摘要:
A vertical metallic stack, from bottom to top, of an elemental metal liner, a metal nitride liner, a Ti liner, an aluminum portion, and a metal nitride cap, is formed on an underlying metal interconnect structure. The vertical metallic stack is annealed at an elevated temperature to induce formation of a TiAl3 liner by reaction of the Ti liner with the material of the aluminum portion. The material of the TiAl3 liner is resistant to electromigration, thereby providing enhanced electromigration resistance to the vertical metallic stack comprising the elemental metal liner, the metal nitride liner, the TiAl3 liner, the aluminum portion, and the metal nitride cap. The effect of enhanced electromigration resistance may be more prominent in areas in which the metal nitride cap suffers from erosion during processing.
摘要翻译:在下面的金属互连结构上形成由元素金属衬垫,金属氮化物衬垫,Ti衬垫,铝部分和金属氮化物盖的从底部到顶部的垂直金属堆叠。 垂直金属叠层在升高的温度下退火,以通过Ti衬垫与铝部分的材料反应而引起TiAl 3衬层的形成。 TiAl 3衬垫的材料对电迁移是耐受的,从而对包括元素金属衬垫,金属氮化物衬垫,TiAl 3衬里,铝部分和金属氮化物盖的垂直金属堆叠提供增强的电迁移阻力。 在金属氮化物盖在加工过程中遭受侵蚀的区域中,增强的耐电迁移性的作用可能更为突出。
摘要:
A vertical metallic stack, from bottom to top, of an elemental metal liner, a metal nitride liner, a Ti liner, an aluminum portion, and a metal nitride cap, is formed on an underlying metal interconnect structure. The vertical metallic stack is annealed at an elevated temperature to induce formation of a TiAl3 liner by reaction of the Ti liner with the material of the aluminum portion. The material of the TiAl3 liner is resistant to electromigration, thereby providing enhanced electromigration resistance to the vertical metallic stack comprising the elemental metal liner, the metal nitride liner, the TiAl3 liner, the aluminum portion, and the metal nitride cap. The effect of enhanced electromigration resistance may be more prominent in areas in which the metal nitride cap suffers from erosion during processing.
摘要翻译:在下面的金属互连结构上形成由元素金属衬垫,金属氮化物衬垫,Ti衬垫,铝部分和金属氮化物盖的从底部到顶部的垂直金属堆叠。 垂直金属叠层在升高的温度下退火,以通过Ti衬垫与铝部分的材料反应而引起TiAl 3衬层的形成。 TiAl 3衬垫的材料对电迁移是耐受的,从而对包括元素金属衬垫,金属氮化物衬垫,TiAl 3衬里,铝部分和金属氮化物盖的垂直金属堆叠提供增强的电迁移阻力。 在金属氮化物盖在加工过程中遭受侵蚀的区域中,增强的耐电迁移性的作用可能更为突出。
摘要:
An apparatus for processing a layer on a workpiece includes a source of reactant fluid, a reaction chamber having a support for the workpiece and a fluid delivery apparatus for feeding an input fluid into the reaction chamber with the input fluid being utilized to process the material. An infrared sensor is adapted to cooperate with the fluid delivery apparatus for sensing the concentration of a component of the input fluid. The infrared sensor includes an infrared light source positioned to direct a beam of infrared light at an infrared light detector through the input fluid. The infrared light detector produces an electrical output signal indicative of the amount of light received by the detector and therefore not absorbed by the input fluid.
摘要:
A silicon quantum wire transistor. A silicon substrate is sub-etched leaving a thin ridge (.ltoreq.500 .ANG. tall by .ltoreq.500 .ANG. wide) of silicon a quantum wire, on the substrate surface. An FET may be formed from the quantum wire by depositing or growing gate oxide and depositing gate poly. After defining a gate, the source and drain are defined. Alternatively, an optically activated transistor is formed by defining an emitter and collector and providing a path for illumination to the wire.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling reactant vapors prior to chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The reactant vapors are monitored at full concentration without sampling as they are transported to a CVD reactor. Contaminants detected cause a process controller to switch the transport path to direct reactant vapors to a system pump.
摘要:
A semiconductor light emitting/detecting device has a first doped silicon layer, an intrinsic silicon epitaxial layer formed on the first doped silicon layer, at least one quantum dot embedded within the intrinsic silicon epitaxial layer, and a second doped silicon layer formed on the second intrinsic silicon epitaxial layer.
摘要:
Silicon dioxide on a substrate is directionally etched using a hydrogen halide plasma which is created within an etch chamber. The method selectively etches silicon dioxide relative to polysilicon and silicon nitride. A substrate and the combination of NH.sub.3 and NF.sub.3 gases or the combination of CF.sub.4 and O.sub.2 gases mixed with H.sub.2 and N.sub.2 gases are located within an etch chamber. An electrical field is created within the etch chamber causing the gas mixture to form a plasma. The negative charge at the bottom of the chamber attracts the positively charged plasma, thereby etching the substrate in the downward direction. The result is an anisotropic product. The method is also shown to be effective in non-selectively etching thermal and deposited oxides, resulting in a similar etch rate for the different types of oxides.
摘要:
A process and apparatus for Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 CVD on silicon wafers using aluminum tri-isopropoxide in a high-volume production environment is presented. The conditions required to use ATI in a production environment and provide maximum utilization of ATI are first of all delivery of ATI via direct evaporation. The ATI source bottle is pumped out (bypassing substrates) until propene and isopropanol signals are reduced to 1% of process pressure before start of aluminum oxide deposition. Either IR spectroscopy or mass spectrometry can be used to provide a control signal to the microprocessor controller. Heating the supplied tetramer to 120.degree. C. for two hours assures complete conversion to trimer. The ATI is stored at 90.degree. C. to minimize decomposition during idle periods and allow recovery of trimer upon return to 120.degree. C. for two hours. During periods of demand, the ATI is held at 120.degree. C. to minimize decomposition.
摘要:
A semiconductor light emitting/detecting device has a first doped silicon layer, an intrinsic silicon epitaxial layer formed on the first doped silicon layer, at least one quantum dot embedded within the intrinsic silicon epitaxial layer, and a second doped silicon layer formed on the second intrinsic silicon epitaxial layer.
摘要:
Anhydrous ammonium fluoride is used as a safe source of hydrogen fluoride for etching native or other silicon dioxide layers from silicon substrates. Heating the anhydrous ammonium fluoride above its sublimation temperature results in the generation of hydrogen fluoride gas which etches the silicon dioxide. Controlled amounts of water vapor are used during the etch reaction to ensure complete etching of the thin oxide layers down to within hundredths of a monolayer and to achieve precise etch rate control.