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- This invention relates to the preparation of ruthenium films using chemical vapor deposition and liquid ruthenium precursors.
- Films of metals are becoming important for a variety of electronic and electrochemical applications.
- ruthenium films are generally unreactive to silicon and metal oxides, and are good conductors.
- Films of ruthenium have suitable properties for a variety of uses in integrated circuits. For example, they can be used in integrated circuits for electrical contacts. They are particularly suitable for use as barrier layers between the dielectric material and the silicon substrate in memory devices, such as ferroelectric memories. Furthermore, they may even be suitable as the plate (i.e., electrode) itself in capacitors.
- the present invention provides methods for the preparation of ruthenium metal films.
- the method includes the steps of:
- iene refers to linear, branched, or cyclic dienes, bicyclic dienes, tricyclic dienes, fluorinated derivatives thereof, derivatives thereof additionally containing heteroatoms such as halide, Si, S, Se, P, As, N, or O, or combinations thereof; vaporizing the liquid precursor composition to form vaporized precursor composition; and directing the vaporized precursor composition in combination with one or more oxidizing gases toward the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly to form a ruthenium metal film on a surface of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly.
- the oxidizing gas is less oxidizing than oxygen (O 2 ). This method is particularly useful on complex structures, such as those containing one or more small high aspect ratio features (e.g., openings or post-type structures), which typically require excellent step coverage.
- Complexes of Formula I suitable for use in the methods of the present invention are neutral complexes and are liquids at a temperature within a range of about 20° C. to about 50° C. They can be used in flash vaporization, bubbling, microdroplet formation techniques, etc., as neat liquids or in combination with an organic solvent.
- liquid refers to a neat liquid (a liquid at room temperature or a solid at room temperature that melts at an elevated temperature up to about 50° C.), or a liquid or solid in a suitable organic solvent.
- Suitable organic solvents that could be used include hydrocarbons such as hexane, pentane, and toluene, for example.
- Methods of the present invention are particularly well suited for forming films on a surface of a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, such as a silicon wafer, having high surface area topology, such as high aspect ratio openings formed therein, but such gaps are not required, used in forming integrated circuits. It is to be understood that methods of the present invention are not limited to deposition on silicon wafers; rather, other types of wafers (e.g., gallium arsenide wafer, etc.) can be used as well. Also, the methods of the present invention can be used in silicon-on-insulator technology. Furthermore, substrates other than semiconductor substrates or substrate assemblies can be used in methods of the present invention. These include, for example, fibers, wires, etc.
- the films can be formed directly on the lowest semiconductor surface of the substrate, or they can be formed on any of a variety of the layers (i.e., surfaces) as in a patterned wafer, for example.
- semiconductor substrate refers to the base semiconductor layer, e.g., the lowest layer of silicon material in a wafer or a silicon layer deposited on another material such as silicon on sapphire.
- semiconductor substrate assembly refers to the semiconductor substrate having one or more layers or structures formed thereon.
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure preferably having a surface with one or more small high aspect ratio features therein is provided.
- the method includes the steps of:
- a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly which is exposed to a heater preferably set at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 350° C. (more preferably, at a temperature of about 200° C. to about 250° C.), and contained within a reaction chamber preferably having a pressure of about 10 ⁇ 3 torr to about 1 atmosphere (more preferably, having a pressure of about 0.1 torr to about 10 torr); providing a liquid precursor composition preferably at a temperature of about 20° C.
- the precursor composition comprising one or more compounds of Formula I; vaporizing the liquid precursor composition to form vaporized precursor composition; and directing the vaporized precursor composition in combination with one or more oxidizing gases toward the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly to form a ruthenium metal film on the surface of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly having the one or more small high aspect ratio features.
- the oxidizing gas is less oxidizing than oxygen (O 2 ).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic of a chemical vapor deposition system suitable for use in the method of the present invention.
- the present invention provides methods of forming a ruthenium metal film using a vaporization technique (e.g., a chemical vapor deposition technique) and one or more liquid ruthenium complexes. Specifically, the present invention is directed to methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a ruthenium metal film thereon.
- a vaporization technique e.g., a chemical vapor deposition technique
- diene ligands include about 5 to about 8 carbon atoms, and more preferably, about 6 to about 7 carbon atoms.
- precursor complexes are described in Applicants' Assignees' copending patent application entitled “Precursor Chemistries for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ruthenium and Ruthenium Oxide” having U.S. Ser. No. 09/141,236 (Micron Docket No. 97-0675), and filed on Aug. 27, 1998. They can be prepared according to methods described therein or according to methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,716.
