Effect of Deposition Temperature on the Characteristics of Low Dielectric Fluorinated Amorphous Carbon Thin Films

증착온도가 저유전 a-C:F 박막의 특성에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Jeong-Won (Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Yang, Sung-Hoon (Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Wan (Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 박정원 (한양대학교 금속공학과) ;
  • 양성훈 (한양대학교 금속공학과) ;
  • 박종환 (한양대학교 금속공학과)
  • Published : 1999.12.01

Abstract

Fluorinated amorphous carbon (a-C:F) films were prepared by an electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition (ECRCVD) system using a gas mixture of $C_2F_6$ and $CH_4$ over a range of deposition temperature (room temperature ~ 300$^{\circ}C$). 500$^{\AA}C$ thick DLC films were pre-deposited on Si substrate to improve the strength between substrate and a-C:F film. The chemical bonding structure, chemical composition, surface roughness and dielectric constant of a-C:F films deposited by varying the deposition temperature were studied with a variety of techniques, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and capacitance-voltage(C-V) measurement. Both deposition rate and fluorine content decreased linearly with increasing deposition temperature. As the deposition temperature increased from room temperature to 300$^{\circ}C$, the fluorine concentration decreased from 53.9at.% down to 41.0at.%. The dielectric constant increased from 2.45 to 2.71 with increasing the deposition temperature from room temperature to 300$^{\circ}C$. The film shrinkage was reduced with increasing deposition temperature. This results ascribed by the increased crosslinking in the films at the higher deposition temperature.

a-C:F 박막은 $C_2F_6$$CH_4$를 원료 가스로 하여 증착온도를 상온에서 300$^{\circ}C$까지 변화시켜가면서 ECRCVD 방법으로 증착하였다. 기판과 a-C:F 막 사이의 밀착력 향상을 위해 약 500$^{\AA}C$두께의 DLC 박막을 기판 위에 증착하였다. 증착 온도에 따라 형성된 a-C:F 박막의 증착률, 화학적 결합상태, 결합구조와 원소의 조성비 등을 FTIR, XPS, AFM, 그리고 C-V측정으로부터 분석하였다. 증착 속도와 불소의 함량은 증착온도가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 불소의 상대원자비는 상온에서 증착한 경우 53.9at.%였으며, 300$^{\circ}C$에서 증착한 경우 41.0at.%로 감소하였다. 유전 상수는 증착온도가 상온에서 300$^{\circ}C$까지 증가함에 따라 2.45에서 2.71까지 상승하였다. 증착온도가 증가함으로써 막의 수축은 줄어들었으며 이는 높은 증착온도에서 막의 crosslinking 구조가 증가되었기 때문이다.

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