IP Library Granted Patent US 8,736,057
Granted Patent B2
US 8,736,057 · App. 12/734,560 · Granted May 27, 2014

Substrate and manufacturing method therefor

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Patent No.
US 8,736,057
App. No.
12/734,560
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate having, on a base material, a barrier film for preventing copper diffusion containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium, a metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating such as platinum, gold, silver and palladium, and nitrogen contained in the form of a nitride of the aforementioned one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium. The barrier film for preventing copper diffusion is manufactured by sputtering in a nitrogen atmosphere using a target containing one or more metal elements selected from tungsten, molybdenum and niobium and the aforementioned metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating.

Claims (8)

1. A substrate having, on a base material, a barrier film consisting of a single layer combining both a barrier function and a catalytic function, the barrier film is a barrier film for preventing copper diffusion comprising one or more metal elements selected from molybdenum and niobium, a metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating, and nitrogen contained in the form of a nitride of the aforementioned one or more metal elements selected from molybdenum and niobium, wherein the barrier film for preventing copper diffusion contains the metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating in the amount of 10 to 30 at % and the one or more metal elements selected from molybdenum and niobium in the amount of 60 to 75 at %, with the remainder being nitrogen.

2. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the metal element having a catalytic function in electroless plating is one or more selected from platinum, gold, silver and palladium.

3. A substrate according to claim 1 , having a copper seed layer formed by electroless copper plating on the barrier film for preventing copper diffusion using the metal element having a catalytic function as a catalyst.

4. A substrate according to claim 1 , having a copper seed layer formed by electroless copper plating on the barrier film for preventing copper diffusion using the metal element having a catalytic function as a catalyst, and also having damascene copper wiring formed on the copper seed layer.

5. A semiconductor wafer using the substrate according to claim 4 .

6. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein palladium is contained in the barrier film.

7. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein platinum is contained in the barrier film.

8. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein molybdenum and gold are contained in the barrier film.

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 Jul 1, 2010
From: ITO, JUNICHI; YABE, ATSUSHI; SEKIGUCHI, JUNNOSUKE; IMORI, TORU
To: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024623/0619 →