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http://dx.doi.org/10.6117/kmeps.2014.21.1.045

Effects of Wet Chemical Treatment and Thermal Cycle Conditions on the Interfacial Adhesion Energy of Cu/SiNx thin Film Interfaces  

Jeong, Minsu (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Andong National University)
Kim, Jeong-Kyu (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Andong National University)
Kang, Hee-Oh (National Nanofab Center)
Hwang, Wook-Jung (National Nanofab Center)
Park, Young-Bae (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Andong National University)
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Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society / v.21, no.1, 2014 , pp. 45-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
Effects of wet chemical treatment and thermal cycle conditions on the quantitative interfacial adhesion energy of $Cu/SiN_x$ thin film interfaces were evaluated by 4-point bending test method. The test samples were cleaned by chemical treatment after Cu chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP). The thermal cycle test between Cu and $SiN_x$ capping layer was experimented at the temperature, -45 to $175^{\circ}C$ for 250 cycles. The measured interfacial adhesion energy increased from 10.57 to $14.87J/m^2$ after surface chemical treatment. After 250 thermal cycles, the interfacial adhesion energy decreased to $5.64J/m^2$ and $7.34J/m^2$ for without chemical treatment and with chemical treatment, respectively. The delaminated interfaces were confirmed as $Cu/SiN_x$ interface by using the scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectroscopy. From X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis results, the relative Cu oxide amounts between $SiN_x$ and Cu decreased by chemical treatment and increased after thermal cycle. The thermal stress due to the mismatch of thermal expansion coefficient during thermal cycle seemed to weaken the $Cu/SiN_x$ interface adhesion, which led to increased CuO amounts at Cu film surface.
Keywords
Cu interconnect; CMP; 4-point bending test; thermal cycle;
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