Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention is directed to a capacitor structure and a method for manufacturing the same, which is used to solve the problem of low stability of the capacitance support layer in the prior capacitor structure.
To achieve the above and other related objects, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a capacitor structure, the method comprising:
s1: providing a bottom substrate, and sequentially forming an etching stop layer, a lower sacrificial layer, a middle supporting layer, a top sacrificial layer, a first supporting layer and a stress relieving layer on the upper surface of the bottom substrate from bottom to top; wherein the bottom substrate has a contact hole penetrating its upper and lower surfaces;
s2: forming a first pattern mask on the upper surface of the stress relieving layer, and etching the stress relieving layer based on the first pattern mask to form a stress relieving part exposing the first support layer;
s3: forming a second supporting layer on the upper surface of the first supporting layer and the surface of the stress relieving part, wherein the stress relieving part is wrapped in the first supporting layer and the second supporting layer to form a top supporting layer;
s4: forming a second pattern mask on the upper surface of the top supporting layer, and etching the top supporting layer based on the second pattern mask to form a primary capacitor hole exposing the contact hole;
s5: forming a lower electrode layer at least on an inner wall surface of the primary capacitor hole;
s6: forming a third pattern mask on the upper surface of the structure obtained in the step S5, and etching at least the top supporting layer based on the third pattern mask to form an etching opening exposing the top sacrificial layer; and
s7: based on the etching opening, the top sacrificial layer, a part of the middle support layer and the lower sacrificial layer are removed in sequence to form a terminal capacitance hole.
Optionally, the manufacturing method further includes S8: a dielectric layer and an upper electrode layer are formed in this order from the outside to the inside at least on the surface of the terminal capacitance hole.
Optionally, the specific method for forming the etch stop layer in S1 includes: forming a first etch stop layer prior to an upper surface of the base substrate; and then thinning the first etching stop layer, and forming a second etching stop layer on the thinned upper surface of the first etching stop layer so as to form an etching stop layer on the upper surface of the bottom substrate.
Optionally, the thickness of the etching stop layer is between 10nm and 80 nm; the thickness of the first etching stop layer is between 10nm and 80nm, the thinning thickness is between 5nm and 30nm, and the thickness of the second etching stop layer is between 5nm and 30 nm.
Optionally, the material of the stress relief layer is selected from borophosphosilicate glass, wherein the weight percentage of boron ions is between 2 wt% and 4 wt%, and the weight percentage of phosphorus ions is between 2 wt% and 5 wt%.
Optionally, the thickness of the top support layer is between 150nm and 300 nm; the thickness of the first supporting layer is between 50nm and 150nm, the thickness of the stress relieving part is between 20nm and 100nm, and the thickness of the second supporting layer is between 50nm and 150 nm.
Optionally, a specific method for forming the etching opening in S6 includes:
s61: forming a third pattern mask on the upper surface of the structure obtained in S5, wherein the third pattern mask has a plurality of dry etching patterns, and a gap is formed between adjacent etching patterns, the gap is located above the top supporting layer to be etched, and the width of the gap is the same as the width of the top supporting layer to be etched; and
s62: and at least etching the top supporting layer to be etched based on the third pattern mask so as to form an etching opening exposing the top sacrificial layer.
The present invention also provides a capacitor structure comprising:
a bottom substrate having a contact hole penetrating upper and lower surfaces thereof;
the lower electrode layer is positioned on the bottom substrate, wherein the cross section of the lower electrode layer is U-shaped;
the etching stop layer is positioned on the upper surface of the bottom substrate and is connected with the bottom side wall of the lower electrode layer;
the middle supporting layer is positioned above the etching stopping layer and is connected to the middle side wall of the lower electrode layer;
the top supporting layer is positioned above the middle supporting layer and is connected to the top side wall of the lower electrode layer;
the top supporting layer sequentially comprises a first supporting layer, a stress relieving part and a second supporting layer from bottom to top, and the stress relieving part is coated in the first supporting layer and the second supporting layer.
Optionally, the capacitor structure further comprises: a dielectric layer and an upper electrode layer; the dielectric layer is at least formed on the surface of the lower electrode layer, and the upper electrode layer is formed on the surface of the dielectric layer.
