초록
In this study, as Cu diffusion barrier, tantalum nitrides were successfully deposited on Si(100) substrate and SiO2 by plasma assisted atomic layer deposition(PAALD) and thermal ALD, using pentakis (ethylmethlyamino) tantalum (PEMAT) and $NH_3$ as precursors. The TaN films were deposited on $250^{\circ}$C by both method. The growth rates of TaN films were $0.8{\AA}$/cycle for PAALD and $0.75{\AA}$/cycle for thermal ALD. TaN films by PAALD showed good surface morphology and excellent step coverage for the trench with an aspect ratio of h/w - $1.8 : 0.12 \mu\textrm{m}$ but TaN films by thermal ALD showed bad step coverage for the same trench. The density for PAALD TaN was $11g/\textrm{cm}^3$ and one for thermal ALD TaN was $8.3g/\textrm{cm}^3$. TaN films had 3 atomic % carbon impurity and 4 atomic % oxygen impurity for PAALD and 12 atomic % carbon impurity and 9 atomic % oxygen impurity for thermal ALD. The barrier failure for Cu(200nm)/TaN(l0nm)/$SiO_2(85nm)$/Si structure was shown at temperature above $700^{\circ}$C by XRD, Cu etch pit analysis.
