Simultaneous formation of TiN and TiSi2 by lamp annealing in NH3 ambient and its application to diffusion barriers

The dependence of TiN/TiSi2 bilayer formation on Si by lamp annealing of Ti upon annealing temperature, ambients, and impurity in Si was investigated. In NH3 ambient, nitridation ratio on undoped Si at 680 and 800 °C is 40% and 25%, respectively. When annealing is performed in N2, the nitridation ratio of Ti is only about 25% at both 680 and 800 °C. The above dependence of nitridation ratio on annealing ambient is due to the difference in decomposition energy of gas molecules. The nitridation ratio increases on arsenic‐implanted Si because of a retardation effect of the arsenic on the silicidation reaction. The bilayer formation process was applied to the AlSi contact metallization on the n+ diffused layer. From measurements on electrical characteristics of the AlSi/TiN/TiSi2/n+ Si contact system, the following results were obtained: (1) Contact resisitivity is 3.5–5.3×10−7 Ω cm2. (2) The TiN/TiSi2 contact electrode is thermally stable against Al. In particular, when the bilayer is formed in NH3 at compar...