Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a substrate including at least one layer of tungsten and a titanium layer and/or a titanium nitride layer to be cleaned at one stage by cleaning the tungsten layer with a chemical mechanical polishing compsn. contg. a compd. capable of etching tungsten and at least one inhibitor of tungsten etching. SOLUTION: 'A compd. capable of etching tungsten' means a compd. which can etch a solid tungsten metal or an oxide thereof to convert it into a soluble etching product. An oxidizing agent, a fluoride-contg. compd., an org. acid (e.g. oxalic or malonic acid), etc., are examples of such a compd., which is contained in an amt. of 0.5-50.0 wt.% in the compsn. An oxidizing agent slowly etches tungsten at a low pH. The inhibitor of tungsten etching exhibits its effects at a pH of about 9.0. An oxidizing agent (e.g. hydrogen peroxide), a compd. having a nitrogen-contg. heterocyclic functional group (e.g. 2, 3, 5- trimethylpyrazine), etc., are used as the inhibitor and contained in an amt. of 0.001-2.0 wt.% of the compsn. The compsn. is combined with an abrasive to give a chemical mechanical polishing slurry.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain the imperfectness and defect of a surface while performing effective polish with desired polishing speed by employing a specified rate of the selectivity of a metal layer or film and an insulating material layer. SOLUTION: When slurry consisting of fumed almina, oxyidizing agent, organic acid and demineralized water for example is used to polish chemically mechanically an aluminum layer or the like of a substrate, the selectivity of aluminum : thermal oxide, i.e., the polishing speed ratio of the aluminum layer to the thermo oxide is set to at least 50.1. This slurry includes aquous medium, abrasives, oxidizing agent and organic acid. The abrasives are metal oxide, preferably fumed abrasives among fumed sediment abrasives. Oxidizing metal salt, oxidizing metallic complex, or the like are suited for the oxidizing agent to use ammonium salt or the like. Monofunctional acid or the like, preferably succinic acid or the like is used for the organic acid. Thus, the slurry oxidizing agent, organic acid and other additives polish effectively a metal layer with desired polishing speed, while restraining the incompleteness and defect of the surface.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject composition having no potential integrated circuit-contaminating substances per se, capable of providing high-speed abrasion, and stable and active for a long period after its preparation, by including oxidizing agent(s) and catalyst(s). SOLUTION: This composition contains (A) at least one kind of oxidizing agent and (B) at least one kind of catalyst having multiple oxidative sites. Preferably, the component A has a higher electrochemical potential than that necessary for oxidizing the component (B), and is an organic per-compound, inorganic per-compound, non-per compound including a bromate, a chlorate, an iodate and a cerium (IV) compound, or a mixture thereof, specifically, being about 0.1-50 wt.% hydrogen peroxide, and the component B is preferably metallic catalyst(s), specifically, 0.01-about 0.5 wt.% ferric nitrate.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slurry for chemical and mechanical polishing which can polish titanium at far much higher speed than the conventional technique without damage or defect to the product, sustains high polishing speed comparable to that of tungsten and titanium nitride and shows slow polishing speed in silica. SOLUTION: This aqueous slurry for chemical and mechanical polishing contains an oxidizing agent, a polishing agent and a fluoridecontaining additive. In a preferable embodiment, the slurry contains about 0.01-2.0wt.% of the fluoride-containing additive, which is selected from a fluoride-containing acid and a fluoride salt. The fluoride-containing additive is preferably selected from hydrofluoric acid, fluorosilicic acid and fluorotitanic acid and the content of the fluoride-containing acid is about 0.01-0.3wt.% the fluoride salt is selected from ammonium fluoride, potassium fluoride, ammonium hydrogen difluoride and potassium hydrogen difluoride.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing slurry having a pH in the range 1.5 to 3.0 comprising an oxidizing agent such as ferric nitrate, a fluoride containing additive such as hydrofluoric acid in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 0.3 weight percent and an abrasive consisting of fine metal particles, such as fumed alumina and a method for using the fluoride containing additive chemical mechanical polishing slurry to remove tungsten and titanium from substrates.
Abstract:
A polishing slurry for chemically mechanically polishing metal layers and films during the various stages of multilevel interconnect fabrication associated with integrated circuit manufacturing. The slurry includes an aqueous medium, an abrasive, an oxidizing agent, and an organic acid. The polishing slurry has been found to significantly lower or inhibit the silicon dioxide polishing rate, thus yielding enhanced selectivity. In addition, the polishing slurry is useful in providing effective polishing to metal layers at desired polishing rates while minimizing surface imperfections and defects. Also disclosed is a method for producing coplanar metal/insulator films on a substrate utilizing the slurry of the present invention and chemical mechanical polishing technique relating thereto.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing slurry having a pH in the range 1.5 to 3.0 comprising an oxidizing agent such as ferric nitrate, a fluoride containing additive such as hydrofluoric acid in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 0.3 weight percent and an abrasive consisting of fine metal particles, such as fumed alumina and a method for using the fluoride containing additive chemical mechanical polishing slurry to remove tungsten and titanium from substrates.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing composition and slurry comprising a composition capable of etching tungsten and at least one inhibitor of tungsten etching and methods for using the composition and slurry to polish tungsten containing substrates.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing precursor composition comprising at least one catalyst having multiple oxidation states, and at least one stabilizer, the composition being useful when admixed with an oxidizing agent prior to use to remove metal layers from a substrate. Also disclosed is a chemical mechanical polishing composition comprising an oxidizing agent and at least one catalyst having multiple oxidation sites, the composition being useful when combined with an abrasive or an abrasive pad to remove metal layers from a substrate.
Abstract:
A polishing slurry for chemically mechanically polishing metal layers and films during the various stages of multilevel interconnect fabrication associated with integrated circuit manufacturing. The slurry includes an aqueous medium, an abrasive, an oxidizing agent, and an organic acid. The polishing slurry has been found to significantly lower or inhibit the silicon dioxide polishing rate, thus yielding enhanced selectivity. In addition, the polishing slurry is useful in providing effective polishing to metal layers at desired polishing rates while minimizing surface imperfections and defects. Also disclosed is a method for producing coplanar metal/insulator films on a substrate utilizing the slurry of the present invention and chemical mechanical polishing technique relating thereto.