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Multi-layered interconnection structure for a semiconductor device

US5049975A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1990
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S257/915
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interconnection layer of a semiconductor device according to the present invention has in a contact portion with a conductor layer a multi-layered structure formed from the bottom, of a refractory metal silicide layer, a first refractory metal nitride layer, and a second refractory metal nitride layer. Titanium or tungsten is used as a refractory metal. The second refractory metal nitride is formed by thermally nitriding the refractory metal layer. The second refractory metal nitride layer formed by the thermal process has a close packed crystal structure and has an excellent barrier characteristic.

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