WO2022255734A1 - 성막 재료, 성막 조성물, 이들을 이용한 성막 방법 및 이로부터 제조된 반도체 소자 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a film formation material, a film formation composition, a film formation method using the same, and a semiconductor device manufactured therefrom, and more particularly, to control the film formation rate through the film formation material included in the film formation composition, By inducing ligand exchange with components, a high-purity, conformal and denser thin film is manufactured in a bottom-up method, and the crystallinity is improved by improving the film quality formed through a chemical reaction with the substrate, and the impurity concentration in the thin film is reduced. It relates to a film formation method using the same and a semiconductor substrate manufactured therefrom.
- oxide thin films such as TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , which are high-k materials used in capacitors for DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) among semiconductor processes, has been extensively researched. It is becoming.
- metal oxide thin film manufacturing processes such as metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) are widely used, and there are various limitations when forming metal oxide thin films through chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition.
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- ALD atomic layer deposition
- Capacitors for DRAM require high capacitance and a leakage current of 10 -7 A/cm 2 or less.
- leakage current is a major variable in meeting the ever-decreasing stringent requirements of DRAM cells and providing a thin dielectric film.
- the thin film according to the present invention induces ligand exchange with components that do not want to remain on the substrate through a film formation material that simultaneously provides a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reagent, and improves film quality and film conformality. At the same time, the leakage current is reduced, and the reliability of the semiconductor device is to be secured even at a low temperature such as 250 ° C.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a conformal thin film by lowering the growth rate even when a thin film is formed on a substrate having a complicated structure, while reducing leakage current by reducing impurities in the thin film and greatly improving the density of the thin film.
- an object of the present invention is to secure the reliability of a semiconductor device by providing a film quality of a thin film having a high dielectric constant (high-k) under low temperature conditions.
- the present invention provides a film formation material containing a blocking agent and a ligand exchange agent.
- the blocking agent may be an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 to 15 carbon atoms formed from a film formation material in a film formation process.
- the ligand exchange reactant may be a hydrogen halide or a halogen gas that is formed from a film formation material and exchange-reacts with a ligand of an inorganic precursor in a film formation process.
- the film-forming material is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1
- A is carbon or silicon
- B is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms
- X is at least one of fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br) and iodine (I), , wherein Y and Z are independently one or more selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and fluorine and are not the same
- n is an integer from 1 to 15
- o is an integer of 1 or more
- m is 0 to 2n+1, wherein i and j are integers from 0 to 3).
- the present invention provides a bottom up thin film composition comprising a pulse precursor.
- the pulse precursor may be a hybrid precursor including the aforementioned film-forming material (hereinafter referred to as an organic precursor) and an inorganic precursor.
- the inorganic precursor is Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, The group consisting of Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At and Tn It may include one or more selected from.
- the inorganic precursor is represented by Formula 2a
- the M 1 is Zr, Hf, Si, Ge or Ti
- the X 1 , X 2 , X 3 are independently -NR 1 R 2 or -OR 3 , and the R 1 to R 3 independently have 1 carbon atom to 6 alkyl groups, wherein n is 1 or 2);
- R 1 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms
- n is an integer of 0 to 5
- X' 1 , X' 2 and X' 3 is independently -NR 1 R 2 or -OR 3
- R' 1 to R' 3 are independently an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
- M1 is Zr, Hf, Si, Ge or Ti
- X 11 and X 12 are each independently an alkyl group or any one selected from the group consisting of -NR 3 R 4 and -OR 5 , wherein R1 to R5 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n 1 and n 2 are each independently an integer of 0 to 5.
- the inorganic precursor and the film forming material may have a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1.
- the composition may include a reactant gas pulse.
- the reaction gas pulse may be an oxidizing agent pulse, a nitrifying agent pulse or a reducing agent pulse.
- the film formation composition may be a bottom-up film formation composition or a composition for selective area film formation.
- the inorganic precursor is Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, The group consisting of Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At and Tn It provides a film formation method comprising at least one selected material from.
- the inorganic precursor is Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, The group consisting of Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At and Tn It provides a film formation method comprising at least one selected material from.
- the inorganic precursor is Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, The group consisting of Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At and Tn It provides a film formation method comprising at least one selected material from.
- the film formation method may include depositing a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reactant formed from the film formation material on a substrate; and subjecting the ligand exchange reactant to a ligand exchange reaction of the inorganic precursor.
- the inorganic precursor may remain on the substrate, and the film forming material may not remain on the substrate.
- the substrate may have an aspect ratio of 10:1 or greater.
- the film-forming material and the inorganic precursor may be provided in a pulsed manner.
- the film forming method may be performed at 200 to 800 °C.
- the reaction gas pulse may use a pulse of an oxidizing agent, a reducing agent, or a nitriding agent.
- the film formation method may be performed by atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, plasma atomic layer deposition, or plasma chemical vapor deposition.
- the deposition method may be bottom-up deposition.
- the above film formation method may form a metal oxide thin film, a metal nitride thin film, a metal thin film, or a thin film having a selective region in two or more thin films thereof.
