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Nemone wakes you up to your weekend with musical and cultural stimulation.
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The whole situation with DADT has been mis-handled by Obama and the Democrats. My feeling is that they have deliberately done this. Obama and the Democrats don't really have the desire to get rid of DADT. By giving a forum to the bigots, Obama is effectively pre-ordaining the results of these so-called hearings.
As for the Human Rights Campaign, it does not deserve the support of gay people. The Human Rights Campaign has failed to take the fight to Obama and the Democrats on this issue. Human Rights Campaign gets an "F" for fail.
If only we had a fierce advocate in the Whitehouse and a well-funded advocacy organization in Washington to work with him on this.
Wait a minute…
I'm sure HCR will have a cocktail party or two about this…
Conway should be fired for insubordination. These hearings are about how to implement the president's directive to end DADT. His opinion of whether or not it should remain is irrelevant at this point. In fact it only serves to undermine his commander in chief. Of course I don't believe Obama ever intended to fight for us anyway, so I doubt he'll complain about this challenge to his authority.
My kingdom for a Harry Truman.
It's hardly surprising to read Democrats being attacked as the main problem here and I'm pretty confident that that will continue to be a theme on the comments to this post.
The facts are that there are almost certainly over 50 Democratic/independent votes in the Senate today to repeal the policy and, if the U.S. Senate functioned like most legislative bodies in democratic nations, we could pass a repeal bill tomorrow. Unfortunately, as anyone who has followed the debate over health insurance reform knows, a simple majority does not rule in the Senate. Sixty votes will be needed to pass repeal and not only do Dems/independents not have 60 seats but at least a couple (B. Nelson, Byrd) and possibly one or two more Dems are likely to vote with Republicans.
One of the principal obstacles here is the filibuster and we should all, for many reasons extending beyond debates about DADT, be supporting efforts to reform the Senate's filibuster rule.
Beyond that, since Dems are likely to supply 55 or so of the needed 60 votes to advance a repeal bill, why not turn a little of the heat and focus for once on our supposedly "moderate" "friends" on the Republican side of the aisle? Why don't Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins come out now and publicly state their support for repeal? Also, for all those Log Cabin types who were assuring us that, despite Scott Brown's prior statements that gay families are "not normal" and despite his prior efforts to ban marriage equality in Massachusetts, he really isn't such a bad guy, where's your buddy now? How about Lugar or Hatch or Voinovich or Gregg or Murkowski? Is there really no one in your party willing to stand up to your party's bigoted base and put their neck out on the line for equality?
No doubt many of the comments to this post will identify Dems as the chief problem here. I fail to see why, when Dems have about 90% of the 60 votes we need in the Senate and not a single Republican Senator has yet declared their support for repeal, the Dems should nonetheless be the principal target of our frustration and anger.
The Log Cabin crowd needs to either put up Snowe, Collins, Brown and a couple of others on this issue or shut up.
It's very simple why the Democrats are the main target. They are the ones who promised to be on our side. When the going gets tough though they scurry like rats of a sinking ship. They are in charge yet they have done nothing to advance the cause. It's very interesting they are so afraid of the filibuster. It seems like Republicans got plenty accomplished when they did not have a filibuster majority. Why aren't the Democrats calling out those in the party who are obstructing. What they are more afraid of it that we will see who within their party is against GLBT rights plain and simple.
Mixner nailed it – the Repubs are betting on big mid-terms wins, which will kill any chance that DADT will be repealed.
The weak Democratic leadership, along with the ineffective HRC, are a huge disappointment. Larry Kramer is right – nice, polite activism is ineffective.
I don't know if this recipe is good or bad, so I will wait until it is done. Clinton jumped right into the mess and hit a brick wall and in the process made the wall worse. If at the end of the day we get rid of DADT Obama will have succeeded, the day is just beginning.
Tim W, in some instances when Republicans accomplished their goals while they were in the majority, they did so through reconciliation (such as in the case of the incredibly irresponsible tax cuts for billionaires). (Many other Republican pet causes, such as privatization of Social Security and an anti-gay amendment of the federal Constitution, thankfully failed because of the filibuster or other super-majority requirements.) I am heartened to hear that Dems are finally considering using reconciliation to pass health insurance reform but, as you are probably aware, reconciliation is not an option for passing a bill such as repeal of DADT.
Yes, Dems promised to be on our side on this issue and, thus far, the President has succeeded in securing the criticial support of Defense Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen for repeal. The facts are, though, that Dems will need 60 votes to get this through and Senator Levin is doing nothing more than acknowledging that reality with his statements.
You wonder why Dems are not calling out those in their party who are obstructing. If you honestly believe that there is anything the President could do to move either Robert Byrd, who entered the Senate several years before the President was born, or Ben Nelson, who represents one of the most conservative States in the country, on this issue then I would suggest you're being a bit naieve.
