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A Model of Cu-CMP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Ed Paul ,
Vlasta Brusic ,
Fred Sun ,
Jian Zhang ,
Robert Vacassy  and
Frank Kaufman
Ed Paul
Affiliation:
Stockton College, Pomona NJ 08240, USA
Vlasta Brusic
Affiliation:
Cabot Microelectronics, Aurora IL 60504, USA
Fred Sun
Affiliation:
Cabot Microelectronics, Aurora IL 60504, USA
Jian Zhang
Affiliation:
Cabot Microelectronics, Aurora IL 60504, USA
Robert Vacassy
Affiliation:
Cabot Microelectronics, Aurora IL 60504, USA
Frank Kaufman
Affiliation:
Cabot Microelectronics, Aurora IL 60504, USA
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Abstract

CMP has been described qualitatively in terms of alternating cycles of chemical formation and mechanical removal of a thin layer on the wafer surface. A quantitative model of CMP has been developed2-7 which is based on mechanisms for surface kinetics, treating mechanical removal as one step in the mechanism. This model has been used successfully to explain removal rates for tungsten and thermal oxide CMP. In particular, for tungsten CMP the removal rate increases steeply with increasing oxidizer concentration at low concentrations, and then approaches an asymptotic maximum removal rate at high concentrations. The model explains this by starting with the assumption that mechanical abrasion removes only tungsten oxide but not tungsten metal. It then focuses on the fraction of wafer surface covered by a tungsten oxide layer. At low oxidizer concentrations, the oxide formation rate is small compared the removal rate, so only a small fraction of the surface is oxidized and the removal rate is small. At high oxidizer concentrations, the oxide formation rate is large compared to the removal rate, so most of the surface is oxidized and the removal rate is large. Increasing the oxidizer concentration in the high oxidizer concentration region does not significantly increase the surface fraction of tungsten oxide, and the removal rate approaches a constant value.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 816: Symposium K – Advances in Chemical-Mechanical Polishing , 2004 , K2.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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