WO2019049472A1 - スパッタリング装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a sputtering apparatus for forming a thin film such as a barrier film or a seed layer inside a hole or trench formed on a substrate surface in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, more specifically, on the bottom and side of the hole or trench.
- Sputtering suitable for depositing thin films with good coverage and symmetry with respect to holes and trenches that is, thin films deposited on opposite sides of holes and trenches have the same thickness
- a vacuum chamber in which the target is disposed in order to obtain good uniformity in the substrate surface, a vacuum chamber in which the target is disposed, and a stage which is disposed to face the target in the vacuum chamber and rotatably holds a circular substrate. And a target is sputtered to form a thin film on the surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate at a predetermined rotation speed about the center of rotation of the substrate.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that a film is formed over the entire surface of a relatively large substrate by using a relatively small target.
- the target is provided with a vacuum chamber in which the target is disposed, and a circular substrate placed opposite to the target in the vacuum chamber is rotated about its center at a predetermined rotation speed while the target is rotated.
- the sputtering apparatus according to the present invention for sputtering and depositing a thin film on the surface of a substrate comprises: a stage rotatably holding the substrate in a state where the center of the substrate is offset at a predetermined interval radially from the center of the target; And a shield plate provided between the substrate on the stage and covering the substrate, and sputtering of the target at a predetermined discharge pressure on the shield plate allows passage of sputtered particles scattered from the target to the substrate side
- the opening is formed from the central region of the substrate as a starting point radially outward from this starting point Has a contoured opening area of gradually increases, the amount of increase in opening area, characterized in that it is set according to the distance between the target and the substrate.
- the sputtered particles travel while maintaining the angle scattered from the target.
- those obliquely incident on the substrate surface are shielded by the shielding plate, so that a thin film can be formed on the bottom and side of the hole or trench with good coverage.
- Thin films can be formed with good symmetry with respect to holes and trenches.
- the diameter of the target is set to about twice or more of the substrate radius in order to obtain good uniformity of the film thickness of the thin film formed in the hole or trench and symmetry of the film formation shape. Is preferred.
- the radius of the substrate is r
- the distance between the target and the substrate is d
- the center of the substrate is offset by r / 3 or more away from the center of the target.
- the area of the opening is set such that the ratio of the area to be shielded of the substrate by the shielding plate is larger than the value of 1 ⁇ (d ⁇ 2r / 2.66).
- the central angle of the opening it is preferable to set the central angle of the opening within a range of 60 to 120 °.
- the central angle is smaller than 60 °, the deposition rate may not be sufficiently increased, while if the central angle is larger than 120 °, the amount of sputtered particles obliquely incident on the substrate surface increases. , Symmetry and coverage may be worse.
- the amount of sputtered particles reaching the central region of the substrate may be reduced.
- the shielding plate by moving the shield along the offset direction of the substrate with respect to the center of the target, the amount of sputtered particles reaching the central region of the substrate can be maintained, and holes or trenches present in the central region It can prevent that the film thickness of the thin film formed into a film becomes thin.
- a magnet unit is disposed on the back side of the target substrate and generates a leakage magnetic field so as to be unevenly distributed between the target and the substrate and between the center of the target and the outer periphery of the target,
- the rotation unit for rotating the magnet unit as the rotation center is provided, if the rotation of the magnet unit and the stage are synchronized, an area may not be formed with a desired film thickness in the substrate surface.
- control means for controlling the number of times of the magnet unit and the stage so as not to synchronize the rotation of the magnet unit and the stage, a film can be formed with a desired film thickness over the entire surface of the substrate. it can.
- the distance between the shielding plate and the substrate is within two times the mean free path of the discharge pressure. If it is larger than 2 times, scattering of particles increases the number of particles obliquely incident on the substrate surface, so that there is a problem that an adhesion film to an opening of a hole or a trench tends to cause an overhang.
- the opening of the shielding plate exposes the central region of the substrate. According to this, by providing the opening just above the center of the substrate, the film thickness of the thin film formed in the holes and trenches present in the central region of the substrate is not reduced, and the coverage of the central region of the substrate Can be good.
- the sputtering apparatus SM includes a vacuum chamber 1 that defines a process chamber 1a.
- An exhaust port 11 is provided on the side wall of the vacuum chamber 1.
- a vacuum pump P comprising a turbo molecular pump, a rotary pump, etc. is connected to the exhaust port 11 via an exhaust pipe 12, and the pressure in the processing chamber 1a (for example, The vacuum can be drawn up to 1 ⁇ 10 -5 Pa).
- a gas inlet 13 is provided on the side wall of the vacuum chamber 1, and the gas inlet 13 communicates with a gas source (not shown) and is connected to a gas pipe 15 provided with a mass flow controller 14.
- a sputtering gas composed of a rare gas can be introduced into the processing chamber 1a at a predetermined flow rate.