- Complexes of Formula I that are suitable for use in the present invention are neutral complexes and are liquids at room temperature or are solids at room temperature that melt at an elevated temperature up to about 50° C. These complexes are suitable for use in vaporization techniques (e.g., chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques), such as flash vaporization techniques, bubbler techniques, and/or microdroplet techniques, optionally in combination with an organic solvent.
- vaporization techniques e.g., chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques
- flash vaporization techniques e.g., flash vaporization techniques, bubbler techniques, and/or microdroplet techniques
- Preferred embodiments of the complexes described herein are particularly suitable for low temperature CVD, e.g., deposition techniques involving substrate temperatures of about 100° C. to about 400° C.
- a preferred class of complexes include those that have a vapor pressure of greater than 0.1 torr at 50° C.
- examples of such compounds include (cyclohexadiene)Ru(CO) 3 and (cycloheptadiene)Ru(CO) 3 .
- the precursor composition is vaporized in the presence of, and reacted with, one or more oxidizing gases less aggressive (i.e., less oxidizing than) than O 2 , and optionally one or more inert gases to form a ruthenium metal film.
- the inert gas which can be a carrier gas, is typically selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, helium, argon, and mixtures thereof.
- an inert gas is one that is generally unreactive with the complexes described herein and does not interfere with the formation of a ruthenium metal film.
- the oxidizing gases are reactive with the complexes described herein, at least at a surface under the conditions of chemical vapor deposition.
- oxidizing gases suitable for preparing a ruthenium metal film include N 2 O, NO, CO 2 , CO, H 2 O 2 , and H 2 O.
- the oxidizing gas is N 2 O, CO, CO 2 , or H 2 O, and more preferably it is N 2 O.
- oxidizing gases and optional inert gases can be used in the methods of the present invention to form films.
- Ru metal deposition typically requires O 2 in the process in order to decompose the precursor.
- Ru metal or RuO x films can be obtained.
- even a small amount of O 2 leads to oxygen incorporation in the film and a significant modification of the morphology.
- a less aggressive oxidizer, particularly N 2 O, has several advantages:
- the deposition rate is significantly higher than can be achieved with no oxidizer (a method that is disclosed in Applicant's Assignee's copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/140,878 filed on Aug. 27, 1998; within-wafer uniformity is surprisingly and significantly better than can be achieved with no oxidizer; adhesion is better than for a ruthenium metal film formed with no oxidizer; and for films of comparable thickness, the resistivity of the ruthenium metal film deposited using N 2 O is lower than for a film deposited using no oxidizer.
- the surface morphology, and morphology evolution with annealing, are comparable between the two processes. Also, crystallinity of the as-deposited and annealed films is similar for the two processes.
- Methods of the present invention are particularly well suited for forming highly pure ruthenium metal films (preferably, at least about 95 atom-% pure, based on X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Auger Spectroscopy, or other methods) on a variety of substrates, such as a semiconductor wafer (e.g., silicon wafer, gallium arsenide wafer, etc.), glass plate, etc., and on a variety of surfaces of the substrates, whether it be directly on the substrate itself or on a layer of material deposited on the substrate as in a semiconductor substrate assembly.
- a variety of structures could also have the ruthenium metal films deposited thereon. For example, posts (studs) or trenches (vias) could have the ruthenium metal films of the present invention deposited on or in.
- Methods of the present invention are particularly useful for depositing highly pure ruthenium metal films on the surface of a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, such as a silicon wafer, having a high surface area topology, such as a surface (e.g., of an insulation layer) having high aspect ratio features, such as openings (i.e., gaps) or posts (i.e., studs), formed therein or thereon.
- a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly such as a silicon wafer
- a high surface area topology such as a surface (e.g., of an insulation layer) having high aspect ratio features, such as openings (i.e., gaps) or posts (i.e., studs), formed therein or thereon.
- Small high aspect ratio features typically have feature sizes or critical dimensions below about 1 micron (e.g., the diameter or width of an opening is less than about 1 micron), and more typically, about 0.3 micron to about 1 micron, and aspect ratios greater than about 1.
- Such aspect ratios are applicable to contact holes, vias, trenches, and a variety of other configurations.
- a trench having an opening of 1 micron and a depth of 3 microns has an aspect ratio of 3.
- the present invention can be used for forming diffusion barrier layers in small high aspect ratio features due to the use of CVD processes for forming conformal ruthenium oxide diffusion barrier layers over step structures.
- CVD processes for forming conformal ruthenium oxide diffusion barrier layers over step structures.
- greater than about 80% step coverage can be achieved. This refers to the ratio of the thickness of the layer deposited on the bottom surface to that on the top surface.
