The cleaning of copper interconnects after chemical mechanical planarization （CMP） process is a crit- ical step in integrated circuits （ICs） fabrication. Benzotriazole （BTA）, which is used as corrosion inhibitor...The cleaning of copper interconnects after chemical mechanical planarization （CMP） process is a crit- ical step in integrated circuits （ICs） fabrication. Benzotriazole （BTA）, which is used as corrosion inhibitor in the copper CMP slurry, is the primary source for the formation of organic contaminants. The presence of BTA can degrade the electrical properties and reliability of ICs which needs to be removed by using an effective cleaning solution. In this paper, an alkaline cleaning solution was proposed. The alkaline cleaning solution studied in this work consists of a chelating agent and a nonionic surfactant. The removal of BTA was characterized by contact angle measurements and potentiodynamic polarization studies. The cleaning properties of the proposed cleaning solution on a 300 mm copper patterned wafer were also quantified, total defect counts after cleaning was studied, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） review was used to identify types of BTA to confirm the ability of cleaning solution for BTA removal. All the results reveal that the chelating agent can effectively remove the BTA residual, nonionic surfactant can further improve the performance.展开更多
在阻挡层化学机械抛光(CMP)过程中,阻挡层材料钽(Ta)易与铜(Cu)发生电偶腐蚀。针对这一问题,通过电化学分析方法研究了碱性抛光液中非离子表面活性剂对铜钽腐蚀电位的影响;通过CMP实验研究了非离子表面活性剂对铜钽去除速率的影响。结...在阻挡层化学机械抛光(CMP)过程中,阻挡层材料钽(Ta)易与铜(Cu)发生电偶腐蚀。针对这一问题,通过电化学分析方法研究了碱性抛光液中非离子表面活性剂对铜钽腐蚀电位的影响;通过CMP实验研究了非离子表面活性剂对铜钽去除速率的影响。结果表明,随着非离子表面活性剂体积分数增加至9%,铜钽的腐蚀电位均降低。最终确定最佳非离子表面活性剂的体积分数为6%。此时,在静态条件下,铜钽电极之间的电位差为1 m V;在动态条件下,铜钽电极之间的电位差为40 m V,可极大地减弱铜钽电偶腐蚀。同时,铜钽的去除速率分别为47 nm·min-1和39 nm·min-1,铜钽去除速率选择比满足阻挡层CMP要求。展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(No.F2015202267)the Scientific Innovation Grant for Excellent Young Scientists of Hebei University of Technology(No.2015007)
文摘The cleaning of copper interconnects after chemical mechanical planarization （CMP） process is a crit- ical step in integrated circuits （ICs） fabrication. Benzotriazole （BTA）, which is used as corrosion inhibitor in the copper CMP slurry, is the primary source for the formation of organic contaminants. The presence of BTA can degrade the electrical properties and reliability of ICs which needs to be removed by using an effective cleaning solution. In this paper, an alkaline cleaning solution was proposed. The alkaline cleaning solution studied in this work consists of a chelating agent and a nonionic surfactant. The removal of BTA was characterized by contact angle measurements and potentiodynamic polarization studies. The cleaning properties of the proposed cleaning solution on a 300 mm copper patterned wafer were also quantified, total defect counts after cleaning was studied, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） review was used to identify types of BTA to confirm the ability of cleaning solution for BTA removal. All the results reveal that the chelating agent can effectively remove the BTA residual, nonionic surfactant can further improve the performance.
文摘在阻挡层化学机械抛光(CMP)过程中,阻挡层材料钽(Ta)易与铜(Cu)发生电偶腐蚀。针对这一问题,通过电化学分析方法研究了碱性抛光液中非离子表面活性剂对铜钽腐蚀电位的影响;通过CMP实验研究了非离子表面活性剂对铜钽去除速率的影响。结果表明,随着非离子表面活性剂体积分数增加至9%,铜钽的腐蚀电位均降低。最终确定最佳非离子表面活性剂的体积分数为6%。此时,在静态条件下,铜钽电极之间的电位差为1 m V;在动态条件下,铜钽电极之间的电位差为40 m V,可极大地减弱铜钽电偶腐蚀。同时,铜钽的去除速率分别为47 nm·min-1和39 nm·min-1,铜钽去除速率选择比满足阻挡层CMP要求。
基金Major National Science and Technology Special Projects(2016ZX02301003-004-007)Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(E2014202147,F2015202267)Key Laboratory of Electronic Materials and Devices of Tianjin,China
