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US 12,751,267 · App. 18/351,779 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Semiconductor device including upper and lower wiring structure and method for fabricating thereof

Inventors: Seung Yong Yoo (Suwon-si, KR); Eun-Ji Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,751,267
App. No.
18/351,779
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include an upper interlayer insulating film on a lower wiring structure and an upper wiring structure in an upper wiring trench of the upper interlayer insulating film. The lower wiring structure may include a lower filling film and a lower capping film including a capping opening exposing a portion of the lower filling film. The upper wiring structure may contact the lower filling film. The upper wiring structure may include an upper liner between an upper barrier film and an upper filling film. A sidewall portion of the upper liner may include cobalt doped with ruthenium. A bottom portion of the upper liner may not include cobalt doped with ruthenium. A sidewall portion of the upper barrier film may include tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium (Ru). A sidewall portion of the upper barrier film may not be in contact with the lower capping film.

Claims (78)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a lower interlayer insulating film including a lower wiring trench;

a lower wiring structure including a lower barrier film, a lower liner, a lower filling film, and a lower capping film sequentially disposed on the lower wiring trench,

the lower capping film including an upper surface and a bottom surface opposite each other, and

the bottom surface of the lower capping film being in contact with an upper surface of the lower filling film;

an etch stop film on the lower interlayer insulating film, the etch stop film in contact with an upper surface of the lower interlayer insulating film and the upper surface of the lower capping film;

an upper interlayer insulating film on the etch stop film, the upper interlayer insulating film including an upper wiring trench; and

an upper wiring structure in the upper wiring trench and in contact with the lower filling film, wherein

the upper wiring structure includes an upper barrier film, an upper filling film, and an upper liner between the upper barrier film and the upper filling film,

the upper liner includes a sidewall portion and a bottom portion,

the sidewall portion of the upper liner extends along a sidewall of the upper wiring trench,

the bottom portion of the upper liner extends along a bottom surface of the upper wiring trench,

the upper liner includes cobalt (Co),

the upper barrier film includes a sidewall portion extending along the sidewall of the upper wiring trench, and

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film includes tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium (Ru), and

an upper surface of the lower barrier film is not in contact with the lower capping film.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion of the upper liner is in contact with the lower filling film.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the upper barrier film further includes a bottom portion extending along the bottom surface of the upper wiring trench, and

the bottom portion of the upper barrier film includes tantalum nitride.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein a thickness of the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film is equal to or greater than a thickness of the bottom portion of the upper barrier film.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the upper barrier film further includes a bottom portion extending along the bottom surface of the upper wiring trench,

the bottom portion of the upper barrier film includes tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the upper liner is cobalt.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the upper liner includes cobalt doped with ruthenium.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein

the sidewall portion of the upper liner includes cobalt doped with ruthenium, and

the bottom portion of the upper liner includes cobalt.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film is not in contact with the lower capping film.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the lower filling film in contact with the upper wiring structure has a concave curved shape in a cross-sectional view.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the lower filling film in contact with the upper wiring structure has a planar shape in a cross-sectional view.

12 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a lower wiring structure including a lower filling film and a lower capping film, an upper surface of the lower filling film including a first region in contact with the lower capping film and a second region that is not in contact with the lower capping film;

an upper interlayer insulating film on the lower wiring structure and including an upper wiring trench,

the upper wiring trench including an upper wiring line trench and an upper via trench on a bottom surface of the upper wiring line trench, and

a bottom surface of the upper via trench overlapping the second region of the upper surface of the lower filling film; and

an upper wiring structure in the upper wiring trench, the upper wiring structure including an upper barrier structure and an upper filling film on the upper barrier structure, wherein

the upper barrier structure includes a sidewall portion and a bottom portion,

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier structure extends along sidewalls of the upper wiring line trench, the bottom surface of the upper wiring line trench, and sidewalls of the upper via trench,

the bottom portion of the upper barrier structure extends along a bottom surface of the upper via trench,

the upper barrier structure includes an upper barrier film and an upper liner between the upper barrier film and the upper filling film,

the upper liner includes cobalt,

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier structure includes tantalum nitride (TaN) doped with ruthenium (Ru), and

the bottom portion of the upper barrier structure does not include tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein

the upper liner includes a sidewall portion and a bottom portion,

the sidewall portion of the upper liner extends along the sidewalls of the upper wiring line trench, the bottom surface of the upper wiring line trench, and the sidewalls of the upper via trench, and

the bottom portion extends along the bottom surface of the upper via trench.

14 . The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the upper liner includes cobalt doped with ruthenium.

15 . The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein

the sidewall portion of the upper liner includes cobalt doped with ruthenium, and

the bottom portion of the upper liner does not include cobalt doped with ruthenium.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein

the upper barrier film extends along the sidewalls of the upper wiring line trench, the bottom surface of the upper wiring line trench, and the sidewalls of the upper via trench,

the upper barrier film does not extend along the bottom surface of the upper via trench, and

the upper barrier film is tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein

the upper barrier film includes a sidewall portion and a bottom portion,

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film extends along the sidewalls of the upper wiring line trench, the bottom surface of the upper wiring line trench, and the sidewalls of the upper via trench,

a bottom portion of the upper wiring line trench extends along the bottom surface of the upper via trench,

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film includes tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium, and

the bottom portion of the upper barrier film includes tantalum nitride.

18 . The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein a thickness of the upper barrier film on the sidewalls of the upper via trench is equal to a thickness of the upper barrier film on the bottom surface of the upper via trench.

19 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a lower wiring structure including a lower filling film and a lower capping film, the lower capping film including a capping opening exposing a portion of an upper surface of the lower filling film;

an upper interlayer insulating film on the lower wiring structure, the upper interlayer insulating film including an upper wiring trench; and

an upper wiring structure in the upper wiring trench, the upper wiring structure in contact with the upper surface of the lower filling film, wherein

the upper wiring structure includes an upper barrier film, an upper filling film, and an upper liner between the upper barrier film and the upper filling film,

the upper liner includes a sidewall portion extending along sidewalls of the upper wiring trench and a bottom portion extending along a bottom surface of the upper wiring trench,

the sidewall portion of the upper liner includes cobalt doped with ruthenium,

the bottom portion of the upper liner does not include cobalt doped with ruthenium,

the upper barrier film includes a sidewall portion extending along the sidewalls of the upper wiring trench,

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film includes tantalum nitride doped with ruthenium (Ru), and

the sidewall portion of the upper barrier film is not in contact with the lower capping film.

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 19 , wherein

the upper barrier film further includes a bottom portion extending along the bottom surface of the upper wiring trench, and

the bottom portion of the upper barrier film is tantalum nitride.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2023
From: YOO, SEUNG YONG; JUNG, EUN-JI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064463/0884 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2022-0147860 · Nov 8, 2022 · national
KR 10-2023-0022636 · Feb 21, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240153848A1 · May 9, 2024
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