Patent Publication Number: US-9425093-B2

Title: Copper wiring forming method, film forming system, and storage medium

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a Cu wiring forming method of forming Cu wiring that is to be arranged in contact with tungsten wiring, by filling Cu in a recess such as a trench or hole formed in a substrate, a film forming system and a storage medium storing a program for controlling it. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     In manufacture of a semiconductor device, various processing such as film forming processing and etching processing on a semiconductor wafer are repeatedly performed to manufacture a desired device, and speed-up of the semiconductor device, shrinking of a wiring dimension, and denser integration are increasingly demanded. Since there is a need to reduce signal delay in order to increase the operating speed of the device, and also from the viewpoint of energy saving of the device, Cu wiring having an interlayer dielectric film lower in resistance and dielectric constant than aluminum (Al) and tungsten (W), is widely used as a wiring material. 
     As the Cu wiring forming method, there is a conventionally known method in which a barrier film made of tantalum metal (Ta), titanium (Ti), a tantalum nitride (TaN) film, a titanium nitride (TiN) film or the like is formed on the entire interlayer dielectric film formed with a trench or a hole by plasma sputtering being PVD in order to prevent diffusion of Cu, a Cu seed film is formed on the barrier film similarly by plasma sputtering, and Cu plating is further performed thereon to completely fill the trench or the hole. 
     However, with the scaling dimension of the semiconductor device in recent years, it becomes difficult to fill Cu into the recess such as the fine trench or hole without causing voids by the conventional filling technology using plating after the barrier film and the Cu seed film are formed by PVD. Hence, a technology of forming a ruthenium (Ru) film as a liner film by CVD and forming a Cu film using dry fill by iPVD thereon has been developed (for example, Patent Document 1). 
     [Patent Document 1] Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2012-169590 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     To realize the further reduction in resistance of the Cu wiring, there are two methods of maximizing a Cu volume in the wiring and of reducing scattering (interface scattering and grain boundary scattering) by electrons. 
     To maximize the Cu volume, it is necessary to reduce the total thickness of the barrier film and the liner film (TaN by iPVD and Ru by CVD). Note that the TaN film formed by iPVD has a function as a diffusion barrier for Cu and the Ru film formed by CVD has a function as a closely adhesive layer, wetting layer with Cu, so that a stacked structure becomes necessary. 
     To reduce the scattering by electrons, in particular, the grain boundary scattering, it is effective to increase the Cu grain size, and the Cu grain size can be increased by using dry fill by Cu formed by iPVD. 
     The above method can reduce the wiring resistance but has a problem of the via resistance being high in the Cu wiring in contact with the tungsten wiring.  FIG. 6  illustrates a schematic semiconductor device structure, in which tungsten (W) is used as a wiring material for wiring M 0  at the lowermost layer and a via layer V 0  made of CuMn, wiring M 1 , a via layer V 1 , wiring M 2 , a via layer V 2  and so on are stacked on the wiring M 0 . As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , the Cu (CuMn) wiring is in contact with the tungsten wiring M 0  in the via layer V 0 . On the other hand, Cu wirings are in contact with each other in layers above the via layer V 1 . 
     In forming the Cu wiring, degas and pre-clean are performed before forming the barrier film. Its purpose is to remove moisture on the surface of the dielectric film and a residue during etching/ashing and to reduce a tungsten oxide (WOx) formed on the surface of the tungsten wiring M 0 . For the pre-clean, hydrogen radicals are used, and the tungsten oxide (WOx) is reduced by the hydrogen radicals. The surface of the tungsten wiring M 0  after the degas and pre-clean becomes pure tungsten. 
     When forming the barrier film composed of the TaN film by iPVD, Ta atoms ejected from a Ta target are ionized in plasma, and a nitrogen gas is supplied into a chamber to generate nitrogen plasma, thereby causing reaction between the Ta atoms and the nitrogen plasma. In this event, the nitrogen radicals and the nitrogen ions generated by the nitrogen plasma can reach the surface of tungsten until a continuous Ta film is formed, so that the pure tungsten reacts with the nitrogen radicals and the nitrogen ions to form a tungsten nitride (WNx) layer. After investigation of an increase in resistance of the tungsten film due to the nitrogen radicals and the nitrogen ions, the present inventors confirmed that the rate of increase in resistance rose when tungsten was exposed to the nitrogen plasma after pre-clean, and the rate of increase in resistance further rose when the nitrogen amount was increased. This is because when subjected to degas and pre-clean, the surface of tungsten becomes pure tungsten that is more likely to be nitrided. If the nitride film WNx exists on the surface of tungsten, there is a problem of the via resistance of the via layer V 0  in contact with the tungsten wiring M 0  increasing because WNx is high in resistance value. 
     The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances and has an object to provide a Cu wiring forming method to suppress an increase in via resistance in a process of forming Cu wiring in contact with wiring using tungsten. 
