CN106128949A - A kind of eliminate the method for wafer surface defects in three dimensional NAND forming process - Google Patents

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CN106128949A
CN106128949A CN201610515918.9A CN201610515918A CN106128949A CN 106128949 A CN106128949 A CN 106128949A CN 201610515918 A CN201610515918 A CN 201610515918A CN 106128949 A CN106128949 A CN 106128949A
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龚睿
张高升
隋翔宇
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Abstract

The present invention relates to three-dimensional storage field, particularly relate to a kind of eliminate the method for wafer surface defects in three dimensional NAND forming process, after having deposited high-density plasma oxide layer on multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film, described high-density plasma oxide layer is planarized first with chemical mechanical milling tech, deposition mask layer on high-density plasma oxide layer after described planarization again, so can grind away the granule projection on high-density plasma oxide layer surface, thus avoid causing defect during deposition mask layer, ensure that being smoothed out of further channel hole etching technics.

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A kind of eliminate the method for wafer surface defects in three dimensional NAND forming process
Technical field
The present invention relates to three-dimensional storage field, particularly relate to crystal column surface in a kind of elimination three dimensional NAND forming process and lack The method fallen into.
Background technology
Existing 3D NAND(three-dimensional flash memory memorizer) in manufacturing process, owing to high aspect ratio access opening etches requirement, logical Access opening etching is carried out again after often depositing one layer of thicker hard mask layer in nitrogen oxide layer.Such as it is stacked with 32 layers of nitrogen oxide layer The 3D NAND of (about 1.92 μm), the hard mask layer of deposition about 1.17 μ m-thick is to ensure the high aspect ratio requirement of access opening etching.
But in hard mask layer deposition process, it has been found that in high density ionization process before, big of surface The protruding easily adsorption charge of grain produces point discharge phenomenon, thus the highdensity electric arc of guiding high intensity is adsorbed on wafer, Crystal column surface produces destructive defect (" Arcing " problem), and the most this defect is formed, follow-up access opening etching Technique just cannot be smoothed out, and affects device effect, causes wafer to be discarded.
Summary of the invention
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a kind of method eliminating wafer surface defects, to ensure that access opening etches work Being smoothed out of skill, it is to avoid wafer loss, improves device effect.
The present invention solves the technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem used:
There is provided a kind of and eliminate the method for wafer surface defects in three dimensional NAND forming process, it is characterised in that including:
Semi-conductive substrate is provided;
Composite film is prepared on described Semiconductor substrate;
After the upper surface of described composite film prepares intermediate oxide layer, remove the projection on described intermediate oxide layer surface;
Deposition mask layer covers the surface of described intermediate oxide layer;
The memory heap stack architecture in described NAND is prepared based on the described composite film being coated with mask layer and intermediate oxide layer.
Preferably, described Semiconductor substrate is a silicon substrate.
Preferably, described composite film includes nitride multilayer film and multilamellar oxide-film.
Preferably, described nitride multilayer film and multilamellar oxide-film are alternately stacked the described composite film of formation.
Preferably, contact with described Semiconductor substrate one layer of described composite film is nitride film;Described composite film with One layer of the contact of described intermediate oxide layer is oxide-film.
Preferably, described intermediate oxide layer is high-density plasma oxide layer.
Preferably, use chemical vapor deposition method formed described composite film, described intermediate oxide layer and described in cover Film layer.
Preferably, flatening process is used to remove the projection on described intermediate oxide layer surface.
Preferably, chemical mechanical milling tech is used to remove the projection on described intermediate oxide layer surface.
Preferably, the material of described mask layer includes amorphous carbon.
Technique scheme has the advantage that or beneficial effect: the present invention is by having deposited on multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film After high-density plasma oxide layer, planarize described high-density plasma oxide layer first with chemical mechanical milling tech, Deposition mask layer on high-density plasma oxide layer after described planarization again, so can grind away high density etc. from The granule projection on daughter oxide layer surface, thus avoid causing wafer surface defects during deposition mask layer, it is ensured that further channel Being smoothed out of hole etching technics, and then protect whole 3D NAND device.
