IP Library Granted Patent US 8,067,836
Granted Patent B2
US 8,067,836 · App. 12/431,944 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Semiconductor device with reduced increase in copper film resistance

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Patent No.
US 8,067,836
App. No.
12/431,944
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes an insulating film including oxygen formed over a semiconductor substrate, a recess formed in the insulating film, a refractory metal film formed on the inner wall of the recess, a metal film including copper, manganese, and nitrogen formed on the refractory metal film, and a copper film formed on the metal film to fill in the recess.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

an insulating film formed over a semiconductor substrate, the insulating film including oxygen;

a recess formed in the insulating film;

a refractory metal film formed on an inner wall of the recess;

a metal film formed on the refractory metal film, the metal film including copper, manganese, and nitrogen; and

a copper film formed on the metal film to fill in the recess,

wherein a concentration of the manganese is higher in the metal film than in the copper film.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal film includes one or more layers.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal film has a thickness of approximately 1 nm to approximately 15 nm.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the refractory metal film includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Zr, and Ru.

5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an amount of the nitrogen included in the metal film is larger on a first side near the copper film than on a second side opposite to the first side.

6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an accumulation part of the oxygen is formed at an interface between the metal film and the copper film, and

the manganese is included mainly in a region within 300 nm from the accumulation part of the oxygen in the copper film.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 9, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024651/0744 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2010
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024023/0243 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2009
From: HANEDA, MASAKI; SHIMIZU, NORIYOSHI; OHTSUKA, NOBUYUKI; NAKAO, YOSHIYUKI; SUNAYAMA, MICHIE; TABIRA, TAKAHIRO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022620/0608 →