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• the present invention relates generally to novel copper (I) amidinates and their synthesis, and to a method for production of copper circuits in microelectronic device structures using the novel copper precursors.
• Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of copper provides uniform coverage for the metallization.
• Atomic layer deposition (ALD) which is a modified CVD process, also provides uniform coverage which is critical for copper seed layers.
• Liquid CVD precursors and/or solid precursors dissolved into solvents enable direct injection and/or the liquid delivery of precursors into a CVD or ALD vaporizer unit. The accurate and precise delivery rate can be obtained through volumetric metering to achieve reproducibility during CVD or ALD metallization of a VLSI device.
• Copper metallization in integrated circuit manufacture typically utilizes a barrier layer between the copper layer and the underlying structure in order to prevent detrimental effects that may be caused by the interaction of a copper layer with other portions of the integrated circuit.
• barrier materials include materials comprising metals, metal nitrides, metal suicides, and metal silicon nitrides.
• Exemplary barrier materials include titanium nitride, titanium suicide, tantalum nitride, tantalum suicide, tantalum silicon nitrides, niobium nitrides, niobium silicon nitrides, tungsten nitride, and tungsten suicide.
• interfacial layers are formed between the barrier layer and the copper layer, which cause the metallization to have poor adhesion and high contact resistivity.
• the present invention relates generally to copper (1) amidinate compounds, which are advantageously of an oxygen-free and fluorine-free character, useful as source reagents for forming copper on substrates with improved adhesion, and to methods of using such copper (I) amidinate compounds.
• the present invention in one aspect relates to a copper precursor compound of the formula:
• R 1 and R 2 may be the same as or different from one another and each is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups (e.g., -SiR 3, wherein R is independently selected from the group consisting Of Ci-C 6 alkyl);
• R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, aryl, hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups and NR 4 R 5 , where R 4 and R 5 may be the same as or different from one another and is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups; with the proviso that when R 1 and R 2 are isopropyl groups, R 3 is not a methyl group.
• the present invention relates to a copper precursor formulation, comprising: (a) a copper precursor compound of the formula:
• R 1 and R 2 may be the same as or different from one another and each is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups;
• R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, CpC 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, aryl, hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups and NR 4 R 5 , where R 4 and R 5 may be the same as or different from one another and is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups;
• the present invention relates to a method of depositing copper on a substrate, comprising volatilizing a copper precursor of the formula:
• R 1 and R 2 may be the same as or different from one another and each is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups;
• R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C7 cycloalkyl, aryl, hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups and NR 4 R 5 , where R 4 and R 5 may be the same as or different from one another and is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups; with the proviso that when R 1 and R 2 are isopropyl groups, R 3 is not a methyl group, to form a precursor vapor and contacting the precursor vapor with the substrate under elevated temperature vapor decomposition conditions to deposit copper on the substrate.
• Figure 1 is an 1 H-NMR plot for copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3- diisopropylamidinate.
• Figure 2 is a simultaneous thermal analysis (STA)/differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) plot for copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3-diisopropylamidinate.
• Figure 3 is an ORTEP structure for copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3- diisopropylamidinate.
• Figure 4 is an STA/DSC plot for copper (I) 2-dimethylamino-l,3- diisopropylamidinate. • Faculty f ..”. >». ? ,rs - 4,,,i. , ⁇
• Figure 5 is an ORTEP structure for copper (I) 2-dimethylamino-l,3- diisopropylamidinate.
• the present invention relates to novel copper (I) amidinate precursors for the CVD or ALD formation of copper thin films on substrates, and to corresponding processes for using such precursors.
• Amidinates are bulky monoanionic ligands which have the basic chemical structure:
• the invention provides a compound of the formula:
• R 1 and R 2 may be the same as or different from one another and each is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups (e.g., -SiR 3 wherein R is independently selected from the group consisting of Ci-C 6 alkyl);
• R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, CpC 6 alkyl, C 3 -C7 cycloalkyl, aryl, hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups and NR 4 R 5 , where R 4 and R 5 may be the same as or different from one another and is independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci-C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, aryl, and hydrocarbyl derivatives of silyl groups; with the proviso that when R 1 and R 2 are isopropyl groups, R 3 is not a methyl group.
• the compounds of formula (1) are usefully employed for forming copper thin films by CVD or ALD processes, utilizing process conditions, including appertaining temperatures, pressures, concentrations, flow rates and CVD techniques, as readily determinable within the skill of the art for a given application.
• Preferred compounds of formula (1) include copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3- diisopropylamidinate:
• the copper (I) precursors of the invention are volatilized to form a precursor vapor that is then contacted with a substrate under elevated temperature vapor decomposition conditions to deposit copper on the substrate.
• Copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3-diisopropylamidinate and copper (I) 2- dimethylamino-l,3-diisopropylamidinate are both volatile and thermally stable, and are usefully employed as copper CVD or ALD precursors under reducing ambient deposition conditions in the CVD or ALD reactor.
• the solid precursor can be dissolved in organic solvents, and liquid delivery can be used to meter the solution into a vaporizer for transport to the reactor.