- the present invention injects a bottom-up thin film composition including the above-described film formation material and a pulse precursor including the precursor into a chamber, and deposits the inorganic material on the surface of the substrate loaded into the chamber.
- a method for forming a bottom-up thin film comprising the step of bottom-up depositing a precursor is provided.
- Bottom-up depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include injecting and purging the deposition material pulse onto the substrate; injecting and purging the deposition material pulses onto a substrate; and injecting and purging a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the bottom-up depositing of the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include injecting and purging the inorganic precursor pulse onto the substrate; injecting and purging the deposition material pulses onto a substrate; and injecting and purging a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- Bottom-up depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include injecting and purging the deposition material pulse onto the substrate; injecting and purging the deposition material pulses onto a substrate; Injecting and purging a reaction gas pulse onto the substrate; and injecting and purging the deposition material pulse onto the substrate.
- the bottom-up depositing of the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include co-injecting and purging the inorganic precursor and the organic precursor on the substrate; and injecting and purging a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the substrate may have an aspect ratio of 10:1 or greater.
- the film-forming material and the inorganic precursor may be provided in a pulsed manner.
- the film forming method may be performed at 200 to 800 °C.
- the reaction gas pulse may use a pulse of an oxidizing agent, a reducing agent, or a nitriding agent.
- the inorganic precursor may remain on the substrate, and the film forming material may not remain on the substrate.
- the method of forming the bottom-up thin film may be performed by atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, plasma atomic layer deposition, or plasma chemical vapor deposition.
- the bottom-up thin film formation method may form a metal oxide thin film, a metal nitride thin film, a metal thin film, a non-metal oxide thin film, a non-metal nitride thin film, other dielectric thin films, or a thin film having a selective region of two or more thin films thereof.
- the non-metal refers to materials other than metals known in the art, and examples thereof include silicon and the like.
- the present invention provides a semiconductor substrate characterized in that it is manufactured by the film formation method described above.
- the semiconductor substrate includes low resistive metal gate interconnects, a high aspect ratio 3D metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor, and a DRAM trench capacitor. , 3D Gate-All-Around (GAA) or 3D NAND.
- MIM metal-insulator-metal
- GAA Gate-All-Around
- 3D NAND 3D NAND.
- the present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising the semiconductor substrate described above.
- process by-products generated during film formation and unwanted residual components are more effectively removed, and the deposition rate is reduced to appropriately lower the film formation rate to improve the crystallinity of the film, thereby improving the quality of the film. has the effect of
- the present invention there is an effect of providing a thin film composition that improves the quality of a thin film by more effectively removing process by-products when forming a bottom-up thin film, reducing the deposition rate to appropriately lower the thin film growth rate, and improving the crystallinity of the thin film.
- the present invention it is possible to provide a film forming composition that reduces impurities in a thin film and greatly improves the density of the thin film to reduce leakage current caused by oxidation of a lower electrode in a conventional high-temperature process, and furthermore, a film forming composition using the same and thereby There is an effect of providing a semiconductor device manufactured from.
- FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a film formation cycle using a film formation composition according to the present invention, the left figure shows a film formation cycle of inputting an inorganic precursor after inputting a film formation material (hereinafter also referred to as a first process), and the right figure shows an inorganic in the film formation composition.
- the film formation cycle (hereinafter also referred to as the second process) of inputting the film forming material after inputting the precursor is shown.
- Example 3 is a 200 nm point below 200 nm from the top and 100 nm from the bottom of HfO2 thin films deposited according to Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 of the present invention at 320° C. on a substrate having a trench structure with an aspect ratio (length/diameter) of 22.6:1. This is a TEM image of a cross section at a point above nm.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a first process in which a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reactant generated during a film formation process from a film formation material according to Example 1 of the present invention are deposited on a substrate and then an inorganic precursor is adsorbed.
- FIG. 5 is a product of the first process in which the blocking agent and the ligand exchange reactant are deposited on the substrate and then the inorganic precursor is adsorbed in FIG. It is a flowchart schematically explaining a process in which a metal oxide film is produced by exchange and reaction gas.
- FIG. 7 is a film density analysis graph of bottom-up thin films prepared at deposition temperatures of 320 ° C, 300 ° C, and 250 ° C of Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3 of the present invention.
- Example 8 is an XPS analysis graph confirming the component content (atomic %) according to the depth of the bottom-up thin film prepared at a deposition temperature of 250° C. in Example 3 and Comparative Example 3 of the present invention.
- Example 9 is an XRD pattern analysis graph of bottom-up thin films prepared at a deposition temperature of 250° C. in Example 3 and Comparative Examples 1 and 3 of the present invention.
- blocking agent refers to an additive that is adsorbed on a substrate competitively with an inorganic precursor to control a film formation rate or inhibits dense adsorption of an inorganic precursor.
- FIG. 4(b) is a flowchart schematically illustrating a first process in which a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reactant generated during the film formation process from a film formation material are deposited on a substrate and then an inorganic precursor is adsorbed. As shown in FIG.
- the film formation material injected on the substrate in (a) is divided into a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reactant as shown in (b) and is weakly adsorbed on the substrate, respectively, so that the inorganic precursor provided in (c) reduces the adsorbed site.