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By the detailed description non-limiting example made with reference to the following drawings of reading, the present invention and feature thereof, outward Shape and advantage will become more apparent.The part that labelling instruction identical in whole accompanying drawings is identical.Not can according to than Example draws accompanying drawing, it is preferred that emphasis is illustrate the purport of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the method flow diagram that the present invention eliminates wafer surface defects;
Fig. 2 ~ Fig. 6 is the structure chart of each step in the embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed description of the invention
The method of elimination wafer surface defects disclosed by the invention, applies to the forming process of 3D NAND, its concrete steps As shown in Figure 1: after having deposited high-density plasma oxide layer on multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film, grind first with chemical machinery Grinding process planarization high-density plasma oxide layer, protruding to eliminate the granule on this high-density plasma oxide layer surface; Deposition mask layer on high-density plasma oxide layer the most after planarization, by so first grinding away high-density plasma The granule projection on body oxide layer surface, the mode of redeposited mask layer, it is to avoid cause defect during deposition mask layer, it is ensured that follow-up Being smoothed out of access opening etching technics.
The method that the present invention eliminates wafer surface defects is elaborated below in conjunction with specific embodiment and accompanying drawing.
With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, first provide a substrate 1, on substrate 1 formation of deposits multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film (N-O stack) 2.This multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 actually nitride multilayer film (SiN) and multilamellar oxide-film (SiO2) it is alternately stacked formation.Traditional Two dimensional memory has only to deposit one layer of nitration case, because the present invention eliminates the approach application of wafer surface defects in 3D NAND(three-dimensional flash memory memorizer), deposition multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 is to form stereochemical structure the most on substrate 1.Wherein multilamellar nitrogen Depending on the number of plies of oxide-film is according to concrete process requirements, the number of plies of the nitrogen oxidation film of deposition is the most, and its thickness is the thickest, end form The memory space of the 3D NAND become is the biggest.Such as deposition 16 layers, its thickness is about 0.96 μm;Depositing 32 layers, its thickness is about 1.92μm;Depositing 64 layers, its thickness is about 3.8 μm;Depositing 128 layers, its thickness is about 7.7 μm.Deposit multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 Afterwards, a floor height density plasma oxide-film (HDP OX) 3 is deposited on its surface.According to process requirements, this deposition highly dense The thickness of degree plasma oxide film (HDP OX) 3 is the thickest.
Before deposition multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2, in actual production, technique before may be formed various short grained scarce Falling into, after the thickest multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 deposition gets on, little grain defect before will be zoomed into multilamellar nitrogen by jack-up The bulky grain on oxide-film 2 surface protruding (bulky grain that mark 22 is multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 surface in such as Fig. 2 is protruding);Real It is also possible to because during deposition multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2, board or reaction cavity may drop little during border produces Granule, and then covered by follow-up multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 deposition and amplify, this and board or the health status of reaction cavity Having relation, some parts of the inside have used long it is possible that various abrasion, and byproduct of reaction accumulates in gas piping In or cavity around.Because of various reasons, after having deposited multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2, it is easy to form bulky grain on its surface convex Play 22.
The technique being conventionally formed 3D NANA i.e. continues deposition high density after having stacked multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 on its surface Plasma oxide film 3 and mask layer.With reference to Fig. 6, because it is protruding to there is bulky grain, deposit high-density plasma oxide-film When 3, in high density ionization process, bulky grain protruding easily adsorption charge generation point discharge phenomenon, thus guiding high intensity Highdensity electric arc is adsorbed on wafer, and arc discharge produces destructive defect (Arcing defect) to crystal column surface.And This defect is likely to be corrupted in beneath multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 even up to substrate 1 always, badly damaged whole 3D NAND device.
Therefore, the present invention is after having deposited high-density plasma oxide-film (HDP OX) 3, as shown in Figure 4, and employingization Learn mechanical milling tech (CMP) planarize this high-density plasma oxide-film 3 so that it is the granule projection on surface be milled away and Leave smooth surface 31.And owing to the thickness of the high-density plasma oxide-film (HDP OX) 3 of deposition is thicker, pass through HDP OX can also be ground to suitable thickness by CMP, with follow-up processing step.In CMP by high density After the bulky grain projection on plasma oxide film (HDP OX) 3 surfaces is ground to the surface 31 of planarization, as it is shown in figure 5, again Depositing one layer of mask layer 4 and cover on the surface 31 of planarization, so mask layer 4 surface of deposition smooths, and defect will not occur, Protect 3D NAND device.
