Patent ID: 6927163

Claim:
A method for forming a barrier layer in a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: positioning a substrate in a reaction chamber; forming an interlayer insulating layer having a contact hole on a semiconductor substrate; forming a Ti layer in the contact hole and on the interlayer insulating layer; supplying nitrogen gas at a flow rate of 100 sccm to 1000 sccm to a nitrogen radical generator located external to the reaction chamber; treating the nitrogen gas with a high frequency microwave in the range of 0.5 GHz to 4 GHz to generate nitrogen radicals wherein said nitrogen radicals are formed by performing high frequency microwave treatment to the nitrogen gas; and applying the nitrogen radicals to the Ti layer to transform an upper part of the Ti layer into a TiN layer, thereby forming the barrier layer having both Ti and TiN layers, wherein the TiN layer is formed at a temperature of normal to 500° C. and a pressure of 10 mTorr to 10 Torr.