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Granted Patent B2
US 9,245,789 · App. 14/433,061 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Method for forming wiring

Inventors: Koichiro Okamoto (Tokyo, JP); Munehiro Tada (Tokyo, JP); Hiromitsu Hada (Tokyo, JP); Toshitsugu Sakamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H01L21/76802H01L21/02164H01L21/02282H01L21/31116H01L21/31122H01L21/31138H01L21/31144H01L21/76808H01L21/76832H01L21/76879H01L45/085H01L45/1206H01L45/1233H01L45/1266H01L45/145H01L45/1675H01L21/76814H01L2221/1036
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Patent No.
US 9,245,789
App. No.
14/433,061
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of inhibiting the evolution of a poisoning gas to eliminate wiring-pattern resolution failures and thereby forming a desired wiring layer structure to provide functional elements having an improved property yield. This method for forming multi-layered copper interconnect on a semiconductor substrate comprises: forming a multilayer resist structure to form a given resist pattern on a substrate including an interlayer dielectric film that has via holes which have been formed in part thereof and filled with an SOC layer, the multilayer resist structure comprising an SOC layer, an SOG layer, an SiO 2 layer, and a chemical amplification type resist superposed in this order from the substrate side; conducting etching using the resist pattern as a mask to form a pattern for a wiring layer and via plugs; and forming the wiring layer and the via plugs in the pattern.

Claims (22)

1. A wiring forming method comprising:

forming a multilayer resist structure to form a given resist pattern on a substrate including an interlayer insulating film that has a via hole which have been formed in part thereof and filled with an SOC layer, the multilayer resist structure comprising, at least, an SOC layer, an SOG layer, an SiO 2 layer, and a chemically amplification type resist superposed in this order from the substrate side;

conducting etching using the resist pattern as a mask to form a pattern for a wiring layer and via plugs; and

forming the wiring layer and the via plugs in the pattern.

2. The wiring forming method according to claim 1 , wherein

an SiCN film or an SiN film is exposed at a bottom of the via hole, and a lower layer of the film is made of at least one of WN, TaN and TiN.

3. The wiring forming method according to claim 1 , wherein

the SiO 2 layer is a high density SiO 2 layer whose density is 2.1 g/cm 3 or higher.

4. The wiring forming method according to claim 3 , wherein

the high density SiO 2 layer is formed by use of the high density plasma whose electron density is 10 10 electrons/cm 3 or higher.

5. The wiring forming method according to claim 3 , wherein

the high density SiO 2 layer is formed under the condition that a substrate temperature is 250° C. or lower to 150° C. or higher.

6. The wiring forming method according to claim 1 , wherein

after raw material of organic silica is applied on the substrate which is rotated, the SOG layer is formed by carrying out thermal treatment.

7. The wiring forming method according to claim 1 , wherein

a total of thicknesses of the SOG layer and the SiO 2 layer is 100 nm or less to 50 nm or more.

8. The wiring forming method according to claim 7 , wherein

a thickness of the SOG layer is in an range of 15 nm to 60 nm, and a thickness of the SiO 2 layer is in an range of 30 nm to 80 nm.

9. The wiring forming method according to claim 4 , wherein

the high density plasma (HDP) includes, at least, raw material of silane and oxidizing gas.

10. The wiring forming method according to claim 9 , wherein

the high density plasma (HDP) includes, at least, SiH 4 , N 2 O and Ar.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2021
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NANOBRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 054913/0386 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2015
From: OKAMOTO, KOICHIRO; TADA, MUNEHIRO; HADA, HIROMITSU; SAKAMOTO, TOSHITSUGU
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035318/0842 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-224323 · Oct 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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