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Mixed Abrasive CMP: A Study on Metal and Dielectric Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Anurag Jindal ,
Sharath Hegde  and
S.V. Babu
Anurag Jindal
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Advanced Materials Processing Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY-13699
Sharath Hegde
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Advanced Materials Processing Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY-13699
S.V. Babu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Advanced Materials Processing Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY-13699
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Abstract

Mixed abrasive slurries (MAS) containing alumina/silica and alumina/ceria abrasives were evaluated for CMP of metal and dielectric films, respectively. MAS with 0.5wt% calcined alumina and 2.5wt% silica (fumed and colloidal) abrasives were highly selective to tantalum polishing over copper and oxide. Similarly, MAS containing 1.5wt% calcined alumina and 3wt% colloidal ceria particles offered a polish rate selectivity between silicon dioxide and silicon nitride films of more than 30, without any additives, without compromising finished surface quality. This improved performance appears to be a result of modified surface morphology as well as synergistic interactions between the chemical activity of silica or ceria and the hardness of the alumina.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 732: Symposium I – Chemical-Mechanical Planarization , 2002 , I3.6
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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