     To solve the above problem, the present invention provides a Cu wiring forming method of forming Cu wiring that is to be arranged in contact with tungsten wiring, by filling Cu into a recess formed in a substrate, the method including: removing a tungsten oxide formed on a surface of the tungsten wiring; forming a nitriding preventing film at least on the surface of the tungsten wiring in the recess; forming a barrier film that prevents diffusion of Cu, on a surface in the recess from above the nitriding preventing film; forming a liner film on the barrier film; and filling a Cu film on the liner film. 
     Further, according to another aspect, the resent invention provides a film forming system for forming Cu wiring that is to be arranged in contact with tungsten wiring, by filling Cu in a recess formed in a substrate, the system including: a degas and pre-clean chamber that removes a tungsten oxide formed on a surface of the tungsten wiring; a nitriding preventing film forming apparatus that forms a nitriding preventing film at least on the surface of the tungsten wiring in the recess; a barrier film forming apparatus that forms a barrier film on a surface in the recess from above the nitriding preventing film; a liner film forming apparatus that forms a liner film on the barrier film; a Cu film forming apparatus that fills a Cu film on the liner film; and a control unit that controls operations of the degas and pre-clean chamber, the nitriding preventing film forming apparatus, the barrier film forming apparatus, the liner film forming apparatus, and the Cu film forming apparatus. 
     According to the present invention, forming a nitriding preventing film for preventing nitriding of a surface of tungsten on the surface of tungsten before forming a barrier film makes it possible to prevent the surface of tungsten from being nitrided in a process of forming the barrier film. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in via resistance due to WNx and make the whole device low in resistance. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a plan view illustrating an example of a multi-chamber film forming system for implementing a Cu wiring forming method according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a film forming apparatus for forming a nitriding preventing film and a barrier film installed in the film forming system in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a film forming apparatus for forming a liner film installed in the film forming system in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart of the Cu wiring forming method according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5A  to  FIG. 5F  are process cross-sectional views for explaining the Cu wiring forming method according to the embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 5A  shows a cross-sectional view of a wafer before film formation,  FIG. 5B  shows a cross-sectional view where a nitriding preventing film has been formed,  FIG. 5C  shows a cross-sectional view where a barrier film has been formed,  FIG. 5D  shows a cross-sectional view where a liner film has been formed,  FIG. 5E  shows a cross-sectional view where a Cu film has been filled, and  FIG. 5F  shows a cross-sectional view after polishing; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic view illustrating the outline of a device structure to which the present invention is applied; and 
         FIG. 7  is a graph comparing via resistances with respect to a via diameter about a case where a nitride film exists on a surface of tungsten and a case where no nitride film exists on a surface of tungsten. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described referring to the drawings. 
     First of all, a film forming system used in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.  FIG. 1  is a plan view illustrating an example of a multi-chamber film forming system for implementing formation of Cu wiring according to the embodiment of the present invention. 
     A film forming system  1  has: a first processing unit  2  that forms a nitriding preventing film, a barrier film, and a liner film; a second processing unit  3  that forms a Cu film; and a transfer-in/out unit  4 , and is for forming Cu wiring on a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter, simply mentioned as a wafer) F. 
     The first processing unit  2  has a first vacuum transfer chamber  11  having a planar shape forming a heptagon, and two nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatuses  12   a ,  12   b  and two liner film forming apparatuses  14   a ,  14   b , which are connected to wall portions corresponding to four sides in a planar view of the first vacuum transfer chamber  11 . The nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  and the liner film forming apparatus  14   a  which are illustrated on the left side in  FIG. 1  and the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   b  and the liner film forming apparatus  14   b  which are illustrated on the right side in  FIG. 1 , are arranged at line-symmetric positions. In this embodiment, the nitriding preventing film and the barrier film are formed in the same film forming apparatus  12   a ,  12   b.    
     To wall portions at line-symmetric positions corresponding to the other two sides in a planar view of the first vacuum transfer chamber  11 , degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a ,  5   b  that perform degassing and pre-cleaning for the wafer F are connected, respectively. Besides, to a wall portion between the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a  and  5   b  of the first vacuum transfer chamber  11 , a pass chamber  5  is connected which delivers the wafer F between the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  and a later-described second vacuum transfer chamber  21 . 
     The nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatuses  12   a ,  12   b , the liner film forming apparatuses  14   a ,  14   b , the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a ,  5   b , and the pass chamber  5  are connected to the respective wall portions of the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  via gate valves G, and they are linked with the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  by opening the corresponding gate valves G and blocked from the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  by closing the corresponding gate valves G. 
