Fabrication of electronic component incorporating inductive microcomponent, e.g. inductor or transformer, comprises etching copper-diffusion barrier layer between turns of inductive microcomponent

摘要

Electronic component incorporating inductive microcomponent is manufactured by etching copper-diffusion barrier layer (15) between turns (30, 31) of inductive microcomponent. Fabrication of electronic component incorporating inductive microcomponent, comprises: (i) depositing layer of material having low relative permittivity on substrate (1); (ii) depositing layer (12) forming hard mask; (iii) forming aperture in the hard mask vertically above the metal pads; (iv) etching the layer on material having low relative permittivity down to metal pad to form interconnection hole or via; (v) depositing layer forming copper barrier diffusion; (vi) depositing copper primer layer; (vii) depositing protective mask and removing it from the bottom of the via; (viii) depositing copper electrolytically in the via; (ix) removing the rest of the protective mask; (x) depositing top resist layer with thickness similar to the thickness of turns of the inductive microcomponent; (xi) etching the resist layer to form channels defining geometry of turns of the inductive microcomponent; (xii) depositing layer electrolytically in the etch channels; (xiii) removing the rest of the top resist layer; (xiv) etching the copper primer layer between copper turns; and (xv) etching copper-diffusion barrier layer between turns of inductive microcomponent.