Semiconductor device having insulating film with surface modification layer and method for manufacturing the same
View Patent ↗Provided is a semiconductor device, which includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a wiring layer filled in a recess formed in the interlayer insulating film, and a cap insulating film. The interlayer insulating film includes a first SiOCH film and a surface modification layer including an SiOCH film formed by modifying a surface layer of the first SiOCH film, the SiOCH film having a lower carbon concentration and a higher oxygen concentration than the first SiOCH film has. The cap insulating film contacts with surfaces of the metal wiring and the surface modification layer.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a semiconductor substrate;
a first insulating film including a first SiOCH film formed on the semiconductor substrate;
a surface modification layer including a second SiOCH film formed by modifying a surface layer of the first insulating film, the second SiOCH film having a lower atomic carbon concentration and a higher atomic oxygen concentration than the first insulating film;
a metal wiring filled in a recess formed in the surface modification layer and the first insulating film; and
a second insulating film contacting surfaces of the metal wiring and the surface modification layer.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the surface modification layer has a thickness equal to or larger than 3 nm and smaller than 30 nm.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first SiOCH film of the first insulating film has an atomic composition ratio expressed by C/Si that is within a range from 1 to 10.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon concentration in the surface modification layer is equal to or larger than 50% and smaller than 90% of the atomic carbon concentration in the first insulating film, and the atomic oxygen concentration in the surface modification layer is equal to or larger than 110% and smaller than 200% of the oxygen concentration in the first insulating film.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film has a plurality of pores, an average diameter of each of the plurality of pores is smaller than 0.8 nm, and the plurality of pores are separated from each other.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating film is one of a single-layer film using any one of an SiN film, an SiCN film, and an SiC film and a lamination film using at least two of an SiN film, an SiCN film, and an SiC film.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating film is one of a first film containing unsaturated hydrocarbon and amorphous carbon, and a lamination film including the first film and a second film using at least one of an SiN film, an SiCN film, and an SiC film.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film is formed using, as a material, a compound having a cyclic organic silica structure expressed by the following Formula (1):
where each of R1 and R2 is any one of vinyl radical, allyl radical, methyl radical, ethyl radical, propyl radical, isopropyl radical, and butyl radical.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the compound having the cyclic organic silica structure is expressed by the following formula (2);
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the compound having the cyclic organic silica structure is expressed by the following Formula (3):
11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal wiring is a wiring containing copper.
12. A semiconductor device comprising:
a semiconductor substrate;
a first insulating film including a first SiOCH film formed on the semiconductor substrate;
a surface modification layer including a second SiOCH film, the second SiOCH film having a lower atomic carbon concentration and a higher atomic oxygen concentration than the first SiOCH film;
a metal wiring filled in a recess formed in the surface modification layer and the first insulating film; and
a second insulating film contacting surfaces of the metal wiring and the surface modification layer.
13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the surface modification layer has a concentration profile in which the carbon concentration decreases from the first insulating film toward the second insulating film while the oxygen concentration increases from the first insulating film toward the second insulating film.
14. A semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the second insulating film is one of a single-layer film using any one of an SiN film, an SiCN film, and an SiC film and a lamination film using at least two of an SiN film, an SiCN film, and an SiC film.