JPH0634411B2 - Superconducting device - Google Patents
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【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は超電導装置に係り、特に液体ヘリウム温度近傍
で動作し、高速で低消費電力性能を有する信頼性の高い
超電導装置に関する。Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a superconducting device, and more particularly to a highly reliable superconducting device that operates near liquid helium temperature and has high speed and low power consumption performance.
従来、超電導装置(以下、文中では、超電導スイッチン
グ装置と称する場合もある)において、磁気遮蔽膜,ト
ンネル接合素子の電極膜、および配線膜等の超電導膜に
はNb膜が用いられて来た。Nb膜を超電導膜に用いた
超電導スイッチング装置の作製方法および構造に関して
は、アイ・イー・イー・イー,トランザクション オン
マグネティクス,エム エー ジー 19,(198
3年)第1170頁から1173頁(IEEE Tran
s.Magnetics,MAG19,(1983)=pp.11
70−1173)において詳細に述べられている。Nb
膜は室温と液体ヘリウム温度間の熱サイクルに対して充
分な機械的強度を有し、熱的応力によるトンネル接合素
子の劣化をもたらさない。したがってNbは耐久性のあ
る超電導スイッチング装置を得るために必須の超電導材
料である。Conventionally, in a superconducting device (hereinafter, also referred to as a superconducting switching device in some cases), a Nb film has been used as a magnetic shielding film, an electrode film of a tunnel junction element, and a superconducting film such as a wiring film. Regarding the fabrication method and structure of the superconducting switching device using the Nb film as the superconducting film, IEE, Transaction on Magnetics, MAG 19, (198).
3 years) pp. 1170 to 1173 (IEEE Tran
s. Magnetics, MAG19, (1983) = pp. 11
70-1173). Nb
The film has sufficient mechanical strength for thermal cycling between room temperature and liquid helium temperature, and does not cause deterioration of the tunnel junction device due to thermal stress. Therefore, Nb is an essential superconducting material for obtaining a durable superconducting switching device.
前記従来の技術の項で述べたごとく、Nbを用いた超電
導スイッチング装置は高い機械的な耐久性能を有する。
しかるにNbは酸素に対する反応性が強い。Nbの酸素
に対する反応性は結晶粒径の粗大なバルクNbにおける
よりも、超電導スイッチング装置に用いるNb薄膜にお
いてむしろ著しい。酸素雰囲気中でNb薄膜を加熱した
場合、300℃程度以上の加熱温度に対してNb膜の超
電導特性が劣化する。As described in the section of the prior art, the superconducting switching device using Nb has high mechanical durability.
However, Nb has a strong reactivity with oxygen. The reactivity of Nb with oxygen is more remarkable in the Nb thin film used in the superconducting switching device than in bulk Nb having a coarse crystal grain size. When the Nb thin film is heated in an oxygen atmosphere, the superconducting property of the Nb film deteriorates at a heating temperature of about 300 ° C. or higher.
このようなNb膜の酸素に対する反応性は超電導スイッ
チング装置に用いるトンネル接合素子において著しい。
Nb膜で構成されるトンネル接合の場合、200℃まで
の加熱によって、ジョセフソン臨界電流の変化,リーク
電流の増大,トンネル抵抗の変化等を生じる。これらの
接合特性の変化は、Nb膜中への酸素の拡散によって引
き起されるものである。一方、実用的な耐久性を考慮し
た場合、さらにジョセフソン接合形成後の作製工程にお
いて200℃以上の処理が必要な場合もあり得る。The reactivity of the Nb film with respect to oxygen is remarkable in the tunnel junction element used in the superconducting switching device.
In the case of a tunnel junction composed of an Nb film, heating to 200 ° C. causes a change in Josephson critical current, an increase in leak current, a change in tunnel resistance, and the like. These changes in the junction characteristics are caused by the diffusion of oxygen into the Nb film. On the other hand, in consideration of practical durability, it may be necessary to further perform treatment at 200 ° C. or higher in the manufacturing process after forming the Josephson junction.
そこで本発明の目的は、超電導スイッチング装置の磁気
遮蔽膜,電極膜あるいは配線膜等の超電導膜にNbある
いはNb系材料を用いるに際して、NbあるいはNb系
材料の耐熱性能を向上せしめるための超電導装置を提供
することにある。Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a superconducting device for improving the heat resistance of Nb or Nb-based material when Nb or Nb-based material is used for the magnetic shielding film, the electrode film, the wiring film or the like of the superconducting switching device. To provide.