Optionally, the etch stop layer comprises: the etching device comprises a first etching stop layer formed on the upper surface of the bottom substrate, and a second etching stop layer formed on the upper surface of the first etching stop layer.
Optionally, the thickness of the etching stop layer is between 10nm and 80 nm; wherein the thickness of the first etching stop layer is between 5nm and 50nm, and the thickness of the second etching stop layer is between 5nm and 30 nm.
Optionally, the tops of the two sidewalls of the U-shaped lower electrode layer are flush with the top of the top support layer.
Optionally, the material of the stress relief portion is selected from borophosphosilicate glass, wherein the weight percentage of boron ions is between 2 wt% and 4 wt%, and the weight percentage of phosphorus ions is between 2 wt% and 5 wt%.
Optionally, the thickness of the top support layer is between 150nm and 300 nm; the thickness of the first supporting layer is between 50nm and 150nm, the thickness of the stress relieving part is between 20nm and 100nm, and the thickness of the second supporting layer is between 50nm and 150 nm.
As described above, the capacitor structure and the manufacturing method thereof of the present invention have the following advantages:
according to the invention, the top supporting layer is designed into a multi-layer structure of the first supporting layer/the stress relieving part/the second supporting layer, and the stress relieving part is coated in the first supporting layer and the second supporting layer, so that the thickness of the top supporting layer is increased, and simultaneously, the internal stress of the first supporting layer and the internal stress of the second supporting layer are relieved by the stress relieving part, and the internal stress is reduced by about 50-80%, so that the supporting stability of the top supporting layer is increased, and the risk of cracking of the top supporting layer is reduced.
When the etching stop layer is formed, a first etching stop layer is firstly deposited, then the first etching stop layer is thinned, and then a second etching stop layer is formed on the first etching stop layer, so that the defects existing when the etching stop layer is formed by one-time deposition are overcome; the invention solves the problems of uneven surface and poor compactness of the etching stop layer caused by different materials with the bottom substrate when the etching stop layer is formed on the bottom substrate by primary deposition through thinning treatment and secondary deposition, thereby optimizing the surface compactness of the etching stop layer to reduce the risk of short circuit between the bottoms of the capacitors.
When the etching opening is formed, the etching is only carried out on the top supporting layer to be etched and/or the lower electrode layer on the upper surface of the top supporting layer to be etched, and the lower electrode layers on the two sides of the top supporting layer to be etched are reserved, so that the surface area of the capacitor hole is increased, and the capacity of the capacitor is improved generally.
Examples
As shown in fig. 1 to 17, the present embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a capacitor structure, the method including:
s1: providing a bottom substrate 101, and sequentially forming an etching stop layer 105, a lower sacrificial layer 108, a middle support layer 109, a top sacrificial layer 110, a first support layer 111 and a stress relief layer 112 on the upper surface of the bottom substrate 101 from bottom to top; wherein the base substrate 101 has a contact hole 102 penetrating its upper and lower surfaces;
s2: forming a first pattern mask 113 on the upper surface of the stress relieving layer 112, and etching the stress relieving layer 112 based on the first pattern mask 113 to form a stress relieving portion 114 exposing the first supporting layer 111;
s3: forming a second support layer 115 on the upper surface of the first support layer 111 and the surface of the stress relief portion 114, wherein the stress relief portion 114 is covered by the first support layer 111 and the second support layer 115 to form a top support layer 116;
s4: forming a second pattern mask 117 on the upper surface of the top support layer 116, and etching the top support layer 116 based on the second pattern mask 117 to form a primary capacitor hole 118 exposing the contact hole 102;
s5: forming a lower electrode layer 119 at least on an inner wall surface of the primary capacitor hole 118;
s6: forming a third pattern mask 121 on the upper surface of the structure obtained in S5, and etching at least the top supporting layer 116 based on the third pattern mask 121 to form an etching opening 124 exposing the top sacrificial layer 110; and
s7: based on the etch opening 124, the top sacrificial layer 110, a portion of the middle support layer 109, and the lower sacrificial layer 108 are sequentially removed to form a terminal capacitance hole 125.
