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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/768 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76843 (2013.01); H01L 21/76867 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for forming a self-forming barrier in a feature of a substrate is provided, including the following operations: depositing a metallic liner in the feature of the substrate, the metallic liner being deposited over a dielectric of the substrate; depositing a zinc-containing precursor over the metallic liner; performing a thermal soak of the substrate; repeating the depositing of the zinc-containing precursor and the thermal soak of the substrate for a predefined number of cycles; wherein the method forms a zinc-containing barrier layer at an interface between the metallic liner and the dielectric.