Patent ID: 7816255

Claim:
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising: forming an interlayer dielectric on a substrate which includes a lower conductor; forming an opening that penetrates the interlayer dielectric and exposes the lower conductor; forming a diffusion barrier film on the substrate having the opening, the diffusion barrier film including a plasma-treated layer and a plasma-untreated layer; and forming an upper conductor on the diffusion barrier film to fill the opening; wherein forming the diffusion barrier film comprises: depositing a plurality of sub-metal nitride layers on the substrate, which includes the opening, wherein each of the sub-metal nitride layers is formed using a MOCVD process; and performing a plasma treatment to at least one selected sub-metal nitride layer among the plurality of sub-metal nitride layers after depositing the selected sub-metal nitride layer, wherein a first plasma treatment is performed after at least one first-selected sub-metal nitride layer among the selected sub-metal nitride layers is deposited on the substrate; a second plasma treatment is performed after at least one second-selected sub-metal nitride layer among the selected sub-metal nitride layers is deposited; the first plasma treatment is performed on an upper portion of the first-selected sub-metal nitride layer; the second plasma treatment is performed on at least a portion of the second-selected sub-metal nitride layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the opening; and the first plasma treatment is not performed on a lower portion of the first-selected sub-metal nitride layer.