摘要:
A method for providing regions of substantially lower fluorine content in a fluorine containing dielectric is described incorporating exposing a region to ultraviolet radiation and annealing at an elevated temperature to remove partially disrupted fluorine from the region. The invention overcomes the problem of fluorine from a fluorine containing dielectric reacting with other materials while maintaining a bulk dielectric material of sufficiently high or original fluorine content to maintain an effective low dielectric constant in semiconductor chip wiring interconnect structures.
摘要:
A method for providing regions of substantially lower fluorine content in a fluorine containing dielectric is described incorporating exposing a region to ultraviolet radiation and annealing at an elevated temperature to remove partially disrupted fluorine from the region. The invention overcomes the problem of fluorine from a fluorine containing dielectric reacting with other materials while maintaining a bulk dielectric material of sufficiently high or original fluorine content to maintain an effective low dielectric constant in semiconductor chip wiring interconnect structures.
摘要:
A method for forming a multilayer interconnect structure on a substrate that include interconnected conductive wiring and vias spaced apart by a combination of solid or gaseous dielectrics. The inventive method includes the steps of: (a) forming a first planar via plus line level pair embedded in a dielectric matrix formed from one or more solid dielectrics and comprising a via level dielectric and a line level dielectric on a substrate, wherein, at least one of said solid dielectrics is at least partially sacrificial; (b) etching back sacrificial portions of said at least partially sacrificial dielectrics are removed to leave cavities extending into and through said via level, while leaving, at least some of the original via level dielectric as a permanent dielectric under said lines; (c) partially filling or overfilling said cavities with a place-holder material which may or may not be sacrificial; (d) planarizing the structure by removing overfill of said place-holder material; (e) repeating, as necessary, steps (a)-(d); (f) forming a dielectric bridge layer over the planar structure; and (g) forming air gaps by at least partially extracting said place-holder material.
摘要:
A novel air-gap-containing interconnect wiring structure is described incorporating a solid low-k dielectric in the via levels, and a composite solid plus air-gap dielectric in the wiring levels. Also provided is a method for forming such an interconnect structure. The method is readily scalable to interconnect structures containing multiple wiring levels, and is compatible with Dual Damascene Back End of the Line (BEOL) processing.
摘要:
A novel air-gap-containing interconnect wiring structure is described incorporating a solid low-k dielectric in the via levels, and a composite solid plus air-gap dielectric in the wiring levels. Also provided is a method for forming such an interconnect structure. The method is readily scalable to interconnect structures containing multiple wiring levels, and is compatible with Dual Damascene Back End of the Line (BEOL) processing.
摘要:
A method for forming a multilayer interconnect structure on a substrate that include interconnected conductive wiring and vias spaced apart by a combination of solid or gaseous dielectrics. The inventive method includes the steps of: (a) forming a first planar via plus line level pair embedded in a dielectric matrix formed from one or more solid dielectrics and comprising a via level dielectric and a line level dielectric on a substrate, wherein, at least one of said solid dielectrics is at least partially sacrificial; (b) etching back sacrificial portions of said at least partially sacrificial dielectrics are removed to leave cavities extending into and through said via level, while leaving, at least some of the original via level dielectric as a permanent dielectric under said lines; (c) partially filling or overfilling said cavities with a place-holder material which may or may not be sacrificial; (d) planarizing the structure by removing overfill of said place-holder material; (e) repeating, as necessary, steps (a)-(d); (f) forming a dielectric bridge layer over the planar structure; and (g) forming air gaps by at least partially extracting said place-holder material.
摘要:
A novel air-gap-containing interconnect wiring structure is described incorporating a solid low-k dielectric in the via levels, and a composite solid plus air-gap dielectric in the wiring levels. Also provided is a method for forming such an interconnect structure. The method is readily scalable to interconnect structures containing multiple wiring levels, and is compatible with Dual Damascene Back End of the Line (BEOL) processing.
摘要:
The present invention includes a multilevel air-gap-containing interconnect wiring structure including: a collection of interspersed line levels and via levels, the via levels and line levels containing conductive via and line features embedded in a dielectric having an air-gap and solid dielectric. The air-gap and solid dielectric includes (i) one or more solid dielectrics only in the shadows of the conductive features in overlying levels and (ii) a gaseous dielectric elsewhere in the structure. The collection of line levels and via levels are topped by a laminated thin, taut insulating cover layer having openings to selected conductive features in the topmost underlying line or via layer, and the openings are filled with conductive material connecting to terminal pad contacts on the insulating cover layer.
摘要:
A method to achieve a very low effective dielectric constant in high performance back end of the line chip interconnect wiring and the resulting multilayer structure are disclosed. The process involves fabricating the multilayer interconnect wiring structure by methods and materials currently known in the state of the art of semiconductor processing; removing the intralevel dielectric between the adjacent metal features by a suitable etching process; applying a thin passivation coating over the exposed etched structure; annealing the etched structure to remove plasma damage; laminating an insulating cover layer to the top surface of the passivated metal features; optionally depositing an insulating environmental barrier layer on top of the cover layer; etching vias in the environmental barrier layer, cover layer and the thin passivation layer for terminal pad contacts; and completing the device by fabricating terminal input/output pads. The method obviates issues such as processability and thermal stability associated with low dielectric constant materials by avoiding their use. Since air, which has the lowest dielectric constant, is used as the intralevel dielectric the structure created by this method would possess a very low capacitance and hence fast propagation speeds. Such structure is ideally suitable for high density interconnects required in high performance microelectronic device chips.
摘要:
A metal plus low dielectric constant (low-k) interconnect structure is provided for a semiconductor device wherein adjacent regions in a surface separated by a dielectric have dimensions in width and spacing in the sub 250 nanometer range, and in which reduced lateral leakage current between adjacent metal lines, and a lower effective dielectric constant than a conventional structure, is achieved by the positioning of a differentiating or mask member that is applied for the protection of the dielectric in subsequent processing operations, at a position about 2-5 nanometers below a, to be planarized, surface where there will be a lower electric field. The invention is particularly useful in the damascene type device structure in the art wherein adjacent conductors extend from a substrate through an interlevel dielectric material, connections are made in a trench, a diffusion barrier liner is provided in the interlevel dielectric material and masking is employed to protect the dielectric material between conductors during processing operations.