IP Library Granted Patent US 8,431,480
Granted Patent B2
US 8,431,480 · App. 13/243,882 · Granted Apr 30, 2013

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Junji Noguchi (Palo Alto, CA); Takayuki Oshima (Ome, JP); Noriko Miura (Itami, JP); Kensuke Ishikawa (Ome, JP); Tomio Iwaskai (Tsukuba, JP); Kiyomi Katsuyama (Iruma, JP); Tatsuyuki Saito (Ome, JP); Tsuyoshi Tamaru (Hachioji, JP); Hizuru Yamaguchi (Akisima, JP)
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,431,480
App. No.
13/243,882
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed.

Claims (72)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising the steps of:

(a) forming a first insulating film over a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming a first wiring trench in the first insulating film;

(c) filling first wiring trench with a first metal film;

(d) forming a second insulating film over the first metal film and over the first insulating film;

(e) forming a third insulating film over the second insulating film;

(f) forming a fourth insulating film over the third insulating film;

(g) forming a contact hole in the fourth, third and second insulating films;

(h) forming a second wiring trench in the fourth insulating film; and

(i) filling the second wiring trench and the contact hole as one combined unit with a second metal film, such that the second metal wiring is connected to the first metal film,

wherein the first and second metal films include copper as a primary component,

wherein the fourth insulating film has a greater thickness than the combined thicknesses of the second and third insulating films, has a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of a silicon oxide film and is comprised of a material including silicon, oxygen and carbon,

wherein the second insulating film is comprised of a material including silicon, carbon and nitrogen,

wherein the third insulating film is comprised of a material including silicon and carbon,

wherein the material of the second insulating film is different from the material of the third insulating film,

wherein a barrier property to copper of the second insulating film is greater than a barrier property to copper of the third insulating film, and

wherein a thickness of the second insulating film is larger than a thickness of the third insulating film.

2. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fourth insulating film is comprised of a porous insulating film.

3. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a third metal film is formed between the first metal film and the second metal film, and

wherein the third metal film is comprised of a material including cobalt or tungsten.

4. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 1 ,

wherein the second insulating film is formed of SiCN film.

5. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising the steps of:

(a) forming a first insulating film over a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming a first wiring trench in the first insulating film;

(c) filling the first wiring trench with a first metal film;

(d) forming a second insulating film over the first metal film and over the first insulating film;

(e) forming a third insulating film over the second insulating film;

(f) forming a fourth insulating film formed over the third insulating film;

(g) forming a contact hole in the fourth, third and second insulating films;

(h) forming a second wiring trench in the fourth insulating film; and

(i) filling the second wiring trench and the contact hole as one combined unit with a second metal film, such that the second metal wiring is connected to the first metal film,

wherein the first and second metal films include copper as a primary component,

wherein the fourth insulating film has a greater thickness than the combined thicknesses of the second and third insulating films, has a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of a silicon oxide film and is comprised of a material including silicon, oxygen and carbon,

wherein the second insulating film is comprised of a material including silicon, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen,

wherein the third insulating film is comprised of a material including silicon and carbon,

wherein the material of the second insulating film is different form the material of the third insulating film,

wherein a barrier property to copper of the second insulating film is greater than a barrier property to copper of the third insulating film, and

wherein a thickness of the second insulating film is larger than a thickness of the third insulating film.

6. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the fourth insulating film is comprised of a porous insulating film.

7. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 5 ,

wherein a third metal film is formed between the first metal film and the second metal film, and

wherein the third metal film is comprised of a material including cobalt or tungsten.

8. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second insulating film is formed of SiCON film.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising the steps of:

(a) forming a first insulating film over a semiconductor substrate;

(b) forming a first wiring trench in the first insulating film;

(c) filling the first wiring trench with a first metal film;

(d) forming a second insulating film over the first metal film and over the first insulating film;

(e) forming a third insulating film over the second insulating film;

(f) forming a fourth insulating film formed over the third insulating film;

(g) forming a contact hole in the fourth, third and second insulating films;

(h) forming a second wiring trench in the fourth insulating film; and

(i) filling the second wiring trench and the contact hole as one combined unit with a second metal film, such that the second metal wiring is connected to the first metal film,

wherein the first and second metal films include copper as a primary component,

wherein the fourth insulating film has a greater thickness than the combined thicknesses of the second and third insulating films, has a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of a silicon oxide film and is comprised of a material including silicon, oxygen and carbon,

wherein the second insulating film is comprised of a material including silicon, carbon and oxygen,

wherein the third insulating film is comprised of a material including silicon and carbon,

wherein the material of the second insulating film is different form the material of the third insulating film,

wherein a barrier property to copper of the second insulating film is greater than a barrier property to copper of the third insulating film, and

wherein a thickness of the second insulating film is larger than a thickness of the third insulating film.

10. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the fourth insulating film is comprised of a porous insulating film.

11. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 9 ,

wherein a third metal film is formed between the first metal film and the second metal film, and

wherein the third metal film is comprised of a material including cobalt or tungsten.

12. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second insulating film is formed of SiOC film.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-083348 · Mar 25, 2003 · national
Continuity (4)
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