• the copper (I) amidinate precursor compositions of the present invention may be used during the formation of copper interconnect lines in semiconductor integrated circuitry, thin-film circuitry, thin- film packaging components and thin-film recording head coils.
• a semiconductor substrate may be utilized having a number of dielectric and conductive layers (multilayers) formed on and/or within the substrate.
• the semiconductor substrate may include a bare substrate or any number of constituent layers formed on a bare substrate.
• a copper-containing layer may be formed on a semiconductor substrate using the copper (I) amidinate precursor, for use in a first, second, third, or more metallization layer.
• Such copper layers typically are used in circuit locations requiring low resistivity, high performance and/or high speed circuit paths.
• a barrier layer may be deposited or otherwise formed on the substrate before a copper layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate.
• copper may then be deposited on the wafer using a CVD or ALD system, such systems being well known in the semiconductor fabrication art. Further, water, water-generating compounds, or other adjuvants to the precursor formulation may be mixed with the copper precursor upstream of, or within, the CVD or ALD tool. Similarly, reducing agents may be utilized in an analogous fashion.
• the copper precursor formulation may contain or be mixed with other angles " ;. ,. constructive ⁇ . r - Ti S. ? '-", -n i ⁇ , 5- spirits carefully taken-, metal source reagent materials, or such other reagent materials may be separately vaporized and introduced to the deposition chamber
• compositions of the present invention may be delivered to a CVD or ALD reactor in a variety of ways.
• a liquid delivery system may be utilized.
• a combined liquid delivery and flash vaporization process unit may be employed, such as the LDS300 liquid delivery and vaporizer unit (commercially available from Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT), to enable low volatility materials to be volumetrically delivered, leading to reproducible transport and deposition without thermal decomposition of the precursor. Both of these considerations of reproducible transport and deposition without thermal decomposition are essential for providing a commercially acceptable copper CVD or ALD process.
• copper precursors that are liquids may be used in neat liquid form, or liquid or solid copper precursors may be employed in solvent formulations containing same.
• copper precursor formulations of the invention may include solvent component(s) of suitable character as may be desirable and advantageous in a given end use application to form copper on a substrate.
• suitable solvents may for example include alkane solvents, e.g., hexane, heptane, octane, pentane, or aryl solvents such as benzene or toluene, amines and amides.
• alkane solvents e.g., hexane, heptane, octane, pentane, or aryl solvents such as benzene or toluene, amines and amides.
• the utility of specific solvent compositions for particular copper precursors may be readily empirically determined, to select an appropriate single component or multiple component solvent medium for the liquid delivery vaporization and transport of the specific copper
• a solid delivery system may be utilized, for example, using the ProE-Vap solid delivery and vaporizer unit (commercially available from Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT).
• ProE-Vap solid delivery and vaporizer unit commercially available from Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT.
• a wide variety of CVD or ALD process conditions may be utilized with the precursor compositions of the present invention.
• Generalized process conditions may include substrate temperature ranges of 150 - 400 0 C; pressure ranges of 0.05 - 5 Torr; and carrier gas flows of helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, or argon at 25 -750 seem at a temperature approximately the same as the vaporizer of 50 to 120 0 C.
• Figure 1 shows the 1 H NMR (C 6 D 6 ) for copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3- diisopropylamidinate, having the following peaks: ⁇ 1.20 (d, 6H, (CHj) 2 CH-C), 1.23 (br, 12H, (CHi) 2 CH-N), 3.20 (hept, IH, CH), 3.45 (br, IH, CH), 3.95 (br, IH, CH).
• Figure 2 shows the STA/DSC plot for copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l,3- diisopropylamidinate. The melting peak is about 16O 0 C and the residue is about 19%.
• Figure 3 is the ORTEP structure for copper (I) 2-isopropyl-l ,3- diisopropylamidinate, showing the dimeric structure of the compound and 30% probability thermal ellipsoids.
• Neat 1,3-diisopropylcarbodiimide (12.37 g, 98 mmol, 15.2 mL) was slowly added to a solution of LiNMe 2 (5 g, 98 mmol) in 125 mL of THF. Some heat generation was observed. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour. Thereafter, 9.7 g of solid CuCl (98 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture in a dry box. The resulting greenish suspension was stirred overnight and all volatiles were removed in vacuum. The residue was washed in 150 mL of hexane. Filtrate was concentrated in vacuum and placed in a refrigerator whereby neat crystals grew overnight.
• Figure 4 shows the STA/DSC plot for copper (I) 2-dimethylamino-l,3- diisopropylamidinate, which is volatile with the transport temperature below 230 0 C, and having a residual mass below 5%.
• Figure 5 is the ORTEP structure for copper (I) 2- dimethylamino-1,3- diisopropylamidinate, showing the dimeric structure of the compound in the solid state.
• a relatively short Cu-Cu distance of 2.4152(17) A may indicate a weak metal-metal interaction.
• the average Cu-N distance is 1.875(3) A, which is quite similar to that observed in analogous compounds.

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