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Spin-on Silicon Oxide (Sox): Deposition and Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Gerald Smolinsky  and
Vivian Ryan
Gerald Smolinsky
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974–2070
Vivian Ryan
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974–2070
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Abstract

High quality SiO2 films are obtained by spin-coating wafers with a sol/gel of silicic acid in either a 2, 3, or 4-carbon linear-aliphatic alcohol. Some properties of the deposited film depend upon the solvent: such as density, tensile stress, and infrared spectrum. However, Rutherford-back-scattering analysis indicates the O:Si ratio (2.00±05) to be independent of the solvent. The infrared spectrum of the oxide exhibits Si-OSi absorption in the range 1070–1080 cm.−1 depending on the curing temperature and solvent system. (The weaker Si-OSi band is found at 804–810 cm.−1) In addition, low-temperature-cured (<500 °C) films show Si–OH absorption. Films hot-plate baked at 150–350 °C are stable but not fully cured. Films from propanol baked at 400 °C have a refractive index of 1.41–1.42 and a wet-etching rate in 30:1 BOE of ˜1250 Å/min. Films cured at 900 °C have a refractive index of 1.42–1.43, a wet-etching rate of ˜430 A/min, and are more dense by a factor of ˜1.25. Dry-etching with CHF3/O2 occurs at rates comparable to those of CVD oxides. Multiple applications lead to crack-free films as thick as 0.6–0.8 μ m. Deposition over aluminum-patterned topography results in a smoothing of the surface and suppression of hillock growth in the aluminum even after a 450 °C cure. SOX adheres to silicon, aluminum, and silicon dioxide. A boron-doped SOX is readily prepared.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 131: Symposium E – Chemical Perspectives of Microelectronic Materials I , 1988 , 563
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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