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Abstract
A surface may be selectively coated with a polymer using an induced surface grafting or polymerization reaction. The reaction proceeds in those regions that are polymerizable and not in other regions. Thus, a semiconductor structure having organic regions and metal regions exposed, for example, may have the organic polymers formed selectively on the organic regions and not on the unpolymerizable or metal regions.
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- This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/284,722, filed on Oct. 31, 2002.
- This invention relates generally to processes for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuits.
- In some instances during the manufacturing process, a semiconductor integrated circuit may have two exposed surface regions. The two surface regions may have different characteristics. It may be desirable to form materials onto one of the regions and not the other of them.
- Typically, providing a selective coating on a substrate involves depositing a polymeric coating on the entire substrate and selectively removing the polymeric coating, using standard lithographic and etching patterning, from the regions where the coating is not desired. However, these techniques require tight alignment to leave the coating only on the desired portions of the substrate.
- Thus, there is a need for better ways to selectively form materials on semiconductor structures.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic depiction of a precursor material in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic depiction of a subsequent precursor material in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a subsequent precursor material in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic depiction of a grafted polymer in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic depiction of a precursor material in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 6 is a schematic depiction of a grafted polymer in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown inFIG. 7 at a subsequent stage of manufacture. - In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, a semiconductor wafer may include a semiconductor substrate having a
dielectric material 10, such as an interlayer dielectric (ILD), formed thereon. Thematerial 10 may be exposed on an upper surface. Also exposed thereon is adisparate material 12, such as a metal material, as indicated inFIG. 1 . Thus, it may be desirable to have a polymer formed selectively only over thematerial 10 and not over thematerial 12. - Through surface grafting, polymers may be caused to attach to materials with abstractable hydrogen. These materials with easily abstractable hydrogen may be known as proton donors and examples include organic materials or materials with organic moieties. Conversely, materials, such as a metal, have no such easily abstractable hydrogen and, therefore, will not be subject to induced photografting or polymerization.
- As a result, the polymerization can be caused to occur selectively on the surface where easily abstractable hydrogen is available. In regions without such abstractable hydrogen, no such polymerization will occur. As a result, the polymer may be formed selectively on the surface in some regions and not in others. In some embodiments this may avoid unnecessary photo etching and masking steps, decreasing the cost of the semiconductor processing.
- A variety of techniques may be utilized to induce surface grafting and polymerization. For example, photo induced graft polymerization may be achieved using benzophenone moieties. Other examples include radical photopolymerization, hydrogen abstraction on organic surfaces with molecules other than benzophenone, cationic and anionic polymerizations, and azide functionalization, to mention a few examples. In general, it is desirable to induce polymerization on regions that are polymerizable while avoiding polymerization on regions, such as metals, that are not polymerizable.
- In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, photo induced graft polymerization may be implemented using benzophenone. Referring to
FIG. 1 , amaterial 10, that has abstactable hydrogen, may have a surface chemistry including hydrogen (H), and organic molecules, in any of a variety of forms. Thematerial 10 may be coated with a solution of benzophenone and irradiated using ultraviolet radiation at 340 nanometers, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Other wavelengths may also be used such as 365 nm. Ultraviolet radiation breaks down the double bond between the carbon and the oxygen forming a benzophenone derivative reactable with a variety of other organic moieties. Thus, as shown inFIG. 2 , as a result of the breakdown of the benzophenone solution,ketal moieties 16 may be attached in place of some of the hydrogen moieties (H) previously present on the surface of thematerial 10. - Advantageously, the benzophenone solution is provided in a solvent with poor proton donor activity such as benzene. In addition, the solvent is advantageously transparent at the illumination intensities that are utilized.
