IP Library Granted Patent US 7,022,619
Granted Patent B2
US 7,022,619 · App. 10/395,182 · Granted Apr 4, 2006

Method for fabricating electronic device

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Patent No.
US 7,022,619
App. No.
10/395,182
Granted
Apr 4, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

After a hole is formed in a low dielectric constant film on a substrate, a protective film is formed on the wall surface of the hole or an electron acceptor is caused to be adsorbed by or implanted in the low dielectric constant film exposed at the wall surface of the hole. Otherwise, resist residue is left on the wall surface of the hole. Then, a resist pattern having an opening corresponding to a wire formation region including a region formed with the hole is formed by using a chemically amplified resist.

Claims (24)

1. A method for fabricating an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:

forming a low dielectric constant film on a substrate;

forming a hole in the low dielectric constant film;

forming a fluorocarbon film on at least a surface of the hole;

forming a chemically amplified resist on the low dielectric constant film including the hole after forming the fluorocarbon film which prevents amine or a basic material from diffusing from the low dielectric constant film into the chemically amplified resist;

forming a resist pattern having an opening corresponding to a wire region including a region formed with the hole; and

etching the low dielectric constant film by using the resist pattern as a mask to form a wire groove connected to the hole.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon film is formed on a portion of the low dielectric constant film located outside the hole.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein an antireflection film is formed on a portion of the low dielectric constant film located outside the hole.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the fluorocarbon film is formed on the antireflection film.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after the step for forming the wire groove, the step of:

removing the fluorocarbon film.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low dielectric constant film is a carbon-containing silicon oxide film or a porous film.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the carbon-containing silicon oxide film is a SiOC film.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon film is formed by using a plasma comprising a fluorocarbon gas.

9. A method for fabricating an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:

forming a low dielectric constant film on a substrate;

forming a hole in the low dielectric constant film;

providing a plasma including H + ion or OH + ion on at least surface of the hole so as to neutralize or reduce an amine or a basic material in the low dielectric constant film;

after the step of providing the plasma, forming a chemically amplified resist on the low dielectric constant film including the hole and exposing and developing the chemically amplified resist to form a resist film having an opening corresponding to a wire formation region including a region formed with the hole; and

etching the low dielectric constant film by using the resist film as a mask to form a wiring groove connected to the hole.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plasma is generated from a H 2 gas or a H 2 O gas.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the low dielectric constant film is a carbon-containing silicon oxide film or a porous film.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the carbon-containing silicon oxide film is a SiOC film.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE (REEL 038041 / FRAME 0001) Recorded Jan 2, 2018
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: RPX CORPORATION; RPX CLEARINGHOUSE LLC
Reel/Frame 044970/0030 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 9, 2016
From: RPX CORPORATION; RPX CLEARINGHOUSE LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038041/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL, CO., LTD.)
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032826/0585 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 10, 2014
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031961/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2003
From: YAMANAKA, MICHINARI; YUASA, HIROSHI; SATAKE, TETSUO; KOBORI, ETSUYOSHI; YAMASHITA, TAKESHI; MATSUMOTO, SUSUMU
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 013910/0814 →