- a cathode unit C is detachably provided on the ceiling of the vacuum chamber 1 .
- the cathode unit C is disposed on the side facing the sputtering surface 2 a of the target 2 and the target 2 installed to face the inside of the vacuum chamber 1 (processing chamber 1 a), and between the target 2 and the substrate W and
- the magnet unit 3 generates a leaked magnetic field so as to be unevenly distributed between the center of the target 2 and the outer peripheral portion of the target 2.
- the target 2 is made of a material such as metal or metal compound (insulator) appropriately selected according to the composition of the thin film to be formed, and is manufactured to have, for example, a circular outline using a known method ing.
- the target 2 is connected with an output from a DC power supply having a negative potential as a sputtering power supply E or a high frequency power supply, and is supplied with power at the time of sputtering.
- a backing plate 21 is bonded to a surface of the target 2 facing away from the sputtered surface 2 a via a bonding material such as indium or tin.
- the backing plate 21 is made of metal such as Cu, which has good thermal conductivity, and can cool the target 2 by circulating a refrigerant through a refrigerant circulation passage (not shown).
- the rotating shaft 41 of the rotating means 4 is connected to the upper surface of the yoke 31 so that the magnet unit 3 can be rotated about the center of the target 2 as a center of rotation while sputtering the target 2 for film formation.
- a stage 5 which holds the substrate W in a state of being offset at a predetermined interval in one radial direction from the center of the target 2.
- the rotary shaft 61 of the rotation means 6 penetrating the bottom wall of the vacuum chamber 1 is connected via a vacuum seal member (not shown) so that the substrate W can be rotated at a predetermined number of rotations.
- the stage 5 is connected to the output of a high frequency power source, which is a bias power source E2, and bias power is supplied at the time of sputtering.
- the stage 5 has a known electrostatic chuck (not shown), and by applying a predetermined voltage to the electrodes of the electrostatic chuck, the substrate W can be adsorbed and held on the stage 5 with its film formation surface facing up. It is supposed to be. Further, the drive shaft of the lifting means (not shown) may be connected to the stage 5 so that the distance between the target 2 and the substrate W can be changed.
- a shielding plate 7 covering the substrate W is provided between the target 2 and the substrate W on the stage 5.
- the shielding plate 7 is formed with an opening 71 which allows passage of sputtered particles scattered from the target 2 to the substrate W side.
- the opening 71 exposes, for example, the central region of the substrate W, and the opening area gradually increases from the starting point 72 with the exposed portion of the central area as the starting point 72.
- the increase amount of the opening area is set in accordance with the distance d1 between the target 2 and the substrate W.
- the distance d2 between the substrate W and the shielding plate 7 is preferably set in the range of 5 to 100 mm.
- the distance d2 between the substrate W and the shielding plate 7 is a discharge More preferably, it is set within 2 times the mean free path for the pressure.
- the drive shaft 81 of the moving means 8 is connected to the side surface of the shielding plate 7, and the shielding plate 7 can be moved along the offset direction of the substrate W with respect to the center of the target 2 (that is, rightward in FIG. 1). It is supposed to be.
- the sputtering apparatus SM has a known control means Ru provided with a microcomputer, sequencer, etc., and operates the vacuum pump P, the mass flow controller 14, the sputtering power supply E, the rotation means 4, the rotation means 6
- the central control of the operation of the vehicle and the operation of the moving means 8 is carried out. If the rotation of the magnet unit 3 and the stage 5 are synchronized, there may be a region where film formation with a desired film thickness does not occur within the surface of the substrate W. However, the magnet unit 3 and the stage 5 may be formed by the control means Ru. By controlling the number of times of the magnet unit 3 and the stage 5 respectively so that their rotations are not synchronized, it is possible to form a film with a desired film thickness over the entire surface of the substrate W.
- a film forming method using the sputtering apparatus SM will be described by taking, as an example, a case where a Cu film is formed inside holes or trenches (not shown) formed on the surface of the substrate W.
- the vacuum chamber 1 in which the Cu target 2 is disposed is evacuated to a predetermined degree of vacuum (for example, 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 Pa), and the substrate W is transported into the vacuum chamber 1 by a transport robot (not shown).
- the substrate W is delivered to the stage 5, and the substrate W is electrostatically attracted and held on the stage 5.
- the substrate W is rotated by rotating the stage 5 at a predetermined rotation number (for example, 120 rpm) by the rotation means 6.
- argon gas as a sputtering gas is introduced at a flow rate of 0 to 20 sccm, for example (in the vacuum chamber 1 at this time).
- the pressure is 2.0 ⁇ 10 -1 Pa or less
- DC power for example, 10 to 30 kW
- a high frequency power 300 W of 13.56 MHz is supplied to the stage 5 from the bias power source E2.
- plasma is formed in the vacuum chamber 1.
