IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,646
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,646 · App. 14/592,998 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Semicondutor device with copper plugs having different resistance values

Inventors: Kazuyuki Omori (Kanagawa, JP); Seiji Muranaka (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyoshi Maekawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
H01L23/53238C23C14/0641C23C14/165C23C14/34H01L21/2855H01L21/7684H01L21/76802H01L21/76843H01L21/76846H01L21/76879H01L21/76897H01L23/528H01L23/53295H01L23/5283H01L2924/0002
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Patent No.
US 9,508,646
App. No.
14/592,998
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Performance of a semiconductor device is improved. In one embodiment, for example, deposition time is increased from 4.6 sec to 6.9 sec. In other words, in one embodiment, thickness of a tantalum nitride film is increased by increasing the deposition time. Specifically, in one embodiment, deposition time is increased such that a tantalum nitride film provided on the bottom of a connection hole to be coupled to a wide interconnection has a thickness within a range from 5 to 10 nm.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

(a) a first copper interconnection and a second copper interconnection provided in the same layer;

(b) a first copper plug arranged in an underlayer of the first copper interconnection and coupled to the first copper interconnection;

(c) a second copper plug arranged in an underlayer of the second copper interconnection and coupled to the second copper interconnection;

(d) a first barrier conductor film contained in the first copper plug; and

(e) a second barrier conductor film contained in the second copper plug,

the first copper interconnection having a line width larger than a line width of the second copper interconnection,

the first copper plug and the second copper plug having the same size and provided in the same layer,

each of the first barrier conductor film and the second barrier conductor film being comprised of a tantalum nitride film and a tantalum film provided over the tantalum nitride film,

wherein a resistance value of the first copper plug is lower than a resistance value of the second copper plug, and

wherein first thickness of the tantalum nitride film provided on a bottom of the first copper plug is larger than second thickness of the tantalum nitride film provided on a bottom of the second copper plug.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first thickness is 5 nm or more and 10 nm or less.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second thickness is more than 0 nm and 3 nm or less.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein resistivity of the tantalum film provided on the bottom of the first copper plug is lower than resistivity of the tantalum film provided on the bottom of the second copper plug.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the tantalum film provided on the bottom of the first copper plug has a crystal structure of a α-Ta structure, and the tantalum film provided on the bottom of the second copper plug has a crystal structure of a β-Ta structure.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first copper interconnection is a power line configured to power supply potential.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a copper film included in the first copper interconnection and a copper film included in the first copper plug are integrally provided, and a copper film included in the second copper interconnection and a copper film included in the second copper plug are integrally provided.

8. A semiconductor device, comprising:

(a) a first copper interconnection and a second copper interconnection provided in the same layer;

(b) a first copper plug arranged in an underlayer of the first copper interconnection and coupled to the first copper interconnection;

(c) a second copper plug arranged in an underlayer of the second copper interconnection and coupled to the second copper interconnection;

(d) a first barrier conductor film contained in the first copper plug; and

(e) a second barrier conductor film contained in the second copper plug,

the first copper interconnection having a line width larger than a line width of the second copper interconnection,

the first copper plug and the second copper plug having the same size and provided in the same layer,

each of the first barrier conductor film and the second barrier conductor film being comprised of a tantalum nitride film and a tantalum film provided over the tantalum nitride film,

wherein a resistance value of the first copper plug is lower than a resistance value of the second copper plug, and

wherein resistivity of the tantalum film provided on a bottom of the first copper plug is lower than resistivity of the tantalum film provided on a bottom of the second copper plug.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the tantalum film provided on the bottom of the first copper plug has a crystal structure of a α-Ta structure, and the tantalum film provided on the bottom of the second copper plug has a crystal structure of a β-Ta structure.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the first copper interconnection is a power line configured to power supply potential.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a copper film included in the first copper interconnection and a copper film included in the first copper plug are integrally provided, and a copper film included in the second copper interconnection and a copper film included in the second copper plug are integrally provided.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2015
From: OMORI, KAZUYUKI; MURANAKA, SEIJI; MAEKAWA, KAZUYOSHI
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034677/0494 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-016841 · Jan 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150221597A1 · Aug 6, 2015