IP Library Granted Patent US 7,179,732
Granted Patent B2
US 7,179,732 · App. 10/893,632 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Interconnection structure and fabrication method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,179,732
App. No.
10/893,632
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interconnection structure and a fabrication method thereof. A first organic low-k material layer, a stress redistribution layer, a second organic low-k dielectric layer are formed in sequence over a substrate, followed by forming an opening in the first organic low-k material layer, the stress redistribution layer, and the second organic low-k dielectric layer. The opening is then filled with a conductive material to form an interconnection structure. The stress redistribution layer has a heat expansion coefficient closer to that of the substrate, while such heat expansion coefficient differs more significantly from those of the first and second organic low-k material layers.

Claims (20)

1. A method of fabricating an interconnection structure, the method comprising steps of:

forming a first organic low-k material layer over a substrate;

forming a stress redistribution layer on the first organic low-k material layer;

forming a second organic low-k material layer on the stress redistribution layer;

forming an a dual darnascene opening comprising a via opening and a trench in the first organic low-k materiallayer, the stress redistribution layer and the second organic low-k material layer, wherein the via opening passes through the first organic low-k material layer, the stress redistribution layer and a portion of the second organic low-k material layer, and the trench passes througji the other portion of the second organic low-k material layer; and

filling the dual damascene opening with a conductive material for forming an interconnection;

wherein the stress redistribution layer having a heat expansion coefficient close to that of the substrate, and the heat coefficient differs significantly from those of the first and second organic low-k material layers.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the stress redistribution layer is formed in between a top portion and bottom portion of the via opening.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stress redistribution layer includes a silicon nitride layer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stress redistribution layer includes a silicon carbide (SiC) layer.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stress redistribution layer includes a silicon hydroxyl carbide (SiCOH) layer.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stress redistribution layer includes a spin-on glass (SOG) layer.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stress redistribution layer includes a hydrido organo siloxane polymer (HOSP) layer.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second organic low-k material layers are made of the same material.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second organic Low-k material layers are made of a material selected from a group consisting of polyimide, fluorinated polyimide, poly(arylene ether), paiylene, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and benzocyclobutene (BCB).

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of forming a cap layer on the substrate before the step of forming a first organic low-k material layer over a substrate.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the cap layer includes a silicon nitride layer.

12. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of forming a diffusion barrier layer over a surface of the opening before the step of filling the opening with a conductive material.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the diffusion barrier layer includes a titanium nitride layer.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer includes a copper layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →