Sidewall coverage for copper damascene filling
    1.
    发明授权
    Sidewall coverage for copper damascene filling 有权
    铜镶嵌填料的侧壁覆盖

    公开(公告)号:US07282450B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-16

    申请号:US10733722

    申请日:2003-12-11

    IPC分类号: H01L21/44

    摘要: A general process is described for filling a hole or trench at the surface of an integrated circuit without trapping voids within the filler material. A particular application is the filling of a trench with copper in order to form damascene wiring. First, a seed layer is deposited in the hole or trench by means of PVD. This is then followed by a sputter etching step which removes any overhang of this seed layer at the mouth of the trench or hole. A number of process variations are described including double etch/deposit steps, varying pressure and voltage in the same chamber to allow sputter etching and deposition to take place without breaking vacuum, and reduction of contact resistance between wiring levels by reducing via depth.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在集成电路的表面处填充孔或沟槽而不在填充材料内捕获空隙的一般方法。 具体应用是用铜填充沟槽以形成镶嵌线。 首先,通过PVD将种子层沉积在孔或沟槽中。 然后进行溅射蚀刻步骤,其移除沟槽或孔口处的该种子层的任何突出端。 描述了许多工艺变化,包括双重蚀刻/沉积步骤,在相同的室中改变压力和电压,以允许在不破坏真空的情况下进行溅射蚀刻和沉积,并且通过减小通孔深度来降低布线水平之间的接触电阻。

    Method of passivating a metal line prior to deposition of a fluorinated silica glass layer
    2.
    发明授权
    Method of passivating a metal line prior to deposition of a fluorinated silica glass layer 有权
    在沉积氟化石英玻璃层之前钝化金属线的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06242338B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-06-05

    申请号:US09422175

    申请日:1999-10-22

    IPC分类号: H01L214763

    摘要: A process of forming a thin, protective insulator layer, on the sides of metal interconnect structures, prior to the deposition of a halogen containing, low k dielectric layer, has been developed. The process features the growth of a thin metal nitride, or thin metal oxide layer, on the exposed sides of the metal interconnect structures, via a plasma treatment, performed in either a nitrogen containing, or in a water containing, ambient. The thin layer protects the metal interconnect structure from the corrosive, as well as delamination effects, created by the halogen, or halogen products, contained in overlying low k dielectric layers, such as fluorinated silica glass.

    摘要翻译: 已经开发了在沉积含卤素的低k电介质层之前在金属互连结构的侧面上形成薄的保护性绝缘体层的工艺。 该方法的特征在于金属互连结构的暴露侧上通过等离子体处理在含氮或含水环境中进行的金属氮化物或薄金属氧化物层的生长。 薄层保护金属互连结构免受由覆盖在低k电介质层(例如氟化石英玻璃)中的卤素或卤素产物产生的腐蚀性以及分层影响。

    Sidewall coverage for copper damascene filling
    3.
    发明授权
    Sidewall coverage for copper damascene filling 有权
    铜镶嵌填料的侧壁覆盖

    公开(公告)号:US07514348B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-07

    申请号:US11860639

    申请日:2007-09-25

    IPC分类号: H01L21/302

    摘要: A general process is described for filling a hole or trench at the surface of an integrated circuit without trapping voids within the filler material. A particular application is the filling of a trench with copper in order to form damascene wiring. First, a seed layer is deposited in the hole or trench by means of PVD. This is then followed by a sputter etching step which removes any overhang of this seed layer at the mouth of the trench or hole. A number of process variations are described including double etch/deposit steps, varying pressure and voltage in the same chamber to allow sputter etching and deposition to take place without breaking vacuum, and reduction of contact resistance between wiring levels by reducing via depth.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在集成电路的表面处填充孔或沟槽而不在填充材料内捕获空隙的一般方法。 具体应用是用铜填充沟槽以形成镶嵌线。 首先,通过PVD将种子层沉积在孔或沟槽中。 然后进行溅射蚀刻步骤,其移除沟槽或孔口处的该种子层的任何突出端。 描述了许多工艺变化,包括双重蚀刻/沉积步骤,在相同的室中改变压力和电压,以允许在不破坏真空的情况下进行溅射蚀刻和沉积,并且通过减小通孔深度来降低布线水平之间的接触电阻。

    Sidewall coverage for copper damascene filling

    公开(公告)号:US06686280B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-03

    申请号:US09989802

    申请日:2001-11-20

    IPC分类号: H01L2100

    摘要: A general process is described for filling a hole or trench at the surface of an integrated circuit without trapping voids within the filler material. A particular application is the filling of a trench with copper in order to form damascene wiring. First, a seed layer is deposited in the hole or trench by means of PVD. This is then followed by a sputter etching step which removes any overhang of this seed layer at the mouth of the trench or hole. A number of process variations are described including double etch/deposit steps, varying pressure and voltage in the same chamber to allow sputter etching and deposition to take place without breaking vacuum, and reduction of contact resistance between wiring levels by reducing via depth.

