IP Library Patent Application 12801097
Patent Application
App. No. 12/801,097

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device

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12/801,097
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a barrier metal film including a high melting point metal in a concave portion formed in an insulating film formed over a substrate; forming a seed alloy film including copper and an impurity metal different from the copper over the barrier metal film so as to fill a portion of the concave portion; forming a plated metal film containing copper as a major ingredient over the seed alloy film so as to fill the concave portion; first heat-treating the seed alloy film and the plated metal film at 200° C. or higher and for ten minutes or less; removing the plated metal film, the seed alloy film, and the barrier metal film which are exposed to the outside of the concave portion, after the first heat-treating; and second heat-treating the seed alloy film and the plated metal film.

Claims (27)

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

forming a barrier metal film including a high melting point metal in a concave portion formed in an insulating film formed over a substrate;

forming a seed alloy film including copper and an impurity metal different from the copper over said barrier metal film so as to fill a portion of said concave portion;

forming a plated metal film containing copper as a major ingredient over said seed alloy film so as to fill said concave portion;

first heat-treating said seed alloy film and said plated metal film at 200° C. or higher and for ten minutes or less;

removing said plated metal film, said seed alloy film, and said barrier metal film which are exposed to the outside of said concave portion, after said first heat-treating; and

second heat-treating said seed alloy film and said plated metal film.

2 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said impurity metal is Al, Be, Mg, Zn, Pd, Ag, Cd, Au, Hg, Pt, Si, Zr, or Ti.

3 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said impurity metal is Al.

4 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the high melting point metal constituting said barrier metal film is Ta.

5 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said barrier metal film is made up of a Ta film, a TaN film or a stacked film thereof.

6 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said first heat-treating is performed under an atmosphere of N 2 /H 2 .

7 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein in said forming of the seed alloy film, said seed alloy film includes said impurity metal equal to or more than 0.5 wt %.

8 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein in said first heat-treating, said seed alloy film and said plated metal film are heat-treated for one minute or less.

9 . The method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein in said second heat-treating, the processing time thereof is longer than that of said first heat-treating.

10 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

an insulating film formed over said substrate;

a barrier metal film which is formed in the bottom face and the sidewall of a concave portion formed in said insulating film, and contains a high melting point metal; and

an interconnect metal film formed over said barrier metal film within said concave portion, and containing copper as a major ingredient and an impurity metal different from the copper, grains of copper being formed therein,

wherein said interconnect metal film is configured so that in a stacking direction, the average concentration of said impurity metal in the surface thereof is higher than the concentration of said impurity metal in the central portion thereof, and the concentration of said impurity metal in the grain boundary is higher than the concentration of said impurity metal in the inside of the grains, said interconnect metal film having a concentration profile in which the concentration of said impurity metal becomes high, in said surface, extending from the central portion of the width direction to the sidewall.

11 . The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said interconnect metal film is configured so that the concentration of said impurity metal is higher than that of other regions in the sidewall and the bottom face thereof.

12 . The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said impurity metal is Al, Be, Mg, Zn, Pd, Ag, Cd, Au, Hg, Pt, Si, Zr, or Ti.

13 . The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said impurity metal is Al.

14 . The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the high melting point metal consticuting said barrier metal film is Ta.

15 . The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said barrier metal film is made up of a Ta film, a TaN film or a stacked film thereof.

16 . The semiconductor device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said interconnect metal film is configured so that in the stacking direction, the average content (atom %) of said impurity metal in the surface thereof is above 1.2 times the average content of said impurity metal in the central portion thereof.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025191/0985 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2010
From: IGUCHI, MANABU; AIZAWA, HIROKAZU
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024472/0072 →