- ligand exchange reagent refers to an additive that performs an exchange reaction with a ligand of an inorganic precursor, unless otherwise specified. Specific examples can be confirmed in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), respectively.
- 5 is a product of the first step in which the blocking agent and the ligand exchange reactant are deposited on the substrate and then the inorganic precursor is adsorbed in FIG. 4, dialkylamine and Cp, which are ligands of the inorganic precursor, respectively.
- FIG. 4 dialkylamine and Cp
- the inorganic precursor in the product of the first process (corresponding to FIG. 4(d) or 5(a)) in which the aforementioned blocking agent and the ligand exchange reactant are deposited on the substrate and then the inorganic precursor is adsorbed.
- an exchange reaction with dialkylamine, a ligand of (corresponding to FIG. 5 (a)) and an exchange reaction with Cp, another ligand of an inorganic precursor (corresponding to FIG. 5 (b)), halogen remains at the corresponding site, , and then a metal oxide film is formed by reaction with the injected reaction gas.
- bottom up refers to growth from the bottom of a substrate having a trench structure, unless otherwise specified, wherein the substrate having a trench structure has, for example, an aspect ratio of 10:1 or greater. , or 20:1 or greater.
- the aspect ratio refers to the ratio of length/diameter (L/D) of the trench structure, unless otherwise specified, where length and diameter respectively define portions commonly referred to in the art.
- the inventors of the present invention found that when a film formation composition containing an inorganic precursor and a film formation material is used on the surface of a substrate loaded into the chamber, the upper and lower growth rates of the thin film formed after deposition are greatly reduced even when used at a low temperature such as 250 ° C. It was confirmed that the conformal characteristics were greatly improved in the trench structure with the aspect ratio. In addition, contrary to expectations, it was confirmed that the residual amount of carbon and iodine was reduced, and the density and impurities of the thin film were greatly improved. Based on this, further research was conducted and the present invention was completed.
- the film formation method may include vaporizing an inorganic precursor and a film formation material separately or simultaneously and adsorbing them to the surface of a substrate loaded in a chamber; purging the inside of the chamber with a purge gas; supplying a reaction gas into the chamber; and purging the inside of the chamber with a purge gas.
- the film formation rate is appropriately lowered, and the density, crystallinity, conformal characteristics and dielectric properties of the thin film are improved even when the deposition temperature is lowered during film formation.
- the leakage current is effectively reduced and the film quality is greatly improved.
- a bottom up thin film composition including a pulse precursor is injected into a chamber and deposited on a loaded substrate surface, wherein the pulse precursor is an organic precursor and an inorganic precursor. It may include a step of depositing a precursor by simultaneously injecting the inorganic precursor and the organic precursor onto a substrate and then injecting a pulse of a reaction gas thereto.
- the thin film growth rate is appropriately lowered and the deposition temperature is Even if it is lowered, the density, crystallinity, conformal characteristics, and dielectric characteristics of the bottom-up thin film are improved, and the leakage current is effectively reduced, so that the film quality is greatly improved.
- the film formation method includes injecting a film formation material into a chamber and depositing it on a loaded substrate; injecting and depositing an inorganic precursor on the substrate; and depositing by injecting a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the film formation rate is appropriately lowered and the deposition temperature is lowered during film formation, the density, crystallinity, conformal characteristics and dielectric properties of the thin film can be improved. This is improved and the leakage current is effectively reduced, so there is an advantage in that the film quality is greatly improved.
- the film formation method includes depositing an inorganic precursor into a chamber and depositing it on a loaded substrate; injecting and depositing a film formation material on the substrate; and depositing by injecting a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the film formation rate is appropriately lowered and the deposition temperature is lowered during film formation, the density, crystallinity, conformal characteristics and dielectric properties of the thin film can be improved. This is improved and the leakage current is effectively reduced, so there is an advantage in that the film quality is greatly improved.
- the film formation method includes the steps of injecting and depositing a film formation material and an inorganic precursor on a surface of a loaded substrate by injecting them into a chamber; and depositing by injecting a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the film formation rate is appropriately lowered and the deposition temperature is lowered during film formation, the density, crystallinity, conformal characteristics and dielectric properties of the thin film can be improved. This is improved and the leakage current is effectively reduced, so there is an advantage in that the film quality is greatly improved.
- the film formation method includes the steps of injecting and purging a film formation material on a substrate; purging the substrate by injecting an inorganic precursor; purging the substrate by injecting a reaction gas pulse and depositing the inorganic precursor; and purging by injecting the film formation material onto the substrate.
- the film formation rate is appropriately lowered and the deposition temperature during film formation is lowered, the density, crystallinity, conformal characteristics and dielectric properties of the thin film can be improved. This is improved and the leakage current is effectively reduced, so there is an advantage in that the film quality is greatly improved.
- the thin film produced by the film forming method may be a bottom-up thin film, and the inorganic precursor remains and is deposited to form a thin film in the thin film, but the film forming material does not remain.
