Method of manufacturing self-aligned conformal metallization of semiconductor wafer by selective metal deposition
First Claim
1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a first dielectric layer over an upper surface of said substrate, forming a contact hole in said first dielectric layer and extending to said upper surface of said substrate, selectively depositing a metal so as to fill said contact hole with said metal, forming a thin silicon layer overlying the remaining portion of said first dielectric layer and over said metal-filled contact hole, forming a second dielectric layer over said thin silicon layer, using said thin silicon layer as an etching stop, selectively removing portions of said second dielectric layer, thereby to form at lest one trench in said second dielectric layer overlying said metalfilled contact hole, and thereafter depositing a metal to fill said trench to substantially the upper surface of said second dielectric layer while at the same time consuming the portion of said thin silicon layer not protected by the remaining portion of said second dielectric layer, whereby said last-mentioned metal is in electrical contact with metal in said underlying contact hole and is substantially coplanar with the upper surface of said second dielectric layer.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit which includes the selective deposition of a metal, such as tungsten, into a contact opening formed in a dielectric layer, followed by the deposition of a thin silicon layer over the dielectric and metal-filled opening and the deposition of a second dielectric layer over the thin silicon layer. An opening or trench is formed in the upper second dielectric layer using the silicon as an etch stop, and a metal such as tungsten is selectively deposited to fill the trench wherever the exposed silicon is present. In one embodiment of the invention, prior to the filling of the trench, the exposed silicon is reacted with a blanket layer of a metal to form a metal silicide layer at the lower surface of the trench.
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- 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a first dielectric layer over an upper surface of said substrate, forming a contact hole in said first dielectric layer and extending to said upper surface of said substrate, selectively depositing a metal so as to fill said contact hole with said metal, forming a thin silicon layer overlying the remaining portion of said first dielectric layer and over said metal-filled contact hole, forming a second dielectric layer over said thin silicon layer, using said thin silicon layer as an etching stop, selectively removing portions of said second dielectric layer, thereby to form at lest one trench in said second dielectric layer overlying said metalfilled contact hole, and thereafter depositing a metal to fill said trench to substantially the upper surface of said second dielectric layer while at the same time consuming the portion of said thin silicon layer not protected by the remaining portion of said second dielectric layer, whereby said last-mentioned metal is in electrical contact with metal in said underlying contact hole and is substantially coplanar with the upper surface of said second dielectric layer.
- 11. A method for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a first dielectric layer over an upper surface of said substrate, forming a contact hole in said first dielectric layer and extending to said upper surface of said substrate, selectively depositing a metal so as to fill said contact hole with said metal, forming a thin silicon layer overlying the remaining portion of said first dielectric layer and over said metal-filled contact hole, forming a second dielectric layer over said thin silicon layer, using said silicon layer as an etching stop, selectively removing portions of said second dielectric layer thereby to form at least one trench in said second dielectric layer overlying said metal-filled contact hole, depositing a layer of a metal onto the exposed portion of said thin silicon layer and said upper surface of the remaining portion of said second dielectric layer, and reacting said lastmentioned metal with said thin silicon layer to form a metal silicide layer wherever said metal is in contact with said thin silicon layer.
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