Method of manufacturing three elemental diffusion barrier layer
US6066554A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L21/76855
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A three elemental compound for diffusion barrier layer having a superior diffusion barrier characteristics manufactured by forming the compound between the silicon diffused into the diffusion barrier layer and the two elemental compound for diffusion barrier layer before the metal wire layer penetrates into the diffusion barrier layer to reach the underlying silicon layer, using the different characteristics of the diffusion rate as above, is disclosed. A method of forming three elemental compound for diffusion barrier layer according to the present invention comprises a silicon substrate. A silicide layer is deposited on the silicon substrate. A refractory metal nitride layer is then deposited on the silicide layer. A metal wire layer is deposited on the refractory metal nitride layer. A heat treatment of the resulting structure is performed to form a three elemental compound for diffusion barrier layer between the silicide layer and the refractory metal nitride layer by out-diffusing a silicon contained in the silicide layer and reacting the silicon introduced into the refractory metal nitride layer with the refractory metal nitride layer, such that the diffusion barrier characte…
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