Referring to fig. 1 to 17, a method for manufacturing the capacitor structure according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, providing a bottom substrate 101, and sequentially forming an etch stop layer 105, a lower sacrificial layer 108, a middle support layer 109, a top sacrificial layer 110, a first support layer 111, and a stress relief layer 112 on an upper surface of the bottom substrate 101 from bottom to top; wherein the base substrate 101 has a contact hole 102 penetrating its upper and lower surfaces. It should be noted that the contact hole 102 is used to connect the capacitor of the present embodiment with the lower circuit, and in the dram, the contact hole 102 is used to connect the capacitor with the source or drain of the lower transistor.
As an example, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a specific method for forming the etch stop layer 105 includes: forming a first etch stop layer 103 prior to an upper surface of the base substrate 101; then, the first etching stop layer 103 is thinned, and a second etching stop layer 104 is formed on the thinned upper surface of the first etching stop layer 103, so as to form an etching stop layer 105 on the upper surface of the bottom substrate 101. Specifically, a chemical vapor deposition process is used to form the first etching stop layer 103 and the second etching stop layer 104, and an etching process is used to reduce the thickness of the first etching stop layer 103, wherein the first etching stop layer 103 and the second etching stop layer 104 are made of the same material and are both selected from silicon nitride; the etch stop layer 105 has a thickness between 10nm and 80nm, inclusive, the first etch stop layer 103 has a thickness between 10nm and 80nm, inclusive, a reduced thickness (i.e., etch removal thickness) between 5nm and 30nm, inclusive, and the second etch stop layer has a thickness between 5nm and 30nm, inclusive. In this embodiment, when forming the etching stop layer 105, the first etching stop layer 103 is deposited first, and then the second etching stop layer 104 is formed on the first etching stop layer 103 after the first etching stop layer 103 is thinned, so as to compensate for the defect existing when the etching stop layer is formed by one deposition; that is, the embodiment solves the problems of unevenness and poor compactness of the surface of the etching stop layer due to different materials from the bottom substrate when the etching stop layer is formed by the primary deposition on the bottom substrate through the thinning treatment and the secondary deposition, so as to optimize the surface compactness of the etching stop layer 105 in the embodiment, and reduce the risk of short circuit between the bottoms of the capacitors.
As an example, as shown in fig. 4, a specific method of forming the lower sacrificial layer 108 includes: a first sacrificial layer 106 is formed on the upper surface of the etch stop layer 105, and then a second sacrificial layer 107 is formed on the upper surface of the first sacrificial layer 106, so as to form a lower sacrificial layer 108 on the upper surface of the etch stop layer 105. Specifically, the material of the first sacrificial layer 106 is selected from one of the group consisting of phosphosilicate glass (PSG), borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG), and fluorosilicate glass (FSG), and the first sacrificial layer 106 is made of a softer material to facilitate subsequent bottom etching; wherein the thickness of the first sacrificial layer 106 is between 100nm and 600nm (inclusive). The second sacrificial layer 107 is made of one selected from the group consisting of Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), phosphosilicate glass (PSG), borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG), and fluorosilicone glass (FSG); wherein the thickness of the second sacrificial layer 107 is between 300nm and 1000nm (inclusive).
As an example, the middle support layer 109 is formed by a chemical vapor deposition process, and the material of the middle support layer 109 is selected from silicon nitride, and the thickness of the middle support layer is between 10nm and 80nm (inclusive).
As an example, the material of the top sacrificial layer 110 is selected from silicon dioxide (SiO)2) And Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), the thickness of the top sacrificial layer 110 being between 300nm and 800nm, inclusive.
As an example, the first support layer 111 is formed by a chemical vapor deposition process, and the material of the first support layer 111 is selected from silicon nitride, and the thickness of the first support layer is between 50nm and 150nm (inclusive).
As an example, the material of the stress relieving layer 112 is selected from borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG), wherein the weight percentage of boron ions is between 2 wt% and 4 wt% (inclusive), and the weight percentage of phosphorous ions is between 2 wt% and 5 wt% (inclusive), so that the stress relieving layer 112 of the present embodiment has better fluidity, thereby being beneficial to relieve the internal stress of the subsequently formed top supporting layer; wherein the stress relief layer 112 has a thickness between 20nm and 100nm, inclusive.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, a first pattern mask 113 is formed on the upper surface of the stress relieving layer 112, and the stress relieving layer 112 is etched based on the first pattern mask 113 to form a stress relieving portion 114 exposing the first supporting layer 111. It is noted that after the stress relieving portion 114 is formed, the first pattern mask 113 needs to be removed.
