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Low k Film Etch in Applied Materials eMxP+ Chamber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Melissa Yu
Affiliation:
Dielectric Etch Division, Applied Materials, 974 E. Arques Aye, MIS 81503, Sunnyvale, CA94086
Hongching Shan
Affiliation:
Dielectric Etch Division, Applied Materials, 974 E. Arques Aye, MIS 81503, Sunnyvale, CA94086
Ashley Taylor
Affiliation:
Damascene Dielectric Etch, Sematech, 2706 Montopolis Drive, Austin, TX 78741
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Abstract

The materials with lower dielectric constant ( low k ) have been attracting attention recently because the low k material has the potential to be used in place of SiO2 in ULSI. In this work, we focused on evaluating organic low k material performance with plasma etch in the Applied Material's eMxP+ anisotropic etch chamber. The films studied were Dow Chemical BCB and Silk, Allied Signal Flare 2.0, and Du Pont FPI. The feature sizes of the wafer s were 0.25 to 1 micron trenches. Du Pont FPI resulted in the highest achieved etch rate of more than lum/min, followed by BCB, and Flare. The microloading study indicated that the etch rate microloading is less than 10% between lum and 0.25 urn feature sizes, which suggests that the chance of etch stop for a high aspect ratio features will be small. The profile could vary from bowing to vertical, to tapering by using different process conditions, mainly by temperature. The FP1 profile was more tapered than those of BCB and Flare when the same process was used to etch the same type of patterned wafer having these three different low k films. The detailed study showed that the trend of etch rate and profile for BCB and Flare film etch were similar, but that the absolute value for profile, as well as the trend of etch rate uniformity and profile were somewhat different. In conclusion, low k materials can be etched in AMAT traditional dielectric chamber (eMxP+) with a good etch rate and profile control.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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