     The inside of the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  is kept in a predetermined vacuum atmosphere, in which a first transfer mechanism  16  is provided which transfers in/out the wafer F from/to the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatuses  12   a ,  12   b , the liner film forming apparatuses  14   a ,  14   b , the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a ,  5   b , and the pass chamber  5 . The first transfer mechanism  16  is arranged at almost the center of the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  and has a rotation and expansion/retraction unit  17  that can rotate and expand/retract, and two support arms  18   a ,  18   b  that support the wafer F are provided at the tip of the rotation and expansion/retraction unit  17 . The two support arms  18   a ,  18   b  are attached to the rotation and expansion/retraction unit  17  in a manner to face in opposite directions to each other. 
     The second processing unit  3  has a second vacuum transfer chamber  21  having a planar shape forming a heptagon, and two Cu film forming apparatuses  22   a ,  22   b  which are connected to wall portions corresponding to two opposing sides of the second vacuum transfer chamber  21 . 
     To wall portions corresponding to two sides on the first processing unit  2  side of the second vacuum transfer chamber  21 , the above-described degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a ,  5   b  are connected respectively, and to a wall portion between the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a  and  5   b , the above-described pass chamber  5  is connected. In other words, any of the pass chamber  5  and the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a  and  5   b  is provided between the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  and the second vacuum transfer chamber  21 , and the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a  and  5   b  are arranged on both sides of the pass chamber  5 . Further, to two sides on the transfer-in/out unit  4  side of the second vacuum transfer chamber  21 , load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b  that can perform atmospheric transfer and vacuum transfer are connected, respectively. 
     The Cu film forming apparatuses  22   a ,  22   b , the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a  and  5   b , and the load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b  are connected to the respective wall portions of the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  via gate valves G, and they are linked with the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  by opening the corresponding gate valves G and blocked from the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  by closing the corresponding gate valves G. The pass chamber  5  is connected to the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  via no gate valve G. 
     The inside of the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  is kept in a predetermined vacuum atmosphere, in which a second transfer mechanism  26  is provided which transfers in/out the wafer F from/to the Cu film forming apparatuses  22   a ,  22   b , the degas and pre-clean chambers  5   a  and  5   b , the load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b , and the pass chamber  5 . The second transfer mechanism  26  is arranged at almost the center of the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  and has a rotation and expansion/retraction unit  27  that can rotate and expand/retract, and two support arms  28   a ,  28   b  that support the wafer F are provided at the tip of the rotation and expansion/retraction unit  27 . The two support arms  28   a ,  28   b  are attached to the rotation and expansion/retraction unit  27  in a manner to face in opposite directions to each other. 
     The transfer-in/out unit  4  is provided on the opposite side to the second processing unit  3  across the above-described load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b  and has an atmospheric transfer chamber  31  to which the load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b  are connected. In wall portions between the load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b  and the atmospheric transfer chamber  31 , gate valves G are provided. At wall portions opposite to the wall portions to which the load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b  of the atmospheric transfer chamber  31 , two connection ports  32 ,  33  are provided to which carriers C housing wafers F as substrates to be processed are connected. These connection ports  32 ,  33  are provided with not-illustrated shutters respectively, and the carriers C in a state of housing the wafers F or being empty are directly attached to the connection ports  32 ,  33  and the shutters are detached at that time so that the carriers C are linked with the atmospheric transfer chamber  31  while preventing intrusion of outside air. Besides, at the side surface of the atmospheric transfer chamber  31 , an alignment chamber  34  is provided where alignment of the wafer F is performed. Inside the atmospheric transfer chamber  31 , a transfer mechanism  36  for atmospheric transfer is provided which transfers-in/out the wafer F to/from the carriers C and transfers-in/out the wafer F to/from the load-lock chambers  6   a ,  6   b . The transfer mechanism  36  for atmospheric transfer can travel on a rail  38  along an arrangement direction of the carriers C so as to transfer the wafer F with the wafer F put on a hand  37  at the tip. 
     The film forming system  1  has a control unit  40  for controlling configuration units of the film forming system  1 . The control unit  40  includes: a process controller  41  composed of a microprocessor (computer) that executes control on the configuration units; a user interface  42  composed of a keyboard on which an operator performs input operation and so on of commands to manage the film forming system  1 , a display that visualizes and displays an operating status of the film forming system  1  and so on; and a storage unit  43  that stores a control program for realizing the processing performed in the film forming system  1  under control by the process controller  41 , various data, and programs for causing the configuration units of the processing apparatuses to perform processing according to processing conditions. Note that the user interface  42  and the storage unit  43  are connected to the process controller  41 . 
     The above programs are stored in a storage medium  43   a  in the storage unit  43 . The storage medium may be a hard disk, or a portable CDROM, DVD, flash memory or the like. Besides, the programs may be transmitted as necessary from another apparatus, for example, over a dedicated line. 
     Then, when necessary, an arbitrary program is called from the storage unit  43  under an instruction or the like from the user interface  42  and executed by the process controller  41 , whereby desired processing is performed in the film forming system  1  under the control of the process controller  41 . 
