Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material – To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
Patent
1997-11-26
2000-10-03
Nelms, David
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material
To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
438648, 438656, 438660, 438663, H01L 214763
Patent
active
061272663
ABSTRACT:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes an interface between a metal layer and a barrier layer of a nitride of a refractory metal, comprising the steps of depositing the barrier layer onto a wafer at high temperature; subjecting the barrier layer to a mixture of oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas and an inert gas in the presence of a plasma at low pressure and for a time sufficient to oxidize the surface of the barrier layer; removing the oxygen-containing gas; and depositing the metal layer onto the oxidized surface without subjecting said wafer to an air break. The method permits high throughput to be achieved at low cost.
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Dixit G A et al: "Reactively Sputtered Titanium Nitride Films for Submicron Contact Barrier Metallization" Applied Physics Letters, vol. 62, No. 4, Jan. 25, 1993, pp. 357-359, XP000335994 see whole document relevant to Claim 1, 10, 12.
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Gendron Luc
Ouellet Luc
Tremblay Yves
Berry Renee R.
Mitel Corporation
Nelms David
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