Claims
- 1. A method for depositing a low dielectric constant material on a substrate, comprising:depositing a silicon oxide based material comprising carbon-silicon bonds and a carbon content of between about 1% and about 50% by atomic weight on a substrate, wherein the silicon oxide based material is located between conductive interconnects or conductive contacts/vias; exposing the silicon oxide based material to a surface modifying surfactant; and planarizing the silicon oxide based material.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon oxide based material is deposited by reacting one or more silicon compounds that contain carbon with an oxidizing gas at an RF power level from about 10 W to about 500 W.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the silicon compounds are selected from a group consisting of methylsilane, dimethylsilane, disilanomethane, bis(methylsilano)methane, 1,2-disilanoethane, 1,2-bis(methylsilano)ethane, 2,2-disilano-propane, 1,3,5-trisilano-2,4,6-trimethylene, 1,3-dimethyidisiloxane, 1,3-bis(silano-methylene)disiloxane, bis(1-methyldisiloxanyl)methane, 2,2-bis(1-methyldisiloxanyl)-propane, 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-cyclotetrasiloxane, 2,4,6,8,10-pentamethylcyclopentasiloxane, 1,3,5,7-tetrasilano-2,6-dioxy-4,8-dimethylene, fluorinated carbon derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.
- 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising curing the silicon oxide based material at a temperature between about 100° C. to about 450° C.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the surface modifying surfactant selected from a group consisting of hexamethyldisilazane, trimethyl-silyldiethylamine, phenyidimethylsilyldimethylamine, trimethoxysilyldimethylamine, tris(trifluoromethyl)-silyi dimethylamine, bis(trimethylsilyl)hydrazine, 1-phenyldimethyl-silyl-2-methyl-hydrazine, 1-trimethoxysilyl-2-methylhydrazine, 1-tris(trifluoromethyl-silyl)-2-methyl-hydrazine, and trimethylchlorosilane.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein planarizing the silicon oxide material is performed by a chemical mechanical polishing technique.
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon oxide based material has a carbon content between about 5% and about 30% by atomic weight.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon oxide-based material is exposed to the hydrophobic-imparting surfactant and heated to a temperature between about 10° C. and about 100° C.
- 9. The method of claim 2, wherein the oxidizing gas is N2O or O2.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon oxide based material has a dielectric constant of about 3 or less.
- 11. A method for depositing a low dielectric constant material, comprising:depositing a silicon oxide based material comprising carbon-silicon bonds and a carbon content of between about 1% and about 50% by atomic weight on a substrate by reacting one or more silicon compounds that contain carbon with an oxidizing gas at an RF power level between about 10 W and about 250 W, wherein the silicon oxide based material is located between conductive interconnects or conductive contacts/vias; exposing the silicon oxide-based material to a surface modifying surfactant at a temperature from about 10° C. to about 100° C.; and chemical mechanical polishing the silicon oxide based material.
- 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the silicon compounds are selected from a group consisting of methylsilane, dimethylsilane, disilanomethane, bis(methylsilano)methane, 1,2-disilanoethane, 1,2-bis(methylsilano)ethane, 2,2-disilanopropane, 1,3,5-trisilano-2,4,6-trimethylene, 1,3-dimethyldisiloxane, 1,3-bis(silanomethylene)disiloxane, bis(1-methyldi-siloxanyl)methane, 2,2-bis(1-methyldisiloxanyl)-propane, 2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclotetra-siloxane, 2,4,6,8,10-pentamethylcyclopentasiloxane, 1,3,5,7-tetrasilano-2,6-dioxy-4,8-dimethylene, fluorinated carbon derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.
- 13. The method process of claim 11, wherein the surface modifying surfactant is selected from a group consisting of hexamethyldisilazane, trimethylsilyldiethylamine, phenyldimethylsilyldimethylamine, trimethoxysilyldimethylamine, tris(trifluoromethyl)-silyldimethylamine, bis(trimethyl-silyl)hydrazine, 1-phenyldimethylsilyl-2-methyl-hydrazine, 1-trimethoxysilyl-2-methyl-hydrazine, 1-tris(trifluoromethylsilyl)-2-methyl-hydrazine, and trimethylchlorosilane.
- 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the surface modifying surfactant comprises hexamethyldisilazane.
- 15. The method of claim 11, wherein the silicon oxide based material has a carbon content between about 5% and 30% by atomic weight.
- 16. The method of claim 11, wherein the oxidizing gas is N2O or O2.
- 17. The method of claim 11, wherein the silicon oxide based material has a dielectric constant of about 3 or less.
- 18. A method for processing a substrate, comprising:depositing a first material; depositing a low dielectric constant material adjacent the first material, wherein the low dielectric constant material is a silicon oxide based material comprising carbon-silicon bonds and a carbon content of between about 1% and about 50% by atomic weight on a substrate; exposing the silicon oxide based material to a surface modifying surfactant; and planarizing the silicon oxide based material; and then depositing a second material adjacent the low dielectric constant material.
- 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first material comprises a dielectric material and the second material comprises a photo resist material or one or more conductive materials.
- 20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first material comprises a first dielectric layer, the low dielectric constant material comprises a second dielectric material and the second material comprises a barrier layer, a metal fill layer, or both.
- 21. The method of claim 18, further comprising etching the first dielectric layer to define one or more vertical interconnects and etching the silicon oxide based material to define one or more horizontal interconnects prior to depositing the second material.
- 22. The method of claim 18, wherein the low dielectric constant material is deposited by reacting one or more silicon compounds that contain carbon with an oxidizing gas at an RF power level from about 10 W to about 500 W.
- 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more silicon compounds are selected from a group consisting of methylsilane, dimethylsilane, trimethylsilane, disilanomethane, bis(methylsilano)methane, 1,2-disilanoethane, 1,2-bis(methylsilano)ethane, 2,2-disilano-propane, 1,3,5-trisilano-2,4,6-trimethylene, 1,3-dimethyidisiloxane, 1,3-bis(silano-methylene)disiloxane, bis(1-methyldisiloxanyl)methane, 2,2-bis(1-methyldisiloxanyl)-propane, 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-cyclotetrasiloxane, 2,4,6,8,10-pentamethylcyclopentasiloxane, 1,3,5,7-tetrasilano-2,6-dioxy-4,8-dimethylene, fluorinated carbon derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.
- 24. The method of claim 18, wherein the surface modifying surfactant is selected from a group consisting of hexamethyldisilazane, trimethyl-silyldiethylamine, phenyldimethylsilyldimethylamine, trimethoxysilyldimethylamine, tris(trifluoromethyl)-silyldimethylamine, bis(trimethylsilyl)hydrazine, 1-phenyldimethyl-silyl-2-methyl-hydrazine, 1-trimethoxysilyl-2-methylhydrazine, 1-tris(trifluoromethyl-silyl)-2-methyl-hydrazine, and trimethylchlorosilane.
- 25. The method of claim 18, wherein the low dielectric constant material has a carbon content between about 5% and about 30% by atomic weight.
- 26. The method of claim 18, wherein the low dielectric constant material is exposed to the surface modifying surfactant at a temperature between about 10° C. and about 100° C.
- 27. The method of claim 22, wherein the oxidizing gas is N2O or O2.
- 28. The method of claim 18, wherein the low dielectric constant material has a dielectric constant of about 3 or less.
- 29. The method of claim 18, further comprising curing the silicon oxide based material at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 400° C.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/792,122, filed on Feb. 21, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,448,187, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/187,460 which was filed on Nov. 4, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,245,690. Each of the related applications is incorporated by reference herein.
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