     In the film forming system  1 , a wafer F on which a predetermined pattern having trenches or holes have been formed is taken out of the carrier C by the transfer mechanism  36  for atmospheric transfer, and transferred to the load-lock chamber  6   a  or  6   b . After the load-lock chamber  6   a  or  6   b  is reduced in pressure to the same degree of vacuum as that in the second vacuum transfer chamber  21 , the wafer F in the load-lock chamber  6   a  or  6   b  is taken out by the second transfer mechanism  26 , and transferred via the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  to the degas and pre-clean chamber  5   a  or  5   b , where the degas and pre-clean processing is performed on the wafer F. Thereafter, the wafer F in the degas and pre-clean chamber  5   a  or  5   b  is taken out by the first transfer mechanism  16 , and transferred into the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  or  12   b  via the first vacuum transfer chamber  11 . In the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  or  12   b , for example, a Ta film is formed first as a nitriding preventing film and, for example, a TaN film or the like is then formed as a barrier film. After the barrier film is formed, the wafer F is taken out of the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  or  12   b  by the first transfer mechanism  16 , and transferred into the liner film forming apparatus  14   a  or  14   b  where, for example, a Ru film is formed as the liner film. After the liner film is formed, the wafer F is taken out of the liner film forming apparatus  14   a  or  14   b  by the first transfer mechanism  16  and transferred to the pass chamber  5 . Thereafter, the wafer F is taken out by the second transfer mechanism  26 , transferred via the second vacuum transfer chamber  21  into the Cu film forming apparatus  22   a  or  22   b , where a Cu film is formed. After the Cu film is formed, the wafer F is taken out of the Cu film forming apparatus  22   a  or  22   b  by the second transfer mechanism  26 , and transferred to the load-lock chamber  6   a  or  6   b . After the load-lock chamber is returned to the atmospheric pressure, the wafer F on which the Cu film has been formed is taken by the transfer mechanism  36  for atmospheric transfer, and returned into the carrier C. Such processing is repeated for the number of wafers F in the carrier. 
     Note that the nitriding preventing film is not limited to the aforementioned Ta film but may be made of another high melting point metal material. Besides, the barrier film may be a TiN film or the like in addition to the TaN film. 
     Next, the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  ( 12   b ) for implementing the method of the present invention will be described. 
       FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  ( 12   b ). Here, as the film forming apparatus, an ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) plasma sputtering apparatus that is an iPVD (Ionized physical vapor deposition) will be described as an example. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  ( 12   b ) has a processing container  51  formed in a cylindrical shape using, for example, aluminum or the like. The processing container  51  is grounded and has a bottom part  52  provided with an exhaust port  53  to which an exhaust pipe  54  is connected. To the exhaust pipe  54 , a throttle valve  55  and a vacuum pump  56  that regulate the pressure are connected to be able to evacuate the processing container  51 . The bottom part  52  of the processing container  51  is provided with a gas introduction port  57  that introduces a predetermined gas into the processing container  51 . A gas supply pipe  58  is connected to the gas introduction port  57 , and a gas supply source  59  for supplying a rare gas as a plasma exciting gas, for example, an Ar gas, and another gas necessary in forming the barrier film, for example, a N 2  gas and so on is connected to the gas supply pipe  58 . Besides, a gas control unit  60  composed of a gas flow rate controller, a valve and so on intervenes in the gas supply pipe  58 . 
     In the processing container  51 , a pedestal mechanism  62  for putting the wafer F being the substrate to be processed is provided. The pedestal mechanism  62  has a pedestal table  63  formed in a disk shape, and a support post  64  in a hollow cylindrical shape that supports the pedestal table  63  and is grounded. The pedestal table  63  is made of a conductive material such as an aluminum alloy, and grounded via the support post  64 . In the pedestal table  63 , a cooling jacket  65  is provided to supply a refrigerant through a not-illustrated refrigerant flow path. The pedestal table  63  is provided with a thermocouple (not illustrated) so that the wafer temperature can be controlled to a predetermined temperature, for example, about 10° C. by controlling the supply of the refrigerant to the cooling jacket  65  on the basis of the temperature detected by the thermocouple. 
     An electrostatic chuck  66  in a thin disk shape configured by embedding an electrode  66   b  in a dielectric member  66   a  such as alumina is provided on the upper surface side of the pedestal table  63 , and thereby can attract and hold the wafer F by an electrostatic force. Further, a lower portion of the support post  64  passes through a through hole  67  formed at the central portion of the bottom part  52  of the processing container  51  and extends downward. The support post  64  is vertically movable by a not-illustrated raising and lowering mechanism and thereby raises and lowers the whole pedestal mechanism  62 . 
     A metal bellows  68  in an accordion shape configured to be expandable and retractable is provided to surround the support post  64 , and the metal bellows  68  has an upper end hermetically joined to the lower surface of the pedestal table  63  and a lower end hermetically joined to the upper surface of the bottom part  52  of the processing container  51 , so as to allow the raising and lowering movement of the pedestal mechanism  62  while maintaining the hermeticity in the processing container  51 . 
     Further, for example, three (only two of them are illustrated in  FIG. 2 ) support pins  69  are provided to stand upward on the bottom part  52 , and pin insertion holes  70  corresponding to the support pins  69  are formed in the pedestal table  63 . Accordingly, when the pedestal table  63  is lowered, the support pins  69  passed through the pin insertion holes  70  receive the wafer F by their upper end portions, and can move and put the wafer F to/from the transfer arm (not illustrated) that enters from the outside. Therefore, a transfer-in/out port  71  for allowing the transfer arm to enter is provided in a lower side wall of the processing container  51 , and the gate valve G formed to be openable and closable is provided at the transfer-in/out port  71 . On the opposite side to the gate valve G, the above-described second vacuum transfer chamber  21  is provided. 
     Further, a chuck power supply  73  is connected to the above-described electrode  66   b  of the electrostatic chuck  66  via a feed line  72 , and the chuck power supply  73  applies a direct-current voltage to the electrode  66   b  to thereby attract and hold the wafer F by the electrostatic force. Besides, a bias high-frequency power supply  74  is connected to the feed line  72  so that a high-frequency power for bias is supplied to the electrode  66   b  of the electrostatic chuck  66  via the feed line  72  to apply bias power to the wafer F. The frequency of the high-frequency power is preferably 400 kHz to 60 MHz and, for example, 13.56 MHz is employed. 
     On the other hand, at a ceiling portion of the processing container  51 , a transmission plate  76  that is made of dielectric such as alumina and transmissive to high frequency is hermetically provided via a seal member  77  such as an O-ring. Above the transmission plate  76 , a plasma generation source  78  is provided for generating plasma by making a rare gas as a plasma exciting gas, for example, an Ar gas into plasma in a processing space S inside the processing container  51 . When forming the nitriding preventing film, for example, a Ta film, the N 2  gas is not used but only the Ar gas is used, whereas when forming the barrier film, a mixture of the Ar gas and the N 2  gas is used. Note that as the plasma exciting gas when forming the barrier film, another rare gas such as He, Ne, Kr or the like may be used in place of Ar. 
     The plasma generation source  78  has an induction coil  80  provided corresponding to the transmission plate  76 , and a high-frequency power supply  81  of, for example, 13.56 MHz for generating plasma is connected to the induction coil  80  so as to introduce a high-frequency power into the processing space S via the transmission plate  76  to form an induction field. 
     Further, directly below the transmission plate  76 , a buffer plate  82  made of, for example, aluminum for diffusing the introduced high-frequency power is provided. Further, below the buffer plate  82 , an annular (conical shape) Ta target  83  having a cross-section, for example, tilted inward is provided to surround an upper side portion of the processing space S. To the Ta target  83 , a target-voltage variable direct-current power supply  84  that applies a direct-current power for attracting Ar ions is connected. Note that an alternating-current power supply may be used in place of the direct-current power supply. 
     On the outer peripheral side of the Ta target  83 , a magnet  85  for imparting a magnetic field thereto is provided. The Ta target  83  is sputtered as metal atoms or a metal atom group of Ta by the Ar ions in the plasma and most of them are ionized when passing through the plasma. 
     Besides, a protective cover member  86  in a cylindrical form made of, for example, aluminum or cooper is provided below the Ta target  83  to surround the processing space S. The protective cover member  86  is grounded and has a lower portion bent inward and located near the side portion of the pedestal table  63 . Accordingly, an inner end portion of the protective cover member  86  is provided to surround the outer peripheral side of the pedestal table  63 . 
     Note that the configuration units of a Ta film forming apparatus is controlled by the above-described control unit  40  (see  FIG. 1 ). 
     In the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  ( 12   b ) configured as described above, the wafer F is transferred into the processing container  51  illustrated in  FIG. 2  and put on the pedestal table  63  and attracted by the electrostatic chuck  66 , and the following operation is performed under the control of the control unit  40 . 
