Method of protecting a copper pad structure during a fuse opening procedure
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsTze-Liang Lee, Mong-Song Liang
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Abstract
A process for simultaneously forming a first opening to a copper contact structure, and a deeper, second opening, overlying a fuse structure, has been developed. The process features the use of a barrier metal shape, located on a recessed copper contact structure, providing the needed etch stop during a dry etching procedure used to define a first opening in a composite insulator layer. The low etch rate exhibited by the barrier metal shape, in this dry etching environment provides protection of the recessed copper contact structure during the extended dry etching procedure, which is employed to form a deeper, second opening, in thicker dielectric layers, in a region overlying the fuse structure.
Claims22
A method of simultaneously forming a first opening to a metal contact pad structure, and a second opening, overlying a fuse structure, comprising the steps of;
- providing said fuse structure, embedded in a first insulator layer, and providing a metal interconnect structure, embedded in said first insulator layer,
- depositing a first composite dielectric layer;
- forming a dual damascene opening in said first composite dielectric layer, exposing a portion of the top surface of said metal interconnect structure;
- forming said metal contact pad structure in said dual damascene opening wherein portions of a metal layer, used for sad metal contact pad structure, are removed from top surface of said first composite dielectric layer via a first chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) procedure;
- performing a selective wet etch procedure to recess said metal contact pad structure below the top surface of said first composite dielectric layer, resulting in a recessed metal contact pad structure;
- forming a barrier metal shape an the top surface of said recessed metal contact pad structure, via deposit on of a barrier layer and removal of portions of said barrier layer from the top surface of said first composite dielectric layer via a second CMP procedure;
- depositing a second composite dielectric layer;
- performing an anisotropic, reactive ion etching, (RIE), procedure to form said first opening in said second composite dielectric layer, exposing a portion of the top surface of said barrier metal shape;
- and to form said second opening in said second composite dielectric layer, and in a top portion of said first composite dielectric layer, with said second opening overlying a bottom portion of said first composite dielectric layer, which overlays a portion of said fuse structure;
- depositing a battier metal layer, and an overlying aluminum layer;
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- patterning of said aluminum layer, and of said barrier metal layer, to form a wire bond pad structure, in said first opening, overlying and contacting said recessed metal contact pad structure;
- and to form aluminum—barrier metal spacers, on the sides of said second opening.
A method of simultaneously forming a first opening to a tantalum nitride barrier shape, located overlaying a recessed copper contact structure, and forming a deeper, second opening, overlying a fuse structure, comprising the steps of:
- providing a metal interconnect structure, embedded in an insulator layer, and providing said fuse structure, embedded in said insulator layer;
- depositing a first composite dielectric layer comprised of an underlying, first silicon nitride layer, a first silicon oxide layer, a second silicon nitride layer, a second silicon oxide layer, and an overlying, third silicon, nitride layer;
- forming a dual damascene opening in said first composite dielectric layer, exposing a portion of the top surface of said metal interconnected structure;
- depositing a copper layer;
- performing a first chemical mechanical polishing procedure to re move portions of said copper layer from the top surface of said first composite dielectric layer, to define a copper contact structure in said dual damascene opening;
- performing a selective wet etch procedure to recess said copper contact structure below top surface of said first composite dielectric layer, creating said recessed copper contact structure,
- depositing a first tantalum nitride layer;
- removing portion of said first tantalum nitride from the top surface of said first composite dielectric layer via second CMP procedure, creating said tantalum nitride barrier shape, overlying said recessed copper contact structure;
- depositing a second composite dielectric layer comprised of an underlying third silicon oxide layer, and an overlying, fourth silicon nitride layer;
- performing an anisotropic RIE procedure:
- to form said first opening in said second composite dielectric layer, exposing a portion of a top surface of said tantalum nitride barrier shape, overlying said recessed copper pad structure;
- and to form said deeper, second opening, in said second composite dielectric layer, and in a top portion of said first composite dielectric layer, exposing a bottom portion of said first silicon oxide layer, of said first composite insulator layer, overlying a top portion of said fuse structure;
- depositing a second tantalum nitride layer;
- depositing an aluminum layer;
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- patterning of said aluminum layer, and of said second tantalum nitride layer, to form a wire bond pad structure in said first opening, overlying and contacting said tantalum nitride barrier shape, and forming spacers on the sides of said deeper, second opening, with said spacers comprised of aluminum—second tantalum nitride.
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