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High-Density Plasma Etching of Low Dielectric Constant Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. E. F. M. Standaert ,
P. J. Matsuo ,
S. D. Allen ,
G. S. Oehrlein ,
T. J. Dalton ,
T.-M. Lu  and
R. Gutmann
T. E. F. M. Standaert
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222
P. J. Matsuo
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222
S. D. Allen
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222
G. S. Oehrlein
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222
T. J. Dalton
Affiliation:
Current address: IBM Microelectronics, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533. Work done while at Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, MA 01749
T.-M. Lu
Affiliation:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590
R. Gutmann
Affiliation:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590
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Abstract

The patterning of several novel low dielectric constant (K) materials has been studied in a high-density plasma (HDP) tool. Recent results obtained on oxide-like materials, such as fluorinated oxide, hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ), and methyl silsesquioxane (MSQ), are reviewed. These materials can be successfully patterned using a fluorocarbon etching chemistry. The etching is in this case controlled by a thin fluorocarbon film at the surface. The patterning of polymer dielectrics can be performed in an oxygen etching chemistry. As an example, the patterning of Parylene-N in an oxygen chemistry is discussed. In this case, the ion and the oxygen radical flux need to be properly controlled to obtain a directional etching process. After the dielectric etch, either in a fluorocarbon or oxygen based chemistry, fluorocarbons and oxygen contamination remain at the exposed metal surfaces. We recently demonstrated how a plasma treatment following the dielectric etch reduces these contaminants. The results of this treatment on copper surfaces and the resulting modification to the dielectric are reviewed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 511: Symposium E – Low Dielectric Constant Materials IV , 1998 , 265
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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