Low resistant trench fill for a semiconductor device

• US 5,905,279 A
• Filed: 04/09/1996
• Issued: 05/18/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanimoto, Hiroyoshi, Nitayama, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Wallace, Valencia Martin
• Application Number:
  US08/629,597
• Time in Patent Office: 1,134 Days
• Field of Search: 257/301, 257/302, 257/303, 257/304, 257/306, 257/372, 437/60, 437/190, 437/195
• US Class Current: 257/301
• CPC Class Codes: H10B 12/038 the capacitor being in a trench in the substrate

Abstract

A memory cell having a low storage node resistance and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A trench type memory cell, in addition to storage node polysilicon, has other conductive material embedded in the storage node. Conductive material may be one of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN. The additional conductive material provides a low storage node resistance which facilitates the realization of 256 Mbit memory cells and beyond.

Claims

1. A memory cell structure comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a trench formed in said semiconductor substrate;

a first trench fill formed in said trench, including a first conductive region of at least first and second conductive materials, and functioning as a storage node electrode of the capacitor, said first conductive material being a first impurity-doped conductive material and said second conductive material being a material other than polysilicon;

an insulating layer formed on the sidewall of said trench above said first trench fill;

a second trench fill formed on said first conductive region and including a second conductive region;

a third trench fill formed on said second conductive region and said insulating layer and including a third conductive region;

a transistor having a source/drain region adjacent to an intersection of said trench and the surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

a strap for electrically connecting said first and second conductive materials in said trench to said source/drain region.

2. The memory cell structure according to claim 1, wherein said material other than polysilicon is a material selected from the group consisting of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN.

3. The memory cell structure according to claim 1, wherein said first conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said first conductive material and a second layer of said second conductive material.

4. The memory cell structure according to claim 3, wherein said stacked layer structure further includes a third layer of said first conductive material.

5. The memory cell structure according to claim 1, wherein said third conductive region includes polysilicon.

6. The memory cell structure according to claim 1, wherein said second conductive region includes at least said first conductive material and a third conductive material, said third conductive material being a material other than polysilicon.

7. The memory cell structure according to claim 6, wherein said material in said second conductive and third conductive materials is selected from the group consisting of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN.

8. The memory cell structure according to claim 7, wherein said second and third conductive materials are the same.

9. The memory cell structure according to claim 7, wherein said first conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said first conductive material, a second layer of said second conductive material, and a third layer of said first conductive material, and wherein said second conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said first conductive material, a second layer of said third conductive material, and a third layer of said first conductive material.

10. The memory cell structure according to claim 6, wherein said third conductive region includes at least said first conductive material and a fourth conductive material, said fourth conductive material being a material other than polysilicon.

11. The memory cell structure according to claim 10, wherein the material in said second, third, and fourth conductive materials is selected from the group consisting of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN.

12. The memory cell structure according to claim 10, wherein said second and third conductive materials are the same and different from said fourth conductive material.

13. The memory cell structure according to claim 10, wherein said first conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said first conductive material, a second layer of said second conductive material, and a third layer of said first conductive material, and wherein said second conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said third conductive material and a second layer of said first conductive material, and wherein said third conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said fourth conductive material and a second layer of said first conductive material.

26. The memory cell structure according to claim 1, wherein said strap is a buried strap formed by outdiffusing impurities from at least one of said first, second and third conductive regions to said semiconductor substrate.

14. A memory cell structure comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

an insulating layer formed on top of said semiconductor substrate;

first and second trenches formed in said semiconductor substrate and separated from each other by said insulating layer;

a first trench fill formed in said first trench, including a first conductive region of at least first and second conductive materials, and functioning as a storage node electrode of the first capacitor, said first conductive material being a first impurity-doped conductive material and said second conductive material being a material other than polysilicon;

a second trench fill formed in said second trench, including a second conductive region of at least said first and second conductive materials, and functioning as a storage node electrode of the second capacitor;

a first transistor having a first source/drain region adjacent to an intersection of said first trench and said insulating layer;

a first strap for electrically connecting said first and second conductive materials in said first trench to said source/drain region;

a second transistor having a second source/drain region adjacent to an intersection of said second trench and said insulating layer; and

a second strap for electrically connecting said first and second conductive materials in said second trench to said second source/drain region.

15. The memory cell structure according to claim 14, wherein said material other than polysilicon is a material selected from the group consisting of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN.

16. The memory cell structure according to claim 14, wherein each of said first and second conductive regions is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said first conductive material and a second layer of said second conductive material.

27. The memory cell structure according to claim 14, wherein said first strap is a first buried strap formed by outdiffusing impurities from said first conductive region to said semiconductor substrate, and said second strap is a second buried strap formed by outdiffusing impurities from said second conductive region to said semiconductor substrate.

17. A memory cell structure comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a trench formed in said semiconductor substrate;

a first trench fill including a first conductive region of first and second conductive materials, said first conductive material being a first impurity-doped conductive material and said second conductive material being a material other than polysilicon;

an insulating layer formed on a sidewall of the portion of said trench above said first trench fill;

a second trench fill formed on said first conductive region and having a second conductive region, said second conductive region including at least said first conductive material and a third conductive material, said third conductive material being a material other than polysilicon;

a third trench fill formed on said second conductive region and said insulating layer and having a third conductive region, said third conductive region including at least said first conductive material and a fourth conductive material, said fourth conductive material being a material other than polysilicon;

a transistor having a source/drain region adjacent to an intersection of said trench and the surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

a strap for electrically connecting said first and second conductive materials in said trench to said source/drain region.

18. The memory cell structure according to claim 17, wherein the material in said second, third and fourth conductive materials is selected from the group consisting of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN.

19. The memory cell structure according to claim 17, wherein said second and third conductive materials are the same and different from said fourth conductive material.

20. The memory cell structure according to claim 17, wherein said first conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said first conductive material, a second layer of said second conductive material, and a third layer of said first conductive material, and wherein said second conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said third conductive material and a second layer of said first conductive material, and wherein said third conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of said fourth conductive material and a second layer of said first conductive material.

28. The memory cell structure according to claim 17, wherein said strap is a buried strap formed by outdiffusing impurities from at least one of said first, second and third conductive regions to said semiconductor substrate.

21. A memory cell structure comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate;

a first trench fill disposed in the trench and including a first conductive region of at least first and second conductive materials, the first conductive material being a first impurity-doped conductive material and the second conductive material being a material other than polysilicon, wherein the first trench fill functions as a storage node electrode of a capacitor;

a second trench fill formed on the first conductive region and having a second conductive region; and

a third trench fill formed on the second conductive region and having a third conductive region.

22. The memory cell structure of claim 21 including an insulating layer formed on a sidewall of the portion of the trench above the first trench fill.

23. The memory cell structure of claim 21, wherein the second conductive region of said second trench fill includes at least the first conductive material and a third conductive material, the third conductive material being a material other than polysilicon, and the third conductive region of the third trench fill includes at least the first conductive material and a fourth conductive material, the fourth conductive material being a material other than polysilicon.

24. The memory cell structure of claim 23, wherein the material in the second, third, and fourth conductive materials is selected from the group consisting of WSi, TiSi, W, Ti, and TiN.

25. The memory cell structure of claim 21, wherein the first conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of the first conductive material, a second layer of the second conductive material, and a third layer of the first conductive material, and wherein the second conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of the third conductive material and a second layer of the first conductive material, and wherein the third conductive region is a stacked layer structure including a first layer of the fourth conductive material and a second layer of the first conductive material.