Manganese metal film forming method, processing system, electronic device manufacturing method and electronic device

1. A manganese metal film forming method, comprising:

degassing an underlying layer formed on a processing target by thermally treating the processing target, the underlying layer containing silicon and oxygen; and

forming a manganese metal film on the degassed underlying layer by chemical deposition using a gas containing a manganese compound,

wherein forming a manganese metal film includes introducing a gas containing an oxidizing agent to form a partially-oxidized manganese metal film.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an interfacial layer made of a manganese silicate or a manganese oxide is formed in an interface between the partially-oxidized manganese metal film and the underlying layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of the interfacial layer is formed at the side of the underlying layer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a surface portion of the partially-oxidized manganese metal film is made of a manganese metal alone or a manganese metal higher in percentage than a manganese oxide.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein introducing a gas containing an oxidizing agent comprises decreasing the amount of gas introduced after an initial manganese metal film forming stage.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

annealing, in a reducing atmosphere, the processing target on which the partially-oxidized manganese metal film is formed, after forming a manganese metal film.

7. The method of claim 6 , annealing the processing target includes setting an annealing temperature to be set higher than a degassing temperature.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gas containing the oxidizing agent contains at least one oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of H 2 O, O 2 ,CO 2 ,HCOOH and NO x including N 2 O, NO and NO 2 .

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the partially-oxidized manganese metal film is a continuous thin film having a thickness equal to or larger than 1 nm and smaller than 10 nm.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gas containing the manganese compound is at least one gas selected from the group consisting of a cyclopentadienyl-based manganese compound gas, a carbonyl-based manganese compound gas, a betadiketone-based manganese compound gas, an amidinate-based manganese compound gas and an amideaminoalkane-based manganese compound gas.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the cyclopentadienyl-based manganese compound gas is a manganese compound gas expressed by a chemical formula of Mn(RC 5 H 4 ) 2 , where R is a functional group described by —C n H 2n+1 (where n is an integer of 0 or greater).

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the carbonyl-based manganese compound gas is selected from the group consisting of Mn 2 (CO) 10 ,(CH 3 C 5 H 4 )Mn(CO) 3 ,(C 5 H 5 )Mn(CO) 3 ,(CH 3 )Mn(CO) 5 and 3-(t-BuAllyl)Mn(CO) 4 .

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the betadiketone-based manganese compound gas is selected from the group consisting of Mn(C 11 H 19 O 2 ) 2 ,Mn(C 11 H 19 O 2 ) 3 ,Mn(C 5 H 7 O 2 ) 2 , Mn(C 5 H 7 O 2 ) 3 , Mn(C 5 HF 6 O 2 ) 2 and Mn(C 5 HF 6 O 2 ) 3 .

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the amidinate-based manganese compound gas is a manganese compound gas expressed by a chemical formula of Mn(R 1 N—CR 3 —NR 2 ) 2 , where R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are functional groups described by —C n H 2n+1 (where n is an integer of 0 or greater).

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the amideaminoalkane-based manganese compound gas is a manganese compound gas expressed by a chemical formula of Mn(R 1 N—Z—NR 2 2 ) 2 , where R 1 and R 2 are functional groups described by —C n H 2n+1 (where n is an integer of 0 or greater) and Z is a functional group described by—C n H 2n —(where n is an integer of 0 or greater).

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a metallic film on the manganese metal film formed when forming a manganese metal film.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the metallic film is formed while subjecting the metallic film to a reflow by heating the processing target on which the manganese metal film is formed.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

annealing, in a reducing atmosphere, the processing target on which the metallic film is formed.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the metallic film contains copper.

20. A manufacturing method of an electronic device having an underlying layer containing silicon and oxygen and a manganese-containing structure formed on the underlying layer, the method comprising:

forming a partially-oxidized manganese metal film on the underlying layer containing silicon and oxygen according to the method of claim 1 to thereby form an interfacial layer made of a manganese silicate film in an interface between the partially-oxidized manganese metal film and the underlying layer in the manganese-containing structure.

21. The method of claim 20 ,wherein the manganese-containing structure is a barrier film formed between a conductive metal wiring and the underlying layer serving as an inter-layer insulating film and configured to suppress diffusion of a conductive metal contained in the conductive metal wiring.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the conductive metal forming the conductive metal wiring includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of copper, ruthenium and cobalt.

23. An electronic device, comprising:

an underlying layer containing silicon and oxygen; and

a manganese-containing structure formed on the underlying layer,

wherein the manganese-containing structure is formed according to the method of claim 20 .

24. The device of claim 23 , wherein the manganese-containing structure is a barrier film formed between a conductive metal wiring and the underlying layer serving as an inter-layer insulating film and configured to suppress diffusion of a conductive metal contained in the conductive metal wiring.

25. The device of claim 24 , wherein the conductive metal forming the conductive metal wiring includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of copper, ruthenium and cobalt.

26. A processing system for forming a manganese silicate film by converting a manganese metal into a silicate, comprising:

a degassing unit configured to perform a degassing process with respect to a processing target having an underlying layer containing silicon and oxygen;

a manganese metal deposition unit configured to form a manganese metal film by depositing a manganese metal on the degassed processing target; and

a metal deposition unit configured to form a metallic film by depositing a metal on the processing target on which the manganese metal is deposited,

wherein the degassing unit is configured to perform degassing an underlying layer of claim 1 and the manganese metal deposition unit is configured to perform forming a manganese metal film of claim 1 .

27. The system of claim 26 , wherein, if plural types of metal are deposited on the processing target, the metal deposition unit is comprised of a plurality of metal deposition units depending on the types of metals.

28. The system of claim 26 , wherein the degassing unit and the manganese metal deposition unit are formed into a single degassing and manganese-metal-deposition unit.

29. The system of claim 28 , wherein the degassing and manganese-metal-deposition unit is configured to change a processing pressure without changing a setting temperature in degassing an underlying layer and forming a manganese metal film, so that a difference between a temperature of the processing target in degassing an underlying layer and a temperature of the processing target in forming a manganese metal film is generated.

30. The system of claim 28 , wherein each of the degassing and manganese-metal-deposition unit and the metal deposition unit is provided in plural numbers.