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US 8,258,060 · App. 12/856,031 · Granted Sep 4, 2012

Sheet structure, semiconductor device and method of growing carbon structure

Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,258,060
App. No.
12/856,031
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The sheet structure includes a plurality of linear structure bundles including a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms arranged at a first gap, and arranged at a second gap larger than the first gap, a graphite layer formed in a region between the plurality of linear structure bundles and connected to the plurality of linear structure bundles, and a filling layer filled in the first gap and the second gap and retaining the plurality of linear structure bundles and the graphite layer.

Claims (32)

1. A method of growing a carbon structure comprising:

forming a first catalytic metal film over a substrate in a first region;

forming a second catalytic metal film different from the first catalytic metal film over the substrate in a second region adjacent to the first region;

forming selectively in the first region a first carbon structure including a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms with the first catalytic metal film as a catalyst; and

forming selectively in the second region a second carbon structure including a graphite layer with the second catalytic metal film as a catalyst.

2. The method of growing a carbon structure growing method according to claim 1 , wherein

forming the first carbon structure and forming the second carbon structure are made simultaneously.

3. The method of growing a carbon structure according to claim 2 , wherein

in forming the first catalytic metal film, the first catalytic metal film including a 0.3-10 nm-thickness Fe film is formed, and

in forming the second catalytic metal film, the second catalytic metal film including a 10-1000 nm-thickness Fe film is formed.

4. The method of growing a carbon structure according to claim 1 , wherein

forming the second catalytic metal film is made after forming the first carbon structure and before forming the second carbon structure.

5. The method of growing a carbon structure according to claim 4 , wherein

in forming the second carbon structure, the second carbon structure including the graphite layer formed on an upper surface of a plurality of linear structure layer of carbon atoms is formed.

6. The method of growing a carbon structure according to claim 5 , wherein

after forming the first carbon structure, forming the second catalytic metal film and forming the second carbon structure are repeated to form a layer structure of the second carbon structures in the second region.

7. The method of growing a carbon structure according to claim 4 , wherein

in forming the first catalytic metal film, the first catalytic metal film of a 0.3-10 nm-thickness Fe film is formed, and

in forming the second catalytic metal film, the second catalytic metal film of a 2.0-7.0 nm-thickness Co film is formed.

8. The method of growing a carbon structure according to claim 4 , wherein

in forming the second carbon structure, the second carbon structure is formed at 350-560° C.

9. A method of manufacturing a sheet structure comprising:

forming over the substrate the first carbon structure and the second carbon structure by the method of growing the carbon structure according to claim 1 ;

filling a filling material in the first carbon structure and the second carbon structure to form a filling layer of the filling material.

10. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming over the substrate in the first region a first carbon structure including a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms and a first graphite layer formed on the linear structures with the first catalytic metal film as the catalyst, and simultaneously forming over the substrate in the second region a second carbon structure including a second graphite layer with the second catalytic metal film as a catalyst by the method of growing the carbon structure according to claim 9 , wherein

a via interconnection formed of the plurality of linear structures, and an interconnection layer including the first graphite layer and the second graphite layer are formed.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein

in forming the first carbon structure and the second carbon structure, the first carbon structure and the second carbon structure are formed discriminate from each other by utilizing a difference between a growth rate of the linear structure of carbon atoms on the first catalytic metal film and a growth rate of the linear structure of carbon atoms on the second catalytic metal film.

12. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein

in forming the first catalytic metal film, the first catalytic metal film including a first Co film of a 2.0-7.0 nm-thickness is formed, and

in forming a second catalytic metal film, the second catalytic metal film including a second Co film of a 2.0-7.0 nm-thickness and thicker than the first Co film is formed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2010
From: KONDO, DAIYU; IWAI, TAISUKE; YAMAGUCHI, YOSHITAKA; SOGA, IKUO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024989/0348 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2008053635 · Feb 29, 2008
Related Publication 20100327444A1 · Dec 30, 2010