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Technique of surface control with the Electrolyzed D.I.water for post CMP cleaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Mitsuhiko Shirakashi
Affiliation:
Precision Machinery Group, Ebara Corporation 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Kenya Itoh
Affiliation:
Precision Machinery Group, Ebara Corporation 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Ichiro Katakabe
Affiliation:
Precision Machinery Group, Ebara Corporation 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Masayuki Kamezawa
Affiliation:
Precision Machinery Group, Ebara Corporation 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Sachiko Kihara
Affiliation:
Precision Machinery Group, Ebara Corporation 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Manabu Tsujimura
Affiliation:
Precision Machinery Group, Ebara Corporation 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Takayuki Saitoh
Affiliation:
Center of Technology Development, Ebara Research CO., Ltd. 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Kaoru Yamada
Affiliation:
Center of Technology Development, Ebara Research CO., Ltd. 4-2-1, Honfujisawa, Fujisawa-shi 251-8502, Kanagawa, Japan
Naoto Miyashita
Affiliation:
Manufacturing Engineering Center, Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Company 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama 235-8522, Kanagawa, Japan
Masako Kodera
Affiliation:
Manufacturing Engineering Center, Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Company 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama 235-8522, Kanagawa, Japan
Yoshitaka Matsui
Affiliation:
Manufacturing Engineering Center, Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Company 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama 235-8522, Kanagawa, Japan
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Abstract

Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) has been widely used for planarization of ILD, STI, plug and wiring processes. In post metal CMP cleaning processes, there are still many problems to be solved. There are several surfaces of materials, such as wiring materials, barrier materials, dielectric materials etc., on the wafer that must be cleaned at the same time,. It is also important to clean these different surfaces without any chemical or mechanical damage. We have confirmed that the Electrolyzed D.I.water is effective in post CMP cleaning for controlling the surface condition during cleaning and leaving a robust surface after CMP. We describe the Electrolyzed D.I.water system and present some results on the cleaning capability and control of the metal surface for application to cleaning after a metal CMP process.

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Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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