Patent · US Expired

Adhesion improvement for low k dielectrics

US7030041B2 · kind B2 · utility

34Cited by
159References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 2004
Grant dateApr 18, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 15, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/02304
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods are provided for processing a substrate for depositing an adhesion layer having a low dielectric constant between two low k dielectric layers. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for processing a substrate including introducing an organosilicon compound and an oxidizing gas at a first ratio of organosilicon compound to oxidizing gas into the processing chamber, generating a plasma of the oxidizing gas and the organosilicon compound to form an initiation layer on a barrier layer comprising at least silicon and carbon, introducing the organosilicon compound and the oxidizing gas at a second ratio of organosilicon compound to oxidizing gas greater than the first ratio into the processing chamber, and depositing a first dielectric layer adjacent the dielectric initiation layer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.