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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chih-Chen Cho, Richardson, TX (US);
Yoshimitsu Tamura, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Jiong-Ping Lu, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438643 ; 438648 ; 438653 ; 438664 ;
Abstract
A contact and method of forming a contact. A layer of titanium (112) is deposited. Then, a RTP anneal is performed to react the titanium layer (112) with underlying silicon (112) to form a silicide layer (114). After the RTP anneal, a layer of tungsten-nitride (116) is deposited as a barrier layer. The metal interconnect layer (118) is then formed over the tungsten-nitride layer (116).