- Of course, the
material 12 surface does not react with the benzophenone via the ultraviolet induced hydrogen abstraction mechanism. Only the organic materials or materials with an abstractable hydrogen are functionalized. The wafer may then be washed with an appropriate rinse solution, such as acetone or methanol, to mention a few examples, to remove excess benzophenone. - Next, as shown in
FIGS. 3 and 4 , a coating material that is susceptible to free radical polymerization is coated over the wafer and the wafer is, again, exposed to ultraviolet light. The free radicalbenzophenone ketal moieties 16 then serve as a surface photoinitiator, causing in situ polymerization of the coating material. The coating material may include, as examples, simple vinyl monomers such as methyl methacrylate or vinyl functionalized engineering polymers, such as an acrylate endcapped polyimide, such as Amoco Ultradel 7501. The methyl methacrylate may form poly(methyl methacrylate). - A solvent rinse after exposure removes any unreacted coating material. A
polymer coating 14 is selectively grown on thematerial 10 as shown inFIG. 4 . - In general, a compound having a double bond that is susceptible to polymerization, such as free radical polymerization, as an example, may be utilized to form the
polymer coating 14 and to replace theketal moieties 16 shown inFIG. 3 . - As another example, shown in
FIGS. 5 and 6 , a single step method may be utilized to selectively grow polymer coatings selectively on thematerial 10. Thematerial 10 is functionalized withmoieties 18, such as benzophenone or azide moieties, coated on the wafer, and patterned with metal lines 12 a to form a mixed substrate as shown inFIG. 5 . - The wafer may then be coated with a precursor material and exposed to ultraviolet light. The precursor material may be, for example, vinyl monomers or vinyl functionalized engineering polymers, as described previously. The polymerization may occur in the same manner to grow the
polymeric coating 20 selectively on the organic portions of the exposed substrate as shown inFIG. 6 . - Alternatively, the precursor material may consist of an engineering polymer that has abstractable hydrogen. The coating may be grown through hydrogen abstraction by benzophenone moieties. A solvent may be utilized to remove unreactive material, leaving the polymer coating 20 over the organic portions of the substrate, as shown in
FIG. 6 . - As an example of an application of the technology described herein, an air gap interconnect structure may use the selective formation of polymers on an exposed surface. In some embodiments it is possible to create an unlanded via. A landed via is a via which has a bottom end completely adjacent to a metal structure below. An unlanded via is a via with the bottom end only partially adjacent to underlying metal structures, allowing possible overlap onto underlying dielectric structures such as ILD or sacrificial material. Unlanded vias are preferred for some integrated circuit manufacture design rules, as they allow relaxed alignments and tolerances for expensive processing steps such as photolithography. However, in some processing schemes, landed vias are necessary to provide a feasible fabrication technique.
- In the case of air gap structures, some processing schemes require landed vias, as the material surrounding the metal structures on the substrate is air, after a sacrificial material has been removed to form the air gap; etching of subsequent unlanded via holes would punch through the overlying dielectric material, allowing subsequently applied materials to fill the air gap. Process flows using patterned etch stop materials avoid punch-through, but the etch stop must be perfectly aligned to the underlying metal structures.
- Referring to
FIG. 7 , asemiconductor substrate 100 may be covered by a poroushard mask 101. A vialevel dielectric 102 may be positioned over thehard mask 101 and asacrificial material 103, such as a thermally decomposing layer, may be provided over the dielectric 102. Formed through thelayers metal feature 104 and thesacrificial material 103, thepolymer material 105 may be selectively deposited. - The
material 105 may be deposited over the dielectric 103 and not over themetal feature 104 using the techniques described herein. Subsequently, the poroushard mask 101 may be formed over the metal via 104 and the surface polymerizedetch stop material 105. - As shown in
FIG. 8 , a plurality of layers may be formed over theetch stop material 105. Another via level dielectric 102 a and an additionalsacrificial material 103 a may be formed. Then a metal line and via 104 a may be formed completely through theupper layers metal line 104 in the lower layers. In this case, the surface polymerizedetch stop material 105 enables the formation of an unlanded via 104 a. - In one embodiment, after the
layer 102 a is formed, an opening may be etched using suitable masking techniques. The opening would extend straight down and into theregion 103 but for the imposition of theetch stop material 105. Thus, the structure may be formed after thesacrificial layer 103 has been removed (as illustrated inFIG. 8 ) without being affected by the etch, due to the protection afforded by theetch stop material 105. Since theetch stop material 105 can be formed selectively over the non-metallic surfaces using the techniques described herein, it is possible to easily provide the needed masking to enable unlanded vias to be formed. - While the present invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate numerous modifications and variations therefrom. It is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of this present invention.
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1. A semiconductor structure comprising:
a surface including an exposed polymerizable region and an exposed unpolymerizable region; and
a polymer selectively attached to said polymerizable region to form a surface coating that selectively covers said polymerizable region.
2. The structure of claim 1 wherein said unpolymerizable region is metal.
3. The structure of claim 1 wherein said polymerizable region is a dielectric.
4. The structure of claim 1 wherein said polymer is derived from benzophenone.
5. A semiconductor structure comprising:
a surface including an exposed region with extractable hydrogen and an exposed region without extractable hydrogen; and
a polymer selectively attached to said exposed region with extractable hydrogen to form a surface coating that selectively covers said exposed region with extractable hydrogen.
6. The structure of claim 5 wherein said surface includes a metal region that is without extractable hydrogen.
7. The structure of claim 1 wherein said region with extractable hydrogen is a dielectric.
8. The structure of claim 5 wherein said polymer is derived from benzophenone.
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