Patents Examined by J. I. Jones
  • Patent number: 6030893
    Abstract: The present invention is a chemical vapor deposition of tungsten(W-CVD)process for growing low stress and void free interconnect. The method of this invention utilizes two steps W-CVD process by two chambers. The first step, filling tungsten metal completely in the contact hole, is performed in the first chamber. The second step, forming a tungsten layer for interconnect, is performed in the second chamber. Because of using two different chambers, the method of this invention can adjust the temperature of the process and the gas flow of the WF.sub.6 vapor of the process for different required the two steps. The second step of chemical vapor deposition of tungsten by adjusting the temperature and the gas flow has reduced greatly the stress of the second conductive layer. Moreover, the first step of chemical vapor deposition of tungsten by adjusting the temperature and the gas flow prevents voids in the contact hole or in the via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Mosel Vitelic Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Tsun Lo, Cheng-Hsun Tsai, Wen-Yu Ho, Sung-Chung Hsieh