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Refractory metal thin film having a particular step coverage factor and ratio of surface roughness
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1991-09-25
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Granted: 1993-01-05
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Expires: 2011-09-25
Abstract
Abstract In forming a metal or metal silicide film by CVD, a fluoro-silane is used as a reaction gas, or a fluoro-silane is added to a source gas. Examples of the metal halide used in the present invention include fluorides and chlorides of tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, tantalum and niobium. Among them, fluorides of tungsten and molybdenum are more desirable particularly from the viewpoint of the availability of the deposited metal or metal silicide. It is preferred that the source gases, i.e. silane series gas and metal halide, be diluted with a carrier gas such as nitrogen, hydrogen, helium or argon, and this is also true of the fluoro-silane. The total pressure is preferably 0.01 to 10 Torr. The reaction temperature is desirably 200° to 800° C., more desirably 300° to 500° C. Plasma CVD instead of thermal CVD may be employed for the purpose of lowering the reaction temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyoshi Kobayashi
- 👤 Hidekazu Goto
- 👤 Masayuki Suzuki
- 👤 Yoshio Homma
- 👤 Natsuki Yokoyama
- 👤 Yoshitaka Nakamura
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 02:11
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/032; H10W20/042; H10W20/045; C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/06; C23C16/08; C23C16/14; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/42; H10D; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/011; H10D64/0111; H10D64/0112; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/40; H10P14/412; H10P14/414; H10W20/033; H10W20/056
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a contact hole having a diameter of less than 0.3 μm and an aspect ratio (depth of contact hole/diameter of contact hole) of at least 1; a refractory metal thin film interconnection with a step coverage factor of at least 0.7 in the contact hole; and said refractory metal interconnection having a ratio of surface roughness to film thickness of no more than 0.2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a contact hole having a diameter of less than 0.3 μm and an aspect ratio (depth of contact hole/diameter of contact hole) of at least 1; a refractory metal thin film interconnection with a step coverage factor of at least 0.7 in the contact hole; and said refractory metal interconnection having a ratio of surface roughness to film thickness of no more than 0.2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said refractory metal is tungston.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said refractory metal is CVD deposited tungston.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device according to claim 1, including a substrate of silicon having therein the contact hole and wherein said refractory metal is tungston CVD deposited on the silicon substrate within the contact hole.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a fine groove with a minimum width of less than 0.3 μm and a ratio (depth of groove/minimum width of groove) of at least 1; a refractory metal thin film interconnection with a step coverage factor of at least 0.7 in the fine groove; and said refractory metal interconnection having a ratio of surface roughness to film thickness of no more than 0.2.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
A semiconductor device, comprising: a fine groove with a minimum width of less than 0.3 μm and a ratio (depth of groove/minimum width of groove) of at least 1; a refractory metal thin film interconnection with a step coverage factor of at least 0.7 in the fine groove; and said refractory metal interconnection having a ratio of surface roughness to film thickness of no more than 0.2.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
A device according to claim 5, wherein said refractory metal is tungston.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 5, wherein said refractory metal is CVD deposited tungston.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device according to claim 5, including a substrate of silicon having therein the contact hole and wherein said refractory metal is tungston CVD deposited on the silicon substrate within the contact hole.
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