上記目的は超電導装置において、Nb磁気遮蔽膜,Nb
電極膜あるいはNb配線膜等の表面層をNbN,Mo
N,ZrN,TaN等の窒化物あるいはNbC,Ta
C,MoC等の炭化物で覆った構造とすることにより達
成される。これら窒化物あるいは炭化物の膜厚として、
Nb膜を完全に覆いつくし、かつ後処理における膜厚減
少後においても被覆性を有するために10nm以上の膜
厚が必要である。The above object is to provide a Nb magnetic shield film, Nb
The surface layer such as the electrode film or the Nb wiring film is coated with NbN, Mo.
N, ZrN, TaN, etc. nitrides or NbC, Ta
This is achieved by having a structure covered with a carbide such as C or MoC. As the film thickness of these nitrides or carbides,
It is necessary to have a film thickness of 10 nm or more in order to completely cover the Nb film and to have the covering property even after the film thickness is reduced in the post-treatment.
NbN,MoN,ZrN,TaN等の窒化物あるいは、
NbC,TaC,MoC等の炭化物はいずれも10K以
上の超電導臨界温度を有し、Nb膜の臨界温度9.2K
より充分高い。さらに、これら窒化物、あるいは炭化物
においてはNb,Mo,Zr,Ta等の金属元素に対し
て、窒素あるいは炭素原子が置換型で存在しているので
はなく、侵入型で存在している。したがって、酸素に対
する反応性はNb膜より、これら窒化物あるいは炭化物
の方が充分に低い。たとえば約1ヶ月間の空気中放置に
対して、Nb膜は表面に厚さ約10nmの酸化層が形成
されるが、たとえばNbN膜の表面に形成される酸化層
の厚さは2nmである。NbN, MoN, ZrN, TaN and other nitrides, or
Carbides such as NbC, TaC, and MoC all have a superconducting critical temperature of 10K or higher, and the Nb film has a critical temperature of 9.2K.
Higher enough. Further, in these nitrides or carbides, nitrogen or carbon atoms do not exist in substitutional type but in interstitial type with respect to metal elements such as Nb, Mo, Zr, and Ta. Therefore, the reactivity with respect to oxygen is sufficiently lower in these nitrides or carbides than in the Nb film. For example, when the Nb film is left in the air for about one month, an oxide layer having a thickness of about 10 nm is formed on the surface thereof, and the oxide layer formed on the surface of the NbN film has a thickness of 2 nm, for example.
Nb膜は大気中300℃における加熱によって臨界温度
の低下を来たすが、たとえばNbN膜は全く変化を示さ
ない。このような酸素に対する反応度の低さはNbNだ
けでなく、MoN,ZrN,TaNおよびNbC,Ta
C,MoC等に共通の性質である。The Nb film lowers the critical temperature by heating at 300 ° C. in the atmosphere, but the NbN film, for example, shows no change at all. Not only NbN but also MoN, ZrN, TaN and NbC, Ta have low reactivity to oxygen.
It is a property common to C, MoC and the like.
以下、本発明の一実施例を以下に述べる。(100)面
が表面と平行なSiウエハ1上に熱酸化を施し、厚さ5
00nmの表面酸化層を形成した。つぎに、Arガス雰
囲気中での直流スパッタ法により、厚さ200nmのN
b膜を形成した。つぎに同一装置中で、Arと窒素の混
合ガス雰囲気中での直流スパッタ法により、厚さ30n
mのTaN膜を形成した。所定のパタン形状を有するレ
ジスト層形成後、CF4と酸素の混合ガスを用いた反応
性イオンエッチング法により、前記のTaN膜とNb膜
の2層膜の加工を行い、レジストを除去することにより
Nb磁気遮蔽膜2およびTaN磁気遮蔽膜保護層3とし
た。つぎに抵抗加熱法により、SiO膜を200nmの
厚さでウエハ全面に形成した。所定のコンタクト穴を持
ったパタン形状を有するレジスト層形成後、CHF3ガ
スを用いた反応性イオンエッチング法により、SiO膜
の加工を行い、レジストを除去してSiO層間絶縁膜4
とした。An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. A silicon wafer 1 having a (100) plane parallel to the surface is thermally oxidized to a thickness of 5
A surface oxide layer of 00 nm was formed. Next, by a DC sputtering method in an Ar gas atmosphere, a 200 nm-thick N
The b film was formed. Next, in the same apparatus, a thickness of 30 n was obtained by a DC sputtering method in a mixed gas atmosphere of Ar and nitrogen.
m TaN film was formed. After forming a resist layer having a predetermined pattern shape, the above-mentioned two-layer film of TaN film and Nb film is processed by a reactive ion etching method using a mixed gas of CF 4 and oxygen, and the resist is removed. The Nb magnetic shield film 2 and the TaN magnetic shield film protective layer 3 were used. Next, a SiO film having a thickness of 200 nm was formed on the entire surface of the wafer by a resistance heating method. After forming a resist layer having a pattern shape having a predetermined contact hole, the SiO film is processed by the reactive ion etching method using CHF 3 gas, and the resist is removed to remove the SiO 2 interlayer insulating film 4.
