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Material Characterization and Chemical-Mechanical Polishing of Low-Dielectric Constant Fluorinated Silicon Dioxide Films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
Nanohardness, modulus, and bonding structure of fluorinated silicon dioxides are characterized in order to evaluate their correlations with chemical-mechanical polishing (CM[P) performance. Alkaline-based slurry with adjusted pH is used for polishing in an attempt to delineate the chemical erosion from mechanical abrasion effects during CMIP of fluorinated oxides. The increase in CMIP removal rate and the reduction in refractive index with increasing fluorine content in the fluorinated oxides are related to the change in bonding configuration. The enhanced moisture absorption is due to the presence of fluorine in the oxide network.
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