Dems have more than 50 votes to get this done. Try focusing at least a little of your frustration on either (i) Senate rules which require 60 votes to pass legislation which could otherwise easily pass with a majority vote or (ii) any of several so-called "moderate" Republican Senators who have, to-date, been unwilling to incur the wrath of the wingnuts in their party by joining the efforts to repeal this policy.
At the first hearing with Gates and Mullen, Lieberman expressed reservations about the filibuster. Levin responded that they can use reconciliation. The fact that he's now backing away from that statement suggests (1) he was wrong about reconciliation being a possibility procedurally or, more likely, (2) 10 or more Senate Democrats have indicated they will vote to maintain DADT.
And if they can't even muster 50 votes for this, then what is the point of having a Democratic majority, really?
As much as I loathe the Republicans, I am slowly coming to the realization that this generation of Democratic "leaders" simply can't govern. The death of Ted Kennedy was perhaps the end of an era in more ways than one. For whatever reason, these Democrats don't have the strength – the balls if you will – to push through a legislative agenda. Maybe it is because they have never had to struggle through a Great Depression and global war. But they are horribly indecisive and are afraid of being held responsible. So everyone just passes the ball to the next person who can't shoot. Then the clock runs out and they lose the game.
Perhaps we'll have better luck with the next generation.
This is getting ridiculous. I have a friend currently pending a discharge hearing. There is no reason why good men and women have to put up with this shit. We don't need $250/plat dinners sponsored by PACs, we need people writing letters and politicians doing the right thing. Levin is right, we need that moratorium NOW.
While Andy pointed no fingers and based none of his opinions on a misunderstanding of what's gone on the last month or so, those at some of the articles linked to do, so let's have a Reality Check. It's requires quite a bit, so if you have a short attention span…
1. If some could finally stop channeling Sally Field squealing, "He likes us! He really like us!", and see what Gates is REALLY "for" it would NOT be repeal but running out the clock [through his year+ "study"] past midterm elections on any political possibility of repeal, we'd be far better off. And if he'd been challenged on that IMMEDIATELY by the gay community instead of the Sally routine MAYBE we wouldn't still be treading water weeks later. Levin…one of the few in Congress who can rightfully claim to have opposed the ban and its reimaging as DADT since 1993…said THAT DAY that he thought a year was too long, that he believed there should at least be a freeze on discharges…but some think HE'S the enemy rather than Gates who gave repeal opponents an EXCUSE for delaying action until action is impossible.
Antigay Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), was certainly paying closer attention to what Gates was ACTUALLY saying than most gays [emphasis mine]:
WEBB: "So you're NOT coming in here today and saying, we're GOING to change the law and this is the year that we're going to put into figuring out how to implement the change?
GATES: Our hope would be that the information we would develop during the course of this review would help inform the legislative process. [Note: not NECESSARILY repeal.]
WEBB: I want to also EMPHASIZE that you balanced that, in your statement, saying YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS. WE DON'T KNOW."
That revealing exchange happened right in front of everyone's eyes but most gays apparently didn't hear it because they were too busy still squealing, "Gates like us! He really likes us!" It's "Obama The Messiah for The Gays" all over.
1a. Did no one else notice that the SAME person Gates repeatedly insisted last year had told him that he has no power to regulate what kind of evidence can be used to effect discharges [tho he DOES], the Pentagon's General Counsel, is the same person he told the Senate he was appointing to co-chair the year plus "study"? Was no one else concerned that he had assigned either a legal incompetent or a dishonest homophobe…stupid fox or sly fox….to advise him/Congress what to do about the gay chickens?
2. Mullen, while more credible in his sincerity, still ABANDONED his second most powerful position to POTUS over a 2.5 million force of active duty and reserve servicemembers to go along with Gates bait and switch game like some impotent buck private.
3. One doesn't need to understand how to diagram a sentence to get that Obama did NOT say he would work "for repeal this year" as in "for repeal to HAPPEN this year," but "work this year for repeal"…in other words…the work would happen this year but repeal would not necessarily follow THIS year.
In short, we were played again…and are still being played by White House Porch Faggots excuse me gay orgs saying that the Prez IS working on it and for this year but we just don't have the special 3D glasses they have to be able to see it.
4. Worse still, a tiny handful of gays…some with reputations of integrity and some with reputations of incompetence and incredibility…are attempting to reverse decades of the Movement saying to the Pentagon, "You don't NEED another study" while contradicting their own campaigning for the last five years for a repeal bill that would only allow the Pentagon six months to implement …. crawling into bed with Gates and even card carrying homohating Troglodytic Marine Commandant Conway and purring, "Take me! Do whatever you want with me! I'm yours!"
