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Copper interconnection structure and manufacturing method thereof

A technology of copper interconnection structure and manufacturing method, which is applied in semiconductor/solid-state device manufacturing, electrical components, electric solid-state devices, etc., can solve problems affecting product yield, achieve the effect of improving yield and reducing the formation of protrusion defects

Active Publication Date: 2015-05-20
SEMICON MFG INT (SHANGHAI) CORP
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[0006] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is that the copper isolation layer is easy to combine with copper atoms to form copper nitride, which can easily cause protrusion defects and affect the yield of products

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[0039] Please refer to image 3 , providing a substrate 33 on which a low-K dielectric layer 31 and copper interconnection lines 32 located in the low-K dielectric layer 31 are formed. Wherein, the substrate 33 may specifically include a silicon substrate, various functional devices, an NDC layer, etc., wherein, for example, the silicon substrate may be monocrystalline silicon, silicon-on-insulator (SOI), etc., and the device may be a CMOS transistor Wait. The low-K dielectric layer 31 includes but not limited to the following materials: silicon oxide doped with boron or carbon, or SiLK produced by Dow Chemical Company.

[0040] In this example, then, using H 2 Perform annealing treatment on the low-K dielectric layer 31 and the copper interconnection 32 located in the low-K dielectric layer 31, wherein H 2 The temperature required for the annealing process is preferably 370-390° C., and the hydrogen purity is preferably greater than 99.9%. The H 2 The purpose of the anne...

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[0044] The substrate, the low-K dielectric layer and the copper interconnection line used in this embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment. It must also go through the same annealing treatment, and use the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process (PECVD) with the same process conditions to form the Si-C-B mask layer. Wherein, the process conditions of the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process (PECVD) are: pressure 1-7 torr, electric power 50-1000w, temperature 300-400°C. The difference is that the reaction gases for forming the Si-C-B mask layer are: trimethylsilane (3MS) and B 2 h 6 . In the present embodiment, the flow rate of the reaction gas is: trimethylsilane (3MS) 50~1000 sccm, B 2 h 6 50~1000 sccm. The Si-C-B mask layer is formed by reaction, here, reference can be made accordingly Figure 4 As shown, a Si—C—B mask layer 40 is formed on the low-K dielectric layer 31 and the copper interconnection 32 .

[0045] After the proce...

Embodiment 3

[0047] The substrate, low-K dielectric layer and copper interconnection used in this embodiment are the same as those in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. It must also go through the same annealing treatment, and use the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process (PECVD) with the same process conditions to form the Si-C-B mask layer. Wherein, the process conditions of the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process (PECVD) are: pressure 1-7 torr, electric power 50-1000w, temperature 300-400°C. The difference is that the reaction gases for forming the Si-C-B mask layer are: tetramethylsilane (4MS) and B 2 h 6 . In the present embodiment, the flow rate of reaction gas is: tetramethylsilane (4MS) 50~1000sccm, B 2 h 6 50~1000 sccm. The Si-C-B mask layer is formed by reaction, here, reference can be made accordingly Figure 4 As shown, a Si—C—B mask layer 40 is formed on the low-K dielectric layer 31 and the copper interconnection 32 .

[0048] After the process re...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a copper interconnection structure and a manufacturing method thereof. A Si-C-B mask layer is firstly deposited on the surface of a lower K medium layer and surfaces of copper interconnection lines. Therefore, substances influencing diffusion activation energy can not be generated, and SiCN is further formed on the basis of the Si-C-B mask layer and used as a copper isolation layer. The copper isolation layer can not be influenced by copper atoms, so forming of CuNx is avoided, the quantity of protrusion defects are reduced, and yield is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of integrated circuit manufacturing, in particular to a copper interconnection structure and a manufacturing method thereof. Background technique [0002] With the rapid development of VLSI technology, the feature size of semiconductor devices is gradually shrinking, and the device density is further increasing. The minimum line width of today's semiconductor devices is less than 0.25 microns, and the number of devices on the same chip has reached an astonishing million. [0003] In this case, considering that the melting point of copper is higher than that of aluminum, and considering that copper has a high resistance to electromigration, the solution adopted in the industry is to use copper as the interconnection lead material to achieve high density and ensure device performance. purpose of stability. However, although the use of copper solves the density problem, it also brings the problem of protrusion defects....

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L21/768H01L23/522
Inventor 周鸣
Owner SEMICON MFG INT (SHANGHAI) CORP