METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER AND A METAL CONDUCTIVE LAYER
    2.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER AND A METAL CONDUCTIVE LAYER 有权
    用于沉积扩散障碍层和金属导电层的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160322255A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-03

    申请号:US15206112

    申请日:2016-07-08

    Abstract: We disclose a method of applying a sculptured layer of material on a semiconductor feature surface using ion deposition sputtering, wherein a surface onto which the sculptured layer is applied is protected to resist erosion and contamination by impacting ions of a depositing layer. A first protective layer of material is deposited on a substrate surface using traditional sputtering or ion deposition sputtering, in combination with sufficiently low substrate bias that a surface onto which the layer is applied is not eroded away or contaminated during deposition of the protective layer. Subsequently, a sculptured second layer of material is applied using ion deposition sputtering at an increased substrate bias, to sculpture a shape from a portion of the first protective layer of material and the second layer of depositing material. The method is particularly applicable to the sculpturing of barrier layers, wetting layers, and conductive layers upon semiconductor feature surfaces.

    Abstract translation: 我们公开了使用离子沉积溅射在半导体特征表面上施加雕刻的材料层的方法,其中施加有雕刻层的表面被保护以通过冲击沉积层的离子来抵抗侵蚀和污染。 使用传统的溅射或离子沉积溅射将第一保护层材料沉积在衬底表面上,结合足够低的衬底偏压,使得施加层的表面在保护层沉积期间不被腐蚀掉或被污染。 随后,使用离子沉积溅射在增加的衬底偏压下施加雕刻的第二材料层,以从材料的第一保护层的一部分和第二沉积材料层的一部分雕刻出形状。 该方法特别适用于在半导体特征表面上雕刻阻挡层,润湿层和导电层。

    SELF-IONIZED AND INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA FOR SPUTTERING AND RESPUTTERING
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    发明申请
    SELF-IONIZED AND INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA FOR SPUTTERING AND RESPUTTERING 审中-公开
    自放电和感应耦合等离子喷溅和调光

    公开(公告)号:US20140305802A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-16

    申请号:US14205260

    申请日:2014-03-11

    Abstract: A magnetron sputter reactor for sputtering deposition materials such as tantalum, tantalum nitride and copper, for example, and its method of use, in which self-ionized plasma (SIP) sputtering and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) sputtering are promoted, either together or alternately, in the same or different chambers. Also, bottom coverage may be thinned or eliminated by ICP resputtering in one chamber and SIP in another. SIP is promoted by a small magnetron having poles of unequal magnetic strength and a high power applied to the target during sputtering. ICP is provided by one or more RF coils which inductively couple RF energy into a plasma. The combined SIP-ICP layers can act as a liner or barrier or seed or nucleation layer for hole. In addition, an RF coil may be sputtered to provide protective material during ICP resputtering. In another chamber an array of auxiliary magnets positioned along sidewalls of a magnetron sputter reactor on a side towards the wafer from the target. The magnetron preferably is a small, strong one having a stronger outer pole of a first magnetic polarity surrounding a weaker outer pole of a second magnetic polarity and rotates about the central axis of the chamber. The auxiliary magnets preferably have the first magnetic polarity to draw the unbalanced magnetic field component toward the wafer. The auxiliary magnets may be either permanent magnets or electromagnets.

    Abstract translation: 用于溅射诸如钽,氮化钽和铜的沉积材料的磁控溅射反应器及其使用方法,其中促进了自离子等离子体(SIP)溅射和电感耦合等离子体(ICP)溅射,其一起或者 交替地,在相同或不同的室中。 此外,底部覆盖可以通过在一个室中的ICP再溅射和另一个室中的SIP来减薄或消除。 SIP由在溅射期间施加到靶的不均匀磁强度和高功率的磁极的小磁控管促进。 ICP由一个或多个将RF能量感应耦合到等离子体中的RF线圈提供。 组合的SIP-ICP层可以作为孔的衬垫或屏障或种子或成核层。 此外,可以在ICP溅射期间溅射RF线圈以提供保护材料。 在另一个腔室中,辅助磁体阵列沿磁控溅射反应器的侧壁朝着晶片从目标侧面定位。 磁控管优选地是小而强的,具有围绕第二磁极性较弱的外极的第一磁极的更强的外极并围绕腔的中心轴旋转。 辅助磁体优选地具有第一磁极以将不平衡的磁场分量拉向晶片。 辅助磁体可以是永磁体或电磁体。

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