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Tasin oxygen diffusion barrier in multilayer structures
Assignee: GlobalFoundries Inc
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Filing: 1996-06-21
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Granted: 1998-08-18
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Expires: 2016-06-21
Abstract
Abstract A multilayer structure having an oxygen or dopant diffusion barrier fabricated of an electrically conductive, thermally stable material of refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen which is resistant to oxidation, prevents out-diffusion of dopants from silicon and has a wide process window wherein the refractory metal is selected from Ta, W, Nb, V, Ti, Zr, Hf, Cr and Mo.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul David Agnello
- 👤 Cyril Cabral, Jr.
- 👤 Alfred Grill
- 👤 Christopher Vincent Jahnes
- 👤 Thomas John Licata
- 👤 Ronnen Andrew Roy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 17:24
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P36/00; H10D; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/013; H10D64/01302; H10D64/01332; H10D64/01336; H10D64/0134; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/62; H10D1/66; H10D64/01304; H10D64/01306; H10D64/01308; H10D64/01312; H10D64/01344; H10D64/60; H10D64/66; H10D64/661; H10D64/662; H10D64/664; H10D64/665; H10D64/666; H10D64/68; H10D64/681; H10D64/685; H10D64/693; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/0165; H10D84/0172; H10D84/0174; H10D84/0177; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A semiconductor structure comprising: a silicon base layer having a top surface, and a refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen diffusion barrier layer adhered to the top surface of said silicon base layer, said diffusion barrier layer is deposited between a silicon base layer and a contact layer with a high permittivity oxide film deposited on top of said contact layer, whereby said refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen layer protects said silicon base layer from oxidation upon contact with oxygen by the semiconductor structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A semiconductor structure comprising: a silicon base layer having a top surface, and a refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen diffusion barrier layer adhered to the top surface of said silicon base layer, said diffusion barrier layer is deposited between a silicon base layer and a contact layer with a high permittivity oxide film deposited on top of said contact layer, whereby said refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen layer protects said silicon base layer from oxidation upon contact with oxygen by the semiconductor structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A semiconductor structure according to claim 1, wherein said contact layer is made of at least one oxidation resistant metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ir and Au, or an electrically conductive oxide selected from the group of RuO 2 , IrO 2 , and Re 2 O 3 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A semiconductor structure according to claim 1, wherein said structure is a capacitor which further comprises an oxidation resistant contact layer, a high permittivity oxide layer and a contact electrode.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A semiconductor structure according to claim 1, wherein said structure is a polycide gate stack in a CMOS device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A capacitor in a semiconductor device comprising: a silicon substrate, a refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen diffusion barrier layer, an oxidation resistant contact layer, a high permittivity oxide layer, and a contact metal electrode layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A capacitor in a semiconductor device comprising: a silicon substrate, a refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen diffusion barrier layer, an oxidation resistant contact layer, a high permittivity oxide layer, and a contact metal electrode layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A capacitor according to claim 5, wherein said refractory metal is selected from the group consisting of Ta, W, Nb, V, Ti, Zr, Hf, Cr and Mo.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A capacitor according to claim 5, wherein said refractory metal-silicon-nitrogen diffusion barrier layer is a TaSiN layer.
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