Highly reliable Cu/low-k dual-damascene interconnect technology with hybrid (PAE/SiOC) dielectrics for 65nm-node high performance eDRAM

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作者
Kajita, A [1 ]
Usui, T [1 ]
Yamada, M [1 ]
Ogawa, E [1 ]
Katata, T [1 ]
Sakata, A [1 ]
Miyajima, H [1 ]
Kojima, A [1 ]
Kanamura, R [1 ]
Ohoka, Y [1 ]
Kawashima, H [1 ]
Tabuchi, K [1 ]
Nagahata, K [1 ]
Kato, Y [1 ]
Hayashi, T [1 ]
Kadomura, S [1 ]
Shibata, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Toshiba Co Ltd, Semicond Co, SoC Res & Dev Ctr, Isogo Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2358522, Japan
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10.1109/IITC.2003.1219697
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TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
100nm half-pitch Cu dual-damascene (DD) interconnects with low-k hybrid (PAE(k2.65)/SiOC(k2.5)/SiC(k3.5)) dielectrics have been successfully integrated for a 65nm-node high performance embedded DRAM. The hybrid-DD structure was fabricated by applying a hard mask process combined with Stacked Mask Process (S-MAP). Well-controlled DD profile of the hybrid structure can provide the advantage of void-less Cu fill, resulting from over-hang reduction of PVD barrier metal. Stress-induced voiding (SiV), which is becoming a more serious problem with down scaling of via-hole dimension was found to be drastically improved as compared with homogeneous-DD structures. Thermal cycle test (TCT) also shows no degradation of the wiring/via-hole properties. Moreover, the result of electromigration (EM) test shows a tight distribution of mean time to failure (MTF). The hybrid-DD structure can extend the PVD Cu filling process to 65nm-node Cu metallization with excellent reliability.
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