A Study of the reduction of Microscratch using Filter in oxide chemical Mechanical Polishing(CMP) Process

Oxide CMP 공정에서 Slurry Filter을 사용한 Microscratch 감소에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Sang-Yong (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Seo, Yong-Jin (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Daebul University) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Hyung (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Yeojoo Institute of Technology College) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Sun (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cho-Sun University) ;
  • Chung, Hun-Sang (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cho-Sun University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Il (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Chang, Eui-Goo (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chung-Ang University)
  • Published : 1999.07.19

Abstract

In this work, we have systematically studied the effects of filtration and the defect trend as a function of polished wafer count using various filters in Inter-Metal Dielectric(IMD) CMP. The filter Installation in CMP polisher makes defect reduced after IMD CMP. As a result of formation micro-scratches, it shows that slurry filter plays an important role in determining consumable pad lifetime. The filter lifetime is dominated by the defects. We have acknowledged slurry filter lifetime is fixed by the degree of generating defects.

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