摘要:
A substrate having, on a base material, a barrier film for preventing copper diffusion containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium, a metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating such as platinum, gold, silver and palladium, and nitrogen contained in the form of a nitride of the aforementioned one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium. The barrier film for preventing copper diffusion is manufactured by sputtering in a nitrogen atmosphere using a target containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium and the aforementioned metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating.
摘要:
A ULSI micro-interconnect member having a substrate and a ULSI micro-interconnect formed on the substrate, wherein the ULSI micro-interconnect includes a barrier layer formed on the substrate and a ruthenium electroplating layer formed on the barrier layer; the ULSI micro-interconnect member further including a copper electroplating layer formed using the ruthenium electroplating layer as a seed layer; and a process for fabricating the ULSI micro-interconnect members.
摘要:
A substrate having, on a base material, a barrier film for preventing copper diffusion containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium, a metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating such as ruthenium, rhodium, and iridium, and nitrogen contained in the form of a nitride of the aforementioned one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium. The barrier film for preventing copper diffusion is manufactured by sputtering in a nitrogen atmosphere using a target containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium and the aforementioned metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating.
摘要:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate having a barrier film for preventing copper diffusion having both a barrier function and a catalytic function, wherein the barrier properties during high-temperature heating is excellent.A substrate having, on a base material, a barrier film for preventing copper diffusion comprising one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium, a metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating such as platinum, gold, silver and palladium, and nitrogen contained in the form of a nitride of the aforementioned one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium. The said barrier film for preventing copper diffusion is manufactured by sputtering in a nitrogen atmosphere using a target containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium and the aforementioned metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating.
摘要:
It is an object to provide a method for metal plating with good adhesion to materials that are difficult to plate. The present invention is a metal plating method wherein a material to be plated is surface treated with a silane coupling agent having in a molecule thereof a functional group with a metal-capturing capability, is heat treated at a high temperature of at least 150° C., a surface treatment is performed with a solution containing a noble metal compound, and electroless plating is performed. Alternatively, the present invention is a metal plating method wherein a material to be plated is surface treated with a liquid in which a noble metal compound and a silane coupling agent having in a molecule thereof a functional group with a metal-capturing capability have already been mixed or reacted, is heat treated at a high temperature of at least 150° C., and electroless plating is performed.
摘要:
A plated article has an alloy thin film formed on a substrate and having a catalytically active metal (A) for electroless plating and a metal (B) capable of undergoing displacement plating with a metal ion contained in an electroless plating solution, and a metal thin film formed on the alloy thin film by electroless displacement and reduction plating. The alloy thin film of the catalytically active metal (A) and the metal (B) capable of displacement plating has a composition comprising 5 at % to 40 at % of the metal (A). The metal thin film formed by electroless displacement and reduction plating is a metal thin film having a thickness no greater than 10 nm and a resistivity no greater than 10 μΩ·cm. Preferably, the metal (B) has a barrier function with respect to a metal of the metal thin film.
摘要:
An object of the present is to provide a ULSI micro-interconnect member having a seed layer which, particularly on the inner sidewalls of vias and trenches, is formed with a sufficient coverage and a film thickness uniform with that on surface portion, and which has a low level of impurities. Further objects of the invention are to provide a ULSI micro-interconnect member in which, by utilizing such a seed layer to subsequently effect copper electroplating, micro-interconnects have been formed without generating voids; a process for forming the same; and a semiconductor wafer in which such ULSI micro-interconnects have been formed. A ULSI micro-interconnect member having a substrate and a ULSI micro-interconnect formed on the substrate, wherein the ULSI micro-interconnect includes a barrier layer formed on the substrate and a ruthenium electroplating layer formed on the barrier layer; the ULSI micro-interconnect member further including a copper electroplating layer formed using the ruthenium electroplating layer as a seed layer; and a process for fabricating the ULSI micro-interconnect members.
摘要:
A method for forming a seed layer for damascene copper wiring is provided. The method comprises the step of forming a seed layer, during damascene copper wiring formation, using an electroless plating solution comprising a water-soluble nitrogen-containing polymer and glyoxylic acid as a reducing agent, wherein the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the water-soluble nitrogen-containing polymer is 1,000 to less than 100,000. Preferably, the electroless plating solution further comprises phosphinic acid.
摘要:
To provide an electroless copper plating solution that is favorable to improve the adhesion of a plating film, and an electroless copper plating solution which realizes uniform plating at a low temperature. This electroless copper plating solution is characterized by containing a water-soluble nitrogen-containing polymer in an electroless copper plating solution, and preferably the above-mentioned electroless copper plating solution contains glyoxylic acid and phosphinic acid as reducing agents. The water-soluble nitrogen-containing polymer is preferably a polyacrylamide or a polyethyleneimine, and preferably its weight average molecular weight (Mw) is at least 100,000, and Mw/Mn is 10.0 or less.
摘要:
A layer having a barrier function and catalytic power and excelling in formation uniformity and coverage of an ultrathin film, a pretreatment technique making it possible to form an ultrafine wiring and form a thin seed layer of uniform film thickness and a substrate including a thin seed layer formed with a uniform film thickness by electroless plating by using the aforementioned technique. A substrate in which an alloy film of one or more metal elements, having a barrier function and a metal element or metal elements, having catalytic power with respect to electroless plating is formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on a base to a film thickness of 0.5 nm to 5 nm with a content ratio of the one or more metal element having a barrier function from 5 to 90 at. %.