Cu film deposition equipment of semiconductor device

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2002-05-30

2003-12-16

Nelms, David (Department: 2818)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Combined with electrical contact or lead

Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum

C438S687000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06664636

ABSTRACT:

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This nonprovisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. P2001-32907 filed in Korea on Jun. 12, 2001, the entirety of which is herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to deposition equipment for a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device that enables catalyst deposition according to a chemical enhancer (CE) treatment and a plasma treatment for an equal super-filling.
2. Description of the Background Art
With the enhanced performance of semiconductor memory devices, increases in speed and reliability of semiconductor devices are major concerns for designers. Current Cu linings, which are used to increase the speed and reliability of semiconductor devices, use electroplating as a deposition method. However, the electroplating deposition method requires a thin film deposition process of a clean and safe Cu seed layer. Accordingly, the electroplating method depends highly on the seed layer and may be limited in a Tech level of 0.1 &mgr;m.
Therefore, it is advantageous to use a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process in Cu line structures of advanced generation semiconductor devices. Due to the rapid enhancement of these semiconductor devices, decreases in contact size and a rapid increase in aspect ratio are expected. However, the related art Cu film deposition equipment suffers from the following disadvantages.
In the case where a Cu thin film is deposited by the MOCVD process, a problem arises in that it is cumbersome in commercial use due to its relatively low deposition speed. Additionally, further problems arise in that adhesion and texture quality are less than desirable, thereby resulting in a major cost disadvantage as compared to the electroplating process.
When a metallic thin film is deposited by the MOCVD process, chemical additives such as catalysts can be added to increase deposition speed and enhance basic characteristics of the metallic thin film. However, a problem arises in that no CVD equipment cluster is provided in which an in-situ process is carried out after the use of a barrier deposition and a catalyst enabling plasma treatment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention overcomes the shortcomings associated with the background art and achieves other advantages not realized by the background art. Accordingly, the present invention is directed to Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device that substantially obviates one or more problems due to the limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device that enables CE and plasma treatment and at the same time removes residue produced from the surface after the deposition of a Cu thin film through plasma treatment, thereby increasing Cu thin film deposition speed and lowering the production cost.
These and other objects are accomplished by Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device comprising a load lock carrying out intermediate steps before and after a plurality of wafer processes; an aligner carrying out an alignment process, the alignment process ensuring a wafer reaches a desired position; a de-gas chamber removing residue produced on a surface of the wafer for the wafer processes; a feeding chamber provided with a robot, the feeding chamber positioning the wafer in and out of chamber for the wafer processes; a pre-cleaning chamber cleaning an inside and an outside of a pattern using plasma on the wafer fed by the feeding chamber; a barrier metal deposition chamber depositing a barrier metal on the pre-cleaned wafer; an adhesion glue layer (AGL) flash Cu deposition chamber depositing flash Cu on the barrier metal to enhance adhesion of the Cu thin film before depositing the film; a CECVD deposition chamber equally processing CE (Chemical Enhancer) and depositing a CVD Cu thin film on the wafer where flash Cu is deposited; and a plasma treatment chamber carrying out a plasma treatment on the wafer to form an equal super-filling after CE and another plasma treatment to remove iodine (I) produced on the surface of Cu thin film after the deposition of the CVD Cu thin film.
These and other objects are further accomplished by Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device comprising a load lock carrying out intermediate steps before and after a plurality of wafer processes; an aligner carrying out an alignment process, the alignment process ensuring a wafer reaches a desired position; a de-gas and in-situ annealing chamber removing residue such as gas produced on a surface of the wafer, processing in-situ annealing to enhance adhesion of a Cu thin film deposited thereon, and controlling a texture of the Cu thin film; a feeding chamber provided with a robot, the feeding chamber positioning the wafer in and out of chambers for the wafer processes; a pre-cleaning chamber cleaning an inside and an outside of a pattern using plasma on the wafer fed by the feeding chamber; a barrier metal deposition chamber depositing a barrier metal on the pre-cleaned wafer; a CE treatment chamber processing an equal Chemical Enhancer (CE) adsorption before depositing a Cu thin film on the barrier metal; a CVD Cu deposition chamber depositing the Cu thin film on an entire surface of the wafer treated with CE; and a plasma treatment chamber carrying out a plasma treatment on the wafer, the plasma treatment forming an equal super-filling after the CE treatment and removing iodine (I) produced on the surface of Cu thin film after the deposition of the CVD Cu thin film.
These and other objects are further accomplished by Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device comprising a load lock carrying out intermediate steps before and after a plurality of wafer processes; an aligner carrying out an alignment process, the alignment process ensuring a wafer reaches a desired position; a de-gas chamber removing residue produced on a surface of the wafer; a first feeding chamber provided with a robot, the feeding chamber positioning the wafer in and out of chambers for the wafer processes; a pre-cleaning chamber cleaning an inside and an outside of a pattern using plasma on the wafer fed by the first feeding chamber; a barrier metal deposition chamber depositing a barrier metal on the pre-cleaned wafer; a PVD Cu deposition chamber depositing flash Cu on the barrier metal to enhance adhesion of a CVD Cu; a second feeding chamber feeding the wafer deposited with flash Cu; a third feeding chamber positioning the wafer fed by the second feeding chamber in and out of chambers of the wafer processes; a CE treatment chamber processing an equal Chemical Enhancer (CE) treatment on an entire surface of the wafer positioned by the third feeding chamber; a plasma treatment chamber processing a plasma treatment on an entire surface of the wafer treated with CE to form an equal super-filling; a CECVD Cu deposition chamber depositing a Cu thin film on the entire surface of the wafer processed by particle filling; and an in-situ annealing chamber enhancing adhesion and controlling texture of the Cu thin film.
These and other objects are further accomplished by Cu film deposition equipment for a semiconductor device comprising a load lock carrying out intermediate steps before and after a plurality of wafer processes; an aligner carrying out an alignment process, the alignment process ensuring a wafer reaches a desired position; a de-gas chamber removing residue produced on a surface of the wafer; a first feeding chamber provided with a robot, the feeding chamber positioning the wafer in and out of chambers for the wafer processes; a pre-cleaning chamber cleaning an inside and an outside of a pattern using plasma on the wafer fed by the first feeding chamber; a barrier metal deposition chamber depositing a barrier metal on the pre-cleaned wafer; a PVD Cu deposition chamber depos

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