HOW? By suggesting that we all SURRENDER to the guy [without an actual vote in Congress himself] who made that naked move to, in fact, defeat repeal by running out the political clock and agree to delaying post this entirely theorectical repeal implementation for 18 months …during which 100s of gay servicemembers would be shitcanned and again, even tho the House repeal bill they've previously pushed would give the Pentagon 30% more time to implement than any other country took after repeal….WITHOUT NAMING those Senators/Congresspersons who will publicly guarantee that, in return, he or she will change his/her vote from against repeal to for repeal thus making repeal certain.
"DC Agenda" attempted a couple of weeks ago to identify the hold outs on the Senate Armed Services Committee, getting, at best, noncommittals from Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Webb, and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.).
Begich and Collins said they were still open to repeal and expressed support for some kind of freeze, whereas what Webb said and what Nelson didn't say makes their opposition to repeal or a freeze insufferably transparent.
How do we change enough minds? How do we get the President to, you know, do what he repeatedly promised us to get our votes, LEAD? We need to return to shutting off the GayTM…and maybe…by understanding what is REALLY going on and not what gay and mainstream media keep misreporting…enough will join us [including Republican DADT opponents in Collins' Maine] to get us something more than smile fucked again and again.
But suddenly confusing our long-documented friends with enemies and our long-documented enemies with friends is not the way forward.
PS: No matter how many report differently how many times, neither Powell nor Cheney have EVER said they are "for" REPEAL. Those slime balls chose their words carefully as they always have and the MOST they have expressed support for is Gates' year plus study which, again = NO repeal.
Trust me, the Neaderthals in Congress "hear" what they're actually saying … just like Webb heard what Gates was actually saying…so we can drop the self-delusion that these two give us leverage thus blaming Levin for not simply scooping up all those minds that have been changed by the double speak of these past and present Pentagon dinosaurs.
John, I have copied the exchange between Lieberman and Levin below and, while technically I don't think that the procedure they were there proposing as a possible means of advancing this bill constitutes reconciliation, your point is nonetheless well taken. They were at least suggesting the possibility that we could get this done with a simple majority.
I continue to believe that we'd be in much better shape if so-called "moderate" Republicans like Collins, Snowe and Brown would get off the fence and publicly support repeal but, then again, why should we turn any of our fire on Republicans when it's so easy to attack Dems for everything? Besides, our good friend Scott Brown has probably been too busy schmoozing his other good friends: http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15323/scott-brown-schmoozed-tea-baggers-and-massresistance-before-voting-with-harry-reid
SEN. LIEBERMAN: I appreciate that.
And, look, then the final, obviously, is that it's up to us in the Congress and in the Senate. We've got to – we've got to get 60 votes to repeal don't ask, don't tell, or else it will remain in effect. Thank you.
SEN. LEVIN: Unless there's a provision inside the Defense authorization bill; that goes to the floor, which would then require an amendment to strike it from the bill; in which case the 60-vote rule would be turning the other way. In fact –
SEN. LIEBERMAN: It is – (inaudible) – knowledge, but it is with great appreciation that I accept the higher wisdom – (laughter) – of the chairman of our committee.
SEN. LEVIN: (Laughs, laughter.)
SEN. LIEBERMAN: I think that's a great way to go.
SEN. LEVIN: That's on the record, everybody. (Laughter.)
First, thank you, Patric, for being the voice of reason.
Second, I want a vote on DADT this year. I don't care that there isn't enough votes to pass it, I want to know who will go on record AGAINST repeal.
Finally, if we can't repeal it as it is- attach it to a defense spending bill (if that can be done). If nothing else, we could label those that reject the bill in that form as being against a strong national defense (poison to conservatives).
Exactly the easy path is attaching it to the defense spending bill. It gives both moderate Democrats and Republicans cover to vote for it under the argument of national defense. But the president and Democrats in Congress don't want to show political courage and do this.
That cunt conway's just afraid that if DADT gets repealed, there won't be any "straight" marines left. You'd think obama would be sick of obstructionists from the right. Fire his ass.
I just want to comment that this will not necessarily require 60 votes to pass. they are talking about adding the repeal to the Defense Appropriations bill. This is a must pass bill (or else the Defense Department will shut down), so all they need is enough votes in committee to add it to the bill and enough votes to keep it from being stripped on the floor. Only one of the two bodies needs to do this. After the House and the Senate pass their bills, they go to a reconciliation committee to merge the two versions. So if either the House or the Senate failed to pass the bill, it could still be added in. And the reconciliation committee does not require a supermajority. The agreed upon bill then goes back to the House and Senate who vote on it. They can reject the bill, and send it back to reconciliation though I think this is rare.
My guess is that most people in the country are unaware of how legislation is passed. The people at HRC do. [Actually, I am not an expert on this, so perhaps I told a few lies here.]
We, and any friendly members of congress, need to be more simple in our messaging.
