Method of depositing low dielectric constant silicon carbide layers
AssigneeApplied Materials, Inc.
InventorsFrancimar Campana, Srinivas Nemani, Michael Chapin, Shankar Venkataraman
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Abstract
A method of forming a silicon carbide layer for use in integrated circuits is provided. The silicon carbide layer is formed by reacting a gas mixture comprising a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source in the presence of an electric field. The as-deposited silicon carbide layer incorporates nitrogen therein from the nitrogen source.
Claims120
A method of thin film deposition, comprising:
- (a) positioning a substrate in a deposition chamber;
- (b) providing a gas mixture to the deposition chamber, wherein the gas mixture comprises a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source;
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- (c) reacting the gas mixture in the presence of an electric field to form a nitrogen-containing silicon carbide layer on the substrate.
A computer storage medium containing a software routine that, when executed, causes a general purpose computer to control a deposition chamber using a layer deposition method, comprising:
- (a) positioning a substrate in a deposition chamber;
- (b) providing a gas mixture to the deposition chamber, wherein the gas mixture comprises a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source;
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- (c) reacting the gas mixture in the presence of an electric field to form a nitrogen-containing silicon carbide layer on the substrate.
43 The computer storage medium of claim 27 wherein the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide layer has a leakage current less than about 10−9 A/cm2 at 2 MV/cm.
A method of forming a device, comprising:
- (a) forming a nitrogen-containing silicon carbide layer on a substrate in a deposition chamber, wherein the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide layer is formed by reacting a gas mixture comprising a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source in the presence of an electric field;
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- (b) defining a pattern in at least one region of the nitrogen-silicon carbide layer.
A method of fabricating a metal interconnect structure, comprising:
- (a) providing a substrate having a metal layer thereon;
- (b) forming a nitrogen-containing silicon carbide barrier layer on the metal layer, wherein the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide barrier layer is formed by reacting a gas mixture comprising a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source in the presence of an electric field;
- (c) forming a first dielectric layer on the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide barrier layer;
- (d) forming a nitrogen-containing silicon carbide hard mask on the first dielectric layer, wherein the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide hard mask is formed by reacting a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source in the presence of an electric field;
- (e) patterning the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide hard mask to define vias therethrough;
- (f) forming a second dielectric layer on the patterned nitrogen-containing silicon carbide hard mask;
- (g) patterning the second dielectric layer to define interconnects therethrough, wherein the interconnects are positioned over the vias defined in the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide hard mask;
- (h) transferring the via pattern through the first dielectric layer using the nitrogen-containing silicon carbide hard mask as a mask;
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- (i) filling the vias and interconnects with a conductive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.