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(Color online) The schematic illustration of CMP.
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Caihong Yao, Chenwei Wang, Xinhuan Niu, Yan Wang, Shengjun Tian, Zichao Jiang, Yuling Liu. The stability of a novel weakly alkaline slurry of copper interconnection CMP for GLSI[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2018, 39(2): 026002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/2/026002
C H Yao, C W Wang, X H Niu, Y Wang, S J Tian, Z C Jiang, Y L Liu. The stability of a novel weakly alkaline slurry of copper interconnection CMP for GLSI[J]. J. Semicond., 2018, 39(2): 026002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/2/026002.
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The stability of a novel weakly alkaline slurry of copper interconnection CMP for GLSI
doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/2/026002
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Abstract
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is one of the important machining procedures of multilayered copper interconnection for GLSI, meanwhile polishing slurry is a critical factor for realizing the high polishing performance such as high planarization efficiency, low surface roughness. The effect of slurry components such as abrasive (colloidal silica), complexing agent (glycine), inhibitor (BTA) and oxidizing agent (H2O2) on the stability of the novel weakly alkaline slurry of copper interconnection CMP for GLSI was investigated in this paper. First, the synergistic and competitive relationship of them in a peroxide-based weakly alkaline slurry during the copper CMP process was studied and the stability mechanism was put forward. Then 1 wt% colloidal silica, 2.5 wt% glycine, 200 ppm BTA, 20 mL/L H2O2 had been selected as the appropriate concentration to prepare copper slurry, and using such slurry the copper blanket wafer was polished. From the variations of copper removal rate, root-mean square roughness (Sq) value with the setting time, it indicates that the working-life of the novel weakly alkaline slurry can reach more than 7 days, which satisfies the requirement of microelectronics further development.-
Keywords:
- stability,
- weakly alkaline slurry,
- CMP,
- copper interconnection
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