Interconnect structure and manufacturing method for the same
The present disclosure provides a method for forming an interconnect structure, including forming an N th metal line principally extending in a first direction, forming a sacrificial bilayer over the N th metal line, forming a dielectric layer over the sacrificial bilayer, removing a portion of the sacrificial bilayer, forming a conductive post in the sacrificial bilayer, wherein the conductive post having a top pattern coplanar with a top surface of the sacrificial bilayer and a bottom pattern in contact with a top surface of the N th metal line, and forming an N th metal via over the sacrificial bilayer.
1. A method for forming an interconnect structure, comprising:
forming an N th metal line principally extending in a first direction;
forming a sacrificial bilayer over the N th metal line, wherein the sacrificial bilayer comprises a first sacrificial layer and a second sacrificial layer over the first sacrificial layer;
removing a portion of the second sacrificial layer to expose a top surface of the first sacrificial layer;
forming a dielectric layer over a top surface of the second sacrificial layer and the top surface of the first sacrificial layer exposed from the second sacrificial layer;
removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer from the top surface exposed from the second sacrificial layer subsequent to forming the dielectric layer;
forming a conductive post in the sacrificial bilayer; and
forming an N th metal via over the sacrificial bilayer and laterally surrounded by the dielectric layer.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an (N+1) th metal line over the N th metal via, wherein (N+1) th metal line principally extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing a lower portion and an upper portion of the dielectric layer over the N th metal line prior to the removing the portion of the first sacrificial layer, wherein the upper portion of the dielectric layer has a width greater than a width of the lower portion of the dielectric layer.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing the portion of the second sacrificial layer comprises performing an etching operation stopping at the first sacrificial layer.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a seed layer conforming to a sidewall of the removed portion of the sacrificial bilayer.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing the portion of the second sacrificial layer comprises patterning with a first mask.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing the portion of the first sacrificial layer comprises performing a selective wet etching operation.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an anti-reflective layer over the sacrificial bilayer prior to removing the portion of the second sacrificial layer.
9. A method for forming an interconnect structure, comprising:
forming an N th metal line principally extending in a first direction;
forming a sacrificial bilayer above the N th metal line;
removing a portion of a second sacrificial layer of the sacrificial bilayer by patterning with a first mask;
forming a dielectric layer above the sacrificial bilayer;
removing a lower portion of the dielectric layer over the N th metal line with the first mask;
removing an upper portion of the dielectric layer over the N th metal line; and
removing a portion of a first sacrificial layer of the sacrificial bilayer by a wet etch operation, wherein the first sacrificial layer is closer to the N th metal line than the second sacrificial layer;
forming a conductive post in the sacrificial bilayer; and
forming an N th metal via over the conductive post and the sacrificial bilayer.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the removing the portion of the second sacrificial layer comprises performing an etching operation stopping at the first sacrificial layer.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising forming a seed layer in the sacrificial bilayer prior to forming the conductive post.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein removing the upper portion of the dielectric layer comprises a second mask different from the first mask.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising forming an (N+1) th metal line above the N th metal via, wherein (N+1) th metal line the principally extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
14. A method for forming an interconnect structure, comprising:
forming an N th metal line principally extending in a first direction, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
forming a sacrificial bilayer over the N th metal line, wherein the sacrificial bilayer comprises a first sacrificial layer and a second sacrificial layer over the first sacrificial layer;
performing an etching operation to remove a portion of the second sacrificial layer, wherein the etching operation stops at the first sacrificial layer, and a sidewall of the second sacrificial layer is exposed;
forming a dielectric layer over the second sacrificial layer subsequent to the etching operation;
removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer to expose a sidewall of the first sacrificial layer and a top surface of the N th metal line subsequent to forming the dielectric layer; and
depositing a conductive material over the exposed top surface of the N th metal line, wherein the conductive material is laterally surrounded by the dielectric layer.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
removing a lower portion of the dielectric layer with a first mask; and
removing an upper portion of the dielectric layer with a second mask different from the first mask.
16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising forming a seed layer conformed to the sidewall of the first sacrificial layer and the sidewall of the second sacrificial layer.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first sacrificial layer comprises metal oxides or metal oxynitrides.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second sacrificial layer comprises at least one of the silicon nitride, silicon carbon nitride, silicon oxycarbide, and ornithine decarboxylase.
19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising forming an (N+1) th metal line over the N th metal line, principally extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising forming an anti-reflective layer over the sacrificial bilayer prior to the etching operation.