And
つぎにスイッチングを行うトンネル接合素子としての超
電導トンネル接合の作製を行った。すなわち、Nb下部
電極膜5の直流スパッタ法による形成、トンネル障壁層
となるAl膜の直流スパッタによる形成と酸化によるA
l酸化物障壁層6の形成、Nb上部電極膜7の直流スパ
ッタによる形成、さらにはNb上部電極膜7の保護層と
なる膜厚30nmのTaN上部電極保護膜8の直流スパ
ッタによる形成を連続的に行った。つぎにCF4と酸素
の混合ガスを用いた反応性イオンエッチングにより上部
電極と下部電極のNb膜およびTaN膜を、Arガスを
用いたイオンビームエッチングによりトンネル障壁層の
加工を行い、接合部を含む配線膜パタンを得た。つぎに
接合部を規定するためのレジストパタンを形成した。こ
のレジストパタンに従ってCF4ガスを用いた反応性イ
オンエッチングにより、上部電極となるNb膜およびそ
の保護膜となるTaN膜の加工を行った。Next, a superconducting tunnel junction was manufactured as a tunnel junction element for switching. That is, the Nb lower electrode film 5 is formed by the DC sputtering method, the Al film to be the tunnel barrier layer is formed by the DC sputtering, and the A film is formed by oxidation.
The formation of the oxide barrier layer 6, the formation of the Nb upper electrode film 7 by DC sputtering, and the formation of the TaN upper electrode protective film 8 having a film thickness of 30 nm to be the protective layer of the Nb upper electrode film 7 by DC sputtering are successively performed. Went to. Next, the Nb film and the TaN film of the upper electrode and the lower electrode are processed by reactive ion etching using a mixed gas of CF 4 and oxygen, and the tunnel barrier layer is processed by ion beam etching using Ar gas to form a junction. A wiring film pattern containing the same was obtained. Next, a resist pattern for defining the joint was formed. The Nb film to be the upper electrode and the TaN film to be its protective film were processed by reactive ion etching using CF 4 gas according to this resist pattern.
つぎにエッチングを行った部分のSiO層間絶縁膜9に
よる埋戻しを行い、Arの高周波プラズマ雰囲気におけ
るクリーニング処理を経て、上部電極につながるNb配
線膜10およびその保護層となる膜厚200nmのTa
N配線保護膜11を直流スパッタ法によりウエハ全面に
形成した。再びCF4と酸素の混合ガスを用いた反応性
イオンエッチング法により、配線用パタンの加工形成を
行った。Then, the etched portion is backfilled with the SiO interlayer insulating film 9 and, after a cleaning process in Ar high-frequency plasma atmosphere, a Nb wiring film 10 connected to the upper electrode and a Ta film having a thickness of 200 nm to be a protective layer thereof are formed.
The N wiring protective film 11 was formed on the entire surface of the wafer by the DC sputtering method. The wiring pattern was processed and formed again by the reactive ion etching method using a mixed gas of CF 4 and oxygen.
つぎに、トンネル接合上に層間絶縁膜の形成を行った。
すなわち、リフトオフ用レジストパタンを形成後、Si
O膜を蒸着してSiO層間絶縁膜12とした。さらに制
御線用のNb膜とTaN層状膜を直流スパッタ法により
ウエハ全面に形成した。制御線用レジストパタン形成
後、CF4と酸素の混合ガスを用いた反応性イオンエッ
チング法により、Nb制御線膜13とTaN制御線保護
膜14の加工を行った。制御線全体の厚さは800nm
とし、TaN膜厚400nm、およびNb膜厚400n
mとした。Next, an interlayer insulating film was formed on the tunnel junction.
That is, after forming the lift-off resist pattern, Si
An O film was vapor deposited to form a SiO 2 interlayer insulating film 12. Further, an Nb film for control lines and a TaN layered film were formed on the entire surface of the wafer by a DC sputtering method. After the control line resist pattern was formed, the Nb control line film 13 and the TaN control line protective film 14 were processed by the reactive ion etching method using a mixed gas of CF 4 and oxygen. The total control line thickness is 800 nm
And TaN film thickness 400 nm and Nb film thickness 400 n
m.
これらの作製経過により、すべての超電導Nb膜の表面
層はTaN超電導膜によって覆われていることになる。Due to these manufacturing processes, the surface layers of all the superconducting Nb films are covered with the TaN superconducting film.
