Contact and via structures with copper interconnects fabricated using dual Damascene technology
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 15 (8) , 307-309
- https://doi.org/10.1109/55.296225
Abstract
A novel submicron process sequence was developed for the fabrication of CoSi/sub 2//n/sup +/-Si, CoSi/sub 2//p/sup +/-Si ohmic contacts and multilevel interconnects with copper as the interconnect/via metal and titanium as the diffusion barrier. SiO/sub 2/ deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) using TEOS/O/sub 2/ was planarized by the novel technique of chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) and served as the dielectric. The recessed copper interconnects in the oxide were formed by chemical-mechanical polishing. (dual Damascene process). Electrical characterization of the ohmic contacts yielded contact resistivity values of 10/sup -6//spl Omega/-cm/sup 2/ or less. A specific contact resistivity value of 1.5/spl times/10/sup -8//spl Omega/-cm/sup 2/ was measured for metal/metal contacts.Keywords
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