Controlled multi-step magnetron sputtering process
    62.
    发明申请
    Controlled multi-step magnetron sputtering process 审中-公开
    受控多级磁控溅射工艺

    公开(公告)号:US20070095654A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11636751

    申请日:2006-12-11

    IPC分类号: C23C14/00

    摘要: A multi-step sputtering process in plasma sputter reactor having target and magnetron operable in two modes, for example, in a substrate sputter etch and a substrate sputter deposition. The target has an annular vault facing the wafer to be sputter coated. Various types of magnetic means positioned around the vault create a magnetic field supporting a plasma extending over a large volume of the vault. An integrated copper via filling process with the inventive reactor or other reactor includes a first step of highly ionized sputter deposition of copper, which can optionally be used to remove the barrier layer at the bottom of the via, a second step of more neutral, lower-energy sputter deposition of copper to complete the seed layer, and a third step of electroplating copper into the hole to complete the metallization. The first two steps can be also used with barrier metals.

    摘要翻译: 在等离子体溅射反应器中的多步骤溅射工艺,其具有可在两种模式中操作的靶和磁控管,例如在衬底溅射蚀刻和衬底溅射沉积中。 目标具有面向待溅射涂覆的晶片的环形保险库。 位于拱顶周围的各种类型的磁性装置产生一个支撑等离子体的磁场,该等离子体延伸在大容积的拱顶上。 与本发明的反应器或其它反应器的集成铜通孔填充方法包括铜的高度电离溅射沉积的第一步骤,其可任选地用于去除通孔底部的阻挡层,更中立的,更低的 铜的完全溅射沉积以完成种子层,以及将铜电镀到孔中以完成金属化的第三步骤。 前两个步骤也可以与阻隔金属一起使用。

    End point detection for sputtering and resputtering
    66.
    发明申请
    End point detection for sputtering and resputtering 失效
    溅射和再溅射的终点检测

    公开(公告)号:US20050173239A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-11

    申请号:US10659902

    申请日:2003-09-11

    摘要: Plasma etching or resputtering of a layer of sputtered materials including opaque metal conductor materials may be controlled in a sputter reactor system. In one embodiment, resputtering of a sputter deposited layer is performed after material has been sputtered deposited and while additional material is being sputter deposited onto a substrate. A path positioned within a chamber of the system directs light or other radiation emitted by the plasma to a chamber window or other optical view-port which is protected by a shield against deposition by the conductor material. In one embodiment, the radiation path is folded to reflect plasma light around the chamber shield and through the window to a detector positioned outside the chamber window. Although deposition material may be deposited onto portions of the folded radiation path, in many applications, the deposition material will be sufficiently reflective to permit the emission spectra to be detected by a spectrometer or other suitable detector without significant signal loss. The etching or resputtering may be terminated when the detector detects that an underlying layer has been reached or when some other suitable process point has been reached.

    摘要翻译: 可以在溅射反应器系统中控制包括不透明金属导体材料的溅射材料层的等离子体蚀刻或再溅射。 在一个实施例中,溅射沉积层的溅射在材料溅射沉积之后进行,并且另外的材料被溅射沉积到衬底上。 位于系统的腔室内的路径将等离子体发射的光或其他辐射引导到腔室窗口或其他光学视图端口,其被屏蔽物保护以防止被导体材料沉积。 在一个实施例中,辐射路径被折叠以将等离子体光围绕室屏蔽件并且通过窗口反射到位于室窗口外部的检测器。 虽然沉积材料可以沉积在折叠辐射路径的部分上,但是在许多应用中,沉积材料将被充分反射,以允许发射光谱由光谱仪或其它合适的检测器检测,而没有显着的信号损失。 当检测器检测到已经到达下层或者当达到某些其它合适的处理点时,蚀刻或再溅射可以被终止。

    Sustained self-sputtering reactor having an increased density plasma
    67.
    发明授权
    Sustained self-sputtering reactor having an increased density plasma 失效
    具有增加密度等离子体的持续自溅射反应器

    公开(公告)号:US06692617B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-17

    申请号:US08854008

    申请日:1997-05-08

    IPC分类号: C25C1434

    摘要: A plasma reactor for physical vapor deposition (PVD), also known as sputtering, which is adapted so that the atomic species sputtered from the target can self-sustain the plasma without the need of a working gas such as argon. The self-sustained sputtering (SSS), which is particularly applicable to copper sputtering, is enabled by several means. The density of the plasma in the region of the magnet assembly of the magnetron is intensified for a fixed target power by reducing the size of the magnets. To provide more uniform sputtering, the small magnetron is scanned in one or two dimensions over the back of the target. The density of the plasma next to the target is also intensified by positioning an anode grid between the target and the substrate, which provides a more planar geometry. Additionally, the substrate can then be biased to more effectively control the energy and directionality of the flux of sputtered particles incident on the wafer.

    摘要翻译: 用于物理气相沉积(PVD)的等离子体反应器,也称为溅射,其适于使得从目标溅射的原子物质能够自动维持等离子体而不需要诸如氩的工作气体。 特别适用于铜溅射的自持溅射(SSS)可以通过几种方式实现。 通过减小磁体的尺寸,磁控管的磁体组件的区域中的等离子体的密度增强了固定的目标功率。 为了提供更均匀的溅射,小型磁控管在目标背面以一维或二维扫描。 靠近目标的等离子体的密度也通过在靶和衬底之间设置阳极栅格来加强,这提供了更平面的几何形状。 此外,然后可以将衬底偏置以更有效地控制入射在晶片上的溅射粒子的能量和方向性。