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CN102122632B
CN102122632B CN 201010022584 CN201010022584A CN102122632B CN 102122632 B CN102122632 B CN 102122632B CN 201010022584 CN201010022584 CN 201010022584 CN 201010022584 A CN201010022584 A CN 201010022584A CN 102122632 B CN102122632 B CN 102122632B
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The invention provides a method for forming a dielectric film with a low k-value. The method comprises the following steps: providing a substrate, wherein, the dielectric film with a low k-value is formed on the surface of the substrate; and carrying out plasma treatment on the dielectric film with a low k-value. The method has the advantages that dangling bonds are eliminated through plasma treatment on the surface of the dielectric film with a low k-value, and plasma damage is repaired by utilizing repair ions, thus effectively lowering the roughness value of the dielectric film with a low k-value.

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Low k value method for forming dielectric film
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of semiconductor manufacture, particularly low k value method for forming dielectric film.
Background technology
In very lagre scale integrated circuit (VLSIC) technique, the silicon dioxide of concrete thermal stability, moisture resistance characteristic is the main insulating material that metal interconnected circuit chien shih is used always, and metallic aluminium then is the main material of circuit interconnection wire in the chip.Yet, along with the microminiaturization of element and the increase of integrated level, the interconnecting lead number constantly increases in the circuit, resistance in the interconnecting lead framework (R) and electric capacity (C) ghost effect increase, and the increase of ghost effect causes serious transmission delay (RC Delay), and transmission delay reaches in the more advanced technology in 130 nanometers becomes the limited principal element of signal transmission speed in the circuit.
Therefore, prior art in semiconductor technology, adopt new low electrical resistant material copper as interconnecting lead and low k value dielectric material as insulating material to reduce transmission delay, described low k value dielectric material generally includes: silica (FSG) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that fluorine mixes, and in being 200480000214.3 Chinese patent, application number can find more to hang down the additional information of k value dielectric material formation method.
But follow-up other metallic films or the dielectric film electric property that is formed on the low k value dielectric film surface that adopts existing technique formation is poor.
Summary of the invention
The problem that the present invention solves is to prevent that the low k value dielectric film roughness that forms is large.
For addressing the above problem, the invention provides a kind of low k value method for forming dielectric film, comprising:
Substrate is provided, and described substrate surface is formed with low k value dielectric film;
Described low k value dielectric film is carried out plasma treatment.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: the present invention removes dangling bonds by plasma treatment is carried out on the surface of low k value dielectric film, adopt simultaneously and repair the damage that ion reparation expulsion ion causes, effectively reduce the roughness of low k value dielectric film.And the present invention utilizes the less He of ionic radius, N or Ar ion to avoid low k value dielectric film damage excessive; Adopt simultaneously N 2O repairs damage and avoids again forming dangling bonds.
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By the more specifically explanation of the preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purpose of the present invention, Characteristics and advantages will be more clear.Reference numeral identical in whole accompanying drawings is indicated identical part.Deliberately do not draw accompanying drawing by actual size equal proportion convergent-divergent, focus on illustrating purport of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the schematic flow sheet of the low k value method for forming dielectric film of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 is the process schematic diagram of the low k value method for forming dielectric film of an embodiment of invention.
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The inventor finds, follow-up be formed on other metallic films of adopting on the low k value dielectric film surface that existing technique forms or the poor reason of dielectric film electric property be because: the low k value dielectric film roughness (Roughness Value) of existing technique formation is larger, and be because the low k value dielectric film surface that existing technique forms is formed with a large amount of dangling bonds (OH key than the low k value dielectric film of large roughness,-COH key or-the H key), described dangling bonds form the Si-OH structure, Si-COH structure or Si-H structure, so that the low k value dielectric film surface roughness (Roughness Value) that forms is large, and the dielectric film roughness is large, causes follow-up other metallic films or the dielectric film electric property that is formed on the low k value dielectric film surface poor.
For this reason, the present inventor proposes a kind of low k value method for forming dielectric film of optimization, comprising:
Substrate is provided, and described substrate surface is formed with low k value dielectric film;
Described low k value dielectric film is carried out plasma treatment.
A lot of details have been set forth in the following description so that fully understand the present invention.But the present invention can implement much to be different from alternate manner described here, and those skilled in the art can do similar popularization in the situation of intension of the present invention, so the present invention is not subjected to the restriction of following public implementation.