     First, while supplying the Ar gas (the N 2  gas is mixed therewith when forming the barrier film) at a predetermined flow rate by operating the gas control unit  60  into the processing container  51  brought into a predetermined vacuum state, for example, to a pressure of 35 to 90 mT, preferably about 65 mT when forming the nitriding preventing film or to a pressure of 5 to 90 mT, preferably about 10 mT when forming the barrier film by actuating the vacuum pump  56 , the throttle valve  55  is controlled to keep the inside of the processing container  51  at a predetermined degree of vacuum. Then, the direct-current voltage is applied from the variable direct-current power supply  84  to the Ta target  83 , and the high-frequency power (plasma power) is supplied from the high-frequency power supply  81  of the plasma generation source  78  to the induction coil  80 . On the other hand, a predetermined high-frequency power for bias is supplied from the bias high-frequency power supply  74  to the electrode  66   b  of the electrostatic chuck  66 . Note that the power of the variable direct-current power supply  84  is 1000 W to 6000 W, preferably about 2300 W when forming the nitriding preventing film and about 1600 W when forming the barrier film, the plasma power is 1000 W to 5500 W, preferably 5250 W when forming the nitriding preventing film and about 4500 W when forming the barrier film, and the high-frequency power for bias is 1000 W or less, preferable about 200 W when forming the nitriding preventing film and about 900 W when forming the barrier film. 
     Thus, in the processing container  51 , Ar plasma is formed by the high-frequency power supplied to the induction coil  80  to generate Ar ions, and the ions are attracted by the direct-current voltage applied to the Ta target  83  to collide with the Ta target  83 , so that the Ta target  83  is sputtered to eject Ta particles. In this event, the amount of the Ta particles ejected by the direct-current voltage applied to the Ta target  83  is optimally controlled. 
     Further, the Ta atoms and Ta atom group being the Ta particles from the sputtered Ta target  83  are ionized when passing through the plasma. Here, the Ta particles scatter in a downward direction in a state in which the ionized Ta ions and neutral Ta atoms that are electrically neutral are mixed. 
     Then, when the Ta ions enter a region of an ion sheath having a thickness of about several millimeters formed on the wafer F surface by the high-frequency power for bias applied from the bias high-frequency power supply  74  to the electrode  66   b  of the electrostatic chuck  66 , the Ta ions are attracted to accelerate toward the wafer F with a strong directivity and deposit on the wafer F to form into a Ta thin film. Note that regulating the bias power to be applied from the bias high-frequency power supply  74  to the electrode  66   b  of the electrostatic chuck  66  makes it possible to regulate film formation with Ta and etching with Ar to thereby realize appropriate film formation. When forming the TaN film being the barrier film, the Ta atoms ejected from the Ta target are ionized in the plasma and the N 2  gas is supplied into the processing container  51  to generate nitrogen plasma, thereby causing reaction between the Ta atoms and the nitrogen plasma. 
     Next, the Cu film forming apparatus will be described. 
     As the Cu film forming apparatus  22   a  ( 22   b ), the film forming apparatus (iPVD) having the same configuration as that of the film forming apparatus in  FIG. 2  can be used to form a film by plasma sputtering only by changing the target  83  to Cu. In this event, a resistance heater covered with an insulating material may be embedded above the cooling jacket  65  in the pedestal table  63  as necessary to heat the wafer to a desired temperature. 
     Next, the liner film forming apparatus  14   a  ( 14   b ) for forming the Ru film as the liner film will be described. The liner film can be preferably formed by the thermal CVD.  FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of the liner film forming apparatus for forming the Ru film by the thermal CVD. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the liner film forming apparatus  14   a  ( 14   b ) has a processing container  101  formed into a cylinder made of, for example, aluminum or the like. Inside the processing container  101 , a pedestal table  102  made of ceramic such as AN for putting the wafer F thereon is arranged, and a heater  103  is provided in the pedestal table  102 . The heater  103  generates heat by being fed with power from a heater power supply (not illustrated). 
     At a ceiling wall of the processing container  101 , a shower head  104  for introducing a processing gas for forming the Ru film, a purge gas or the like in a shower form into the processing container  101  is provided to face the pedestal table  102 . The shower head  104  has a gas introduction port  105  at its upper portion, a gas diffusing space  106  formed therein, and many gas discharge ports  107  formed at its bottom surface. A gas supply pipe  108  is connected to the gas introduction port  105 , and a gas supply source  109  for supplying the processing gas for forming the Ru film, the purge gas or the like is connected to the gas supply pipe  108 . Besides, a gas control unit  110  composed of a gas flow rate controller, a valve and so on intervenes in the gas supply pipe  108 . As the gas for forming the Ru film, ruthenium carbonyl (Ru 3 (CO) 12 ) can be exemplified. The ruthenium carbonyl is thermally decomposed into Ru and can form the Ru film on the wafer F. 
     A bottom portion of the processing container  101  is provided with an exhaust port  111  to which an exhaust pipe  112  is connected. To the exhaust pipe  112 , a throttle valve  113  and a vacuum pump  114  that regulate the pressure are connected to be able to evacuate the processing container  101 . 
