WO2003056603A3 - Self-ionized and inductively-coupled plasma for sputtering and resputtering - Google Patents

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WO2003056603A3
WO2003056603A3 PCT/US2002/039510 US0239510W WO03056603A3 WO 2003056603 A3 WO2003056603 A3 WO 2003056603A3 US 0239510 W US0239510 W US 0239510W WO 03056603 A3 WO03056603 A3 WO 03056603A3
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Peijun Ding
Zheng Xu
Roderick C Mosely
Suraj Rengarajan
Nirmalya Maity
Daniel A Carl
Barry Chin
Paul F Smith
Darryl Angelo
Anish Tolia
Jianming Fu
Fusen Chen
Praburam Gopalraja
Xianmin Tang
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Abstract

A magnetron sputter reactor for sputtering deposition materials such as tantalum, tantalum nitride and copper, for example, and its method of use, in which self-ionized plasma (SIP) sputtering and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) sputtering are promoted, either together or alternately, in the same chamber. Also, bottom coverage may be thinned or eliminated by ICP resputtering. SIP is promoted by a small magnetron having poles of unequal magnetic strength and a high power applied to the target during sputtering. ICP is provided by one or more RF coils which inductively couple RF energy into a plasma. The combined SIP-ICP layers can act as a liner or barrier or seed or nucleation layer for hole. In addition, an RF coil may be sputtered to provide protective material during ICP resputtering.
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