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Microstructural Characterization of Copper Thin Films on Metallic Underlayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

E. M. Zielinski ,
R. P. Vinci  and
J. C. Bravman
E. M. Zielinski
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
R. P. Vinci
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
J. C. Bravman
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

Grain size distribution and texture of thin films of sputtered copper were characterized as a function of underlayer choice, deposition temperature and annealing temperature. For Cu deposited on Ta at room temperature and annealed at 100, 150, 200 and 250 °C, abnormal growth of the (100) orientation was observed for annealing temperatures above 150 °C, resulting in a bimodal grain size distribution. This orientation was also seen to grow abnormally for films deposited and annealed under identical conditions, but with a W underlayer. (100) growth for this case was observed at annealing temperatures as low as 100 °C. Abnormal grain growth was suppressed for Cu deposited on Ta at 150 °C and annealed to 250 °C. A bimodal grain size distribution was observed in a similar sample deposited on W under identical conditions, however, the abnormally growing orientation for this case was observed to be the (111) orientation, not the (100) orientation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 338: Symposium – Materials Reliability in Microelectronics IV , 1994 , 307
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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