US 6,207,232 B1Granted

Process for producing bis(alkyl-cyclopentadienyl) ruthenium complexes and process for producing ruthenium-containing films by using the same

AssigneeKabushikikaisha Kojundokagaku Kenkyusho

InventorHidekimi Kadokura

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Abstract

To provide Ru compounds which are in the form of a liquid at room temperature to be used in forming Ru and RuO2 films for electrodes in semiconductor devices by the CVD method and a process for producing these compounds. Because of being a liquid at room temperature and having a sufficient vapor ressure at about 100° C., bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium or bis(isopropylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium can be quantitatively supplied via gas bubbling or with the use of a liquid mass flow controller as a feedstock in the CVD method and thermally decomposed on a substrate at 600° C. in a hydrogen atmosphere to give pure Ru films. These compounds can be obtained at a high yield by reacting respectively ruthenium trichloride hydrate and ethylcyclopentadiene or isopropylcyclopentadiene with a zinc powder in an alcohol solvent at −30 to 0° C.

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A method of forming a ruthenium containing film using a chemical vapor deposition process on a heated substrate comprising the steps of:

producing bis(ethylcyclopentadineyl)ruthenium containing not more than ten parts per million of metallic impurities in total by reacting ruthenium chloride trihydrate and ethylcyclopentadiene with a zinc powder in an alcohol solvent;
maintaining the produced bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium in a liquid state at a temperature above six degrees Celsius until used in the chemical vapor deposition process;
vaporizing the bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium;
and
bringing the heated substrate into contact with the vaporized bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium in the chemical vapor deposition process,
whereby the bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium does not solidify at a room temperature and the ruthenium containing film is formed on the substrate during the chemical vapor deposition process.

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