IP Library Granted Patent US 9,490,213
Granted Patent B2
US 9,490,213 · App. 14/702,507 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

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 Iwasaki (Tsukuba, JP); Kiyomi Katsuyama (Iruma, JP); Tatsuyuki Saito (Ome, JP); Tsuyoshi Tamaru (Hachioji, JP); Hizuru Yamaguchi (Akisima, JP)
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
H01L23/53295H01L23/528H01L23/53228
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Patent No.
US 9,490,213
App. No.
14/702,507
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
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 (45)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:

a first insulating film formed over a semiconductor substrate;

a first wiring trench formed in the first insulating film;

a first metal film filled in the first wiring trench;

a second insulating film formed over the first metal film and the first insulating film;

a third insulating film formed over the second insulating film;

a fourth insulating film formed over the third insulating film;

a contact hole formed in the fourth, third and second insulating films;

a second wiring trench formed in the fourth insulating film;

a second metal film filled in the second wiring trench and the contact hole as one combined unit, such that the second metal film is connected to the first metal film; and

a conductive barrier film formed between the second metal film and the fourth insulating film,

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

wherein the material of the second metal film is different from the material of the conductive barrier film,

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

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

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

wherein the material of the second insulating film is different form the material 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 semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 1 ,

wherein the third insulating film does not include nitrogen.

3. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 2 ,

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

4. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 1 ,

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

5. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:

a first insulating film formed over a semiconductor substrate;

a first metal film embedded in the first insulating film;

a second insulating film formed over the first metal film and the first insulating film;

a third insulating film formed over the second insulating film;

a fourth insulating film formed over the third insulating film;

a second metal film embedded in the fourth, third and second insulating films as a dual-damascene structure, such that the second metal film is connected to the first metal film; and

a conductive barrier film formed between the second metal film and the fourth insulating film,

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

wherein the material of the second metal film is different from the material of the conductive barrier film,

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

wherein the first insulating film 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 material of the second insulating film is different form the material 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 semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 5 ,

wherein the third insulating film does not include nitrogen.

7. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 6 ,

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

8. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the claim 5 ,

wherein the second insulating film is formed of SiCN.

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
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