US Patent 7557446 Semiconductor device and a fabrication process thereof

A semiconductor device formed by the steps of forming a contact hole in an insulation film so as to extend therethrough and so as to expose a conductor body at a bottom part of the contact hole, forming a barrier metal film of tungsten nitride on the bottom part and a sidewall surface of the contact hole with a conformal shape to the bottom part and the sidewall surface of the contact hole, forming a tungsten layer so as to fill the contact hole via the barrier metal film, and forming a tungsten plug in the contact hole by the tungsten layer by polishing away a part of the tungsten film on the insulation film until a surface of the insulation film is exposed, wherein there is conducted a step of cleaning a surface of the conductor body prior to the forming step of the barrier metal film.