As a preferred embodiment, the mask layer 4 herein deposited is a kind of a-C(amorphous Carbon, without fixed Shape carbon) film layer, this a-C film layer light to photoetching process (the follow-up 3D of preparation NAND needs photoetching process to carry out access opening etching) Line absorption is very capable, with the silicon oxynitride film of specific materials with the use of to reduce the reflectance of light.This a-C film layer is excellent It is selected in the crucial photoetching process that live width is less use (below such as 90nm technique), meets the present embodiment and prepare 3D NAND's Process requirements.Meanwhile, this a-C film layer or the hard mask blocks layer of subsequent etching processes (i.e. mask layer 4), because follow-up preparation 3D NAND needs to etch deep hole, so needing thicker hard mask blocks layer to improve etch process level.
Further, the present embodiment preferably employs Kodiak film as amorphous carbon film layer (i.e. mask layer 4), Kodiak Film is APF(Advanced Pattern Film) one, the anti-reflecting layer preferably as photoetching process improves photoetching work Skill.
As a preferred embodiment, the present embodiment uses chemical mechanical milling tech (CMP) make high density etc. from Daughter oxide-film (HDP OX) 3 surface planarisation, in practice, it is also possible to use other process meanses to carry out planarization behaviour Make.
After having deposited mask layer 4, more beneath multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film 2 is carried out access opening etching, and leading in etching Road inner hole deposition amasss dielectric layer, and to continue to make 3D NAND, because these steps are similar with existing technique, the present invention is the most superfluous at this State.
In sum, a kind of of present invention offer eliminates the method for wafer surface defects in three dimensional NAND forming process, logical Cross after having deposited high-density plasma oxide layer on multilamellar nitrogen oxidation film, planarize first with chemical mechanical milling tech Deposition mask on described high-density plasma oxide layer, then the high-density plasma oxide layer after described planarization Layer, so can grind away the granule projection on high-density plasma oxide layer surface, thus avoid causing during deposition mask layer Defect, it is ensured that being smoothed out of further channel hole etching technics, thus protect whole 3D NAND device.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that those skilled in the art are combining prior art and above-described embodiment is permissible Realize described change case, do not repeat at this.Such change case has no effect on the flesh and blood of the present invention, the most superfluous at this State.
Above presently preferred embodiments of the present invention is described.It is to be appreciated that the invention is not limited in above-mentioned Particular implementation, the equipment and the structure that do not describe in detail the most to the greatest extent are construed as giving reality with the common mode in this area Execute;Any those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing under technical solution of the present invention ambit, may utilize the disclosure above Method and technology contents technical solution of the present invention is made many possible variations and modification, or be revised as equivalent variations etc. Effect embodiment, this has no effect on the flesh and blood of the present invention.Therefore, every content without departing from technical solution of the present invention, foundation The technical spirit of the present invention, to any simple modification made for any of the above embodiments, equivalent variations and modification, all still falls within the present invention In the range of technical scheme protection.

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1. one kind eliminates the method for wafer surface defects in three dimensional NAND forming process, it is characterised in that including:
Semi-conductive substrate is provided;
Composite film is prepared on described Semiconductor substrate;
After the upper surface of described composite film prepares intermediate oxide layer, remove the projection on described intermediate oxide layer surface;
Deposition mask layer covers the surface of described intermediate oxide layer;
The memory heap stack architecture in described NAND is prepared based on the described composite film being coated with mask layer and intermediate oxide layer.
2. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that institute Stating Semiconductor substrate is a silicon substrate.
3. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that institute State composite film and include nitride multilayer film and multilamellar oxide-film.
4. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that institute State nitride multilayer film and multilamellar oxide-film is alternately stacked the described composite film of formation successively.
5. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that institute Stating the thin film that composite film contacts with described Semiconductor substrate is described nitride film;Described composite film and described middle oxygen The thin film changing layer contact is described oxide-film.
6. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that institute Stating intermediate oxide layer is high-density plasma oxide layer.
7. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that adopt Described composite film, described intermediate oxide layer and described mask layer is formed by chemical vapor deposition method.
8. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that adopt The projection on described intermediate oxide layer surface is removed with flatening process.
9. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 8, it is characterised in that institute Stating flatening process is chemical mechanical milling tech.
10. the method for wafer surface defects in elimination three dimensional NAND forming process as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that The material of described mask layer includes amorphous carbon.
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