摘要 |
A method for making a semiconductor device (10) includes the steps of forming a first conductive layer (50) adjacent a substrate (52), forming an etch stop layer (54) on the conductive layer, and forming a dielectric layer (56) on the etch stop layer. The dielectric layer includes a material having a low dielectric constant, and a via (12) is formed through the dielectric layer to expose the etch stop layer at the bottom, with porous sidewalls (16) being produced. The exposed etch stop layer (54) is etched using an etchant that cooperates with etched material from the etch stop layer to form a polymeric layer (64) to coat the porous sidewalls of the via. Since the etchant cooperates with the etched material from the etch stop layer to form the polymeric layer coating the porous sidewalls of the via, a separate coating layer deposition step is not required after the via is etched and cleaned. After the porous sidewalls have been coated and polymeric material has been etched from the bottom of the via, a barrier metal layer (66) is formed on the polymeric layer (64), a seed layer (68) is formed on the barrier metal layer, and a second conductive layer (70) is formed on the seed layer contacting the first conductive layer in the via. <IMAGE> |