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Characteristic of Zr(Si)N film as a diffusion barrier between Cu metal and Si substrate  

김좌연 (호서대학교 신소재공학과)
조병철 (호서대학교 신소재공학과)
채상훈 (호서대학교 전자공학과)
김헌창 (호서대학교 화학공학과)
박경순 (세종대학교 신소재공학과)
Abstract
We have studied Zr(Si)N film as a diffusion barrier between Cu metal and Si substrate for application of interconnection metal in ULSI circuits. Zr(Si)N film was deposited with reactive DC magnetron sputtering system using $Ar/N_2$mixed gas. The value of the resistivity was the lowest for the ZrN film using 29 : 1 of Ar : $N_2$reactant gas ratio at room temperature and decreased with increasing of Si substrate temperature. As the value of ZrN film resistivity was decreased, the direction of crystal growth was toward to (002) plane. The barrier property of ZrN film added with Si was improved. But Si was added too much in ZrN film, the barrier property was degraded. The adhesive property was improved with increasing of Si in ZrN. For the analysis of the film, XRD, Optical microscopy, Scretch tester, so on were used.
Keywords
ZrN; ZrSiN; Diffusion; Barrier; Cu; Si; ULSI; Reactive; Sputter;
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