US 6,146,994 AGranted

Method for forming self-aligned selective silicide layer using chemical mechanical polishing in merged DRAM logic

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorIn-seak Hwang

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Abstract

A semiconductor device including a first area where a silicide layer is formed only on a gate electrode, and a second area where a silicide layer is formed both on the gate electrode and on source and drain areas is produced by a method wherein a polishing stopper and an oxide layer are sequentially stacked, the gate electrode is exposed in a self-aligned manner, and then a first silicide layer is formed to thereby suppress misalignment in the process of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a fine linear width. In the first area, when first and second insulating layers are stacked and contact holes are formed directly connected to the semiconductor substrate, a second silicide layer is formed at the bottoms of the contact holes, to reduce contact resistance and leakage current.

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A method of using chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) for forming a self-aligned selective silicide layer of a semiconductor integrated circuit, including a semiconductor substrate having a first area comprising a plurality of first gate electrodes and a second area comprising a plurality of second gate electrodes, wherein in said second area said self-aligned silicide layer is formed both on said second gate electrodes and on drain and source areas and in said first area said self-aligned silicide layer is formed only on said first gate electrodes, comprising:

forming said first and second gate electrodes on the semiconductor substrate, each having gate spacers formed on two sidewalls thereof, in active regions of the first and second areas respectively of on the semiconductor substrate;
depositing a polishing stopper layer to a predetermined thickness on an entire top surface of the semiconductor substrate;
forming an oxide layer to a predetermined thickness on the polishing stopper layer;
performing chemical mechanical polishing on the oxide layer until the polishing stopper layer is exposed;
eliminating the oxide layer from the second area;
eliminating the exposed polishing stopper layer from the first gate electrodes of the first area, and from the entire second area;
stacking a metal layer for forming the self-aligned selective silicide layer;
and
annealing the semiconductor substrate where the metal layer is stacked to form the self-aligned selective silicide layer.

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sequentially forming the first and second gate electrodes and a plurality of gate protective layers thereon on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate;
forming gate spacers on two sidewalls of the gate electrodes and the gate protective layers;
stacking an oxide layer of a predetermined thickness on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate;
eliminating portions of the oxide layer by chemical mechanical polishing to produce exposed gate protective layers;
eliminating the exposed gate protective layers in the first and second area;
eliminating the oxide layer completely in the second area to expose the semiconductor substrate;
stacking a metal layer for forming said self-aligned selective silicide layer on the semiconductor and substrate;
and
annealing the semiconductor substrate where the metal layer is stacked to form said self-aligned selective silicide layer.

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