     For the pedestal table  102 , three (only two of them are illustrated) wafer support pins  116  for wafer transfer are provided to be able to protrude and retract with respect to the surface of the pedestal table  102 , and the wafer support pins  116  are fixed to a support plate  117 . The wafer support pins  116  are raised and lowered via the support plate  117  by raising and lowering a rod  119  by a drive mechanism  118  such as an air cylinder. Note that a numeral  120  is a bellows. On the other hand, a side wall of the processing container  101  is formed with a wafer transfer-in/out port  121  so that the wafer F is transferred in/out from/to the first vacuum transfer chamber  11  with the gate valve G opened. 
     In the Ru liner film forming apparatus  14   a  ( 14   b ), after the gate valve G is opened and the wafer F is put on the pedestal table  102 , the gate valve G is closed. In a state in which the heater  103  heats the wafer F to a predetermined temperature via the pedestal table  102  while the vacuum pump  114  exhausts the gas from the inside of the processing container  101  to regulate the inside of the processing container  101  to a predetermined pressure, the gas supply source  109  introduces the processing gas such as a ruthenium carbonyl (Ru 3 (CO) 12 ) gas into the processing container  101  via the gas supply pipe  108  and the shower head  104 . Thus, the reaction of the processing gas proceeds on the wafer F to form a Ru film on the surface of the wafer F. 
     For the formation of the Ru film, another film forming material other than ruthenium carbonyl, for example, pentadienyl compounds of ruthenium such as (cyclopentadienyl)(2,4-dimethylpentadienyl)ruthenium, bis(cyclopentadienyl)(2,4-methylpentadienyl)ruthenium, (2,4-dimethylpentadienyl)(ethylcyclopentadienyeruthenium, bis(2,4-methylpentadienyl)(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium, can be used together with decomposed gas such as an O 2  gas. Besides, the Ru film can be formed by PVD. However, it is preferable to perform the film formation by the CVD using ruthenium carbonyl because excellent step coverage can be achieved and impurities in the film can be reduced. 
     Next, the Cu wiring forming method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described referring to a flowchart in  FIG. 4  and process cross-sectional views in  FIG. 5A  to  FIG. 5F . Note that this embodiment is applied to a via layer V 0  in contact with tungsten wiring M 0  (see  FIG. 6 ). 
     In this embodiment, a wafer F having an interlayer dielectric film  202  such as a SiO 2  film on a lower structure  201  provided with the tungsten (W) wiring M 0  and having a trench  203  formed as a recess is prepared first (Step S 1 ,  FIG. 5A ). Then, the wafer F is transferred into the film forming system  1  in  FIG. 1 , and the degas and pre-clean processing of removing moisture adhering to the surface of the dielectric film and a residue during etching/ashing by a degas process and a pre-clean process to thereby reduce a tungsten oxide (WOx) formed on the surface of the tungsten wiring M 0  is performed in the degas and pre-clean chamber  5   a  or  5   b (Step S 2 ). 
     Then, the wafer F is transferred into the nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus  12   a  or  12   b , and a nitriding preventing film  204  (Ta film) of preventing a WNx layer from being formed is formed on the surface of tungsten (Step S 3 ,  FIG. 5B ). The nitriding preventing film  204  only needs to cover only the entire upper surface of the tungsten wiring M 0 , but may be formed on a horizontal plane including the inner surface and the upper surface of the trench  203  as illustrated in  FIG. 5B . As the nitriding preventing film  204 , a high melting point metal material other than the Ta film can also be used. The film thickness of the nitriding preventing film  204  is 1 to 10 nm, preferably about 5 nm. 
     After the nitriding preventing film  204  is formed, the N 2  gas is supplied into the processing container to form a barrier film  205  that blocks diffusion of Cu, on the entire surface including the surface of the trench  203  (Step S 4 ,  FIG. 5C ). As the barrier film  205 , the one having a high barrier property with respect to Cu and a low resistance is preferable, and a TaN film, a TiN film and the like can be preferably used. Besides, a TaCN film, a WN film, a WCN film, a ZrN film, a VN film, a NbN film and the like can also be used. The Cu wiring becomes lower in resistance as the volume of Cu filled in the trench or hole becomes larger, so that it is preferable to form the barrier film  205  as thin as possible. The thickness is 1 to 10 nm, more preferably about 3 nm. The nitriding preventing film  204  and the barrier film  205  can be formed by plasma sputtering, and the nitriding preventing film  204  is formed in a processing time of, for example, about 12 sec and the barrier film  205  is formed in a processing time of, for example, about 6 sec. Besides, the films can be formed by another PVD such as normal sputtering, ion plating or the like, and can also be formed by CVD, ALD, or CVD or ALD using plasma. 