As an example, a specific method of forming the first pattern mask 113 includes: forming a first hard mask layer and a second hard mask layer in sequence from bottom to top on the upper surface of the stress relieving layer 112; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the upper surface of the second hard mask layer, and etching the second hard mask layer and the first hard mask layer based on the patterned photoresist layer so as to transfer the pattern in the patterned photoresist layer to the first hard mask layer; and finally, removing the patterned photoresist layer and the second hard mask layer. Specifically, the first hard mask layer is made of one selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, organic anti-reflective material (BARC) and spin on carbon (spin on carbon), and has a thickness of 50nm to 200nm (inclusive); the second hard mask layer is made of an inorganic anti-reflection material (DARC) and has a thickness of 20-150 nm (inclusive).
As shown in fig. 7, a second supporting layer 115 is formed on the upper surface of the first supporting layer 111 and the surface of the stress relief portion 114, wherein the stress relief portion 114 is enclosed by the first supporting layer 111 and the second supporting layer 115 to form a top supporting layer 116. In this embodiment, the top support layer 116 is designed to be a multilayer structure of the first support layer 111/the stress relieving portion 114/the second support layer 115, and the stress relieving portion 114 is wrapped by the first support layer 111 and the second support layer 115, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing the thickness of the top support layer 116, and at the same time, the stress relieving portion 114 is used to relieve the internal stress of the first support layer 111 and the second support layer 115, so that the absolute value of the stress of the top support layer 116 in this embodiment is reduced to 30MPa to 60MPa (inclusive), thereby increasing the support stability of the top support layer and reducing the risk of cracking of the top support layer.
As an example, the second support layer 115 is formed by a chemical vapor deposition process, and the material of the second support layer 115 is selected from silicon nitride, and the thickness of the second support layer is between 50nm and 150nm (inclusive).
Illustratively, the top support layer 116 has a thickness between 150nm and 300 nm; the thickness of the first support layer 111 is between 50nm and 150nm, the thickness of the stress relief part 114 is between 20nm and 100nm, and the thickness of the second support layer 115 is between 50nm and 150 nm.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, a second pattern mask 117 is formed on the upper surface of the top support layer 116, and the top support layer 116 is etched based on the second pattern mask 117 to form a preliminary capacitor hole 118 exposing the contact hole 102. It is noted that after the formation of the primary capacitor hole 118, the second pattern mask 117 needs to be removed.
As an example, a specific method of forming the second pattern mask 117 includes: forming a hard mask layer on the top surface of the top support layer 116; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the upper surface of the hard mask layer, and etching the hard mask layer based on the patterned photoresist layer so as to transfer the pattern in the patterned photoresist layer into the hard mask layer; and finally, removing the patterned photoresist layer. Specifically, the hard mask layer is made of polysilicon, and the thickness of the hard mask layer is between 500nm and 1000nm (inclusive).
As shown in fig. 10, a lower electrode layer 119 is formed at least on the inner wall surface of the primary capacitor hole 118; alternatively, in the present embodiment, the lower electrode layer 119 is formed on the surface of the top support layer 116 and the inner wall surface of the primary capacitor hole 118.
As an example, the lower electrode layer 119 is formed by an atomic layer deposition process, wherein the material of the lower electrode layer 119 is selected from titanium nitride (TiN), and the thickness thereof is between 10nm and 80nm (inclusive).
As shown in fig. 11 and 12, a third pattern mask 121 is formed on the upper surface of the structure obtained in the previous step, and at least the top supporting layer 116 is etched based on the third pattern mask 121 to form an etching opening 124 exposing the top sacrificial layer 110. It is noted that after the etching opening 124 is formed, the third pattern mask 121 needs to be removed.
