Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Combined with electrical contact or lead – Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum
Patent
1993-04-27
1994-11-01
Hille, Rolf
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Combined with electrical contact or lead
Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum
257764, 257767, 257770, 257763, H01L 2348
Patent
active
053609948
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor device with a semiconductor body (1) whose surface (4) is provided with a barrier layer (8) of Ti.sub.x W.sub.1-x, with 0.1<x<0.3. The barrier layer (8) is used, for example, between contact zones (3) of silicon or metal silicides provided in the semiconductor body (1) and conductor tracks (9) of aluminium provided on the surface (4) with the purpose of counteracting chemical reactions between silicon and aluminium. According to the invention, the barrier layer (8) is so deposited that in this layer the distance between the (100) lattice faces of tungsten is greater than 2.25.ANG.. It is achieved in this way that the barrier layer (8) has equally good or even better barrier properties as/than a Ti.sub.x W.sub.1-x layer which has been exposed to air for a few days. It is found that, if the barrier layer (8) is deposited by means of a sputter deposition process, the distance between the (100) lattice faces of W is determined by the voltage applied to the sputter target during deposition.
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Dirks Albertus G.
Swart Edwin T.
Wolters Robertus A. M.
Biren Steven R.
Hille Rolf
Potter Roy
U.S. Philips Corporation
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