IP Library Granted Patent US 8,004,082
Granted Patent B2
US 8,004,082 · App. 12/449,128 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Electronic component formed with barrier-seed layer on base material

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Patent No.
US 8,004,082
App. No.
12/449,128
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology for forming an ULSI fine copper wiring by a simpler method. An electronic component in which a thin alloy film of tungsten and a noble metal used as a barrier-seed layer for an ULSI fine copper wiring is formed on a base material, wherein the thin alloy film has a composition comprising tungsten at a ratio equal to or greater than 60 at. % and the noble metal at a ratio of equal to or greater than 5 at. % and equal to or less than 40 at. %. The noble metal is preferably one or more kinds of metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver and palladium.

Claims (5)

1. An electronic component in which a thin alloy film of tungsten and a noble metal used as a barrier-seed layer for an ULSI fine copper wiring is formed on a base material, wherein the thin alloy film has a composition comprising tungsten at a ratio equal to or greater than 60 at. % and the noble metal at a ratio of equal to or greater than 5 at. % and equal to or less than 40 at. %.

2. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the thin alloy film further includes less than 5 at. % a metal with a specific resistance value of equal to or less than 20 μΩ·cm.

3. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the noble metal is one or more kinds of metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver and palladium.

4. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein an electroplated copper film is formed by using the thin alloy film as a barrier-seed layer to form an ULSI fine copper wiring.

5. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the base material is a semiconductor wafer.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041649/0733 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2014
From: NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS, INC.
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033091/0316 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2014
From: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.; NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS INC.
To: NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 033053/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2009
From: SEKIGUCHI, JUNNOSUKE; IMORI, TORU
To: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023204/0715 →