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Effects of He/H2 Plasma Treatment on Properties of SiCOH Films Deposited with the 1,1,1,3,5,7,7,7- Octamethyl-3,5-Bis(Trimethylsiloxy) Tetrasiloxane Precursor.
Park, Yoonsoo; Lim, Hyuna; Kwon, Sungyool; Kim, Younghyun; Ban, Wonjin; Jung, Donggeun.
Afiliación
  • Park Y; Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
  • Lim H; Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
  • Kwon S; Dielectric Deposition Product Division, Applied Materials Korea, Icheon 17379, Republic of Korea.
  • Kim Y; Research and Development Metrology Inspection TEAM, SK Hynix, Icheon 17336, Republic of Korea.
  • Ban W; DRAM Derivative Process Technology, SK Hynix, Icheon 17336, Republic of Korea.
  • Jung D; Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol ; 20(11): 6706-6712, 2020 11 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32604502
Low-dielectric-constant SiCOH films fabricated using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) are widely used as inter-metallic dielectric (IMD) layers in interconnects of semiconductor chips. In this work, SiCOH films were deposited with 1,1,1,3,5,7,7,7-octamethyl-3,5-bis(trimethylsiloxy)tetrasiloxane (OMBTSTS), and plasma treatment was performed by an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) system with mixture of He and H2. The values of relative dielectric constant (k) of the as-deposited SiCOH films ranged from 2.64 to 4.19. The He/H2 plasma treatment led to a reduction of the k values of the SiCOH films from 2.64-4.19 to 2.07-3.94. To investigate the impacts of the He/H2 plasma treatment on the SiCOH films, the chemical compositions and structures of the as-deposited and treated the SiCOH films were compared by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The experimental results indicate that the k value of the SiCOH films was decreased, there was a proportional increase in pore-related Si-O-Si structure, which is commonly called the cage structure with lager angle than 144°, after He/H2 plasma treatment. The He/H2 plasma treatment was considered to have reduced the k value by forming pores that could be represented by the cage structure. On the other hand, the leakage current density of the SiCOH films was slightly degraded by He/H2 plasma treatment, however, this was tolerable for IMD application. Concludingly the He/H2 plasma treated SiCOH film has the lowest relative dielectric constant (k~2.08) when the most highly hydrocarbon removal and cage structure formation increased.

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Nanosci Nanotechnol Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Nanosci Nanotechnol Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos