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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2005
Michael X. Yang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Toshio Itoh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ming Xi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to an apparatus and method of integration of titanium and titanium nitride layers. One embodiment includes providing one or more cycles of a first set of compounds such as a titanium precursor and a reductant, providing one or more cycles of a second set of compounds such as the titanium precursor and a silicon precursor and providing one or more cycles of a third set of compounds such as the titanium precursor and a nitrogen precursor. Another embodiment includes depositing a titanium layer on a substrate, depositing a passivation layer containing titanium silicide, titanium silicon nitride or combinations thereof over the titanium layer and subsequently depositing a titanium nitride layer over the passivation layer. Still another embodiment comprises depositing a titanium layer on a substrate, soaking the titanium layer with a silicon precursor and subsequently depositing a titanium nitride layer thereon.