- the sputtering surface 2a of the target 2 is sputtered, and sputtered particles scattered from the target 2 pass through the opening 71 of the shielding plate 7 and adhere to the bottom and side surfaces of holes and trenches formed on the surface of the substrate W Then, a Cu film is formed.
- the shielding plate 7 Since the light is incident substantially perpendicularly to the surface, a Cu film can be formed with good symmetry and coverage with respect to holes and trenches. Moreover, it is preferable to install the shielding plate 7 so that the opening 71 of the shielding plate 7 exists right above the central region of the substrate W.
- the amount of sputtered particles reaching the central region of the substrate W does not decrease, and the film thickness of the Cu film formed in the holes or trenches present in the central region of the substrate W does not locally decrease.
- a Cu film having a substantially equal film thickness can be formed over the entire surface of W.
- the opening area of the opening 71 of the shielding plate 7 is set small, good symmetry and coverage can be obtained, but the film forming rate may be low.
- the opening area of the opening 71 is set large, the deposition rate can be increased, but the symmetry and the coverage may be deteriorated.
- the increase amount of the opening area of the opening 71 is set according to the distance between the substrate W and the target 2, the inside of the hole or the trench formed on the surface of the substrate W is good. It is possible to form a Cu film having the same thickness over the entire surface of the substrate W at a high deposition rate without impairing the function of forming a Cu film with good coverage while having symmetry.
- the opening 71 has a fan-shaped contour, the radius of the substrate W is r, the distance between the target 2 and the substrate W is d1, and the center of the substrate W is r / r from the center of the target 2.
- the area of the opening 71 is set such that the area ratio of the area to be shielded of the substrate W by the shielding plate 7 becomes larger than the value of 1 ⁇ (d1 / 2r / 2.66) by being offset so as to be separated by 2 or more.
- the central angle ⁇ of the opening 71 is preferably set in the range of 60 to 120 °.
- the amount of sputtered particles reaching the central region of the substrate W may be reduced.
- the shielding plate 7 along the offset direction of the substrate W with respect to the center of the target 2 by the moving means 8 the amount of sputtered particles reaching the central region of the substrate W can be maintained. It is possible to prevent the film thickness of a thin film formed in a hole or a trench present in the region from being reduced.
- the relationship between the number of processed substrates W and the amount of film formation on the portion may be obtained in advance, and the shielding plate 7 may be moved according to the number of processed substrates W.
- the following experiment was performed using the sputtering apparatus SM. That is, in this experiment, using a substrate W having a trench with an opening width of 50 nm and a depth of 200 nm formed on the surface of a circular silicon substrate of ⁇ 300 mm as the substrate W, ⁇ 400 mm as the target 2 (the radius r of the substrate W Distance between the substrate W and the target 2 (hereinafter referred to as "T / S distance") d1 is set to 400 mm, and the distance between the substrate W and the shielding plate 7 The d2 was set to 50 mm, and the offset amount Vo of the center of the substrate W from the center of the target 2 was set to r / 2.
- An opening 71 having a fan-shaped contour with a central angle ⁇ of 90 ° was opened in the shield plate 7 using a SUS plate of ⁇ 400 mm as the shield plate 7. Then, the rotational speed of the stage 5 was controlled to 120 rpm, the rotational speed of the magnet unit 3 to 52 rpm, and argon gas was introduced into the vacuum chamber 1 and DC power was supplied to the target to generate plasma.
- the flow rate of argon gas is immediately adjusted to 0 sccm (the pressure in the processing chamber 1a at this time is 1 ⁇ 10 -5 Pa), the DC power to be supplied to the target 2 is set to 23 kW, and 13.56 MHz for the stage 5 High frequency power of 300 W was applied, the target 2 was sputtered, and a Cu film was formed inside the trench.
- the symmetry and coverage of the Cu film formed inside the trench are evaluated from the cross-sectional SEM image of the substrate W after film formation, and, together with this, the film is formed on a flat portion (other than the trench) of the surface of the substrate W
- the deposition rate was evaluated from the measured film thickness of the Cu film.
- FIG. 3A also shows the evaluation results when the central angle ⁇ of the opening 71 is changed to 45 °, 60 °, 120 °, 150 °, and 180 °.
- ⁇ indicates that the symmetry and coverage are excellent and the deposition rate is high
- ⁇ indicates that the symmetry and coverage are excellent and the deposition rate is mass-produced
- ⁇ indicates that the symmetry and coverage are applicable for mass production and the deposition rate is high
- ⁇ indicates that the symmetry and coverage are NG (not applicable for mass production). It represents.
- FIG. 3A also shows the evaluation results when the T / S distance d1 is changed to 200 mm and 300 mm.
- the ratio of the shielded area of the substrate W by the shielding plate 7 is 1 ⁇ (d ⁇ 2r / 2.66) It satisfies the condition that it becomes larger than the value of.
