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Multiple layer tungsten deposition process

US5489552A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1994
Grant dateFeb 6, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L23/53266
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Tungsten plugs are formed in a manner which avoids the formation of unwanted tungsten volcanoes by depositing at least three and preferably five to seven layers of tungsten within a contact hole to form a layered plug. In particularly useful embodiments, the layers are deposited at alternating fast and slow rates of deposition.

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