IP Library Granted Patent US 9,698,050
Granted Patent B1
US 9,698,050 · App. 15/223,020 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Hiroshi Ashihara (Toyama, JP); Naofumi Ohashi (Toyama, JP); Tsuyoshi Takeda (Toyama, JP); Toshiyuki Kikuchi (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H01L21/76879C23C16/24C23F3/04H01J37/32009H01J37/3244H01L21/7685H01L21/76832H01L21/76834H01L21/76841H01L21/76846H01L21/76849H01L21/76852H01L23/5222H01L23/5329H01L23/53238H01L23/53295H01J2237/334H01L21/76898
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Patent No.
US 9,698,050
App. No.
15/223,020
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes loading, into a process chamber, a substrate including a first wiring layer having a first interlayer insulating film, a plurality of copper-containing films formed on the first interlayer insulating film and used as a wiring, an inter-wiring insulating film insulating between the plurality of copper-containing films, and a void formed between the plurality of copper-containing films, and a first diffusion barrier film formed on a portion of an upper surface of the copper-containing films to suppress diffusion of a component of the copper-containing films, and forming a second diffusion barrier film configured to suppress diffusion of a component of the copper-containing films on a surface of another portion, on which the first diffusion barrier film is not formed, in the copper-containing films.

Claims (23)

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

loading, into a process chamber, a substrate including a first wiring layer having a first interlayer insulating film, a plurality of copper-containing films formed on the first interlayer insulating film and used as a wiring, an inter-wiring insulating film insulating between the plurality of copper-containing films, and a void formed between the plurality of copper-containing films, and a first diffusion barrier film formed on a portion of an upper surface of the copper-containing films to suppress diffusion of a component of the copper-containing films; and

forming a second diffusion barrier film configured to suppress diffusion of a component of the copper-containing films on a surface of another portion, on which the first diffusion barrier film is not formed, in the copper-containing films,

wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, a metal-containing gas having a property of selecting the copper-containing film, rather than selecting the inter-wiring insulating film, is supplied to the substrate to form the second diffusion barrier film on the surface of another portion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, a hydrogen-containing gas is further supplied to the substrate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate, and thereafter, the metal-containing gas is supplied thereto.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal-containing gas is a transition metal-containing gas.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, a hydrogen-containing gas is further supplied to the substrate.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate, and thereafter, the metal-containing gas is supplied thereto.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a metal component in the metal-containing gas is any one of tungsten, tantalum, and molybdenum.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, a hydrogen-containing gas is further supplied to the substrate.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate, and thereafter, the metal-containing gas is supplied thereto.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first diffusion barrier film is a silicon-containing film, and the second diffusion barrier film is a metal-containing film.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, a hydrogen-containing gas is further supplied to the substrate.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the substrate, and thereafter, the metal-containing gas is supplied thereto.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein, in the act of forming the second diffusion barrier film, the supply of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped after the supply of the metal-containing gas is stopped.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047995/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2016
From: ASHIHARA, HIROSHI; OHASHI, NAOFUMI; TAKEDA, TSUYOSHI; KIKUCHI, TOSHIYUKI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC
Reel/Frame 039288/0075 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-068139 · Mar 30, 2016 · national