As an example, a specific method for forming the etching opening 124 includes: forming a third pattern mask 121 on the upper surface of the structure obtained in the previous step, wherein the third pattern mask 121 has a plurality of dry etching patterns, and a gap 122 is formed between adjacent dry etching patterns, the gap 122 is located above the top supporting layer 123 to be etched, and the width of the gap 122 is the same as the width of the top supporting layer 123 to be etched; and etching at least the top supporting layer 123 to be etched based on the third pattern mask 121 to form an etching opening 124 exposing the top sacrificial layer 110. In this embodiment, by designing the gap 122 between adjacent etching patterns to be the same as the width of the top supporting layer 123 to be etched, only the top supporting layer 123 to be etched and/or the lower electrode layer 119 above the top supporting layer are etched in the etching process, so as to retain the lower electrode layers 119 on both sides of the top supporting layer 123 to be etched, thereby increasing the surface area of the capacitor hole and generally increasing the capacity of the capacitor.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, since the lower electrode layer 119 is formed on the surface of the top support layer 116 and the inner wall surface of the primary capacitor hole 118, the specific method for forming the etching opening 124 of the present embodiment includes: forming a mask sacrificial layer 120 on the upper surface of the structure obtained in the previous step; forming a third pattern mask 121 on the upper surface of the mask sacrificial layer 120, wherein the third pattern mask 121 has a plurality of dry etching patterns, and a gap 122 is formed between adjacent dry etching patterns, the gap 122 is located above the top support layer 123 to be etched, and the width of the gap 122 is the same as the width of the top support layer 123 to be etched (both W1); finally, the lower electrode layer 119 on the upper surface of the top support layer 123 to be etched and the top support layer 123 to be etched are etched based on the third pattern mask 121 to form an etching opening 124 exposing the top sacrificial layer 110.
The material of the mask sacrificial layer 120 is selected from silicon nitride, and the thickness thereof is between 50nm and 150nm (inclusive).
The specific method for forming the third pattern mask 121 includes: forming a first hard mask layer, a second hard mask layer and a third hard mask layer in sequence from bottom to top on the upper surface of the mask sacrificial layer 120; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the upper surface of the third hard mask layer, and etching the first hard mask layer, the second hard mask layer and the third hard mask layer based on the patterned photoresist layer so as to transfer the pattern in the patterned photoresist layer to the first hard mask layer; and finally, removing the patterned photoresist layer, the third hard mask layer and the second hard mask layer. Wherein the first hard mask layer is made of silicon oxide and has a thickness of 50 nm-200 nm (inclusive); the second hard mask layer is made of one of the group consisting of silicon carbide, organic anti-reflection material (BARC) and spin on carbon material (spin on carbon), and has a thickness of 50-200 nm (inclusive); the third hard mask layer is made of an inorganic anti-reflection material (DARC) and has a thickness of 20-150 nm (inclusive).
As shown in fig. 13 to 16, the top sacrificial layer 110, a portion of the middle support layer 109 and the lower sacrificial layer 108 are sequentially removed based on the etch opening 124 to form a terminal capacitance hole 125.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 13 to 16, a specific method for forming the termination capacitor hole 125 includes: removing the top sacrificial layer 110 based on the etch opening 124; then removing part of the middle support layer 109 (i.e. removing the middle support layer 109 under the top support layer 123 to be etched), and simultaneously removing the mask sacrificial layer 120 and the lower electrode layer 119 above the top of the top support layer 116, so that the top of the lower electrode layer 119 is flush with the top of the top support layer 116; finally, the lower sacrificial layer 108 is removed.
As shown in fig. 17, the manufacturing method further includes: at least a dielectric layer 126 and an upper electrode layer 127 are formed in this order from the outside to the inside of the surface of the terminal capacitance hole 125.
As shown in fig. 15 and 16, the present embodiment also provides a capacitor structure manufactured by the capacitor manufacturing method described above, the capacitor structure including:
a base substrate 101, the base substrate 101 having a contact hole 102 penetrating upper and lower surfaces thereof;
a lower electrode layer 119 located on the bottom substrate 101, wherein the cross section of the lower electrode layer 109 is U-shaped;
an etch stop layer 105 on the top surface of the bottom substrate 101 and connected to the bottom sidewall of the bottom electrode layer 109;
a middle support layer 109 positioned above the etch stop layer 105 while being connected to a middle sidewall of the lower electrode layer 119;
a top support layer 116 positioned above the middle support layer 109 while being connected to a top sidewall of the lower electrode layer 119;
the top support layer 116 includes, from bottom to top, a first support layer 111, a stress relieving portion 114, and a second support layer 115 in sequence, and the stress relieving portion 114 is covered by the first support layer 111 and the second support layer 115.