- the inorganic precursor, the film formation material, the reaction gas, and the gas used for the purge may be independently transferred into the chamber preferably by a VFC method, a DLI method, or an LDS method, and more preferably transferred into the chamber by an LDS method. .
- the chamber may be a CVD chamber or an ALD chamber, but is not limited thereto.
- the film forming material may include a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reagent.
- the blocking agent may be an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 to 15 carbon atoms formed from a film formation material in the film formation process, and an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 to 15 carbon atoms having a tertiary structure is an inorganic precursor. It is preferable because it can maximize the blocking effect of blocking access to adsorb on the substrate.
- the ligand exchange reactant may be a hydrogen halide or a halogen gas formed from a film formation material in the film formation process and reacting with an exchange reaction with a ligand of an inorganic precursor.
- This is preferable because it can simultaneously maximize the blocking effect of blocking the access of the inorganic precursor to adsorb onto the substrate and the effect of carrying out an exchange reaction with the ligand of the inorganic precursor adsorbed adjacent thereto.
- F, Cl, Br, or I may be used as the halogen, and it may be preferable to use I or Br considering the reactivity with the reaction gas later.
- the film formation material used in the present invention refers to a material that does not substantially have reactivity with the inorganic precursor described later and does not remain in the thin film.
- the following formula 1 the following formula 1,
- A is carbon or silicon, B is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, X is at least one of fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br) and iodine (I), , wherein Y and Z are independently one or more selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and fluorine and are not the same, n is an integer from 1 to 15, o is an integer of 1 or more, and m is 0 to 2n+1, wherein i and j are integers from 0 to 3), characterized in that they are branched, cyclic or aromatic compounds represented by, in this case, they act as a precursor that does not remain in the thin film, and the present invention is an object of the present invention.
- the effect is well expressed and has the advantage of providing a high permittivity.
- non-remaining refers to the case in which the C element is present at less than 0.1 atomic % (atom %) and the N element is less than 0.1 atomic % (atom %) when the element is analyzed by XPS, unless otherwise specified.
- the film-forming material may preferably be a compound with a purity of 99.9% or higher, a compound with a purity of 99.95% or higher, or a compound with a purity of 99.99% or higher. It is better to use more than one material.
- the blocking agent and ligand exchange reagent formed from the film formation material when the film formation material is tert-butyl iodide, the blocking agent is 2-methyl propene and the ligand exchange reagent is hydrogen iodide can be
- the film formation material may be supplied in a pulse phase using a Vapor Flow Controller (VFC) and/or Liquid Delivery System (LDS).
- VFC Vapor Flow Controller
- LDS Liquid Delivery System
- the pulse phase may be a pulse state used in the art.
- the film-forming composition may include an inorganic precursor together with the film-forming material.
- the film-forming composition may be a bottom-up thin film composition.
- the bottom-up thin film composition may include a pulse precursor.
- a pulse precursor refers to a precursor that can be supplied in a pulse phase using a Vapor Flow Controller (VFC) and/or a Liquid Delivery System (LDS), wherein the pulse phase is a pulse commonly used in the art. state is free
- the pulse precursor may be, for example, a hybrid precursor including an inorganic precursor and an organic precursor.
- the inorganic precursor used in the present invention refers to a material that remains in a thin film and can help improve conductivity, and may be, for example, a material represented by Chemical Formula 2 below.
- x is an integer from 1 to 3
- M is Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, It may be selected from the group consisting of Bi, Pt, At and Tn, wherein y is an integer from 1 to 6, and L is each independently H, C, N, O, F, P, S, Cl, Br or I, or a ligand consisting of a combination of two or more selected from the group consist
- the inorganic precursor is represented by the following formula (2a)
- the M 1 is Zr, Hf, Si, Ge or Ti
- the X 1 , X 2 , X 3 are independently -NR 1 R 2 or -OR 3 , and the R 1 to R 3 independently have 1 carbon atom to 6 alkyl groups, wherein n is 1 or 2);
- R 1 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms
- n is an integer of 0 to 5
- X' 1 , X' 2 and X' 3 is independently -NR 1 R 2 or -OR 3
- R' 1 to R' 3 are independently an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
- X 11 and X 12 are each independently an alkyl group or any one selected from the group consisting of -NR 3 R 4 and -OR 5 , wherein R1 to R5 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n 1 and n 2 are each independently an integer of 0 to 5). It is preferred in terms of stability and reactivity.
- the inorganic precursor and the film forming material have a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1, a weight ratio of 1:90 to 90:1, a weight ratio of 1:85 to 85:1, or a weight ratio of 1:80 to 80:1 it could be
- the composition includes a pulse of a reaction gas, and the reaction gas may be at least one selected from an oxidizing agent, a nitriding agent, and a reducing agent.
- the oxidizing agent, nitrifying agent, and reducing agent may be materials commonly used in the art.
- the oxidizing agent may be O3, O2 or a mixture thereof
- the nitriding agent may be NH3, N2H2, N2 or a mixture thereof
- the reducing agent may be H2. and is not limited thereto.
- the film formation method of the present invention includes depositing an inorganic precursor on a substrate using a film formation material.
