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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2013.22.4.188

Study of Tungsten Nitride Diffusion Barrier for Various Nitrogen Gas Flow Rate by Employing Nano-Mechanical Analysis  

Kwon, Ku Eun (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, Sung Joon (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, Soo In (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Lee, Chang Woo (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.22, no.4, 2013 , pp. 188-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many studies have been conducted for preventing from diffusion between silicon wafer and metallic thin film due to a decrease of line-width and multi-layer thin film for miniaturization and high integration of semiconductor. This paper has focused on the nano-mechanical property of diffusion barrier which sample is prepared for various gas flow rate of nitrogen with tungsten (W) base from 2.5 to 10 sccm. The deposition rate, resistivity and crystallographic properties were measured by a ${\beta}$-ray back-scattering spectroscopy, 4-point probe and x-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. We also has investigated the nano-mechanical property using the nano-indenter. As a result, the surface hardness of W-N thin film was increased rapidly from 10.07 to 15.55 GPa when the nitrogen gas flow was increased from 2.5 to 5 sccm. And the surface hardness of W-N thin film had 12.65 and 12.77 GPa at the nitrogen gas flow of 7.5 and 10 sccm respectively. These results were decreased by the comparison with the W-N thin film at nitrogen gas flow of 5 sccm. It was inferred that these severe changes were caused by the stoichiometric difference between the crystalline and amorphous state in W-N thin film. In addition, these results were caused by increased compressive stress.
Keywords
Diffusion barrier; Tungsten Nitride thin film; Nano-indenter; Surface hardness; Nano-mechanics;
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