Dual-damascene dielectric structures and methods for making the same

US6251770A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Lam Research Corporation · US
• Novellus Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jay E. Uglow · Livermore, US
• Nicolas Bright · Saratoga, US
• Dave Hemker · San Jose, US
• Kenneth P. MacWilliams · Monte Sereno, US
• Jeffrey C. Benzing · Saratoga, US
• Timothy M. Archer · Lake Oswego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01L21/02274
• WIPO field: Semiconductors
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A dielectric structure and method for making a dielectric structure for dual-damascene applications over a substrate are provided. The method includes forming a barrier layer over the substrate, forming an inorganic dielectric layer over the barrier layer, and forming a low dielectric constant layer over the inorganic dielectric layer. In this preferred example, the method also includes forming a trench in the low dielectric constant layer using a first etch chemistry, and forming a via in the inorganic dielectric layer using a second etch chemistry, such that the via is within the trench. In another specific example, the inorganic dielectric layer can be an un-doped TEOS oxide or a fluorine doped oxide, and the low dielectric constant layer can be a carbon doped oxide (C-oxide) or other low K dielectrics.