Secondly, the present invention utilizes schematic diagram to be described in detail, when the embodiment of the invention is described in detail in detail; for ease of explanation; the profile of expression device architecture can be disobeyed general ratio and be done local the amplification, and described schematic diagram is example, and it should not limit the scope of protection of the invention at this.The three-dimensional space that in actual fabrication, should comprise in addition, length, width and the degree of depth.
Fig. 1 is the schematic flow sheet of the low k value method for forming dielectric film of one embodiment of the present of invention, Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 describes low k value method for forming dielectric film of the present invention below in conjunction with Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 for the process schematic diagram of the low k value method for forming dielectric film of an embodiment of invention.
Step S101 provides substrate, and described substrate surface is formed with low k value dielectric film.
With reference to figure 2, substrate 100 can be substrate (part that comprises integrated circuit and other elements), the patterning of multi layer substrate (silicon substrate that for example, has covering dielectric and metal film), classification substrate, silicon-on-insulator substrate (SOI), epitaxial silicon substrate, section processes or the substrate that is not patterned.
With reference to figure 3, described substrate 100 surfaces are formed with low k value dielectric film 110.
Described low k value dielectric film 110 is the dielectric film of carbon containing, and the dielectric film of described carbon containing forms technique for select bicycloheptadiene (BCHD), C when forming dielectric film 10H 18, diethoxymethyl silane (DEMS) or dimethoxy dimethylsilane (DMDMOS) mix to described dielectric film.
The formation technique of described low k value dielectric film 110 is existing thin film deposition processes, and for example chemical vapor deposition method or chemical gaseous phase spin coating proceeding (SOG) here repeat no more.
The present inventor finds, since the low k value dielectric film surface that existing formation technique forms be formed with a large amount of dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key), described dangling bonds form Si-OH structure, Si-COH or Si-H structure, so that the low k value dielectric film surface roughness that forms is large, cause follow-up other metallic films or the dielectric film electric property that is formed on the low k value dielectric film surface poor.
For this reason, the present invention proposes a kind of formation method of optimizing low k value dielectric film, adds the S102 step after S101, as described in step S102, with reference to figure 4, described low k value dielectric film is carried out plasma treatment 111.
Described plasma treatment 111 techniques specifically comprise adopt to remove the ion remaval dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key) and adopt and repair ion and repair the low k value dielectric film that described removal Ions Bombardment causes and damage, when repairing the damage of ion reparation dielectric film, repair ion and form the activation base, form cross-bond (Cross-Link) to reduce the roughness of described low k value dielectric film at low k value dielectric film.
Described removal ion comprises: nitrogen ion, helium ion or argon ion; Described reparation ion is the N of plasma 2O it needs to be noted that the present invention utilizes the less He of ionic radius, N or Ar ion to avoid low k value dielectric film damage excessive; Adopt simultaneously N 2O repairs damage and avoids again forming dangling bonds.
In one embodiment, described plasma treatment 111 technique concrete technology parameters comprise: chamber pressure be 1 the holder to 10 the holder, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, N 2Flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, and the He flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM, and the processing time is relevant with the low k value dielectric film that needs to process, and low k value dielectric film is thick, and the processing time is long, and low k value dielectric film is thin, and the processing time is short.
Specific embodiment comprises: chamber pressure is 8 holders, and power is 380 watts, and chamber temp is 350 ℃, N 2Flow is 1000SCCM, and the He flow is 1500SCCM, N 2The O flow is 450SCCM, and the processing time is 3 minutes.
In the above-described embodiments, the N of plasma 2With He be used for to remove dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key), N 2The O plasma forms the activation base, form cross-bond (Cross-Link) to reduce the roughness of described low k value dielectric film at low k value dielectric film, and described reparation ion can form the Si-N key in low k value dielectric film surface, further suppress the formation of dangling bonds, reduced the roughness of described low k value dielectric film.
Also it needs to be noted N 2, He ion volume less, select N 2, He the ion remaval dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key) Shi Buhui causes than macrolesion described low k value dielectric film so that N 2The O plasma is easy to repair low k value dielectric film damage.
In another embodiment, described plasma-treating technology 111 concrete technology parameters comprise: chamber pressure be 1 the holder to 10 the holder, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, the Ar flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM, and the processing time is relevant with the low k value dielectric film that needs to process, and low k value dielectric film is thick, and the processing time is long, and low k value dielectric film is thin, and the processing time is short.
