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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Jason Jenq, Pingtung, TW;
Abstract
A method of fabricating a bit line comprises first that a semiconductor substrate is provided. The substrate comprises source/drain regions and a semiconductor structure. Over the substrate, an oxide layer conformal to the semiconductor substrate and a BPSG layer are formed. A contact window is formed and exposes the source/drain regions in the substrate. A polysilicon layer is formed within the contact window and connects the source/drain regions. A titanium silicide (TiSi.sub.2) is formed and covers the polysilicon layer. A titanium nitride layer is formed and covers the titanium silicide layer. One of the characteristics of the invention is that a titanium silicide layer, a titanium nitride layer, and a polysilicon layer replaces the conventional tungsten silicide and the polysilicon layer to form a bit line. Therefore, the contact resistance of the bit line is reduced effectively. In addition, the titanium nitride layer can be used as a bottom anti-reflection layer to avoid the necking phenomenon while coating photoresist. Moreover, the titanium nitride layer also prevents the formation of cracking during the subsequent rapid thermal process.