Investigations of The Low Dielectric Constant Fluorinated Polyimide for Use as The Interlayer Dielectric in ULSI

1995 ◽  
Vol 381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.K. Lee ◽  
S.P. Murarka ◽  
S. -P. Jeng ◽  
B. Auman

AbstractLow dielectric constant interlayer dielectric ( ILD) materials are required for the advanced silicon integrated electronics such as those in the ULSI era[3, 10]. We have investigated several such materials. In this paper the results of our investigations of the materials and electrical properties, processing ( to form ILD ), and applicability of a DuPont fluorinated polyimide are described and discussed. Weight loss, FTIR, and ellipsometric measurements have been carried out. The DuPont fluorinated polyimide thin film was observed to be thermally stable up to 450°C, which is monitored by using dynamic TGA with a ramping rate of 10°C/min or 5°C/min in N2 Ambient. Also MIPOS capacitor characterization, effect of temperature and moisture on these properties have been determined. The dielectric constant was observed to be as low as 2.5 and the refractive index is around 1.63, both being stable up to 450°C. However, the DuPont Fluorinated polyimide exhibited a flat band voltage shift on C-V curve after 400°C annealing in vacuum environments for 1 hr. Compatibility with copper as the interconnecting metal has been determined and discussed[8]. It is concluded that this polymer is a possible candidate for ILD application.

1997 ◽  
Vol 476 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pellerin ◽  
Robert Fox ◽  
Huei-Min Ho

AbstractThis paper presents the results of development, characterization and integration screening of low dielectric constant (low k) fluorinated polyimides for interlayer dielectric applications. Evolution of these materials has progressed with the intent of improving fundamental thin film properties, such as thermal stress behavior, modulus, CTE, and dielectric constant. Further refinements to fluorinated polyimides have been to improve their process compatibility and integration characteristics, primarily in the area of deep sub-micron gap filling. The avenues taken to attain these objectives will be illustrated.Subsequent integration of low k fluorinated polyimides has been achieved for a completed single-level metal BEOL test vehicle to highlight the impacts of the film's adhesion, mechanical and thermomechanical properties. In addition, the completed fluorinated polyimide single-level metal structures have been used to characterize electrical performance in contrast to single-level metal structures with TEOS dielectric. Intralevel capacitance and leakage current have been measured with dual comb and serpentine structures. Modeling has been applied to verify dielectric constant in submicron geometries from the capacitance measurements.


2003 ◽  
Vol 766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Heong Yim ◽  
Jung-Bae Kim ◽  
Hyun-Dam Jeong ◽  
Yi-Yeoul Lyu ◽  
Sang Kook Mah ◽  
...  

AbstractPorous low dielectric films containing nano pores (∼20Å) with low dielectric constant (<2.2), have been prepared by using various kinds of cyclodextrin derivatives as porogenic materials. The pore structure such as pore size and interconnectivity can be controlled by changing functional groups of the cyclodextrin derivatives. We found that mechanical properties of porous low-k thin film prepared with mCSSQ (modified cyclic silsesquioxane) precursor and cyclodextrin derivatives were correlated with the pore interconnection length. The longer the interconnection length of nanopores in the thin film, the worse the mechanical properties of the thin film (such as hardness and modulus) even though the pore diameter of the films were microporous (∼2nm).


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1363-1372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-yi Wang ◽  
Wen-tao Chen ◽  
Chang Xu ◽  
Xiao-yan Zhao ◽  
Jian Li

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (19) ◽  
pp. 3762-3768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Cheng-Hua Lee ◽  
Dung-Shing Hung ◽  
Shang-Fan Lee ◽  
Chih-Chieh Wang ◽  
...  

A Sr-based metal–organic framework exhibits an intrinsic low dielectric constant after removing the water molecules. A low dielectric constant and high thermal stability make this compound a candidate for use as a low-k material.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (93) ◽  
pp. 76476-76482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenxun Huang ◽  
Shumei Liu ◽  
Yanchao Yuan ◽  
Jianqing Zhao

A simple strategy for preparing the low-κ FPI hybrids with enhanced properties.


1995 ◽  
Vol 390 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Wong

ABSTRACTA modem VLSI device is a complicated three-dimensional structure that consists of multilayer metallization conductor lines which are separated with interlayer-dielectrics as insulation. This VLSI technology drives the IC device into sub-micron feature size that operates at ultra-fast speed (in excess of > 100 MHz). Passivation and interlayer dielectric materials are critical to the device performance due to the conductor signal propagation delay of the high dielectric constant of the material. Low dielectric constant materials are the preferred choice of materials for this reasons. These materials, such as Teflon® and siloxanes (silicones), are desirable because of their low dielectric constant (∈1) = 2.0, 2.7, respectively. This paper describes the use of a low dielectric constant siloxane polymer (silicone) as IC devices passivation layer material, its chemistry, material processes and reliability testing.


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