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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2009
Nobuyuki Kawakami, Kobe, JP;
Shinya Fukuma, Kobe, JP;
Aya Miki, Kobe, JP;
Mototaka Ochi, Kobe, JP;
Shinya Morita, Kobe, JP;
Yoshihiro Yokota, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Goto, Kobe, JP;
Nobuyuki Kawakami, Kobe, JP;
Shinya Fukuma, Kobe, JP;
Aya Miki, Kobe, JP;
Mototaka Ochi, Kobe, JP;
Shinya Morita, Kobe, JP;
Yoshihiro Yokota, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Goto, Kobe, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a direct contact technology by which a barrier metal layer between a Cu alloy wiring composed of pure Cu or a Cu alloy and a semiconductor layer can be eliminated, and the Cu alloy wiring can be directly and surely connected to the semiconductor layer within a wide process margin. The wiring structure is provided with the semiconductor layer and the Cu alloy film composed of pure Cu or the Cu alloy on a substrate in this order from the substrate side. A laminated structure is included between the semiconductor layer and the Cu alloy film. The laminated structure is composed of an (N, C, F) layer, which contains at least one element selected from among a group composed of nitrogen, carbon and fluorine, and a Cu—Si diffusion layer, which contains Cu and Si, in this order from the substrate side. Furthermore, at least the one element selected from among the group composed of nitrogen, carbon and fluorine is bonded to Si contained in the semiconductor layer.