화학 기계적 연마에서 패드표면 특성이 웨이퍼 불균일도에 미치는 영향

Pad Surface Characteristics and their Effect on Within Wafer Non-Uniformity in Chemical Mechanical Polishing

  • 정석훈 (부산대학교 기계공학부 정밀가공시스템) ;
  • 이현섭 (부산대학교 기계공학부 정밀가공시스템) ;
  • 정문기 (부산대학교 기계공학부 정밀가공시스템) ;
  • 신운기 (부산대학교 기계공학부 정밀가공시스템) ;
  • 이상직 (부산대학교 기계공학부 정밀가공시스템) ;
  • 박범영 (기계공학과, UC.Berkeley) ;
  • 김형재 (한국생산기술연구원 동남권기술지원본부/수송.기계부품지원센터) ;
  • 정해도 (부산대학교 기계공학부)
  • Jeong, Suk-Hoon (Precision Manufacturing System Div., Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Seop (Precision Manufacturing System Div., Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.) ;
  • Jeong, Moon-Ki (Precision Manufacturing System Div., Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.) ;
  • Shin, Woon-Ki (Precision Manufacturing System Div., Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Jik (Precision Manufacturing System Div., Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.) ;
  • Park, Boum-Young (Mechanical Engineering, UC.Berkeley) ;
  • Kim, Hyoung-Jae (Dongnam Technology Service Division, Transportation & Machinery Components Technology Service Center, KITECH) ;
  • Jeong, Hae-Do (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 발행 : 2009.06.18

초록

Uniformity related issues in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) are within wafer non-uniformity (WIWNU), wafer to wafer non-uniformity (WTWNU), planarity and dishing/erosion. Here, the WIWNU that originates from spatial distribution of independent variables such as temperature, sliding distance, down force and material removal rate (MRR) during CMP, relies to spatial dependency. Among various sources of spatial irregularity, hardness and modulus of pad and surface roughness in sources for pad uniformity are great, especially. So, we investigated the spatial variation of pad surface characteristics using pad measuring system (PMS) and roughness measuring system. Reduced peak height ($R_{pk}$) of roughness parameter shows a strong correlation with the removal rate, and the distribution of relative sliding distance onwafer during polishing has an effect on the variation of $R_{pk}$ and WIWNU. Also, the results of pad wear profile thorough developed pad profiler well coincides with the kinematical simulation of conditioning, and it can contribute for the enhancement of WIWNU in CMP process.

키워드