- the step of depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include, for example, depositing a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reactant formed from a film formation material on the substrate; and depositing an inorganic precursor on a substrate by exchanging the ligand of the inorganic precursor with the ligand exchange reagent.
- the step of depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include, for example, depositing a blocking agent and a ligand exchange reactant formed from a film formation material on the substrate; subjecting the ligand exchange reagent to a ligand exchange reaction of the inorganic precursor; and depositing an inorganic precursor on the substrate by injecting a pulse of a reactive gas.
- the inorganic precursor may be added after the injection of the film formation material, before the injection of the film formation material, or simultaneously with the injection of the film formation material.
- the step of bottom-up depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include, for example, injecting and purging the film formation material pulse onto the substrate; injecting and purging the inorganic precursor pulse onto a substrate; and injecting and purging a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- a blocking reaction and a ligand exchange reaction may be performed according to the flow shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 below.
- the step of bottom-up depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include, for example, injecting and purging the inorganic precursor pulse onto the substrate; injecting and purging the deposition material pulses onto a substrate; and injecting and purging a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the step of bottom-up depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include, for example, injecting and purging the film formation material pulse onto the substrate; injecting and purging the inorganic precursor pulse onto a substrate; Injecting and purging a reaction gas pulse onto the substrate; and injecting and purging a film formation material pulse onto the substrate.
- the step of bottom-up depositing the inorganic precursor on the substrate may include, for example, simultaneously injecting and purging the inorganic precursor pulse and the film formation material pulse onto the substrate; and injecting and purging a reactive gas pulse onto the substrate.
- the substrate may refer to a trench structure substrate having an aspect ratio of 10:1 or more or 20:1 or more.
- the deposition temperature is, for example, 200 to 800 °C, specific examples are 200 to 600 °C, preferably 250 to 450 °C, and specific examples are 250 to 420 °C, 250 to 320 °C, 380 to 420 °C, or It is 400 to 450 ° C., and there is an advantage in that thin film quality and step coverage are greatly improved within this range.
- a reducing agent, a nitriding agent, or an oxidizing agent may be used as a reaction gas, and different reaction gases may be applied to a partially selected area and the remaining areas, respectively, if necessary.
- the film formation method may be performed by, for example, atomic layer deposition or chemical vapor deposition, and, if necessary, plasma atomic layer deposition or plasma chemical vapor deposition.
- the film formation method may form, for example, a metal oxide thin film, a metal nitride thin film, a metal thin film, a non-metal oxide thin film, a non-metal nitride thin film, other dielectric thin films, or a thin film having a selective region of two or more of these thin films.
- the thin film may be used as a barrier, an etch stop, a charge trap, a selective area deposition, or a bottom-up thin film.
- a semiconductor substrate characterized in that it is manufactured by the above-described film formation method.
- the semiconductor substrate includes low resistive metal gate interconnects, a high aspect ratio 3D metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor, and a DRAM trench capacitor. , 3D Gate-All-Around (GAA) or 3D NAND.
- MIM metal-insulator-metal
- GAA Gate-All-Around
- 3D NAND 3D NAND.
- a capacitor including a thin film according to the present invention may be provided by stacking two to three or more layers, and in this case, inorganic precursors constituting each layer may be stacked in different types, but the same It can also be layered using types.
- a capacitor may be formed by sequentially forming a lower electrode, a dielectric film, and a second electrode on a semiconductor substrate.
- the lower electrode may be a storage electrode of a DRAM device or other device or an electrode of a decoupling capacitor.
- the lower electrode may be manufactured in a cylinder shape or a pillar shape capable of securing a large surface area, and may be formed of a conductive layer or a metal layer.
- the dielectric film may be a metal oxide film, and when deposited using the film-forming composition according to the present invention, it has the advantage of having a uniform thickness and appropriate adhesion even when formed on a lower electrode having a lower step or topology.
- An upper electrode formed on the dielectric layer may be formed of the same conductive layer or metal layer as the lower electrode.
- An HfO2 bottom-up thin film was deposited on a SiO2 substrate having a trench structure with an aspect ratio of 22.6:1 (length:diameter) using the thin film manufacturing cycle shown in the left side of FIG. 1 below.
- FIG. 1 The drawing on the left of FIG. 1 corresponds to an experiment in which pulses of film formation materials are applied in the bottom-up thin film composition according to the present invention and then pulses of inorganic precursors are applied, and is referred to as a first process.
- a cycle of injecting a film formation material pulse for 3 seconds and then purging for 6 seconds, injecting an inorganic precursor pulse for 3 seconds and then purging for 6 seconds, then injecting a reaction gas pulse for 3 seconds and then purging for 6 seconds is included.
- HfO2 bottom-up thin film was deposited in a 12-inch ALD system equipped with a shower head.
- CpHf a compound represented by Formula 3-1 below.
- the CpHf was purchased from Sigma and used without purification.
- TBI which is a compound represented by Chemical Formula 3-2 below, was prepared as the film-forming material.
- the TBI was synthesized by the applicant and purified to 99.9% purity before use.
- the prepared film formation material was placed in a canister and supplied to a vaporizer heated to 90° C. at a flow rate of 0.01 g/min using a Liquid Mass Flow Controller (LMFC) at room temperature.
- LMFC Liquid Mass Flow Controller
- the prepared CpHf was put in a separate canister and supplied to a separate vaporizer heated to 170° C. at a flow rate of 0.1 g/min.
- the film formation material evaporated in the vapor phase in the vaporizer is injected into a deposition chamber loaded with a substrate in which TiN is grown to a thickness of 20 nm on top of 100 nm of SiO2 grown on a Si wafer for 3 seconds, and then argon gas is supplied at 300 sccm for 6 seconds. argon purging was performed.
- a substrate on which a metal oxide film is to be formed was heated to 320° C., and at this time, the pressure in the reaction chamber was controlled to 0.74 Torr.
- CpHf vaporized in a vaporizer was introduced into the deposition chamber for 3 seconds, and argon purging was performed by supplying argon gas at 300 sccm for 6 seconds.
- a substrate on which a metal oxide film is to be formed was heated to 320° C., and at this time, 0.74 Torr was controlled in the reaction chamber.
- This process was repeated 100 times to form a self-limiting atomic layer HfO 2 thin film.
- An HfO 2 thin film was formed in the same manner as in Example 6, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 300 °C in Example 1.
- a HfO 2 thin film was formed in the same manner as in Example 6, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 250 °C in Example 1.
- Example 1 the inorganic precursor was replaced with TEMAHf (Tetrakis (ethylmethylamino) Hafniumb), a compound represented by Formula 3-3 below.
- TEMAHf Tetrakis (ethylmethylamino) Hafniumb
- a self-limiting atomic layer HfO 2 thin film was formed in the same manner as in Example 1 except for the above.
- Example 1 the film formation material was replaced with TBB, a compound represented by Formula 3-4 below.
- TBB a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 1 except for the above.
- the TBB was synthesized by the applicant and purified to 99.9% purity before use.
- Example 1 The same process as in Example 1 was repeated except that the thin film manufacturing cycle shown in the left drawing of FIG. 1 used in Example 1 was changed to the thin film manufacturing cycle shown in the right drawing of FIG.
- an HfO2 bottom-up thin film was deposited on a SiO2 substrate having a trench structure with an aspect ratio of 22.6:1 (length:diameter) using the film formation cycle shown in the right side of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 1 The drawing on the right side of FIG. 1 corresponds to an experiment in which pulses of the film formation material are applied after pulses of the inorganic precursor according to the present invention, and is referred to as a second process.
- a cycle of injecting an inorganic precursor pulse for 3 seconds and then purging for 6 seconds, injecting a film formation material pulse for 3 seconds and then purging for 6 seconds, then injecting a reaction gas pulse for 3 seconds and then purging for 6 seconds is included.
- a substrate on which a metal oxide film is to be formed was heated to 320° C., and at this time, 0.74 Torr was controlled in the reaction chamber.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 6, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 300 °C.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 6, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 250 °C.
- Example 1 the inorganic precursor was replaced with CpZr, which is a compound represented by Formula 3-5, and the film formation material was added at a flow rate of 0.1 g/min, and the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 320 ° C.
- a ZrO 2 thin film as a self-limiting atomic layer was formed in the same manner.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 9, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 300 °C.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 9, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 250 °C in Example 9.
- Example 6 the inorganic precursor was replaced with CpZr, which is a compound represented by Chemical Formula 3-5, and the film formation material was added at a flow rate of 0.1 g/min, and the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 320 ° C.
- a ZrO 2 thin film as a self-limiting atomic layer was formed in the same manner.
- a ZrO 2 thin film as a self-limiting atomic layer was formed in the same manner as in Example 12, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 300 °C.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 12, except that the heating temperature of the substrate was adjusted to 250 °C.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 1, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 1.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 2, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 2.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 3, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 3.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 6, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 6.
- a self-limiting atomic layer, HfO 2 thin film, was formed in the same manner as in Example 7, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 7.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 8, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 8.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 9, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 9.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 9, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 10.
- a ZrO 2 thin film which is a self-limiting atomic layer, was formed in the same manner as in Example 9, except that no film-forming material was added in Example 11.
- Example 1 to 3 and 5 to 8 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4 the inorganic precursor was CpHf
- Example 4 and Comparative Example 5 the inorganic precursor was TEMAHf
- Examples 9 to 14 and Comparative Examples 6 to 7 inorganic precursors were used.
- the experiment was conducted by changing the precursor to CpZr. Overall, the deposition rate decreased when the film formation material was added before the inorganic precursor, and the deposition rate tended to increase when the film formation material was added later than the inorganic precursor (Table 1 and below). see Figure 2).
- Example 2 (thin film density 9.40 g/cm 3 ) and Example 3 (thin film density 8.0 g/cm 3 ) are Comparative Example 2 (9.0 g/cm 3 ) corresponding to their respective references. and Comparative Example 3 (7.7 g/cm 3 ), it was confirmed that the thin film density measured based on X-ray reflectometry (XRR) analysis greatly increased compared to that of Comparative Example 3 (7.7 g/cm 3 ).