- the ruthenium metal films are particularly suitable for forming electrodes, such as in DRAM capacitors.
- the ruthenium metal film is deposited upon decomposition (typically, thermal decomposition) of one or more complexes of Formula I.
- Methods of the present invention can utilize various vaporization techniques, such as flash vaporization, bubbling, etc., optionally photo- or plasma-assisted (although photo- and plasma-assisted depositions do not typically provide good step coverage). Examples of suitable CVD processes are generally discussed in Applicants' Assignees' copending patent application entitled “Precursor Chemistries for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ruthenium and Ruthenium Oxide,” having Ser. No. 09/141,236 (Micron 97-0675) and filed on Aug. 27, 1998, as well as in U.S. Pat. No. 5,372,849 (McCormick et al.), for example.
- FIG. 1 A typical chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system that can be used to perform a process of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1.
- the system includes an enclosed chemical vapor deposition chamber 10 , which may be a cold wall-type CVD reactor. Reduced pressure may be created in chamber 10 using turbo pump 12 and backing pump 14 .
- the chamber pressure during deposition is about 10 ⁇ 3 torr to about atmospheric pressure, and most preferably, it is about 0.1 torr to about 10 torr.
- the pressure is chosen such that it produces good step coverage and deposition rates.
- One or more substrates 16 are positioned in chamber 10 .
- a constant nominal temperature is established for the substrate, preferably at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 350° C.
- the most preferred substrate temperature is about 200° C. to about 250° C.
- Substrate 16 may be heated, for example, by an electrical resistance heater 18 on which substrate 16 is mounted. Other known methods of heating the substrate may also be utilized. For plasma- and photo-assisted CVD processes, however, the temperature of the substrate may be significantly lower.
- the precursor composition 40 which contains one or more complexes of Formula I, is stored in liquid form (a neat liquid at room temperature or at an elevated temperature if solid at room temperature, or in an organic solvent) in vessel 42 .
- the temperature of the liquid precursor composition is preferably about 20° C. to about 50° C.
- the pressure within vessel 42 is typically similar to that within chamber 10 .
- a source 44 of a suitable inert gas is pumped into vessel 42 and bubbled through the precursor composition 40 picking up the precursor composition and carrying it into chamber 10 through line 45 and gas distributor 46 .
- Additional inert gas or reaction gas may be supplied from source 48 as needed to provide the desired concentration of precursor composition and regulate the uniformity of the deposition across the surface of substrate 16 .
- valves 50 - 55 are opened and closed as required.
- the reaction and optional inert (e.g., carrier) gases can be preheated if desired.
- the precursor composition is carried into the CVD chamber 10 at a flow rate of the carrier gas of about 0 sccm (standard cubic centimeters) to about 1000 sccm, and preferably, at a flow rate of about 300 sccm to about 800 sccm.
- a carrier gas is not required, although it is often used.
- a reaction gas preferably, an oxidizing gas such as N 2 O
- the semiconductor substrate is exposed to the precursor composition at a pressure of about 0.1 torr to about 10 torr for a time of about 10 seconds to about 30 minutes depending on the desired thickness.
- the precursor composition will form an adsorbed layer on the surface of the substrate 16 .
- a substrate temperature is chosen to balance these two properties.
- desirable deposition rates are about 50 Angstroms/minute to about 1000 Angstroms/minute.
- the carrier gas containing the precursor composition is terminated by closing valve 53 .
- Alternatives to such methods include an approach wherein the precursor composition is heated and vapors are drawn off and controlled by a vapor mass flow controller, and a pulsed liquid injection method as described in “Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition By Pulsed Liquid Injection Using An Ultrasonic Nozzle: Titanium Dioxide on Sapphire from Titanium (IV) Isopropoxide,” by Versteeg, et al., Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 78, 2763-2768 (1995).
- the complexes of Formula I are also particularly well suited for use with vapor deposition systems, as described in copending application U.S. Ser. No.
- inert gases and/or reaction gases can be used in certain methods of the present invention. They can be introduced into the chemical vapor deposition chamber in a variety of manners, such as directly into the vaporization chamber or in combination with the precursor composition.
- the film can be further annealed to densify it if desired. This can be done in the CVD reaction chamber or not.
- the annealing process is carried out in an inert gas, as described above for the carrier gases.
- the annealing process is carried out in an oxidizing gas.
- the pressure of this post annealing process is about 0.5 torr to about 5 atmospheres.
- the substrate temperature of this post annealing process is about 300° C. to about 1000° C., and more preferably, about 500° C. to about 800° C.
