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Low Dielectric Constant, High Temperature Stable Copolymer Thin Films by Room Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Justin F. Gaynor  and
Seshu B. Desu
Justin F. Gaynor
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0237, USA
Seshu B. Desu*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0237, USA
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Abstract

Polyxylylene thin films grown by the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process have long been utilized to achieve uniform, pinhole-free conformal coatings. They have recently been cited as possible low dielectric constant films for intermetal layers in high-speed ICs. Homopolymer films are highly crystalline and have a glass transition temperature around room temperature. We have demonstrated that room temperature copolymerization with previously untested comonomers can be achieved during the CVD process. Copolymerizing chloro-p-xylylene with perfluorooctyl methacrylate results in the dielectric constant at optical frequencies being lowered from 2.68 to 2.19. Copolymerizing p-xylylene with vinylbiphenyl resulted in films which increase the temperature at which oxidative scission occurs from 320 to 450C. Copolymerizing p-xylylene with 9-vinylanthracene resulted in a brittle, yellow film.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 343: Symposium H – Polycrystalline Thin Films - Structure, Texture, Properties and Applications , 1994 , 541
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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