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Development of μ-Fluorescent and Diffracted X-Ray Spectrometer with a Fine Focused X-Ray Beam and its Application for Ulsi Microanalysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto*
Affiliation:
Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd. 1-280, Higashi-koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185, Japan
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Abstract

A fluorescent and diffracted X-ray spectrometer with an X-ray sub-micron beam was developed for the analysis of stress, crystal structure, and contamination in micro-regions of ULSIs. A fine glass capillary with a parabolic cross-sectional inner wall surface was made to form a micro X-ray beam. A micro-focus X-ray generator with a membrane-type target was also developed for use with the capillary. The equipment was used to analyze the crystal phases of Ti silicide fine lines and the strains in Al interconnections.

The resistance of Ti-silicide lines increases the line width narrows under about 0.5 μrn. This is because of the growth of crystal phases of TiSi2(C49) and TiSi(B27) with high resistivity ﹛60 to 100 μΩ-cm).

Hillocks of Al grow at line edges when Al layers are compressed by Si substrates and surrounding insulating layers. On the other hand, when the Al is extended by these layers, voids form in the AI lines.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 39: Forty-Fourth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, July 31 - August 4, 1995 , 1995 , pp. 155 - 164
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1995

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