- the pale yellow precursor, (C 6 H 8 )Ru(CO) 3 was added to a bubbler equipped with a dip tube and exit valve.
- the bubbler was connected to a CVD reactor.
- the bubbler was further connected to helium carrier gas introduced through a mass flow controller into the dip tube port of the bubbler.
- the bubbler was heated to about 26° C. and all downstream connections to the chamber were heated to about 50° C.
- a silicon wafer having a layer of BPSG thereon was placed on a heated chuck inside the CVD reactor. Ruthenium deposition was carried out by heating the wafer to 210° C.
- the film was thin around the edge of the wafer, thick in the center.
- the degree of nonuniformity was significantly decreased for the process of the present invention (with N 2 O), however.
- the deposition rate for the N 2 O process was significantly higher than for the process with no oxidizer, as can be seen from the data in Table 1 as well as in FIG. 2 which shows deposition time series for each process.
- the film resistivity was somewhat lower for the N 2 O process, as shown in Table 1 as well as FIG. 3, which shows the thickness dependence of the resistivity for the two films. As-deposited, the films were only partially crystalline, so the resistivity was higher than would be expected for a crystalline film.
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- This invention relates to the preparation of ruthenium films using chemical vapor deposition and liquid ruthenium precursors.
- Films of metals, particularly ruthenium films, are becoming important for a variety of electronic and electrochemical applications. For example, ruthenium films are generally unreactive to silicon and metal oxides, and are good conductors. Films of ruthenium have suitable properties for a variety of uses in integrated circuits. For example, they can be used in integrated circuits for electrical contacts. They are particularly suitable for use as barrier layers between the dielectric material and the silicon substrate in memory devices, such as ferroelectric memories. Furthermore, they may even be suitable as the plate (i.e., electrode) itself in capacitors.
- There are a wide variety of ruthenium compounds that can be used as precursors for the preparation of such films. Many are particularly well suited for use in chemical vapor deposition techniques. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,372,849 (McCormick et al.), which discloses the use of ruthenium compounds containing carbonyl ligands and other ligands. However, such compounds typically form dimers, which are less volatile and not as easily used in chemical vapor deposition techniques. Thus, there is a continuing need for methods for the preparation of ruthenium films using chemical vapor deposition techniques.
- The present invention provides methods for the preparation of ruthenium metal films. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of:
- providing a liquid precursor composition comprising one or more compounds of the formula (Formula I):
- (diene)Ru(CO)3
- wherein: “diene” refers to linear, branched, or cyclic dienes, bicyclic dienes, tricyclic dienes, fluorinated derivatives thereof, derivatives thereof additionally containing heteroatoms such as halide, Si, S, Se, P, As, N, or O, or combinations thereof; vaporizing the liquid precursor composition to form vaporized precursor composition; and directing the vaporized precursor composition in combination with one or more oxidizing gases toward the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly to form a ruthenium metal film on a surface of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly. Preferably, the oxidizing gas is less oxidizing than oxygen (O2). This method is particularly useful on complex structures, such as those containing one or more small high aspect ratio features (e.g., openings or post-type structures), which typically require excellent step coverage.
- Complexes of Formula I suitable for use in the methods of the present invention are neutral complexes and are liquids at a temperature within a range of about 20° C. to about 50° C. They can be used in flash vaporization, bubbling, microdroplet formation techniques, etc., as neat liquids or in combination with an organic solvent. As used herein, “liquid” refers to a neat liquid (a liquid at room temperature or a solid at room temperature that melts at an elevated temperature up to about 50° C.), or a liquid or solid in a suitable organic solvent. Suitable organic solvents that could be used include hydrocarbons such as hexane, pentane, and toluene, for example.
- Methods of the present invention are particularly well suited for forming films on a surface of a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, such as a silicon wafer, having high surface area topology, such as high aspect ratio openings formed therein, but such gaps are not required, used in forming integrated circuits. It is to be understood that methods of the present invention are not limited to deposition on silicon wafers; rather, other types of wafers (e.g., gallium arsenide wafer, etc.) can be used as well. Also, the methods of the present invention can be used in silicon-on-insulator technology. Furthermore, substrates other than semiconductor substrates or substrate assemblies can be used in methods of the present invention. These include, for example, fibers, wires, etc. If the substrate is a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, the films can be formed directly on the lowest semiconductor surface of the substrate, or they can be formed on any of a variety of the layers (i.e., surfaces) as in a patterned wafer, for example. Thus, the term “semiconductor substrate” refers to the base semiconductor layer, e.g., the lowest layer of silicon material in a wafer or a silicon layer deposited on another material such as silicon on sapphire. The term “semiconductor substrate assembly” refers to the semiconductor substrate having one or more layers or structures formed thereon.
