Mosel Vitelic Corporation

G S Shiao

Min-Liang Chen

Wei-Jing Wen

A process for completely removing TiN residue existing outside contact windows is described: electrical elements are formed on a silicon substrate, an insulating layer is then formed over the entire silicon substrate, next, the insulating layer is partially etched to form metal contact windows, a TiN barrier layer and a tungsten metal layer are then sequentially deposited overlaying the insulating layer and filling into the metal contact windows, two stage CMP process is performed to remove the metal and TiN barrier layers exposed outside the contact windows respectively, finally, an dry etching step employing HCl/Cl.sub.2 plasmas is performed to make sure there is not any TiN residues left outside contact windows.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

G S Shiao