Aluminum-Titanium Multilayer Interconnect With Titanium Diffusion Barrier

1986 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tong-Lee ◽  
Tzuen-Luh Huang ◽  
L. Van Den Hove ◽  
D. N. Nichols

ABSTRACTThe metallurgical reaction at 450°C in forming gas ambient between the Ti diffusion barrier and Al, causing the contact degradation in the Al (1% Si)-Ti multilayer interconnects has been studied. The Ti-Al reaction is reduced by preheating the Ti layer in N2 using rapid thermal processing (RTP) at 2.500°C. The curtailed reaction is attributed to the thin surface titanium oxynitride layer. It was found that a 1000-Å Ti layer inserted between the multilayer and Si is effective as a sacrificial diffusion barrier against contact degradation, but 500-Å Ti is not. RTP of the thin Ti film rendered it effective as a diffusion barrier.

1989 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.S. Lee ◽  
C.S. Galovich ◽  
K.P. Fuchs ◽  
D.L. Kwong ◽  
J. Hirvonen ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe TiN/TiSi2 structure, formed by rapid thermal nitridation of a spatter-deposited titanium film, has been demonstrated to be effective as a diffusion barrier and as a low resistance contact material for VLSI submicron metallization. An optimization experiment, designed using the RS/Discover software package, was used to identify a metallization process that minimized p+ resistance as well as maximized barrier capability. Source/drain implant doses, as-deposited titanium film thickness, and rapid thermal processing parameters were the factors varied in the experiment. Of particular significance is a comparison of the effects of a two-step versus one-step rapid thermal anneal on control of the TiN/TiSi2 thickness ratio. A TiN layer of sufficient thickness for barrier integrity and adequate consumption of implant damage in the formation of the TiSi2 layer are desired. Electrical and thermal stability measuremints of the resultant AlSiCu/TiN/TiSi2 p+ contact system are presented.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. P35-P40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruo Sudo ◽  
Kozo Nakamura ◽  
Susumu Maeda ◽  
Hideyuki Okamura ◽  
Koji Izunome ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 141 (11) ◽  
pp. 3200-3209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Schaper ◽  
Mehrdad M. Moslehi ◽  
Krishna C. Saraswat ◽  
Thomas Kailath

1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (Part 2, No. 1) ◽  
pp. L137-L140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisashi Fukuda ◽  
Akira Uchiyama ◽  
Takahisa Hayashi ◽  
Toshiyuki Iwabuchi ◽  
Seigo Ohno

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Usami ◽  
Y. Tokuda ◽  
H. Shiraki ◽  
H. Ueda ◽  
T. Wada ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTRapid thermal processing using halogen lamps was applied to the diffusion of Zn into GaAs0.6 P0.4:Te from Zn-doped oxide films. The Zn diffusion coefficient of the rapid thermal diffused (RTD) samples at 800°C for 6 s was about two orders of magnitude higher than that of the conventional furnace diffused samples at 800°C for 60 min. The enhanced diffusion of Zn by RTD may be ascribed to the stress field due to the difference in the thermal expansion coefficient between the doped oxide films and GaAs0.6P0.4 materials, and due to the temperature gradient in GaAs0.6P0 4 materials. The Zn diffusion coefficient at Zn concentration of 1.0 × l018 cm−3 was 3.6 × 10−11, 3.1 × 10−11 and 5.0 × 10−12 cm2 /s for the RTD samples at 950°C for 6 s from Zn-, (Zn,Ga)- and (Zn,P)-doped oxide films, respectively. This suggests that Zn diffusibility was controlled by the P in the doped oxide films.


2000 ◽  
Vol 361-362 ◽  
pp. 454-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Schenker ◽  
M. Klenk ◽  
E. Bucher

2002 ◽  
Vol 745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Haralson ◽  
Tobias Jarmar ◽  
Johan Seger ◽  
Henry H. Radamson ◽  
Shi-Li Zhang ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe reactions of Ni with polycrystalline Si, Si0.82Ge0.18 and Si0.818Ge0.18C0.002 films in two different configurations during rapid thermal processing were studied. For the usually studied planar configuration with 20 nm thick Ni on 130–290 nm thick Si1-x-yGexCy, NiSi1-xGex(C) forms at 450°C on either Si0.82Ge0.18 or Si0.818Ge0.18C0.002, comparable to NiSi formed on Si. However, the agglomeration of NiSi1-xGex(C) on Si0.818Ge0.18C0.002 occurs at 625°C, about 50°C higher than that of NiSi1-xGex on Si0.82Ge0.18. For thin-film lateral diffusion couples, a 200-nm thick Ni film was in contact with 80–130 nm thick Si1-x-yGexCy through 1–10 μm sized contact openings in a 170 nm thick SiO2 isolation. While the Ni3Si phase was formed for both the Si0.82Ge0.18 and Si0.818Ge0.18C0.002 samples, the presence of 0.2 at.% C caused a slightly slower lateral growth.


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