- In one embodiment of the invention, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, preferably having a surface with one or more small high aspect ratio features therein is provided. The method includes the steps of:
- providing a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, which is exposed to a heater preferably set at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 350° C. (more preferably, at a temperature of about 200° C. to about 250° C.), and contained within a reaction chamber preferably having a pressure of about 10−3 torr to about 1 atmosphere (more preferably, having a pressure of about 0.1 torr to about 10 torr); providing a liquid precursor composition preferably at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 50° C., the precursor composition comprising one or more compounds of Formula I; vaporizing the liquid precursor composition to form vaporized precursor composition; and directing the vaporized precursor composition in combination with one or more oxidizing gases toward the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly to form a ruthenium metal film on the surface of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly having the one or more small high aspect ratio features. Preferably, the oxidizing gas is less oxidizing than oxygen (O2).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic of a chemical vapor deposition system suitable for use in the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a graph that shows thickness of films versus deposition times for a process of the present invention with N2O compared to no oxidizer (“No OX”=no oxidizer used in deposition process; “Alt Ox”=N2O used in deposition process).
- FIG. 3 is a graph that shows the thickness dependence of the resistivity for two films prepared using a process of the present invention with N2O compared or no oxidizer (“No OX”=no oxidizer used in deposition process; “Alt Ox”=N2O used in deposition process).
- The present invention provides methods of forming a ruthenium metal film using a vaporization technique (e.g., a chemical vapor deposition technique) and one or more liquid ruthenium complexes. Specifically, the present invention is directed to methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a ruthenium metal film thereon.
- The liquid ruthenium complexes are of the following formula (Formula I):
- (diene)Ru(CO)3
- wherein: “diene” refers to linear, branched, or cyclic dienes, bicyclic dienes, tricyclic dienes, fluorinated derivatives thereof, derivatives thereof additionally containing heteroatoms such as halide, Si, S, Se, P, As, N, or O, or combinations thereof. Preferably, the diene ligands include about 5 to about 8 carbon atoms, and more preferably, about 6 to about 7 carbon atoms. These precursor complexes are described in Applicants' Assignees' copending patent application entitled “Precursor Chemistries for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ruthenium and Ruthenium Oxide” having U.S. Ser. No. 09/141,236 (Micron Docket No. 97-0675), and filed on Aug. 27, 1998. They can be prepared according to methods described therein or according to methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,716.
- Complexes of Formula I that are suitable for use in the present invention are neutral complexes and are liquids at room temperature or are solids at room temperature that melt at an elevated temperature up to about 50° C. These complexes are suitable for use in vaporization techniques (e.g., chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques), such as flash vaporization techniques, bubbler techniques, and/or microdroplet techniques, optionally in combination with an organic solvent. Preferred embodiments of the complexes described herein are particularly suitable for low temperature CVD, e.g., deposition techniques involving substrate temperatures of about 100° C. to about 400° C.
- A preferred class of complexes include those that have a vapor pressure of greater than 0.1 torr at 50° C. Examples of such compounds include (cyclohexadiene)Ru(CO)3 and (cycloheptadiene)Ru(CO)3.
- Preferably, the precursor composition is vaporized in the presence of, and reacted with, one or more oxidizing gases less aggressive (i.e., less oxidizing than) than O2, and optionally one or more inert gases to form a ruthenium metal film. The inert gas, which can be a carrier gas, is typically selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, helium, argon, and mixtures thereof. In the context of the present invention, an inert gas is one that is generally unreactive with the complexes described herein and does not interfere with the formation of a ruthenium metal film. The oxidizing gases are reactive with the complexes described herein, at least at a surface under the conditions of chemical vapor deposition. Examples of oxidizing gases suitable for preparing a ruthenium metal film include N2O, NO, CO2, CO, H2O2, and H2O. Preferably, the oxidizing gas is N2O, CO, CO2, or H2O, and more preferably it is N2O. Various combinations of oxidizing gases and optional inert gases can be used in the methods of the present invention to form films.
- According to the literature, Ru metal deposition typically requires O2 in the process in order to decompose the precursor. Depending upon the amount of O2 used, Ru metal or RuOx films can be obtained. For the complexes described herein, even a small amount of O2 leads to oxygen incorporation in the film and a significant modification of the morphology.
