Patent ID: 6607978
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:forming a copper-based interconnection layer on a substrate; forming an insulative film over said interconnection layer; forming a hole in said insulative layer that exposes said interconnection layer at a bottom of the hole; growing a titanium-containing barrier layer in the hole so that the barrier layer has a first thickness on the bottom of the hole; forming growth nuclei for a tungsten film on the barrier layer in the hole; filling the hole by depositing therein a bulk tungsten film at a deposition temperature of 350Â° C. to 420Â° C., the deposition of the bulk tungsten film at the deposition temperature causing part of the titanium in the barrier layer and part of the copper in the interconnection layer to form a 1 nm to 9 nm thick copper-titanium alloy layer that covers the bottom of the hole while retaining part of the barrier layer that does not form the alloy and that covers the alloy layer at the bottom of the hole.