MATERIAL AND ELECTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER FILMS DEPOSITED BY MATAL-ORGANIC CHEMICAL TECHNIQUE

Material and electrical characteristies of copper thin films prepared by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) have been investigated for interconnection applications in ultra large scale integration circuits (ULSI). The copper films have been deposited a TiN substrates using a metal organic precursor, hexafluoro acetylacetonate trimethyvinylsilane copper, VTMS(hfac)Cu (I). Deposition rate, grain size, surface morphology, and electrical resistvity of the copper films have been measuredfrom samples prepared at various experimental conditions, which include substrate temperature, chamber pressure, and carrier gas flow rate. Results of the experiment showed that the electrical property of the copper films is closely related to the crystallinity of the films. Lowest electrical resistivity, $2.4{\mu}{\Omega}.cm$ was obtained at the substrate temperature of $180^{\circ}C$, but the resistivity slightly increased with increasing substrate temperature due to the carbon content along the copper grain boundaries.