以上のごとく形成された超電導スイッチング装置に対し
て加熱処理に対する耐久性能を調べた。超電導スイッチ
ング装置を大気中で1時間の加熱処理を行った。この結
果によれば、超電導膜部位の特性に関しては、300℃
までの加熱に対して臨界温度あるいは臨界電流の低下を
来たさなかった。超電導トンネル接合の特性に関して
は、250℃までの加熱に対してトンネル抵抗,リーク
電流等の値に変化を来たさなかった。超電導配線膜間の
接続に関して、TaN層を付加することによる超電導電
流の減少は検出されなかった。The durability of the superconducting switching device formed as described above with respect to heat treatment was examined. The superconducting switching device was heat-treated in the atmosphere for 1 hour. According to this result, regarding the characteristics of the superconducting film part,
The heating did not cause the critical temperature or the critical current to drop. Regarding the characteristics of the superconducting tunnel junction, the values of tunnel resistance, leak current, etc. did not change with heating up to 250 ° C. Regarding the connection between the superconducting wiring films, the decrease in the superconducting current due to the addition of the TaN layer was not detected.
TaN膜以外の超電導性を示す窒化物あるいは炭化物、
すなわちNbN,MoN,ZrN,NbC,TaCある
いはMoC等をNb膜の保護層とした場合にも同様の超
電導スイッチング装置の耐久性能を向上させる効果があ
った。Nitride or carbide showing superconductivity other than TaN film,
That is, even when NbN, MoN, ZrN, NbC, TaC, or MoC was used as the protective layer of the Nb film, there was an effect of improving the durability performance of the same superconducting switching device.
〔発明の効果〕 以上の実施例において述べたごとく、超電導スイッチン
グ装置において本発明における超電導保護膜材料を用い
た場合、以下の効果を有した。[Effects of the Invention] As described in the above embodiments, when the superconducting protective film material of the present invention is used in the superconducting switching device, the following effects are obtained.
(1) Nb系超電導膜の加熱に対する超電導特性の安定
性が高められ、300℃近傍における加熱が可能になっ
た。(1) The stability of the Nb-based superconducting film with respect to heating was improved, and heating at around 300 ° C became possible.
(2) Nb系超電導トンネル接合のトンネル抵抗,臨界
電流等トンネル特性の安定性が高められ、250℃近傍
における加熱が可能になった。(2) The stability of the tunnel characteristics such as the tunnel resistance and critical current of the Nb-based superconducting tunnel junction was improved, and heating at around 250 ° C became possible.
(3) 超電導保護膜材料の存在が超電導スイッチング装
置作製時におけるNb系超電導膜表面の変質を防止する
ので、超電導配線層接続時におけるクリーニング処理が
容易となる。(3) The presence of the superconducting protective film material prevents alteration of the surface of the Nb-based superconducting film at the time of manufacturing the superconducting switching device, so that the cleaning process at the time of connecting the superconducting wiring layer becomes easy.
第1図は本発明の一実施例の超電導スイッチング装置の
断面図である。 1……Siウエハ、2……Nb磁気遮蔽膜、3……Ta
N磁気遮蔽保護膜層、4……SiO層間絶縁膜、5……
Nb下部電極膜、6……Al酸化物障壁層、7……Nb
上部電極膜、8……TaN上部電極保護膜、9……Si
O層間絶縁膜、10……Nb配線膜、11……TaN配
線保護膜、12……SiO層間絶縁膜、13……Nb制
御線膜、14……TaN制御線保護膜。FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a superconducting switching device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Si wafer, 2 ... Nb magnetic shield film, 3 ... Ta
N magnetic shielding protective film layer, 4 ... SiO interlayer insulating film, 5 ...
Nb lower electrode film, 6 ... Al oxide barrier layer, 7 ... Nb
Upper electrode film, 8 ... TaN upper electrode protective film, 9 ... Si
O interlayer insulating film, 10 ... Nb wiring film, 11 ... TaN wiring protective film, 12 ... SiO interlayer insulating film, 13 ... Nb control line film, 14 ... TaN control line protective film.
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Claims (1)
面層は、NbN、MoN、ZrN、TaN等の窒化物あ
るいはNbC、TaC、MoC等の炭化物からなる保護
膜で覆った構造とすることを特徴とする超電導装置。1. A magnetic shield film formed on a wafer, an interlayer insulation formed on the magnetic shield film, a lower electrode formed on the interlayer insulation, a barrier layer formed on the lower electrode, An upper electrode formed on the barrier layer, a wiring film formed on the upper electrode, an interlayer insulating film formed on the wiring film, and a control line film formed on the interlayer insulating film, The surface layers of the magnetic shielding film, the upper electrode and the control line film are covered with a protective film made of a nitride such as NbN, MoN, ZrN and TaN or a carbide such as NbC, TaC and MoC. Characteristic superconducting device.
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