Someone needs to challenge a General Conway on the "success" of DADT:
"DADT is NOT working. I can show you the costs of this policy in terms of skilled personnel fired, the cost to the US taxpayer of recruiting/training their replacements and the upheaval to their units of the discharge hearing process. There is NO benefit to the policy. Your argument rests upon the assumption that the result of repeal would be significant upheaval. My challenge to you General is to bring us back some actual data that indicates there would be a problem caused by the repeal. Because I have data from 25 countries indicating that is not the case."
"It is ironic that we have deployed our troops into two foreigh countries where we expect them to have a heightened cultural awareness and ability to deal with people who are very different from themselves but we do not have enough confidence in their ability to cope with the diversity resulting from gay or lesbian colleagues.
Are you telling the American people that our armed forces are less capable of adapting to the repeal of DADT than those of 25 other countries? I would hope that you would have more confidence in your own troops."
The President laid out a plan that will lead to the repeal of DADT. Whether you like that plan or not, it is the most likely path to repeal. Making this a campaign issue in the midterms might make you feel better, but that glow of being in the spotlight will fade quickly on the first Wednesday in November when you realize how the fight over DADT cost Dem Congresscritters their seats.
Instead of bellyaching about how unloved we feel, push for a moratorium during the review process. Try to monitor and shape the review process to make sure it's fair. Every review of this issue for the last 20 years has come back in favor of repeal. So work with our allies instead of providing fuel to our enemies.
Both parties need their feet to the fire. I think it would be great to fire Congresswoman Bono-Mack of Palm Springs because she says she is a moderate, but she's really anti-gay. Maybe it would prove to the moderates in the Republican Party stand up for fairness else you will be out of a job.
And that message would be the same for Democratic Party "moderate or blue dogs" as well.
Arggghh!! Why are we fighting for a country that does not fight for us?! America is not free!
You got it X.
Pam Spalding and Co. need to get a clue. They have an ally in Sen Levin (who rightfully has been called the conscience of the Senate by quite a few). He's been there for 31 years and knows how to get things done. Acting like a bull in a china shop or like everyone against is a bigot or an ass doesn't accomplish anything.
While I want equality as much as anyone else and I'm not willing to sit nicely with a smile until acknowledged, people need to use their intelligence (if any) rather than raw emotion.
Well here's my rant about the DADT repeal and the fight for our equal rights.
If anyone eants to take a look you are more than welcome to.
needless to say I am uber-disgusted
Hey Mort some peoplke have been sitting for over 40 years. (Since our fight "officially" began and not counting the fact that we've never had equality and have been persecuted, beaten, burned at the stake, lobotimized and killed through the centuries)
So exactly how long should one wait and how many generation of LGBT indivduals have to die without Equality or Full Rights before its too long?
The ones who hate the faggots most are the old men.
The ones giving the testimony and the ones listening to the testimony are the old men…………..
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Massillon, OH - United States
Very nice capture one of the many waterfalls of Ricketts Glen.
Bentonville, AR - United States
Beautiful---congratulations on your contest win! a fave---lv
Parma, OH - United States
Much appreciated George!
Parma, OH - United States
Thank you so much Nava Jo!
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Ty - United Kingdom
Great flow to this image!
Bentonville, AR - United States
Robert---another visit one of my faves----voted---and took another vote here. lvf
Calgary, Al - Canada
Hi Robert...I like your image. What a wonderful scene and you have photographed it very well. Nicely done...Cheers Bob f/v
Asheville, NC - United States
Gorgeous capture Robert! v
Greensboro, NC - United States
This is a beautiful water landscape! v
Nr Hemel Hempstead, He - United Kingdom
Beautiful scene. f/v
Cyrus, MN - United States
I love the steps alongside the falls. Great work!
Sparks, NV - United States
very nicely captured!
Peshtigo, WI - United States
Congrats on the Feature...Fantastic capture with great details in this shot! Vtd ✩✩✩✩✩ =) "Seen in Amateur Photographers Group"
Emmett, ID - United States
Congrats on the feature and you sure have wonderful composition and tones!! v/f/t
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Bentonville, AR - United States
Second visit to this beautiful and restful place---took second vote!
Kenosha, wi - United States
Magnificent work, Robert! V.F. and I tweeted it...
Camp Hill, PA - United States
Robert, this is beautifully composed, and your shutter speed was spot on for the waterfall. Very well done.
Toronto, ON - Canada
Beautiful, voted here and in the contest :)
Loveland, CO - United States
Great image! (v)
Cincinnati, Oh - United States
I think this is very special .....beautiful 3 in 1 .....fall colors, water fall and breathtaking scene ...VF
Bentonville, AR - United States
Beautiful---fave and voted!
Cape Town - South Africa
This capture is breathtaking! Robert, your work is so well done, congratulations!
Iola, WI - United States
A very gorgeous image in this one, Robert! The depth and perspective are awesome, and the colors and reflectiveness of this piece are wonderful. Looks like a postcard imagery!
