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Granted Patent B2
US 9,362,166 · App. 14/642,331 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Method of forming copper wiring

Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka (Nirasaki, JP); Takashi Sakuma (Nirasaki, JP); Osamu Yokoyama (Nirasaki, JP); Kenji Matsumoto (Nirasaki, JP); Peng Chang (Nirasaki, JP); Hiroyuki Nagai (Nirasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
H01L21/76877H01L21/2855H01L21/28556H01L21/28568H01L21/76843H01L23/53238
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Patent No.
US 9,362,166
App. No.
14/642,331
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a copper wiring buried in a recess portion of a predetermined pattern formed in an interlayer insulation layer of a substrate is disclosed. The method includes: forming a manganese oxide film at least on a surface of the recess portion, the manganese oxide film serving as a self-aligned barrier film through reaction with the interlayer insulation layer; performing hydrogen radical treatment with respect to a surface of the manganese oxide film; placing a metal more active than ruthenium on the surface of the manganese oxide film after the hydrogen radical treatment; forming a ruthenium film on the surface where the metal more active than ruthenium is present; and forming a copper film on the ruthenium film by physical vapor deposition (PVD) to bury the copper film in the recess portion.

Claims (12)

1. A method of forming a copper wiring buried in a recess portion of a predetermined pattern formed in an interlayer insulation layer of a substrate, the method comprising:

forming a manganese oxide film at least on a surface of the recess portion, the manganese oxide film serving as a self-aligned barrier film through reaction with the interlayer insulation layer;

performing hydrogen radical treatment with respect to a surface of the manganese oxide film;

placing a metal more active than ruthenium on the surface of the manganese oxide film after the hydrogen radical treatment;

forming a ruthenium film on the surface where the metal more active than ruthenium is present; and

forming a copper film on the ruthenium film by physical vapor deposition (PVD) to bury the copper film in the recess portion,

wherein the placing a metal more active than ruthenium is performed by discontinuously forming the metal on a wall portion of the recess portion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the placing a metal more active than ruthenium is performed by depositing the metal by PVD.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the placing a metal more active than ruthenium, the metal comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of tantalum, cobalt, tungsten, and titanium.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ruthenium film is formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the copper film is formed by plasma sputtering.

6. A non-transitory storage medium operating on a computer and storing a program for controlling a copper wiring forming system, wherein, when the program is executed, the program allows the computer to control the copper wiring forming system to perform the method of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2015
From: ISHIZAKA, TADAHIRO; SAKUMA, TAKASHI; YOKOYAMA, OSAMU; MATSUMOTO, KENJI; CHANG, PENG; NAGAI, HIROYUKI
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 035130/0559 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-053934 · Mar 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150262872A1 · Sep 17, 2015