IP Library Granted Patent US 6,927,163
Granted Patent B2
US 6,927,163 · App. 10/180,754 · Granted Aug 9, 2005

Method and apparatus for manufacturing a barrier layer of semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 6,927,163
App. No.
10/180,754
Granted
Aug 9, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a barrier layer of semiconductor device. The disclosed comprises the steps of: forming an interlayer insulating layer having a contact hole on a semiconductor substrate; forming a Ti layer on the contact hole and on the interlayer insulating layer; and reacting the Ti layer with nitrogen radical to transform a part of the Ti layer into a TiN layer.

Claims (7)

1. A method for forming a barrier layer in a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

positioning a substrate in a reaction chamber;

forming an interlayer insulating layer having a contact hole on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a Ti layer in the contact hole and on the interlayer insulating layer;

supplying nitrogen gas at a flow rate of 100 sccm to 1000 sccm to a nitrogen radical generator located external to the reaction chamber;

treating the nitrogen gas with a high frequency microwave in the range of 0.5 GHz to 4 GHz to generate nitrogen radicals wherein said nitrogen radicals are formed by performing high frequency microwave treatment to the nitrogen gas; and

applying the nitrogen radicals to the Ti layer to transform an upper part of the Ti layer into a TiN layer, thereby forming the barrier layer having both Ti and TiN layers, wherein the TiN layer is formed at a temperature of normal to 500° C. and a pressure of 10 mTorr to 10 Torr.