- the area of the opening 71 is set to satisfy this condition.
- the central angle ⁇ can be increased to 90 °, and the T / S distance d1 is set to 300 mm.
- the central angle ⁇ can be increased to 120 °, and it is confirmed that when the T / S distance d1 is set to 400 mm, the central angle ⁇ can be increased to 180 °.
- the central angle ⁇ is preferably 120 ° or less, and further preferably 60 ° or more in view of productivity.
- FIG. 3B shows a result of evaluation of forming a Cu film in the same manner as described above except that the substrate W having a diameter of 450 mm is used.
- the ratio of the shielded area of the substrate W by the shielding plate 7 is 1- (d ⁇ 2r / 2.66) It satisfies the condition that it becomes larger than the value of.
- the area of the opening 71 is set to satisfy this condition. For example, when the T / S distance d1 is 200 mm, the central angle ⁇ is set to 45 °, but the T / S distance d1 is set to 300 mm.
- the central angle ⁇ can be increased to 60 °, and setting the T / S distance d1 to 400 mm can increase the central angle ⁇ to 90 °, and setting the T / S distance d1 to 600 mm: It was confirmed that the central angle ⁇ was increased to 180 °.
- the central angle ⁇ is preferably 120 ° or less, and further preferably 60 ° or more in view of productivity.
- the opening 71 of the shielding plate 7 may be formed as a notch.
- the opening 71 has a contour such that the opening area gradually increases from the central region as the starting point radially outward from the starting point, but the so-called substantially fan-shaped or substantially triangular shaped opening
- the present invention is not limited to the case where the portion is provided at one place, and may be discretely provided as a plurality of openings, and the sum of the openings may satisfy the above condition.
- the case of forming a Cu film on the surface of the substrate W using the Cu target as the target 2 has been described as an example, but the invention is not limited to this, and a metal film other than a Cu film is formed.
- the present invention can also be applied to the case where an insulating film is formed using an insulator target made of Al 2 O 3 , MgO, SiC, SiN or the like.
- SM sputtering apparatus
- W substrate
- 1 vacuum chamber
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- 2a sputtering surface
- 2c center of target 2
- 3 magnet unit
- 5 stage
- 7 shielding plate
- 71 opening
- 72 ... Starting point.
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- ターゲットが配置される真空チャンバを備え、真空チャンバ内でターゲットに対向配置される、円形の基板をその中心を回転中心として所定の回転数で回転させながら、ターゲットをスパッタリングして基板表面に薄膜を成膜するスパッタリング装置であって、
基板の中心がターゲットの中心から径方向一方に所定間隔でオフセットされた状態でこの基板を回転自在に保持するステージと、ターゲットとステージ上の基板との間に設けられて基板を覆う遮蔽板とを備え、遮蔽板に、ターゲットを所定の放電圧力でスパッタリングすることでターゲットから飛散するスパッタ粒子の基板側への通過を許容する開口部が形成されているものにおいて、
開口部は、基板の中心領域を起点としてこの起点から径方向外方へと向かうに従いその開口面積が次第に増加するような輪郭を持ち、開口面積の増加量がターゲットと基板との間の距離に応じて設定されることを特徴とするスパッタリング装置。 - 請求項1記載のスパッタリング装置であって、前記開口部が扇形の輪郭を持つものにおいて、
基板の半径をr、ターゲットと基板との間の距離をdとし、
基板の中心が、ターゲットの中心よりr/3以上離れるようにオフセットされ、
遮蔽板による基板の被遮蔽面積比が、1-(d÷2r/2.66)の値より大きくなるように前記開口部の面積が設定されることを特徴とするスパッタリング装置 - 前記開口部の中心角を60~120°の範囲としたことを特徴とする請求項2記載のスパッタリング装置。
- 前記ターゲットの中心に対する基板のオフセット方向に沿って前記遮蔽板を移動可能な移動手段を更に備えることを特徴とする請求項1又は2記載のマグネトロンスパッタリング装置。
- 請求項1~4のいずれか1項記載のスパッタリング装置であって、ターゲットの基板との背面側に配置されてターゲットと基板との間で且つターゲットの中心とターゲットの外周部との間に偏在するように漏洩磁場を発生させる磁石ユニットと、ターゲットの中心を回転中心として磁石ユニットを回転させる回転手段とを備えるものにおいて、
磁石ユニットとステージとが同期しないように、磁石ユニット及びステージの回数数を夫々制御する制御手段を更に備えることを特徴とするスパッタリング装置。 - 前記遮蔽板と基板との間の距離が、前記放電圧力の平均自由工程の2倍以内であることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれか1項記載のスパッタリング装置。
- 前記遮蔽板の開口部が、基板の中心領域を露出させていることを特徴とする請求項1~6のいずれか1項記載のスパッタリング装置。
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