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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fusen E. Chen, Dallas, TX (US);
Fu-Tai Liou, Carrollton, TX (US);
Girish A. Dixit, Dallas, TX (US);
Che-Chia Wei, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ; H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ; H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for depositing aluminum thin film layers to form contacts in a semiconductor integrated circuit device. All or some of the deposition process occurs at relatively low deposition rates at a temperature which allows surface migration of the deposited aluminum atoms. Aluminum deposited under these conditions tends to fill contact vias without the formation of voids. The deposition step is periodically interrupted.