| 摘要 |
An integrated circuit structure including copper metallization (20, 32, 42), and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The structure includes a doped region (7) of a silicon substrate (9), which is typically clad with a metal silicide film (12) formed by way of direct react silicidation. At contact locations (CT) at which the copper metallization (20, 32, 42) is to make contact to the doped region (7), a chemically-densified barrier layer (16, 30, 38) provides a diffusion barrier to the overlying copper metallization (20, 32, 42). The chemically-densified barrier layer (16, 30, 38) is formed by an anneal of the structure to react impurities (14, 28, 36) with the underlying refractory-metal-based film (12, 34); the impurities are introduced by way of wet chemistry, plasma bombardment, or from the ambient in which the structure is annealed.
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