- XRR X-ray reflectometry
- the Hf and Zr thin films according to the present invention can improve crystallinity and finally improve electrical characteristics in an integrated structure having a high aspect ratio, such as DRAM capacitance.
- metal thin films were formed on the top and bottom of the dielectric film to be measured, the top and bottom metals were electrically connected to each other, and measured using CV measurement equipment at a frequency of 1 MHz, and shown in Table 2 below.
- I-V Parameter Analyzer (model: 4200-SCS; manufacturer: KEITHLEY) was measured in the Voltage Sweep Mode (0-15V) method and shown in Table 2 below.
- Example 1 using the film formation material according to the present invention were improved compared to Comparative Example 1 without using the film formation material, and the leakage current was significantly reduced. Specifically, in the case of leakage current, an improvement equivalent to 95% was confirmed as 5.18 x 10-8 A/cm2, which is lower than the DRAM leakage current limit. It is believed to be caused by
- HfO2 thin films were deposited on a substrate having a trench structure with an aspect ratio (length/diameter) of 22.6:1 at 320° C. according to Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 of the present invention.
- Metal thin films were formed on the top and bottom of the HfO2 thin film, and TEM images of cross sections at 200 nm below the top and 100 nm above the bottom are shown in FIG. 3 below.
- Example 1 using the film-forming material according to the present invention showed 97% of conformal characteristics with a top thickness of 5.17 nm and a bottom thickness of 4.99 nm (FIG. 3b), while Comparative Example 1 without using this From the fact that the top thickness was 7.98 nm and the bottom thickness was 6.96 nm, and the conformal property of 87% was exhibited (FIG. 3a), it was confirmed that the bottom up conformal property was improved.
- the innovative approach to co-precursor pulses in the ALD process of the present invention is based on low resistive metal gate interconnects, high aspect ratio 3D metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors for future technology nodes. (high aspect ratio 3D metal-insulator-metal capacitor), DRAM trench capacitor, etc., and other 3D devices such as 3D Gate-All-Around (GAA) and 3D NAND.
- MIM metal-insulator-metal
- GAA Gate-All-Around
- 3D NAND 3D Gate-All-Around
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구분 | 성막 재료 | 무기 전구체 | 증착 속도 (Å/cycle) |
실시예 1 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpHf | 0.564 |
실시예 2 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpHf | 0.583 |
실시예 3 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpHf | 0.628 |
실시예 6 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpHf | 0.845 |
실시예 7 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpHf | 0.849 |
실시예 8 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpHf | 0.942 |
실시예 9 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpZr | - |
실시예 10 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpZr | 0.643 |
실시예 11 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpZr | 0.705 |
실시예 12 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpZr | - |
실시예 13 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpZr | 0.870 |
실시예 14 | Tert-butyl iodide | CpZr | 0.896 |
비교예 1 | X | CpHf | 0.716 |
비교예 2 | X | CpHf | 0.712 |
비교예 3 | X | CpHf | 0.685 |
비교예 6 | X | CpZr | 0.755 |
비교예 7 | X | CpZr | 0.737 |
구분 | 정전 용량(F) | 누설 전류(A/cm2) | 유전 상수 |
실시예 1 | 2.67 x 10 -10 | 5.18 x 10-8 | 15.1 |
비교예 1 | 2.54 x 10 -10 | 1.13 x 10-6 | 14.4 |
Claims (23)
- 블로킹제와 리간드 교환반응제를 포함하는 성막 재료.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 블로킹제는 성막 공정 내에서 성막 재료로부터 형성된 탄소수 2 내지 15의 불포화 탄화수소인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 재료.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 리간드 교환반응제는 성막 공정 내에서 성막 재료로부터 형성되어 무기 전구체의 리간드와 교환 반응하는 할로겐화 수소 또는 할로겐 기체인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 재료.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 성막 재료는 하기 화학식 1[화학식 1]AnBmXoYiZj(상기 A는 탄소 또는 규소이고, 상기 B는 수소 또는 탄소수 1 내지 3의 알킬이며, 상기 X는 불소(F), 염소(Cl), 브롬(Br) 및 아이오딘(I) 중 1종 이상이고, 상기 Y와 Z은 독립적으로 산소, 질소, 황 및 플루오린으로 이루어진 군으로부터 선택된 1종 이상이며 서로 같지 않고, 상기 n은 1 내지 15의 정수이며, 상기 o는 1 이상의 정수이고, m은 0 내지 2n+1이고, 상기 i와 j는 0 내지 3의 정수이다.)로 표시되는 분지형, 환형 또는 방향족 화합물인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 재료.
- 제1항의 성막 재료 및 무기 전구체를 포함하는 성막 조성물.
- 제5항에 있어서,상기 무기 전구체는 Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At 및 Tn으로 이루어진 군에서 선택된 1종 이상을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 조성물.
