Tantalum nitride CVD deposition by tantalum oxide densification
First Claim
1. A method tor processing a substrate comprising:
- depositing a metal oxide film or a metal oxynitride film on the substrate; and
exposing the metal oxide film or the metal oxynitride film to a nitrating gas to fully convert the metal oxide film or the metal oxynitride film to a metal nitride film.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for forming a metal nitride film by depositing a metal oxide film on the substrate and exposing the metal oxide film to a nitrating gas to densify the metal oxide and form a metal nitride film. The metal oxide film is deposited by the decomposition of a chemical vapor deposition precursor. The nitrating step comprises exposing the metal oxide film to a thermally or plasma enhanced nitrating gas preferably comprising nitrogen, oxygen, and ammonia. The invention also provides a process for forming a liner/barrier scheme for a metallization stack by forming a metal nitride layer over the substrate by the densification of a metal oxide layer by a nitrating gas depositing a metal liner layer. Optionally, a metal liner layer may be deposited over substrate prior to the metal nitride layer to forma metal/metal nitride liner/barrier scheme. The invention further provides a process to form a microelectronic device comprising forming a first electrode, forming a metal nitride layer over the first electrode by densifying a metal oxide layer by a nitrating gas to form a metal nitride layer, depositing a dielectric layer over the metal nitride layer, and forming a second electrode over the dielectric layer. Alternatively, the metal nitride film may comprise the first and second electrodes.
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46 Claims
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1. A method tor processing a substrate comprising:
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depositing a metal oxide film or a metal oxynitride film on the substrate; and
exposing the metal oxide film or the metal oxynitride film to a nitrating gas to fully convert the metal oxide film or the metal oxynitride film to a metal nitride film. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for forming a feature on a substrate comprising:
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depositing a dielectric layer on the substrate;
etching an aperture within the dielectric layer to expose the substrate;
depositing a metal oxide layer or a metal oxynitride layer on the substrate; and
exposing the metal oxide layer or the metal oxynitride layer to a nitrating gas to fully convert the metal oxide layer or the metal oxynitride layer to a metal nitride layer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33)
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25. A method for forming a microelectronic device, comprising:
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forming a first electrode;
depositing a metal nitride layer over the first electrode, comprising;
depositing a metal oxide layer or a metal oxynitride layer on a substrate; and
exposing the metal oxide layer or the metal oxynitride layer to a nitrating gas to fully convert the metal oxide layer or the metal oxynitride layer to a metal nitride layer;
depositing a dielectric layer over the metal nitride layer; and
forming a second electrode over the dielectric layer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
depositing a metal nitride layer between the dielectric layer and the second electrode, comprising;
depositing a metal oxide layer or a metal oxynitride layer on the substrate; and
exposing the metal oxide layer or the metal oxynitride layer to a nitrating gas to fully convert the metal oxide layer or the metal oxynitride layer to a metal nitride layer.
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39. The method of claim 38, wherein the metal oxide layer comprises tantalum oxide (Ta2O5) and the metal nitride layer comprises tantalum nitride (TaXNY).
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40. The method of claim 38, wherein the metal nitride layer and the dielectric layer are deposited from the same precursor.
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41. The method of claim 25, wherein the nitrating gas comprises nitrogen and a gas selected from the group of ammonia, nitrous oxide, hydrogen, oxygen, and combinations thereof.
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42. The method of claim 25, wherein the metal oxide or the metal oxynitride layer is deposited in the presence of a nitrogen containing gas.
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43. The method of claim 42, wherein the nitrogen containing gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, nitrous oxide, ammonia, and combinations thereof.
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44. The method of claim 42, wherein the nitrating gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, ammonia, nitrous oxide, and combinations thereof.
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45. The method of claim 42, wherein the nitrating gas comprises nitrogen and a gas selected from the group of ammonia, nitrous oxide, hydrogen, oxygen, and combinations thereof.
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46. The method of claim 42, wherein the metal oxide film or the metal oxynitride layer is deposited by chemical vapor deposition of a precursor selected from the group consisting of pentaethoxytantalum (Ta(OC2H5)5), cyclopentane tantalum azide, tantalum pentachloride, Ta(OCH3), and combinations thereof.
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