Gettysburg, PA - United States
An absolutely breathtaking autumn landscape! Phenomenal tones and light! Congrats on all the features!
Parma, OH - United States
Thanks so much Everett!!!
Lawrence, ka - United States
even if it were taken from an improvised shoe box it is still great!
Viborg - Denmark
Wonderful Robert,another Fav/+ Feature.
Orange Park, FL - United States
Robert, This is breathtaking! Absolutely love this image! v/f/fb/su/t
Portsmouth, NH - United States
Looks like a blissful afternoon shot. v
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South Elgin, IL - United States
Gorgeous! I thought it was a painting
New York, NY - United States
Beautiful colors on a golden pond.
Delray Beach, FL - United States
Wow, Robert ! This is a showstopper !
Putnam , CT - United States
Robert. Excellent work!! I feel like I'm there. This scene inspires me to go kayaking. I cannot wait for warmer weather! v/f.
Vilnius, Vi - Lithuania
amazing image!
Grants Pass, OR - United States
Awww... I want to go there!
Bardstown, KY - United States
Beautiful scene and very well captured.
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Parma, OH - United States
Thanks Pavel, this is one of my earliest shots!
Barnaul, Si - Russian Federation
I love the colors and composition! Brilliant shot!
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This is such a pretty scene with the golden hue Michael. I love it. Fav.
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Incredible color and lighting Robert! Celebrate life, Debra
Parma, OH - United States
Thank you to both of you!
Culleoka, TN - United States
Breathtakingly beautiful, Robert. Love the colors, reflections and the title.
Melbourne - Australia
Wow this is amazing.
Parma, OH - United States
This bridge is found at Big Creek parkway and Brookpark Rd.
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Such a peaceful capture...beautiful. FYI...I'm a native of Brook Park.
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A process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a semiconductor device includes the steps of depositing a first aluminum layer (22) into a via opening (16) in a dielectric layer (18). A doping layer (24) is deposited by high density plasma sputtering to form a portion thereof in the bottom of the via opening (16). A second aluminum layer (26) is chemical vapor deposited to overlie the doping layer (24) and to fill the via opening (16). An annealing process can then be carried out to diffuse metal dopants from the doping layer (24) into nearby metal regions to provide a uniformly doped metal region within the via opening (16).
1. A process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
providing a dielectric layer having a via opening therein,
wherein the via opening is characterized by substantially vertical sidewalls and a bottom surface;
chemical vapor depositing a first aluminum layer to overlie the substantially vertical sidewalls and the bottom surface;
forming a doping layer comprising chrome overlying the first aluminum layer,
wherein the doping layer within the via opening is confined to a portion of the first aluminum layer overlying the bottom surface; and
chemical vapor depositing a second aluminum layer to overlie the doping layer and to fill the via.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of forming a doping layer comprises plasma sputtering of an aluminum-chrome alloy.
3. A process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
providing a substrate having a dielectric layer thereon, wherein the dielectric layer has an upper surface;
forming an opening in the dielectric layer,
wherein the opening is characterized by substantially vertical sidewalls and a bottom surface;
chemical vapor depositing a first aluminum layer into the opening,
wherein the first aluminum layer overlies the substantially vertical sidewalls and the bottom surface;
sputtering a doping layer comprising copper onto the first aluminum layer,
wherein the doping layer overlies the first aluminum layer at the bottom surface of the opening and at the upper surface of the dielectric layer; and
chemical vapor depositing a second aluminum layer onto the second aluminum layer to fill the opening.
4. The process of claim 3, wherein the step of sputtering a doping layer comprises sputtering a copper alloy selected from the group consisting of aluminum-copper and titanium copper.
5. The process of claim 3, wherein the step of sputtering a doping layer comprises sputtering a layer of copper metal.
6. The process of claim 3, wherein the step of sputtering a doping layer is further characterized as directionally sputtering the doping layer.
7. A process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
providing a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon,
wherein the dielectric layer has an opening therein exposing a contact region of the semiconductor substrate;
chemical vapor depositing a first metal layer comprising aluminum overlying the dielectric layer and the contact region of the semiconductor substrate;
directionally depositing a doping layer into the opening,
wherein the doping layer contains a metal impurity selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel and chrome;
chemical vapor depositing a second metal layer comprising aluminum to overlie the doping layer and fill the opening; and
annealing the semiconductor substrate to diffuse the metal impurity into the first and second metal layers.
This invention relates, in general, to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to a method for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a high-aspect-ratio via.
There is a continuing trend in the semiconductor industry to fabricate integrated circuits of increasing complexity. The fabrication of extremely complex, high-density integrated circuits has been made possible through advances in integrated circuit fabrication technology. Fabrication technology now exists having the capability to define circuit components having feature sizes in the sub-micron size range. For example, new lithographic techniques have been developed using x-ray and pulse-laser energy sources. Additionally, film deposition technology now exists with the capability to form thin-films having precisely determined metallurgical compositions and thicknesses. Furthermore, film deposition techniques have been developed which are capable of directionally depositing metal films in precisely defined locations during device fabrication.