- A less aggressive oxidizer, particularly N2O, has several advantages:
- the deposition rate is significantly higher than can be achieved with no oxidizer (a method that is disclosed in Applicant's Assignee's copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/140,878 filed on Aug. 27, 1998; within-wafer uniformity is surprisingly and significantly better than can be achieved with no oxidizer; adhesion is better than for a ruthenium metal film formed with no oxidizer; and for films of comparable thickness, the resistivity of the ruthenium metal film deposited using N2O is lower than for a film deposited using no oxidizer. The surface morphology, and morphology evolution with annealing, are comparable between the two processes. Also, crystallinity of the as-deposited and annealed films is similar for the two processes.
- Methods of the present invention are particularly well suited for forming highly pure ruthenium metal films (preferably, at least about 95 atom-% pure, based on X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Auger Spectroscopy, or other methods) on a variety of substrates, such as a semiconductor wafer (e.g., silicon wafer, gallium arsenide wafer, etc.), glass plate, etc., and on a variety of surfaces of the substrates, whether it be directly on the substrate itself or on a layer of material deposited on the substrate as in a semiconductor substrate assembly. A variety of structures could also have the ruthenium metal films deposited thereon. For example, posts (studs) or trenches (vias) could have the ruthenium metal films of the present invention deposited on or in.
- Methods of the present invention are particularly useful for depositing highly pure ruthenium metal films on the surface of a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, such as a silicon wafer, having a high surface area topology, such as a surface (e.g., of an insulation layer) having high aspect ratio features, such as openings (i.e., gaps) or posts (i.e., studs), formed therein or thereon. Small high aspect ratio features typically have feature sizes or critical dimensions below about 1 micron (e.g., the diameter or width of an opening is less than about 1 micron), and more typically, about 0.3 micron to about 1 micron, and aspect ratios greater than about 1. Such aspect ratios are applicable to contact holes, vias, trenches, and a variety of other configurations. For example, a trench having an opening of 1 micron and a depth of 3 microns has an aspect ratio of 3. The present invention can be used for forming diffusion barrier layers in small high aspect ratio features due to the use of CVD processes for forming conformal ruthenium oxide diffusion barrier layers over step structures. Typically, using methods of the present invention greater than about 80% step coverage can be achieved. This refers to the ratio of the thickness of the layer deposited on the bottom surface to that on the top surface. The ruthenium metal films are particularly suitable for forming electrodes, such as in DRAM capacitors.
- The ruthenium metal film is deposited upon decomposition (typically, thermal decomposition) of one or more complexes of Formula I. Methods of the present invention can utilize various vaporization techniques, such as flash vaporization, bubbling, etc., optionally photo- or plasma-assisted (although photo- and plasma-assisted depositions do not typically provide good step coverage). Examples of suitable CVD processes are generally discussed in Applicants' Assignees' copending patent application entitled “Precursor Chemistries for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ruthenium and Ruthenium Oxide,” having Ser. No. 09/141,236 (Micron 97-0675) and filed on Aug. 27, 1998, as well as in U.S. Pat. No. 5,372,849 (McCormick et al.), for example.
- A typical chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system that can be used to perform a process of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The system includes an enclosed chemical vapor deposition chamber10, which may be a cold wall-type CVD reactor. Reduced pressure may be created in chamber 10 using turbo pump 12 and backing pump 14. Preferably, the chamber pressure during deposition is about 10−3 torr to about atmospheric pressure, and most preferably, it is about 0.1 torr to about 10 torr. The pressure is chosen such that it produces good step coverage and deposition rates.
