摘要:
An apparatus for cyclical depositing of thin films on semiconductor substrates, comprising a process chamber having a gas distribution system with separate paths for process gases and an exhaust system synchronized with operation of valves dosing the process gases into a reaction region of the chamber.
摘要:
Embodiments as described herein provide methods for depositing a material on a substrate during electroless deposition processes, as well as compositions of the electroless deposition solutions. In one embodiment, the substrate contains a contact aperture having an exposed silicon contact surface. In another embodiment, the substrate contains a contact aperture having an exposed silicide contact surface. The apertures are filled with a metal contact material by exposing the substrate to an electroless deposition process. The metal contact material may contain a cobalt material, a nickel material, or alloys thereof. Prior to filling the apertures, the substrate may be exposed to a variety of pretreatment processes, such as preclean processes and activations processes. A preclean process may remove organic residues, native oxides, and other contaminants during a wet clean process or a plasma etch process. Embodiments of the process also provide the deposition of additional layers, such as a capping layer.
摘要:
Methods for the deposition of tungsten films are provided. The methods include depositing a nucleation layer by alternatively adsorbing a tungsten precursor and a reducing gas on a substrate, and depositing a bulk layer of tungsten over the nucleation layer.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for depositing tungsten materials. In one embodiment, a method for forming a composite tungsten film is provided which includes positioning a substrate within a process chamber, forming a tungsten nucleation layer on the substrate by subsequently exposing the substrate to a tungsten precursor and a reducing gas containing hydrogen during a cyclic deposition process, and forming a tungsten bulk layer during a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD) process. The PE-CVD process includes exposing the substrate to a deposition gas containing the tungsten precursor while depositing the tungsten bulk layer over the tungsten nucleation layer. In some example, the tungsten nucleation layer has a thickness of less than about 100 Å, such as about 15 Å. In other examples, a carrier gas containing hydrogen is constantly flowed into the process chamber during the cyclic deposition process.
摘要:
Methods for the deposition of tungsten films are provided. The methods include depositing a nucleation layer by alternatively adsorbing a tungsten precursor and a reducing gas on a substrate, and depositing a bulk layer of tungsten over the nucleation layer.
摘要:
A silicon nitride layer (34) has improved adhesion to underlying copper interconnect members (30) through the incorporation of an intervening copper silicide layer (32). Layer (32) is formed in-situ with a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process for depositing silicon nitride layer (34). To form layer (32), a semiconductor substrate (12) is provided having a desired copper pattern formed thereon. The copper pattern may include copper interconnects, copper plugs, or other copper members. The substrate is placed into a PECVD reaction chamber. Silane is introduced into the reaction chamber in the absence of a plasma to form a copper silicide layer on any exposed copper surfaces. After a silicide layer of a sufficient thickness (for example, 10 to 100 angstroms) is formed, PECVD silicon nitride is deposited. The copper silicide layer improves adhesion, such that silicon nitride layer is less prone to peeling away from underlying copper members.
摘要:
Methods for annealing a contact metal layer for a metal silicidation process are provided in the present invention. In one embodiment, a method for annealing a contact metal layer for a silicidation process in a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having a contact metal layer disposed thereon in a thermal annealing processing chamber, providing a heat energy to the contact metal layer in the thermal processing chamber, supplying a gas mixture including a nitrogen gas and a hydrogen gas while providing the heat energy to the contact layer in the thermal processing chamber, wherein the nitrogen gas and the hydrogen gas is supplied at a ratio between about 1:10 and about 1:1, and forming a metal silicide layer on the substrate.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method of plasma assisted deposition by generation of a plasma adjacent a processing region. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a substrate processing chamber including a top shower plate, a power source coupled to the top shower plate, a bottom shower plate, and an insulator disposed between the top shower plate and the bottom shower plate. In one aspect, the power source is adapted to selectively provide power to the top shower plate to generate a plasma from the gases between the top shower plate and the bottom shower plate. In another embodiment, a power source is coupled to the top shower plate and the bottom shower plate to generate a plasma between the bottom shower plate and the substrate support. One embodiment of the method comprises performing in a single chamber one or more of the processes including, but not limited to, cyclical layer deposition, combined cyclical layer deposition and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition; plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition; and/or chemical vapor deposition.
摘要:
Methods for the deposition of tungsten films are provided. The methods include depositing a nucleation layer by alternatively adsorbing a tungsten precursor and a reducing gas on a substrate, and depositing a bulk layer of tungsten over the nucleation layer.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide a simplified method of filling contact level features formed in a semiconductor device. In general the method includes a novel method of forming a contact level feature that contains a silicide interface and a tungsten CVD deposited layer. The processes discussed below are less complex and less time consuming than other conventional contact level interconnect formation processes and thus will have an improved device yield.