IP Library Granted Patent US 7,994,054
Granted Patent B2
US 7,994,054 · App. 11/896,271 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

Semiconductor device having oxidized metal film and manufacture method of the same

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Patent No.
US 7,994,054
App. No.
11/896,271
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes heating a substrate having an insulation film thereon to a first substrate temperature so that oxidizing species are emitted from the insulating film, the insulating film having a recessed portion formed in a surface thereof, forming a first metal film on the insulating film at a second substrate temperature lower than the first substrate temperature, oxidizing at least part of the first metal film with oxidizing species remaining in the insulating film, and forming a second metal film, which includes any of a high melting point metal and a noble metal, on the first metal film, the first metal film and the second metal film sharing different metallic material.

Claims (35)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

heating, in a reducing atmosphere, a substrate having an insulating film thereon to a first substrate temperature so that oxidizing species are emitted from the insulating film, the insulating film having a recessed portion formed in a surface thereof;

forming a first metal film on the insulating film at a second substrate temperature lower than the first substrate temperature;

oxidizing at least part of the first metal film with oxidizing species remaining in the insulating film; and

forming a second metal film, which includes any of a high melting point metal and a noble metal, on the first metal film, the first metal film and the second metal film sharing different metallic material.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first metal film is oxidized by a heat treatment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is kept in vacuum between heating the substrate and forming the first metal film.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first metal film includes titanium and the second metal film includes tantalum.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first metal film includes titanium and the second metal film includes any of ruthenium, palladium, platinum and gold.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second metal film is a discontinuous film.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second metal film is equal to or less than 5 nm.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

forming a third metal film on the second metal film, the first metal film and the third metal film sharing same metallic material.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

forming a wiring metal film on the third metal film; and

forming a compound layer of the third metal film and the wiring metal film between the third metal film and the wiring metal film by diffusion of metal atoms of the third metal film to the wiring metal film.

10. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

heating, in a reducing atmosphere, a substrate having an insulating film thereon to a first substrate temperature, the insulating film having a recessed portion formed in a surface thereof, the heating being performed such that oxidizing species are emitted from the insulating film;

forming a first metal film at a second substrate temperature lower than the first substrate temperature;

oxidizing at least part of the first metal film in an oxidizing ambient at reduced pressure; and

forming a second metal film, which includes any of a high melting point metal and a noble metal, on the first metal film, the first metal film and the second metal film sharing different metallic material.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the substrate is kept in vacuum between heating the substrate and forming the first metal film.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising

oxidizing at least part of the first metal film with oxidizing species remaining in the insulating film, after forming the second metal film.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first metal film is oxidized by a heat treatment.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first metal film includes titanium and the second metal film includes tantalum.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first metal film includes titanium and the second metal film includes any of ruthenium, palladium, platinum and gold.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second metal film is a discontinuous film.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the second metal film is equal to or less than 5 nm.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising

forming a third metal film on the second metal film, the first metal film and the third metal film sharing same metallic material.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

forming a wiring metal film on the third metal film; and

forming a compound layer of the third metal film and the wiring metal film between the third metal film and the wiring metal film by diffusion of metal atoms of the third metal film to the wiring metal film.

20. The method of claim 10 , wherein forming the second metal film on the first metal film is performed at a third substrate temperature lower than the first substrate temperature.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →