公开(公告)号：US06974531B2

公开(公告)日：2005-12-13

申请号：US10269956

申请日：2002-10-15

申请人： Panayotis Andricacos ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Wilma Jean Horkans ,  Keith T. Kwietniak ,  Michael Lane ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Fenton Read McFeely ,  Conal Murray ,  Kenneth P. Rodbell ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Panayotis Andricacos ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Wilma Jean Horkans ,  Keith T. Kwietniak ,  Michael Lane ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Fenton Read McFeely ,  Conal Murray ,  Kenneth P. Rodbell ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： C25D5/18 ,  C25D7/12 ,  B32B15/00

CPC分类号： C25D5/18 ,  C25D7/12 ,  Y10S428/926 ,  Y10T428/12493 ,  Y10T428/12528 ,  Y10T428/12771 ,  Y10T428/12778 ,  Y10T428/12903

摘要： A conductive material is electroplated onto a platable resistive metal barrier layer(s) employing a plating bath optionally comprising a super filling additive and a suppressor, and by changing the current or voltage as a function of the area of plated metal. A structure is also provided that comprises a substrate, a platable metal barrier layer(s) located on the substrate and a relatively continuous uniform electroplated layer of a conductive material located on the platable resistive metal barrier layer.

公开(公告)号：US07678258B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-16

申请号：US10615794

申请日：2003-07-10

申请人： Panayotis Andricacos ,  Dean S. Chung ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  James E. Fluegel ,  Keith T. Kwietniak ,  Peter S. Locke ,  Darryl D. Restaino ,  Soon-Cheon Seo ,  Philippe M. Vereecken ,  Erick G. Walton

发明人： Panayotis Andricacos ,  Dean S. Chung ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  James E. Fluegel ,  Keith T. Kwietniak ,  Peter S. Locke ,  Darryl D. Restaino ,  Soon-Cheon Seo ,  Philippe M. Vereecken ,  Erick G. Walton

IPC分类号： C25D5/00

CPC分类号： C23C18/1617 ,  C23C18/1683 ,  C25D21/12 ,  C25D21/18

摘要： An improved method of stabilizing wet chemical baths is disclosed. Typically such baths are used in processes for treating workpieces, for example, plating processes for plating metal onto substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to copper plating baths. More particularly, the present invention relates to the stability of copper plating baths. More particularly, the present invention relates to prevention of void formation by monitoring the accumulation of deleterious by-products in copper plating baths.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种稳定湿化学浴的改进方法。 通常，这种浴用于处理工件的工艺中，例如用于将金属电镀到基底上的电镀工艺。 特别地，本发明涉及镀铜浴。 更具体地说，本发明涉及镀铜浴的稳定性。 更具体地，本发明涉及通过监测铜电镀浴中有害副产物的积累来防止空隙形成。

公开(公告)号：US06967131B2

公开(公告)日：2005-11-22

申请号：US10694793

申请日：2003-10-29

申请人： Katherine L. Saenger ,  Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Emanuel I. Cooper ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Panayotis Andricacos ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Katherine L. Saenger ,  Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Emanuel I. Cooper ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Panayotis Andricacos ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/288 ,  H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/8283

CPC分类号： H01L21/28088 ,  H01L29/4966 ,  H01L29/66621 ,  H01L29/7834

摘要： Disclosed is a method for making a metal gate for a FET, wherein the metal gate comprises at least some material deposited by electroplating as well as an FET device comprising a metal gate that is at least partially plated. Further disclosed is a method for making a metal gate for a FET wherein the metal gate comprises at least some plated material and the method comprises the steps of: selecting a substrate having a top surface and a recessed region; conformally depositing a thin conductive seed layer on the substrate; and electroplating a filler gate metal on the seed layer to fill and overfill the recessed region.

公开(公告)号：US20090014878A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US12130381

申请日：2008-05-30

申请人： Cyril Cabral, JR. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Cyril Cabral, JR. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： H01L23/52 ,  H01L21/4763

CPC分类号： H01L23/485 ,  H01L21/2885 ,  H01L21/76843 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L23/53252 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A contact metallurgy structure comprising a patterned dielectric layer having cavities on a substrate; a silicide or germanide layer such as of cobalt and/or nickel located at the bottom of cavities; a contact layer comprising Ti or Ti/TiN located on top of the dielectric layer and inside the cavities and making contact to the silicide or germanide layer on the bottom; a diffusion barrier layer located on top of the contact layer and inside the cavities; optionally a seed layer for plating located on top of the barrier layer; a metal fill layer in vias is provided along with a method of fabrication. The metal fill layer is electrodeposited with at least one member selected from the group consisting of copper, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, cadmium and zinc and alloys thereof. When the metal fill layer is rhodium, ruthenium, or iridium, an effective diffusion barrier layer is not required between the fill metal and the dielectric. When the barrier layer is platable, such as ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, or iridium, the seed layer is not required.

摘要翻译： 一种接触式冶金结构，包括在基底上具有空腔的图案化电介质层; 位于空腔底部的硅化物或锗化物层，例如钴和/或镍; 接触层，其包含位于介电层顶部并且在空腔内并与底部的硅化物或锗化物层接触的Ti或Ti / TiN; 位于所述接触层顶部和所述空腔内的扩散阻挡层; 可选地，位于阻挡层顶部的用于电镀的种子层; 提供通孔中的金属填充层以及制造方法。 金属填充层用选自铜，铑，钌，铱，钼，金，银，镍，钴，银，金，镉和锌中的至少一种电池和其合金电沉积。 当金属填充层是铑，钌或铱时，在填充金属和电介质之间不需要有效的扩散阻挡层。 当阻挡层是可镀的，例如钌，铑，铂或铱时，不需要种子层。

公开(公告)号：US07405154B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-29

申请号：US11308433

申请日：2006-03-24

申请人： Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： H01L21/4763

CPC分类号： H01L23/485 ,  H01L21/2885 ,  H01L21/76843 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L23/53252 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A contact metallurgy structure comprising a patterned dielectric layer having cavities on a substrate; a silicide or germanide layer such as of cobalt and/or nickel located at the bottom of cavities; a contact layer comprising Ti or Ti/TiN located on top of the dielectric layer and inside the cavities and making contact to the silicide or germanide layer on the bottom; a diffusion barrier layer located on top of the contact layer and inside the cavities; optionally a seed layer for plating located on top of the barrier layer; a metal fill layer in vias is provided along with a method of fabrication. The metal fill layer is electrodeposited with at least one member selected from the group consisting of copper, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, cadmium and zinc and alloys thereof. When the metal fill layer is rhodium, ruthenium, or iridium, an effective diffusion barrier layer is not required between the fill metal and the dielectric. When the barrier layer is platable, such as ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, or iridium, the seed layer is not required.

摘要翻译： 一种接触式冶金结构，包括在基底上具有空腔的图案化电介质层; 位于空腔底部的硅化物或锗化物层，例如钴和/或镍; 接触层，其包含位于介电层顶部并且在空腔内并与底部的硅化物或锗化物层接触的Ti或Ti / TiN; 位于所述接触层顶部和所述空腔内的扩散阻挡层; 可选地，位于阻挡层顶部的用于电镀的种子层; 提供通孔中的金属填充层以及制造方法。 金属填充层用选自铜，铑，钌，铱，钼，金，银，镍，钴，银，金，镉和锌中的至少一种电池和其合金电沉积。 当金属填充层是铑，钌或铱时，在填充金属和电介质之间不需要有效的扩散阻挡层。 当阻挡层是可镀的，例如钌，铑，铂或铱时，不需要种子层。

公开(公告)号：US20110084393A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-14

申请号：US12967633

申请日：2010-12-14

申请人： Cyril Cabral, JR. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Cyril Cabral, JR. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： H01L23/48

CPC分类号： H01L23/485 ,  H01L21/2885 ,  H01L21/76843 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L23/53252 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A contact metallurgy structure comprising a patterned dielectric layer having vias on a substrate; a silicide layer of cobalt and/or nickel located at the bottom of vias; a contact layer comprising Ti located in vias on top of the silicide layer; a diffusion layer located in vias and on top of the contact layer; a metal fill layer in vias is provided along with a method of fabrication. The metal fill layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of copper, ruthenium, rhodium platinum, palladium, iridium, rhenium, tungsten, gold, silver and osmium and alloys thereof. When the metal fill layer comprises rhodium, the diffusion layer is not required. Optionally a seed layer for the metal fill layer can be employed.

摘要翻译： 一种接触式冶金结构，包括在衬底上具有通孔的图案化介电层; 位于通孔底部的钴和/或镍的硅化物层; 包含位于硅化物层顶部的通孔中的Ti的接触层; 位于所述接触层的通孔和顶部的扩散层; 提供通孔中的金属填充层以及制造方法。 金属填充层包括选自铜，钌，铑铂，钯，铱，铼，钨，金，银和锇中的至少一种以及它们的合金。 当金属填充层包含铑时，不需要扩散层。 任选地，可以使用用于金属填充层的种子层。

公开(公告)号：US08089157B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US12967633

申请日：2010-12-14

申请人： Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Randolph F. Knarr ,  Sandra G. Malhotra ,  Stephen Rossnagel ,  Xiaoyan Shao ,  Anna Topol ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/52 ,  H01L29/40

CPC分类号： H01L23/485 ,  H01L21/2885 ,  H01L21/76843 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L23/53252 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A contact metallurgy structure comprising a patterned dielectric layer having vias on a substrate; a silicide layer of cobalt and/or nickel located at the bottom of vias; a contact layer comprising Ti located in vias on top of the silicide layer; a diffusion layer located in vias and on top of the contact layer; a metal fill layer in vias is provided along with a method of fabrication. The metal fill layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of copper, ruthenium, rhodium platinum, palladium, iridium, rhenium, tungsten, gold, silver and osmium and alloys thereof. When the metal fill layer comprises rhodium, the diffusion layer is not required. Optionally a seed layer for the metal fill layer can be employed.

