한국정보통신학회논문지 (Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering)

  • 제16권11호
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  • Pages.2525-2531
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  • 2012
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  • 2234-4772(pISSN)
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  • 2288-4165(eISSN)
한국정보통신학회 (The Korea Institute of Information and Commucation Engineering)
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Al-Cu 금속 배선 부식 개선을 위한 공정조건 최적화에 관한 연구

A Study on the Process Conditions Optimization for Al-Cu Metal Line Corrosion Improvement

  • 투고 : 2012.05.30
  • 심사 : 2012.07.05
  • 발행 : 2012.11.30
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반도체에 사용되는 금속 배선으로써 Al-Cu 합금은 낮은 저항과 제조 공정의 용이성으로 인해 CMOS제조 공정에 있어 수년간 사용되어 왔다. 그러나 금속은 근본적으로 부식에 취약하기 때문에 금속 배선 제조 공정에 있어 부식은 오랜 숙제로 남아 있다. 부식은 칩의 신뢰성 문제를 유발하기 때문에 이를 제어할 보다 효과적인 방법이 요구 되고 있다. 부식을 유발하는 다양한 항목 중에 금속 배선 식각 후 PR 스트립과 후속 세정 조건은 조절 가능한 파라미터이며, 또한 부식을 방지할 수 있는 마진을 향상할 수 있는 요소이다. 본 연구는 부식을 방지하기 위해 PR 스트립 공정 조건 및 후속 세정 조건을 최적화함으로써 금속 배선 식각 후 염소 잔유물과 플라즈마 charge up을 제거해야 함을 제안 하였다.

Al-Cu alloy has been used as a circuit material for its low resistance and ease to process for long years at CMOS technology. However, basically metal is very susceptible to corrosion and which has been a long pending trouble in various fields using metal. The defect causes the reliability concerns, so improved methods are necessary to reduce the defect. In the various corrosion parameters, PR strip process conditions after metal etch and optimal cleaning solutions are controllable and increase the process margin to prevent the metal corrosion. This study proposes that chlorine residue after metal etch as the source of metal corrosion, and charges should be removed by optimizing PR strip process condition and cleaning condition.

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