NDLI: The critical role of the metal / porous low-k interface in post direct CMP defectivity generation and resulting ULK surface and bulk hydrophilisation

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Author	Travaly, Y. Sinapi, F. Heylen, N. Humbert, A. Delande, M. Caluwaert, R. de Mussy, J.P. Vereecke, G. Baklanov, M.R. Iacopi, F. Hernandez, J.L. Beyer, G. Fischer, P.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: IMEC, Leuven (Travaly, Y.; Sinapi, F.; Heylen, N.)
Abstract	Surface hydrophilisation of pristine low-k (ULK) is known as a CMP-induced damage mechanism. This phenomenon already enhanced by several factors (e.g. mechanical polishing action, solid content in the slurry, pH of the slurry solution, presence of organic residues, etc ...) extends to bulk hydrophilisation when polishing metal/ULK systems. The degree of bulk hydrophilisation depends on the nature of the selected metal/low-k combination, the metal being either a hard mask (for low damage patterning purposes) or a Cu diffusion barrier. The phenomenon is more or less pronounced depending on the nature of the overlaying metal film (Ta>TaN>Ti>TiN). It also correlates with the post CMP defects generation and more specifically with the presence of scratches with depths ranging from ~178 nm down to ~6 nm as measured with a 0.19 mum tip depending on the metallic layer. These scratches can be reduced in number and depth by overpolishing leading thereby to reduced hydrophilicity. Besides selecting properly the overlaying metal film, UV curing the ULK for mechanical properties improvement and/or engineering the metal/ULK interface by inserting an ultra-thin dielectric layer with higher mechanical properties to prevent the metal from contacting the low-k surface significantly limits the direct CMP-induced bulk hydrophylisation.
Starting Page	164
Ending Page	166
File Size	243435
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	142441069X
DOI	10.1109/IITC.2007.382379
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-06-04
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Etching Dielectric materials Resists Ash Slurries Mechanical factors Plasma properties Polymer films Thermal conductivity Protection
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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