Abstract:
The invention utilizes two separate LI stack depositions and etches. In the first step, a layer of oxide etch stop (24) and a layer (26) of TEOS oxide are deposited to form a first LI stack. This stac is then contact etched, filled, and polished. A second LI stack is then formed by deposition of a doped silane oxide layer (30) that is contact etched, filled, and polished. The method produces an ILD with a first layer of oxide etch stop (24), a second layer (26) of undoped TEOS oxide, and a final layer of doped silane oxide (30).
Abstract:
A method of forming low dielectric constant insulation (14) between those pairs of conductive lines (12), of a level of interconnection for integrated circuits, having a gap of about 0.5 microns or less by depositing a fluid material containing insulating solids, such as a silicate, and drying said fluid material at a temperature and time so as to create, in the gap (31), a microporous material containing a gas with a dielectric constant of slightly above 1 or a large void whose dielectric constant is slightly greater than 1. Preferably the insulating solid is tetraethylorthosilicate. The resultant method forms an insulating material in the gaps of the conductive lines which has porosity in the range of about 0.6/um to about 2.0/um with a pore size in the range of 25 nm to 500 nm, and the density ranges from 0.01 to about 0.8 gram/cm . The composite dielectric constant of the porous insulating material is in the range of about 1.1 to about 2.0.
Abstract:
The invention utilizes two separate LI stack depositions and etches. In the first step, a layer of oxide etch stop (24) and a layer (26) of TEOS oxide are deposited to form a first LI stack. This stac is then contact etched, filled, and polished. A second LI stack is then formed by deposition of a doped silane oxide layer (30) that is contact etched, filled, and polished. The method produces an ILD with a first layer of oxide etch stop (24), a second layer (26) of undoped TEOS oxide, and a final layer of doped silane oxide (30).
Abstract:
The invention utilizes two separate LI stack depositions and etches. In the first step, a layer of oxide etch stop (24) and a layer (26) of TEOS oxide are deposited to form a first LI stack. This stac is then contact etched, filled, and polished. A second LI stack is then formed by deposition of a doped silane oxide layer (30) that is contact etched, filled, and polished. The method produces an ILD with a first layer of oxide etch stop (24), a second layer (26) of undoped TEOS oxide, and a final layer of doped silane oxide (30).