Single Damascus method used for reducing square resistance of copper interconnection

A technology of sheet resistance and copper interconnection, which is applied in the manufacture of circuits, electrical components, semiconductor/solid-state devices, etc., can solve the shape and size of unfavorable etching process etching, reduce interconnect reliability, and increase sheet resistance, etc. problem, to achieve the effect of reducing chip interconnection sheet resistance, interconnection sheet resistance, and signal delay

Active Publication Date: 2014-08-13
SHANGHAI HUALI MICROELECTRONICS CORP
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Because the thickness is too thick, it means that the depth of the trench structure is very large, which will not be conducive to the etching process to control the shape and size of the etching, and the metal filling process is also difficult to complete the complete filling, which will increase the sheet resistance and reduce the interconnection. reliability, with a very detrimental effect on the

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[0034] The present invention provides a single damascene method for reducing the sheet resistance of copper interconnects. Using a single damascene process to add the bottom half of the copper interconnect that needs to reduce the sheet resistance in the via layer, this layer requires two photolithographic etching processes. Subsequent metal filling and chemical mechanical polishing results in a first portion of copper interconnects with reduced sheet resistance. Metal trenches are then constructed using a single damascene process, and the trench thickness is the same for all metal wires in this layer. Due to the alignment relationship between the upper and lower layers, there are copper interconnections pre-set in the first layer under some metal wires. Therefore, compared with ordinary interconnections, this part of copper interconnections has a thicker metal thickness. , or there are two interconnection lines in parallel, so a lower sheet resistance is obtained.

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The invention provides a single Damascus method used for reducing the square resistance of a copper interconnection. In the invention, a single Damascus process is adopted, a through hole layer is additionally provided with an extra metal interconnection used for reducing the square resistance of the copper interconnection, and the through hole layer and the copper metal wire of the next single Damascus layer are combined, thus finally obtaining a copper interconnection line with lower square resistance. According to the method provided by the invention, the depth of a groove of the copper interconnection line can be selectivity changed, thereby reducing the square resistance of the copper interconnection line of a specified area meeting conditions, and realizing the purpose of selectively reducing the square resistance of the chip interconnection; and on the premise of not changing the whole copper interconnection depth, not increasing the process difficulty and not reducing the process window, the square resistance of the interconnection is farthest reduced, thereby reducing the signal delay of a chip, reducing the loss and improving the overall performance of the chip.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing, in particular to a single damascene method for reducing the square resistance of copper interconnection. Background technique [0002] In the semiconductor integrated circuit industry, high-performance integrated circuit chips require high-performance back-end electrical interconnections. Due to the low resistivity properties of metal copper, it has been more and more widely used in advanced integrated circuit chips. From aluminum wires to copper wires, the change in material has brought about a huge reduction in resistivity. With the advancement of integrated circuit technology, the complexity of the chip increases, and the complexity and length of the back-end interconnection become larger and larger, which means that the resistance of the back-end interconnection line in the chip becomes one of the performance bottlenecks. Effectively reducing resistance has become an important res...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L21/768
Inventor 姬峰张亮胡友存李磊陈玉文
Owner SHANGHAI HUALI MICROELECTRONICS CORP
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