IP Library Granted Patent US 10,109,635
Granted Patent B2
US 10,109,635 · App. 15/593,131 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Method of forming semiconductor device including tungsten layer

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Patent No.
US 10,109,635
App. No.
15/593,131
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a tungsten layer over a semiconductor substrate in a first chamber, transferring the substrate over which the tungsten layer is formed from the first chamber to a second chamber without exposing into an atmosphere including oxygen, and forming a silicon nitride layer on the tungsten layer in the second chamber.

Claims (15)

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

forming a tungsten layer;

sputtering by using a silicon target under atmosphere including nitrogen to form a silicon rich nitride layer over the tungsten layer, thereby the sputtering causing to change a surface of the tungsten layer into a tungsten nitride layer; and

converting the tungsten nitride layer into the tungsten layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the silicon rich nitride layer has a thickness of 2 to 10 nm.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sputtering is performed by setting a high frequency output at a first power and then setting the high frequency output at a second power higher than the first power.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the converting is performed by heating over 600 degrees centigrade.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

forming a silicon nitride layer over the silicon rich nitride layer by CVD or ALD method.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tungsten layer is formed in a first chamber and sputtering is performed in a second chamber.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the tungsten layer is transferred from the first chamber to the second chamber without exposing the tungsten layer over oxygen.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first power is 500 W or less.

9. The method of claim 1 , after the sputtering, the silicon rich nitride layer is exposed over atmosphere including oxygen, thereby the silicon rich nitride layer is converted into a silicon oxynitride layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the tungsten layer is comprised of a bit line.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the tungsten layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate via a silicon nitride layer and a barrier metal layer.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050700/0535 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 046597/0393 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047540/0001 →
SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2017
From: KUSUMOTO, KENICHI; IUCHI, YASUTAKA
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 042347/0069 →