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Integrated CVD-PVD Al Plug Process for Sub-Quarter Micron Devices: Effects of Underlayer on the Via Filling and the Microstructure of the Al Film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Won-Jun Lee ,
Jung Joo Kim ,
Jun Ki Kim ,
Jin Won Park ,
Hyug Jin Kwon ,
Heung Lak Park  and
Sa-Kyun Rha
Won-Jun Lee
Affiliation:
Memory R & D Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Ichon, 467-701, KOREA
Jung Joo Kim
Affiliation:
Memory R & D Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Ichon, 467-701, KOREA
Jun Ki Kim
Affiliation:
Memory R & D Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Ichon, 467-701, KOREA
Jin Won Park
Affiliation:
Memory R & D Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Ichon, 467-701, KOREA
Hyug Jin Kwon
Affiliation:
Memory R & D Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Ichon, 467-701, KOREA
Heung Lak Park
Affiliation:
Memory R & D Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Ichon, 467-701, KOREA
Sa-Kyun Rha
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Taejon National University of Technology, Taejon, 300-717, KOREA
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Abstract

The integrated CVD-PVD Al plug process was successfully applied to a sub-quarter micron device for the simultaneous formation of plugs and wires. The effects of the underlayer on the via filling and the microstructure of the CVD-PVD Al films were investigated. Three types of underlayers were examined in this work: the Ti film deposited by the ionized PVD (I-PVD) method, the MOCVD TiN film stacked on the I-PVD Ti film, and the PVD Al film deposited on the I-PVD Ti film. Excellent via filling was achieved by employing the MOCVD TiN/I-PVD Ti or the PVD Al/I-PVD Ti as an underlayer. When only I-PVD Ti film was used as an underlayer, complete via filling was not obtained, because the CVD Al film sealed the top of vias. The CVD-PVD Al film deposited on the PVD Al/I-PVD Ti underlayer also showed excellent crystallographic texture of Al <111> and surface morphology, which is superior to those of the CVD-PVD Al film deposited on the MOCVD TiN/I-PVD Ti underlayer.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 612: Symposium D – Materials, Technology & Reliability for Advanced Interconnects.. , 2000 , D8.1.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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