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Fluorinated SiO2 Films For Interlayer Dielectrics In Quarter-Micron Ulsi Multilevel Interconnections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Tetsuya Homma
Tetsuya Homma*
Affiliation:
ULSI Device Development Laboratories, NEC Corporation 1120 Shimokuzawa, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan
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Abstract

Fluorinated SiO2 films for use as interlayer dielectrics in ULSI multilevel interconnections are investigated. The interlayer dielectric film properties and their formation techniques have to meet the following requirements: (1) a low dielectric constant, (2) a high planarization capability, (3) a high capability for narrow gap filling, and (4) a low deposition temperature for low residual stress. To satisfy these requirements, three technologies have been investigated. They are: (i) a fluorinated SiO2 (SiOF) film by room temperature chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD-SiOF) using fluorotrialkoxysilane (FTAS) and pure water as gas sources, (ii) a room temperature liquid phase deposition (LPD) SiO2 film, and (iii) a fluorinated spin-on-glass (SOG) film by fluorotrialkoxysilane vapor treatment (FAST-SOG). The dielectric constant for SiO2 films can be reduced to 3.7 at 1 MHz by the RTCVD and LPD techniques. Although the FAST and RTCVD techniques cannot achieve full planarization, the LPD technique can achieve both global and local planarization because this technique has high capability for selective SiO2 film deposition. The RTCVD, FAST and LPD techniques have shown the possibility to reduce the film formation temperature to room temperature by catalytic reactions, resulting in low residual stress. Other properties of the RTCVD-SiOF, LPD-SiO2 and FAST-SOG films are good enough for the interlayer dielectric film application. The LPD-SiO2 film shows higher endurance properties to moisture than the RTCVD-SiOF and FAST-SOG films.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 381: Symposium F – Low-Dielectric Constant Materials--Synthesis and Applications in Micro. , 1995 , 239
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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