- 제5항에 있어서,상기 무기 전구체는 하기 화학식 2a[화학식 2a](상기 M1은 Zr, Hf, Si, Ge 또는 Ti이며, 상기 X1, X2, X3는 독립적으로 -NR1R2 또는 -OR3이고, 상기 R1 내지 R3은 독립적으로 탄소수 1 내지 6의 알킬기이며, 상기 n은 1 또는 2이다.)로 표시되는 화합물;하기 화학식 2b[화학식 2b](상기 M은 Zr, Hf, Si, Ge 또는 Ti이며, R1은 독립적으로 수소, 탄소수 1 내지 4의 알킬기이고, 상기 n은 0 내지 5의 정수이며, X'1, X'2 및 X'3은 독립적으로 -NR1R2 또는 -OR3이고, 상기 R'1 내지 R'3은 독립적으로 탄소수 1 내지 6의 알킬기이다.)로 표시되는 화합물; 및하기 화학식 2c[화학식 2c](상기 M1은 Zr, Hf, Si, Ge 또는 Ti이며, X11 및 X12는 각각 서로 독립적으로 알킬기 또는 -NR3R4 및 -OR5로 이루어진 군에서 선택되는 어느 하나이며, 상기 R1 내지 R5는 각각 서로 독립적으로 탄소수 1 내지 6의 알킬기이고, 상기 n1 및 n2는 각각 서로 독립적으로 0 내지 5의 정수이다.)로 표시되는 화합물로 이루어진 군으로부터 1종 이상 선택된 박막 잔류 전구체인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 조성물.
- 제5항에 있어서,상기 무기 전구체와 상기 성막 재료는 1 : 99 내지 99 : 1의 중량비를 갖는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 조성물.
- 제5항에 있어서,상기 조성물은 반응가스의 펄스를 포함하며, 상기 반응가스는 산화제, 질화제 및 환원제로부터 선택된 1종 이상인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 조성물.
- 제5항에 있어서,상기 조성물은 바텀 업 성막 또는 선택적 영역 성막용 조성물인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 조성물.
- 제1항의 성막 재료를 챔버 내로 주입하여 로딩(loading)된 기판 상에 증착하는 단계;상기 기판 상에 무기 전구체를 주입하여 증착하는 단계; 및상기 기판 상에 반응가스 펄스를 주입하여 증착하는 단계를 포함하며,상기 무기 전구체는 Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At 및 Tn으로 이루어진 군에서 1종 이상 선택된 물질을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 무기 전구체를 챔버 내로 주입하여 로딩(loading)된 기판 상에 증착하는 단계;상기 기판 상에 제1항의 성막 재료를 주입하여 증착하는 단계; 및상기 기판 상에 반응가스 펄스를 주입하여 증착하는 단계를 포함하며,상기 무기 전구체는 Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At 및 Tn으로 이루어진 군에서 1종 이상 선택된 물질을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제1항의 성막 재료와 무기 전구체를 챔버 내로 주입하여 로딩(loading)된 기판 상에 증착하는 단계; 및상기 기판 상에 반응가스 펄스를 주입하여 증착하는 단계를 포함하며,상기 무기 전구체는 Li, Be, C, P, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Th, Pa, U, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Pt, At 및 Tn으로 이루어진 군에서 1종 이상 선택된 물질을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제11항 내지 제13항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 기판은 종횡비(aspect ratio)가 10:1 이상인 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제11항 내지 제13항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 성막 방법은 200 내지 500 ℃ 하에 수행되는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제11항 내지 제13항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 성막 방법은,상기 성막 재료로부터 형성된 블로킹제 및 리간드 교환반응제가 기판 상에 증착되는 단계; 및상기 리간드 교환반응제가 상기 무기 전구체의 리간드를 교환 반응하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제11항 내지 제13항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 성막 방법은 원자층증착법, 화학기상증착법, 플라즈마원자층증착법 또는 플라즈마화학기상증착법으로 수행되는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제11항 내지 제13항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 성막 방법은 금속 산화물 박막, 금속 질화물 박막, 금속 박막, 비금속 산화물 박막, 비금속 질화물 박막 또는 이들의 2 이상 박막이 선택적 영역을 갖는 박막을 형성하는 것을 특징으로 하는 성막 방법.
- 제11항 내지 제13항 중 어느 한 항의 성막 방법으로 제조됨을 특징으로 하는 박막.
- 제19항에 있어서,상기 박막은 확산방지막(barrier), 에칭정지막(etch stop), 차지트랩(charge trap), 선택적 영역 증착막(selective area deposition), 또는 바텀 업 박막인 것을 특징으로 하는 박막.
- 제19항의 박막을 포함함을 특징으로 하는 반도체 기판.
- 제21항에 있어서,상기 반도체 기판은 저 저항 금속 게이트 인터커넥트(low resistive metal gate interconnects), 고 종횡비 3D 금속-절연체-금속(MIM) 커패시터(high aspect ratio 3D metal-insulator-metal capacitor), DRAM 트렌치 커패시터(DRAM trench capacitor), 3D 게이트-올-어라운드(GAA; Gate-All-Around) 또는 3D NAND인 것을 특징으로 하는 반도체 기판.
- 제21항의 반도체 기판을 포함함을 특징으로 하는 반도체 소자.
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