摘要翻译： 一种接触式冶金结构，包括在衬底上具有通孔的图案化介电层; 位于通孔底部的钴和/或镍的硅化物层; 包含位于硅化物层顶部的通孔中的Ti的接触层; 位于接触层的通孔和顶部的扩散层; 提供通孔中的金属填充层以及制造方法。 金属填充层包括选自铜，钌，铑铂，钯，铱，铼，钨，金，银和锇中的至少一种及其合金。 当金属填充层包含铑时，不需要扩散层。 任选地，可以使用用于金属填充层的种子层。

公开(公告)号：US20080142894A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-19

申请号：US12040350

申请日：2008-02-29

申请人： Philippe M. Vereecken ,  Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Cyril Cabral ,  Emanuel I. Cooper ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Martin M. Frank ,  Rajarao Jammy ,  Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri ,  Katherine L. Saenger ,  Xiaoyan Shao

发明人： Philippe M. Vereecken ,  Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Cyril Cabral ,  Emanuel I. Cooper ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Martin M. Frank ,  Rajarao Jammy ,  Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri ,  Katherine L. Saenger ,  Xiaoyan Shao

IPC分类号： H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/423

CPC分类号： H01L21/2885 ,  C25D3/50 ,  C25D5/02 ,  C25D5/024 ,  C25D5/54 ,  C25D7/123 ,  C25D9/04 ,  C25F3/14 ,  H01L21/28079 ,  H01L21/28114 ,  H01L21/76885 ,  H01L29/513 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/78648

摘要： A method is provided for electroplating a gate metal or other conducting or semiconducting material directly on a dielectric such as a gate dielectric. The method involves selecting a substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt, wherein the combination of the substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt allow an electrochemical current to be passed from the substrate through the dielectric layer into the electrolyte solution or melt. Methods are also provided for electrochemical modification of dielectrics utilizing through-dielectric current flow.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将栅极金属或其它导电或半导体材料直接电镀在诸如栅极电介质的电介质上的方法。 该方法包括选择衬底，电介质层和电解质溶液或熔体，其中衬底，电介质层和电解质溶液或熔体的组合允许电化学电流从衬底通过电介质层进入电解质溶液或 熔化。 还提供了利用电介质电流流动的电介质电化学修饰方法。

公开(公告)号：US07008871B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-07

申请号：US10611931

申请日：2003-07-03

申请人： Panayotis C. Andricacos ,  Shyng-Tsong Chen ,  John M. Cotte ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Mahadevaiyer Krishnan ,  Wei-Tsu Tseng ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

发明人： Panayotis C. Andricacos ,  Shyng-Tsong Chen ,  John M. Cotte ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Mahadevaiyer Krishnan ,  Wei-Tsu Tseng ,  Philippe M. Vereecken

IPC分类号： H01L21/44

CPC分类号： H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/2885 ,  H01L21/6708 ,  H01L21/76849 ,  H01L21/7685 ,  H01L21/76874 ,  H01L21/76883

摘要： Patterned copper structures are fabricated by selectively capping the copper employing selective etching and/or selective electroplating in the presence of a liner material. Apparatus for addressing the problem of an increased resistive path as electrolyte during electroetching and/or electroplating flows from the wafer edge inwards is provided.

摘要翻译： 通过在衬垫材料的存在下使用选择性蚀刻和/或选择性电镀选择性地封盖铜来制造图案化的铜结构。 提供了用于解决在电蚀和/或电镀过程中作为电解质增加的电阻路径从晶片边缘向内流动的问题的装置。

公开(公告)号：US07868410B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US12040350

申请日：2008-02-29

申请人： Philippe M. Vereecken ,  Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Emanuel I. Cooper ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Martin M. Frank ,  Rajarao Jammy ,  Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri ,  Katherine L. Saenger ,  Xiaoyan Shao

发明人： Philippe M. Vereecken ,  Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Cyril Cabral, Jr. ,  Emanuel I. Cooper ,  Hariklia Deligianni ,  Martin M. Frank ,  Rajarao Jammy ,  Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri ,  Katherine L. Saenger ,  Xiaoyan Shao

IPC分类号： H01L21/70

CPC分类号： H01L21/2885 ,  C25D3/50 ,  C25D5/02 ,  C25D5/024 ,  C25D5/54 ,  C25D7/123 ,  C25D9/04 ,  C25F3/14 ,  H01L21/28079 ,  H01L21/28114 ,  H01L21/76885 ,  H01L29/513 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/78648

摘要： A method is provided for electroplating a gate metal or other conducting or semiconducting material directly on a dielectric such as a gate dielectric. The method involves selecting a substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt, wherein the combination of the substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt allow an electrochemical current to be passed from the substrate through the dielectric layer into the electrolyte solution or melt. Methods are also provided for electrochemical modification of dielectrics utilizing through-dielectric current flow.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将栅极金属或其它导电或半导体材料直接电镀在诸如栅极电介质的电介质上的方法。 该方法包括选择衬底，电介质层和电解质溶液或熔体，其中衬底，电介质层和电解质溶液或熔体的组合允许电化学电流从衬底通过电介质层进入电解质溶液或 熔化。 还提供了利用电介质电流流动的电介质电化学修饰方法。