.
Wherein, the intervals between the first grooves are equal.
The manufacturing method of the first preparation structure comprises the following steps:
forming a semiconductor substrate, a sacrificial oxide layer and a sacrificial silicon nitride layer which are sequentially stacked;
photoetching and etching the sacrificial silicon nitride layer to expose the sacrificial oxide layer at multiple positions of the sacrificial silicon nitride layer;
etching the exposed sacrificial oxide layer and the semiconductor substrate corresponding to the sacrificial oxide layer to enable the semiconductor substrate, the first oxide layer and the sacrificial silicon nitride layer to form a first groove;
filling a first oxide in the first trench so that the first oxide covers the sacrificial silicon nitride layer;
carrying out planarization treatment on the first oxide so that the first oxide is flush with the sacrificial silicon nitride layer;
removing the sacrificial silicon nitride layer and the sacrificial oxide layer;
depositing a tunneling oxide layer on the surface of the exposed semiconductor substrate;
depositing a first polysilicon layer above the tunneling oxide layer to cover the first oxide layer;
and carrying out planarization treatment on the first polysilicon layer to enable the first polysilicon layer to be flush with the first oxide.
And photoetching and etching the sacrificial silicon nitride layer to expose the sacrificial oxide layer at multiple positions of the sacrificial silicon nitride layer by using a hard mask etching process.
Wherein the first oxide is planarized such that the first oxide is level with the sacrificial silicon nitride layer using a chemical mechanical polishing process.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a floating gate memory, where the floating gate memory is prepared by using the floating gate memory preparation method provided in the first aspect.
The invention provides a first preparation structure, which comprises a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling oxide layer arranged on one side of the semiconductor substrate, a first polycrystalline silicon layer arranged on one side of the tunneling oxide layer far away from the semiconductor substrate and a plurality of first grooves filled with first oxides, wherein the first polycrystalline silicon layer is divided into a plurality of sections of first sub-polycrystalline silicon layers by the first grooves, and the first oxides are flush with the first polycrystalline silicon layer; projecting the first oxide by etching away a portion of the first polysilicon layer; forming a silicon nitride layer on the exposed surfaces of the first oxide and the rest first polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein the part of the silicon nitride layer positioned on the first sub-polycrystalline silicon layer is provided with a first groove; and forming a second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer under the first groove by using a self-alignment process, so that the surface area of the first polysilicon layer is increased, and when the first polysilicon layer is used as a floating gate, the coupling rate of the floating gate memory can be increased, and the erasing speed is increased; and the second groove positioned right below the first groove is formed in the first sub-polysilicon layer through a self-alignment process, so that the second groove in the first sub-polysilicon layer has higher consistency, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for manufacturing a floating gate memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a first preparation structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first fabricated structure in which a portion of the first polysilicon layer is etched away according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a silicon nitride layer formed on the exposed surface of the first oxide and the remaining first polysilicon layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the first sub-polysilicon layer after forming a second groove therein according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a portion of a silicon nitride layer at the bottom of a first trench after being etched away according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a structure of etching the exposed first sub-polysilicon layer with the remaining silicon nitride layer or the first oxide and the remaining silicon nitride layer as masks to form a second groove according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the structure after removing the remaining silicon nitride according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a structure in which the first oxide is flush with the tunnel oxide layer after the first oxide is etched away according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a gate dielectric film deposited on the second surface of the first polysilicon layer and the first oxide layer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a second polysilicon layer deposited over the gate dielectric film layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a flow chart for preparing a first preparation structure provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 13 to 20 are schematic structural views of a first preparation structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention in each step.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for manufacturing a floating gate memory according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method for manufacturing a floating gate memory includes:
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a first preparation structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 2, alternatively, when forming a floating gate memory, the
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first fabricated structure in which a portion of the first polysilicon layer is etched away according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 3, the
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a silicon nitride layer formed on the exposed surface of the first oxide and the remaining first polysilicon layer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 4, the
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Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the first sub-polysilicon layer after forming a second groove therein according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 5, after forming the
In addition, the self-alignment process is a technology for realizing the automatic alignment of the optical copy printing by using the structural characteristics of elements and devices in the microelectronic technology, the
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step 141, as shown in fig. 6, etching the
step 142, using the remaining
Specifically, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a portion of the silicon nitride layer at the bottom of the first trench after being etched away according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 6, when the
Then, the remaining
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Specifically, by setting the equal intervals between the
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specifically, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the structure after removing the remaining silicon nitride according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 8, after the remaining
Fig. 12 is a flowchart of a first preparation structure, and fig. 13 to 20 are schematic views of the first preparation structure provided in the embodiment of the present invention in respective steps. Referring to fig. 12 to 20, a first preparation structure a method of manufacturing a first preparation structure includes:
Optionally, the sacrificial
Specifically, the hard mask is mainly used in the multiple photolithography process, and most of the metal and oxide belong to the hard mask. The hard mask has high temperature resistance, hardly deforms along with the change of the etching thickness, and is convenient to remove.
Optionally, the
Specifically, chemical mechanical polishing is the smoothing of silicon wafers or other substrate materials during processing by chemical etching and mechanical forces, using equipment and consumables that include: the polishing machine comprises a polishing machine, polishing slurry, a polishing pad, cleaning equipment, polishing end point detection and process control equipment, waste treatment and detection equipment and the like. The method is different from the traditional pure mechanical and pure chemical polishing methods, and the chemical mechanical polishing adopts the comprehensive action of chemistry and machinery, so that the defects of surface damage caused by pure mechanical polishing, low polishing speed, poor surface flatness and polishing consistency and the like easily caused by single-purification chemical polishing are avoided. By adopting the chemical mechanical polishing process, the flatness of the polished surfaces of the
It is to be noted that the foregoing is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the technical principles employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is determined by the scope of the appended claims.
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