IP Library Granted Patent US 7,067,427
Granted Patent B2
US 7,067,427 · App. 10/619,001 · Granted Jun 27, 2006

Manufacturing method of semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,067,427
App. No.
10/619,001
Granted
Jun 27, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a sunken section in an insulating film formed on a substrate and forming a barrier metal film on the insulating film inclusive of the sunken section. The method also includes forming a copper-based film over the entire surface so as to fill up the sunken section and forming a copper-based metal interconnection. The interconnection is formed by polishing this substrate surface by the chemical mechanical polishing method, using a polishing slurry containing a silica polishing material, an oxidizing agent, an amino acid, a triazole-based compound and water. A content ratio of the amino acid to the triazole-based compound (amino acid/triazole-based compound (weight ratio)) is 5 to 8.

Claims (14)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a sunken section in an insulating film formed on a substrate;

forming a barrier metal film on said insulating film inclusive of said sunken section, said barrier metal film is a tantalum-based metal film;

forming a copper-based film over the entire surface so as to fill up said sunken section; and

polishing this substrate surface by the chemical mechanical polishing method to form a copper-based metal interconnection, wherein said step of polishing comprises the steps of:

a first polishing which is performed until at least a part of said barrier metal film is exposed, while using a first polishing slurry containing a silica polishing material, an oxidizing agent, an amino acid, a triazole-based compound and water, wherein a content ratio of said amino acid to said triazole-based compound (amino acid/triazole-based compound (weight ratio)) is in a range of 5 to 8, said triazole-based compound is one of 1,2,3-triazole, 1,2,4-triazole and their derivatives, a content of said triazole-based compound is not less than 0.05% by weight but not greater than 0.5% by weight, said amino acid is glycine, and a pH value of said polishing slurry is in a range of 5 to 7; and

a second polishing which is performed until the surface of the insulating film other than said sunken section is exposed, while using a second polishing slurry having a composition different from the first polishing slurry.

2. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said silica polishing material is colloidal silica.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a pH value of said polishing slurry is in a range of 6.5 to 7.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second polishing slurry has a composition having a ratio of polishing rates for the copperbased metal film to the barrier metal film (copper-based metal film/barrier metal film) in a range of 0.5 to 3.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second polishing slurry has a composition having a ratio of polishing rates for the insulating film to the barrier metal film (insulating film/barrier metal film) in a range of 0.01 to 0.5.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second polishing slurry comprises a silica polishing material, an oxidizing agent, a polycarboxylic acid having two or more carboxy groups, and water.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the polycarboxylic acid is one of oxalic acid, malonic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, glutaric acid, citric acid, maleic acid and their salts.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first polishing is stopped before or when the barrier metal film other than the sunken section is completely exposed, and then the second polishing starts.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025525/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2003
From: TSUCHIYA, YASUAKI; INOUE, TOMOKO
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014286/0079 →