Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a layered gate electrode
AssigneeElpida Memory, Inc.
InventorTsutomu Hayakawa
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a DRAM includes the steps of forming a gate oxide film, a polysilicon film and a tungsten silicide film consecutively on a silicon substrate, selective etching the tungsten silicide film, covering exposed side surfaces of the tungsten silicide film by a polysilicon side-wall film, selectively etching the polysilicon film, oxidizing the polysilicon side-wall film and exposed surfaces of the polysilicon film, and forming a gate electrode including the polysilicon film and the tungsten silicide film. The resultant DRAM has lower leakage current and excellent refresh characteristics due to less contamination of diffused regions by the tungsten particles.
Claims7
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the consecutive steps of:
- forming a gate oxide film, a first silicon film and a metal silicide film consecutively on a semiconductor substrate;
- selectively etching the metal silicide film;
- covering at least side surfaces of the metal silicide film by a second silicon film;
- selectively etching the first silicon film;
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- forming a gate electrode structure including the first and second silicon films and the metal silicide film;
- further comprising the step of oxidizing the second silicon film and exposed surfaces of the first silicon film between the step of selectively etching the first silicon film and the step of forming the gate electrode structure.
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the consecutive steps of:
- forming a gate oxide film, a first conductive film made of a first conductive material, and a second conductive film made of a second conductive material, consecutively on a semiconductor substrate;
- selectively etching the second conductive film;
- covering side surfaces of the second conductive film by a third conductive film made of the first conductive material;
- selectively etching the first conductive film;
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- forming a gate electrode structure including the first through third conductive films and further comprising the step of oxidizing the third conductive film and exposed surfaces of the first conductive film between the step of selectively etching the first conductive film and the step of forming the gate electrode structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.