A semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a conductor and an insulating film provided on the surface of the substrate, part of the surface of the substrate being electrically connected with the conductor through a contact hole made in the insulating film, wherein a barrier layer present between part of the surface of the substrate and the conductor is provided only on the bottom of the contact hole, and the barrier layer provided on the bottom comprises amorphous titanium silicon nitride. |
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Claims1. A process for forming amorphous titanium silicon nitride on the surface of a substrate comprising the steps of: - a) forming titanium silicide on the surface of the substrate; and
- b) exposing the titanium silicide formed on the surface of the substrate, to nitrogen plasma while maintaining the temperature of the substrate within the range of from 200 C. to 450 C. and keeping the inside of a reaction chamber at a pressure of 13.3 Pa or above, to form the amorphous titanium silicon nitride.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein an insulating film having a contact hole is formed on the titanium silicide after the titanium silicide has been formed, and the amorphous titanium silicon nitride is formed on the surface of the titanium silicide laid bare at the contact hole. 3. The process according to claim 2, which further comprises the step of selectively depositing in the contact hole a conductor different from the titanium silicon nitride. 4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the conductor is formed by chemical vapor deposition making use of an alkyl aluminum hydride as a material gas. 5. The process according to claim 1, wherein before the titanium silicide is exposed to nitrogen plasma, the surface of the titanium silicide is cleaned. 6. A process for producing the semiconductor device according to claim 1, comprising the step of exposing titanium silicide to nitrogen plasma or to a gas of tetradiethylaminotitanium. 7. A process for forming amorphous titanium silicon nitride on the surface of a substrate provided in a reaction chamber, comprising the step of introducing a tetradiethylaminotitanium gas and an Si2H6 gas into the reaction chamber while maintaining the substrate temperature within the range of from 200 C. to 450 C. and keeping the inside of the reaction chamber at a pressure of from 13.3 Pa to 267 Pa, to form the amorphous titanium silicon nitride on the substrate. 8. The process according to claim 7, wherein the substrate temperature is set within the range of from 300 C. to 400 C. 9. The process according to claim 7, wherein ammonia gas is introduced into the reaction chamber. 10. The process according to claim 7, wherein a metal film containing aluminum is formed after the amorphous titanium silicon nitride has been formed. |
