Yield enhancement of 3D flash devices through broadband brightfield inspection of the channel hole process module

Jung-Youl Lee; Il-Seok Seo; Seong-Min Ma; Hyeon-Soo Kim; Jin-Woong Kim; DoOh Kim; Andrew Cross

doi:10.1117/12.2011435

29 March 2013 Yield enhancement of 3D flash devices through broadband brightfield inspection of the channel hole process module

Jung-Youl Lee, Il-Seok Seo, Seong-Min Ma, Hyeon-Soo Kim, Jin-Woong Kim, DoOh Kim, Andrew Cross

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Proceedings Volume 8685, Advanced Etch Technology for Nanopatterning II; 86850U (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2011435
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2013, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The migration to a 3D implementation for NAND flash devices is seen as the leading contender to replace traditional planar NAND architectures. However the strategy of replacing shrinking design rules with greater aspect ratios is not without its own set of challenges. The yield-limiting defect challenges for the planar NAND front end were primarily bridges, protrusions and residues at the bottom of the gates, while the primary challenges for front end 3D NAND is buried particles, voids and bridges in the top, middle and bottom of high aspect ratio structures. Of particular interest are the yield challenges in the channel hole process module and developing an understanding of the contribution of litho and etch defectivity for this challenging new integration scheme. The key defectivity and process challenges in this module are missing, misshapen channel holes or under-etched channel holes as well as reducing noise sources related to other none yield limiting defect types and noise related to the process integration scheme. These challenges are expected to amplify as the memory density increases. In this study we show that a broadband brightfield approach to defect monitoring can be uniquely effective for the channel hole module. This approach is correlated to end-of-line (EOL) Wafer Bin Map for verification of capability.

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Jung-Youl Lee, Il-Seok Seo, Seong-Min Ma, Hyeon-Soo Kim, Jin-Woong Kim, DoOh Kim, and Andrew Cross "Yield enhancement of 3D flash devices through broadband brightfield inspection of the channel hole process module", Proc. SPIE 8685, Advanced Etch Technology for Nanopatterning II, 86850U (29 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2011435

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