IP Library Granted Patent US 7,893,535
Granted Patent B2
US 7,893,535 · App. 12/649,002 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,893,535
App. No.
12/649,002
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a semiconductor device including: an insulating film ( 6 ) formed over a substrate ( 1 ); a buried metal interconnect ( 10 ) formed in the insulating film ( 6 ); and a barrier metal film (A 1 ) formed between the insulating film ( 6 ) and the metal interconnect ( 10 ), the barrier metal film (A 1 ) includes a metal oxide film ( 7 ), a metal compound film ( 8 ) and a metal film ( 9 ) stacked in this order from a side in which the insulating film ( 6 ) exists to a side in which the metal interconnect ( 10 ) exists. Elastic modulus of the metal compound film ( 8 ) is larger than that of the metal oxide film ( 7 ).

Claims (25)

1. A semiconductor device including an insulating film formed on a substrate, a buried metal interconnect formed in the insulating film, and a barrier metal film formed between the insulating film and the metal interconnect,

wherein

the barrier metal film includes a first film, a second film and a third film stacked in this order from a side in which the insulating film exists to a side in which the metal interconnect exists,

the first film contains one metal selected from a group consisting of ruthenium, iridium, molybdernun, osmium, rhodium, platinum, vanadium and palladium, and oxygen,

the second film contains one metal selected from a group consisting of titanium, tantalum, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, tungsten, ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, osmium, rhodium, platinum and vanadium, and one element selected from a group consisting of nitrogen, carbon and silicon,

the third film contains one metal selected from a group consisting of ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, osmium, rhodium, platinum, vanadium and palladium, and the barrier metal film has a thickness of 15 nm or less.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein an elasticity of the second film is larger than that of the first film.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating film contains oxygen.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein

the barrier metal film includes a fourth film between the second film and the third film, and

the fourth film contains one metal selected from a group consisting of ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, osmium, rhodium, platinum, vanadium and palladium, and oxygen.

5. A semiconductor device including an insulating film formed over a substrate, a buried metal interconnect formed in the insulating film, and a barrier metal film formed between the insulating film and the metal interconnect,

wherein

the barrier metal film contains one meal selected frOm a group consisting of

ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, osmium, rhodium, platinum, vanadium and palladium,

the barrier metal film includes a first region and a second region in this order from a side in which the insulating film exists to a side in which the metal interconnect exists,

a greater quantity of oxygen exists in the first region than in the second region,

a greater quantity of nitrogen exists in the second region than in the first region, and the barrier metal film has a thickness of 15 nm or less.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein an elasticity of the second region is larger than that of the first region.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the insulating film contains oxygen.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 5 ,

wherein

the barrier metal film further includes a third region at a part located closer to the metal interconnect than the second region, and

a larger quantity of oxygen exists in the third region than in the second region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANNOVA SEMIC, LLC
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