- One or more substrates16 (e.g., semiconductor substrates or substrate assemblies) are positioned in chamber 10. A constant nominal temperature is established for the substrate, preferably at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 350° C. For optimum step coverage, deposition rate, and formation of a film, the most preferred substrate temperature is about 200° C. to about 250°
C. Substrate 16 may be heated, for example, by an electrical resistance heater 18 on whichsubstrate 16 is mounted. Other known methods of heating the substrate may also be utilized. For plasma- and photo-assisted CVD processes, however, the temperature of the substrate may be significantly lower. - In this process, the
precursor composition 40, which contains one or more complexes of Formula I, is stored in liquid form (a neat liquid at room temperature or at an elevated temperature if solid at room temperature, or in an organic solvent) invessel 42. The temperature of the liquid precursor composition is preferably about 20° C. to about 50° C. The pressure withinvessel 42 is typically similar to that within chamber 10. Asource 44 of a suitable inert gas is pumped intovessel 42 and bubbled through theprecursor composition 40 picking up the precursor composition and carrying it into chamber 10 throughline 45 andgas distributor 46. Additional inert gas or reaction gas may be supplied fromsource 48 as needed to provide the desired concentration of precursor composition and regulate the uniformity of the deposition across the surface ofsubstrate 16. As shown, valves 50-55 are opened and closed as required. The reaction and optional inert ( e.g., carrier) gases can be preheated if desired. - Generally, the precursor composition is carried into the CVD chamber10 at a flow rate of the carrier gas of about 0 sccm (standard cubic centimeters) to about 1000 sccm, and preferably, at a flow rate of about 300 sccm to about 800 sccm. Typically, for flash vaporization a carrier gas is not required, although it is often used. A reaction gas (preferably, an oxidizing gas such as N2O) is typically introduced into the CVD chamber 10 at a flow rate of about 10 sccm to about 1000 sccm, and preferably, at a flow rate of about 300 sccm to about 800 sccm. The semiconductor substrate is exposed to the precursor composition at a pressure of about 0.1 torr to about 10 torr for a time of about 10 seconds to about 30 minutes depending on the desired thickness. In chamber 10, the precursor composition will form an adsorbed layer on the surface of the
substrate 16. As the deposition rate is temperature dependent, increasing the temperature of the substrate will typically increase the rate of deposition. However, if step coverage is required, higher temperatures may become detrimental. Thus, a substrate temperature is chosen to balance these two properties. Typically, desirable deposition rates are about 50 Angstroms/minute to about 1000 Angstroms/minute. The carrier gas containing the precursor composition is terminated by closingvalve 53. - Alternatives to such methods include an approach wherein the precursor composition is heated and vapors are drawn off and controlled by a vapor mass flow controller, and a pulsed liquid injection method as described in “Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition By Pulsed Liquid Injection Using An Ultrasonic Nozzle: Titanium Dioxide on Sapphire from Titanium (IV) Isopropoxide,” by Versteeg, et al.,Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 78, 2763-2768 (1995). The complexes of Formula I are also particularly well suited for use with vapor deposition systems, as described in copending application U.S. Ser. No. 08/720,710 entitled “Method and Apparatus for Vaporizing Liquid Precursor compositions and System for Using Same,” filed on Oct. 2, 1996. Generally, one method described therein involves the vaporization of a precursor composition in liquid form. In a first stage, the precursor composition is atomized or nebulized generating high surface area microdroplets or mist. In a second stage, the constituents of the microdroplets or mist are vaporized by intimate mixture of the heated carrier gas. This two stage vaporization approach provides a reproducible delivery for precursor compositions (either in the form of a neat liquid or solid optionally dissolved in a liquid medium) and provides reasonable deposition rates, particularly in device applications with small dimensions.
- Various combinations of inert (e.g., carrier) gases and/or reaction gases can be used in certain methods of the present invention. They can be introduced into the chemical vapor deposition chamber in a variety of manners, such as directly into the vaporization chamber or in combination with the precursor composition.
- Although specific vapor deposition processes are described by reference to FIG. 1, methods of the present invention are not limited to being used with the specific vapor deposition systems shown. Various CVD process chambers or reaction chambers can be used, including hot wall or cold wall reactors, atmospheric or reduced pressure reactors, as well as plasma enhanced reactors. Furthermore, methods of the present invention are not limited to any specific vapor deposition techniques.
- After deposition, the film can be further annealed to densify it if desired. This can be done in the CVD reaction chamber or not. To crystallize and/or densify a film, preferably, the annealing process is carried out in an inert gas, as described above for the carrier gases. To further oxidize a film, preferably, the annealing process is carried out in an oxidizing gas. Preferably, the pressure of this post annealing process is about 0.5 torr to about 5 atmospheres. Preferably, the substrate temperature of this post annealing process is about 300° C. to about 1000° C., and more preferably, about 500° C. to about 800° C.
- The use of the complexes and methods of forming films of the present invention are beneficial for a wide variety of thin film applications in semiconductor structures, particularly those requiring diffusion barriers. For example, such applications include capacitors and metallization layers, such as multilevel interconnects in an integrated circuit structure. Such structures are described, for example, in Applicants' Assignees' copending patent application entitled “Ruthenium Silicide Diffusion Barrier Layers and Methods of Forming Same,” having Ser. No. 09/141,240 (Micron Docket No. 97-0993), and filed on Aug. 27, 1998.
- The following examples are offered to further illustrate the various specific and preferred embodiments and techniques. It should be understood, however, that many variations and modifications may be made while remaining within the scope of the present invention.
- The pale yellow precursor, (C6H8)Ru(CO)3, was added to a bubbler equipped with a dip tube and exit valve. The bubbler was connected to a CVD reactor. The bubbler was further connected to helium carrier gas introduced through a mass flow controller into the dip tube port of the bubbler. The bubbler was heated to about 26° C. and all downstream connections to the chamber were heated to about 50° C. A silicon wafer having a layer of BPSG thereon was placed on a heated chuck inside the CVD reactor. Ruthenium deposition was carried out by heating the wafer to 210° C. (as measured by a thermocouple in contact with the heated chuck) and establishing a chamber pressure of 5 torr using a helium carrier flow of 500 sccm, an argon flow of 500 sccm, and an additional flow of N2O (plumbed separately to the precursor delivery line) at 500 sccm. The helium carrier flow was diverted through the precursor bubbler for 180 seconds yielding a film that was later measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry to be about 440 Angstroms thick. This corresponds to a deposition rate of about 147 Angstroms/minute.
- This same process was carried out as a comparison but without the N2O flow and with Argon flow of 200 sccm. In this case a deposition time of 350 seconds yielded ruthenium films about 420 Angstroms thick, for a deposition rate of about 72 Angstroms/minute. Representative process results for these two experiments are shown in Table 1 for films of comparable thickness.
TABLE 1 Characteristic Data for Ru films on BPSG Deposited Using N2O or No Oxidizer Dep Rs Time Thickness Thickness Rs mean NU Resistivity Process (sec) (Å) NU (%) (ohm/sq) (%) (μohm cm) No Ox 350 421.5 14.7 32.8 12.2 138 No Ox 350 409.7 12.0 33.2 12.4 136 No Ox 350 419.4 11.9 32.5 11.2 136 N2O 180 438.1 5.1 24.7 5.6 108 N2O 180 438.8 5.2 24.7 5.5 108 N2O 180 438.5 4.8 24.6 5.2 108 - In both cases, the film was thin around the edge of the wafer, thick in the center. The degree of nonuniformity was significantly decreased for the process of the present invention (with N2O), however. The deposition rate for the N2O process was significantly higher than for the process with no oxidizer, as can be seen from the data in Table 1 as well as in FIG. 2 which shows deposition time series for each process.
- The film resistivity was somewhat lower for the N2O process, as shown in Table 1 as well as FIG. 3, which shows the thickness dependence of the resistivity for the two films. As-deposited, the films were only partially crystalline, so the resistivity was higher than would be expected for a crystalline film.
- Surface morphology and morphology evolution of films deposited using the N2O process were examined by SEM. Deposition onto BPSG yielded films with good morphology as-deposited and after anneal. Deposition onto a clean Si surface, however, yielded poor nucleation and resulting morphology.
- As-deposited and annealed samples were examined using Auger depth profiles. No oxygen was observed in the film, within the detection limits of the technique (approximately 0.1 atomic-%). No appreciable interdiffusion of the ruthenium and BPSG was detected. This indicates oxygen within the film will not be an issue in terms of oxidation of underlying layers during thermal treatments in the process flow.
- As shown above, the film deposition characteristics were quite different between the two processes. In order to establish the effect of the N2O on the deposition, several tests were run with varying process gases. In one case, N2 was directly substituted for the N2O, and in the other case the N2O flow was reduced to 100 sccm. The results of these depositions are shown in Table 2, along with data for the other two primary processes. Film thickness was not made constant for these depositions, but several points can be seen. Replacing the N2O with N2 yielded a process very similar to the process with no oxidizer (“No Ox”). A chemical rather than dilution argument is supported here since the partial pressure of the carrier gas was the same for the two recipes. Similar nonuniformity, deposition rate and resistivities were observed. Reducing the N2O flow to 100 sccm yielded a lower deposition rate compared to the 500 scccm N2O process, but still higher than when no oxidizer is used.
TABLE 2 Deposition Process and Film Property Data for Ru Metal Films Carrier gas “Extra” “Extra” partial Resistivity process gas flow Thickness Thickness Dep. rate pressure Rs mean Rs NU (micro Process gas (sccm) mean (Å) NU (%) (Å/sec) (Torr) (ohm/sq) (%) ohm cm) Alt Ox N2O 500 398 2.8 2.2 1.67 26.8 3.9 107 Altox 2 N2O 100 289.1 6.3 1.6 2.3 40.1 8.7 116 Altox 3 N 2500 218.3 5.0 1.21 1.67 61.2 8.0 134 No Ox None 0 229.6 6.6 1.27 3.57 59.7 10.0 137 - All patents, patent applications, and publications are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, as if each were individually incorporated. The foregoing detailed description and examples have been given for clarity of understanding only. No unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom. The invention is not limited to the exact details shown and described, for variations obvious to one skilled in the art will be included within the invention defined by the claims.
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