PROPERTIES OF Mo COMPOUNDS AS A DIFFUSION BARRIER BETWEEN Cu AND Si PREPARED BY CO-SPUTTERING

PROPERTIES OF Mo COMPOUNDS AS A DIFFUSION BARRIER BETWEEN Cu AND Si PREPARED BY CO-SPUTTERING

In this study, the diffusion barrier properties of $1000\AA$ thick molybdenum compounds (Mox=1-5 Si) were investigated using sheet resistance measurements, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and Rutherford back scattering spectrometry (RBS). Each barrier material was deposited by the de and rf magnetron co-sputtering of Mo and Si, respectively, and annealed at $500-700^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in vacuum. Each barrier material was failed at low temperatures due to Cu diffusion through grain boundaries and defects of barrier thin films or through the reaction of Cu with Si within Mo-barrier thin films. It was found that Mo rich thin films were less effective than Si rich films to Cu penetration activating Cu reaction with the substrate at a temperature higher than $500^{\circ}C$.