摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide processes for depositing a cobalt layer on a barrier layer and subsequently depositing a conductive material, such as copper or a copper alloy, thereon. In one embodiment, a method for depositing materials on a substrate surface is provided which includes forming a barrier layer on a substrate, exposing the substrate to dicobalt hexacarbonyl butylacetylene (CCTBA) and hydrogen to form a cobalt layer on the barrier layer during a vapor deposition process (e.g., CVD or ALD), and depositing a conductive material over the cobalt layer. In some examples, the barrier layer and/or the cobalt layer may be exposed to a gas or a reagent during a treatment process, such as a thermal process, an in situ plasma process, or a remote plasma process.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide processes to selectively form a cobalt layer on a copper surface over exposed dielectric surfaces. In one embodiment, a method for capping a copper surface on a substrate is provided which includes positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate contains a contaminated copper surface and a dielectric surface, exposing the contaminated copper surface to a reducing agent while forming a copper surface during a pre-treatment process, exposing the substrate to a cobalt precursor gas to selectively form a cobalt capping layer over the copper surface while leaving exposed the dielectric surface during a vapor deposition process, and depositing a dielectric barrier layer over the cobalt capping layer and the dielectric surface. In another embodiment, a deposition-treatment cycle includes performing the vapor deposition process and subsequently a post-treatment process, which deposition-treatment cycle may be repeated to form multiple cobalt capping layers.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for forming materials on a substrate used for metal gate and other applications. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a cobalt stack over a barrier layer disposed on a substrate by depositing a cobalt layer during a deposition process, exposing the cobalt layer to a plasma to form a plasma-treated cobalt layer during a plasma process, and repeating the cobalt deposition process and the plasma process to form the cobalt stack containing a plurality of plasma-treated cobalt layers. The method further includes exposing the cobalt stack to an oxygen source gas to form a cobalt oxide layer from an upper portion of the cobalt stack during a surface oxidation process and heating the remaining portion of the cobalt stack to a temperature within a range from about 300° C. to about 500° C. to form a crystalline cobalt film during a thermal annealing crystallization process.
摘要:
A method of forming a contact structure in a semiconductor device having a feature includes forming a barrier layer in the feature, wherein the barrier layer is TiN; and forming a metal layer in the feature and over the barrier layer, wherein the metal layer is at least one of aluminum (Al), ruthenium (Ru), or molybdenum (Mo).
摘要:
Methods for etching a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for etching a substrate disposed within a processing volume of a process chamber includes: (a) exposing a first layer disposed atop the substrate to a first gas comprising tungsten chloride (WCIx) for a first period of time and at a first pressure, wherein x is 5 or 6; (b) purging the processing volume of the first gas using an inert gas for a second period of time; (c) exposing the substrate to a hydrogen-containing gas for a third period of time to etch the first layer after purging the processing volume of the first gas; and (d) purging the processing volume of the hydrogen-containing gas using the inert gas for a fourth period of time.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide processes to selectively form a cobalt layer on a copper surface over exposed dielectric surfaces. In one embodiment, a method for capping a copper surface on a substrate is provided which includes positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate contains a contaminated copper surface and a dielectric surface, exposing the contaminated copper surface to a reducing agent while forming a copper surface during a pre-treatment process, exposing the substrate to a cobalt precursor gas to selectively form a cobalt capping layer over the copper surface while leaving exposed the dielectric surface during a vapor deposition process, and depositing a dielectric barrier layer over the cobalt capping layer and the dielectric surface. In another embodiment, a deposition-treatment cycle includes performing the vapor deposition process and subsequently a post-treatment process, which deposition-treatment cycle may be repeated to form multiple cobalt capping layers.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide processes to selectively form a cobalt layer on a copper surface over exposed dielectric surfaces. In one embodiment, a method for capping a copper surface on a substrate is provided which includes positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate contains a contaminated copper surface and a dielectric surface, exposing the contaminated copper surface to a reducing agent while forming a copper surface during a pre-treatment process, exposing the substrate to a cobalt precursor gas to selectively form a cobalt capping layer over the copper surface while leaving exposed the dielectric surface during a vapor deposition process, and depositing a dielectric barrier layer over the cobalt capping layer and the dielectric surface. In another embodiment, a deposition-treatment cycle includes performing the vapor deposition process and subsequently a post-treatment process, which deposition-treatment cycle may be repeated to form multiple cobalt capping layers.
摘要:
Methods for selectively depositing a metal silicide layer are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of selectively depositing a metal silicide layer includes: (a) providing a substrate having a first layer to a process chamber, wherein the first layer comprises a first surface and a feature formed in the first surface comprising an opening defined by one or more sidewalls and a bottom surface wherein the sidewalls comprise one of silicon oxide or silicon nitride and wherein the bottom surface comprises at least one of silicon or germanium; (b) exposing the substrate to a precursor gas comprising a metal halide; (c) purging the precursor gas from the process chamber using an inert gas; (d) exposing the substrate to a silicon containing gas; (e) purging the silicon containing gas from the process chamber using an inert gas; (f) repeating (b)-(e) to selectively deposit a metal silicide along the bottom surface to a predetermined thickness; and (g) annealing the substrate after depositing the metal silicide layer.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide processes to selectively form a cobalt layer on a copper surface over exposed dielectric surfaces. In one embodiment, a method for capping a copper surface on a substrate is provided which includes positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate contains a contaminated copper surface and a dielectric surface, exposing the contaminated copper surface to a reducing agent while forming a copper surface during a pre-treatment process, exposing the substrate to a cobalt precursor gas to selectively form a cobalt capping layer over the copper surface while leaving exposed the dielectric surface during a vapor deposition process, and depositing a dielectric barrier layer over the cobalt capping layer and the dielectric surface. In another embodiment, a deposition-treatment cycle includes performing the vapor deposition process and subsequently a post-treatment process, which deposition-treatment cycle may be repeated to form multiple cobalt capping layers.
摘要:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method of forming a dielectric film in trenches of a substrate. The utilization of the ALD process and introduction of an inhibitor material onto features defining the trenches and into the trenches provides for suppression of forming the dielectric film near the top surface of the features in the trenches. The dielectric film is formed via an ALD process. The ALD process includes sequentially exposing the substrate to an inhibitor material, a first precursor, a purge gas, an oxygen-containing precursor, and the purge gas during an ALD cycle, and repeating the ALD cycle to deposit the dielectric film.