As an example, the etch stop layer 105 includes: a first etch stop layer 103 formed on the top surface of the base substrate 101, and a second etch stop layer 104 formed on the top surface of the first etch stop layer 103. Specifically, the material of the first etch stop layer 103 is the same as the material of the second etch stop layer 104, and both are silicon nitride; the thickness of the etching stop layer 105 is between 10nm and 80nm, wherein the thickness of the first etching stop layer is between 5nm and 50nm, and the thickness of the second etching stop layer is between 5nm and 30 nm.
By way of example, the lower electrode layer 119 is made of titanium nitride (TiN) and has a thickness of 10nm to 80nm (inclusive). Specifically, the tops of two side walls of the U-shaped lower electrode layer are flush with the top of the top supporting layer, so that the surface area of a capacitor hole is increased, and the capacity of the capacitor is improved as a whole.
By way of example, the material of the middle support layer 109 is selected from silicon nitride, and the thickness thereof is between 10nm and 80nm (inclusive).
By way of example, the top support layer 116 has a thickness between 150nm and 300nm (inclusive), wherein the first support layer 111 has a thickness between 50nm and 150nm (inclusive), wherein the stress relief portion 114 has a thickness between 20nm and 100nm (inclusive), and wherein the second support layer 115 has a thickness between 50nm and 150nm (inclusive). Specifically, the material of the first support layer 111 is the same as that of the second support layer 115, and is selected from silicon nitride; the material of the stress relieving portion 114 is selected from borophosphosilicate glass, wherein the weight percentage of boron ions is between 2 wt% and 4 wt%, and the weight percentage of phosphorus ions is between 2 wt% and 5 wt%, so as to have better fluidity, which is beneficial to relieving the internal stress of the first supporting layer 111 and the second supporting layer 115.
As an example, as shown in fig. 17, the capacitor structure further includes: a dielectric layer 126 and an upper electrode layer 127; the dielectric layer 126 is formed on at least the surface of the lower electrode layer 119, and the upper electrode layer 127 is formed on the surface of the dielectric layer 126.
Comparative example
As shown in fig. 18 to 24, the comparative example provides a manufacturing method of a conventional capacitor structure, the manufacturing method including:
s1: providing a bottom substrate 201, and sequentially forming an etching stop layer 203, a lower sacrificial layer 206, a middle support layer 207, a top sacrificial layer 208 and a top support layer 209 on the upper surface of the bottom substrate 201 from bottom to top; wherein the base substrate 201 has a contact hole 202 penetrating its upper and lower surfaces;
s2: forming a first pattern mask 210 on the upper surface of the top supporting layer 209, etching the top supporting layer 209 based on the first pattern mask 210 to form a primary capacitor hole 211 exposing the contact hole 202, and then removing the first pattern mask 210;
s3: forming a lower electrode layer 212 on the inner wall surface of the primary capacitor hole 211;
s4: forming a second pattern mask 213 on the upper surface of the structure obtained in S3, etching the lower electrode layer 212 and the top supporting layer 209 based on the second pattern mask 213 to form an etching opening 214 exposing the top sacrificial layer 208, and removing the second pattern mask 213; and
s5: based on the etch opening 214, the top sacrificial layer 208, a portion of the middle support layer 207, and the lower sacrificial layer 206 are sequentially removed to form a terminal capacitance hole 215.
The specific method for forming the etch stop layer 203 is as follows: a silicon nitride layer is directly formed on the upper surface of the base substrate 201 by a single deposition process to serve as the etch stop layer 203. When the etching stop layer 203 is directly formed on the upper surface of the base substrate 201, the material of the base substrate 201 is different from the material of the etching stop layer 203, which may cause unevenness on the surface of the etching stop layer 203 to be formed, thereby causing poor surface denseness.
