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The Effect of Pad Properties on Planarity in a CMP Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Hoyoung Kim ,
Dong-Woon Park ,
Chang-Ki Hong ,
Woo-Sung Han  and
Joo-Tae Moon
Hoyoung Kim
Affiliation:
Process Development Team, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. San #24 Nongseo-Ri, Giheung-Eup, Yongin-City, KOREA
Dong-Woon Park
Affiliation:
Process Development Team, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. San #24 Nongseo-Ri, Giheung-Eup, Yongin-City, KOREA
Chang-Ki Hong
Affiliation:
Process Development Team, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. San #24 Nongseo-Ri, Giheung-Eup, Yongin-City, KOREA
Woo-Sung Han
Affiliation:
Process Development Team, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. San #24 Nongseo-Ri, Giheung-Eup, Yongin-City, KOREA
Joo-Tae Moon
Affiliation:
Process Development Team, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. San #24 Nongseo-Ri, Giheung-Eup, Yongin-City, KOREA
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Abstract

This study presents the effect of pad properties, such as elastic modulus and surface roughness, on planarity in a CMP process. A systematic method to measure planarization length, which represents the die-scale planarity in a quantitative manner, has been proposed. It has been shown that the planarization length is highly dependent on the bulk modulus of the pad. The effect of elastic modulus and roughness of the pad on dishing amount, which represents the feature-scale planarity, has been shown. Dishing amount is determined by the elastic modulus of the superficial layer of the pad, which is typically tens of microns thick, rather than by the bulk elastic modulus of the pad. A double layer pad model has been proposed based on the observed results, which can explain that the dishing amount is reduced by increasing elastic modulus of the pad superficial layer, or by decreasing the surface roughness of the pad.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 767: Symposium F – Chemical-Mechanical Planarization , 2003 , F2.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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