Process for improved quality of CVD copper films

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Claims

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the substrate is heated to a temperature of between 120.degree. C. and 350.degree. C.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the CVD reactor is maintained at a pressure of between 10 mTorr and 100 Tort.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the vapors of the copper (I) organometallic precursor compound are introduced via an inert carrier gas selected from the groups consisting of helium, argon, nitrogen, neon, xenon, krypton and mixtures thereof introduced into the CVD reactor at a rate of from 1 sccm to 1000 sccm.

6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the copper (I) organometallic precursor compound is 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4 pentanedionato copper (I) trimethyivinylsilane and the ligand is 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione.

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Patent History
Patent number: RE35614
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 20, 1996
Date of Patent: Sep 23, 1997
Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
Inventors: John A. T. Norman (Encinitas, CA), Arthur K. Hochberg (Solana Beach, CA), David A. Roberts (Escondido, CA)
Primary Examiner: Roy V. King
Attorney: Geoffrey L. Chase
Application Number: 8/667,254
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Metal Coating (427/250); 427/2551; 427/2481; Heating Or Drying Pretreatment (427/314); Vapor Deposition Or Utilizing Vacuum (427/124)
International Classification: C23C 1600;