Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the electromigration resistance characteristic by depositing a Cu seed layer to a housing region and implanting ions of a impurity selected among C, O, Cl, S and N in the seed layer. SOLUTION: In a simple damascene, a dopant ion is implanted in a Cu-rich conductive layer 90 before planarizing, the dopant is selected among C, O, Cl, S and N, a silicon nitride etch-planarize stop layer 92, a barrier layer 94 and a Cu seed layer 96 are formed in trenches formed on a semiconductor wafer or the side walls and top faces of openings, the ion implanting in the Cu conductive layer 90 is made in the single damascene process after the planarize stop, and the dopant brings about a microstructure unique to a conductor contg. large crystal grains, thereby improving the electromigration resistance characteristic.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve electromigration resistance of a copper electric conductor. SOLUTION: Impurities which improve the electromigraion resistance are added to the copper electric conductor after copper composition is deposited on inside a holding place. The impurities are C, O, C1, S and N, and a concentration level of the impurities is about 0.01ppm or about 1,000ppm. The impurities are made by electroplating copper after copper seed is deposited on inside the holding place and ion is implanted, or by electrodepositing the copper composition including the impurities and diffusing the impurities inside the copper seed layer after the copper layer is deposited, or by implanting dopant ion after the deposition of a barrier layer and then depositing the copper seed layer. Annealing is performed for diffusion. After the copper electric conductor is planarized, at least one element is ion-implanted into these surface layers. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO