[특허]Methods and apparatus for depositing copper on tungsten

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	H01L-021/44
출원번호	US-0437531 (2012-04-02)
등록번호	US-8377824 (2013-02-19)
발명자 / 주소	Reid, Jonathan Varadarajan, Sesha Emekli, Ugur
출원인 / 주소	Novellus Systems, Inc.
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Apparatus and methods for depositing copper on tungsten are presented. The invention finds particular use in the semiconductor industry for depositing copper seed layers onto fields or through silicon vias having tungsten barrier layers, both reducing cost and complexity of existing methods.

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A semiconductor processing apparatus for depositing copper comprising: (i) one or more electroplating baths;(ii) one or more robots configured to transfer a wafer to and from said one or more electroplating baths;(iii) a controller configured to execute a set of instructions, said instructions comprising: a) introducing an acidic medium substantially free of copper ions into a first electroplating bath of said one or more electroplating baths;b) introducing a wafer having a tungsten layer deposited thereon into the acidic medium;c) applying a negative current density to the tungsten layer to form a preconditioned tungsten surface while exposing the tungsten layer to the acidic medium contained in an electroplating bath;d) introducing copper ions to the acidic medium maintained in the electroplating bath used to form the preconditioned tungsten surface; ande) electroplating a copper seed layer onto the preconditioned tungsten surface of the tungsten layer in the electroplating bath having the acidic medium containing the copper ions. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein instructions for applying a negative current density to the tungsten layer comprises applying the negative current density at least until an open current potential as measured in the tungsten layer reaches a substantially steady state. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein instructions for electroplating the copper seed layer onto the tungsten layer comprise applying a negative current density of between about 40 mA/cm2 and about 300 mA/cm2 for between about 300 seconds and about 600 seconds when only a copper anode is used as a source for copper ions. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein instructions for electroplating a copper seed layer onto the tungsten layer comprises applying the negative current density of between about 10 mA/cm2 and about 60 mA/cm2 for between about 1 second and about 20 seconds, and then applying a current density of between about 1 mA/cm2 and about 20 mA/cm2 for between about 60 seconds and about 300 seconds when an copper ion concentration in the acidic medium is between about 0.01 M and about 1M. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein instructions for electroplating the copper seed layer onto the tungsten layer comprise electroplating until the copper seed layer is between about 1 nM and about 20 nM thick. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions further comprise: f) introducing an electroplating solution into a second electroplating bath of said one or more electroplating baths;g) providing the wafer having the copper seed layer to the second electroplating bath; andh) electroplating a bulk layer of copper onto the copper seed layer. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions further comprise: f) removing the acidic medium from the first electroplating bath;g) introducing an electroplating solution into the first electroplating bath; andh) electroplating a bulk layer of copper onto the copper seed layer. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise degassing the acidic medium at least during exposure of the tungsten layer and application of the negative current density. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise introducing the wafer having the tungsten layer deposited thereon into the acidic medium for between about 1 minute and about 5 minutes. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a copper anode being an exclusive source of copper ions introduced to the acidic medium. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a heater for heating the wafer to between about 150° C. and about 500° C. after electroplating the copper seed layer. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise electroplating a bulk copper layer onto the copper seed layer. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise introducing the copper ions into the acidic medium while the negative current density is being applied to the tungsten layer. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise applying the negative current density to the tungsten layer for a period of time prior to introducing the copper ions to the acidic medium. 15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise applying the negative current density to the tungsten layer for a period of time after introducing the copper ions to the acidic medium. 16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said instructions further comprise exposing the tungsten layer to the acidic medium for a predetermined period of time prior to applying the negative current density to the tungsten layer. 17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions for applying the negative current density to the tungsten layer comprises instructions for applying a negative voltage to the tungsten layer relative to a reference electrode provided in the acidic medium. 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the negative voltage applied to the tungsten layer is between about −1.0 volts and about −2.0 volts. 19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the negative voltage applied to the tungsten layer is between about −1.4 volts and about −1.5 volts. 20. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a source of the acidic medium comprising about 0.5 M to about 2 M sulfuric acid.

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