To maintain a small die size, high-density integrated circuits are now commonly fabricated with multiple levels of metal interconnects. Typically, the metal interconnect layers are separated by interlevel dielectric (ILD) layers and electrically coupled by metal-filled vias residing at selected locations in the ILD layers. The vias are filled by a metal plug which provides an electrical conduit between stacked metal interconnect layers. Typically, the metal plug is a refractory metal such as tungsten.
Tungsten has become an increasingly popular material for the formation of metallized via plugs. Tungsten possesses high electrical conductivity and can be readily deposited into high-aspect-ratio vias. Additionally, a variety of deposition processes are available for the formation of both blanket tungsten and selectively deposited tungsten. However, the physical properties of tungsten differ substantially from the physical properties of aluminum and aluminum alloys. Tungsten is a mechanically hard, high-density metal having a high melting point. In contrast, aluminum is a soft, ductile metal having a relatively low melting point, and is further characterized by a large grain structure. When electrons flow from hard metals, such as tungsten, to a softer metal, such as aluminum, a flux divergence occurs at the metallic interface. In the softer metal, the flow of electrons pushes metal atoms in the softer metal away from the interface. This phenomenon is known as electromigration and severely degrades the current handling capability of the metallization structure. Because tungsten has a high density and melting point, it does not experience a mechanical deformation when subjected to a high electrical current. Moreover, tungsten does not self-diffuse when subjected to high electrical current. Therefore, electromigration of the softer metal, in the direction of electron flow, causes a void at the tungsten-aluminum interface.
In view of the mechanical deformation characteristics associated with the use tungsten filled vias, there is a renewed interest in the fabrication of metal interconnect structures using aluminum and aluminum alloys exclusively. However, even with the use of aluminum and its alloys, highly reliable interconnect structures require the use of a dopant, such as copper, and the like, to resist void formation caused by electromigration in the metallized interconnect. While chemical vapor deposition techniques using metal organic precursors have expanded the use of chemical vapor deposition as a method for depositing an aluminum and aluminum alloy, the deposition of a uniformly doped metal in a high aspect-ratio via is difficult to obtain. Additionally, conventional metal sputtering does not provide a conformally deposited metal layer, such that all surfaces of a high-aspect-ratio via can be completely covered with metal. Accordingly, an improved process is necessary for the fabrication of a reliable metallized interconnect structure in high aspect-ratio via openings.
In practicing the present invention there is provided a process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a semiconductor device that includes the use of chemical vapor deposition and high density plasma sputtering to provide an electromigration resistant metallized contact structure. In one embodiment of the invention, a dielectric layer is provided having a via opening therein. The via opening is characterized by a substantially vertical sidewall and a bottom surface. A first aluminum layer is formed to overlie the substantially vertical sidewalls and the bottom surface. Then, a doping layer is formed to overlie the first metal layer, wherein the doping layer is confined to a portion of the first metal layer overlying the bottom surface within the via opening. Finally, the via opening is filled with a second aluminum layer.
FIGS. 1-4 illustrate, in cross-section, process steps in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the FIGURES have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements are exaggerated relative to each other. Further, where considered appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the FIGURES to indicate corresponding elements.
The present invention provides a process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a VLSI integrated circuit device. The method of the invention advantageously combines the directional deposition characteristics of high density plasma sputtering with the conformal deposition characteristics of chemical vapor deposition. The combination of metal deposition processes provides a technique for fabricating metallized interconnect structures independent of a refractory metal plug. The metallized contact structure of the invention can be completely fabricated using aluminum, aluminum alloys, copper, and copper alloys, and the like. Improved long-term reliability of the interconnect structure is obtained by eliminating the need for a tungsten plug in the interconnect structure. Additionally, the combination of high density plasma sputtering and chemical vapor deposition provides an effective method for placing dopants, such as copper, copper alloys, and the like, deep within a high-aspect ratio via opening commonly used in very-large-scale-integration (VLSI) integrated circuit devices.
FIG. 1 illustrates, in cross-section, a portion of a semiconductor substrate 10 having already undergone several process steps in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. A device layer 12 overlies semiconductor substrate 10 and a surface portion 14 of device layer 12 is exposed by an opening 16 in an overlying dielectric layer 18. Since the present invention contemplates the fabrication of metallized interconnect structures in a variety of integrated circuit components, device layer 12 is generally represented to be either an electrically conductive metal lead, a diffusion region within a single crystal silicon substrate, an electrically conductive element of an integrated circuit device component, and the like. Accordingly, opening 16 can be a via opening through which overlying metal leads can be interconnected, or alternatively, a contact opening through which a conductive lead is electrically coupled to a doped region within a single crystal silicon substrate.
