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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Pushkar P Apte, Dallas, TX (US);
Ajit P Paranjpe, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A titanium-silicide process using a capping layer to reduce the silicide sheet resistance. A layer of titanium (20) is deposited. A react capping layer (22) may then be deposited to prevent contaminants from entering the titanium layer (20)during the subsequent react step. The layer of titanium (20) is then reacted to form titanium-silicide (32). The react capping layer (22) is then removed and an anneal capping layer (36) is deposited to prevent contaminants from entering the silicide layer (32) during the subsequent anneal step. Then, the silicide anneal is performed to accomplish to transformation to a lower resistivity phase of silicide. An advantage of the invention is providing a silicide process having reduced silicide sheet resistance for narrow polysilicon lines.