The specific method for forming the top support layer 209 is: depositing a silicon nitride layer with the thickness of 50 nm-150 nm on the upper surface of the top sacrificial layer 208 by adopting a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process to serve as the top supporting layer 209; when plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition is carried out, the pressure of a reaction chamber is 25 Pa-30 Pa, the radio frequency power is 50W-200W, and monosilane (SiH) is introduced4) The gas flow rate of (1) is 10sccm to 45sccm, and ammonia gas (NH)3) The gas flow rate of (2) is 20sccm to 40 sccm. The absolute value of the stress of the top supporting layer 209 formed by the existing plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process is 80 Mpa-450 Mpa, and even if the internal stress of the top supporting layer is reduced by changing the gas flow, the pressure intensity and the radio frequency power, the obtained minimum absolute value of the stress is 80 Mpa-150 Mpa.
When the etching opening 214 is formed, the lower electrode layer 212 on both sides of the top supporting layer 209 is directly removed, so that one side of each of the two side walls of the finally formed U-shaped lower electrode layer is high and the other side of the U-shaped lower electrode layer is low, thereby resulting in a small surface area of the conventional capacitor hole and a low capacitance of the capacitor.
As can be seen from this, as shown in fig. 15, 16, 23 and 24, compared with the conventional method for manufacturing the capacitor structure, in the present invention, when the etching stop layer is formed, a first etching stop layer is deposited first, and then a second etching stop layer is formed on the first etching stop layer after the first etching stop layer is thinned, so as to compensate for the defect existing when the etching stop layer is formed by one deposition; the invention solves the problems of uneven surface and poor compactness of the etching stop layer caused by different materials with the bottom substrate when the etching stop layer is formed on the bottom substrate by primary deposition through thinning treatment and secondary deposition, thereby optimizing the surface compactness of the etching stop layer to reduce the risk of short circuit between the bottoms of the capacitors. The top support layer is designed into a multi-layer structure of a first support layer/a stress relieving part/a second support layer, and the stress relieving part is coated in the first support layer and the second support layer, so that the thickness of the top support layer is increased, and simultaneously, the stress relieving part is utilized to relieve the internal stress of the first support layer and the second support layer, so that the internal stress is reduced by about 50-80%, the support stability of the top support layer is increased, and the risk of cracking of the top support layer is reduced. In the invention, when the etching opening is formed, only the top supporting layer to be etched and/or the lower electrode layer on the upper surface of the top supporting layer to be etched are etched, and the lower electrode layers on two sides of the top supporting layer to be etched are reserved, so that the surface area of the capacitor hole is increased, and the capacity of the capacitor is improved generally.
In summary, the capacitor structure and the manufacturing method thereof of the present invention have the following advantages: according to the invention, the top supporting layer is designed into a multi-layer structure of the first supporting layer/the stress relieving part/the second supporting layer, and the stress relieving part is coated in the first supporting layer and the second supporting layer, so that the thickness of the top supporting layer is increased, and simultaneously, the internal stress of the first supporting layer and the internal stress of the second supporting layer are relieved by the stress relieving part, and the internal stress is reduced by about 50-80%, so that the supporting stability of the top supporting layer is increased, and the risk of cracking of the top supporting layer is reduced. When the etching stop layer is formed, a first etching stop layer is firstly deposited, then the first etching stop layer is thinned, and then a second etching stop layer is formed on the first etching stop layer, so that the defects existing when the etching stop layer is formed by one-time deposition are overcome; the invention solves the problems of uneven surface and poor compactness of the etching stop layer caused by different materials with the bottom substrate when the etching stop layer is formed on the bottom substrate by primary deposition through thinning treatment and secondary deposition, thereby optimizing the surface compactness of the etching stop layer to reduce the risk of short circuit between the bottoms of the capacitors. When the etching opening is formed, the etching is only carried out on the top supporting layer to be etched and/or the lower electrode layer on the upper surface of the top supporting layer to be etched, and the lower electrode layers on the two sides of the top supporting layer to be etched are reserved, so that the surface area of the capacitor hole is increased, and the capacity of the capacitor is improved generally. Therefore, the invention effectively overcomes various defects in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.
The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.