Semiconductor device having multi-layer diffusion barrier and method of making the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11264467-B2
Application number	US-202016985276-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2020
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a metal layer, an insulating layer disposed above the metal layer, and a multi-layer diffusion barrier disposed on the metal layer between the metal layer and the insulating layer. The multi-layer diffusion barrier includes a first material layer including a metallic nitride and a second material layer including a metallic oxide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a multi-layer diffusion barrier comprising:
a first material layer including a metallic nitride;
a second material layer including a metallic oxide; and
at least one intermediate layer disposed between the first material layer and the second material layer, wherein the at least one intermediate layer includes a metal oxynitride.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the metallic nitride of the first material layer the metallic oxide of the second material layer each include a same metal.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the metallic oxide of the second material layer is formed by oxidizing the metallic nitride of the first material layer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a metal in each of the metallic nitride, the metal oxynitride, and the metallic oxide include a same metal.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the metallic nitride comprises one of gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, titanium nitride, or tantalum nitride and the metallic oxide comprises one of gallium oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, or tantalum oxide.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the metallic oxide of the second material layer has a hexagonal structure.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the multi-layer diffusion barrier has a thickness of about 10 Å to about 50 Å.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , comprising an etch-stop layer disposed between the multi-layer diffusion barrier and the insulating layer.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the etch-stop layer comprises a nitrogen doped (silicon) carbide, and oxygen doped (silicon) carbide, or a combination thereof.

10. A semiconductor device, comprising
a multi-layer diffusion barrier disposed on a metal layer, the multi-layer diffusion barrier comprising:
a first material layer including a metallic nitride;
an intermediate material layer including a metal oxynitride; and
a second material layer including a metallic oxide, wherein the intermediate layer is disposed between the first material layer and the second material layer; and

an etch-stop layer disposed on the multi-layer diffusion barrier; and
a low-k layer disposed on the etch-stop layer, wherein the low-k layer comprises silicon (Si).

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein a metal in each of the metallic nitride, the metal oxynitride, and the metallic oxide include a same metal.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate material layer is formed by oxidizing a portion of the first material layer and the second material layer is formed by oxidizing a portion of the intermediate material layer.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the metallic nitride comprises one of gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, titanium nitride, or tantalum nitride, the metal oxynitride comprises one of gallium oxygen nitride, aluminum oxygen nitride, titanium oxygen nitride, or tantalum oxygen nitride and the metallic oxide comprises one of gallium oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, or tantalum oxide.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the metallic oxide of the second material layer has a hexagonal structure.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the multi-layer diffusion barrier comprises a thickness substantially between 10 Å and 50 Å.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the etch-stop layer comprises a nitrogen doped (silicon) carbide, and oxygen doped (silicon) carbide, or a combination thereof.

17. A method of forming a semiconductor device, comprising:
depositing a conductive metal layer;
forming a diffusion barrier on the conductive metal layer, the diffusion barrier comprising a metallic nitride layer deposited on the conductive metal layer, a metal oxynitride layer above the metallic nitride layer, and a metallic oxide layer above the metallic oxynitride layer; and
forming an etch-stop layer on the diffusion barrier.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein forming the metallic oxynitride layer comprises oxidizing a portion of the metallic nitride layer.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein forming the metallic oxide layer comprises oxidizing a portion of the metallic oxynitride layer.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the multi-layer diffusion barrier comprises a thickness substantially between 10 Å and 50 Å.

Assignees

• Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Jyh-Nan
• Liu Ding-I
• Fan Yuh-Ta

Classifications

• H10P14/6938

  the material containing at least one metal element, e.g. metal oxides, metal oxynitrides or metal oxycarbides · CPC title

• H10P14/32

  characterised by intermediate layers between substrates and deposited layers · CPC title

• H10W20/096

  by contacting with gases, liquids or plasmas · CPC title

• H10W20/077

  on sidewalls or on top surfaces of conductors (H10W20/076 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H10W20/075 Primary

  of multilayered thin functional dielectric layers · CPC title