     Subsequently, the liner film forming apparatus  14   a  or  14   b  forms a Ru liner film  206  on the barrier film  205  (Step S 5 ,  FIG. 5D ). It is preferable to form the Ru liner film  206  to be thin, for example, 1 to 5 nm from the viewpoint of making the Cu to be filled large in volume and the wiring low in resistance. The Ru liner film  206  can be preferably formed by the thermal CVD by the above-described film forming apparatus as illustrated in  FIG. 3  using ruthenium carbonyl (Ru 3 (CO) 12 ) as a film forming material. Thus, a very thin Ru film with a high purity can be formed at high step coverage. The Ru liner film  206  can also be formed as described above by the CVD or PVD using another film forming material other than ruthenium carbonyl, for example, pentadienyl compounds of ruthenium such as (cyclopentadienyl)(2,4-dimethylpentadienyl)ruthenium, bis(cyclopentadienyl)(2,4-methylpentadienyl)ruthenium, (2,4-dimethylpentadienyl)(ethylcyclopentadienyeruthenium, bis(2,4-methylpentadienyl)(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium. 
     Subsequently, the Cu film forming apparatus  22   a  or  22   b  composed of the plasma sputtering apparatus such as the iPVD as illustrated in  FIG. 2  is used to apply bias to the pedestal table for the wafer F to thereby form a Cu film  207  that will be the Cu wiring and fill the trench  203  (Step S 6 ,  FIG. 5E ). In order to increase the electromigration resistance, the Cu film may be formed of an alloy such as CuMn, CuAl or the like. 
     The Cu film is formed in the Cu film forming apparatus  22   a  or  22   b  up to a flat portion at the upper portion of the trench  203  or fill the trench  203  in the film forming system  1  as illustrated in  FIG. 5E , and then transferred out of the film forming system  1  and transferred to a not-illustrated Cu plating apparatus, where a Cu plating layer is formed on the entire surface of the wafer F. Thereafter, annealing is performed on the wafer F to increase the grain size of Cu and stabilize the Cu plating layer (Step S 7 ), and then CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) is performed to polish the surface of the wafer F to completely remove the Ru liner film  206  and the barrier film  205  on the surface (Step S 8 ,  FIG. 5F ). Thus, the Cu film  207  remaining in the trench  203  functions as the Cu wiring. 
     As described above, according to the present invention, provision of the nitriding preventing film  204  that prevents nitriding of the surface of the tungsten wiring M 0  makes it possible to prevent formation of WNx during formation of the barrier film  205  and avoid increase in via resistance of the via layer V 0  directly on the tungsten wiring M 0 . 
       FIG. 7  is a graph comparing the via resistances in a case where a WNx layer is formed on the surface of tungsten (square points) and a case where no WNx layer is formed (circular points) when the TaN layer, the Ru layer, and the Cu layer are stacked on tungsten. It was found that the resistance is lower in the case where no WNx layer is formed and the difference prominently arises especially in the case where the via diameter is small. 
     A preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. It should be understood that various changes and modifications are readily apparent to those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical spirit as set forth in claims, and those should also be covered by the technical scope of the present invention. 
     For example, though the film for preventing nitriding of tungsten is the Ta film in the above embodiment, the film is not limited to this but may be made of another high melting point metal such as Ti, Ru, Zr, V, Nb or the like. Besides, the Ta film is formed using iPVD in the above embodiment but may be formed using ALD, PEALD, or CVD. 
     Further, though the case using the ICP plasma sputtering apparatus for filling Cu has been described in the above embodiment, the plasma sputtering apparatus is not limited to this but may be another kind of plasma sputtering apparatus, and another kind of PVD apparatus may be used as long as it can regulate the attraction of the Cu ions and plasma gas generated ions. 
     Besides, the film forming system is not limited to the kind illustrated in  FIG. 1  but may be a kind in which all film forming apparatuses are connected to one transfer apparatus. Further, the film forming system is not the multi-chamber system as illustrated in  FIG. 1  but may be a system in which separately provided apparatuses form the nitriding preventing film, the barrier film, the liner film, and the Cu film, respectively. 
     Besides, though the semiconductor wafer has been described as an example of the substrate to be processed in the above embodiment, the semiconductor wafer includes not only silicon but also compound semiconductors such as GaAs, SiC, GaN, and the present invention is also applicable not only to the semiconductor wafer but also to a glass substrate used for FPD (Flat Panel Display) such as a liquid crystal display device, a ceramic substrate and the like as a matter of course. 
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               1  film forming system 
               5   a ,  5   b  degas and pre-clean chamber 
               12   a ,  12   b  nitriding preventing film and barrier film forming apparatus 
               14   a ,  14   b  liner film forming apparatus 
               22   a ,  22   b  Cu film forming apparatus 
               40  control unit 
               51  processing container 
               56  vacuum pump 
               59  gas supply source 
               83  Ta target 
               201  lower structure 
               202  interlayer dielectric film 
               203  trench 
               204  nitriding preventing film 
               205  barrier film 
               206  liner film 
               207  Cu film 
             M 0  tungsten wiring 
             F semiconductor wafer