Temperature Dependence of Biaxial Modulus and Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Thin Films Using Wafer Curvature Method

ABSTRACTThe present work uses wafer curvature (disk) method to measure the temperature variation of the biaxial modulus and the thermal expansion coefficient TEC from 25°C to 205°C. The following thin films were measured: PolySi, low stress LPCVD SixNy and (Ba0.7, Sr0.3)TiO3 (BST). To improve the precision, perfect circular thin wafers were used: 4 inches circular 280μm thick <111>Si and 450μm thick Fused Silica. The measurements were performed using a commercial Tencor FLX2320 Stress Measurement System. The film thickness was measured with Tencor TF1 thin film optical system.