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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0720183 (2015-05-22) |
등록번호 | US-9607856 (2017-03-28) |
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Methods are described herein for selectively etching titanium nitride relative to dielectric films, which may include, for example, alternative metals and metal oxides lacking in titanium and/or silicon-containing films (e.g. silicon oxide, silicon carbon nitride and low-K dielectric films). The met
Methods are described herein for selectively etching titanium nitride relative to dielectric films, which may include, for example, alternative metals and metal oxides lacking in titanium and/or silicon-containing films (e.g. silicon oxide, silicon carbon nitride and low-K dielectric films). The methods include a remote plasma etch formed from a chlorine-containing precursor. Plasma effluents from the remote plasma are flowed into a substrate processing region where the plasma effluents react with the titanium nitride. The plasma effluents react with exposed surfaces and selectively remove titanium nitride while very slowly removing the other exposed materials. The substrate processing region may also contain a plasma to facilitate breaking through any titanium oxide layer present on the titanium nitride. The plasma in the substrate processing region may be gently biased relative to the substrate to enhance removal rate of the titanium oxide layer.
1. A method of etching a patterned substrate in a substrate processing region of a substrate processing chamber, wherein the patterned substrate has an exposed titanium nitride region and an exposed second material region, the method comprising: flowing a chlorine-containing precursor into a remote
1. A method of etching a patterned substrate in a substrate processing region of a substrate processing chamber, wherein the patterned substrate has an exposed titanium nitride region and an exposed second material region, the method comprising: flowing a chlorine-containing precursor into a remote plasma region fluidly coupled to the substrate processing region while forming a remote plasma in the remote plasma region using a remote RF power to produce plasma effluents;forming a local plasma in the substrate processing region during the operation of forming the remote plasma in the plasma region; andetching exposed titanium nitride from the substrate by flowing the plasma effluents into the substrate processing region through through-holes in a showerhead, wherein the showerhead separates the substrate processing region from the remote plasma region. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the exposed titanium nitride region was covered by a titanium oxide layer prior to the etching operation, wherein the titanium oxide layer is removed by flowing the plasma effluents into the substrate processing region to form the exposed titanium nitride region prior to the operation of etching the exposed titanium nitride. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the exposed titanium nitride region consists of titanium and nitrogen. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising flowing a carbon-and-hydrogen-containing precursor into the remote plasma region during the operation of flowing the chlorine-containing precursor. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the carbon-and-hydrogen-containing precursor comprises methane. 6. The method of claim 4 wherein the carbon-and-hydrogen-containing precursor consists of carbon and hydrogen. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein etching the exposed titanium nitride region comprises etching titanium nitride with a titanium nitride etch rate greater than ten times the etch rate of the exposed second material region. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the operation of etching the titanium nitride comprises etching titanium nitride faster than silicon nitride by a ratio of about 100:1 or more, faster than silicon oxide by a ratio of about 100:1 or more, faster than silicon carbon nitride by a ratio of about 5:1 or more or faster than silicon oxycarbide by a ratio of about 100:1 or more. 9. The method of claim 1 wherein the chlorine-containing precursor comprises at least one of chlorine or boron trichloride. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein a pressure within the substrate processing region is between about 0.01 Torr and about 20 Torr during the etching operation. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein forming a remote plasma in the remote plasma region to produce plasma effluents comprises applying a remote RF power between about 40 watts and about 1500 watts to the plasma region. 12. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the local plasma in the substrate processing region comprises applying a local plasma RF power between about 5 watts and about 200 watts to the plasma region. 13. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the local plasma comprises applying a local plasma RF power which is about twenty percent or less than the remote RF power. 14. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the local plasma in the substrate processing region comprises applying a local plasma bias RF power between the plasma and the patterned substrate. 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the local plasma bias RF power is between about 2 watts and about 100 watts. 16. The method of claim 1 wherein a processing temperature of the substrate is greater than or about −30° C. and less than or about 400° C. during the etching operation. 17. A method of etching a patterned substrate in a substrate processing region of a substrate processing chamber, wherein the patterned substrate has a titanium nitride region and an exposed second material region, the method comprising: flowing a chlorine-containing precursor into a remote plasma region fluidly coupled to the substrate processing region while forming a remote plasma in the remote plasma region using a remote RF power to produce plasma effluents;forming a local plasma in the substrate processing region during the operation of forming the remote plasma in the plasma region, wherein forming the local plasma in the substrate processing region comprises applying a local plasma bias RF power between the plasma and the patterned substrate, and wherein the local plasma bias RF power is between about 2 watts and about 100 watts; andetching the titanium nitride region from the substrate by flowing the plasma effluents into the substrate processing region through through-holes in a showerhead, wherein the showerhead separates the substrate processing region from the remote plasma region. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the titanium nitride region is covered by a titanium oxide layer prior to the etching operation, wherein the titanium oxide layer is removed by flowing the plasma effluents into the substrate processing region to expose the titanium nitride region prior to the operation of etching the exposed titanium nitride.
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