Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device
View Patent ↗A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device employs a PEALD method including using an organometallic Ta precursor to form a TaN thin film. As a result, a conformal TaN diffusion barrier may be formed at a temperature of 250° C. or higher, so that impurities are reduced and density is increased in the TaN thin film.
1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
forming a TaN thin film from a Ta precursor comprising pentakis ethylmethylamino tantalum (PEMAT), tertbutylimido tris-dimethylamide tantalum (TBTDET), pentakis diethylamide tantalum (PDEAT), or pentakis dimethylamide tantalum (PDMAT) by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) using a plasma gas comprising hydrogen (H 2 ) and nitrogen (N 2 ) at a temperature of 400° C. or higher on a substrate having a plurality of predetermined structures therein and/or thereon, wherein the TaN thin film contains not more than 10% of carbon impurities;
depositing a seed copper layer on the TaN thin film; and
forming a copper line on the seed copper layer.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the seed copper layer is formed by a Physical Vapor deposition (PVD) method.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein depositing the seed copper layer comprises a PVD method, an ALD method, or a CVD method.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is on or in a substrate and/or a dual damascene pattern and/or a single damascene pattern.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Ta precursor comprises PEMAT.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Ta precursor comprises PDEAT.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Ta precursor comprises PDMAT.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Ta precursor comprises TBTDET.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plasma gas is carbon-free and oxygen-free.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TaN thin film contains not more than 10% of oxygen impurities.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the TaN thin film comprises depositing the TaN thin film into a via hole pattern, the via hole having an opening width of about 0.18 μm.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein forming the TaN thin film comprises depositing the TaN thin film into a via hole pattern, the via hole having an aspect ratio of about 6:1.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein forming the TaN thin film comprises depositing the TaN thin film using about 200 cycles of plasma processing.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the TaN thin film comprises depositing the TaN thin film into a via hole pattern, the via hole having an aspect ratio of about 6:1.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the TaN thin film comprises depositing the TaN thin film using about 200 cycles of plasma processing.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
depositing tantalum on the TaN thin film; and
depositing the seed copper layer on the tantalum.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the copper line is formed on the seed copper layer by PVD, ALD, or CVD.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the copper line is formed on the seed copper layer by PVD, ALD, or CVD.