Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating of substrate containing semiconductor region or of... – Insulative material deposited upon semiconductive substrate
Patent
1997-06-18
2000-12-26
Nelms, David
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating of substrate containing semiconductor region or of...
Insulative material deposited upon semiconductive substrate
438648, 438643, 438636, 438788, 438791, 257740, 257751, 257759, 257760, H01L 2131
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active
061659177
ABSTRACT:
A method for passivating copper, aluminum, or other refractory metal films using ammonia-free silicon nitride and structures produced by the method. A thin film transistor for use in a liquid crystal display and a method of constructing the same, wherein the transistor has a gate, a source and a drain, and a gate insulator between the gate and an active silicon layer. The improvement is a layer of the ammonia-free silicon nitride deposited between the copper, aluminum, or other refractory metal gate and the gate insulator. Further, the gate is copper, aluminum, or another refractory metal and is deposited directly on the substrate. The layer of ammonia-free silicon nitride is also deposited on portions of the substrate adjacent the gate and the gate line extending therefrom. The layer is made in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition process wherein the gas mixture comprises one part silane to 135 parts nitrogen to 100 parts helium and 100 parts hydrogen. A structure, and a process for forming the structure, for providing stable and low-resistance electrical contact between copper, aluminum, or another refractory metal gate lines and a metallization layer of aluminum and/or molybdenum, includes using a conductive material, such as an indium tin oxide bridge. Prior to depositing the metallization layer, the copper, aluminum, or other refractory metal which extends over a portion of the conductive material, and a portion of the conductive material not covered by the copper, aluminum, or other refractory metal are passivated with a layer of the ammonia-free silicon nitride. The metallization layer is then connected to the conductive material through a via hole extending to that portion of the conductive material which is not covered by the copper, aluminum, or another refractory metal.
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Batey John
Fryer Peter M.
Souk Jun Hyung
Berry Renee R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Morris, Esq Daniel P.
Nelms David
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