Sidewalls of electroplated copper interconnects
    11.
    发明授权
    Sidewalls of electroplated copper interconnects 有权
    电镀铜互连的侧壁

    公开(公告)号:US09040407B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-26

    申请号:US14043079

    申请日:2013-10-01

    摘要: A method including depositing an alloying layer along a sidewall of an opening and in direct contact with a seed layer, the alloying layer includes a crystalline structure that cannot serve as a seed for plating a conductive material, exposing the opening to an electroplating solution including the conductive material, the conductive material is not present in the alloying layer, applying an electrical potential to a cathode causing the conductive material to deposit from the electroplating solution onto the cathode exposed at the bottom of the opening and causing the opening to fill with the conductive material, the cathode includes an exposed portion of the seed layer and excludes the alloying layer, and forming a first intermetallic compound along an intersection between the alloying layer and the conductive material, the first intermetallic compound is formed as a precipitate within a solid solution of the alloying layer and the conductive material.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法,包括沿着开口的侧壁沉积合金层并与种子层直接接触,所述合金化层包括不能用作电镀导电材料的种子的晶体结构,将开口暴露于包括 导电材料不存在于合金化层中,向阴极施加电势,导致导电材料从电镀溶液沉积到露出在开口底部的阴极上并使开口填充导电材料 材料中,阴极包括种子层的暴露部分,不包括合金层,沿着合金层和导电材料之间的交点形成第一金属间化合物,第一金属间化合物形成为沉淀在固溶体 合金层和导电材料。

    Anticipatory implant for TSV
    13.
    发明授权
    Anticipatory implant for TSV 有权
    TSV预后植入物

    公开(公告)号:US08927427B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-06

    申请号:US13872371

    申请日:2013-04-29

    摘要: A method including introducing a dopant into a region of a substrate, etching a deep trench in the substrate through the region, gettering impurities introduced during etching of the deep trench using a pentavalent ion formed from a reaction between an element of the substrate and the dopant, wherein the charge of the pentavalent ion attracts the impurities, and filling the deep trench with a conductive material.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法,包括将掺杂剂引入到衬底的区域中,通过该区域蚀刻衬底中的深沟槽,利用由衬底的元素和掺杂剂之间的反应形成的五价离子来吸收在蚀刻深沟槽期间引入的杂质 其中五价离子的电荷吸引杂质,并用导电材料填充深沟槽。

    SIDEWALLS OF ELECTROPLATED COPPER INTERCONNECTS
    20.
    发明申请
    SIDEWALLS OF ELECTROPLATED COPPER INTERCONNECTS 有权
    电镀铜互连的边界

    公开(公告)号:US20140027911A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-30

    申请号:US14043104

    申请日:2013-10-01

    IPC分类号: H01L23/532

    摘要: A structure formed in an opening having a substantially vertical sidewall defined by a non-metallic material and having a substantially horizontal bottom defined by a conductive pad, the structure including a diffusion barrier covering the sidewall and a fill composed of conductive material. The structure including a first intermetallic compound separating the diffusion barrier from the conductive material, the first intermetallic compound comprises an alloying material and the conductive material, and is mechanically bound to the conductive material, the alloying material is at least one of the materials selected from the group of chromium, tin, nickel, magnesium, cobalt, aluminum, manganese, titanium, zirconium, indium, palladium, and silver; and a first high friction interface located between the diffusion barrier and the first intermetallic compound and parallel to the sidewall of the opening, wherein the first high friction interface results in a mechanical bond between the diffusion barrier and the first intermetallic compound.

    摘要翻译: 一种形成在开口中的结构,其具有由非金属材料限定的基本上垂直的侧壁,并且具有由导电垫限定的基本上水平的底部,该结构包括覆盖侧壁的扩散阻挡层和由导电材料构成的填充物。 所述结构包括将所述扩散阻挡物与所述导电材料分离的第一金属间化合物,所述第一金属间化合物包括合金材料和所述导电材料,并且机械地结合到所述导电材料上,所述合金材料是选自以下的至少一种材料: 铬,锡,镍,镁,钴,铝,锰,钛,锆,铟,钯和银的组合; 以及位于所述扩散阻挡层和所述第一金属间化合物之间且平行于所述开口的侧壁的第一高摩擦界面,其中所述第一高摩擦界面导致所述扩散阻挡层和所述第一金属间化合物之间的机械结合。