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    • 2. 发明授权
    • Methods for forming a metallic damascene structure
    • 形成金属镶嵌结构的方法
    • US07319071B2
    • 2008-01-15
    • US10767764
    • 2004-01-29
    • Max F. HinemanStephen W. Russell
    • Max F. HinemanStephen W. Russell
    • H01L21/44
    • H01L21/76843H01L21/76807H01L21/76814H01L21/76879
    • In damascene process integration, a reducing plasma is applied after the etch stop or barrier layer is opened over a copper layer. Currently known methods for opening barrier layers suffer from the disadvantage that they cause at least some of the underlying copper to oxidize to copper oxide. Because copper oxide is selectively removed by subsequent wet cleaning, voids can form where damaged copper (e.g., copper oxide) is removed, thus compromising the reliability of metal-to-metal contact in vias. The present invention advantageously overcomes this and other disadvantages of the prior art through the use of a hydrogen plasma following the barrier layer opening step, which repairs damaged copper (e.g., reduces copper oxide to copper), thus preventing and/or diminishing defects in metal-to-metal contacts in vias and concomitantly improving the reliability of the same.
    • 在镶嵌工艺集成中,在蚀刻停止或阻挡层在铜层上打开之后施加还原等离子体。 目前已知的用于打开阻挡层的方法的缺点在于它们使至少一些下面的铜氧化成氧化铜。 由于随后的湿法清洗有选择地除去了氧化铜,所以可以在损坏的铜(例如氧化铜)被除去的地方形成空隙,从而损害通孔中金属对金属接触的可靠性。 本发明有利地通过在阻挡层开启步骤之后使用氢等离子体来克服现有技术的这个和其他缺点,其修复损坏的铜(例如,将铜氧化物还原为铜),从而防止和/或减少金属中的缺陷 金属触点,同时提高了其可靠性。
    • 10. 发明授权
    • Hydrogen plasma photoresist strip and polymeric residue cleanup process for oxygen-sensitive materials
    • 氢等离子体光刻胶条和聚合物残留物清除工艺用于氧敏感材料
    • US07001848B1
    • 2006-02-21
    • US09199829
    • 1998-11-25
    • Patricia B. SmithDavid B. AldrichStephen W. Russell
    • Patricia B. SmithDavid B. AldrichStephen W. Russell
    • H01L21/302
    • G03F7/427H01L21/02063H01L21/31138
    • Another embodiment of the instant invention is a method of fabricating a conductive interconnect for providing an electrical connection between a first conductor and a second conductor for an electrical device formed in a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising the steps of: forming a dielectric layer (layer 226 of FIG. 2a) on the first conductor (conductor 222 of FIG. 2a), the dielectric layer having at least one opening which exposes the first conductor; forming a layer of an oxygen-sensitive material (layer 234 of FIG. 2d) on the dielectric layer, the oxygen-sensitive material substantially filling the opening in the dielectric layer and for providing an electrical contact to the first conductor; forming a photoresist layer on the oxygen-sensitive material, the photoresist layer having a pattern so as to expose portions of the oxygen-sensitive material; removing the exposed portions of the oxygen-sensitive material on the dielectric material, the removal step causing a residue to be formed on exposed surfaces of the remaining portions of the oxygen-sensitive material; and removing the photoresist layer by subjecting the photoresist layer with a hydrogen-containing gas incorporated into a plasma.
    • 本发明的另一实施例是一种制造导电互连的方法,用于在第一导体和用于形成在半导体衬底中的电子器件的第二导体之间提供电连接,所述方法包括以下步骤:形成电介质层(层 图2A的226)在第一导体(图2a的导体222)上,电介质层具有暴露第一导体的至少一个开口; 在电介质层上形成氧敏感材料层(图2d的层234),氧敏感材料基本上填充介电层中的开口并提供与第一导体的电接触; 在所述感氧材料上形成光致抗蚀剂层,所述光致抗蚀剂层具有图案以暴露所述氧敏感材料的部分; 去除电介质材料上的氧敏感材料的暴露部分,去除步骤,使残留物形成在氧敏感材料的剩余部分的暴露表面上; 以及通过将掺入等离子体的含氢气体对光致抗蚀剂层进行处理来除去光致抗蚀剂层。