Specific embodiment comprises: chamber pressure is 5 holders, and power is 480 watts, and chamber temp is 380 ℃, and the Ar flow is 500SCCM, N 2The O flow is 480SCCM, and the processing time is 50 seconds.
In the above-described embodiments, the Ar of plasma be used for to remove dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key), N 2The O plasma be used for to repair is removed the low k value dielectric film damage that Ions Bombardment causes, and described reparation ion can further suppress the formation of dangling bonds at low k value dielectric film surface formation Si-N key, has reduced the roughness of described low k value dielectric film.
In another embodiment, described plasma-treating technology 111 concrete technology parameters comprise: chamber pressure be 1 the holder to 10 the holder, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, the He flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM, and the processing time is relevant with the low k value dielectric film that needs to process, and low k value dielectric film is thick, and the processing time is long, and low k value dielectric film is thin, and the processing time is short.
Specific embodiment comprises: chamber pressure is 3 holders, and power is 340 watts, and chamber temp is 340 ℃, and the He flow is 1000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 410SCCM, and the processing time is 20 seconds.
In the above-described embodiments, the He of plasma be used for to remove dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key), N 2The O plasma be used for to repair is removed the low k value dielectric film damage that Ions Bombardment causes, and described reparation ion can further suppress the formation of dangling bonds at low k value dielectric film surface formation Si-N key, has reduced the roughness of described low k value dielectric film.
In another embodiment, described plasma-treating technology 111 concrete technology parameters comprise: chamber pressure be 1 the holder to 10 the holder, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, N 2Flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM, and the processing time is relevant with the low k value dielectric film that needs to process, and low k value dielectric film is thick, and the processing time is long, and low k value dielectric film is thin, and the processing time is short.
Specific embodiment comprises: chamber pressure is 8 holders, and power is 360 watts, and chamber temp is 360 ℃, N 2Flow is 1800SCCM, N 2The O flow is 490SCCM, and the processing time is 50 seconds.
In the above-described embodiments, the N of plasma 2Be used for to remove dangling bonds (the OH key ,-the COH key or-the H key), N 2The O plasma be used for to repair is removed the low k value dielectric film damage that Ions Bombardment causes, and described reparation ion can further suppress the formation of dangling bonds at low k value dielectric film surface formation Si-N key, has reduced the roughness of described low k value dielectric film.
The present invention effectively reduces the roughness of low k value dielectric film by the surface of low k value dielectric film being carried out the damage that plasma is removed dangling bonds and adopted the reparation ion to repair plasma.
Although the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment, the present invention is defined in this.Any those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, all can make various changes or modifications, so protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the claim limited range.

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1. one kind low k value method for forming dielectric film is characterized in that, comprising:
Substrate is provided, and described substrate surface is formed with low k value dielectric film;
Described low k value dielectric film is carried out plasma treatment, described low k value dielectric film is carried out plasma treatment to be comprised: adopt and adopt the reparation ion to repair the low k value dielectric film damage that described removal Ions Bombardment causes when removing the ion remaval dangling bonds, described removal ion comprises: nitrogen ion, helium ion or argon ion; Described reparation ion is the N of plasma 2O.
2. low k value method for forming dielectric film as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described plasma-treating technology concrete technology parameter comprises: chamber pressure be 1 the holder to 10 the holder, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, N 2Flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, and the He flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM.
3. low k value method for forming dielectric film as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described plasma-treating technology concrete technology parameter comprises: chamber pressure is that 1 holder is to 10 holders, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, and the Ar flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM.
4. low k value method for forming dielectric film as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described plasma-treating technology concrete technology parameter comprises: chamber pressure is that 1 holder is to 10 holders, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, and the He flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM.
5. low k value method for forming dielectric film as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, chamber pressure be 1 the holder to 10 the holder, power is 300 watts to 580 watts, chamber temp is 300 ℃ to 400 ℃, N 2Flow is 1SCCM to 2000SCCM, N 2The O flow is 400SCCM to 500SCCM.
6. low k value method for forming dielectric film as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described low k value dielectric film is the dielectric film of carbon containing.
7. low k value method for forming dielectric film as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, the dielectric film of described carbon containing forms technique for select bicycloheptadiene, C when forming dielectric film 10H 18, diethoxymethyl silane or dimethoxy dimethylsilane mix.
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