Typically, in VLSI integrated circuit devices opening 16 will have a high aspect ratio. For example, the diameter of opening 16, denoted by the letter "d" in FIG. 1, will be less than 1 micron and can be 0.5 microns or less. The need to effectively isolate overlying metal leads requires that dielectric layer 18 have a thickness sufficient to prevent electrical communication between overlying metal leads. Additionally, processing techniques used to maintain planar surfaces during fabrication require that dielectric layer 18 be deposited to a thickness sufficient to withstand planarization processes such as chemical-mechanical-polishing (CMP). Accordingly, dielectric layer 18 will commonly have a thickness greater than 1 micron, and typically 1.0 to 1.5 microns. The aspect ratio is defined as the thickness "t", shown in FIG. 1, divided by the diameter of the opening "d" (t/d).
As the aspect ratio increases, it becomes more difficult to employ conventional chemical vapor deposition techniques to fill opening 16 with an electrically conductive metal having a uniform concentration of a metal impurity. However, the fabrication of a high reliability metal interconnect structure requires that side wall 20 of opening 16 and surface portion 14 be continuously coated with a layer of metal.
Pursuant to the present invention, a first aluminum layer 22 is deposited by chemical vapor deposition, as illustrated in FIG. 2. Preferably, a layer of aluminum, or an aluminum alloy, is chemical vapor deposited to a thickness equal to about 1/4 to 1/5 of the thickness of the dielectric layer 18. In a most preferred embodiment a thin, sputtered aluminum nucleation layer (not shown) is first formed in opening 16 prior to depositing first aluminum layer 22. The nucleation layer provides a smooth metal surface upon for the chemical vapor deposition of aluminum. During the chemical vapor deposition process, the smooth surface texture of the sputtered nucleation layer is propagated throughout first aluminum layer 22. Although the use of a sputtered aluminum nucleation layer improves the specularity and surface texture of chemical vapor deposited aluminum, the use of the nucleation layer is an optional process in the present invention and the advantages of the present invention can be fully realized independent of the nucleation layer.
In the chemical vapor deposition process, metal organic source gases are used to deposit an aluminum or aluminum alloy layer at a temperature of about 215� to 325� C., and a deposition pressure of about 500 millitorr to about 100 torr. Preferably, dimethyl aluminum hydride (DMAH) is used as a deposition precursor. Alternatively, other metal organic precursors, such as triisobutyl aluminum (TIBA), trimethyl aluminum (TMA), trimethyl aluminum alane (TMAA), triethyl aluminum, and aluminum monochloride, and the like, can be used. As depicted in FIG. 2, the first aluminum layer 22 conformally covers the upper surface of dielectric layer 18, sidewall 20 of opening 16, and surface portion 14 of device layer 12.
After depositing first aluminum layer 22, a doping layer 24 is directionally deposited to overlie first aluminum layer 22, as illustrated in FIG. 3. Preferably, doping layer 24 is a metal alloy containing at least one metal impurity useful for the prevention of voids in a metallized contact structure. Voids can form a metallized contact structure as the result of electromigration phenomenon taking place when electrical current flows through a metallized contact structure. To counter metal discontinuity caused by electromigration, a doping impurity, such as copper, chrome, titanium, nickel, and the like, can be placed at the point of flux divergence in the metallized contact structure. The dopant metal occupies interstitial regions in the metal lattice and retards the movement metal ions under the influence of the electron flux, thus reducing mechanical deformation of the metallized interconnect structure.
In a preferred embodiment, doping layer 24 is an aluminum-copper alloy containing about 0.5 to about 2.0 weight percent copper. Alternatively, doping layer 24 can be a titanium-copper alloy, or pure copper. Although copper is the preferred metal dopant, other metals, such as chrome, titanium, and nickel, and the like, can be deposited as aluminum alloys to improve the electromigration resistance of the metallized contact structure.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, doping layer 24 is directionally deposited such that a region of doping layer 24 is formed in the bottom of opening 16 and overlies a portion of first aluminum layer 22 that in turn overlies surface portion 14 of device layer 12. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that because of the high aspect ratio of opening 16, the placement of a metal alloy region, such as doping layer 24, in the bottom of opening 16 can be extremely difficult.
To insure the placement of a portion of doping layer 24 in the bottom of opening 16, doping layer 24 is preferably deposited by high density plasma sputtering. The high density plasma sputtering process can be carried out by either inductively coupled plasma (ICP) sputtering, or by electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) sputtering. In the ICP process, doping layer 24 is plasma sputtered at a temperature of about 20� to 500� C. and at a pressure of about 5 to 100 millitorr. An inert gas, such as argon, xenon, krypton, and the like, is used to sputter the alloy from a target powered with about 500 to 20,000 watts RF. The ICP system is operated at a coil frequency of about 400 KHz to about 60 MHz, and a pedestal frequency of about 0 to 60 MHz. In the ECR process, the deposition of doping layer 24 is carried out at a temperature of about 0� to 400� C. and a chamber pressure of about 0.2 to about 5.0 millitorr. The ECR system is operated at a microwave input power of about 50 to 2,000 watts RF and at an ECR frequency of about 2.45 GHz.
