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http://dx.doi.org/10.5695/JKISE.2008.41.1.023

The Effect of Solution Agitation on the Electroless Cu Deposition Within Nano-patterns  

Lee, Joo-Yul (Department of Surface Technology, Korea of Materials Science)
Kim, Man (Department of Surface Technology, Korea of Materials Science)
Kim, Deok-Jin (Electronic Materials Engineering, Sunmoon University)
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Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering / v.41, no.1, 2008 , pp. 23-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effect of solution agitation on the copper electroless deposition process of ULSI (ultra large scale integration) interconnections was investigated by using physical, electrochemical and electrical techniques. It was found that proper solution agitation was effective to obtain superconformal copper configuration within the trenches of $130{\sim}80nm$ width. The transition of open potential during electroless deposition process showed that solution agitation induced compact structure of copper deposits by suppressing mass transfer of cuprous ions toward substrate. Also, the specific resistivity of copper layers was lowered by increasing agitation speed, which made the deposited copper particles smaller. Considering both copper deposit configuration and electric property, around 500 rpm of solution agitation was the most suitable for the homogeneous electroless copper filling within the ultra-fine patterns.
Keywords
ULSI; Elecroless deposition; Superconformal copper filling;
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