Claims
- 1. A system for fabricating an interconnect structure within an interconnect opening surrounded by dielectric material, the system comprising:a barrier material deposition unit for forming a layer of diffusion barrier material on at least one wall of said interconnect opening; an activation bath comprised of tin ions and palladium ions for forming an activation layer comprised of palladium on said layer of diffusion barrier material when said interconnect opening is immersed within said activation bath; wherein said tin ions have a tin ion concentration in said activation bath that is greater than a palladium ion concentration in said activation bath; a seed layer deposition unit for forming a layer of seed material on said activation layer in an electroless deposition process; and a conductive fill deposition unit for growing a conductive fill material from said layer of seed material for filling said interconnect opening.
- 2. The system of claim 1, wherein a layer of silicon rich material is formed on said layer of diffusion barrier material before formation of said activation layer such that said activation layer is formed on said layer of silicon rich material, wherein a ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration in said activation bath is adjusted to decrease with an amount of silicon atoms of said layer of silicon rich material deposited on said diffusion barrier material.
- 3. The system of claim 2, wherein when said layer of silicon rich material is not deposited on said layer of diffusion barrier material, said ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration is 5:1.
- 4. The system of claim 2, wherein when said layer of silicon rich material is deposited on said layer of diffusion barrier material, said ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration in said activation bath is one of 3:1 or 5:2.
- 5. The system of claim 2, wherein when said layer of silicon rich material that is comprised of substantially only silicon atoms is deposited on said diffusion barrier material, said ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration in said activation bath is 2:1.
- 6. The system of claim 1, wherein said layer of seed material and said conductive fill material are comprised of copper.
- 7. The system of claim 6, wherein said layer of diffusion barrier material is comprised of titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN).
- 8. The system of claim 1, wherein said interconnect opening is one of a metal line, a via hole, or a dual damascene opening.
- 9. An interconnect structure formed within an interconnect opening surrounded by dielectric material, the interconnect structure comprising:a layer of diffusion barrier material deposited on at least one wall of said interconnect opening; a layer of silicon rich material formed on said layer of diffusion barrier material; an activation layer comprised of palladium formed on said layer of silicon rich material; a layer of seed material formed on said activation layer in an electroless deposition process; and a conductive fill material grown from said layer of seed material for filling said interconnect opening.
- 10. The interconnect structure of claim 9, wherein said layer of seed material and said conductive fill material are comprised of copper.
- 11. The interconnect structure of claim 10, wherein said layer of diffusion barrier material is comprised of titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN).
- 12. The interconnect structure of claim 9, wherein said interconnect opening is one of a metal line, a via hole, or a dual damascene opening.
- 13. A system for fabricating an interconnect structure within an interconnect opening, the system comprising:an activation bath comprised of tin ions and palladium ions for forming an activation layer comprised of palladium on an underlying material within said interconnect opening when said interconnect opening is immersed within said activation bath; wherein said tin ions have a tin ion concentration in said activation bath that is greater than a palladium ion concentration in said activation bath; and a conductive fill deposition unit for forming a conductive fill material for filling said interconnect opening after formation of said activation layer.
- 14. The system of claim 13, wherein a layer of silicon rich material is formed on said underlying material before formation of said activation layer such that said activation layer is formed on said layer of silicon rich material, and wherein a ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration in said activation bath is adjusted to decrease with an amount of silicon atoms of said layer of silicon rich material.
- 15. The system of claim 14, wherein when said layer of silicon rich material is not deposited on said underlying material, said ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration is 5:1.
- 16. The system of claim 14, wherein when said layer of silicon rich material is deposited on said underlying material, said ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration in said activation bath is one of 3:1 or 5:2.
- 17. The system of claim 14, wherein when said layer of silicon rich material that is comprised of substantially only silicon atoms is deposited on said underlying material, said ratio of said tin ion concentration to said palladium ion concentration in said activation bath is 2:1.
- 18. The system of claim 13, wherein said conductive fill material is comprised of copper.
- 19. The system of claim 13, wherein said interconnect opening is one of a metal line, a via hole, or a dual damascene opening.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of an earlier filed patent application, with Ser. No. 10/118,511 filed on Apr. 8, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,472,310, for which priority is claimed. This earlier filed patent application with Ser. No. 10/118,511 is in its entirety incorporated herewith by reference.
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