    Sidewall Coverage For Copper Damascene Filling
    5.
    发明申请
    Sidewall Coverage For Copper Damascene Filling 有权
    铜镶嵌填料的侧壁覆盖

    公开(公告)号:US20080009133A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-10

    申请号:US11860639

    申请日:2007-09-25

    IPC分类号: H01L21/4763

    摘要: A general process is described for filling a hole or trench at the surface of an integrated circuit without trapping voids within the filler material. A particular application is the filling of a trench with copper in order to form damascene wiring. First, a seed layer is deposited in the hole or trench by means of PVD. This is then followed by a sputter etching step which removes any overhang of this seed layer at the mouth of the trench or hole. A number of process variations are described including double etch/deposit steps, varying pressure and voltage in the same chamber to allow sputter etching and deposition to take place without breaking vacuum, and reduction of contact resistance between wiring levels by reducing via depth.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在集成电路的表面处填充孔或沟槽而不在填充材料内捕获空隙的一般方法。 具体应用是用铜填充沟槽以形成镶嵌线。 首先,通过PVD将种子层沉积在孔或沟槽中。 然后进行溅射蚀刻步骤,其移除沟槽或孔口处的该种子层的任何突出端。 描述了许多工艺变化,包括双重蚀刻/沉积步骤,在相同的室中改变压力和电压,以允许在不破坏真空的情况下进行溅射蚀刻和沉积,并且通过减小通孔深度来降低布线水平之间的接触电阻。

    Key-hole reduction during tungsten plug formation
    6.
    发明授权
    Key-hole reduction during tungsten plug formation 有权
    钨丝塞形成期间的关键孔减少

    公开(公告)号:US6096651A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-01

    申请号:US228126

    申请日:1999-01-11

    IPC分类号: H01L21/768 H01L21/302

    摘要: The problem of key-hole formation during the filling of small diameter via holes has been overcome by means of soft sputtering in argon after the barrier layer is in place. This sputtering step may be used twice--once to widen the mouth of a newly formed via hole, and a second time after the barrier layer is in place, thereby widening the mouth further (as well as removing oxide from the surface of the barrier layer). In an alternate optional embodiment, widening of the via hole mouth may be limited to a single sputtering step after the barrier layer has been laid down. In either case, this is followed by filling of the via hole which occurs without any key-hole formation.

    摘要翻译: 通过在阻挡层就位之后的氩气中的软溅射,克服了在小直径通孔填充期间形成孔洞的问题。 该溅射步骤可以使用两次一次来加宽新形成的通孔的口,并且在阻挡层就位之后的第二次,从而进一步扩大口(以及从阻挡层的表面去除氧化物) )。 在替代的可选实施例中,通孔口的加宽可以在阻挡层被铺设之后被限制到单个溅射步骤。 在任一种情况下,随后填充通孔而没有任何键孔形成。

    Method of forming metal silicide
    10.
    发明授权
    Method of forming metal silicide 有权
    形成金属硅化物的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07205234B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-17

    申请号:US10772938

    申请日:2004-02-05

    IPC分类号: H01L21/44

    摘要: A method of optimizing the formation of nickel silicide on regions of a MOSFET structure, has been developed. The method features formation of nickel silicide using an anneal procedure performed at a temperature below which nickel silicide instability and agglomeration occurs. A thin titanium interlayer is first formed on the MOSFET structure prior to nickel deposition, allowing an anneal procedure, performed after nickel deposition, to successfully form nickel silicide at a temperature of about 400° C. To obtain the desired conformality and thickness uniformity the thin titanium interlayer is formed via an atomic layer deposition procedure.

    摘要翻译: 已经开发了在MOSFET结构的区域上优化硅化镍的形成的方法。 该方法的特征是使用在低于该温度的镍硅化物不稳定性和聚集发生的温度下进行的退火程序形成硅化镍。 首先在镍沉积之前在MOSFET结构上形成薄的钛中间层,允许在镍沉积之后进行的退火程序在约400℃的温度下成功形成硅化镍。为了获得所需的共形性和厚度均匀性,薄的 通过原子层沉积工艺形成钛夹层。