Semiconductor device including porous layer covered by poreseal layer
View Patent ↗A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a trench on a porous insulating film, placing a chemical material including a structure comprising —Si—O— including vinyl group on a surface of the porous insulating film or in the porous insulating film, and performing polymerization of the chemical material to provide a dielectric film having a density higher than that of porous insulating film on the surface of the trench. The structure may be a structure defined by a formula 1.
1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising:
forming a trench on a porous insulating film;
after said forming the trench, placing a chemical material including a structure comprising —Si—O— including vinyl group on a surface of the porous insulating film or in the porous insulating film; and
performing polymerization of the chemical material to provide a dielectric film having a density higher than that of the porous insulating film on the surface of the trench,
wherein the structure comprises a structure defined by Formula 1.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the placing the chemical material comprises placing the chemical material in a plasma of a low energy that activates a portion of a modified base of the chemical material.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a molecule size of the chemical material is less than a pore-size of the porous insulating film.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymerization comprises a plasma exposure including a heat anneal and an ultraviolet exposure.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the forming the trench comprises exposing a wiring space portion between copper wirings.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dielectric film is not formed on a copper exposed at a bottom surface of a via hole so that an etch-back is not provided after the dielectric film is formed.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising,
after the trench is formed, performing a surface treatment to form an active —Si—O bond on the surface of the porous insulating film, and to deactivate a surface of a copper.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the surface treatment comprises a hydrogen plasma or a hydrogen including a helium plasma.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
forming a metal layer by using a chemical vapor deposition method or an atomic layer deposition method on the dielectric film; and
forming a copper layer on the metal layer.
10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in said placing a chemical material, the structure defined by Formula 1 is activated by a light plasma and is adsorbed with a Si—O— bond in the porous insulating film.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said placing the chemical material comprises a chemical adsorption before said performing polymerization.
12. A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising:
forming a trench on a porous insulating film;
after said forming the trench, placing a chemical material including a structure comprising —Si—O— including vinyl group on a surface of the porous insulating film or in the porous insulating film; and
performing polymerization of the chemical material to provide a dielectric film having a density higher than that of the porous insulating film on the surface of the trench,
wherein the placing the chemical material comprises placing the chemical material in a plasma of a low energy that activates a portion of a modified base of the chemical material.
13. A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising:
forming a trench on a porous insulating film;
after said forming the trench, placing a chemical material including a structure comprising —Si—O— including vinyl group on a surface of the porous insulating film or in the porous insulating film; and
performing polymerization of the chemical material to provide a dielectric film having a density higher than that of the porous insulating film on the surface of the trench,
wherein a molecule size of the chemical material is less than a pore-size of the porous insulating film.
14. A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising:
forming a trench on a porous insulating film;
after said forming the trench, placing a chemical material including a structure comprising —Si—O— including vinyl group on a surface of the porous insulating film or in the porous insulating film; and
performing polymerization of the chemical material to provide a dielectric film having a density higher than that of the porous insulating film on the surface of the trench,
wherein the dielectric film is not formed on a copper exposed at a bottom surface of a via hole so that an etch-back is not provided after the dielectric film is formed.
15. A method of forming a semiconductor device, said method comprising:
forming a trench on a porous insulating film;
after said forming the trench, placing a chemical material including a structure comprising —Si—O— including vinyl group on a surface of the porous insulating film or in the porous insulating film;
performing polymerization of the chemical material to provide a dielectric film having a density higher than that of the porous insulating film on the surface of the trench; and
after said forming the trench, performing a surface treatment to form an active —Si—O bond on the surface of the porous insulating film, and to deactivate a surface of a copper.