By employing one of the high density plasma sputtering processes described above, a doped metal layer can be placed into the bottom of a contact opening having a high aspect ratio. For example, it is within the scope of the invention that a doped metal layer be formed in the bottom of a via opening having a diameter of 0.6 microns or less and an aspect ratio of 2:1 or greater. The inventive process provides a technique for placing metal dopant at the point in a via opening where flux divergence is particularly strong and where mechanical deformation of the contact structure is likely to occur.
At this point in the process, high density plasma sputtering deposition used to form doping layer 24 can be continued, such that opening 16 is completely filled with a sputtered metal layer. Although the process is highly directional, with sufficient time a sputtered layer of metal will completely fill the opening. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 4, a second aluminum layer 26 can be chemical vapor deposited to overlie doping layer 24 and to fill opening 16. As in the chemical vapor deposition of first aluminum layer 22, the deposition process used to form second aluminum layer 26 conformally deposits a layer of aluminum over all exposed surfaces of the contact structure, thus filling opening 16 with aluminum metal. Once second aluminum layer 26 has been deposited, a thermal annealing process can be carried out to diffuse metal dopants from doping layer 24 into nearby metal region to provide a uniform metal dopant concentration in the metal layers filling contact opening 16. Finally, the metal interconnect layers can be photolithographically patterned and etched to form metal interconnect leads overlying the surface of dielectric layer 18.
It is important to note that upon completion of the deposition and patterning process a metal interconnect structure has been formed through a high-aspect-ratio via without the need to use a refractory metal. By using chemical vapor deposition and sputtering techniques to construct a metallized interconnect structure, the process for fabricating such a structure is simplified. Elimination of the refractory metal plug obviates the need to deposit a refractory metal and then planarize the refractory metal to form a via plug. Additionally, the process of the invention has provided a uniformly doped metallized interconnect in a high-aspect-ratio via.
Thus it is apparent that there has been provided, in accordance with the invention, a process for fabricating a metallized interconnect structure in a semiconductor device, which fully meets the advantages set forth above. Although the invention has been described and illustrated with reference to specific illustrative embodiments thereof, it is not intended that the invention be limited to those illustrative embodiments. Those skilled in the art will recognize that variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, cluster tool deposition processes can be used to deposit the various metal layers and additional oxide removal steps can be used. It is therefore intended to include within the invention all such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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Nick Mirkopoulos, the visionary founder of Cinespace who ambitiously overhauled Toronto's old industrial sites into modern film studios, has died at 71.
Mirkopoulos died of cancer on Saturday in his birthplace of Kalochori in northern Greece.
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The eldest of five children, Mirkopoulos arrived in Canada in 1968. He was joined by his brothers Larry and Steve, and led the family contracting business, refurbishing heritage structures in Ontario.
In 1988, Mirkopoulos purchased the old Toronto Iron Works steel facility on Eastern Ave. and turned it into what was then the largest motion picture studio in Canada.
"He turned that place from a disused rathole into a beautiful working piece of urban redevelopment," said Toronto producer and director Miles Dale.
Dale, who has worked on projects such as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World on Cinespace lots, said Mirkopoulos was a larger-than-life figure.
Building on his success, Mirkopoulos transformed an abandoned warehouse on Queens Quay and a hospital laundry facility on Booth Ave. into studios, paying demolition crews dismantling the eastern end of the Gardiner Expressway for the steel beams.
"Those Gardiner Expressway beams are now the load-bearing ceiling beams in our studios," said Jim Mirkopoulos, the current vice-president of Cinespace.
The company is North America's largest owner and operator of studio space.
Dennis Mills, the MP for Toronto-Danforth between 1988 and 2004, said the redevelopments brought thousands of jobs to the area, which became Toronto's Studio District.
"Their studios were the catalyst that brought everyone from lens grinders to costume makers to set designers to carpenters — it became an enclave for people in the sector," Mills said.
"Without those studios, we wouldn't have attracted the level of film production from the Los Angeles studios. They would never have come here," said Kirk Cheney, a construction co-ordinator in Toronto's film industry for more than 30 years.
Cinespace's sound stages were home to the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea and to Chicago, the only film shot in Canada to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Mirkopoulos also expanded into the U.S., purchasing a 20-hectare former steel plant in Chicago.
"He really kind of single-handedly kick-started, reignited the Chicago film industry with that studio lot," Dale said.
Mirkopoulos's love of the arts was expressed philanthropically, with donations to a number of institutions, including the University of Toronto's faculty of music and York University's faculty of fine arts, which named a screening room after him.
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