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The Microstructure and physical properties of electroplated Cu films  

권덕렬 (인하대학교 공과대학 재료공학부)
박현아 (인하대학교 공과대학 재료공학)
김충모 (인하대학교 공과대학 재료공학)
이종무 (인하대학교 공과대학 재료공학부)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.13, no.2, 2004 , pp. 72-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cu seed layers deposited by magnetron sputtering onto tantalum nitride barrier films were treated with ECR plasma and then the copper films were electroplated and rapid thermal annealed in an argon or nitrogen atmosphere at various temperatures ranging from 200 to $500^{\circ}C$. Changes in the microstructure and physical properties of the copper films electroplated on the hydrogen ECR plasma cleaned copper seed layers were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) analyses. It was found that the copper film undergoes complete recrystallization during annealing at a temperature higher than $400^{\circ}C$. The resistivity of the Cu film tends to decrease and the degree of (111) preferred orientation tends to increase as the annealing temperature increases. Theoptimum annealing condition for obtaining the film with the lowest resistivity, the smoothest surface and the highest degree of the (111) preferred orientation is rapid thermal annealing in a nitrogen atmosphere at $400^{\circ}C$ for 120 s. The resistivity and the surface roughness of the electroplated copper film annealed under this condition are 1.98 $\mu$O-cm and 17.77 nm, respectively.
Keywords
XRD; EBSD; Copper electroplating; XRD; EBSD;
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