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US 6,208,030 B1Granted
Semiconductor device having a low dielectric constant material
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorsTing Y. Tsui, Ercan Adem
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Abstract
A semiconductor device having a reduced resistance-capacitance time constant is formed by treating a dielectric layer to reduce its dielectric constant. Embodiments include exposing a deposited dielectric layer to ionic radiation, as with Helium ion implantation, to form voids within the layer, thereby reducing its dielectric constant.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- a first conductive layer;
- a dielectric layer having a dielectric constant on the first conductive layer;
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- a second conductive layer on the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer contains voids having a diameter of about 100 Å to about 1,000 Å substantially throughout the dielectric layer, thereby lowering the dielectric constant of the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a silicon oxide layer, wherein the silicon oxide layer contains implanted atoms selected from the group consisting of helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, deuterium and hydrogen ions, and wherein the silicon oxide layer has a porosity of about 15%.
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