Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsKenichi Ide, Hiroko Tahara
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Abstract
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a stacked body including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of first insulation layers alternately stacked in a first direction. The conductive layers each include a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first metal layer contains a first metal element and a substance that is chemically reactive with a material gas containing the first metal element. The second metal layer contains the first metal element and has a lower content of the substance than the first metal layer. The first metal layer is disposed between the first insulation layers and the second metal layer.
Claims11
A semiconductor device comprising a stacked body comprising a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of first insulation layers alternately stacked in a first direction, wherein
- the conductive layers each comprise:
- a first metal layer comprising a first metal element and a substance that is chemically reactive with a material gas comprising the first metal element;
- and
- a second metal layer comprising the first metal element and having a lower content of the substance than the first metal layer,
- the first metal layer is disposed between the first insulation layers and the second metal layer,
- the first metal layer further comprises nitrogen (N), and
- within the first metal layer, a nitrogen concentration of the first metal layer is higher on a side near each of the first insulation layers than on a side near the second metal layer.
A semiconductor device comprising a stacked body comprising a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of first insulation layers alternately stacked in a first direction, wherein
- the conductive layers each comprise:
- a first metal layer comprising a first metal element and a substance that is chemically reactive with a material gas comprising the first metal element;
- and
- a second metal layer comprising the first metal element and having a lower content of the substance than the first metal layer,
- the first metal layer is disposed between the first insulation layers and the second metal layer,
- no third metal layer comprising a second metal element different from the first metal element is provided between each of the conductive layers and the first insulation layers, and
- the first metal layer further comprises nitrogen (N).
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
- removing, from a stacked body comprising a plurality of sacrificial layers and a plurality of first insulation layers alternately stacked in a first direction, the sacrificial layers;
- forming a reactive layer at a part of each of regions from which the sacrificial layers are removed, the reactive layer comprising a substance that is chemically reactive with a material gas comprising a first metal element;
- forming a first metal layer comprising the first metal element and the substance by delivering the material gas to each of the regions from which the sacrificial layers are removed and causing a chemical reaction of the reactive layer with the material gas;
- and
- forming a second metal layer on the first metal layer such that each of the regions from which the sacrificial layers are removed is filled, the second metal layer comprising the first metal element and having a lower content of the substance than the first metal layer, wherein
- the method further comprises, prior to the forming of the reactive layer, delivering a nitrogen-containing gas to each of the regions from which the sacrificial lavers are removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.